Ngāi Tahu Claims Settlement Act 1998

Ngāi Tahu Claims Settlement Act 1998
New Zealand Parliament
Long title (a) to record the apology given by the Crown to Ngāi Tahu in the deed of settlement executed on 21 November 1997 by the then Prime Minister the Right Honourable James Brendan Bolger, for the Crown, and Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu; and (b) to give effect to certain provisions of that deed of settlement, being a deed that settles the Ngāi Tahu claims
Royal assent	1 October 1998
Status: Current legislation

The Ngāi Tahu land settlement claim documents at Tūranga

The Ngāi Tahu Claims Settlement Act 1998 was an act of Parliament passed in New Zealand relating to Ngāi Tahu, the principal Māori iwi (tribe) of the South Island. It was negotiated in part by Henare Rakiihia Tau. The documents in relation to the Ngāi Tahu land settlement claim are held at Tūranga, the main public library in Christchurch.

It is administered by the Office of Treaty Settlements.

Schedule 96 "Alteration of place names" contains a list of places that received official name changes to dual English and Māori names such as Aoraki / Mount Cook.

See also

• Treaty of Waitangi

External links

• Text of the Act