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58S: Resolution of disputes that arise in course of negotiating Mana Whakahono a Rohe
or “How to solve disagreements when making plans with Māori groups and the government”
You could also call this:

“Checking and improving how local authorities work with Māori groups”

When a local authority makes a Mana Whakahono a Rohe agreement, they need to check their rules and ways of doing things to make sure they match the agreement. They have to finish this check within 6 months of making the agreement, unless everyone agrees to do it later.

Every 6 years after making the agreement, or at any other time if everyone agrees, the groups involved need to look at how well the agreement is working. They’ll think about why they made the agreement in the first place, which is explained in section 58M, and the important ideas that guide it, which are in section 58N.

The local authority still has to do other things too. They need to give information to the Minister as said in section 27, and keep track of things and write them down as said in section 35.

If the groups involved want to report on more things, they can agree to do that too.

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Next up: 58U: Relationship with iwi participation legislation

or “This part explains how the special agreement with Māori groups works alongside other laws about Māori participation.”
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Part 5 Standards, policy statements, and plans
Mana Whakahono a Rohe: Iwi participation arrangements: Contents

58TReview and monitoring

  1. A local authority that enters into a Mana Whakahono a Rohe under this subpart must review its policies and processes to ensure that they are consistent with the Mana Whakahono a Rohe.

  2. The review required by subsection (1) must be completed not later than 6 months after the date of the Mana Whakahono a Rohe, unless a later date is agreed by the participating authorities.

  3. Every sixth anniversary after the date of a Mana Whakahono a Rohe, or at any other time by agreement, the participating authorities must jointly review the effectiveness of the Mana Whakahono a Rohe, having regard to the purpose of a Mana Whakahono a Rohe stated in section 58M and the guiding principles set out in section 58N.

  4. The obligations under this section are in addition to the obligations of a local authority under—

  5. section 27 (the provision of information to the Minister):
    1. section 35 (monitoring and record keeping).

      1. Any additional reporting may be undertaken by agreement of the participating authorities.

      Notes
      • Section 58T: inserted, on , by section 51 of the Resource Legislation Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 15).