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Natural Environment Bill

Preliminary provisions

10: Treaty redress or arrangements to be given same or equivalent effect

You could also call this:

"Treaty agreements are given the same importance as other environmental laws."

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You will see changes to how Treaty settlement redress or arrangements work. These changes apply until an agreement is reached under section 9. You need to know that people using this Act must give the same effect to Treaty settlement redress or arrangements as the Resource Management Act 1991 does. This means people must try to make the effects of Treaty settlement redress or arrangements the same under this Act. However, this section does not apply to statutory acknowledgements. This is how Treaty settlement redress or arrangements will be treated under the proposed Natural Environment Bill.

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Topics:

Environment and resources > ConservationMāori affairs > Treaty of Waitangi

9: Crown to seek to enter agreements to uphold Treaty settlement redress or arrangements, or

"The government will work with Māori groups to respect their agreements when new laws are made."

11: Goals, or

"Looking after our environment and people: main goals"

Part 1Preliminary provisions

10Treaty redress or arrangements to be given same or equivalent effect

Subsection (2) applies to Treaty settlement redress or arrangements until an agreement is reached under section 9.
In relation to any particular Treaty settlement redress or arrangement, all persons exercising and performing functions, powers, and duties under this Act must, to the greatest extent possible under this Act, give an effect that is the same, or equivalent, as the effect that the redress or arrangement has in relation to the Resource Management Act 1991.
This section does not apply in relation to statutory acknowledgements.