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Fast-track Approvals Act 2024

Preliminary provisions

8: Te Ture Whaimana

You could also call this:

“The main plan for protecting and managing the Waikato and Waipā Rivers”

Te Ture Whaimana is a very important document that sets the main direction for the Waikato and Waipā Rivers. It also guides activities in the areas around these rivers that might affect them. The government wants Te Ture Whaimana to be the most important document for these rivers.

Te Ture Whaimana is so important that it comes before other national policies if they don’t agree with it. It’s also a big part of the Waikato regional policy statement. Any plans for the Waikato or Waipā Rivers, or the areas around them, must follow what Te Ture Whaimana says.

You can find Te Ture Whaimana in three different laws. These laws talk about the vision and strategy for the rivers. They are the Waikato-Tainui Raupatu Claims (Waikato River) Settlement Act 2010, the Ngati Tuwharetoa, Raukawa, and Te Arawa River Iwi Waikato River Act 2010, and the Nga Wai o Maniapoto (Waipa River) Act 2012.

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Part 1 Preliminary provisions

8Te Ture Whaimana

  1. Te Ture Whaimana is intended by Parliament to be the primary direction-setting document for the Waikato and Waipā Rivers and activities within their catchments affecting the rivers (see the legislation referred to in subsection (3)).

  2. Te Ture Whaimana—

  3. prevails over any inconsistent provision in a national policy statement, New Zealand coastal policy statement, or national planning standard; and
    1. in its entirety is deemed to be part of the Waikato regional policy statement; and any regional plan or district plan that affects the Waikato River or the Waipā River or activities within their catchments must give effect to Te Ture Whaimana.

      1. In this section, Te Ture Whaimana means the vision and strategy set out in—

      2. Schedule 2 of the Waikato-Tainui Raupatu Claims (Waikato River) Settlement Act 2010; and
        1. Schedule 1 of the Ngati Tuwharetoa, Raukawa, and Te Arawa River Iwi Waikato River Act 2010; and
          1. Schedule 1 of the Nga Wai o Maniapoto (Waipa River) Act 2012.

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