Statutory Acknowledgements in the Horizons Region

Statutory acknowledgements are statements of cultural, spiritual, historic, and traditional associations of an iwi with a site or an area acknowledged by the Crown in Treaty of Waitangi settlement processes. They have legal weight from inclusion in Treaty claims settlement acts. The areas include land, geographical features, lakes, wetlands and coastal marine environments that the iwi is associated with.

Statutory acknowledgements are only made over Crown land. Where a statutory acknowledgement relates to a river, lake, wetland or coastal area, it only applies to that part of the bed in Crown ownership or control. The purpose of the statutory acknowledgements is specified in each Claim Settlement Act, but generally includes:
 

• A requirement for Horizons to forward summaries of resource consent applications to the post Treaty settlement entity if the activities lie within, adjacent to, or impact directly on the identified statutory areas, unless there is an alternative agreement with the iwi;
• Empowerment for iwi to quote the statutory acknowledgement as evidence of the association that the iwi has with a statutory area in consent decision-making processes.

Horizons has a responsibility to attach information recording statutory acknowledgements to the One Plan.  It is important information for resource users to consider when making an application for resource consent. The statutory acknowledgements can be found under the following links:
 

• Ngaa Rauru Kiitahi Statutory Acknowledgement
• Ngāti Apa (North Island) Statutory Acknowledgement
• Ngāti Rangi Statutory Acknowledgement
• Rangitāne o Manawatu Statutory Acknowledgement
• Rangitāne o Wairarapa and Rangitāne o Tamaki nui-ā-Rua Statutory Acknowledgement
• Ngāti Tūwharetoa Statutory Acknowledgements​
• Ngāti Kahungunu ki Tāmaki-nui-a-Rua Statutory Acknowledgement
• Ngāti Maniapoto Statutory Acknowledgements 

The treaty settlement acts that provide for statutory acknowledgements in our region can be found here.

The Ngati Toa Rangatira Claims Settlement Act 2014 identifies part of the Horizons Region as an area of interest; however, there are no statutory acknowledgements identified in this region. The statutory acknowledgements for Ngati Toa Rangatira in the Greater Wellington Region can be found here.

Last updated 10/11/2023