Waikato Raupatu Claims Settlement Act 1995

Waikato Raupatu Claims Settlement Act 1995
New Zealand Parliament
  • An Act—

    (a) to record the apology given by the Crown to Waikato in the deed of settlement signed on 22 May 1995 by both representatives of the Crown and representatives of Waikato, being an apology by the Crown for, among other things, sending its forces across the Mangatawhiri river in July 1863, unfairly labelling Waikato as rebels, and subsequently confiscating their land; and

    (b) to give effect to certain provisions of that deed of settlement, being a deed that settles the Raupatu claims
Royal assent3 November 1995
Legislative history
Passed1995
Status: Current legislation
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The Waikato Raupatu Claims Settlement Act 1995 is an act of the New Zealand Parliament passed into law in 1995. It was the first act implementing a major historical Treaty of Waitangi settlement since the Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975 was amended in 1985 to allow the Waitangi Tribunal to investigate historic breaches of the treaty.[1]

  1. ^ Palmer 2008, p. 259.