Pursuant to section 49(1)(a) of the Ngati Toa Rangatira Claims Settlement Act 2014 ("the Act"), the Minister of Conservation hereby notifies that the area described in the Schedule hereto has been declared to be subject to an overlay classification known as Nga Paihau by section 40 of the Act.
The provisions of the Act which relate to Nga Paihau are sections 40-58.
Pursuant to section 49(1)(b) of the Act, the Minister hereby notifies that the following protection principles are directed at the Minister of Conservation preventing harm to, or the diminishing of, the Ngati Toa Rangatira values related to the Kapiti Island:
(a) Protection of wahi tapu, indigenous flora and fauna originally found here and the wider environment within Kapiti Island;
(b) recognition of the mana, kaitiakitanga and tikanga of Ngati Toa Rangatira over, and within, Kapiti Island;
(c) recognition of Ngati Toa Rangatira as kaitiaki over Kapiti Island;
(d) acknowledgement of Ngati Toa Rangatira tikanga/kawa in Kapiti Island;
(e) respect for the association of Ngati Toa Rangatira with Kapiti Island;
(f) accurate portrayal of the association of Ngati Toa Rangatira with Kapiti Island;
(g) recognition and acknowledgement of the historical, cultural and spiritual significance of Kapiti Island; and
(h) recognition of the relationship of Ngati Toa Rangatira with their wahi tapu, wahi taonga and other sites of significance in Kapiti Island.
Wellington Land District-Kapiti Coast District
Schedule
Area
ha Description
1760.7517 Kapiti Island Nature Reserve site as shown on plan OTS-068-20, being Section 3 Block I Kapiti Survey District, Waiorua Kapiti 5C, and any other land set apart as a reserve for the preservation of native flora and fauna by
New Zealand Gazette, 19 July 1973, No. 69, page 1381.
Dated at Wellington this 11th day of August 2014.
HON DR NICK SMITH, Minister of Conservation.
(DOC CO TWS-04-23 NNHM-1)