What the official record says
This Act is the Ngāti Apa (North Island) Claims Settlement Act . This Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent. The purpose of this Act is— to record the acknowledgements and the apology offered by the Crown to Ngāti Apa (North Island) in the deed of settlement dated 8 October 2008 and signed by— the Minister in Charge of Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations, the Honourable Dr Michael Cullen, the Minister of Māori Affairs, the Honourable Parekura Horomia, and the Associate Minister in Charge of Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations, the Honourable Mita Ririnui for the Crown; and Lillian Ruihi Manawaroa Te Aweawe, Ropata Te Hina, Arikihanara Mare Mare, and Mariana Shenton for Ngāti Apa (North Island); and to give effect to certain provisions of the deed of s