What the official record says
This Act is the Affiliate Te Arawa Iwi and Hapu Claims Settlement Act . come into force on a date to be appointed by the Governor-General by Order in Council. The rest of this Act comes into force on a date to be appointed by the Governor-General by Order in Council. The purpose of this Act is— to record the acknowledgements and the apology given by the Crown to the Affiliate in the deed of settlement dated 11 June 2008 and signed by the Minister in Charge of Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations, the Honourable Dr Michael Cullen, for the Crown, and by Eru George, Eva Moke, Wikeepa Te Rangipuawhe Maika, Anaru Rangiheuea, Te Poroa Joseph Malcolm, Ruka Hughes, Edwin McKinnon, John Waaka, Jim Schuster, Mita Pirika, Materoa Peni, Wallace Haumaha, Fred Cookson, Roger Pikia, and Te Po Hawaiki Wiringi