What the official record says
This Act is the Te Roroa 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 Te Roroa in the Deed of Settlement dated 17 December 2005 and signed by— the Minister in Charge of Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations, the Honourable Mark Burton, for the Crown; and Alex Nathan, Moengaroa Murray, and other members of Te Roroa for Te Roroa; and to give effect to certain provisions of the Deed of Settlement, which is a deed that settles the Te Roroa historical claims and provides cultural and commercial redress to Te Roroa. This Act binds the Crown. This section is a guide to the overall scheme and effect of this Act, but does not affect the i