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Northern Crown Asset Audit 2023

This Crown Asset Audit records the Crown’s understanding of its property holdings in areas of Te Tai Tokerau where Treaty settlement negotiations are still to be completed.

In this section

The Audit is provided to support redress discussions

About the priorities listed in the Audit

Areas of interest

Maps

Spreadsheet

The Audit is provided to support redress discussions

The Audit is provided by the Crown to support future discussions with mandated groups about redress in Treaty settlement negotiations. It is not intended to create any expectation as to what may or may not be able to be negotiated.

Including a property in the Audit does not mean it will be available as redress.

As part of negotiations with mandated groups, the Crown will explore redress options (which may include transfer of ownership) over specific properties. Any offers of redress will be subject to:

Crown policy and operational parameters;
existing Treaty settlement commitments; and
overlapping interests being addressed to the satisfaction of the Crown.

About the properties listed in the Audit

Properties are listed in the Audit based on the best information available to Te Arawhiti as of December 2023. Administering agencies have carried out a high-level review of the information.

Some properties are subject to existing Treaty settlement commitments with settled groups.

The Korowai Atawhai mo Te Taiao / Korowai for Enhanced Conservation (Korowai Area) is a co-governance arrangement negotiated between Te Hiku o Te Ika iwi (Te Rarawa, Te Aupouri, NgāiTakoto and Ngāti Kuri) and the Department of Conservation. It applies to all public conservation land within the Korowai Area.

Kāinga Ora properties’ unit and/or street numbers have been removed to protect tenant privacy.

Heritage New Zealand – Pouhere Taonga properties are not included. Section 13(3) of the Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga Act 2014 gives the organisation independent decision-making over the properties they manage.

Areas of interest

Information about the areas of interest of unsettled groups is indicative only:

Ngāpuhi: the northern extent is based on the map at page 33 of Te Rōpū o Tūhoronuku Deed of Mandate Addendum (2013) together with amalgamated statements of claim from the Waitangi Tribunal’s Renewed Muriwhenua Inquiry where these expand on previous Hokianga and Whangaroa boundaries.
Ngāti Kahu: The area reflects the combined maximum Ngāti Kahu claim area generated for the Renewed Muriwhenua Inquiry.
Ngātiwai: The area included in the 2015 Ngātiwai Trust Board Deed of Mandate.
Ngāti Whatua: The area reflects the Ngāti Whatua Area of Interest.

The areas of interest of settled groups are as shown in their deeds of settlement.

Maps

Spreadsheet

Northern Crown Asset Audit 2023 (publication version) [PDF, 2.5 MB]