The Ngāi Tahu Claims Settlement Act 1998 is an act of Parliament passed in

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relating to

Ngāi Tahu Ngāi Tahu, or Kāi Tahu, is the principal Māori (tribe) of the South Island. Its (tribal area) is the largest in New Zealand, and extends from the White Bluffs / Te Parinui o Whiti (southeast of Blenheim), Mount Mahanga and Kahurangi Poi ...

, the principal

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(tribe) of the

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. It was negotiated in part by Henare Rakiihia Tau. The documents in relation to the Ngāi Tahu land settlement claim are held at

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, the main public library in

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. It is administered by the

Office of Treaty Settlements The Office of Treaty Settlements (in Māori: ''Te Tari Whakatau Take e pa ana ki te Tiriti o Waitangi'') is an office within the New Zealand Ministry of Justice tasked with negotiating settlements due to historical breaches of the Treaty of Waitan ...

. Schedule 96 "Alteration of place names" contains a list of places that received official name changes to dual English and Māori names such as

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Text of the Act
Statutes of New Zealand 1998 in New Zealand law Ngāi Tahu Treaty of Waitangi

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