Vote Treaty Negotiations
MINISTER(S) RESPONSIBLE FOR APPROPRIATIONS: Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations (M74)
ADMINISTERING DEPARTMENT: Ministry of Justice
MINISTER RESPONSIBLE FOR MINISTRY OF JUSTICE: Minister of Justice
Overview of the Vote
The Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations is responsible for appropriations in Vote Treaty Negotiations for the 2010/11 financial year covering the following:
Vote Treaty Negotiations contains a multi-year appropriation of $1,400 million for the five-year period 2010 to 2014. This appropriation is for the settlement of historical Treaty of Waitangi claims and provides for the payment of redress through the transfer of assets (cash and property) from the Crown to claimant groups, and for the payment of interest on settlement redress.
In addition, annual appropriations sought for Vote Treaty Negotiations in 2010/11 total $62.796 million. This is intended to be spent as follows:
- $21.520 million (34% of the Vote) for the purchase of policy advice, negotiation, settlement and implementation of historical Treaty claims from the Office of Treaty Settlements.
- $7.335 million (12% of the Vote) for the purchase of property management services from the Office of Treaty Settlements.
- $2.961 million (5% of the Vote) for the purchase of Crown representation at Waitangi Tribunal hearings of historical claims.
- $10 million (16% of the Vote) for claimant funding to support the settlement of historical Treaty claims.
- $1 million (less than 2% of the Vote) to support the implementation of the Central North Island Forests land settlement.
- $120,000 (less than 1% of the Vote) for debt write-off of rentals owing from Landbank properties.
- $3.600 million (6% of the Vote) for depreciation on assets held in the Office of Treaty Settlements landbank.
- $16.260 million (26% of the Vote) for the purchasing of property by the Office of Treaty Settlements for historical Treaty of Waitangi settlement purposes.
The Ministry of Justice expects to collect $5.877 million of revenue on behalf of the Crown from Landbank property operations.
Details of these appropriations are set out in Parts 2-6 for Vote Treaty Negotiations in the Information Supporting the Estimates of Appropriations.
