Ngati Pahauwera Report of Independent Assessor December 2015 [pdf, 1.4 MB]
...marine title (as the case may be) are met”.2 In a wider context, the role of an Independent Assessor is part of the overall engagement between the Crown and an applicant iwi under s 95 of the Act. That provision, sitting in Part 4, provides for the responsible Minister on behalf of the Crown and an applicant group to enter into a recognition agreement. Recognition agreements will, as the name suggests, recognise protected customary rights and customary marine titles. A recognition agre...