19 May 2025
REF: OIA 87472
Shelly
By email: [FYI request #30820 email]
Tēnā koe Shelly
Request for Official Information: Whanganui Land Settlement Negotiation Trust
Thank you for your correspondence of 24 April 2025, requesting the following under the Official
Information Act 1982 (OIA):
A breakdown of all funding, financial grants, or monetary support provided to the Whanganui Land
Settlement Trust by your agency (or any predecessor agency), from 2018 to present.
For each instance of funding, please include:
The amount provided, the date of the transaction or agreement, the purpose or project for which the
funding was intended, and any relevant conditions or obligations attached to the funding.
Your request as submitted is administratively challenging. There have been many transactions with the
Trust during the period specified, some of which comprise multiple payments for several different
purposes or projects completed. Reconciling each transaction with the individual projects and objectives
involved would take a significant amount of time. As such, we have responded to your request by
providing a summary (attached to this letter) of the funding provided. This approach is consistent with
section 16(2) of the OIA in that a more detailed analysis would impair the efficient administration of Te
Tari Whakatau.
We will be proactively releasing this response
When Te Tari Whakatau acknowledged receipt of your OIA request, we advised we may proactively
release your OIA response on our website. After considering our response to your request, we can advise
that it will be published no earlier than 20 working days from the date of this letter at
www.whakatau.govt.nz. Your personal and other identifying information will be removed.
If you have any concerns about the information in this response being published on our website please
contact us by emailin
g [email address] by 5.00pm on 3 June.
You have the right to seek a review of our decision
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision. Information
about this process is available a
t www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or phone 0800 802 602.
Nāku noa, nā
Fern Hyett
Director
Summary of funding provided by the Office of Treaty Settlements, Te Arawhiti, and Te Tari Whakatau
to Whanganui Land Settlement Negotiation Trust since January 2018 as a contribution towards costs
incurred
Approximate dates
Purpose of funding
Total amount
paid
March – December 2018
Agreement in Principle (
AIP) negotiations
$174,000
January – August 2019
Extension to AIP negotiations
$175,000
October 2019 – July 2023
Deed of Settlement negotiations
$503,370
April 2020
COVID-19 Iwi Support Package
$10,000
April – June 2020
Pīpīriki historical research project
$10,000
March – December 2021
Toitū te Whānau implementation
$100,000
June 2021
Historian engagement on cultural redress
$15,000
June 2021 – February 2025
Monthly operational costs
$970,000
September 2022 – January 2025
Deed of Settlement projects
$146,500
February 2023 – December 2024
Historian engagement on historical account
$90,000
July 2023
Arrears alleviation
$110,000
Total
$2,303,870
