Section 35A of the RMA: section 35A(2)(b) of the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA)
requires each local authority to include in its records all the information provided
to it by the Crown on:
the contact details of each iwi authority within the region or district of that
local authority and areas over which one or more iwi exercise kaitiakitanga within that region or district; and
any groups that represent hapū for the purposes of the RMA and the areas over which one or more hapū exercise
kaitiakitanga within the region or district of that local authority.
Te Kāhui Māngai: is the means by which the Crown fulfils the requirements of section 35A(2) of the RMA in terms of
the information the Crown must provide to local authorities. Therefore each local authority, at a minimum, must include
this information in its records.
