Royal Assent
The Governor-General, Hon Sir Anand Satyanand, signs the Waikato-Tainui Raupatu Claims (Waikato River) Settlement Bill, while the Māori King, Arikinui Tuheitia (left), and the Clerk of the House of Representatives, Mary Harris, look on. In the background is Rangi Wallace, the King's Private Secretary (left) and Robert Taylor, the Official Secretary at Government House.