Davidson MaramaMARAMA DAVIDSON (Co-Leader—Green): Tēnā koe e Te Māngai o Te Whare. Ki a koutou o Ōtaraua Manukōrihi Te Atiawa hoki kia ora tātou katoa.[Greetings to the Speaker. To those of you from Ōtaraua Manukōrihi and Te Atiawa greetings to us all.]My discomfort in standing here today is in trying to balance the mana of all of the hapū and all of the uri of Manukōrihi and Ōtaraua and the work that you have all done to try and seek true justice. My discomfort is to try and acknowledge the genuine work that has happened in this House in the council and among all of the hapū and yet stand and say that the Green Party will be opposing this bill today. Despite all of the genuine efforts we do not feel that we have the full mandate of all hapū to be able to support this bill in its entirety. We absolutely welcome the positives of this bill and we absolutely uphold the mana particularly of mana whenua katoa Manukōrihi and Ōtaraua in seeking to do their best.My discomfort is absolutely nothing compared to the injustice that happened to Taranaki iwi to people to Waitara to the original birthplace of the tragic land wars at Pekapeka to the lack of the return of the land that was illegally confiscated or to the ongoing generational impoverishment—both spiritual and physical—that happened as a result of that injustice of that cruelty and of the inhumane treatment of peoples and hapū. I stand here trying to uphold the vision of what we could really actually do to see true justice while not wanting to take away from the efforts of various Ministers the Māori Affairs Committee the council and Ōtaraua and Manukōrihi leadership at all levels to try and drive forward where hapū can make do and do the best that they can with what the Crown is offering.I want to acknowledge Catherine Delahunty our previous Green Party member who has brought the bill to its passage before now when she was a member in this House and particularly her ongoing discussions with hapū members. I also want to acknowledge Metiria Turei who nominated that the Māori Affairs Committee would take this bill through its passage which is absolutely the right place that it should have gone through.Out of that injustice that this House and of course all hapū members know far too well some things have come from the bill that we are passaging through today. The Green Party absolutely welcomes that there will be a return of 44 hectares of land to hapū and with the sale from leaseholders being able to purchase land some of those proceeds will be able to go back to hapū. We absolutely acknowledge the importance of the Waitara awa and a fund will be established to help restore the mauri to that awa. I am particularly pleased to hear about the Hapū Land Fund. That will help hapū to be able to acquire and develop whenua into the future and of course also the reserves that will be transferred at the discretion of hapū from council should they wish.I am congratulating everyone for the benefits that have been worked hard to bring the hua the fruit to account in this bill today. What I am standing here to do as uncomfortable as it is is be truthful that we should really be aiming for full justice and for the peace and restoration that will come from truly realising it. That is not to undermine any negotiations that happened but merely uphold a Crown responsibility one that fully understands that the full return of land—that the burden of those challenges has been on the shoulders of hapū this whole time. The burden of that pragmatic challenge should rest absolutely with the Crown. We can't keep passing the buck as to who is going to fix up this mess the best. So I am standing here to acknowledge the privileges that have happened from that land confiscation over generations and the dilemma that faced Ministers council Parliament and hapū in trying to reconcile that incredible raupatu in what happened.So we wish every bit of aroha to the work that is ahead of us. If a peace and reconciliation process is demanded or wished for from any hapū I would be pleased to be able to add my support to that in any way that is appropriate. I don't wish to delay my contribution any further. I am pleased to honour the benefits of this bill. I am also proud to do my duty to uphold that we should be reaching for a further vision and a higher vision of true justice. Kia ora.