Rurawhe AdrianADRIAN RURAWHE (Labour—Te Tai Hauāuru) (remote): Tēnā koe e te Māngai o te Whare. E tika ana kia tuku te reo mihi atu ki a rātou katoa kua hinga mai nā puta noa i ngā moutere tae atu ki te kuia e takoto ana ki Ngā Whare Wātea nō reira e te kuia Dame June Jackson. Hoki wairua atu ki a rātou mā. E oki e moe e moe ā kāti noa tēnā.Ki a tātou ngā kanohi ora tuatahi ki a koutou o Ngāti Maru anei i ahau e tuku te reo mihi atu ki a koutou katoa. E ngā whānau me ngā hapū katoa o Ngāti Maruwharanui Ngāriki Ngāti Hinemōkai Ngāti Kōpū Ngāti Kui Ngāti Tamatāpui Ngāti Tamakehu me Ngāti Te Ika tēnei te mihi ake ki a koutou katoa tēnā rā tātou katoa.[It is appropriate that I acknowledge all those who have passed in all parts of the country including the female elder who now lies at Ngā Whare Wātea which is Dame June Jackson. Return in spirit to your ancestors. May you rest in peace.To us all the living firstly to Ngāti Maru I stand and acknowledge you all. To the families and all the subtribes of Ngāti Maruwharanui Ngāriki Ngāti Hinemōkai Ngāti Kōpū Ngāti Kui Ngāti Tamatāpui Ngāti Tamakehu me Ngāti Te Ika I acknowledge you all. Greetings one and all.]I join together with colleagues around the Chamber today. It is a great honour and privilege to be the last speaker in the third reading of the debate on the Ngāti Maru (Taranaki) Claims Settlement Bill. I just want to reiterate a number of things that we've heard from all across the House and in particular to say that I agree that this is not the end of a process. This is the beginning of a new legacy one that has seen the representatives of Ngāti Maru traverse the process of settlement and they have done it with tenacity and with inspiration and I'm sure with a view of making a better life for the rangatahi the tamariki mokopuna of Ngāti Maru. So it's good to hear that there are rangatahi witnessing this debate today in the Chamber. I apologise for not being there with you today but I'm thankful for being able to speak to this third reading even though it's virtually. I want to just highlight a couple of things. One thing that I really wanted to talk about was cultural revitalisation and I was pleased to see that this is a mechanism that's been used within this settlement. I think the cultural revitalisation aspect of the settlement will provide a real opportunity for Ngāti Maru to do exactly what the mechanism says—to revitalise its culture—and we've heard from a number of members around the House speaking about how that might be approached. So I want to add my kōrero to those hopes and aspirations that you will have for your people moving into the future.It's also an opportunity to use the pūtea that comes along with the cultural revitalisation to tell your own story in your own words in the way that you want to. I think I said in the first reading that the historical account is a negotiated agreed historical account where no doubt your negotiators would have had to argue with the Crown over exactly how things were expressed within that account. I look forward to reading your own stories that you write yourself which is not negotiated with the Crown and I'm sure it will bring to light a number of different aspects about your experiences as you've gone through not only the history but also this process. I know how challenging this process can be and I just want to acknowledge the leadership of Ngāti Maru and the negotiators for having the tenacity to get through this whole process unscathed and united. It is an incredibly important process not only to navigate but to settle.We often hear in these debates what's wrong with this process and I have to agree that this process is by no means perfect. I guess it forces every negotiating team and every iwi to ask itself If it's not perfect and yet we still go through this process why would we do that?" Having gone through it myself the answer that I came up with along with my whanaunga was we decided that it was the best way forward to use the settlement assets to improve the lives of our iwi. So even though it's an imperfect process there is some perfection in knowing that we are in control of our own destiny by taking these assets and using them to better the lives of our people.I'm not going to prolong the vote on this bill. I think Ngāti Maru has waited long enough so I'm going to cut short my contribution with these words. Ki a koutou o Ngāti Maru ko te tūmanako kia uhia mai e te Runga Rawa ōna manaakitanga ki runga ki a koutou mō ngā wā katoa. Tēnā rā tātou katoa.[To you of Ngāti Maru my hope is that the Almighty above places his protection upon you for all time. Greetings one and all.]Bill read a third time.ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Jacqui Dean): Members I understand that permission has been granted for a waiata.WaiataASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Jacqui Dean): If members would just pause for a moment to allow iwi to make their way from the Chamber and we bid them farewell."