Wagner Nicky: Ngā Mana Whenua o Tāmaki Makaurau Collective Redress Bill — Second ReadingText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeWagner Nicky: Ngā Mana Whenua o Tāmaki Makaurau Collective Redress Bill — Second Reading[Sitting date: 12 March 2014. Volume:697;Page:16640. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]NICKY WAGNER (National—Christchurch Central):I too want to support the Ngā Mana Whenua o Tāmaki Makarau Collective Redress Bill. It is really good that there is unanimous support right around this House. It is a very important step in the steps towards completing final and durable settlements of Treaty of Waitangi claims. This bill covers 13 iwi. It covers a large area of our major city. It has significant claims and counterclaims and overlapping claims and it has been a very complex process to get here so it is very pleasing to be standing in the House today.The National-led Government is pleased to see another step on the way of settling these claims; 43 deeds of settlement have been passed by us since November 2008. I think each and every single one of these deeds of settlement has a long history and a valuable story to be told for both Māori and Pākehā. These settlements recognise and right the wrongs of the past and they strengthen the partnerships between the Crown and Māori. It is really important also to realise the potential in these settlements—the potential to unlock economic situations of regions and areas. I come from Te Wai Pounamu the South Island and Ōtautahi Christhurch. That is Ngāi Tahu country of course and there is no doubt that we have seen enormous positives out of their settlement which was one of the very first settlements. Now Ngāi Tahu are in a position to be one of the corner stakeholders of the rebuild of Christchurch and what would we have done without that process? So it is very pleasing to see this happening today for Auckland our largest city. I think it is important because it is not just for the well-being of Māori but for the well-being of all New Zealanders.We have heard about how innovative this bill is and how this collective has worked long and hard together. There was an enormous amount of discussion of argument of debate and of generosity of spirit in sharing ideas moving and making negotiations because this went on from 2009 to 2012. So it has been a long process and we are very hopeful that because the gestation has taken time and people have gone through a thoughtful process it will be long enduring.The Māori Affairs Committee examined the bill and recommended that it be passed with a few minor amendments. We met in Auckland we heard the nine submissions and it was a very positive experience. There were some issues raised and I would like to echo the Hon Nanaia Mahuta on the comments of people who had been working on the maunga and the motu—the mountains and the islands—and had been looking after these very special places for Aucklanders. It was really good to be able to recognise their work. Equally the question of names came out and that has been canvassed quite a lot in the House today. I can only say there was unanimous support for keeping multiple names. I think it is just an operational exercise of how we do that because certainly we want to know where we are going when we talk about a name of one of these special places.As I have said the Tāmaki-makau-rau region recognises 13 iwi and hapū. Their settlements cover this area. But really a lot of the bill particularly its cultural redress is about the mountains and the islands. It recognises the history the cultural significance and the local connection to all these very special areas. There will be the vesting of the 14 maunga—those are the volcanic cones in the Tāmaki Collective—and that is on the condition that they are held in trust not only for the common benefit of the iwi and hapū of the Tāmaki Collective but for all the people of Auckland. They will be vested as reserves and public access and third-party interests will be protected. As an interesting aside this is the first time that a proper legal definition of the maunga and some of the easements that the Hon Nanaia Mahuta was talking about have actually been recognised. They have tended to be put there in the past and sometimes we did not even know they were there but now they have all been mapped and we have a really good accurate description of the maunga and the easements around it. That in itself was an interesting legal exercise.The bill also vests the four motu to the Tāmaki Collective: Rangitoto Motutapu Motuihe and Tiritiri Mātangi. Again I think that that is recognition of the generosity of the Tāmaki iwi and hapū to all the people of the region. Parts of the area of Rangitoto will be retained in ownership of the Tāmaki Collective including the summit but Rangitoto will remain in the administration of the Department of Conservation again with all public rights of access.The bill also provides for co-governance arrangements over the motu and a relationship with the Minister of Conservation and three seats on the Auckland Conservation Board for the Tāmaki Collective. So this is a really important day. The bill covers such a large part of our country. It covers a large number of people. It covers a significant group of iwi and they have worked long and hard to get to this stage. I commend this bill to the House.