Ngarewa-Packer DebbieDEBBIE NGAREWA-PACKER (Co-Leader—Te Paati Māori): Tēnā tātou e te Whare. Kei a koutou e ngā hapū o Te Rohe Pōtae tēnei te mihi o Te Paati Māori ki a koutou i te pānuitanga tuatahi o tō pire whakataunga. Nāku te whiwhi ki te tū i roto i tēnei W'are kia mihi ki a koutou i tō koutou mahi rangatira.[Greetings to the House. To the hapū of the King Country the Māori Party greets you with respect to the first reading of your settlement bill. It is my pleasure to stand here in the House to acknowledge you in your chiefly endeavours.]It's with great pleasure that I rise on behalf of Te Paati Māori to speak to this the first reading of the Maniapoto Claims Settlement Bill. I'd like to first mihi to those that are out there watching this kaupapa today knowing that you've all been out on the ground vaccinating testing and supporting your whānau your hapū your iwi. I'd like to mihi to all the hauora that are out there. They've had to carry this ngāngara. I recognise and see all the mahi that you're doing. I want to also mihi to all of the kuia the kaumātua negotiators hapū leaders and whānau who are here who are not able to also be in the gallery but are here in wairua. I acknowledge those who are no longer with us since this journey started 30 years ago. The mahi of rangatira is to weave together their people and that is exactly what you have done to reach this point. Your natural development was interrupted in the most horrible way possible.Unlike members from other parties Te Paati Māori is only afforded a five-minute speaking slot at these debates so I'll keep my kōrero brief and to the point. But 50 percent of the speaking slots is a whole lot more than the 1 percent of our whenua that is offered to us in these settlements. We all know that iwi generally settle for less than 1 percent of what was confiscated—what was violently stolen from us not lost—that the Crown-led Treaty settlement process can be re-traumatising and pit whānau iwi and hapū against each other. The settlements are unsettling. They create divide and tension. The people of Aotearoa owe you their thanks for your extraordinary generosity and sacrifice in agreeing to the terms of this settlement. We recognise your koha of aroha for peace to this nation for bearing the costs of the wars for bearing the costs of the New Zealand Wars. As an uri of Taranaki I also acknowledge your manaakitanga in providing a safe haven for our people in the face of our own displacement in the face of your displacement—the loss of your lives and whenua at the hands of the Crown in the 1860s.The Crown negotiation policies which place everyone in the one-size-fits-all model are cruel. The fiscal envelope is cruel. They have determined and engineered further division further harm and therefore further breaches of Te Tiriti. I know the damage this process does to our whānau to our relationships to our w'anaungatanga. I also know how important it is to never settle for what was achieved in the past—that we must keep striving to get the justice that our tūpuna deserve and to create a future where our mokopuna can thrive as their true selves. That is why Te Paati Māori does not accept the settlements as full and final. This creates the false impression that our trauma lies in the past that the inequities the pollution the poverty is no more. We all know that sadly that just isn't the case. The Treaty is not settled; it is not honoured. A new Aotearoa is on the rise an Aotearoa where tangata whenua tangata moana and tangata Tiriti unite and work together to create the harmonious peaceful and just nation that was envisaged in Te Tiriti—the future that our tūpuna sacrificed to ensure we could continue to strive for.I look forward to continuing to support Ngāti Maniapoto as this bill passes through the House and to see the inevitable continued progress of your people as you enter this new era. I also look forward to seeing your mokopuna come from other iwi and hapū to make sure their settlements and their needs are met. No settlement can compensate for the pain the suffering and the trauma that your people endured and far too often still ensure. But this marks an important step on your road to justice on your road to prosperity for your people. This is not about dollars; this is about you being able to take the Crown to task and despite all the challenges—all the roadblocks that are put up to prevent real justice—nothing can take away from the fact that this is your day this is your bill and this is your story. Kia ora koutou katoa.