Korako Nuk: Te Pire mō Te Reo Māori / Māori Language Bill — Recommittal In CommitteeCWH Third ReadingText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeKorako Nuk: Te Pire mō Te Reo Māori / Māori Language Bill — Recommittal In CommitteeCWH Third Reading[Sitting date: 14 April 2016. Volume:713;Page:10622. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]NUK KORAKO (National):Ā tēnā koe e Te Mana Whakawā ā huri noa i Te Whare nei. E ngā tohuka o Te Reo Māori tēnā koutou tēnā koutou e mihi atu ki a koutou katoa. E Te Mana Whakawā kua tae tonu te Pire mō Te Reo Māori ki tōna whakamanataka. Ēhara i te huarahi māmā te haere o tēnei pire kia tae ki te pānuitaka tuatoru ēhara hoki i te mahi māmā mō Te Minita Te Hōnore Te Ururoa Flavell ki te arataki mai i te pire ki konei. Me mihi au ki Te Minita mō te mutuka pai mai o te pire nei mō ngā whitiwhitinga kōrero mō te pai hoki o tā tātau mahitahi kia eke ai te pire.Ka mihi au ki a Tā Pita Sharples koinei tana pire mutuka i mua i tōna wehenga i Te Whare nei. Ahakoa ngā panonitaka ki te pire mai i tōna kuhunga tuatahi mai ka mihi tonu ki a Tā Pita Sharples mō tēnei āwhina nui mō te oranga o Te Reo Māori.Me mihi rā ki ngā āpiha mō ngā āwhina mai i te komiti whiriwhiri i ngā take Māori. Kia ora Tīmoti kia ora Ben mō tēnā tae rawa atu ki ngā āwhina oTe Tari Ture o Te Pāremata Briar Tīpene/Stephen tēnā kōrua.Kia huri ki tēnei pire te pire tuatahi kei roto katoa i Te Reo Māori me te reo Ingarihi kia mara ake i te taha oTe Reo Māori te tuakana. Kāore e mutu aku mihi ki ngā kaiwhakamārama reo ā-waha mō ngā āwhina ki te komiti whiriwhiri i ngā take Māori. E Te Mana Whakawā i kapi te taha mō ngā take o te pire e te komiti. He rā nui whakaharahara mō Te Reo Māori tēnei rā i te whakamanataka o te pire nei. E whakapono ana au ka haruru te rongo i te pire whakaora reo pēnei ki tēnei whakatupuraka.I mua i te otinga o aku kōrero me mihi au ki Te Hōnore Nanaia Mahuta mō tēnei tāpiritaka nāna i whakatakoto. E Te Mana Whakawā kāore mātau o tēnei taha i tautoko i te tāpaetaka nā reira kāore e whai wāhi ki te pire nei. Hoi ka mihi ahau ki te mema me tōna hiahia kia whānui atu ki te whakaaetaka me te whakapāhaaTe Karauna me tana wāhi mō patunga i Te Reo Māori. Kino kino rawa atu ngā mahi a Te Karauna ki Te Reo Māori kia mārama pai ki tērā. Hoi kei roto i ngā whakataunga kerēme kei waenganui i Te Karauna me tēnā iwi me tēnā iwi he whakaaetaka a Te Karauna mō āna mahi ki Te Reo Māori. Ko te mea pai ki a au he whakaaetaka ka hāngai ki tēnā ake iwi ki tēnā ake iwi. He rerekē te oro o Te Reo i tēnā rohe i tēnā rohe. He rerekē hoki ngā whiunga a Te Karauna ki Te Reo i tēnā rohe i tēnā rohe.I Te Wai Pounamu tērā te wā i tata mate Te Reo Māori. E kore e mutu ngā mihi ki ngā tāngata o Te Ika-ā-Māui e moemoe ki roto i a Kāi Tahu. E mau te aroha mō Te Reo ki a mātau. I ngā tau tata nei ka pau te kaha o ngā mea pērā i a Hana O’Regan i a Tahu Pōtiki i a Rev. Maurice Manawaroa Grey i a Eru Tārena nā ki te whakaora i Te Reo Māori ki roto o Kāi Tahu. Kia mahara tātauēhara nā ngā mahi aTe Karauna anake i pāheke ai tō tātau Reo.Kei wareware tātau ki ngā rakatira whai mana pērā i a Tā Apirana Ngata i kaha ki te tautoko kia reo Ingarihi ngā kaupapa ako i ngā tamariki. Ko te titiro a ngā rakatira nei ka ngāwari ake te kuhu a Te Māori ki te ao tāwhitiwhiti a te Pākehā mēnā e mōhio rātau ki te kōrero Pākehā. Hoi i te kuhunga ki te ao Pākehā kātahi ka hē rawa atu tō tātau Reo. E Te Mana Whakawā ko te whakaaetaka me te whakapāhaaTe Karauna me te patu i tō tātau Reo tētahi mea tino nui rawa atu. Ahakoa tērā kāore i te tika kia whānui rawa taua whakapāha.Kei te rongo ake i te aroha i roto i te hiahia o Te Hōnore Nanaia Mahuta kia pērā te horapa o te whakapāha i runga tonu o ētahi ngā takahitanga i ngā tau ki mua. Hoi ko te huarahi kua takoto e Te Minita kua whai wāhanga ki tēnei pire koirā pea te whakapāha tika ake.Kei roto i tā Te Minita whakapāha e rārangi ana ngā tūkinotaka i rongo ai e Te Rōpū Whakamana i Te Tiriti o Waitangi tae atu ki ngā whakaaetaka a Te Karauna kei roto i ngā whakataunga o ngā kerēme a tēnā iwi a tēnā iwi tata noa ki tēnei rā. Kei konei te pūmautaka aTe Karauna kia mahitahi mō ngā iwi me ngā Māori ki te whakaora ki te tiaki i tō tātau Reo ā ngā rā kei te tū.He hōnore ki ahau te noho hei heamana mō te komiti whiriwhiri take Māori i te wā o te pire nei. Whakapono ai au he pire nui tēnei mō te whakaora i tō tātau Reo. E Te Mana Whakawā ka tāpae au i te pire ki Te Whare. Nō reira tēnā koutou e mihi atu ana ki a koutou katoa.[Thank you Mr Deputy Speaker and everyone throughout the House. I acknowledge you the experts of the Māori language; greetings and acknowledgments to you all. The Māori Language Bill is nearly at the end of its journey. This bill’s journey to its third reading has not been an easy one; neither has the Hon Te Ururoa Flavell’s task in guiding it here been easy. I acknowledge the Minister for Māori Development for finishing off this bill well for undertaking the negotiations and how well we have worked together to get the bill here.I pay a tribute to Sir Pita Sharplesas this was his final bill before he left Parliament. Despite the amendments to the bill when it was first introduced I acknowledge him still for this massive assistance in terms of the revitalisation of the Māori language. I must acknowledge the officials for the assistance they provided to the Māori AffairsCommittee. Thank you Tīmoti and Ben for that as well as the assistance by the Parliamentary Counsel Office notably Briar and Tīpene/Stephen—yes youtwo.And so I turn to this bill the first one that is totally in the Maorilanguagewhich takes precedence over the English version alongside it. My acknowledgmentsremain boundlessto the interpreters and translators in terms of the assistance they provide to the Māori Affairs Committee.The purpose in regard to this bill has been covered. Today is a significant and great day for the Māori language when this bill is enacted. I believe the fame of the revitalisation of the language bill like to this generationwillreverberate.Before I conclude my contribution I acknowledge theSupplementaryOrderPaper165that the Hon Nanaia Mahuta submitted. We on this side do not support the submissionand as a consequence there isnoplace for it in this bill. However I do acknowledge the member in her desire to expand the Crown’s acknowledgment and apology and the part it played in the punishment of the Māori language. The Crown’sactions upon the Māori language werereally terrible and despicable; let us be clear about that.However there is a Crown acknowledgmentbetween the Crown and each triberelating to its actions against the Māori language. What I like about it is that it is tribe specific. The dialectin that region and that region differs;Crown regional punishments vary.The problem in the South Island was that the Māori language had all but disappeared at the time.We are ever grateful to the people from the North Island who married into Ngāi Tahu. We caught the passion for the Māori language from them.Much energy was expended in recent years by people like Hana O’Regan Tahu Pōtiki Rev.Maurice Manawaroa Greyand Eru Tārena to restore the Māori language within Ngāi Tahu. We must remember that the decline of our language was not due to Crown action.We must never forget noble leaders like Sir Apirana Ngatawho pushed hard for English to be the main language for educational purposes. The viewpoint taken by these leaders was that it would be easier for Māori to maketheirway through a Pākehā world ifthey wereproficient in English. But this proficiency in English impacted badly on our language.There isanacknowledgmentthatthe punishment of our languagewasareally significant factor in the demise of the Māori language and for that we have an apology from the Crown.Regardless of that a blanket apology is not the right way to go.I feel the empathy in the desire by the Hon Nanaia Mahuta that the apology be a broad one over the injustices of years past. But there is provision in this bill for the pathway presented by the Minister. Thatapology is perhaps the more appropriate one. It refers backto the injustices thatwere heard by the Waitangi Tribunal and the acknowledgmentsthatthe Crown has made inTreaty settlements to date. It also goes on to reiterate the Crown’s commitment to working with tribes and Māoridom to revitalise and protect our language in the future.I deem it an honour to be the chairman of the Māori Affairs Committee during the period of this bill. I believe this is a significant bill to revitalise our language and soI submit the bill to the House. My appreciation and thanks toyou collectively and to us all.]