Lyndon HūhanaHŪHANA LYNDON (Green): Tēnā koe e te Pīka otirā tātou katoa. Toitū te marae o Tānemahuta toitū te marae o Tangaroa toitū te tangata.[If the domain of Tānemahuta is sustained and the domain of Tangaroa is sustained then humanity will be sustained.]As we say in te Ao Māori if the land is well and if the moana the sea is well then the people will thrive. The Green Party stands to tautoko this legislation and have followed it closely through the House. We have seen the diverse conversations the fact that actually in select committee there were attempts to bring ourselves together in agreement and always knowing that we can't necessarily agree on all things. However we have seen in the House that bipartisan support come together and tautoko this legislation.As my colleague Arena Williams has shared it is disappointing that we weren't able to complete or even address the last piece of legislation because we all need to be ready we all need to be here and we all need to engage in the discussion.It's been 32 years since the signing of the fishery settlement and Te Ohu Kai Moana and the iwi mandated authorities have been working hard to manage this fishery on behalf of te Iwi Māori. The Green Party support iwi rangatiratanga in the space. The Green Party support the fact that Te Ohu Kai Moana still needs to be powered up and they still need to do the work that iwi require.We support the way inwhich we have moved as a House through this legislation. While we have had our ups and downs in the House myself included we own it and we carry on because ultimately this legislation has taken far too long. If I recall I think 2017 or 2018 was the first attempt from the chair Jamie Tuuta to commence this process. Te Ohu Kai Moana had asked at that time Me tere te hōiho; let's strap up the horse and let's get going." Well it's 2024 now and we're only just completing the process. Nō reira e te whānau. Toi tū te moana toi tū te whenua toi tū anō te tangata te Iwi Māori hoki.Collectively te Iwi Māori own 40 percent of commercial fisheries quota and related commercial fisheries assets. And thinking principally around the ability for us to exercise our rangatiratanga in this space this bill provides that pathway through. As a former CEO of a mandated iwi organisation I stand in support of the way in which we have handled this—as fast as we can. The pause that was required for this Government to go and have the necessary conversations with iwi Te Ohu Kai Moana monitoring us as we progress through and advocating that we might hurry up because ultimately this legislation will empower iwi and will protect iwi in this space and enable us to move forward into the future commercially strong with a robust entity and mana whakahaere as was always intended in this settlement.Te Ohu Kai Moana has led out in this space and I acknowledge their work to date. It hasn't been easy being an entity that has to respond to many iwi voices and certainly it's been a robust process over the last 32-odd years as they've grown and learnt to work and listen to the voice of iwi. But also they need to have greater management over these assets and this bill will support the governance relationships that are required and Te Ohu Kai Moana to be funded appropriately to support our local communities to ensure the long-term success of the fisheries and commercial assets but also the health of our moana.As te Rōpū Kākāriki of course we tautoko the mahi tahi of te Iwi Māori. We tautoko the way in which they have traversed this area for a very long time learning trying to grow our people in this space trying to manage a quota asking where is the workforce how do we grow it and how do we engage our people into the conversation of Māori fisheries? And te Rōpū Kākāriki encourage te Iwi Māori to continue to do that. It is important for us as bipartisan whanaunga of this House that we do progress this legislation together. The time is now; it is not tomorrow. And te Rōpū Kākāriki encourage us that this might be the opportunity for us to stand in solidarity. While we don't always stand in solidarity on other things we might tautoko this as te Iwi Māori has asked us to do so.The whole development of the Māori fisheries space has been challenging—not to forget the growing pains for Māori in accepting the settlement at the outset the quota management system and then also the establishment of the waka. This legislation is progress. It provides rangatiratanga it improves the governance arrangements it empowers the MIOs the mandated iwi organisations to have more direct control over moana and Aotearoa Fisheries Ltd by removing those intermediary decision-making bodies. It's closer to mana whakahaere. That was something that was agreed wholeheartedly by the iwi of Te Ohu Kai Moana. They sought for this to change and they are now seeing this come to fruition. It's important to see the redistribution of the shares of Te Ohu Kai Moana and Aotearoa Fisheries Ltd where we do own 50 percent of Sealord. This legislation will help simplify the process for trading quota and give us the ability to also pull those assets together.I'd like to recognise the Māori Affairs Committee and the way in which they have heard submissions the diverse voices from iwi Te Ohu Kai Moana and also our urban whanaunga coming and reporting to the House and also presenting the diverse views of that committee of the time. But I think that we've also reached a point that where now we've got that good happy medium te Iwi Māori will see that this House does tautoko us in our rangatiratanga over this taonga and mana whakahaere of our fisheries assets.We fundamentally support as te Rōpū Kākāriki iwi rangatiratanga and this is an example of how we should do it all together in other spaces as well. One of the key things that this legislation will provide is that levy to help boost Te Ohu Kai Moana in their mahi so that they can elevate they can innovate and they can progress the mahi on behalf of te Iwi Māori and the management of their fisheries assets.Te Ohu Kai Moana has always had a leading role and they've been increasing their reach across many sectors. They've been in our community. They've got a roadshow coming out. They're coming to the Copthorne in Tai Tokerau in Waitangi. They're everywhere and they need to be funded appropriately so that they can reach out deep into Māori communities engaging with iwi and hapū and ensuring that everyone is aware of the current nekehanga the different changes and the different policies by which te Iwi Māori might be impacted or need a voice on. Te Ohu Kai Moana is that group. Nō reira e te whānau. E tino tautoko ana te Rōpū Kākāriki tēnei pire. Kia ora tātou."