Korako Nuk: Arts Centre of Christchurch Trust Bill — Third ReadingText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeKorako Nuk: Arts Centre of Christchurch Trust Bill — Third Reading[Sitting date: 03 June 2015. Volume:706;Page:4294. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]NUK KORAKO (National): Tēnā koe e te Mana Whakawā ā huri noa i te Whare e mihi atu ana ki a koutou katoa; ki a kōrua e ngā manuhiri tūāraki e André me Jen nō reira piki mai kake mai hōmai te wairua.[Thank you Mr Deputy Speaker and greetings to you all throughout the House; and to you visitors from afar André and Jen therefore climb and clamber aboard give us the spirit.]It is indeed my pleasure to take this final call and to talk about the Arts Centre of Christchurch Trust Bill. I stand here as a proud Cantabrian as a proud member of Ngāi Tahu Whānui and then also as a son of mana whenua Tūahuriri as well.Indeed we have heard about throughout all of the process of this bill the journey that reflects the fact that in Christchurch—Ōtautahi our city—there was the 2010 earthquake the first one and then of course the February 2011 one. What that did was start some incredible journeys. This one here is to me one of the most amazing journeys since the emergency the recovery and it is now a reflection very much of the rebuild.As I said in a previous speech concerning this bill to Ngāi Tahu Māori the Christchurch Arts Centre was more of an edifice to colonialism. When we were young kids and we used to come to Christchurch we actually went to the museum to see all of our own taonga as opposed to visiting the Arts Centre—I see and acknowledge on the other side of the House when we talk about Ngāi Tahu Whānui Mr Rino Tirikatene—and our tāua and pōua used to come in their finery to Christchurch to visit the museum. They used to love walking past this beautiful building because looking at Ngāi Tahu Whānui they were also very very well acquainted with Queen Victoria because if we look at Te Tiriti o Waitangi that was really the first beginnings of that under her. So to us that building of the Arts Centre and its beautiful architecture was very much an acknowledgment of the royal family of Windsor and the English colonialism for which Christchurch is so well-known. This building though is to me not only an edifice of colonialism but also once it is finished—and this has even started now—a beacon for hope. It is a beacon for the retention of what little heritage of colonial times that we have left in Christchurch.There have been some wonderful and very appropriate acknowledgments and like everyone else I too want to acknowledge our local MP who sponsored and championed this bill the Hon Nicky Wagner and the Hon Gerry Brownlee as the Minister for Canterbury Earthquake Recovery. Also I mihi to the two stalwarts really who worked behind the scenes but who have come here for every reading to support this bill. To Jen Crawford and André Lovatt the time will shortly come when the aspirations that we all have will actually be put into effect hopefully with the final reading of this bill and its final journey to legislation.The interesting thing about taking a walk down memory lane—my esteemed colleague the member for Waimakariri Matt Doocey did an interesting tour there. But coming back to the bill if we are talking about cultural heritage there is one part of this bill that I believe really reflects not only colonial culture but also Ngāi Tahu Māori culture. I want to acknowledge the work of the Local Government and Environment Committee under our chair Scott Simpson and also again the work of André Lovattand the Arts Centre of Christchurch Trust. What they have actually exercised here in part of this legislation is something that we call kotahitaka and that is true partnership.This is because when we look at the make-up of the trust itself it does represent all of the major stakeholders that will be responsible for the processes that this trust will run under the legislation: the University of Canterbury the Christchurch City Council Heritage New Zealand the Christchurch Civic Trust and the Ministry for Culture and Heritage. The great thing there about the second to last one is that it has also included other local businesses and community organisations with interests in the Arts Centre. So what that does is it encompasses a collective of stakeholders that we probably do not think about often but at least it is about kotahitaka or inclusiveness.The last part that I want to come to is the fact that Papatipu Rūnanga of Canterbury are also involved and are part of this trust. This is something that I think reflects the way forward and the way that we work in true partnership as the iwi working with all of these stakeholders particularly with the Crown and with the Christchurch City Council. There was a question because in the original bill it was actually about the tangata whenua of Canterbury. But from the work that was done the questions that were asked and then the trust and also the various officials came back what it came back to was the fact that it was not about tangata whenua specifically; it was actually about Papatipu Rūnanga—those who had mana whenua and manawa-whenua. They had their heart in the land there so they were closer than just tangata whenua.Just to acknowledge this when we look at that it is also an understanding that Ngāi Tahu does not have just one face in Te Rūnunga o Ngāi Tahu; it has many faces. The fact is that there are mana whenua there are Papatipu Rūnanga there are whānau there are hapū. This to me has been an inclusive part of this bill and I want to acknowledge the work that André and Jen have done on our behalf—kia ora to you.In conclusion the Arts Centre is a very important part of Christchurch’s heritage. It is special to the people of Christchurch together and collectively. This legislation provides an opportunity for greater certainty around the original intentions of the trust deed and provides for the modernisation of the trust board’s governance structure. I think that is really important because it moves it forward into the 21st century and beyond. I want to commend again all of those people and to reiterate that for those who have actually been responsible for furthering this bill through the House. I look forward to seeing the Arts Centre of Christchurch restored to its place as a cultural centre for Christchurch and this bill will help the trust as it goes through that process. Kikoraki te tai kahuraki te taoka.[Blue as the sea is the prized possession.]I would like to commend this bill to the House. Kia ora.Bill read a third time.