SpeechTĀMATI COFFEY (Labour): Karanga karanga ki a Ranginui e tū iho neiKaranga karanga ki a Papatūānuku e takoto neiHuakina atu rā te tatau o te whare kōreroUhia te kōreroUhia te whakaaroUhia ki te ao māramaE rongo whakairia ki rungaHaumi e hui e taiki e.E te Māngai o tēnei Whare he hononga tata i waenga i a mātou o Te Arawa ki a koutou ki a rātou o Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa. Ko Pūhaorangi te tangata kua puta ko Ohomairangi ko Muturangi ko Taunga ko Atua Matua ko Houmaitawhiti ko Tama te Kapua ko Kahu-mata-momoe ko Tawaki-moe-tahanga ko Uenuku-mai-rarotonga ā ko Rangitihi. Ka moe a Rangitihi ki a Papawharanui ka puta ko Tūhourangi. Ka moe a Tūhourangi ki a Rongomai-papa ka puta ko Uenukukōpako anei a Uenukukōpaka e mihi atu nei ki a koutou.Ko Rongomai-papa te tamāhine o Rongomaiwahine te wahine tapairu o Te Tai Rāwhiti me tōna pāpā a Kahungunu nō reira ki a koutou o Ngāti Kahungunu anei a Te Arawa e mihi atu nei ki a koutou.[Call summon universal spaceCall and summon solid matterOpen the doors of the house of dialogue Lay out the dialogueLay out the thoughtLay out to gain enlightenmentRongo uplift these words Gather … affirm!To the Speaker of the House there is a strong link between Te Arawa and those of Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa. From Pūhaorangi came Ohomairangi Muturangi Taunga Atua Matua Houmaitawhiti Tama te Kapua Kahu-mata-momoe Tawaki-moe-tahanga Uenuku-mai-rarotonga and Rangitihi. Rangitihi married Papawharanui and produced Tūhourangi. Tūhourangi married Rongomai-papa and produced Uenukukōpako. As a descendant of Uenukukōpaka I acknowledge you all.Rongomai-papa was the daughter of the East Coast chieftainess Rongomaiwahine and her husband Kahungunu so therefore Ngāti Kahungunu here stands Te Arawa to greet you.]Can I start by acknowledging my recent visit to Hurunui-ō-Rangi in the Wairarapa. My auntie died and we made the trip down to the marae there; we got to see the beautiful papa kāinga kei te kite i a koe Marama tēnei te mihi nui ki a koe me tō māmā. [village and we saw you Marama. Warm greetings to you and your mother.]We got to meet we got to hang out and we got to hear a little bit about the kōrero that's gone on around there. It's nothing different to what we heard during the submissions process on the select committee. There was a lot of hurt that came through in the select committee process and I want to acknowledge that.This isn't a new battle; in fact the iwi had been battling this for a long time. The journey to settlement dates back decades. The first historical Treaty claim lodged in 1989; years later in 2004 and 2005 the claims were presented to the Waitangi Tribunal; and in 2010 the report released at Te Ore Ore marae in Masterton concluded that overwhelmingly they had claims that were very well founded. The historical claims date back to the 19th century. The mamae is still felt over centuries impacting whānau continually today.While this settlement does not right the wrongs of the past it ushers in as my previous colleague said a new dawn; one that involves a productive working relationship with the Crown. The redress is of importance to the iwi and to the settlement trust. The acquisition of Wairio Station and Rangedale Station as part as part of the settlement—they have ownership that is going to be reinstated on their whenua around Wairarapa Moana which will allow the aspirations of the tīpuna to be fulfilled in a meaningful way. Included in that settlement is 9000 hectares of culturally significant land and Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa Tāmaki nui-a-Rua is looking forward to an enhanced sense of pride that comes with such important whenua being returned.I mentioned in the second reading speech in the House here on this particular bill one of the submissions that really struck to my heart. We had a really lengthy day of submission hearings covering all manner of issues but I found this submission and I want to attribute it to Paul Te Huki who actually got up and sat there he brought photos and he said I make this submission on behalf of My father Renata Paora Tuhokairangi My older Twin brothers Raymond John Te Huki and Stephen Douglas Te Huki My Uncle Joe Todd and Aunty Pauline Todd Uncle Stephen Todd Aunty Maise Harrison Aunty Deli Wilson Aunty Moana Te Huki Aunty Bobby and Kani Reiri Aunty Hine and Mike Nikora who have all passed during this [very] long journey."He went on in his submission to say "This was my immediate family who grew up on or around Whiti Te Ra marae in Tāmaki-nui-a-Rua since the early 1940's and"—in his words—"now it is up to my generation to make it happen which I find is a heavy burden to carry. … I ask that on behalf of my father who passed away on the 14th June [this year] at the [grand] age of 84 who signed an agreement with Minister Finlayson and then again with Minister Little who after signing sat down and had a meal to celebrate and his world meant the deal is done."His recommendation to us the committee was to honour the agreements that his father had signed to pass their settlement through Parliament ASAP before any more whānau pass to let them keep their mana intact and "stop making us beg for our rightful compensation for the Crowns wrong doing" and to "Regain the Crowns Mana by Honouring the agreements my Dad signed." I want to thank Paul for his contribution to the committee and to everybody else that put forward their submissions.I want to also take the opportunity to read a couple of the paragraphs of the apology. The apology is a big part of any Treaty settlement and usually what iwi have to do is wait until we travel to the marae to hear a bit of that apology. But I want to read it today. I think that it is especially pertinent and I acknowledge the long wait that their iwi have had to get to this point right now.The first paragraph of the apology in English goes like this: "The Crown pays tribute to the struggles of Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa Tāmaki nui-a-Rua and your ancestors in pursuit of justice for the Crown's wrongs and especially to those [of you] who have not survived to see this settlement completed. To you the people of Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa Tāmaki nui-a-Rua to your tīpuna and [to] your mokopuna the Crown offers this apology."The Crown unreservedly apologises for not honouring its obligations to respect te tino rangatiratanga o Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa Tāmaki nui-a-Rua through repeated breaches of te Tiriti o Waitangi/the Treaty of Waitangi and its principles. The Crown profoundly regrets the damage and hurt [that] these breaches have caused to the hapū and whānau of Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa Tāmaki nui-a-Rua."The Crown is deeply sorry that it began its relationship with Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa Tāmaki nui-a-Rua in 1845 by prejudging their guilt in a dispute with settlers and depriving Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa Tāmaki nui-a-Rua of tens of thousands of acres by forcing them to cede this land with threats of armed violence."The Crown profoundly regrets that it threatened to end Pākehā settlement in Wairarapa and Tāmaki nui-a-Rua unless your tīpuna sold their land to the Crown giving up the pastoral leases they had negotiated with Pākehā which had provided [the iwi]"—[Turns page]—the rest is in the bill. I thought it was on the other side.Look I just want to say it speaks to the position that we have as members of Parliament here in 2022 that we have to stand here on behalf of the Crown apologising for injustices that were done a long time ago but where the hurt still remains.I stand here today as the chair of the Māori Affairs Committee as a member of the New Zealand Labour Party and as a member of the Labour Māori caucus acknowledging the hurt and the pain that the Crown have caused to your iwi for a very long time. I wish you the best. I wish you all the best as you track through what the future looks like because at some point we have to move past this.Today what we're doing is we're giving that opportunity to get this out of the parliamentary system so that we can put the money in your bank and so that you can go on to determine what the oranga for your iwi looks like. If that looks like some kind of hauora or health centre in Masterton if it looks like something else for your tamariki mokopuna kei te heke mai [for your children and grandchildren to come] then kei a koutou te tikanga—that's yours to decide. We in this House stand proudly next to you on the journey we acknowledge the pain and the hurt from the past but we are also aspirational and hopeful in our hearts that your future is bright and that you go on to make some really good decisions on behalf of your children your mokopuna and your mokomoko that are still to come and you place them in the front and the centre when you go to make decisions after what happens here today.Nō reira ki a koutou e te whanaunga a te whānau whānui o Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa Tāmaki-nui-a-rua nei rā te mihi ki a koutou katoa.[So to the relatives of the wider family of Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa Tāmaki nui-a-rua greetings greetings to you all.]"