Allan KiritapuKIRITAPU ALLAN (Labour): Kei Te Māngai ka huri ahau ki te mihi atu ki ngā uri o ngā hapū o Ngāti Porou i waenganui i tēnei whare ā tāatou nei Whare o Pāremata; ā kei a koutou e ōku nei rangatira tino roa te ara o tēnei pire i waenganui i tēnei Whare otirā kei a koutou ā tātou nei pukumahi i tēnei ahiahi tino whakahirahira ki a koutou otirā ki a mātou mai i tēnei taha o tērā taha. Kei te mihi ki a koutou ā tēnā koutou. [I turn to acknowledge the descendants of the Ngāti Porou tribes amongst this House our House of Parliament; to you my leaders this bill has had a long road through this House. However you have our undivided attention on this very important afternoon for you and for us on both sides of the House. Greetings to you all.]I'm the ninth speaker so I'm only going to reiterate what everybody else has said already. I don't want to bore you too much.ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Poto Williams): I'm sure I won't be bored.KIRITAPU ALLAN: I'm sure you won't be Madam Assistant Speaker because I'm going to make it entertaining. I do want to acknowledge the remarks of both the Minister of Waitangi Negotiations Andrew Little and his former counterpart the Hon Christopher Finlayson. This bill has had a long journey. It has lived its life through three different Government administrations. There have been many people who have passed through the course of that period most of whom have been acknowledged today but it would be remiss if I didn't also acknowledge the aspirations the leadership of the boy from Tikitiki and the esteemed rangatira Apirana Mahuika.I cast back my memory to those times in 2004. I was a young fulla and had dreadlocks and was protesting outside too I think at that time. But I think of the leadership of those too of your iwi o Ngāti Porou in this House the Hon Parekura Horomia the trials and tribulations that he endured in this House as a consequence of the seabed and foreshore and the many decisions post facto. So I too want to acknowledge Parekura an esteemed leader for many of us in this House but also for you o Ngāti Porou.Earlier this afternoon Herewini mentioned that the ōhāki or the last aspirations of Apirana were to see this bill enter into this House and pass through. And after 15 or so years and many many hui up and down that coast many debates that have been had it's taken too long but this day has come.I reflected on some of the comments just prior to the election from Apirana's son and former colleague Matanuku Mahuika who led these negotiations. One of the things that he mentioned was I hope that in turn this doesn't become another political football post-election if the Government changes." And I'm proud of the work of my colleagues on this side of the House. Ngāti Porou for your dedication and I guess your ongoing endurance through the many changes that you have seen—I am glad that there has been little fuss in seeing this bill passed through under this changed administration.I also too want to acknowledge that I've always admired the way that Ngāti Porou have been very instrumental in the way that I see you operate Wellington. In fact I'm going to say it was about 10.30 pm on the evening of 23 September 2017 that I got my first phone call lobbying me for my very first time as what would be a new MP of this House—about this here bill. "Don't you forget about this bill!" So your masterminds—I always sort of preach back to my iwi. I say "If we want to ever learn how to work Wellington and get things done let's take a leaf out of Ngāti Porou's books."There are many people that can be acknowledged but I do want to just say that the most interesting thing for me in this bill—Ngā Rohe Moana o Ngā Hapū o Ngāti Porou Bill (No 2)—[Bell rung]ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Poto Williams): I apologise to the member.KIRITAPU ALLAN: Sorry. Those that are on the ground of the hapū who actually have to do the mahi: nō reira ki a koutou tēnā koutou."