Wall Louisa: Ngāti Hauā Claims Settlement Bill — Third ReadingText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeWall Louisa: Ngāti Hauā Claims Settlement Bill — Third Reading[Sitting date: 09 December 2014. Volume:702;Page:1312. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]LOUISA WALL (Labour—Manurewa):Kia ora e Te Māngai o Te Whare ngā mana e rau rangatira mā; ngā mihi ki Te Tumuaki me ngā whānau o Ngāti Hauā. Tēnā koutou tēnā koutou tēnā tātou katoa.[Greetings to the Assistant Speaker of the House authorities and many leaders; acknowledgments to the Head and families of Ngāti Hauā.Congratulations and well done to you and to us all. Thank you.]I have to say that I think we have had some of the most thoughtful contributions this morning to the Treaty settlement process. From my perspective I think we are in a new era. It is a new era of resistance. Sitting here listening to the contributions—thinking of people like Tamihana thinking of people like Taingakawa and thinking of people like Ānaru Thompson who now has the mantle in terms of the resistance of Ngāti Hauā—it makes me really proud that where we are now is a period of what I call rehabilitation. We have survived. We have survived and we have survived to a point where we are getting some of our lands back and actually our culture never died and neither did our language. But the biggest challenge that we have going forward is to make sure that 100 percent of our whānau have access and opportunity in terms of our culture and our language.For me today is a significant day and I want to mihi to all the people who have been involved in this process. The Wai claims—Wai 306 Wai 1017—were lodged by Alan Gillett by Eru Kaukau and by Marsden Kaukau. I acknowledge the trustees who signed the terms of negotiation in December 2012. Again I want to acknowledge the chair Ānaru Thompson the tumuaki. Today is actually the 74th settlement in this House. We are now 60 percent of the way through the Treaty settlement process. I want to acknowledge the Hon Chris Finlayson because I think that the process he has now instituted is meaning that we are moving at a quicker pace. As you have seen displayed today this is a place where we can debate the significance and the meaning of some of the things that have been included in our Treaty settlement process.Again I want to highlight the statutory acknowledgments that for me give meaning to our status as mana whenua as tangata whenua not only within the context of these Treaty settlement processes but our relationships with local councils and other things. For me it also means: what is our relationship with the Ministry of Education our boards of trustees and all the schools and the kura within your Ngāti Hauā rohe? I think the next task of this post-settlement commitment unit is actually translating this process and this history into history books that our kids learn generically not just ngā uri o Ngāti Hauā but actually ngā uri o Aotearoa New Zealand because it is a taonga in itself and everyone should have the right and opportunity to understand and know our history.When I look at how we translate this recognition of our status conversations about what is happening in New Plymouth—and the mayor and the council there saying we should have a Māori and a specific Māori on that local board of the local council—actually have significance and relevance right across the motu. I think the driver of that opportunity has to come from our iwi and our hapū. If we want it then we need to add some value to the statutory recognitions in our status in our relationships and in our partnerships with our local council. I think the evolution of that will mean that forevermore our status will never be diminished because fundamentally we as tangata whenua as mana whenua as the guardians of our mokopuna and our tamariki—the future actually now is in our hands. I look forward to the challenge that that now poses our post-Treaty settlement resistance fighters as I called them before because this is only the beginning.So I mihi to you all and acknowledge you. It must be an incredibly proud day. As a member of Parliament I am incredibly humbled to have an opportunity to be a part of this process. Safe travels home. On behalf of my Labour Party colleagues and the rest of the members of this House I hope you know that this is a genuine process of consensus and that as a House we are actually really committed to this Treaty settlement and to the next phase in our status as tangata whenua in Aotearoa. Nō reira tēnā koutou tēnā koutou tēnā tātou katoa.