Hutchison Paul: Maungaharuru-Tangitū Hapū Claims Settlement Bill — Second ReadingText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeHutchison Paul: Maungaharuru-Tangitū Hapū Claims Settlement Bill — Second Reading[Sitting date: 19 February 2014. Volume:696;Page:16177. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]Dr PAUL HUTCHISON (National—Hunua): Tēnā koe Mr Speaker. E ngā mana e ngā reo e ngā hapū o Maungaharuru-Tangitū e ngā iwi o te motu tēnā koutou tēnā koutou tēnā koutou katoa.[Greetings to you Mr Assistant Speaker. To the authorities languages and subtribes of Maungaharuru-Tangitū and to the tribes of the country greetings salutations and acknowledgements to you all.]It is indeed a great privilege to speak on the Maungaharuru-Tangitū Hapū Claims Settlement Bill the purpose of which is to give effect to the deed of settlement signed by the Crown and Maungaharuru-Tangitū Hapū. May I specifically acknowledge the hapū and their six component hapū their ancestors those who are living now and those who are going to come in the future. As my colleague Louisa Wall mentioned it is hugely important to recognise the great harms that have occurred in the past. Hopefully this is indeed one way of seeing reconciliation take place and a very positive and constructive future for those who are going to be born in the years ahead.Settlements are designed to recognise and right the wrongs of the past and to strengthen the partnership between the Crown and Māori. Hopefully this is indeed a quality settlement. Settlements also help unlock economic potential and boost regional and provincial areas in keeping with National’s priority to build a more competitive and productive economy. We do indeed want to see Māori and young Māori totally involved in the economic progress of this country and to be able to participate fully.I remind myself so often that when I went to university down in Otago less then 0.05 percent of the students at that time were Māori; now it is in the order of 9 percent and growing. It is through education and it is through economic power that the practical ability to move forward and create high standards of living is effected.I was not on the Māori Affairs Committee. Indeed it is a great privilege just to be able to make some comments regarding this settlement. I understand the committee recommends the bill be passed. I am told a number of submitters expressed dissatisfaction with the way Maungaharuru-Tangitū claimants have been defined in the bill. The concern centred largely on two issues: the entitlements for claimants with connections to both Ngāti Pāhauwera and Maungaharuru-Tangitū Hapū and those individuals descended from ancient hapū who may fall between the two settlements.I want to mention Ngāti Pāhauwera. It is an important part of the settlement process for claimant groups to have the opportunity to set out their whakapapa as they see it and this is done in the deed of settlement. Although different approaches to self-identification have been taken the select committee is confident that this has not resulted in any entitled individuals being excluded from benefiting from one or more settlements.With regard to ancient hapū the committee also heard from submitters who believed that as their ancestral hapū were not explicitly mentioned in the deed of settlement they could not benefit from it. The committee I am told is satisfied that between the Maungaharuru-Tangitū Hapū and Ngāti Pāhauwera settlements the people and hapū in the region will be fully represented and after the enactment of this bill no outstanding claims will remain to be settled.As I said before it is a great privilege to speak on the second reading of this bill and I like many others commend it to the House.