Bridges SimonHon SIMON BRIDGES (National—Tauranga): Tēnā koutou e te Whare. Mr Speaker tēnā koe. It's always a privilege to speak at the conclusion of historic Treaty settlement bills because of the significance of them to the iwi in question—here of course Ngāti Hinerangi. And whilst the mechanics if you like of these bills often aren't that different from iwi to iwi there are always unique facets to them because there's always been a different set of injustices with different facts and contexts and that's certainly true here in relation to this claim. And today as far as Parliament's concerned at least the conclusion of this historic Treaty claim with a settlement.Can I just acknowledge the Ministers that have been part of this. Of course originally Minister Chris Finlayson and now Minister Little. Can I acknowledge James Willis known to a few of us in this House who was Crown negotiator. Can I also acknowledge iwi who I think as Minister Little has said have turned out in large numbers here today and that always makes it a very special occasion for dare I say it not just you but also for us in this House.I won't dwell long here today but I did just want to touch on the history that we see and that the Hon Nanaia Mahuta has in her apology to some extent canvassed in her speech in the Parliament. Of course Ngāti Hinerangi were to become part of the Kīngitanga and then amongst forces Māori forces against the Crown of the day the Battle of Pukehinahina or Gate Pā and then also the battle of Te Ranga. And we know that between the period of about 1865 and 1868—which is a relatively dark perhaps the darkest chapter in terms of land confiscations—there were large Crown confiscations from your iwi. Again I acknowledge that Nanaia Mahuta has set out the apology in this Parliament just now in relation to that.One thing I thought to say is that later this month I will as one of the local members of Parliament in Tauranga Moana be going along to a commemoration service at St George's Anglican Church right there on one of if not the key site of the battle of Pukehinahina or Gate Pā and I see the Hon Jan Tinetti nodding. I'm sure I know she's been in the past she may well be there as well. And I think it's a positive thing that in more recent times in fact really just in the last small number of years we've seen something of a renaissance in acknowledgments and recollection really of that history and what was one—or possibly the most significant moment certainly battle in Tauranga Moana's history. More and more children not just of Māori origin are learning the stories and the history of that and I'm sure all members of Parliament join with me in acknowledging what a good thing that is.So we come today given that history that's set out comprehensively—or relatively comprehensively—in the bill to the redress the apology for war for loss of lands cultural redress and the financial redress. And I just mark something that is fundamentally always true in Treaty settlements and it's certainly true here and that's this: that the quantum the amounts in question will never in fact do full justice in a real sense for what has happened. But I hope and I trust that the acknowledgment and what is here in this bill soon to be law will nevertheless bring hope a finalisation here on these historic claims and a brighter future for your iwi. And now of course it will soon be over to you to invest what there is in the future in your mokopuna—some of whom are walking in right now—and their mokopuna and their mokopuna following that. Tēnā koutou tēnā koutou tēnā koutou katoa.