Korako NukNUK KORAKO (National): Tēnā koe e Te Mana Whakawā. Tēnā rā koutou ngā puāwaitaka o roto ō tātou mātua tupuna. Nei rā te mihi hōhonu ki ōku whanaunga ngā hapū o Ngāti Porou. Ka tū au he uri o Hemo ki-te-Raki e mihi kau ana ki a koutou ōku whanaunga. Nō reira e mihi atu ki a koe e Te Kaiwhakahaere o Te Rūnanganui o Ngati Porou. Ki a koe Selwyn nau mai haere mai ki Te Whare Miere. Nō reira e koutou rā huri noa i Te Whare nei mihi atu ki a koutou katoa.[Greetings to you all the fruits of our ancestors. I offer my deepest greetings to my relations from the tribal group of Ngāti Porou. I stand here as a descendant of Hemo ki-te-Raki to extend a welcome to you my relations. I therefore acknowledge you the chair of Te Rūnanganui o Ngati Porou. Selwyn welcome to the Beehive. As well I extend greetings around this House to you all.]It is with great pleasure to rise in front of my whanaunga the descendants of our shared tīpuna Hemo ki-te-Raki and Hamo-te-Rangi—the mother of Ngāti Porou and my Kai Tahu people.The previous speakers have really detailed a number of points in the Ngā Rohe Moana o Ngā Hapū o Ngāti Porou Bill (No 2) second reading. Absolutely it has been a long journey and absolutely there has been some complexity. What I would like to cover off in the second reading was—and we know the second reading is very much based on the submissions process and also that brings a number of sort of technical issues that need to be actually highlighted in a second reading. So I think it's important too to talk about the genesis of this bill and why it happened.So looking at it: the bill gives effect to the deed of agreement between 47 hapū of Ngāti Porou and the Crown in relation to specified common marine and coastal areas or rohe moana. Absolutely there are 10 that are not actually included in this particular legislation but the door is not closed; it is actually left open so that possibly those 10 can still come in to this legislation. But I acknowledge the fact that there are 47 hapū that are included in this legislation as it actually stands. As a background also it was first drafted before the 2017 election so it provides for recognition of customary interests including customary marine title within the rohe moana. And it provides for Parts 3 and 4 of the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act 2011 to no longer apply in these areas replacing them with specific recognition of customary interest which is what this particular bill does.So the seven East Coast management areas comprising of ngā rohe moana they are actually listed in the bill. These management areas start in Pōtikirua in the north and extend down to Te Toka ā Taiau in the south. So it's important to note that the areas between Koutunui and Mawhai Point and between Marau Point and the Pouawa River are actually not included. So these were part of the 10 hapū that I've actually just mentioned. I think the important thing too is that the bill arises—the genesis of the bill was from an unfortunate period when a previous Government attempted in 2004 to alienate iwi from their customary mana over the foreshore and seabed. So Ngāti Porou—and this really reflects the mana and also the intelligence and the knowledge of this iwi because what actually happened then is that it showed how pragmatic they actually were because what they quickly ascertained was that the tide was fast receding on the rights they thought were guaranteed to them under the three articles of the Treaty of Waitangi.The Foreshore and Seabed Act corrected Ngāti Porou's mistaken belief that the Government of the day would honour its Treaty obligations but ever the pragmatic people—and unfortunately used to the Crown breaches of the iwi's Treaty rights—Ngāti Porou immediately entered into negotiations to try and protect its customary rights. So the Ngā Rohe Moana o Ngā Hapū o Ngāti Porou Bill was introduced in 2008 and it was designed to give effect to aspects of the 2008 deed of agreement that contributed to the legal expression protection and the recognition of the continued exercise of mana by the hapū of Ngāti Porou in relation to ngā rohe moana o ngā hapū o Ngāti Porou. So fortunately the awful Foreshore and Seabed Act 2004 was repealed and replaced by the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act 2011.I do take some comfort from the purported words of the chairman of Ngāti Porou who was the chair of the Ngāti Porou foreshore and seabed implementation committee and also my whanaunga Rei Kōhere. And I want to quote what Rei Kōhere actually said because this was in relation to the agreement: It will therefore enable our hapū to exercise their mana as kaitiaki over our coastline while ensuring our whānau can still gather kaimoana and enjoy our customary rights and access to our kāpata kai." That there is really one of the important parts of this whole legislation in the way that the Ngāti Porou hapū actually see it.I want to acknowledge the kaiwhakahaere o Te Komiti Whiriwhiri Take Māori my whanaunga Rino Tirikatene because he has covered off the fact about how we actually went and heard the 215 submissions—most of them the majority actually there in Gisborne—and then also mentioning Rongowhakaata as well which was an important part of those particular submissions.The Hon Christopher Finlayson has actually covered off a lot of those technicalities already. But I want to just acknowledge one person—or two people actually—who was instrumental along with the Hon Christopher Finlayson in ensuring that this particular legislation would actually see the light of day. I want to acknowledge the late Dr Apirana Tuahae Kaukapakapa Mahuika or uncle Api. He was very very instrumental in a lot of the genesis of this legislation particularly after the foreshore and seabed legislation. I know that the Hon Christopher Finlayson has left the House at the moment but what I also want to acknowledge is that for the Hon Christopher Finlayson this may be the last time that he will actually speak in this House on this legislation.When you think about it when you think about some of those Māori leaders one Tā Tipene O'Regan is actually still with us. But there are a number: Sir Bob Māhuta; there's also I just mentioned Api Mahuika. There's others too—Sir Graham Latimer—you know a lot of these leaders that actually have worked with the Hon Christopher Finlayson. And what the Hon Christopher Finlayson brought was the fact that he wasn't just doing it for Māori; he was actually doing it with Māori. I want to leave it there because I see the Rt Hon David Carter will speak and I hope he will speak more about the Hon Christopher Finlayson. I want to again reiterate the fact that this is this bill and its journey moving through this second reading and then through the committee stage to the third reading. It's been a long journey and I hope that it will not be so long when this legislation will be fully passed into law. E Te Mana Whakawā tēnā koe; huri noa i Te Whare nei e Ngāti Porou e whanaunga nō reira tēnā koutou tēnā koutou e mihi atu ki a koutou katoa. Kia ora.[Mr Speaker thank you; all around this House Ngāti Porou my kinsmen greetings greetings I salute you all. Thank you.]"