Marcroft JennyJENNY MARCROFT (NZ First): Tēnā koe Madam Deputy Speaker. Ki te ariki o Ngāti Tūwharetoa Tā Tumu te Heuheu tēnā koe. Ki ngā uri o Ngāti Tūwharetoa tēnā koutou katoa. Ka nui aku mihi mahana ngā mihi maioha me ngā mihi aroha katoa ki a koutou. Nau mai ki tēnei whare te Whare o Pāremata tō tātou Whare. Tēnā koutou tēnā koutou tēnā tātou katoa.[To the paramount chief of Ngāti Tūwharetoa Sir Tumu te Heuheu greetings. To the descendants of Ngāti Tūwharetoa greetings one and all. My warmest deepest and most appreciative thanks to you all. Welcome to this House welcome to Parliament welcome to our House. Greetings to each and every one who is here.]I greet you from my maunga Whakarongorua and from the waters of Hokianga-nui-ā-Kupe we greet you. I acknowledge your maunga Tongariro Taupō te moana and thank you all for your presence here in the House today for this second reading of the Ngāti Tūwharetoa Claims Settlement Bill. It is my pleasure on behalf of New Zealand First—Aotearoa Tuatahi—to speak on this bill.Tūwharetoa may I have the privilege of reciting one of your treasured sayings? Ka titiro whānui au ki ngā kokonga o tōku rohe kei reira ngā mana o te motu ko ngā whānau ngā marae ngā hapū. Kī mai ngā kōrero o ō mātua tūpuna whakaponotia manaakitia pūmautia ki ngā tikanga o Ngāti Tūwharetoa.[I look to the furthest reaches of my territory where the real authority of the country resides—with families marae and hapū. I repeat the words of your ancestors—believe in them look after them and be steadfast in the customs of Ngāti Tūwharetoa.]I'd just like to let you know that my broadcasting career—many years ago now–was born in the poho of Taupō-nui-a-Tia. My voice was first heard on the airwaves of Hits and Memories Radio Lakeland. It was a radio station on the hill overlooking the town of Taupō. We had the most amazing view out of any radio station in our country. We looked out over the waters of Taupō through to the maunga in the distance. Many times they would be snowclad right throughout winter. It was the most amazing place to begin a career. I was nurtured and protected there by the wairua of Tūwharetoa and I thank you for that.Tūwharetoa are connected to Te Arawa where I grew up—just up the road in Rotorua and then up the road and around the corner in Rerewhakaaitu. So Tūwharetoa are part of the place of where I grew up.I'd like to acknowledge in this reading the chair of our Māori Affairs Committee Rino Tirikatene—an excellent chair. We've heard made mention of this already today. It's really a privilege to be part of this committee and to work in such a collegial manner on these Treaty settlements. Rino mentioned that this reading this second reading here today in the House marks a very significant milestone and I'm privileged to be a part of it. The Minister the Hon Andrew Little spoke about in his submission today that this represents a restorative strategy for progress that is both enterprising and meaningful and it is hopeful that really it does become enterprising and meaningful once we're through the third and final reading of this bill.In earlier readings the first reading unfortunately I wasn't able to be a participant in that but my colleague the Hon Shane Jones was and I'd just like to read out what he said in case you hadn't heard it. He said that This is not just a settlement about resources; this is an affirmation and a reminder to us as Māori parliamentarians of the role that the ancestors of this tribe have played over the years in not only contributing to the Kīngitanga but keeping alive the ancient Polynesian kaupapa of Te Ariki." I think those are really important words for us to remember as Māori politicians.I would like to also make mention of the Hon Christopher Finlayson the former Minister for the work he did in getting the bill through the stages when he was in charge and also the comments he made about the many overlaps. We've heard a lot about that in the select committee and how these must be worked through in a tikanga process. He made mention of the iwi and how you have dealt with all of these issues. You must be commended for that.We heard 29 submissions when we headed to Taupō in March earlier this year and it was really fantastic to go back to what has been a part-time home of mine in an earlier phase in my life. We had several minor and technical amendments that were made to the bill as a result of those hearings and those submissions that we received and 24 Wai claims relating to Ngāti Tūwharetoa have been added to as well.I won't go into too many of the submissions because they have already been spoken about in this House but I would like to make mention of the kōrero we heard around Waihī Village—Turumākina hapū. We heard about the Māori reservation that was situated—this is on the south-western shores of Lake Taupō not very far north-west of Tūrangi if you're familiar with that geography. They need funding assistance from the Taupō District Council for the installation of a water line. Now this is because there has been a bit of an issue with the water treatment plant that supplies treated water to 26 properties and two marae there. The sewerage tanks they are old and with the possibility of effluent seeping out into Lake Taupō—and none of us really want to think about that in too great a detail—they're seeking help with sorting this out aware that the Crown has funded and supported other initiatives to clean and upgrade waterways and that certainly is something on the Government's programme. I would just like to make mention of that submission because it was something that I thought was very pertinent.Also I'd like to make mention of the Motutere reserve. That's not included in this settlement but we heard great support from the Taupō District Council as well as Ngāti Tūwharetoa that it could be included at some point in the future and there was acknowledgment from the Minister that hopefully this will be dealt with at some point in the future as has been indicated.Just towards the closing of my speech today I'd like to just make note of a couple of lines that I heard during the submissions in Taupō and the first is this: "It is the tikanga of Ngāti Tūwharetoa that has got us here. Tikanga will get this finished." The second point is "This is an occasion in which we behave in mana. This will leave our mauri and mana intact." and I think those two statements are something that we can all reflect on.So just in conclusion puritia tō mana kia mau kia ita aha itaita kia mau tonu. Nō reira he hōnore he korōria ki a Atua he maungārongo ki te Whenua he whakaaro pai ki ngā tāngata katoa [grasp tightly to the land be firm; let not your mana your land be torn from your grasp. Therefore honour and glory to God peace on Earth and goodwill to all men.]I commend this bill to the House. Tēnā koutou tēnā koutou tēnā tātou katoa."