Korako Nuk: Ngatikahu ki Whangaroa Claims Settlement Bill — First ReadingText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeKorako Nuk: Ngatikahu ki Whangaroa Claims Settlement Bill — First Reading[Sitting date: 13 April 2016. Volume:713;Page:10581. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]NUK KORAKO (National):Tēnā koe e Te Mana Whakawā. Ngātikahu ki Whangaroa e mihi nei e tangi nei koutou ngā taoka whakahirahira koutou e tumanakohia koutou e hāpai iwi nei nau mai nau mai nau mai haere mai.[Thank you MrDeputy Speaker. I grieve and acknowledge you Ngātikahu at Whangaroa you wonderful and hopeful treasures who tribes find uplifting come forth draw hither welcome welcome.]I have only a short call to acknowledge the iwi the people of Ngatikahu ki Whangaroa. Particularly last December it was my honour to act as a witness at the signing of the Ngatikahu ki Whangaroa deed of settlement. I want to thank you for hosting me that day at your beautiful Ōtangaroa Marae. Maururu koe mō tō manaaki atawhai kia ora.[Your hospitality and kindness is appreciated thank you.]It is also my pleasure on behalf of the Māori Affairs Committee to welcome you here to Pōneke and to welcome you here to this place. I have always enjoyed the opportunity to visit your beautiful rohe and I look forward to being there again particularly at the fish and chip shop. Kia ora.I know this settlement has not been an easy one. I really do know that and it was reflected when we were at your marae. We saw this. We saw the rawness that reflected the negotiations but what I also saw there was the mana. When Pita Pāngari was there he said to us that “Once upon a time I was there also.” So I acknowledge you for the way that this settlement particularly has been on a very very difficult journey. But the journey is actually in some ways coming to an end particularly around the Treaty settlement process and then another really important journey will start also—probably the most important one—and that is the post-settlement situation and how you will actually deal with that.I think the important thing that I want to acknowledge is one thing that is in this deed of settlement and that is the fact that Ngatikahu ki Whangaroa have said they will forgo full compensation to contribute to New Zealand’s development. That is mana. Also we need to highlight that it is not about just that. As someone from an iwi who settled very early as someone who has seen Treaty settlements progress—almost all of our people particularly our kaumātua will tell you that it is not about the money. It is actually about the apology because that there enables us to move on. But it is not only about accepting less because less in some ways is more particularly when we look at the fact that this is legacy. You are actually the people the rangatira the whānau who are trying to ensure that there is a better legacy for your rangatahi. It is also about opportunity—commercial yes but also social opportunity. It is also about that opportunity cultural and social. So this has been a hallmark really of an iwi that has shown mana. When I travel around the far north there is I believe a desire particularly from the rangatahi that they want their settlement settled because they can see that there is another life after grievance.Finally our Ūpoko Rūnanga of Ngāi Tūahuriri Pita Te Hōri said once in 1861:“Kia atawhai ki te iwi.”—take care of the people. This Treaty settlement is the real essence of what these rangatira are doing here today and those who are at home listening. This is the essence of this settlement and I acknowledge you for that and I honour you and I commend your bill to the House. Kia ora.