Harawira Hone: Mixed Ownership Model Bill — In Committee 
Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume 
Harawira Hone: Mixed Ownership Model Bill — In Committee 
[Sitting date: 20 June 2012. Volume:681;Page:3165. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.] 
HONE HARAWIRA (Leader—Mana) 
: 
 Kia ora mai ano ra tatou. Tena koe Mr Chair. Kia ora tatou katoa. Do you know what is so sad about looking across the other side of the Chamber and hearing people talking about the Treaty clause—section 45Q in clause 16? Not one of the Maori MPs from National has even bothered to speak in defence of this Treaty clause. Not one of them. Tau Henare has not spoken in favour of the Treaty clause. He has not got up to speak on it at all. You can normally not shut the man up but do you think he is going to come here and defend National’s Treaty clause? No way Jose. Hekia Parata—has she stood up to defend National’s Treaty clause? 
Hon Members 
: No! 
HONE HARAWIRA 
: Paula Bennett—has she stood up to defend National’s Treaty clause? 
Hon Members 
: No! 
HONE HARAWIRA 
: Mike Sabin—has he stood up to defend National’s Treaty clause? 
Hon Members 
: No! 
HONE HARAWIRA 
: Simon Bridges—has he stood up to defend National’s Treaty clause? 
Hon Members 
: No! 
HONE HARAWIRA 
: And what about your buddies in the Maori Party? Tariana Turia—has she stood up to defend National’s Treaty clause? 
Hon Members 
: No! 
HONE HARAWIRA 
: Pita Sharples—has he stood up to defend National’s Treaty clause? 
Hon Members 
: No! 
HONE HARAWIRA 
: Te Ururoa Flavell—has he stood up to defend National’s Treaty clause? 
Hon Members 
: No! 
HONE HARAWIRA 
: Do you know why? Because all of your Maori buddies think it sucks! The one electorate that always backed you guys has been Tuwharetoa. Georgina te Heuheu come hell or high water always backed National. What happens? She goes off for 5 minutes and you are kicking her tribe in the teeth. That tribe gave its water for the nation for the benefit of the nation and you guys have betrayed them. You are going to flog it off. You and your market capitalism. 
The CHAIRPERSON (Lindsay Tisch) 
: Order! Do not bring me into the debate. 
HONE HARAWIRA 
: My apologies Mr Chairman. 
Hon Member 
: They’re going to flog it off. 
HONE HARAWIRA 
: They are going to flog it off. Market capitalism has nothing at all to do with the Treaty. This is embarrassing. When of course they say that they have been out and had their consultation come on who is the iwi leader that has come out in support of this? Nobody! Nobody supports this. 
This Treaty clause is a jack-up. You can see it when it says: “For the avoidance of doubt subsection (1) does not apply to persons other than the Crown.” And then the Crown takes the view that it is only going to be a majority shareholder in a private company. There are no Treaty obligations on the Crown in respect of this deal. I heard somebody speaking earlier about the Crown’s recognition of the Treaty as being cast in concrete when it comes to water. That is a wonderful statement. What happens? The New Zealand Maori Council says: “Right let’s test that commitment. Let’s take it to the Waitangi Tribunal and see what the Maori interest is.” What does this Government do? It opposes the New Zealand Maori Council even getting a hearing. This ain’t got nothing to do with the National Party supporting Maori interests in water or recognising Maori interests in water or anything of the sort. It is about betraying that Maori interest in the water. 
Mihi atu ki taku tuahine e nohonoho nei ki a Nanaia. 
[ 
I acknowledge my sister colleague seated here Nanaia. 
] 
Waikato-Tainui seem to have got themselves a nice private deal so congratulations to them. But if this is supposed to be for everybody how come other Maori did not get it? And why did Tainui get it and Tuwharetoa get a kick in the teeth? This is a sad piece of legislation. This has nothing at all to do with recognising the rights of Maori or recognising the rights of the Treaty. I want to say that Mana opposes this Mixed Ownership Model Bill in its entirety today tomorrow and ever after. Kia ora tatou.