Tirikatene RinoRINO TIRIKATENE (Labour—Te Tai Tonga): Tēnā koe Mr Speaker. E te whānau o Parihaka ngā iwi o Te Tai Hauāuru tēnā koutou. Nau mai whakatau mai. Nau mai whakatau mai ki tēnei rā nui whakahirahira. E tū tautoko ana ahau i tēnei pire i tana pānuitanga tuatoru. Nō reira ka huri ngā whakaaro ki a rātou mā haere haere koutou. Hoki mai ki a tātou te kanohi ora. Tēnā koutou tēnā koutou tēnā tātou katoa.[Greetings Mr Speaker. To the whānau of Parihaka the tribes of Te Tai Hauāuru greetings. Welcome welcome. Welcome to this grand day to this important day. I stand in support of this bill and its third reading. Accordingly I turn my thoughts to those who have passed: go in peace. Returning to us the living greetings one and all.]I'm delighted to stand here in support of this landmark bill at its third reading—so much history embedded in this bill in this legislation. Te Kawenata ō Rongo the deed of reconciliation is a very important document a very important kawenata covenant that brings together the people of Te Parihaka and the Crown; the acknowledgment that the Crown has made within those solemn documents of the grievous acts that were committed with the invasion of Parihaka. I think we must hold that front and centre because that is a dark spot on our history but it is a fact of colonisation that events like the invasion of Parihaka did occur and it had lasting impacts on the people of Parihaka which have continued for generations. But I want to acknowledge this is a very important landmark bill. I want to acknowledge the leadership of the Parihaka Papakāinga Trust but also all of those who have been involved within Parihaka within Government—whether it's the previous administration or the current Government—and everyone that has been involved in leading us up to this point. In particular the whānau of Parihaka who have continued on with their acknowledgments and their practices that they do every month daily in terms of their everyday lives of the work and the acknowledgment in the history and the legacy that they all flow from—the great prophets of Tohu and Te Whiti. So this is a really important piece of legislation. I'm delighted to have played a little part with our Māori Affairs Committee in travelling to Parihaka to hear from the whānau to be able to incorporate some of their hopes and aspirations that they wanted to include in the bill. I'm pleased that we were able to do those things to not only acknowledge and put into the force of law Te Kawenata ō Rongo but also engage acknowledgments seeking authorisation for the commercial use of the name Parihaka and also giving respect and the right for the hau kāinga the Papakāinga Trust to have some control and some authority over Parihaka—the name Parihaka the place Parihaka. So I'm proud of the work that we did as the Māori Affairs Committee to find the limits of what we could do to meet those wawata those hopes of the Papakāinga Trust.As I've mentioned this is a significant day. I'm in two moods at the moment. I'm obviously in a mournful mood a very poignant mood. It's a really reflective mood as we think back on the history of Parihaka the impact that it's had on the forebears of our esteemed guests and manuhiri that are here today. But I'm also optimistic. I'm optimistic that through Te Kawenata ō Rongo and through this bill the Crown has learnt and acknowledged its historical wrongs but it's also creating this relationship that will move into the future with all of the elements that are contained within Te Kawenata ō Rongo.I want to once again just acknowledge the hau kāinga all who have supported this bill who are going to be part of this bill. It's really significant because I'm inspired when I think of Parihaka. These people this wonderful whānau from Parihaka are world leaders because their tūpuna Tohu and Te Whiti are acknowledged world leaders in terms of their visionary thinking around passive resistance non-violence. It's world leading and it is really inspirational not only for us here in Aotearoa but also for the world. We know that because so many 20th century leaders picked up on and seized on the legacy and the teachings and that example of passive resistance. We see that through Gandhi and through Martin Luther King and other esteemed leaders globally.So this little place of Parihaka is really special. It is an example to the world. In fact it attracts people from all over the world and that's why it's really important that we tidy things up through Te Kawenata ō Rongo and through this bill. But it also ensures that the actual people of Parihaka the descendants of the great leaders are in the driver's seat in terms of what happens from here on in and the Crown is going to be right there in terms of supporting those aspirations as well.So I'm very proud of the impact that we will see from this legislation. I know it's going to be a fantastic future that we look forward to. As mentioned in the whaikōrero this is just the beginning. This is the beginning. There's a lot of work that's gone on but this is the beginning of a wonderful new future for the Papakāinga Trust and for the people of Parihaka. Parihaka as we know was a thriving township—thriving township—and I know that many of those aspirations are there to strengthen that community and improve many of the buildings and the infrastructure and also all of the activities that go on. So those are all contained within Te Kawenata ō Rongo and will be given added depth and strength through the ongoing work that the Papakāinga Trust will be conducting. So I just once again want to pay acknowledgment.I saw some pretty heavy heavy kaumātua of the Parliament today. I saw the Rt Hon Jim Bolger—I sat right next to him—I see the Hon Mahara Okeroa and I acknowledge the Hon Chris Finlayson and the Hon Kelvin Davis. This has been a united Parliament in terms of the good wishes that we all have through the enactment of this bill and we certainly are all united today to come together as a House to ensure that it will pass its third reading.So with that I just once again want to acknowledge all of the whānau. I want to acknowledge those in particular that we heard at the select committee Erana Hond in particular—so much wonderful kōrero that we heard. We heard the essence of the feeling of the whānau there and the hope that they have for the future through the signing of this deed of reconciliation and also through the passage of this bill.With that I just want to support this bill tautoko it and mihi to all the whānau here. Nō reira e aku rangatira tēnā koutou tēnā koutou kia ora tātou katoa.