Tremain Chris: Nga Wai o Maniapoto (Waipa River) Bill Ngati Porou Claims Settlement Bill Ngati Pahauwera Treaty Claims Settlement Bill 
Tremain Chris: Nga Wai o Maniapoto (Waipa River) Bill Ngati Porou Claims Settlement Bill Ngati Pahauwera Treaty Claims Settlement Bill 
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CHRIS TREMAIN (National—Napier) 
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 Tihei mauri ora! Whakataka te hau ki te uru whakataka te hau ki te tonga. Kia makinakina ki uta kia mataratara ki tai. E hi ake ana te atakura. He tio he huka he hauhunga. A tena koutou. Ki te Whare e tu nei tena koe. Ki Papatuanuku kei waho tena koe. Ki nga mate o tenei Whare haere haere haere. Ki nga mate o Ngati Pahauwera ko Tom Gemmell ratou ko Charlie Hirini ko George Hawkins haere haere haere. Ki nga rangatira o Ngati Pahauwera tena koutou. Ki a Toro Waaka tena koe Gerald Aranui ratou ko Charles Lambert Tania Hodges Tureiti Moxon Sissiel Henderson Kuki Green and others who are not here today 
  
tena koutou. Ki nga tangata o Ngati Pahauwera tena koutou tena koutou tena tatou katoa. 
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Behold the breath of life! Cease the winds from the west; cease the winds from the south. Let the breezes blow over the land; let the breezes blow over the ocean. Let the red-tipped dawn come with a sharpened air a touch of frost a promise of a glorious day. Greetings to you collectively. To the House I stand before greetings to you. To Papatuanuku out there greetings to you. To the dead from this House depart farewell go. To the dead of Ngati Pahauwera namely Tom Gemmell Charlie Hirini George Hawkins and others depart farewell go. Greetings to the chiefs of Ngati Pahauwera. Toro Waaka greetings to you and to Gerald Aranui Charles Lambert Tania Hodges Tureiti Moxon Sissiel Henderson Kuki Green and others who are not here today greetings to you collectively. To the people of Ngati Pahauwera greetings to you greetings to you and greetings to you all.  
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Kia ora Mr Assistant Speaker Roy. It is a real privilege to be here today and to speak in the first reading of the Ngati Pahauwera Treaty Claims Settlement Bill which is one of Hawke’s Bay’s first major Treaty of Waitangi settlements. It is a real honour to have been able to be present at and to witness the 17 December signing of the agreement up at Mohaka. It is a real privilege because this is the start of Kahungunu of Ngati Pahauwera and of the wider iwi taking big steps forward in Hawke’s Bay becoming part of the powerhouse of the Hawke’s Bay economy and stepping up and becoming real contributors to the economy. I think it is a fantastic way forward. 
As the local MP it is a privilege to be part of these settlements. In the case of Pahauwera this is one of the most beautiful places in Aotearoa. The Mohaka River starts almost up in Georgina te Heuheu’s electorate at the juncture of the Taharua River and then flows its way down through the Hawke’s Bay and out to the coastline past Raupunga Willow Flat and a whole lot of settlements down there. One cannot miss it. The big boulders of the Mohaka River the beautiful river the way it flows down to the coast—it really is a rugged amazing part of New Zealand and one that I am particularly proud to represent and to speak on here today in this settlement. 
Ngati Pahauwera are a confederation of hapu with historical interests in northern Hawke’s Bay. Their core interests just so people are aware stretch from the Ohinepaka Stream to the Waikato River down to the Maungaharuru Range and north towards the Waiau River. It is a big part of Hawke’s Bay. 
When we look at the Treaty claim we see that the history behind Ngati Pahauwera in the northern Hawke’s Bay is really interesting. I refer to the issues they have had with land and the way that they have over time been dispossessed of big parts of their whenua. I do not want to get into that today. I am one who like many Maori in this country certainly wants to look forward to the settlement of these claims and put behind us those things that historically have led us to the situation that we face today. For me it is a settlement of past wrongs allowing us to move forward. I think that that is fantastic. 
The redress is significant. There is obviously a Crown apology for Ngati Pahauwera. There is cultural redress with the transfer of a range of titles back to Ngati Pahauwera some significant financial redress—a $20 million settlement—significant settlement of land in the Mohaka area particularly 13 Crown properties to be vested in Ngati Pahauwera and a range of other opportunities going forward. 
It is a great day to be here and a real privilege. As I said earlier in my speech it is a real privilege to have witnessed the settlement. In closing this speech I hark back to my whakatauki where I cited “Whakataka te Hau”. It is something to think back on. That whakatauki talks about a new beginning a new future ceasing the winds from the west and the south and the promise of a glorious new day. I think that is what we are seeing for Ngati Maniapoto Ngati Porou and Ngati Pahauwera today. It is a real privilege to be here. Thank you very much for the opportunity to speak in this debate. Kia ora.