Coffey TamatiTAMATI COFFEY (Labour—Waiariki): Tēnā koe Te Māngai tēnā koe Te Whare otirā tēnā koutou katoa rau rangatira mā huri noa i te motu. Kei konei i tēnei pire hou arā ko Te Ture Whenua Maori (Succession Dispute Resolution and Related Matters) Amendment Bill e hāngai pū ana ki Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993 i tēnei pānui tuatahi kei mua i a tātou. Ka tika me mihi atu rā ki Te Minita ko Nanaia Mahuta nāna tēnei pire i kawe mai ki Te Whare i te rangi nei.He aha te mahi o te pire? Tuatahi ko te whakamārama ake i ngā hātepe tauatanga tauatanga te kupu Māori mō succession kia māmā ai te mārama. Tuarua ko te whakatū i tētahi pūnaha kia tāea ai te whakatika raru mō ngā whenua Māori arā ko te dispute resolutions". Tuatoru ko te whakapakari i ngā ratonga e hāngai ana ki Te Kōti Whenua Māori.Kāti rā e tū ake au ki te tautoko tēnei pire nā te mea i te tau 2017 i porotēhi a Ngāi Māori ngā tiati o Te Kōti Whenua Māori Te Pāti Mana me ērā atu rōpū Māori hoki mō te pire o mua te pire i raro i te kāwana o mua Nahinara me Te Pāti Māori. E ai ki te kōrero o mua tino kino tērā pire. E pīrangi ana rātou ki te whiu i Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993 ki te ipu para. Nā rātou i pīrangi he tīmatanga anō mō Te Kōti Whenua Māori heoi e ai ki te iwi Māori ehē. Nō reira kei konei te pire hou.Engari he aha te pire whānui? Kāore e kore he taonga tuku iho te whenua Māori mō ngā whakatipuranga katoa. Mā te whenua e whakahaumako tō tātou oranga ā-ahurea ā-ōhanga anō hoki kia whai hua te pito mato o te iwi Māori. 1.4 miriona ngā heketa o ngā whenua Māori e rite ana ki te 5 percent o te whenua Māori o Aotearoa. Ko te nuinga o te whenua kei te puku kei Te Waiariki heke iho rānei o Te Ika-a-Māui. Mā te hātepe ture whakamanawa whakamana hei tautoko i te hunga mau whenua Māori kia oho mai te hunga moe. E kāwanatia ana te whenua Māori e Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993. Nā te ture nei e tohu ana Te Karauna he taonga tuku iho te whenua Māori. He momo pūmanawa anō hoki tō te whenua. E ngana ana tēnei ture kia whakautu i te papa tākaro me kī o te whenua Maori kia mau tonu te iwi Māori ki tōna ake whenua kia whai mana anō hoki te Māori o tōna whenua. Neke atu i te 25 tau ki mua i whakamanahia Te Ture Whenua Maori Act e te Pāremata ā e tautoko tonu ana te ture nei i te hātepe ture whānui o Aotearoa kia mahi Te Māori i tōna ake mana Māori motuhake ki runga i tōna whenua Māori.Te tauatanga—ko tētahi o ngā raru e aro mai nei te hunga Māori. Ko te nui o ngā tāngata e whakapānga ana i te whenua Māori mā te whakapapa Māori te aha atu rānei engari kāore anō kia whakauru mō te tauatanga kia tau ai te tauatanga o te whenua Māori. Me whakapānga atu te tangata ki Te Kōti Whenua Māori kia whai mana tōna whakapapa ā-toto ā-aha atu rānei.Ki tērā e kōrerotia ana. Kua whiwhi Te Kōti Whenua Māori i ngā tono 2241 ia tau ia tau. Ko te katoa o ngā tono ka tika me rongo ki roto i te kōti whenua Māori i te nuinga o te wā. Me haere tawhiti te whānau te hapū me puta atu i te wāhi mahi rānei kia āhei te tae atu ki te hui. Me whai tonu ngā whānau i tēnei huarahi ahakoa te aha. Ina whakaae rawatia e te whānau tēnei whakapānga atu koinei te ara me whai rātou. Ko te roa—me uaua me te utu mō te whai i tō tāua atu ki tō te whenua Māori he momo kawa ki Te Māori he tohu kia kaua e whai atu i tō honohono atu ki tō whenua. Kātahi te raruraru pōuriuri ko tēnei mō tātou. Nā te pire nei ka whakamāmā ake i te tauatanga mō te tuku tono ki te kōti. Ki te kore ngā tāngata e tau whawhai i te tono a tētahi atu ka taea e te kaitono te haere tōtika ki te kairēhita o Te Kōti Whenua Māori kia whiwhi kia whakamana kia rēkoata. Ka tukuna au tēnei Whare tēnei pire ki Te Komiti Take Māori heoi anō e Te Māngai o tēnei Whare ka whakaae ai ka whakaae au ki tēnei pire. Kia ora.[Thank you Mr Speaker. Greetings to the House and greetings to you all the distinguished leaders from throughout the country. We have a new bill—that is Te Ture Whenua Maori (Succession Dispute Resolution and Related Matters) Amendment Bill which is directly related to Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993 on this first reading before us. It is only right that I acknowledge the Minister Nanaia Mahuta for she has brought this bill before the House today.What does this bill do? Firstly it clarifies the processes around tauatanga—"tauatanga" the Māori word for succession—so that it is easier to follow. Secondly it establishes a system that allows Māori land disputes to be dealt with; there will be a mechanism for dispute resolutions. Thirdly it will strengthen the services that are aimed at the Māori Land Court.Furthermore I stand to support this bill because in 2017 Māoridom protested as did the Māori Land Court judges as did the Mana Party as well as other Māori groups because of the old bill the bill that was proposed by the previous National - Māori Party Government. According to what has been said previously it was a bad bill. They wanted to throw Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993 into the rubbish bin. They wanted a fresh start for the Māori Land Court; however Māori said no. So we have a new bill.But what is the bill generally about? There is no doubt that Māori land is for all generations. The land will nourish our existence culturally and economically so that Māori reach their potential. 1.4 million hectares of Māori land is equal to 5 percent of the total land in New Zealand. Most of this land is in the central North Island in the Waiariki or further down the North Island. The legal process will support and empower those who own Māori land to energise those who need to be woken up.Māori land is governed by Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993. It was this Act that established to the Crown that Māori land was an intergenerational gift. It is like land has its own heartbeat. This law seeks to reset the playing field you could say to ensure that Māori people continue to hold on to their land and that Māori retain mana over their land. It has been a little over 25 years since Te Ture Whenua Maori Act was passed by Parliament and it is still supported by legal power here in New Zealand which allows Māori to have a degree of independence and control with regard to their own land.Succession—this is one of the common disputes within Māoridom. Most people have an interest in Māori land whether by genealogy or other reasons but have not yet applied for succession so that the succession on Māori land can be dealt with. A person then needs to apply to the Māori Land Court so that their genealogy or other connection has legal force relative to that being discussed.The Māori Land Court receives 2241 requests/petitions every year. All of the requests/petitions are rightly heard in the Māori Land Court most of the time. Whānau and hapū have to travel from afar or take time off work in order to make it to the hearing. Families must follow this process irrespective of the circumstances. If applying to the court is what families have agreed on this is the path they should follow. It is the length and the difficulty and the cost of doing it through the land court—it is a type of custom to Māori; it is a sign to not make your connection to your land.What a catastrophic disaster this is for us. This bill will make successions easier than applying to the court. If people don't settle a dispute amongst themselves the petitioner can go straight to the registrar of the Māori Land Court to receive to enact to record.I and this House commend this bill to the Māori Affairs Committee and also I support this bill. Thank you.]"