Hipango Harete; Rurawhe AdrianHARETE HIPANGO (National—Whanganui): Ki ngā uri o Ngāti Porou ki ngā hapū o Ngāti Porou nau mai haere mai i tēnei Whare. Ngā mihi nui ngā mihi mahana ki a koutou katoa. [To the progeny of Ngāti Porou to the subtribes of Ngāti Porou welcome welcome to this House. Big and warm greetings to you all.]It's a distinct privilege to be able to address the House for the third time for the final reading of this significant bill that is about to pass into law with the third and final reading. As is tikanga and as I referenced in my second address to the House which was for the second reading I stated that it's appropriate to acknowledge those who are gathered here now but also those of us who are no longer with us. I acknowledge also my colleagues across the House in terms of the contribution that we participated in whilst serving as members of the Māori Affairs Committee; I no longer serve as a member but I harken to when we travelled to Gisborne to listen to the stories in the warm embrace of Ngāti Porou.I speak as the MP for Whanganui formerly as a member of the Māori Affairs Committee but also as uri of Whanganui Ngāti Apa Ngāti Rangi and Ngā Rauru. I also speak as whanaunga of Aunty Lorna Ngata who is of Pūtiki and then was embraced by the people of Ngāti Porou—Uncle Henry's family. Also I talk about the journey as a member of the Māori Affairs Committee when we travelled over there and I reflected on previous journeys that had been taken that way.This reading is about the bill—the bill of Ngāti Porou: Ngā Rohe Moana o Ngā Hapū o Ngāti Porou Bill (No 2). I reflect on just some of the relationships that I have with Ngāti Porou. One that is significant is whanaunga Dame Tariana Turia. Back in the late 1980s and1990s when another of our whanaunga Judge James Rota served over in Gisborne I travelled with Tariana and her beloved George with a group of our people from Whanganui Ngāti Apa to the swearing in of Judge James Rota to the District Court bench after he'd given service in the Māori Land Court. We stayed at Whangarā Marae. The other connection—not knowing of it until we were in the warm embrace of the whare there—was Aunty Lorna's brother Uncle John Mete-Kingi. Some of the carvings that are resting within the Whare were his contributions.The other whanaungatanga I would like to regard it as—well certainly the relationship and connection to Whangarā but back to my younger days serving as an employee of the Department of Māori Affairs under the leadership of Dr Tāmati Reedy and also the strong influence of Ngāti Poroutanga. I look up into the gallery and I see Dame Iritana Tāwhiwhirangi. Ngā mihi e kui. I reflect too on the many who I served alongside as a young woman in the Department of Māori Affairs. Mention has been made of Dr Api Mahuika and I acknowledge the next generation with his son Matanuku with the service that you have given to your people but also our people of Aotearoa New Zealand. The other connection of course is Te Rau Kupenga: his father with connections to Whanganui of course and again through to the village settlement of Pūtiki that I grew up within.So I'd like to come back to the passage the journey that I was part of with Dame Tariana over to Whangarā and then the other passage and journey that I was part of after Dame Tariana crossed the floor moving away from the Labour Party as a result of the Government of that day seeking to impose the Foreshore and Seabed Act. On 4 May 2004 with another large rōpū ope from Whanganui we travelled here to Te Whanganui-a-Tara Pōneke to march in that hīkoi to protest against the bill. That was a journey and a passage that we picked up on later.But this journey and passage for o ngā hapū o Ngāti Porou as is well-known began in 2003 when at the time Te Rūnanga o Ngati Porou—now Te Rūnanganui—supported applications by the hapū to the Māori Land Court to have the foreshore and seabed in your rohe declared as Māori customary land. It's well-known—the Court of Appeal's Ngāti Apa decision was released and the Government announced its intention to introduce the Foreshore and Seabed Act. Whanaunga Dame Tariana did the right thing and with the hīkoi of some 15000 at least I with my baby and husband marched on to Parliament grounds to protest that.That has only been part of the passage and the journey that ngā hapū o Ngāti Porou have taken. There's a time line that's outlined here around the waves that you have had to traverse in this. I reflected when I spoke at the second reading on the analogy of the journey of Paikea and the treacherous adventure that was there—very much like the passage of this bill that Ngāti Porou hapū have travelled through. It's recorded in Hansard at the second reading—just that analogy that I had made around that.I just would like to share in closing that with this arduous journey over a course of 15 years it is now coming to a time to be able to take stock pause reflect on those who have gone before but also the vision that ngā hapū o Ngāti Porou has with where to take this. I look up into the gallery and again I'm heartened when I see our younger generations—the next ones to carry through all the work that has been done.I have a copy here of this bill. It is detailed; it is extensive. This sets down as a matter of record but also as a matter of kōrero to carry through into the future the responsibilities that are there not only for Ngāti Porou but for the Crown to be bound by. The words that we convey in this House don't always convey the weight of the work and the thoughts that go on before but I am ever so mindful that when I do address the House on these pieces of work and bills that are about to become law I don't only speak as an individual but I speak for my people who have gone before and reflect and harken on the journey that we have endured also.This law is specific to our people from Ngāti Porou in the same way that the Te Awa Tupua legislation for Whanganui River is specific to enshrining in law the protections of what our rights are. In closing I turn to ngā hapū ngā uri o Ngāti Porou and I am sincerely overwhelmed in being able to address you all. Ngā mihi mahana ki a koutou katoa.ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Adrian Rurawhe): Members this is a split call—five minutes.