Horomia Parekura: Affiliate Te Arawa Iwi and Hapu Claims Settlement Bill — Third Reading 
Horomia Parekura: Affiliate Te Arawa Iwi and Hapu Claims Settlement Bill — Third Reading 
[Volume:650;Page:19108] 
Hon PAREKURA HOROMIA (Minister of Maori Affairs) 
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 Tautokotia nga korero i korerotia atu a to tatau Takuta a Dr Cullen mo te ahua o te kereme nei. E mihi kau ana i a koe e Michael Georgina Mita me nga kanohi Maori i konei e whai atu a muri a te take nei. Tena koutou. I a koutou e Hori o Raukawa e mihi kau ana tena koe. E Bill i a koe me toku whanauanga kai te noho tata ake ano i a koe i a koutou o Ngati Manawa e mihi kau ana. E Rangi e Anaru e tautokotia ana nga whakaaro o Eru mo tera tangata e ki atu a te takuta nei kua rere haere ake ano ki Itaria. E mohio ake ano tatau. No reira e mihi kau ana ki a koutou katoa o Te Arawa. Me koutou e Matt mai i Tuhoe tena koutou. Tena koutou mo to koutou kaha ki te whakatu a muri a wenei. I a koutou hoki o Ngati Whakaue me a koe e Te Ariki Nui e Tumu. Tena koe. Tena koe mo to kaha mai i te hui tuatahi mo nga iwi katoa mo to kaha to ahua tu pakari pera i a ratou o Te Pumautanga. No reira tena tatau.  
He nui atu nga whakaaro mo te ahua o tenei pire. I tu kaha te ahua o te pakihi o te umanga me te pai o te oti penei tonu. No reira tena tatau. 
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I support Dr Cullen’s comments regarding this bill. Congratulations Michael Georgina Mita and others who will follow me. Thank you. Greetings Hori of Ngati Raukawa and to you Bill and my kin sitting near you and all of Ngati Manawa. To you Rangi and Anaru I support the praise by Dr Cullen for the other leader who has gone to Italy for a holiday—congratulations Te Arawa. And congratulations to you Matt and Ngai Tuhoe on your work; and also to Ngati Whakaue. Mention must be made of Tumu te Heuheu. Thank you for your strength and persistence right from the first pan-tribal meeting—similarly Te Pumautanga. Thank you all.  
There is so much more that I could say about this bill. The business and commercial sides are sound; this matter has been completed satisfactorily. So greetings to us all 
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Yesterday one was feeling an urgent need for tomorrow and we are here today in yesterday’s tomorrow. It is certainly a great time and a great day for Maori to celebrate. Along with Dr Cullen I recognise the greatness of the Maori leaders who have had the wherewithal to make sure that this has happened. They have decided and defined how to take this forward along with the Crown. I commend the leadership of Dr Cullen and I commend Mita Ririnui and Mr Jones for the effort they have put into it and all members of Parliament. 
Just to reiterate what Dr Cullen has said I say this is a great day for all New Zealanders. The fact that Maori have played a key role in it is something that we need to recognise and the fact that at times the off-line korero gets out into space is another issue. We are here today which will be all of the tomorrows as we go forward—the future for Maori. 
I recognise Te Ariki Dr Tumu te Heuheu’s leadership not just his paramountcy but the leadership that is recognised by a whole lot of Pakeha in this country. He is as elaborate and successful as any corporate leader but being the rangatira that he is he is of course better in our Maori hearts and minds and I commend him for that. 
I recognise Wira Gardiner Matt te Pou and all of the officials from the Office of Treaty Settlements from Treasury and from Te Puni Kokiri for the effort they have put in. And of course I recognise myself and everybody else from the Crown who has been involved. Nobody says that so I thought I would suggest it. I also recognise the rest of the Maori faces my friend Tau Henare and these ones over here—te Ropu Maori. I want to mihi to koutou e Rangi Anaru e Eru. 
You know it takes a lot of stomach—guts in the ground language—to step back to step aside so that people can step within to step forward and that is what has happened. This process has helped a whole lot of people to step forward and for that it will be etched in history. The great deeds done through the foresight of the leadership will be remembered by the mokopuna of all these great iwi. This leadership stands alone and stands alongside the better leadership in this country. For that I commend these people and I commend the bill to the House. Kia ora tatou.