Fox MaramaMARAMA FOX (Co-Leader—Māori Party): Tēnā koe e Te Mana Whakawā nei te mihi atu ki a koe otirā ki Te Whare. Hoi āno ki a koutou mā i tae ā-tinana mai te wā tuatahi i hara mai au ki tēnei Whare ki te whakarongo ki ngā kōrero o Te Tiriti e whakawhiti ana man tangi hotuhotu ahau tāngi hotuhotu manawa noho ana te whakarongo ki te tāhae whenua ki te mate tangata ā ki ngā tau kua whakapau werawera whakapau kaha ki te tūtuki i ngā wawata ngā hiahia man noho au ki te tangi hotuhotu; ēhara nōku te whānau! Ēngari te whakarongo ki tēnā kōrero ki roto i tēnei Whare ki roto i Te Kāwanatanga nei hika!Ēngari anō mō tēnei rangi ka titiro atu au ki a koutou pā mai ki runga i te manawa te pōuri te harikoa ka kite ā-kanohi i a koutou. Ka hoki ngā mahara ki a rātou mā kua wehe atu kāre tonu i konei te kite i te hua o ō rātou nā mahi ka tangi. Nā reira kai te hiahia au ki te kōrero hoi anō rā mehemea ka tangi hika! Kua pau katoa taku korokoro whango haere te reo o tēnei nā i te whaiwhai ki aku hoa tō tāua whanaunga a Ron—Mr Mark.Ēngari kai konei mātou kai konei tātou ki te tutuki i ngā kōrero mō tēnei pānuitanga tuatahi a Rangitāne: Tini whetū ki te rangi Rangitāne ki te whenua." Ka tuku aku whakaaro ā ki a Uncle Kuki i tēnei wā. Kāre e kore kāre a Uncle Jim i reira nē hā? Kai te kāinga tōna kaha māuiui ā ka tuku whakaaro ki taku whāea tōna hoa wahine ngā rangatira katoa kua mate atu. Ka hoki aku māhara ki a rātau āe tēnā koutou ōku pou ōku rahi.I tupu ake au i Ōtautahi ēngari i a au e hoki atu ki te kāinga ki Te Wairarapa ā 1988 I think i tīmata ai ēnei kōrero. Kai te pīrangi mātou te haere ki Te Taripiunara! Tekau tau 20 tau pupū ake te whawhai: "Ē nō Ngāti Kahungunu mātau!". "Ē kai te hē nō Rangitāne titiro ki te whakapapa!". Anā kua rangona au ki ngā kōrero katoa kua whakawhiti nei i roto i te kāinga haere tonu nei ki ēnei rangi kāre e kore. Ēngari kua tae ki tēnei wā kei konei au ki te kī atu kei te tautoko au i a koutou kai te tautoko au i te whawhai kia tū rangatira te iwi o Rangitāne i runga i te whenua i runga i te mata o te whenua o Wairarapa o Tāmaki nui-ā-Rua i reira koutou. Kāre e taea te wāwāhi i te taura whakapapa ēngari anō mō te taura harakeke ko te taura whakapapa ka hono tātau ki a tātau ki te whenua Rangitāne nā reira tēnā koutou.[I acknowledge you Mr Assistant Speaker and at the same time the House. And so to you my relations who have arrived here physically the first time I came into this House to listen to the exchanges on the Treaty man I sobbed my heart sobbed as I sat there listening to accounts about the theft of land loss of life the sweat and energy spent over the years to fulfil the hopes and aspirations man did I sit down and sob away; the family was not even mine! But to listen to that contribution in this House and from within this Government heavens above!But as for this day in particular when I look at you collectively remorse and joy touches the heart as I see you face to face. The thoughts go back to those who have passed away and are not here to see the product of their work and so I grieve. And so I want to speak but should I cry heck. My throat is completely spent this voice of mine has become hoarse as a consequence of quarrelling with my colleagues and that relative of ours Ron—Mr Mark.But we all of us are here to complete the contributions for this first reading of Rangitāne: "Like the multitude of stars in the sky so is Rangitāne upon the land." I offer my thoughts to Uncle Kuki at this point in time. Without a doubt Uncle Jim is not here is he? He is at home with his serious ailment so I think about my auntie his wife and all the esteemed ones who have died. My thoughts go back to them and yes I acknowledge and salute you my pillars and my numerous ones.I grew up in Christchurch but while I was heading back home to the Wairarapa in 1988 I think these talks began. We wanted to go to the tribunal. The quarrel "Hey we are from Ngāti Kahungunu!" welled up 10 20 years as a consequence. "Hey that's wrong you are from Rangitāne look at the genealogy!". And so I heard all the talk exchanged in the home that goes on to these days without a doubt. But this moment has been reached and I am here to say that I support you collectively. I endorse the fight for the iwi of Rangitāne to be well off on the land at Wairarapa and Tāmaki nui-ā-Rua where you are. The genealogical cord cannot be breached but as far as the flax cord is concerned it is the genealogical cord that links us with each other Rangitāne to the land therefore greetings to you collectively.]As the multitude of stars are in the sky so are the people of Rangitāne on the land. I support this bill coming to the House and long the journey has been to bring it here. Many have passed but many remain and the struggle continues. This claim concerns Rangitāne taonga—whenua yes but in particular identity language and culture. I could talk a lot about the place of the land from Ōwhanga to Akitio Mangatainoka—famous for Tui—Whakataki Rangiwhakaoma Whareama Ōtūwairaka Tunuunu Ngawī tae noa atu ki Te Ngutu Awa o Awakairangi koirā te whenua mai i Te Manawatū te katoa o taua rohe ēngari mō te tikanga mō ngā kōrero whakapapa mō ngā hononga ki taua whenua ka tangi.Kei Te Oreore te pou e kī nei ā ko tō tātou tupuna tēnā o Ngāti Kahungunu. Maumahara au ki te wā kai tērā taha o te ātea te pae e noho ana me ngā whawhai nui kua puta mai ēngari kua kite anō au i te māia i te kaha o te ngākaunui ki te whakapapa kia mōhio ko wai au e tū ake nei. Ko wai au e tū ake nei ki runga i tēnei rohe o Wairarapa o Tāmaki nui-ā-Rua?I a koutou i haere ki te kura kotahi kē te karanga: nō Ngāti Kahungunu koe. Ēngari i te raputanga o te hononga whakapapa hika mā! Ko wai tēnei Ngāti Hāmua? Ko wai tēnei Niriaha? Ko wai ēnei tūpuna o tātau? He aha te take kāre mātau i te mōhio? I runga i te ngarohanga o Te Reo Māori i runga i te tūtuki o te ōhākī o Paora Pōtangaroa kāre mātau i paku mōhio. Ko wai mātau! He aha ai? Kua ngaro kē Te Reo!I waiho mā iwi kē atu hei whāngai! Rawe—you know rawe. Rawe ki a rātou te hara mai ki te āwhina. A Ngāpuhi ka mihi! Ngāti Porou ka mihi! Tūhoe ka mihi ka tika! Ēngari kāre anō rātau i mōhio ki te katoa ō tātau me ō tātau mate o tātau nawe ō tātau kōrero hōhonu tupuna. Nā reira i ngaro te hononga whakapapa te kōrero e hono ai tātau. Kāre e taea te pēhea. Kai tētahi waka tētahi waewae kai tērā waka tētahi waewae tātau tātau e. Tika! Kai te mōhio koutou ko wai tēnei nā e tū ake kei mua i a koutou.Ko taku karanga ki ngā uri whakaheke ki ngā tamariki mokopuna o te kāinga: me rapua te huarahi hei haere ngātahi tātau katoa. Mā tātau tēnā mā tātau. Rangitāne mā Kahungunu mā koinei ngā taha e rua. Kāre au i te whakahē tētahi i runga i tētahi ēngari me hāpai me maumahara i te kōrero hei paku whakaaro ki te whenua ki tā te reo tauiwi pea e kī nei in 1 minute 20 seconds.[—Whakataki Rangiwhakaoma Whareama Ōtūwairaka Tunuunu Ngawī including the river mouth of Awakairangi that is the land from the Manawatū the whole of that region but as far as the lore stories about genealogy and links to that land are concerned I grieve over it.There is a pillar at Te Oreore that says it is our ancestor of Ngāti Kahungunu. I recall the time when the orator's bench was located on that side of the courtyard and all the really big disputes that emerged over that but I have also seen the confidence intensity and commitment to genealogy so that I would know who I am standing here. Who am I standing on this region of Wairarapa and Tāmaki nui-ā-Rua?In terms of those of you who were going to school there was really only one call: you were from Ngāti Kahungunu. But upon researching genealogy good heavens! Who is this Ngāti Hāmua? Who is this Niriaha? Who are these ancestors of ours? What is the reason for us not knowing? Because of the loss of the Māori language and because we stumbled over Paora Pōtangaroa's deathbed speech we did not know who we were. Not one bit! Why? We had lost the Māori language!It was left for other tribes to feed it to us. It was fine—you know nice. It was good of them to come and help. Ngāpuhi they are acknowledged! Ngāti Porou they are commended! Tūhoe without a doubt they are thanked! But they did not know everything about us about our deaths imperfections esoteric stories and those about our ancestors. So the depth of the genealogy and the stories that bind us were lost. Nothing can be done about that. One canoe has a leg and another canoe has another leg of ours and that is us indeed. It is true! You know who this is standing before you.My call to the descendants to the children and grandchildren of home: find a way that enables us to go together in unison. That is for us to do no one else. These are indeed the two sides Rangitāne and Kahungunu. I do not find fault with one above the other but we must support each other and reminisce the talk as a small consideration to the land in accordance with what is stated here in English in 1 minute 20 seconds.]Wairarapa lands and Tāmaki nui-ā-Rua lands are 2421543 acres. In the 1840s to 1850s the Crown started to acquire land but in one year from June 1853 to January 1854 1.2 million acres had gone. In the next 10 years another 400000-odd acres and by the turn of the century another 500000 acres—84 percent of the whenua was no longer in the hands of our people and they have less than 1 percent today. It goes right to the heart of the issue. When you are landless how do you support your whānau? Driven into the pits of poverty how do we aspire to overcome all of the issues that keep us oppressed? Today is a monumental day to turn the tide.Ki a koutou ōku whanaunga ka tuku tēnei pire ki Te Whare. Tautoko mārika mātau Te Pāti Māori tēnā koutou katoa.[To you collectively my kin I commend this bill to the House. We the Māori Party support it unequivocally congratulations to you all.]"