Ngarewa-Packer DebbieDEBBIE NGAREWA-PACKER (Co-Leader—Te Paati Māori): Tēnā tātou i te Whare. Tēnā koutou Ngā[ti] Kahungungu ki Wairarapa Tāmaki-nui-a-rua ko koutou te kaupapa i mua i a tātou.[Greetings to all in the House. Greetings Ngāti Kahungungu ki Wairarapa Tāmaki-nui-a-rua and your issue that is in front of us today.]I stand on behalf of Te Paati Māori to make a short call to speak to support this second reading of the Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa Tāmaki nui-a-Rua Claims Settlement Bill. I recognise the mahi of the Māori Affairs Committee and having attended their hui last week I have confidence that they acted pono and tika with empathy and dignity respecting all the dynamics that make us uniquely us. Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa we recognise the disarray the contentiousness and hardness of all you have endured and are enduring. You resisted passively to protect your whānau your lake your tuna your whenua. Numerous times you have been let down and I mihi to you all for your absolute resilience and humility—a humility that many in Aotearoa don't understand. Every day hapū and iwi are settling in the interests of public good and hopefully one day the public good will respect the sacrifices and resume the partnerships intended by our tūpuna and for our mokopuna. Settlements are divisive and we've heard that here this afternoon. They draw lines across w'akapapa—having to identify as groups as one iwi ignoring the displacements the significance of our tūpuna and their many inter-relationships.It's hard not to I guess feel real aroha and taumahatanga that our many hapū and iwi are having to endure being forced into Crown processes—they often tell you when to walk left when to walk right. Nowhere else do we see a justice system where the perpetrator determines the restorative process. Nowhere else do we see a justice system that awards those who lost 100 percent having to be compensated and settle for 1 percent. That is why we'll never support settlements as being full and final and we look forward to seeing you and your mokopuna coming back for the remaining 99 percent. Treaty settlements are flawed. We will never repair the mamae of being forced to grow up on another iwi whenua and the sense of displacement the forcible removals the forced conflicts that today remain unresolved are painful to watch. I can't imagine how it must feel when you ask yourself where are your haukāinga where you tangata whenua contribute in communities that aren't your mara. We are also protective of what little mara we have so that in itself is really hard to watch and endure.We recognised that settlements are never about money; it's about mana and it's about whenua. Te Tiriti must be honoured and this is an example of why. The dilemma the Crown has left and when we have our beautiful whānau and hapū having to reconcile through these painful differences we must have hope that you are able to rebuild and reclaim. I mihi to Matua Haami Te Whaiti the chair of the Treaty trust who's been carrying this kaupapa since birth and the kaumātua present and not present.If nothing else settlements are an opportunity for you to focus on you. For you to focus on you without Crown intervention to reclaim your future to remember what it's like to work together to reassert your own rangatiratanga and most importantly to find your kotahitanga as whanaunga. We commend this bill to the House. Kia ora rā.