Horan Brendan: Te Tau Ihu Claims Settlement Bill — First ReadingText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeHoran Brendan: Te Tau Ihu Claims Settlement Bill — First Reading[Sitting date: 05 June 2013. Volume:690;Page:10812. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]BRENDAN HORAN (Independent): Ka tangi te tītī ka tangi te kākā ka tangi hoki ahau tihei mauri ora. E ngā iwi e ngā reo e ngā mana e ngā mātāwaka tēnā tātou tēnākoutou tēnā koutou katoa. E rau rangatira mā ka mihi ake i runga i te karanga o te rā tēnā koutou tēnā koutou tēnā anō koutou katoa.[The muttonbird calls the parrot calls and I call too behold the breath of life. To the tribes languages authorities and ethnic groups salutations greetings and acknowledgments to us and to you all. To the leaders of a hundredfold I commend you on the call of the day. Well done and congratulations once again to you all.]As my esteemed colleague Nanaia Mahuta said before I would like to acknowledge that although Parekura is not here in person he is very much here in spirit and how sad it is that he is not here today to weave his special magic. But as I said I am sure he will weave that magic in spirit.I would like to acknowledge the many many people who have worked so hard. It has taken many many years and much hard work so I acknowledge all of those who have worked hard to get us to this stage. There is only a short way to go but it is very very important that it is not rushed. I should say I look forward along with my fellow members of the Māori Affairs Committee to looking at the submissions on the Te Tau Ihu Claims Settlement Bill and working out the small details because the devil is always in the detail. It is very very very important that these final stages are looked at under a microscope so that we have something that all New Zealanders can be proud of and so that it unites not only the eight iwi involved but all of New Zealand.I would like to also say that Minister Finlayson has done magnificent work and I would like also to highlight some of the words that he spoke. It is so lovely to have a Minister who when he gives an apology you can tell that he means it. The other day when we were there for Ngāi Tūhoe Minister that was such a magnificent day and a magnificent apology and it is a shame that some members of the media chose to denigrate it in some way. Our Minister Finlayson spoke of the great courage of Māori and of their generosity and compromise. We see that in every settlement—the compromise that Māori have made. It is a tribute to all Māori in New Zealand how we can look at something and go: “OK we are going to do the best we can here. We are going to reach settlement and we are going to move on.” So I would like to honour all of the iwi involved and the negotiators for the hard work that has been done but also again the hard work that is still to come.The Minister said that this is an omnibus bill—and it is—and as alluded to again by my esteemed colleague Nanaia there is also a uniqueness here. It is lovely to see the uniqueness of each iwi preserved within this settlement. Then we come to something that I would like everybody to consider and that is the importance of lasting education. We must educate New Zealanders about these settlements what has happened before the courage the strength the tragedy the pride the loss and the devastation and therefore through all that through the recognition of that through the education that continuing education we will have true healing in New Zealand. Let the pounamu work and weave its healing magic.I would also say that it is fitting that our haka’s origin home and guardianship are recognised. And as “Ka Mate! Ka Mate!” has presented a synergy and united all New Zealanders for many years on battlefields in sport and for New Zealanders who are overseas feeling lonely I think that it is very fitting that “Ka Mate! Ka Mate!” can unite all New Zealanders with the settlement of this bill. I look forward to seeing the bill in the select committee. Good luck. Thank you.