Korako NukNUK KORAKO (National): Tēnā rā koutou nā e tō tātou matua tipuna. Tēnei te mihi o ngā uri o Tainui waka Ngāti Tamaoho te Maungaroa Mauka Waikato Awa. E ngā iwi o Ngāti Tamaoho tū mai ngā marae o Whātapaka Mangatangi Ngā Hau e Whā. Nau mai haere mai o te Whare Pāremata. E mihi nei e tangi nei koutou ngā taoka whakahirahira koutou e tūmanako ake nei koutou e hāpai nei ka mihi ka mihi rātou ki a rātou tātou ki a tātou tīhei mauriora. [Greetings to you our ancestor. This is the greeting of the descendants of the Tainui Canoe Ngāti Tamaoho of Maungaroa Mountain of the Waikato River. The people of Ngāti Tamaoho may your marae of Whātapaka Mangatangi and Ngā Hau e Whā continue to stand strong. Welcome to this House of Parliament. I greet and lament those long departed special people who had such hopes and furthered the cause; I acknowledge you and say let us leave the deceased to the deceased and us to ourselves let there be life.]It is indeed my honour to be able to stand and speak in the second reading of the Ngāti Tamaoho Claims Settlement Bill. I had the pleasure as the chair of the Māori Affairs Committee in the 51st Parliament to consider this bill in the first stages. I just want to acknowledge the iwi of Ngāti Tamaoho and also their surrounding iwi because of the incredible honour that they actually gave each other and the mana particularly when we look at the history of this particular Treaty settlement.When you observe the conduct of an iwi that has been labelled rebels through their history and when you hear of the incredible issues that came out of that and coming to the Māori Affairs Committee to submit—that there is something that really does make an important contribution to the way that these Treaty settlements are actually developed and have developed and the processes involved. Ngāti Tamaoho has a proud history of working alongside their whanaunga and with the advent of the arrival of the Pākehā as the new settlers. I think the important thing though is that Ngāti Tamaoho actually had their lands taken from them and these lands were some of the most fertile and some of the best coastal lands actually in New Zealand.So when we look at this this bill now—and particularly getting to this particular stage of the second reading—is a huge step forward. It ensures the future of the iwi where all of that land and taonga were actually cruelly taken in the 1860s. During the course of the hearings Ngāti Tamaoho also expressed their frustrations with the length of time it took to get to that particular part of the settlement. Having gone through the settlement process during my own iwi's processes and development that is indeed a frustration that is very concerning moving through but at least we got to this point.That said in this particular one and particularly the area or rohe of Ngāti Tamaoho the complexities here—and particularly when we look at situations like every other Treaty settlement—are the overlapping claims. So navigating that by the Crown—for example what came out of the submissions was the situation with Te Ākitai Waiōhua and then Ngāti Te Ata the whanaunga iwi of Ngāti Tamaoho who actually took some real issues with the aspects of the settlement particularly in regards to overlapping claims.Equally there are the recent issues raised by Ngāti Tamaoho to the Māori Affairs Committee as well which was over the Papakura Defence Force lands. This really did highlight the complexity that I've just referred to in the delaying of the settlement itself.Often the Crown can be left with Solomon's choice when it comes to who has mana over what in which area. Thus whilst the concerns of Ngāti Tamaoho are acknowledged what came out of it is that the use of tikanga and the meetings between those whanaunga iwi—what came out of it was a joint redress as the end result. I really do acknowledge the Ngāti Tamaoho rangatira that are here in the House today. In saying that particularly with those overlapping claims and the cultural redress I urge you to continue using those tikanga-based processes—whanaungatanga particularly—to ensure that that continues around those redress properties.We received and considered two submissions. One was from the Ngāti Tamaoho Trust and the other from the Auckland Council֫—keeping in mind too that both of those submissions actually supported the bill. But there were a number of critical features with this particular settlement. The commercial redress has been of some concern with Ngāti Tamaoho—their settlement properties both shared and exclusive which gave the iwi access to most of the lucrative real estate market in New Zealand. So these lease-back properties—the former Ōtara police station the Great South Road commercial property and the school sites—will enable a regular income to accrue to Tamaoho as they manage the growth of their pūtea.The other part too is that looking at other cultural redress properties in this particular settlement—Clarks Creek Karaka and Waitete Pā. Those particular redress properties also along with the Hunua Falls in partnership—and this was the real whanaungatanga particularly with Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki Ngāti Whanaunga and Ngāti Koheriki. So that cultural redress package will begin a long process of rebuilding the cultural footprint of Ngāti Tamaoho. I think the important part of this though as part of the settlement is that the vesting will not be carried out until all of those iwi have actually settled.There is actually no settlement that would fully recompense an iwi for its loss but a full recognition of the loss of acknowledgment and a proper apology from the Crown cannot be undervalued. This was also a very very important part of this particular settlement. I think the other part too was that the very very small amount of submissions really did reflect the fact—and particularly when we had the overlapping claims—of how important kotahitanga—DEPUTY SPEAKER: Can I just draw—I'm sorry to interrupt but could people have their conversations out in the lobbies? Continue.NUK KORAKO: Just acknowledging the kotahitanga that actually went on during the negotiation process between the whanaunga iwi that were actually associated and particularly around the overlapping claims.This is an important day today for Ngāti Tamaoho as this second reading passes through the House. Again I acknowledge the important contributions that each side has made and also the work of the Māori Affairs Committee as well. I want to acknowledge the chair of the Māori Affairs Committee and the work that we do continually to ensure that these Treaty settlements actually stay to our process of tikanga and also acknowledging whanaungatanga and kotahitanga. On that note I commend this bill to the House. Kia ora.