Harawira Hone: Ngati Manawa Claims Settlement Bill Ngati Whare Claims Settlement Bill — Third Readings 
Harawira Hone: Ngati Manawa Claims Settlement Bill Ngati Whare Claims Settlement Bill — Third Readings 
[Volume:678;Page:1473] 
HONE HARAWIRA (Leader—Mana) 
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 Tena koe. Hoi ano me mihi atu ki a koutou e Ngati Manawa e Ngati Whare kua tau mai i te ra nei. Ruia ruia opea opea miria miria tahia tahia. Kia hemo ake te kakoakoa kia herea mai te kawau koroki tataki mai i roto mai i tanuku karokaro whaikoro. He kuaka marangaranga he kotahi te manu i tau atu ki te tahuna tau atu tau atu! Ko koutou ena kua tau mai i te ra nei no reira tena koutou tena koutou tena koutou katoa.  
Hoi ano ko te ngako o tera korero na taku tupua a Tumatahina koia mena e tika ana te hikoi tuatahi a te toa ka taea te iwi katoa te whai atu i tona oranga. No reira ko koutou wena kua tae mai i te ra nei i te tepe tuatahi i tenei hikoi roa. Hara i te mutunga. Hara i te mutunga. Engari ko te timatanga kia tae ora atu wa tatau tamariki mokopuna a nga ra kei te haere mai. I te mea mena horekau he hua mo ratau moumou taima wa tatau mahi i tenei ra. No reira me mihi atu ki a koutou.  
Hara i te mea kia tu roa engari te mihi atu ki a koutou kua tae mai i te ra nei. Me te mea ano hoki e tika ana kia mohio ai koutou hakoa nga piki nga heke nga raruraru roto i a matau nga mema Maori o te Paremata nei i runga i nga kaupapa penei e tu kotahi ana matau. No reira me mihi atu ki to tatau Minita a Pita me tatau katoa e nohonoho nei roto i te Whare hei tautoko kotahi i te kaupapa kia timatangia ai te oranga o nga tamariki o nga mokopuna o Ngati Manawa o Ngati Whare. No reira tena koutou tena koutou kia ora tatau katoa. 
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Thank you. I need to acknowledge Ngati Manawa and Ngati Whare who arrived here today. Scatter scatter sweep on sweep on. Let us not be plundered by our foe. The rope has been stretched out and fastened; let us rejoice. Moving along the rope the godwits have risen and flown. One has landed on the beach; the others follow! That is you who have come here today and so I greet you all.  
The moral of that chant from my ancestor Tumatahina is that if the first journey of the champion is just then all of the people will follow in his successful example. And so you have arrived today at the first step of this long journey. It is not the end. It is not the end. It is merely the beginning so that our children and grandchildren can thrive in the future. If it does not benefit them we are wasting our time today. So I must congratulate you.  
I will not speak for long but I wish to salute you for coming. You should know that despite the various problems amongst the Maori members of Parliament we are united on issues like this. I must congratulate our Minister Pita Sharples along with everyone sitting here in the House all supporting this bill for the betterment of the children and grandchildren of Ngati Manawa and Ngati Whare. So well done congratulations and salutations to us all. 
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I better not take this call; this is for Mike Smith. It will be about a march to Wellington so I better not talk about it here. But just to say I got a note from my son-in-law the other day to let me know that my mokopuna was going to be performing at Moerewa. She is only 6. I could not make it so I sent back a note saying: “If I don’t make it tell her that I said that she was wonderful and the best one on the stage.” He sent me back a note to say: “I think she already knows that.” E tika ana kia mohio ai tatau na ratau tenei kaupapa. Na ratau tenei. No reira hari ana kua tae mai koutou. 
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It is appropriate that we understand that this matter belongs to them. This is theirs. So I am pleased that you have arrived. 
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Also I probably will never get the chance to say so to you all again so thank you for always being nice to me when I come down there. When I was with the Maori Party you were always nice to me. You are still nice to me now that I am with Mana. Tena koutou tena koutou kia ora tatou katoa.