SpeechJAN LOGIE (Green): Thank you Madam Speaker. I rise today to take a call on behalf of the Green Party on this the first reading of the Te Rohe o Rongokako Joint Redress Bill.As has been stated by others this bill gives effect to specific cultural redress shared between Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa Tāmaki nui-a-Rua Rangitāne o Tamaki nui-ā-Rua and Rangitāne o Wairarapa as provided for in their respective deeds of settlement.The redress in the bill includes sites to be jointly vested including property at Mākirikiri Gravel Reserve the beautiful Mataikona the bed of Lake Wairarapa property—the Crown share of that I understand from the Minister—and provides for an overlay classification over Castlepoint Scenic Reserve being a site of significance to both iwi. And it provides for the establishment of the Wairarapa Moana Statutory Board who will act as a guardian of the Wairarapa Moana and the Ruamahanga River catchment for the benefit of the present and future generations. Such important work.I'd like to particularly note this magnificent wetland of international significance within their care and the stellar work of Ngāti Kahungunu and Rangitāne that they've been leading to restore the mauri of Wairarapa Moana. All of this is essential to the affirmation of the kaitiaki responsibilities under Te Tiriti justice and we know we need to see more of this.Today too I would like to acknowledge the negotiators and hapū for whom this day has been a long time coming who will quite naturally feel a sense of urgency and hope to be able to move on towards a new relationship with the Crown to be able to really start restoring the whenua awa moana and rebuild as whānau. I want to be very clear that the kaha of the negotiators for this rohe cannot be disputed and we uphold their efforts to right past wrongs and move forward. But the Greens at this point in the process have some outstanding questions about the Crown process that we hope to resolve through the select committee process before we can offer our support to this bill.Our questions arise primarily from the proximity of this bill to the Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa Tāmaki nui-a-Rua settlement and the need for some reassurance that the recommendations of the Waitangi Tribunal in relation to that settlement are being followed and not in any way ignored to the benefit of the Crown. There is intra-hapū disagreement on most if not all settlement bills. Sometimes corrections are made through the select committee process but mostly we just have to acknowledge those who oppose the deeply imperfect process enforced by the Crown while we stand by and congratulate the majority for their hard-fought-for settlement. The Treaty settlement process leading to the aspects of this bill though have been heavily criticised by the Waitangi Tribunal and at this stage our concerns relate primarily to the following points.So the Crown has indicated an intention to settle with the Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa Tāmaki nui-a-Rua Settlement Trust whom the Waitangi Tribunal has found does not have a mandate to settle on behalf of the claimants in Wai 429 and Wai 85 and the Waitangi Tribunal's primary and strong recommendation was that the proposed settlement with Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa Tāmaki nui-a-Rua does not proceed at this stage because as they said and I quote the cumulative effect of the deficiencies we identified the process was unfair will exacerbate divisions in the claimant community and will not be durable."Our third concern is that the Waitangi Tribunal also found that in this settlement process the Crown failed in its Treaty duty of good faith to Rangitāne: "It did not continue to negotiate with them about Wairarapa Moana in good faith as required by clause 7.6 of the Deed of Settlement. It also breached the principle of whanaungatanga. In its dealings with Rangitāne and Ngāti Kahungunu about Wairarapa Moana it should have been aware of the implications for the mana of each." In relation to this claim they recommended the Crown pause to take steps to rectify its Treaty breach and before any matters were concluded about redress concerning Wairarapa Moana help Rangitāne and Ngāti Kahungunu to "work together to ensure that any such redress and the process for agreeing upon it with the Crown [do] not jeopardise their internal and external relationships;" and reimburse Rangitāne for the costs of the urgent claim.And the final paragraph of that Waitangi Tribunal ruling stated—again I will quote: "We have recommended that in relation to all the claimants the Crown should now pause to rectify the deficiencies that have made the settlement process we heard about unsound and unfair. If the Crown acts on our recommendations there are implications for the deed of settlement already signed. It is for the Crown to satisfy itself on what basis and how it should withdraw from the deed of settlement."To have a related bill introduced and proceeding to first reading only a few sitting weeks after this ruling worries us. The Greens have met with some of the interested parties who have been in the courts over this issue and I want to stress that not one of those parties has wished to trample on the mana of the negotiators. Everybody expressed to us a wish for a settlement to go ahead just without the sections of concern or the inclusion of Ngāi Tūmapuhia-a-Rangi and Wairarapa Moana ki Pouakani Incorporation and that is what we need reassurance of in the select committee process. We will vote to support this bill if we are confident that it will not lock in a deed of settlement that the Waitangi Tribunal said should pause and will have no impact on the resumption of litigation in front of the courts and will not in any way undermine the mana of Rangitāne Tū Mai Rā Trust.So I'll finish by lamenting the fact that Te Arawhiti in their briefing to the incoming Minister most recently had to note that the Waitangi Tribunal made a number of findings in recent years suggesting the Crown has been too keen to achieve settlement and has not taken sufficient time to resolve overlapping claims between Māori or to ensure there is widespread and ongoing support for the mandated entity representing an iwi. In seeking to resolve past wrongs the Crown should not create new grievances. The Green Party wholeheartedly shares this view and whilst seeking to uphold the mana of all the negotiators and hapū who have been subjected to this process we will still need reassurance that no new grievances are being created by the Crown. The Green Party believes in the need for a tikanga-based approach where all parties are given the opportunity to determine and collectively agree what the redress process and outcome looks like. To us that is tino rangatiratanga. So we look forward to the select committee discussions but will be abstaining on the bill today. Tēnā koutou katoa."