SpeechSHANAN HALBERT (Labour—Northcote) (remote): Te Māngai o te Whare tēnā rawa atu ki a koe. Ki ngā kaiurungi o Ngāti Maru ki Taranaki tēnā koutou e mihi ana ki a koutou i tēnei pō. Nā reira tēnā koutou tēnā koutou e mihi aroha ki a koutou i tēnei pō.[Mr Speaker greetings to you. To the leaders of Ngāti Maru of Taranaki greetings I acknowledge you this evening. Therefore greetings greetings fond greetings to you this evening.]Thank you Mr Speaker. It's wonderful this evening to speak to another Treaty settlement bill that is going through the House. It's always an honour to be part of the Māori Affairs Committee for a couple of reasons but first and foremost to hear the stories of our people of Aotearoa to share our history and through that secondly we learn so much. I'm looking forward to those stories as a part of this process being shared with all of our communities across Aotearoa but particularly that our taiohi our tamariki mokopuna grow up with the stories of old—the stories that our old people shared—and part of the process of being in this particular settlement bill was hearing the stories of Ngāti Maru. It's very very special and I acknowledge them this evening.The Ngāti Maru (Taranaki) Claims Settlement Bill gives effect to elements of Te Hiringa Taketake the Ngāti Maru deed of settlement which relies on legislation to be enacted and implemented. This takes a particular part of my heart because I am from an area just across the hill from this particular whānau and we're in our own journey to settle the Mōkai Pātea claim. It's wonderful that this particular whānau this hapū this iwi are well ahead of where we are at in that we're at the second stage of this particular reading.It's my honour also to be the final Government speaker on this bill this evening as a member of the Māori caucus and can I acknowledge the Hon Andrew Little and the amount of work that he has done to progress these particular bills. Also can I pay acknowledgment this evening to our chair of the Māori Affairs Committee Tāmati Coffey who does a wonderful job of keeping us all on track to be as efficient as possible. The beauty of the Māori Affairs Committee is that we all at some point come to consensus to progress outcomes for Māori within Aotearoa so I acknowledge all of the speakers this evening from across all parties and the contribution that they have made in particular for this bill.Just to recap Part 1 of this bill sets out to provide the provisions and take effect on the settlement date unless a provision states otherwise. It specifies that the bill binds the Crown and defines terms used in the bill including Ngāti Maru" and "historical claims". The second part is the cultural redress which we've heard a lot about this evening. It's important as an iwi and particularly for our tamariki mokopuna that they have the opportunity to grow up with their culture and identity and this particular bill will support them to do that.But what is of particular interest tonight and others have touched on it—and it is important—is that part of restoring mana to this iwi is enabling them to stand on their own two feet giving them the resources that were sadly taken away from them and enabling them to live and breathe as an iwi and as an entity to determine the future of their own people and of generations to come. Part of the commercial redress is the conditions that are set up as a part of this bill: the transfer of Te Wera Crown forestry licensed land and the transfer of 35 deferred selection properties which Ngāti Maru can purchase within two to five years of settlement—Mr Speaker my apologies; I'm getting a little bit of feedback—an exclusive right of first refusal over specific Crown-owned properties within Ngāti Maru rohe for 179 years from settlement and finally a shared right of first refusal over specified properties within Ngāti Maru rohe.Can I acknowledge finally the work of Te Arawhiti who share a vision constantly about enabling both Māori and Pākehā to meet along the bridge so that as a country and what we signed up to as a Treaty is about us working together for the betterment of all people—Māori and Pākehā alike—in this country and that we all do well. Part of this particular bill enables Māori in this iwi Ngāti Maru and Taranaki to do well and to determine the outcomes that they want for their own people. I believe that we can work together between the Crown and our iwi and that that sets up for quite an exciting future. It means that the Crown at some point has to learn and part of this evening is that we acknowledge the hurt and the ill faith that has operated to where we lead in to today to establish an apology to Ngāti Maru. So without future ado can I commend this bill to the House.Motion agreed to.Bill read a second time."