Roche Denise: Ngāti Hauā Claims Settlement Bill Ngāti Koroki Kahukura Claims Settlement Bill — First ReadingsText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeRoche Denise: Ngāti Hauā Claims Settlement Bill Ngāti Koroki Kahukura Claims Settlement Bill — First Readings[Sitting date: 22 October 2013. Volume:694;Page:14159. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]DENISE ROCHE (Green): Tēnā koe Mr Assistant Speaker. Tēnā koutou e te Whare. Ki ngā rangatira o Ngāti Hauā me Ngāti Koroki Kahukura tēnā koutou tēnā koutou tēnā koutou katoa.[Thank you Mr Assistant Speaker. Greetings to you collectively the House. To the leaders of Ngāti Hauā and of Ngāti Koroki Kahukura salutations acknowledgments and congratulations to you all.]I would like to acknowledge the people in the gallery today from Ngāti Koroki Kahukura and Ngāti Hauā and I maintain that to stand in this House to speak on the Ngāti Hauā Claims Settlement Bill and the Ngāti Koroki Kahukura Claims Settlement Bill is a privilege. It is a privilege to speak on your bills. Each of the iwi who are recognised in these bills is recognised through a separate piece of legislation but the legislation is going through together as part of the proceedings. I will speak mostly onthe Ngāti Koroki Kahukura Claims Settlement Bill while my colleague Catherine Delahunty will speak on the Ngāti Hauā Claims Settlement Bill after me.I am mindful that when a Treaty settlement bill comes to this House it represents decades of work across generations. I pay tribute to those who have bravely fought for justice and to bring this legislation to this House. I acknowledge the struggle it has taken to have this legislation brought here today.One of the most important aspects of the legislation is that together with the deeds of settlement it records the historical nature of the grievances that the legislation seeks to address. It also records the apology from the Crown. The grievances that the Ngāti Koroki Kahukura bill addresses date back to the 1860s and of course to the wars in the Waikato. In July 1863 the Crown invaded the Waikato as we have heard and some Ngāti Koroki Kahukura were killed and their rangatira Tīoriori was among those who were captured. Tīoriori was captured while he was going to the aid of a wounded British soldier—an officer. He was eventually released but Ngāti Koroki Kahukura were labelled as rebels by the Crown and their land was confiscated. From 1865 with the creation of the Native Land Court more land was alienated and large areas of land were sold by individuals without reference to hapū or iwi. That included the land on and aroundMaungatautari Ngāti Koroki Kahukura’s ancestral mountain. So by the end of the 20th century Ngāti Koroki Kahukura was left virtually landless. By 1901 the iwi had been involved in more than 50 Native Land Court hearings and that has contributed to their alienation from their land.The bill recognises the relationship that the iwi Ngāti Koroki Kahukura has with Maungatautari and also with the Waikato River. Ngāti Koroki Kahukura is defined as part of the Waikato-Tainui under the Waikato-Tainui Raupatu Claims (Waikato River) Settlement Act 2010. They will continue to be represented by the Waikato Raupatu River Trust. However with this bill Ngāti Koroki Kahukura will have co-management enshrined in legislation and acknowledged and they will receive the tools to enact integrated river management plans for the awa in their own domain. The settlement includes $3 million for financial and commercial redress $3.2 million for cultural redress the return of some lands and the right of first refusal for other properties.I have to state for the record that as Greens we do not believe that this is a full and final settlement despite that being referred to in the settlement. The ramifications of the Crown’s actions are not final because generations to come will still be affected. We believe that this is a deal. It is the best deal that the iwi can get. But Ngāti Koroki Kahukura’s generosity in accepting the financial and cultural redress package when it in no way fully compensates for what has been lost should be acknowledged.There is also the issue of the Crown determining with whom it will negotiate and with whom it will not. That was stated very clearly in a submission from Ngāti Koroki Kahukura that they made on the Raukawa Claims Settlement Bill. We have become increasingly concerned that the recognition that the Crown accords to some and not to others can set Māori against Māori and create more grievances.Having said that I acknowledge that today is to be celebrated and I acknowledge the huge generosity that this iwi has shown in taking its part in creating this settlement today. We will be supporting this bill. Thank you.