Davidson Marama; Tuiono TeanauHon MARAMA DAVIDSON (Co-Leader—Green): E te Māngai tēnā koe. E tēnei Whare tēnā koutou. Ki a koutou ngā iwi me ngā hapū o te Whakatōhea tēnā tātou katoa. Ngā hapū Ngai Tamahaua Ngāti Ira Ngāti Ngahere Ngāti Patumoana Ngāti Ruatakena me Ūpokorehe. [Thank you Mr Speaker and this House greetings. To you the people of Te Whakatōhea greetings to you all. The nations Ngai Tamahaua Ngāti Ira Ngāti Ngahere Ngāti Patumoana Ngāti Ruatakena and Ūpokorehe.]Acknowledging the interwoven and overlapping interest among the hapū and Whakatōhea and that this is an incredibly significant day for so many reasons—of course it's an incredibly significant day. But as I was remembering exactly how long the mahi to this day has taken it's not even since 2016. I was reminded again reading through the history of the deed of settlement that actually back in the early 1990s when Whakatōhea initiated and wanted to see some recognition for the many grievances and the Crown breaches of Te Tiriti particularly in the iwi rohe there was a go for a comprehensive settlement in the early 1990s. And then iwi members raised concerns that the negotiators had gone beyond their mandate and the settlement package was insufficient.And this is always quite a difficult kōrero to have because the mahi the passion the positive vision and the dreaming that takes place from iwi when they are reaching a settlement has to be upheld and understood for incredible generational strength while at the same time there is absolutely nothing. There is no level of settlement in a contract that can fully ever recognise the mamae that has been caused. And I immediately think of the complete scorched earth plunder policy that was particularly taken by the Crown as part of the mamae and the breaches.But I think what I am trying to remind my colleagues across the House is when we talk about iwi being generous and patient my goodness do we acknowledge in this case for Whakatōhea and hapū that this is an incredibly significant day today. So much mahi so many people from the start of way back in the 1990s this initial kōrero who are no longer with us and so much mahi done to get to this point.I wanted to focus on the mahi and the visions and aspirations in this third reading speech and also in this third reading speech refer the House back to my second reading speech which was where I again repeat and acknowledge the valid concerns that have been raised by hapū including Ūpokorehe and Ngāti Ira. But I note in my submissions it wasn't just that. There were and are valid concerns—concerns that many of the select committee members raised questions about at select committee concerns that I have put on record in my second reading speech that I am accountable for in my support to this bill for Whakatōhea to be able to move through this part of the dreams and aspirations that you have recognising that no bill no settlement can ever be the fulfilment of those moemoeā.So I wanted to acknowledge that with the mahi that was put into this settlement the Greens have always been very very clear that Te Tiriti was never supposed to be a transactional and a settlement approach. It is and has always been in the vision of all of our tūpuna that it is about an enduring relationship where the Crown—as Mr Adrian Rurawhe has already said—must continue to honour its partnership agreement and at the centre uphold the mana motuhake and the tino rangatiratanga of Whakatōhea over its lands and peoples. And that Whakatōhea has acknowledged time and time again that it has mahi to do in terms of bringing together and keeping together the whakapapa connections across all of the hapū and noting those valid concerns that were raised by hapū under the settlement.That is for the Crown to continue to uphold; that Te Tiriti is about partnership and enduring relationship and not transactional settlement. In saying that this settlement needs to be acknowledged and the apology and the harm that this settlement is attempting to at least address in some way. Just quickly I think for the purpose of reminding ourselves why this day is so important remembering the Crown invading and occupying parts of Whakatōhea rohe—things like the failure to return the body of Tio Te Kāhika after he had been killed and desecrated and the obviously great distress that that causes; Crown failure to act in good faith in its treatment and execution of Mokomoko of course a rangatira of Whakatōhea. And last week at the second reading I was very grateful and privileged to be able to sit with Mokomoko uri up here in this House to acknowledge the significance of this bill going through. Also there was the failure to protect Whakatōhea from becoming virtually landless due to the ongoing and cumulative effects of the Crown's acts omissions breaches and harm; the failure to actively protect te reo Māori and encourage its use and the widespread displacement of Whakatōhea uri and descendants to whanaunga to reo and to tikanga. So with those breaches then the ability for Whakatōhea to be able to move through this piece of legislation I know is going to play a significant role in the mokopuna moemoeā and the aspirations that you all told us time and time again at the submission hearings—the dreams that you all hold collectively for the descendants of many generations to come now and to come under this settlement.My colleague who's next to me right now—Mr Steve Abel—is going to as tangata Tiriti pick up on the importance for Pākehā of what happens through the whole negotiations through the settlement laws the legislation and why it is important for Pākehā to understand that Māori continue to be hopeful and continue to be generous in how we settle these claims. But that should never let tangata Tiriti off the hook for the enduring requirements and relationships that are going to be required not just from Crown but from tangata Tiriti all over. And yes mokopuna of Whakatōhea tangi mai—this is your House this is your bill this is your day for all the mokopuna and I really welcome you. I saw some babies and I more importantly am hearing the babies including through question time which I personally welcome. Hearing the mokopuna is exactly the reason why we are here so tangi mai pēpē tangi mai mokopuna. This is yours this is your legacy this is your day.I'm finishing with—and I forgot to mention in my second reading speech—the fantastic van that took us on some of the site visits when the Māori Affairs Committee was down there. I believe we had Matua Robert in our van. I think we had Danny and Vaughn and Graeme and Dickie and Arahia perhaps in our van—some fantastic mahi from all of you. We started at the Hiona St Stephen's Church which became of course connected with what happened to Rev. Carl Völkner and all of the consequences from those events. So some of the places that we went are for me the strongest memories of connecting my heart and mind to some of the significant places of Whakatōhea.I think I did mention in my second reading speech that Ngāti Ira actually took us out to Te Tarata pā where select committee members could see for ourselves both the expanse of that whenua and hear the history and what happened there while being on the land—well there's nothing that can substitute for that in understanding the role. And we had a beautiful lunch at the mussel farm—a very beautiful lunch that day—and we were hearing and seeing the factory workers and how important that is going to be under this settlement. So I just wanted to give my awhi and aroha to you all and wish you the best of luck in your future. Kia ora.ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Teanau Tuiono): Aroha mai. Kua pau te wā ki te mema. [I'm sorry. The member's time has expired.]