Jackson WillieHon WILLIE JACKSON (Minister of Employment): Kia ora Madam Deputy Speaker. Ki a koutou i Heretaunga Tamatea Ngāti Kahungunu tēnei te mihi ki a koutou i whakarangatira i a mātou i tēnei wā. He hōnore nui ki te tū i mua i a koutou ki te tautoko i tēnei kaupapa.[Heretaunga Tamatea Ngāti Kahungunu I greet you you who honour us at this time. It is my great privilege to stand before you in support of this important event.]I make a short contribution today because some of the kōrero that's gone out from both sides has been exceptional and I value these types of kōrero because we have a House that's in unison and acknowledging the injustices of the past. It's great we have a Parliament that has reached that stage so I acknowledge the other side and the previous speaker Chris Penk and in particular the previous Minister Chris Finlayson who without doubt has done a terrific job in advancing some of the Treaty settlements over the last few years. At the same time I acknowledge the current Minister the Hon Andrew Little who's got it all in front of him—all in front of him—and he certainly has a challenge.I also want to acknowledge members of Heretaunga Tamatea who have passed on since the lodging of the claim. Many of the original claimants are no longer with us—too many to name—but their commitment and contribution to where this settlement is today should be rightfully acknowledged and honoured. And of course I acknowledge our rōpū who are here today some of the negotiators who are here today: ngā mihi ki a koutou. I think we have Elizabeth Munroe I'm not sure if Peter Paku's here Brian Morris Elizabeth Graham Cordry Huata—the negotiators of a claim that I think that has been well thought through and well negotiated.I want to pick up on the point that our Green MP Jan Logie made earlier in terms of the contribution that Māori make to this country and to this economy. I think that is always underrated when we go through a settlement process like this. In particular when we look at the settlement package here and we look at a total value settlement of $105 million of course that's a very good settlement in comparison to other settlements. However if we really want to look at loss and sacrifice and at what Māori have gone through we need to take that into account. I'm sure as our negotiators will know and other people in the House would know if we look back on past settlements in terms of Tainui and if we look back on past settlements in terms of Ngāi Tahu in those settlements the economic loss value was valued by top economists. For Ngāi Tahu it was $20 billion—$20 billion—and Ngāi Tahu settled for $180 million.So that's what you call sacrifice and contribution in terms of this country. That's what you call sacrifice and that's what you call contribution in terms of this country. So my hope is that people don't get all silly when they look at a group that's maybe done well in terms of other groups but in the overall context of loss and sacrifice this country can't pay for the loss and sacrifice that our people have made. There's just no doubt about that. So I mihi to these negotiators for this settlement that is a very good settlement.I note some of the excellent kōrero from before about the total value settlement of $105 million $5 million in support to Te Aute College and a memorandum of understanding with the Aorangi Māori Trust Board including an ex gratia payment of $1 million and a right to purchase 10 surplus Crown properties. These are the types of settlements we need to see. The key points—I know that the Hon Meka Whaitiri will elaborate more but I think it's good to just break down a little bit more parts of the settlement with Heretaunga Tamatea being one of six—I'm not sure if that's been mentioned yet—large natural groupings of Ngāti Kahungunu who have negotiated this settlement in terms of their historical Treaty claims. It is a population of about 15900 with land interests extending from south Napier to Takapau in the Hawke's Bay.The history of Heretaunga Tamatea has been mentioned this afternoon. The 19th century in particular was marked by land alienation warfare and socio-economic deprivation and the 20th century was marked by social cultural and economic marginalisation. As we heard today the hapū themselves have said they have been the tangata without the whenua and how many iwi and how many hapū can say that type of thing?So I just say well done and it's such a long process this. Our people know when they go into this process the long protracted process it can be. It can go on and on and on. In Heretaunga Tamatea's case it was from March 2005 when they negotiated their claim directly with the Crown. Their mandated entity He Toa Takitini was recognised by the Crown in February 2011 with terms of negotiations signed on 19 December 2011—seven years ago. Seven years ago. So justice takes a while to come through. On 11 June 2014 the Crown and Heretaunga Tamatea signed an agreement in principle. The deed of settlement was signed on 26 September 2015 and deeds to amend were signed on 16 February and 13 June 2017 providing for updated arrangements in relation to the Kāweka Crown forest licensed land.So I mihi to this Heretaunga Tamatea group for—we're only in the second reading and we have another reading to go but in my view the more we talk about this type of kaupapa the better for our people. This is such a long process that our groups and our people deserve their stories to be told in the House in the media and on the TV and New Zealand needs to be reminded of the type of contribution that our iwi are making and that our people are making. The point is that they make it in an understated way. There's no sort of putting anything in anyone's faces and anybody who objects to it—you have to ask the question. Anyone who objects to this type of settlement you have to ask why why why—particularly when we get a House like this where there's a unanimous view that a huge injustice has taken place.For myself it's always one of the better times to talk in this House rather than at other times when we might get a little bit excited and a bit carried away in terms of the different kaupapa that we put out there. So these are the times I think to value and celebrate. These are the times for the House to be proud where we can mihi to each other and where we can acknowledge the contribution from both sides. They are days I think when Parliament should be very proud.So well done to everyone today in terms of acknowledging this. There's still some way to go but again to our manuhiri who have come here today to honour this settlement I say ngā mihi ki a koutou. Rawe ki te tautoko i te kaupapa. Ngā mihi ki a koutou i kōkiri i tēnei kaupapa i ngā wā katoa. Tēnei te mihi ki a koutou. Tēnā koutou a tēnā anō tātou katoa. [I say well done to you all. It is great to support this occasion. I congratulate all of you who have always worked towards this outcome. Well done to you all. Greetings to all of you indeed greetings to all assembled here.]