Williams Arena; Rurawhe AdrianARENA WILLIAMS (Labour—Manurewa): Madam Speaker thank you. Tēnā koutou e Ngāti Hinerangi tēnā koutou katoa. E ngā kuia kaumātua tēnā koutou me ngā tamariki mokopuna tēnā koutou katoa.[Greetings Ngāti Hinerangi. Greetings to the matriarchs and the patriarchs greetings also to the children and grandchildren.]I feel the weight of the pōuri of this debate on my shoulders as I rise to stand. I thank the member Mr Muller for his contribution about how this affects not only the Crown not only Ngāti Hinerangi but so many communities throughout New Zealand those locally affected and those watching out there today to see how these discussions between the Crown and iwi go for us as a nation as we find our feet in a new era of relationship under the Treaty of Waitangi.It's an emotional day. It's a day of pride and a day of promise and a day where the apology of the Crown to Ngāti Hinerangi echoes around this Chamber in the halls of Parliament and around the country.Before I speak about this bill in particular and about the laws that we are passing today I want to just touch on how emotional and poignant it is to be speaking on this as the last speaker. For me as a young Māori woman with two young Māori kids I look to these kinds of discussions and to the leadership shown by negotiators in the Treaty process as something that forges a new relationship between Crown and iwi Māori. And to be standing here speaking with you Ngāti Hinerangi who have forged a new way to discuss overlapping claims issues not just with the Crown but with your neighbours as well is something really powerful and which should be celebrated here today.I want to thank the negotiators and the trustees of Ngāti Hinerangi for the work and the leadership in this space. Not only have you brought together your iwi the whānau who make it up the hapū who make it up the marae in coming to a negotiated settlement which is robust and which is meaningful and which addresses not only what was lost but what can be gained by moving forward you've also dealt with the people around you by bringing the community on board around you and that kind of leadership is something to be really celebrated.I also acknowledge all of the officials all of the people who have made this work the people who have worked on your side of the fence and the people who have worked on the Crown side as well. The work that goes into these Crown and Treaty settlements is so important not just in these situations but for all New Zealanders.I also want to make a special mihi to the young people and the children who have joined us today. This is about your future. This is about where we go as a people in the face of this trauma which has been going on for almost 100 years how we as a generation of young Māori move on from that how we draw a line in the sand in that and not forgetting those lessons that we have learnt but how we recover from that pain. You hear it in the Chamber today that pain that trauma that people have lived with. But let today be a moment of healing for Ngāti Hinerangi as a whole and a moment that we can acknowledge for many generations to come as the first day of what Ngāti Hinerangi's future looks like.I think it's those children in the gallery which make this so real—seeing the babies in question time seeing the kids here today who have come all this way and have sat through a bunch of boring speeches. This is exactly—it is real. This is for you. This is about making a future where you can stand tall in your rangatiratanga in your māoritanga and in your identity as Ngāti Hinerangi.I want to touch briefly on something which the previous speakers haven't really touched on which is the Wairere Falls scenic reserve. That site is a tapu site for Ngāti Hinerangi and an important site for all New Zealanders. In its central location it's somewhere where so many people enjoy. And the benefit to that site of having your kaitiakitanga of having an overlay where you must be consulted about preserving its natural and cultural significance and its values is so important not just locally but to everyone. The ability for you to decide how those sites are given meaning and how we tell the stories of that river of those falls is so important. I thank you and I hope you hear the gratitude from the parliamentarians here in your role as kaitiaki and protectors of that for generations to come.Finally I want to thank you as well as an iwi between Ngāti Hauā Raukawa Tauranga Moana and Hauraki for finding a way that other iwi can look to to see the leadership required in negotiating these difficult situations of overlapping claims. This is a Crown process which we as Māori did not create. It is not in tikanga Māori that we have to negotiate overlapping claims in the way that we do under the modern settings and it is something that we need to find a way through as Māori to be able to show Parliament and the Crown how we want to do this in future in a way which enhances our mana and does not diminish the mana of our neighbours. You have done that. Congratulations and thank you. Thank you for showing leadership in the negotiation with those around you and with everyone within your iwi. That's something you can be so proud of today.In conclusion I just want to acknowledge all of you who have come today for this journey. It's a heavy day but it's something that all of you I hope will remember with fondness for the rest of your lives. Photos from today will adorn the walls I hope of what will become your debating chamber—the room of Ngāti Hinerangi's discussions for the future of its iwi whether that's a boardroom whether that's your marae. It's something to be remembered and the faces of those who have negotiated it to this point I hope will adorn those walls. I just want to say that as you travel home please remember this as the moment of healing as a moment where it was the beginning of something really new and special that we celebrated with you all today. Tēnā koutou katoa.Bill read a third time.WaiataHakaDEPUTY SPEAKER: Nō reira e tika ana kia tuku mihi atu ki a koutou Ngāti Hinerangi. Nō reira tēnā rā tātou katoa.[It is only right for me to acknowledge you Ngāti Hinerangi. Greetings to you all.]