Wall LouisaLOUISA WALL (Labour—Manurewa): Tēnā koe e te Māngai o te Whare. Te Ariki Nui o Ngāti Tūwharetoa Tā Tumu e ngā mana e ngā reo rau rangatira mā ngā whānau o Ngāti Tūwharetoa tēnā koutou tēnā koutou tēnā tātou katoa.[Thank you Mr Assistant Speaker. To the paramount chief of Ngāti Tūwharetoa Sir Tumu to the various authorities voices chiefs and families of Ngāti Tūwharetoa who are gathered here greetings greetings greetings one and all.]And what an absolute pleasure it is for me as an uri of Ngāti Tūwharetoa to stand here proudly as one of yours to debate our bill. I'm actually going to go through the select committee report because I think it's really important that we understand what this is process is all about. And so bear with me but usually when bills are presented back at the second reading there aren't any amendments. There aren't any amendments because essentially the deed that was signed on 8 July 2017 at Waitetoko Marae is translated into this which is a piece of legislation. The Crown as you heard from my colleague Rino Tirikatene is only bound by the deed. As you've heard there are issues that aren't in here and they're not in here because they weren't in the deed. One of which actually is the first amendment that the Māori Affairs Committee report actually recommends which is to add the 24 Wai claimants that were found throughout this process because by right they should be listed in here. They will acknowledge our tupuna who put in those Wai claims on our behalf because this piece of legislation is a comprehensive settlement of all those Wai claims. They will have all our whānau names on them. That's why those 24 that were missing from this bill—that will be added. It has to be in a Supplementary Order Paper so we will have to have a committee stage debate.In the select committee report we actually frame it as we must do it because it would be a breach of the Treaty. Actually it's a breach of the Treaty settlement process and it's also a breach of a comprehensive settlement. But as we've already heard there are issues to do with overlapping claims. That means this isn't a comprehensive settlement. You know there are issues that we will have to pursue into the future to get that. One of those issues is Lake Rotokawa Conservation Area. So there will be another opportunity for us to come back to this House to settle that particular issue that we have highlighted.But I really want to focus on the three issues raised by Te Kotahitanga o Ngāti Tūwharetoa the post-settlement governance entity. In these settlement processes one would have assumed that we as the Crown who is saying sorry actually should listen to what some would say is the victim or the group that must be compensated. So you've highlighted the Motutere Recreation Reserve and I guess what I want to highlight from what is written in the select committee report is that Taupō District Council—well I'm going to say 100 percent and maybe the Hon Louise Upston can help facilitate this; it says it 100 percent supports the reserve being included in the bill" but I presume it means being returned to Ngāti Tūwharetoa. That's what should be recorded in here—not that it should be part of the bill but that the reserve should go back to Ngāti Tūwharetoa.So I actually think there is obvious scope post this legislation given it wasn't in the deed for Taupō District Council if it fundamentally believes that Ngāti Tūwharetoa should have Motutere Recreation Reserve—well they can do something about it themselves and the people of Taupō can do something about it. And obviously through this process if they have committed to that then let's work with them and let's forge that partnership going forward between Ngāti Tūwharetoa and Taupō District Council. So to any of the councillors and Mr Trewavas who I hope is listening out there this is a bit of a wero to you. I think the intent of your submission at the heart of it was to return that piece of land to Ngāti Tūwharetoa.I now want to focus on Waiteti Landcorp Farm—and I find this really interesting actually because the Office of Treaty Settlements (OTS) in their advice said something really interesting. Essentially they said it wasn't part of—sorry this is now my assessment of what I think OTS should do. They should evaluate the Crown's policy on how Landcorp farms can be used as Treaty redress because it seems to me that it doesn't qualify as a piece of whenua that can go back but if it is in Landcorp holdings actually it is a Crown asset. If you want it not as part of your settlement but if you want to purchase it actually why can't the Crown help facilitate? So I think you've highlighted another policy change—policy challenge—that we in the House now should follow up on with the Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations and actually ask the question: so what constitutes qualifying lands for Treaty settlements? As I said before if Ngāti Tūwharetoa wants that land then we should do everything in our power to make sure that they get it because lest we forget this is about the taking of our lands. So if there are any lands available that can be returned to Ngāti Tūwharetoa either through the process or through a contract to purchase then let's explore that and do everything we can as a Parliament to facilitate that.The other issue is about the Ōnekeneke property. Again I think this is about what is qualifying land but I do note in the select committee report that it says a Supplementary Order Paper will likely be required during the committee of the whole House stage to address this issue. So there's obvious intent from the select committee that that land should be returned to Ngāti Tūwharetoa. I don't know how long that process is going to take and I guess that is going to be an issue that is shepherded through by my colleague the honourable—he is very honourable to me—Rino Tirikatene and the members of the Māori Affairs Committee. I know my colleague Harete Hipango is on that committee. She will vigilantly keep the officials to task to make sure that if there is any possibility for another Supplementary Order Paper then that will again happen at the committee stage of this piece of legislation progressing through the Parliament.Just finally I want to acknowledge that in clause 9—"Acknowledgements"—of our bill we talk about warfare. So there is an acknowledgment that war happened. I just want to read this out: "The Crown acknowledges that the Ngāti Tūwharetoa rangatira Maniapoto and Te Rangitahau who had whakapapa links to a number of neighbouring iwi and hapū were caught up in the Crown's unjustified attack on Ōmarunui in 1866. Te Rangitahau was detained on the Chatham Islands without trial and in harsh conditions for nearly 2 years. These actions were unjust and a breach of te Tiriti o Waitangi/the Treaty of Waitangi and its principles." So I just have to let the whānau know because it's actually not included in the report back from the select committee. But I've been talking to Dylan and the whānau and I've actually written a letter to the Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations about how we restore the mana of Te Rangitahau. How do we do it? We have a precedent before this Parliament called the Mokomoko (Restoration of Character Mana and Reputation) Act. Mokomoko in that instance did go through a court process. He was executed. In this instance there wasn't an execution but it seems to be that the trauma suffered by the whānau intergenerationally that they presented through their submission deserves some form of redress. So I have asked the Minister about how we could do that and there is a possibility through a private bill with the consent of this Parliament that we could acknowledge that injustice and actually address the historical trauma that has happened intergenerationally. So finally tēnā katou katoa to my colleagues. I just want to say how proud I am to be a member of Ngāti Tūwharetoa and today is a day when we think about all the people who aren't here but it's also a day that we celebrate the fact that we are. And we are the voice we are the kaha we are the future and we're doing this for our mokopuna and tamariki to come. Nō reira tēnā koutou tēnā koutou tēnā tātou katoa."