Finlayson Christopher: Ngā Mana Whenua o Tāmaki Makaurau Collective Redress Bill — Third ReadingText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeFinlayson Christopher: Ngā Mana Whenua o Tāmaki Makaurau Collective Redress Bill — Third Reading[Sitting date: 23 July 2014. Volume:700;Page:19494. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]Hon CHRISTOPHER FINLAYSON (Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations):Tāmaki Makaurau Tāmaki Herenga Waka Tāmaki Herenga Tangata nau mai haere mai. Tēnei te mihi atu ki a koutou ngā kanohi o ngā momo kōrero ngā uri o te hunga kua mene atu ki te pō. Tēnā koutou tēnā koutou tēnā koutou katoa. E ngā hoa mema o te Whare tēnā tātou i Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori.[Welcome Tāmaki of a hundred lovers Tāmaki the mooring place of many canoes Tāmaki the mooring place of people welcome. I acknowledge you as genres of discourse and descendants of those who have assembled in the world of death. Greetings acknowledgments and congratulations to you all. And greetings to you fellow members of the House in this the week of the Māori language.]In June 2009—5 years ago—Sir Douglas Graham as my negotiator made a presentation to the iwi of Kaipara Tāmaki and Hauraki in Ellerslie. He invited more than 21 iwi and hapū to enter into negotiations at the same time for both iwi-specific and collective settlement negotiations. The proposal was bold and could have gone the way of other attempts to restart negotiations across the region. As Sir Douglas said to me in his report: “To achieve the desired result everyone involved will have to work cooperatively. It will take inspired leadership by all involved.” Well today we complete the collective settlement process we began with the 13 iwi of Auckland who came together to form Ngā Mana Whenua o Tāmaki Makaurau otherwise known as the Tāmaki Collective.I want to acknowledge those leaders and negotiators who were here at the start of negotiations but who are not with us today. These are people like Walter Taipare of Ngāti Maru Hāriata Gordon of Ngāti Pāoa Jim Nicholls of Hauraki and Takutai “Doc” Wikiriwhi Puawai Rāmaka and Jolene Patuawa of Ngāti Whātua. I also want to acknowledge the negotiators for the 13 iwi of Tāmaki who came together to form that collective many of whom are here in the House today. Your inspired leadership has brought us to this point and it would be remiss of me not to particularly acknowledge the tremendous work done by Paul Majurey as chair of the collective. He has been simply fantastic.The negotiators and the iwi they represent are the descendants of people who intensely settled Tāmaki. They turned it into a place of grand fortifications and rich gardens of countless pā and kāinga. The maunga of Tāmaki are also the burial places of great chiefs who fought and who made peace and whose descendants also witnessed the coming and going of lone trees on the top of Maungakiekie. The redress delivered through this bill will provide impetus to preserve that very important history.The 14 maunga that are at the centrepiece of this settlement are treasured cultural landmarks for both iwi and the people of our land. They merit the proposed application for World Heritage status given their outstanding natural and cultural significance which transcends national boundaries. The collective deed and this bill will vest the maunga in the Tāmaki Collective to be held as reserves for the common benefit of the collective and the people of Tāmaki.It is important to emphasise that third-party interests and all rights of public access will be protected. But by doing so the Crown recognises the customary interests of the iwi in the maunga and in a reciprocal manner typical of their generosity the iwi of the collective acknowledge the interests of all people in Auckland in the same.The Auckland Council which was coming into being as Sir Douglas was making his proposal has also demonstrated inspired leadership. Mayor Brown and his council will continue to be crucial to the settlement and to the World Heritage status application. I acknowledge his presence today and thank him for coming and I also thank Penny Webster. They have been working with the Tāmaki Collective to ensure the co-governance arrangements for the volcanic cones are a success. This third reading as for all settlements that come before this House is the end of the beginning and I very much look forward to seeing the relationships that have been formed between the council and iwi develop further and bring very positive results.There are other elements to the settlement that give me an opportunity to thank my colleagues. The islands Rangitoto Motutapu Motuihe and Tiritiri Mātangi will be gifted to iwi and then gifted back with the exception of the summit of Rangitoto which will remain in iwi ownership with reserve status. The Minister of Conservation will be one of the partners in stronger co-governance arrangements for these islands and other important conservation land in the region. I hope and expect that these new co-governance arrangements will be conducted in the spirit of generosity that the gift represents.The settlement also includes an agreement with the Department of Building and Housing that the Minister of Housing supported ahead of this settlement being concluded. As a result we have already seen a demonstration of the possibilities of the partnership in the development of 280 affordable houses under way at Weymouth. The Tāmaki Collective will also receive right of refusal opportunities for Crown land across the isthmus and I am delighted the University of Auckland and UniTec have agreed to be part of that opportunity.Parliament will now be aware that the collective deed and this bill do not settle any historical claims but are instead one part of Treaty settlements with the iwi and the hapū that will continue to be completed in this region. This collective settlement has also been the springboard for the comprehensive settlements that we have reached with two of the three of the members of the Ngāti Whātua rōpū with the last agreement in principle being reached hopefully very shortly and one deed of settlement with Te Kawerau-a-Maki of the Waiōhua rōpū and with three more deeds on their way. We are also near completing settlements with the five iwi of the Maratuahu rōpū.So once more in closing I want to acknowledge the negotiators for the iwi. As I have mentioned on previous occasions Treaty settlements take courage and perseverance and collective negotiations amplify that. I also cannot conclude without acknowledging my indefatigable negotiator Michael Dreaver—it is a great word. A First World War dreadnought was named Indefatigable and that is a bit what he is like—absolutely committed to the task. One moment he is meeting with Ngāti Hei; the next day he will be meeting with Ngāti Whātua and discussing the Kaipara Harbour. He is always positive and dedicated to the task and I appreciate his very hard work.To each of the iwi who make up the collective: Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki Ngāti Maru Ngāti Paoa Ngāti Tamaoho Ngāti Tamaterā Ngāti Te Ata Ngāti Whanaunga Ngāti Whātua o Kaipara Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei Te Ākitai Waiōhua Te Kawerau-ā-Maki Te Patukirikiri and Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Whātua I look forward to a day in the not too distant future when we can say that all historical Treaty grievances in Tāmaki-makau-rau are settled. This is a great day for Auckland and it is a great day for our country. I commend the bill to the House.