Korako Nuk; Tolley AnneNUK KORAKO (National): Tēnā rā koutou ngā puāwaitaka o tō tātou mātua tīpuna. I kā mea nui ki te mihi atu ki tō tātou Matua Nui i te Raki ko ia te tīmataka me te whakaute kua te ao katoa. Nō reira ka mihi au ki te kaihōmai o kā mea pai katoa. Ka maumahara mātou ki a rātou kai tua kua wehe ki te ao wairua nō reira e koutou rā o ia marae o ia iwi o ia waka haere i ruka ki te ara o te whānui a Tāne kua tua o te ārai haere haere e haere atu rā. Nō reira anei rā mihi hōhonu ki ngā uri o Te Arawa waka. Ka huri te titiro ki ngā tapuae o Ngātoroirangi e takatakahia ō koutou whenua. Ngā uri o Tūwharetoa i te ao pōuri tū mai tū mai tū mai koutou. He mihi kau ana ki a koutou Tūwharetoa iwi e tau mai ki Te Upoko o te Ika ki te tautoko i te kaupapa nei te muru o te hara nā kāwanataka i mahia te kōrero tūī tuatoru o te pire nei. Ka nunui te mihi ki a koe e te ariki rakatira e Tā Tumu te Heuheu. Nō reira e koutou rā tēnā koutou e mihi atu ki a koutou katoa. [Greetings to you the fruits of our ancestors. Most importantly I acknowledge our Father in heaven who is the beginning and tender of all things. Consequently I acknowledge the giver of all good things. We remember those beyond the veil who have departed to the spirit world therefore to them of every marae of every tribe of every canoe go on the wide path of Tāne to beyond the veil go go go yonder. Therefore here are deep greetings to the descendants of Te Arawa waka. My gaze turns to look at the footsteps of Ngātoroirangi who treaded on your lands. The descendants of Tūwharetoa in the dark world arise arise arise. Unreserved greetings to you Tūwharetoa tribe who have alighted in Wellington to support this initiative the ritual compensation for the transgression done by government the reading the third reading of this bill. A huge acknowledgment to you the paramount chief chief Sir Tumu te Heuheu. Accordingly all of you greetings greetings to all of you.]The story of Ngāti Tūwharetoa in modern times is a story of unified purpose and endurance. It is a story of a paramount people respected the length of both islands for the bravery and for their fortitude. Their bravery and fortitude was sorely tested when in 1863 Crown troops invaded the Waikato. Prior to this Iwikau Te Heuheu ariki of Tūwharetoa had played a statesman's role in building relations between the iwi and the Crown. He had sought to constrain his iwi anger at the growing alienation of lands but this House and the people of New Zealand should not mistake Iwikau's actions as appeasement. Iwikau was an ardent advocate for Māori rights and in 1856 he convened a hui at Pūkawa to oppose further sales of Māori land.Iwikau was also an ardent devotee of the emerging Kīngitanga and supported the installation of Pōtatau Te Wherowhero as Māori King. He was instrumental in pledging Tūwharetoa's support for the Kīngitanga. He was succeeded by his nephew Horonuku Te Heuheu. Horonuku had watched his uncle constrain Tūwharetoa hands in the previous clashes between the Crown and Taranaki in 1861 to 1863. Iwikau was concerned to protect Tūwharetoa lands from unscrupulous Crown land dealings. I give this background to the House so that they understand the deliberate course of peace that Tūwharetoa attempted to take with the Crown. The Crown invasion of Waikato forced Tūwharetoa's hand.Tūwharetoa had a solemn promise in place with the Kīngitanga. These alliances and promises are profound and iwi mana hinges on the honouring of promises made to each other. For our old people death was better than dishonour. Failure of mana would pass down through generations until addressed. Tūwharetoa was honour-bound to fight with the Kīngitanga but more importantly they had to fight the tyranny of the Crown. The invasion of Waikato was unjust. Tūwharetoa understood that if they did not support their kin they would likely be next. In any case fight they did.Unfortunately Tūwharetoa was dealing with an adversary who was wilfully blind to Māori tikaka and determined in its purpose of stopping the expression of tino rangatiratanga to Māori. The Crown deliberately sought to misinterpret Tūwharetoa's actions as rebellion rather than obligation. The Crown used its most treasured instrument of torture to punish Tūwharetoa and that was raupatu or land confiscation.I said yesterday in this House that I cannot perceive how the Crown thought impoverishing Māori their fellow New Zealand citizens would work to the betterment of New Zealand. And I say this knowing that my predecessors were not ignorant of the impact of their actions in confiscating Māori lands. It was deliberate. It was a deliberate act of devastation designed to free up Māori land and to demoralise our Māori people as well. Much of the actions of some members of this House in the years subsequent to the confiscations led me to the conclusion that they were deliberately hastening the demise of Māori.Fortunately it didn't work because the evidence stands or sits in the gallery here before us. It sits here today. Tūwharetoa have rebelled. They have rebelled against the path that this House tried to impose on them when we the Crown went to war against them and then unjustly took their lands from them. I mihi to the mana of Tūwharetoa who honour their commitments in peace and in war.It is Ngāti Tūwharetoa who says ka mate kāinga tahi ka ora kāinga rua [the first home passes away the second home lives]—a person who stands alone perishes; a person who stands alongside their people will endure. Through all their trials and tribulations Tūwharetoa has stood as a people alongside each other. And today I stand in this House and celebrate the passing of the Ngāti Tūwharetoa Claims Settlement Bill.In previous speeches I've outlined the various features of this bill so I'm not going to go into the technicalities of the bill itself. But I also undertook to speak in more detail about the apology that this House would proffer to the people of Tūwharetoa as we've just heard from the Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations because this speech the Minister's speech is actually an apology. It is an apology for punishing Tūwharetoa rather than honouring Tūwharetoa for the fighting against my parliamentary predecessors' tyranny. It is an apology to Tūwharetoa for standing up for freedom and the rule of law and for laying down their lives in defence of rights of all New Zealanders that we hold inalienable today. New Zealand can be truly grateful to Māoridom and the people of Tūwharetoa who first took up arms in defence of freedom and against the tyranny of Government oppression and which inspired our country to do likewise against the Nazi tyranny in 1939.Whakaponotia manaakitia pūmautia ki ngā tikaka a Ngāti Tūwharetoa—and that is: believe care for hold fast to them through the tikanga of Ngāti Tūwharetoa. Tūwharetoa these are indeed your words and may they become New Zealand's words when we say truth is on our side. Care and hold fast to the values not just for Tūwharetoa but for all of Aotearoa.May I convey my true gratitude to Tūwharetoa for their ongoing patience and true aroha that they've shown in all these years of loss they have suffered. Tūwharetoa's humility and manaaki to the whole country stands as a testament to the mana of this truly great respected iwi.To the iwi of Tūwharetoa the final steps of the journey are here today when your bill passes into legislation. It's been a long journey and we all honour you here today. Nō reira e koutou rā tēnā koutou tēnā koutou e mihi atu e mihi atu ki a koutou katoa. Nō reira meri Kirihimete me ngā mihi mō te tau hou. Nō reira kia kaha kia māia kia manawa mawananui. Tēnā koutou tēnā koutou e mihi atu e mihi atu ki a koutou katoa. Kia ora. [Therefore to all of you greetings greetings greetings I greet all of you. Also merry Christmas and greetings for the new year. Thereby be strong be brave be patient. Greetings greetings greetings I greet all of you. Thank you.]DEPUTY SPEAKER: I understand the next call is a split call. There'll be a bell at one minute.