Kanongata'a-Suisuiki AnahilaANAHILA KANONGATA'A-SUISUIKI (Labour): Fãiåk se'ea. Noa'ia te Mana Whakawā. It is a privilege and it's an honour on this Thursday afternoon to make a short contribution to the debate on the Crown Pastoral Land Reform Bill. As a committee we examined this bill and recommended by majority that this bill be passed. I want to acknowledge the Ministers that have shepherded this bill through the House. As the Minister has said the Crown Pastoral Land Reform Bill amends the Crown Land Act 1998 which is 24 years old and the Land Act 1948 which is 74 years old.As the Minister said the bill aims to ensure that Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) will administer Crown pastoral land in a way that maintains or enhances the inherent value of the land. The Minister further defined that inherent values are to be the ecological landscape cultural heritage and scientific values of the natural character of the land. I learnt as a person who is not a farmer and who does not associate with farmers that much—unless of course I'm watching Country Calendar—that the Crown owns approximately 1.2 million hectares of Crown pastoral land. That's about 5 percent of New Zealand's total land. This land is primarily in Te Wai Pounamu—the South Island high country—and most of this land is leased by the Crown to farmers for pastoral farming.I want to acknowledge that the farmers hosted us in the high country but I wasn't there—that's why I made reference to Country Calendar. It's a beautiful place to be and one day I hope to visit it. I would like to acknowledge the chair of the Environment Committee the Hon Eugenie Sage and the partnership and the leadership of the committee in that she handed some of their roles and tasks to the deputy chair Rachel Brooking. I would like to acknowledge the 161 submitters made up of groups and individuals who have made submissions to the committee. I want to acknowledge the stories I heard from farmers of decades of their connection to the land and I want to acknowledge the passion and the emotion shown by the many farmers from whom I was privileged enough to hear their story. I want to refer to the submission of Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu. What I remember from their submissions: one they wanted Ngāi Tahu to engage in communications about pastoral land in the area; two they wanted the Treaty principles to be included in any plans or frameworks that were there for kaitiaki of the land; and three Ngāi Tahu also stressed the fact that they would like the reference to iwi removed and they would like Ngāi Tahu to be considered as a Treaty partner not a stakeholder. So those submissions are reflected on page 7 of Supplementary Order Paper (SOP) 129 in new section 5(2) in clause 8. In terms of the reference to iwi I learnt that Ngāi Tahu is the iwi of majority of Te Wai Pounamu. The relevant iwi in that area—I want to read it out just for the record—are: (a) Ngāi Tahu Whānui as represented by Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu in accordance with Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu Act 1996: (b) Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō: (c) Ngāti Kōata: (d) Ngāti Kuia: (e) Ngāti Rārua: (f) Ngāti Tama ki Te Tau Ihu: (g) Ngāti Toa Rangātira: (h) Rangitāne o Wairau: (i) Te Ātiawa o Te Waka-a-Māui." The reason why I make reference to that is that this bill is different from any other bill. It makes that reference so that when we speak about iwi we know who they are and they are named in this bill. To conclude my contribution I want to go back to what some of the changes were. Most of the submissions that I have heard I've seen in the SOP so I understand some contributions weren't reflected in the SOP but some of them have been and I want to just to remind the House that what this bill does is it protects the unique values of our high country to New Zealand and all New Zealanders. The bill is extended to enshrine best practice and to streamline some day-to-day farming activities and it clarifies what activities are permitted discretionary and prohibited and who the iwi Treaty partners and stakeholders are. On that note I commend this bill to the House. Mālō."