Bridges Simon: Tauranga Moana Iwi Collective Redress and Ngā Hapū o Ngāti Ranginui Claims Settlement Bill — First ReadingText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeBridges Simon: Tauranga Moana Iwi Collective Redress and Ngā Hapū o Ngāti Ranginui Claims Settlement Bill — First Reading[Sitting date: 13 April 2016. Volume:713;Page:10556. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]Hon SIMON BRIDGES (National—Tauranga): Tēnā koe Mr Deputy Speaker and welcome to Tauranga Moana iwi all three of you; welcome to Parliament. Congratulations on what I know has been a long road for you in getting here today. In my remarks can I address both of the bills before Parliament and all iwi: Ngāi Te Rangi Ngāti Ranginui and Ngāti Pūkenga.As I say congratulations on getting to today to legislation that gives effect to the final agreements that you have signed with the Crown and that provides for the redress that as we know with all of these settlements does not provide fully by any stretch for the injustices of the past but nevertheless is an acknowledgment both in statutory form in terms of relationship agreements and in regard to for example new approaches in relation to Mauao that special and splendid mountain in the area that we all love. And of course there is commercial redress as well—again never enough—both financial and in terms of property.As the member of Parliament for Tauranga can I address my remarks and my focus not just to what this means for you—clearly that is most important as iwi in our region—but also what it means for our entire subregion in terms of the settlement today that comes to the beginning of the end in this Parliament. These settlements are truly significant in that new commercial entities for economic development are being formed and you will as iwi be significant engines of regional economic development—you already have been but will be much more so—for the long term. We know and you know that you are not going anywhere in our region and you are much more able I think—certainly than politicians who come and go; much more than other businesses in fact—to take that long-term strategic view as to what you want to do.I have always believed quite strongly that although the primary reason and rationale for the Treaty settlement processes which have been well established now as we work our way through is to redress past injustices a secondary very clear benefit is the very strong regional economic development that the settlements provide in regions like the Western Bay of Plenty and the Bay of Plenty. I know that you will be fantastic economic stewards of the commercial redress that you are providing. There will be competing priorities. There will be so-called great ideas coming from left right and centre including from me as one of the members of Parliament in your areas but I know that you will grow the economic pie. You are now in so many sectors in our regional economy but you will grow into other areas as well—this decade the next and beyond.Can I just finish on what is a side issue really but one that I know affects you as well as the entire region. It is in a sense a crusade of mine but I think it is a significant issue: Tauranga Moana needs a museum. Tauranga Moana needs a museum for the reason of its size as a city of a very significant population now and as an area that has an incredibly significant history which you and these settlements are an integral part of. Let us be honest: that is going to require very significant government—central government and local government—backing but also business backing. I hope you as iwi will also play a very significant role because you need a place where your story—so incredibly important in Tauranga—is told and it is something that I want to engage with you on more in coming weeks and months. So once again congratulations on today on coming this far to the beginning of the end—the homeward straight if you like. Kia ora tātou.Bill read a first time.Bill referred to the Māori Affairs Committee.Waiata