Jones ShaneHon SHANE JONES (Minister of Forestry): Reo Māori. Takitimu waka. Kahungunu iwi. Ngā hapū i ahu mai i Ahuriri tau mai ki Te Ūpoko o Te Ika i tēnei rā. Uru mai ai ki Te Whare o te raiona mātakitaki i ngā mema ahakoa nō hea ahakoa pēhea te tae o te kiri he hui tahi nei i roto i te whakaaro kotahi. Nā reira tēnā koutou tēnā koutou tēnā tātou katoa.Ahau e tū nei ka mahara au ki o koutou mātua. Ko te tangata tuatahi i pupuru i te tūru mō Te Tai Rāwhiti tōnā ingoa ko Te Moananui. Ko Tareha. He kaumātua i whānau mai i te ao kōhatu. Ka mate a Te Moananui ka tū mai a Takamoana a Karaitiana. He aha te pakanga o āna mahi? Nāna te īnoi atu ki Te Karauna mō ngā whenua pēnei me Ahuriri kia arotakengia kia āta haukerekerengia e tētahi kōmihana. Ka tū tēnā kōmihana engari he hua kore. Kāhore he hua i puta i tēnā kōmihana.Ka tuku a Takamoana ki raro ka tū mai tana teina ko Henare Tomoana. He aha oti ngā mahi oti i tō koutou matua i a Henare Tomoana? Nāna anō i mau haere te kiri hipi ki waenga tonu i ngā iwi o te motu. He aha oti te patanga o tērā mahi? He akiaki nōnā ki te iwi Māori me whakaparahako i ngā mahi o Te Karauna kia rata mai ai te iwi Māori te hokohoko tonu i ōna whenua.Muri mai i a Henare Tomoana ko te rangatira o te taihoa arā ko Timi Kara. Muri mai i a Timi Kara ko Wī Pere. I muri mai i a Wī Pere tū mai ko Tā Apirana. Hinga ana a Tā Apirana ka tū mai tō koutou matua i roto i a Te Mahia Tiaki Omana. Take ōku e mihi pēnei atu ki a koutou? Maha tonu. Tokomaha tonu ana ngā kanohi rangatira o Kahungunu kua whakakanohi mai i ngā pānga me ngā nawe ngā moemoeā anō hoki mai i a Kahungunu ki roto i tēnei Whare. I tēnei rā kei te whai mai koutou i ō rātou tapuwae kia whakatutukitia tēnei wāhanga o te kaupapa nā reira me tino mihi atu ki a koutou e ngā hapū o Ahuriri Ngāti Kahungunu koutou ka tau mai ki roto i Te Whare i tēnei rā. Tēnei me tā tō mātou hoa nō Te Pāti Nahinara e kī ahakoa te iti o te pūtea e kore te katoa o ngā nawe e ea otirā koia tēnei te kaupapa e taea te whakatutuki i tēnei wā. Ko wai ka mōhio rānei pēhea rānei te huri o te tai ā ngā rā e haere ake nei? Engari ko tēnei rā ko mātou o Te Pāti Aotearoa Tuatahi e tū tahi ana me ō mātou hoa o Te Rōpū Reipa tū tahi ana me ō mātou hoa katoa o Te Whare ki te tautoko i te werawera ki te tautoko i te ngoi i pau i a koutou kēkē ki tēnei taumata. Tēnā koutou tēnā koutou tēnā tātou katoa.[Māori Language. Takitimu is the great ancestral waka. Kahungunu is the iwi. The hapū that travelled from Ahuriri to the head of the fish on this day. Welcome to the lions' den to watch the members irrespective of party or the colour of their skin unite for a single purpose. Greetings greetings greetings one and all.As I stand here before you I remember your ancestors. The first person who sat in the seat of Tai Rāwhiti his name was Te Moananui Tareha. He was an elder who was born in the old world. Te Moananui passed and Takamoana Karaitiana took his place. What was the purpose of his efforts? He pleaded with the Crown that lands such as Ahuriri be reviewed and investigated by a commissioner. The commissioner was appointed but nothing came of it. Nothing came of that commissioner.When Takamoana was laid to rest his younger brother Henare Tomoana took his place. What did this elder of yours do? He wore leathers when reaching out to the iwi of this country. The purpose? To encourage Māori iwi to resist the efforts of the Crown to ingratiate Māori so that they could buy our land.Following Henare Tomoana was the king of patience James Carroll. Following James Carroll was Wī Pere. Following Wī Pere was Sir Apirana. When Sir Apirana passed he was succeeded by your elder from Te Mahia Jack Ormond. Why do I acknowledge you in this way? There are many many leaders of Kahungunu who have brought your concerns your issues and your dreams from Kahungunu into this House.Today you follow in their footsteps by completing this part of the journey; therefore I congratulate you the hapū of Ahuriri Ngāti Kahungunu you who have made it to the House today.I note what our colleague from the National Party said—that because of the small size of the redress you will not solve all of your problems today. Who knows what will happen in the future? But today we of the New Zealand First Party alongside our friends from the Labour Party and alongside our friends from throughout Parliament support and acknowledge the immense efforts you have all put in. I greet you one and all.]As is often the way when we're dealing with historical Māori grievances we like to recite the names of the people that in an earlier time sought to address the types of issues that we are addressing today. There are two names in particular that I have brought forward from those colonial times one being Hēnare Tomoana who amongst other things was responsible for the Māori land repudiation movement. He followed his brother in this House Takamoana who sought the creation of a commission of inquiry to investigate the wrongdoing associated with land purchases one of which we are talking about here today. The commission of inquiry was described by him as a tree that was barren that did not yield fruit—he rākau whakapakoko.When he was followed by Hēnare Tomoana he came after having also driven the creation of the Māori Parliament. So the people that are here today are no strangers to the many travails or attempts that have been made from this part of Aotearoa to redress these historical wrongs.Our party does acknowledge the efforts of Mr Finlayson in settling the various claims of the broader Ngāti Kahungunu community—some are still outstanding. We also acknowledge the work of the Māori Affairs Committee which is a great training ground for MPs to understand the meaning of the term the patience of Job" because the hapūs of Aotearoa have definitely had to have the patience of Job to arrive at a day such as today. It's also where a number of us as MPs have learnt the importance of being patient. It may have occurred to you that I never actually ever sat on that committee—well that's another matter.To Mr Prentice to the Crown negotiators Mr Swain and your colleague: although there are big challenges in this part of Aotearoa and the effects of land loss of resource loss and of dispossession continue to linger in the socio-economic statistics amongst certain pockets of our Māori community not only in this part of Aotearoa but in other parts today should be regarded as a day of celebration of jubilation and as we remember going forward the names of the tūpuna who sought to do the best they could in their time under far more trying circumstances. So with these few words we salute the efforts of those who have been the architects of the settlement and we wish the waka going forward a great safe and prosperous journey. Kia ora tātou."