Rurawhe Adrian: Rangitāne o Manawatu Claims Settlement Bill — First ReadingText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeRurawhe Adrian: Rangitāne o Manawatu Claims Settlement Bill — First Reading[Sitting date: 15 March 2016. Volume:712;Page:9775. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]ADRIAN RURAWHE (Labour—Te Tai Hauāuru):Tēnā koe e Te Māngai o Te Whare. Me tīmata au i taku kōrero ki tēnei rangatira ko Whātonga. Mai i a Whātonga ka puta ki waho ko Tautoki; ko Tānenuiārangi me ngā uri o Rangitāne. Nō reira ko Tararua me Ruahine ngā pae maunga ko Manawatū Te Awa ko Kurahaupō Te Waka ko Hineaute ko Te Rangi Te Paea ko Te Rangiaranaki ko Mairehau ko Kapuārangi-ki-Manawatū ko Tauira ngā hapū ā tihei mauri ora!Kei te mi’i atu anō i te ā’uatanga ki ngā tini mate rātou katoa e hinga mai nā puta noa ngā moutere nei. Ngā pīwaiwaka tītakataka ngā reo w’akaoriori otirā te iti me te ra’i te rangatira me te rawakore haere atu rā ki tua o te ārai ki te kāinga tūturu mō tātou mō te tangata. Nō reira e oki e moe e moe ā kāti mō tēnā!E tika ana kia tuku mihi atu ki a rātou mā nā w’ānau me ngā ‘apū o Rangitāne kua tae mai ki te w’akarongo ki te pānuitanga tuatahi o tēnei tā rātou pire. Nā reira e mihi ana ahau ki a koutou aku whanaunga o Rangitāne nau mai haere mai ki tō tātou Whare Te Whare o ngā Raiona. Nō reira koutou mā tēnei te mi’i ake mō ō koutou kaha kia tae mai ki tēnei wāhanga o te whakahaerenga i tēnei tō koutou tō tātou pire nei. Kua roa te wā e tika ana te kōrero o Te Minita rā! Kua roa te wā kua hainatia te pukapuka tūtohu i 1999.Ā kāore e kore ka huri aku whakaaro ki taua whaea a Ruth Harris. Tino kaha a i ia ki te mahi i āna mahi. Tino kaha a i ia ki te hāpai i ngā ma’i tūturu o Rangitāne. E tū ana te hotu manawa a Rangitāne o Manawatū marae e tū ana Te Whare tūturu pūmau e tū ana a Tānenuiārangi o Manawatū me ōna rōpū katoa e tū ana a W’akapai Hauora e tū ana hoki a Kia Ora FM. Koinā te rahi o ngā mahi o taua whaea a Ruth Harris.[Thank you Mr Assistant Speaker. Let me begin my contribution with this noble leader Whātonga. From him emerged Tautoki and begat Tānenuiārangi and so the descendants of Rangitāne were born. So Tararua and Ruahine are the mountain ranges Manawatū is the river Kurahaupō is the canoe. Hineaute Te Rangitepaia Te Rangiaranaki Mairehau Kapuarangi ki Manawatū and Tauira are the subtribes; behold it is the breath of life.I acknowledge as well the situation relating to the myriadswhohave passed away all of them who have died throughout these islands the twittering and eloquent voicesbut at the same time the meek the esteemed the well-off and the impoverished;depart beyond the veil return to the eternal home destined for all of usinmankind;rest sleep slumber there. Let us leave it at that.It is appropriate that I accord a welcome to those families and subtribes of Rangitānewhohave arrived here to listen to this the first reading of their bill. And so I acknowledge you my Rangitāne relations. Welcome come hither to our House theLion’s den. Therefore to youI commend your tenacity to arrive here at this part of your bill and our bill’s journey. It has been a long time and what the Ministerfor Treaty of Waitangi Negotiationsalluded to is right.Much time has passed since that document was signed in 1999.Without a doubtmy thoughts go back to that matriarch Ruth Harris. She was a toiler.She worked hard to elevate matters of a legitimate nature pertaining to Rangitāne to the fore. The establishment of the heart-throbbing Manawatū Marae of Rangitāne the permanent House Tānenuiārangi of Manawatū and all of its affiliated groups Whakapai Hauora and Kia Ora FMas well—thoseare outcomes of Ruth Harris’shard work.]I had the privilege of sitting opposite whaea Ruth Harris on a number of occasions while I was representing Ngāti Apa and I can tell you Mr Assistant Speaker and the House that she was formidable and that she always did her homework. We sat opposite each other on issues like fisheries. They were not easy issues to resolve but I just want to take the time to acknowledge her work in getting this claim to the House. It should not be underestimated what she achieved.Can I also acknowledge the current negotiators and the chief negotiator Danielle Harris.Kāore e kore kei te harikoa tō māmā i tēnei rā.[Without a doubt your mother is euphoric today.]I also acknowledge Maurice Takarangi and Matua Tokatu Moana as well for traversing a very arduous journey to get this piece of legislation into the House. Can I acknowledge also the people and ngā kaumātua o Rangitāne both those who are here today and those listening in no doubt. Ngā mihi nui ki a koutou.There are a number of redress elements in this settlement that I want to acknowledge. I have a very close association to Pukepuke Lagoon and in this legislation there is a deed of recognition and a statutory acknowledgment as well as the vesting of a piece of land within that block of land to Rangitāne. I want to acknowledge the shared history of a number of hapū of Ngāti Tauira of the iwi of Rangitāne and the iwi of Ngāti Apa as well who have a shared history in that place. I want to recognise that these instruments within this legislation ought to be something that cements that relationship and I want to acknowledge that today.I want to focus on the future. I want to acknowledge the Rangitāne o Manawatu Settlement Trust. I want to acknowledge each and every trustee so that they are recorded in the Hansard: Pōtaka Tāite Terry Hapi Louis Smith-Te Mete Tina Kāwana Chris Whaiapū and Danielle Harris. I want to mihi to the trustees who have the obligation the privilege and the opportunity of taking this settlement and the benefits from this settlement for the future of Rangitāne o Manawatu for the next generations to come—for the children the grandchildren and every generation of Rangitāne o Manawatu still to come. That is the legacy that has started today in this House.I spoke on the earlier bills Te Atiawa Claims Settlement Bill and the Taranaki Iwi Claims Settlement Bill around why you would settle your claim for a fraction of the value of what you lost—of what we lost. That opportunity will be in the hands of the Rangitāne o Manawatu Settlement Trust. It will not be an easy journey. This is but the start of a longer journey to make certain that the future generations benefit from this process of acknowledging what has gone wrong over a long period of time for Rangitāne o Manawatu.Nō reira kāore e roa tēnei tū oti noa e tika ana kia tuku mi’i atu ki a rātou o Rangitāne mō ō rātou kaha kia tae mai ki tēnei wāhanga o tēnei whakahaerenga. Nō reira ki a rātou ki a koutou tēnā koutou otirā tēnā tātou katoa.[Therefore this contribution will not be prolonged and furthermore it is appropriate that I pay tribute to those of Rangitāne for their tenacity in getting here to this part of this proceedings. Therefore to them and to you collectively congratulations and at the same time to us all.]