Korako Nuk: Ngāi Te Rangi and Ngā Pōtiki Claims Settlement Bill — First ReadingText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeKorako Nuk: Ngāi Te Rangi and Ngā Pōtiki Claims Settlement Bill — First Reading[Sitting date: 24 May 2016. Volume:714;Page:11215. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]NUK KORAKO (National):Tēnā koe e Te Mana Whakawā ā huri noa i Te Whare nei ka mi’i nui atu ki tō tātou Matua Nui i Te Raki. Ko Ia te tīmataka me te whakaotika o koutou katoa. Nō reira ka mi’i au ki Te Kaihōmai mō ka mea pai katoa. Nō reira tēnei te mihi ki a Ngāi Te Rangi Ngāpōtiki e mihi atu o te whanauka o Te Waka o Tākitimu e Mātaatua nō reira huri noa huri noa i Te Whare e mihi atu ki a koutou katoa.[Acknowledgments to you Mr Assistant Speaker and throughout this House with a huge blessing to our great father in heaven; he is the beginning and the ending for you all my thanks to the provider of all good things. Therefore I this kin of the Tākitimu canoe Mātaatua greet you Ngāi Te Rangi and Ngā Pōtiki and you all throughout the entire House.]I have been given only a very very short call because that is what we get on this side of the House so when you see a note coming across I have got 1 minute.As chair of the Māori Affairs Committee I do want to acknowledge the fact that around 3 or 4 weeks ago we had the Tauranga Moana Iwi Collective Redress and NgāHapū o Ngāti Ranginui Claims Settlement Bill. That bill had its first reading but there was one more to come and it is this bill here today. So it has actually arrived.With this bill—just very very quickly I will go over some of the main points that are going to be a highlight of this bill itself. In settlements as we have seen this is really another familiar story around the reasons why we should have a Treaty settlement. This is about land loss through broken promises and confiscations. This is about underhand purchases particularly from minors. This is about relationships with the Kīngitanga that were actually detrimental to Ngāi Te Rangi and Ngā Pōtiki. This is also about—which is quite unique—a famous battle at Gate Pā that was won by the vanquished.As I said all of these stories are familiar but one of the most beautiful things about this settlement is around the tikanga particularly when we see the coming together of two iwi and particularly the uri of two brothers. I mention Rangihouhiri and the ancestors Ngāi Te Rangi and Tamapahore the ancestor of Ngā Pōtiki. What a beautiful way to bring that together and embark on this journey to settlement.It is interesting that we hear from the other side of the House around the fact that you will see who is holding the purse strings—not that side but this side. When you look at this Government and particularly over the last three terms there is an incredible number of Treaty settlements that have been put through. I just want to acknowledge that.The final thing is the fact that there is a very very principled and pragmatic select committee in this House that is called the Māori Affairs Committee and as chair I want to acknowledge the members of that particular committee. We love to think that we park all of our political affiliations at the door and get on with what is good for our people and with this particular bill that is certainly what we will do.I want to finish on this note. A young wahine from Waiuku said yesterday at the Youth Awards that were held here at Parliament: “Let’s not dwell too long on what was lost. Let’s embrace what we have obtained today for our future—not that we will ever forget the wrongs that have happened but it’s actually about an apology. It’s about moving forward.”The Māori Affairs Committee looks forward to receiving this bill. I commend it to the House. Kia ora.