Volume 708 Week 27 - Tuesday 8 September 2015(continued on Wednesday 9 September 2015)Text is incorporated into the Bound VolumeVolume 708 Week 27 - Tuesday 8 September 2015(continued on Wednesday 9 September 2015)[Sitting date: 08 September 2015. Volume:708;Page:6381. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]Tuesday 8 September 2015(continued on Wednesday 9 September 2015)Points of OrderPrayers—Extended SittingPITA PARAONE (NZ First): I raise a point of order Mr Speaker. I know that this is an extension of time but this is the first moment of our sitting this day and I just seek your guidance as to what has happened to the opening prayer.The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Lindsay Tisch): I thank the member for his intervention. This is an extended sitting from last night. Last night when I lifted the House at 10 o’clock I said that the House was suspended at 10 o’clock last night to be resumed at 9 o’clockthis morning. This runs through until 1 o’clock this afternoon and then the House starts again with question timeat 2 o’clock. That is the start of the new day. All that has happened since last night is a suspension of the House so that we can have extended hours now. That is what we are doing.Te Kawerau ā Maki Claims Settlement BillIn CommitteeTIM MACINDOE (Senior Whip—National): I seek leave for the Committee to consider all parts of the Te Kawerau ā Maki Claims Settlement Bill in one debate with the voting to be taken separately.The CHAIRPERSON (Hon Chester Borrows): Leave is sought for that purpose. Is there any objection? There is not.Parts 1 to 3 schedules 1 to 4 and clauses 1 and 2Hon CHRISTOPHER FINLAYSON (Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations): I wish only to briefly address certain matters in Supplementary Order Paper 112. They arise out of some of the discussions that the committee had when the bill was before the Māori Affairs Committee. The bill had its first reading on 4 November last year and was considered by the committee earlier this year. It has since required some minor technical amendments to a number of clauses and schedule 3 so let me go through the Supplementary Order Paper.First there is an amendment to clause 11 of the bill which extends the time required to implement it from 20 days to 40 days. This will assist both iwi and Government departments in completing the paperwork required to implement the bill. Secondly new clause 80A requires an amendment to provide that the Te Kawerau ā Maki post-settlement governance entity is to be treated as the grantor of interests that are not interests in the land in relation to Te Hēnga site B and Parihoa site A. This will provide for the iwi to assume the roles and responsibilities of the grantor when the land is transferred to it.Finally I refer you to clause 64 where an amendment is required in schedule 3 of the bill in relation to the Te Hēnga site B to provide for a right of way easement for the benefit of certain third parties—registered utilities easements—and to include two existing unregistered concessions. An amendment is also required to schedule 3 in relation to the Parihoa site A to include two unregistered concessions. I am sure the members of the Māori Affairs Committee and the Committee generally will be interested to know that the Te Hēnga neighbours will be granted utility easements for 30 years plus 30 years by the Department of Conservation. In addition Te Kawerau ā Maki will provide a right-of-way easement for an initial term of 60 years to the Te Hēnga neighbours and that will followed by rolling tranches of 30 years. I want to acknowledge the iwi and the neighbours for their constructive and pragmatic approach to this matter. I think it bodes very well for their ongoing neighbourly relationship.Hon NANAIA MAHUTA (Labour—Hauraki-Waikato): Thank you for that clarification Minister Finlayson. It certainly reaffirms some of the discussions in the Māori Affairs Committee and we too are grateful for the constructive outcome regarding access provisions on the Te Hēnga site.Minister I foreshadowed in the last part of the debate that it would be my intention to question you further regarding the first rights provisions in so far as they relate to the Tāmaki Collective. Given the recent announcements and the clarifications that you yourself have given to assure those interests covered by the Tāmaki Collective in so far as the first rights of refusal provisions apply I think that is a helpful clarification that will support and advance the intentions of the provisions in this Te Kawerau ā Maki claim. I am certainly mindful that the interests of Te Kawerau ā Maki within the Auckland isthmus need to be assured and when I saw that particular statement I felt that although it was primarily directed for clarification to Ngāti Whātua it does apply equally to all the iwi under the Tāmaki Collective settlement. So I thank you for that.The question was put that the amendments set out on Supplementary Order Paper 112 in the name of the Hon Christopher Finlayson to Part 1 be agreed to.Amendments agreed to.Part 1 as amended agreed to.The question was put that the amendments set out on Supplementary Order Paper 112 in the name of the Hon Christopher Finlayson to Part 2 be agreed to.Amendments agreed to.Part 2 as amended agreed to.Part 3 agreed to.Schedule 1 agreed to.Schedule 2 agreed to.The question was put that the amendments set out on Supplementary Order Paper 112 in the name of the Hon Christopher Finlayson to schedule 3 be agreed to.Amendments agreed to.Schedule 3 as amended agreed to.Bill reported with amendment.Report adopted.Third ReadingHon CHRISTOPHER FINLAYSON (Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations): I move That Te Kawerau ā Maki Claims Settlement Bill be now read a third time. First may I welcome the people of Te Kawerau ā Maki who have joined us today for this historic and memorable occasion—nau mai haere mai. Also before I turn to acknowledgments can I welcome some of their friends and colleagues. I see Sir Bob Harvey up there and I acknowledge him. He is one of my favourite lefties I have to say. And Penny Webster it is great to have you here. I also acknowledge Michael Dreaver who was the Crown negotiator at the relevant time.Can I say that the final version of this bill is the outcome of a huge amount of hard work and cooperation between all the parties involved in developing this legislation and it represents a positive approach for the future engagement between Te Kawerau Iwi Settlement Trust the iwi of Tāmaki-makau-rau and the Crown. I want particularly to acknowledge the positive engagement of the iwi and the commitment and dedication of its appointed representatives in particular Te Wārena Taua who is up in the gallery today Ngārama Walker George Taua Hāmuera Taua and Miriama Tamariki. Many many others have contributed to this settlement and as I say in every third reading it is always sad that some of those people have passed away during the course of these negotiations. Of course we acknowledge them as well.Let me say something about Te Kawerau ā Maki and read it into the permanent record of the House. The people of Te Kawerau ā Maki descend from the youngest son of the ancestor Maki named Tāwhiākiterangi who also took the name Te Kawerau ā Maki. Te Kawerau ā Maki hold customary interests in the Tāmaki region particularly through Hikurangi and the Waitakere Ranges—which is why Sir Bob is here no doubt. It can be described as Te Kawerau ā Maki heartland. Its customary interests also extend through lands in the upper Waitematā Harbour the North Shore and into the Mahurangi coast and south Kaipara. This is a very broad rohe through which Te Kawerau ā Maki maintained relationships with many other iwi.In 2008 the Crown recognised the mandate of the tribal authority to represent Te Kawerau ā Maki in negotiations. A year later in June 2009 Sir Douglas Graham delivered a proposal on my behalf to the iwi and hapū of the Kaipara Mahurangi Tāmaki-makau-rau Hauraki and Coromandel regions. He proposed that all groups in the region including Te Kawerau ā Maki enter direct negotiations with the Crown for the settlement of their historical Treaty claims and I acknowledge the tremendous work done for me by Sir Douglas.In February 2010 I signed an agreement in principle with Te Kawerau ā Maki. Our negotiations towards a deed of settlement continued until late 2013. Together we traversed a number of difficult issues but ultimately we resolved them. On 22 February 2014 I attended the signing of the deed of settlement at Māngere. In 18 months the bill has been introduced considered by the Māori Affairs Committee and is now being read for a third time by Parliament. The settlement of this iwi’s historical Treaty grievances has taken some time to reach this stage but I do want to commend the people of Te Kawerau ā Maki for their patience and their determination in reaching a settlement.The financial and commercial redress provided to Te Kawerau ā Maki recognises the losses suffered by them. The iwi will receive $6.5 million plus interest and with this money it will acquire 86 percent of Riverhead Forest Crown-licensed land. The accumulated rentals that come with the forest will provide a cash reserve and will allow other commercial opportunities to be taken up. Te Kawerau ā Maki will have a number of other commercial opportunities available from this settlement including deferred selection property rights as well as rights of first refusal both exclusive and non-exclusive over Crown-owned properties. As I say to people—and Nanaia Mahuta will understand this—it is very important when one is dealing with rights of first refusal to focus on the particular right of first refusal and its terms. I have said that before and I will be saying it again on many many occasions no doubt.Cultural redress provided to Te Kawerau ā Maki includes the vesting of nine culturally significant sites including lands on which Te Kawerau ā Maki can establish a marae and an urupā. The cultural redress package includes an overlay classification over Te Henga Historic Reserve which we dealt with briefly in the Committee stage a few minutes ago 11 statutory acknowledgments and other redress that is culturally significant to the iwi. I certainly want to take this opportunity to acknowledge the hard work of Te Kawerau ā Maki Crown officials and third parties in reaching agreement over access rights to Te Hēnga site B. It was if I may say so a class act on the part of the iwi to deal with those matters at the eleventh hour and I personally want to thank them very much.This is an iwi that has lost most of its land through extensive and excessive Crown purchases for three decades after the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi. What reserves were set aside were never protected and were gradually alienated from tribal control. At the end of this process Te Kawerau ā Maki were rendered landless and this has had—as it always has—a severe impact on the health and well-being of their community. Today Te Kawerau ā Maki is one of the few iwi in Tāmaki that does not have a marae or an urupā on its own land.At the heart of the settlement then is an apology from the Crown for acts and omissions that breached the Treaty and its principles. Not only is this apology an acknowledgment of long-held grievances but also it is the right thing to do. Therefore I hope that this settlement forms the basis of a new relationship between the people of Te Kawerau ā Maki and the Crown based on mutual trust cooperation and respect for the Treaty and its principles. I look forward as Attorney-General with responsibility for post-settlement relationships to working with this iwi and its great leaders to build up a very close relationship in the years to come. I commend the bill to the House.PEENI HENARE (Labour—Tāmaki Makaurau):Tēnā tātou e te Whare. “He hōnore he korōria ki Te Atua he maungārongo ki runga i te mata o te whenua he whakaaro pai ki ngā tāngata katoa āmine.”Nā te mea e ōku whanaunga kua mea mai tō tātou Whare me kaua e tīmata tō tātou huihuinga i te ata nei nā runga i ngā manaakitanga o tō tātou Kaihanga ka waiho nā atu mā taua karakia tā tātau whakatau i a koutou i te rā nei nō reira haere mai rā haere mai rā haere mai rā. Hāpai nei ō koutou aituā ki runga i te tāhūhū o tō tātou Whare ka tukuna mā koutou otirā mā mātou mā tātou rātou e tangi haere haere haere!E ōku rangatira e ōku mātua e ōku tini whanaunga kua roa rawa tō koutou takahanga ki runga i tēnei huarahi kua tae mai rā koutou ki roto i tō tātou Whare i te rā nei me te whakaaro mō ngā rangi kei mua i a koutou otirā kei mua i a tātau katoa. Nō reira mōku nei nā ēhara ahau i te oro i te kōrero i te waha anō i ngā kōrero a te Minita mō te kiko o te pire i te rā nei. E mōhio ana koutou e mōhio ana mātouko te anga o te titiroanā mō ngā uri whakatupu e haere ake nei. Nō reira ka mihi atu ahau ki Te Minita ōna āpiha mō ā rātou mahi ki te whakatutuki i ngā moemoeā i ngā nawe o Kawerau ā Maki anā ka kite tātau ki roto i ngā kupu o tēnei pire.E ōku rangatira ka huri atu ahau ki te reo tuarua nā te mea i a au e kōrero Māori ana ka kite ahau i ngā tāngata e mōhio ana ki Te Reo Māori e whakaae ana! Ko te hiahia kia whakaae mai ngā tangata kore Reo Māori nō reira ka tahuri atu ahau ki te reo tuarua.[Greetings to us in the House. “Honour and glory to God. Peace upon earth and goodwill to all mankind. Amen.” Because our House has stated my relatives that our proceedings this morning will not begin under the kindness of our Creator I have left it for that particular prayer to begin our welcome to you; so welcome welcome welcome. We raise your misfortunes upon the ridgepole of our House and leave it for you and indeed for all of us to mourn. So to them I say farewell journey on depart!To my esteemed ones my elders and my myriad of relatives you have roamed for a very long time upon this journey and have arrived at last into our House today with your view about the future before you and indeed before all of us. Therefore for me in particular I shall not reiterate the Minister’s statement nor repeat his words in regardto the content of the bill today. You know and we all know that it is directed at the generations to come. So I acknowledge the Minister and his officials in their efforts to fulfil Te Kawerau ā Maki’s aspirations and grievances which we have all seen in this bill.To my esteemed elders I turn now to address you in the second language because as I am speaking in Māori I note that those who understand me are approving. I really wanted a nod of approval from the ones who do not understand Māori so I turn to the second language.]Today we are celebrating a good and just settlement although as with many settlements the redress provided is just a small portion of the actual loss. But it is an unfortunate fact that there are significant problems emerging in the settlement process. It is with some regret that I raise this matter today. Te Kawerau ā Maki may be thinking they were lucky to get their settlement in just before Minister Finlayson gave up on the Auckland negotiations. I say this as the member for Tāmaki Makaurau because there are many other Treaty settlements that we could also be celebrating today as whanaunga. Sadly—and I say this as a member of the Labour Party which does not never has and never will play politics in this area. Very shortly as the House is aware—next month—we will be remembering 40 years of the Treaty of Waitangi Act which initiated these settlement processes and the very discussions that we are having in the House today. However I do believe that the Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations has floundered with the Treaty settlements and the cracks are starting to show.There is a lot of respect for what the Minister has achieved but it appears sadly in Tāmaki-makau-rau he is running out of commitment in some parts of the country and this to me is quite troubling. As I understand it there was considerable goodwill when Sir Douglas Graham began the negotiations in Auckland in 2009 and the Minister has mentioned this. Ngāti Whātua o Kaipara Ngāti Whātua ki Ōrākei and the Tāmaki Collective were signed in 2012 but this is now the first Treaty settlement in 3 years in that region. These are not large settlements by any scope but the pace of progress in Tāmaki-makau-rau is slowing to a crawl and in some cases has completely come to a halt.The slow pace of settlements in Tāmaki-makau-rau is obviously causing trouble for some of the Minister’s colleagues. Last week the Government announced it had reached an agreement with Tāmaki-makau-rau iwi over housing yet if you read the text of that agreement you will see that it says: “Ngā Mana Whenua advise that lack of progress on durable Treaty settlements is an impediment to their ability to participate and resource their participation”. I know from talking to some of those iwi that there are mounting frustrations and a sense of hopelessness. We see that with the threats of litigation and with iwi going to courts or to the Waitangi Tribunal in order to have their frustrations resolved which surely cannot make for a smooth pathway forward. The Minister ordered a halt—Mr DEPUTY SPEAKER: No—this bill.PEENI HENARE: Tēnā koe Mr Deputy Speaker. The Minister ordered a halt to negotiations in Hauraki because he does not negotiate with iwi who are in litigation against the Crown. I am speaking directly to the wider Tāmaki-makau-rau rohe and I do so in respect of this bill because of the large competing interests and indeed the politicisation of many of the aspects of settlements in Tāmaki-makau-rau.It is a well-known fact that there are claims being made across wider Tāmaki-makau-rau and I do want to applaud Te Kawerau ā Maki for their efforts in establishing their mana whenua which is set out in this bill. It also acknowledges the apology from the Crown. It also does provide scope for Te Kawerau ā Maki to realise parts of tino rangatiratanga over what is their customary rights to many of the lands significant names and places throughout Te Kawerau ā Maki and Tāmaki-makau-rau.However in this particular contribution I do want to have a look at what does this bill mean moving forward not only for Te Kawerau ā Maki but for many of the tribes in the Tāmaki-makau-rau—Mr DEPUTY SPEAKER: I just want to draw the member’s attention to the fact that what he has given so far is essentially a general debate speech holding the Government to account in respect of the pace of Treaty settlements. He is at liberty to do that in that forum. This particular forum is discussing the Te Kawerau ā Maki Claims Settlement Bill. I guess I am indicating to the member that I have given him about as much latitude as I am prepared to give in relation to that tenor of his debate. Now he should concentrate on the Te Kawerau ā Maki Claims Settlement Bill.PEENI HENARE: Tēnā koe Mr Deputy Speaker. The Te Kawerau ā Maki Claims Settlement Bill—although I acknowledge that there has been some rigorous debate and some very staunch opposition to some of the aspects of the bill I do commend the Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations and also Te Kawerau ā Maki for coming to agreement around as I have already mentioned some of the names of some of the geographical areas within Te Kawerau ā Maki which is indicated in the bill and also the effect that is given to Te Kawerau ā Maki to establish mana whenua.Now mana whenua—we know there are several aspects of that which the Crown acknowledges carries the weight of mana whenua. One of those is a customary right or a traditional right and the other one is of marae and continued settlement. So the bill does provide for Te Kawerau ā Maki to have a marae to get that recognition. I do want to say just as I wrap up my contribution on this particular part that other iwi in Tāmaki-makau-rau also celebrate with Te Kawerau ā Maki at this point in time and it is evidenced by the faces who are sitting up in the gallery.Nō reira kāti ake! E te Whare ka whakaaro ake ahau mō ngā kōrero o te rōia rongonui a Moana Jackson e pā ana ki ngā take Tiriti i te wā nei. Hei tāna mō Te Tiriti o Waitangi ahakoa kua tatū te nuinga o ngā kerēme nā ko Te Kawerau ā Maki i te rā nei ehara tēnei i te whakataha ake i ngā take Tiriti otirā i te taonga o Te Tiriti o Waitangi mō ngā tau e haere ake nei. Ki a koutou e Te Kawerau ā Maki kei te pūare tonu ngā kuaha ki a koutou ki roto i ōku tari katoa o Tāmaki-makau-rau tae noa mai ki te tari i roto i tēnei Whare māku koutou e āwhina atu i roto i ō koutou mahi whakatutuki i ō koutou moemoeā i mua i a koutou otirā i mua i a tātau o Tāmaki-makau-rau. E te Whare ete Māngai o te Whare kāti ki atātau tēnā koutou tēnā koutou kia ora tātou katoa.[So enough! In regard to Treaty matters today I think about statements made by that well-known lawyer Moana Jackson. According to him while the majority of claims are settled such as the Te Kawerau ā Maki one today it does not mean that Treaty matters—indeed Treaty effects—are being put to one side to be dealt with in years to come. He said to Te Kawerau ā Makithat the doors to all my offices in Auckland remain open to you all including to the office in this House. I will help you in your efforts to realise your aspirations that are before you and indeed before us in Auckland. So enough. To us the House and the Deputy Speaker of the House acknowledgments greetings and congratulations to you and to us all collectively.]Hon TE URUROA FLAVELL (Minister for Māori Development):Tēnā koe e te Mana Kōrero o te Whare Pāremata i tēnei ata. Hei tīmatanga kōrero mō taku kōrero i tēnei ata me pēnei rawa te kōrero: “Kia whakarongo ake au ki te tangi mai o te manu nei a te mā tūī tūī tūī tuituiā. Tuia i runga tuia i raro tuia i waho tuia i roto tuia te here tangata ka rongo te pō ka rongo te ao tuia i te muka tangata i takea mai i Hawaiki nui i Hawaiki roa i Hawaiki pāmamao te hono i wairua ki te whai ao ki te ao mārama. Koia rā e Rongo ka whakairia ki runga tūturu ōwhiti whakamaua kia tina! Tina! Hui ē tāiki e!”Te Kawerau ā Maki kai ngā karanga rua tēnei te tū ake o Ngāti Te Ata te āhuatanga anō hoki ki Ngāpuhi Ngāti Raukawa otirā a Te Arawa e tū nei ki mua i a koutou i tēnei rā. Kua raruraru katoa a Te Ururoa i te mea i tēnei ata tonu nei e rua ngā tūpāpaku kei te wā kāinga. Ko te ngākau kei te wā kāinga ko te tinana kei Pōneke. Kua tae mai ki te whakanui i tā koutou rā kai aku rangatira! Wārena ko koe tērā te kanohi e mōhio nei au hara mai ki roto i te Whare Pāremata mō tā tātau kaupapa. Te wāhi ki a au he whaiwhai haere i a Peeni mema o Te Tai Tokerau o Tāmaki taihoa mō Te Tai Tokerau. Kai konei te mema o Te Tai Tokerau! Mō taku hē mō taku hē! Ēngari ko tāku ko te whakatau i a koutou he whaiwhai haere i wā rātau kōrero ki a koutou kua tae mai i tēnei ata haere mai haere mai haere mai!E kī ana te kōrero ko Te Kawerau ā Maki Te Waonui a Tiriwā mai i Te Korekore ki Ngā Tai-ā-Rakataura ko Rangihina ko Whangaparāoa ko Mahurangi. Nā Maki te mana me te rangatiratanga te wā i a ia. Kua takatakahia tērā mana ā kāti! Koinei te otinga mai! Nō reira hara mai koutou me ngā mate huhua kua pā ki a koutou. Tuituia ki ngā mate e kōrerohia ake nei kia taea ai e tātau te kī atu waiho rātau kia okioki anei koutou anei tātau i tēnei rā tēnā koutou tēnā koutou kia ora tātau.E hoa mā e āhua ōrite tā koutou take ki ērā o ngā iwi o te motu mō ngā mahi tūkino a te Kāwanatanga a ngā momo Kāwanatanga ki a Ngāi Māori i ngā tau kua hipa hāunga ngā kōrero o te mema o Tāmaki. Kai te mihi rā ki te Minita ko ia tērā e akiaki nei i ngā kerēme kia eke ki tēnei taumata. Ko au tēnei e noho nei ki tana taha ki te āki ki te tautoko ki te āwhina i te wā e tika ana kia taea ai koutou te heri i ngā take ki mua i te aroaro o te Whare Pāremata. Nō reira koinei te mihi ki a ia whakatakoto nei i tēnei pire ā kua eke ki tōna taumata ā taihoa ake nei ko tōna whakatinanatanga kei reira te mahi uaua te whakatinana i ngā kōrero ā kāti mā tātau katoa tērā e whakatutuki.Ki taku mōhio ko te tangata nei ehara i te tangata he toa! Ko Maki tōna īngoa ko tana hoa rangatira ko Rotu ā i tīmata mai ai i Kāwhia ā ka puta ka haere ki Tāmaki-makau-rau te wā i a ia. Ā nā wai nā wai ka puta a ia me tana rahi ki Kaipara ki Waitakere ki Whenuaroa ō Kahu Kahumatamomoe o Te Arawa tērā e kōrerohia ana ka mutu ki Mahurangi. Ā nā wai nā wai ko ngā tamariki ka puta ka haere ki Kaipara ki te Tonga ki Whenuaroa e kōrerohia ake nei ki Hikurangi ki Whangaparāoa ki Mahurangi ki Matakanakana ki Pākiri ki Aotea ā tae atu ki Te Hauturu-o-Toi. Nā runga i te haerenga atu te hokinga mai rānei o ngā tamariki me ngā iwi te kohikohinga ā Maki arā ka puta te kōrero Te Kawerau ā Maki.E ai ki taku mōhio ā he wā tōna ka tau atu a Maki rāua ko Rotu i Te Korotangi he pā tawhito tērā e tata atu nei ki te kōngutu awa o Waihī. Nā i te mea he toa tēnei tangata i a ia te mana motuhake nei te tino rangatiratanga e kōrerohia ake nei ki runga i tōna whenua. Nā wai nā wai nā wai ā ka tae mai te kiritea ka eke ki Aotearoa nei—he hiakai nōna ki te whenua. Ka heria mai ia i wāna māuiui ko te rewharewha ērā āhuatanga katoa i tau mai ki ngā iwi i Aotearoa nei e pērā anō hoki te āhuatanga arā ki te iwi e noho nei.Āe i tohe te kotahitanga Te Kawerau ā Maki ki ētahi i whakapiri atu ki ētahi ēngari ā i tōna mutunga ka hoki ki Waitakere ki te tonga o Kaipara i raro i te marumaru o Te Kīngi Māori i taua wā a Te Wherowhero. Koinā tētahi hononga ki Te Kīngi Te Kīngitanga arā tēnei o ngā tuahine e noho nei. Ahakoa te mahi a ēnei māuiui ka mutu te āhuatanga o te tohe o tētahi ki tētahi ko ngā pakanga tāku e kōrero nei ā ka iti haere te tokomaha o te iwi e kōrerohia ake nei ēngari kua noho māia nā runga i te āhuatanga o tēnei mea o te whakakotahitanga.E ai ki taku rongo ēhara i te mea i tino noho piri Te Kawerau ā Maki ki te Kāwanatanga ki te Karauna. Ēngari arā anō ngā mahi tūkino a te Tāwanatanga. Pēnei tāku e kī nei he hiakai nōna ki te whenua he aha ai? Hei tuku ki te hunga i haramai i tāwāhi kia eke mai ki Aotearoa nei. Ko te mate kē he tinihanga tāna mahi he rāwekeweke te mahi kia taea e te kāwanatanga e te Karauna te whiwhi i ngā whenua. Ka mutu he aha te otinga mai? He kore whenua nō Te Ao Māori! Anā anei te tauira anei te tauira ko Te Kawerau ā Maki kua rongo i tērā āhuatanga! Nō reira koinei te tangi ake! Ahakoa i a ia te mana kōrero o te whenua ā i takatakahia ērā āhuatanga e ngā Kāwanatanga! Kai roto i ngā hītori tērā āhuatanga kai roto i ngā hītori nō reira ka waiho ake ki reira e kore au e whakatōroa i ngā kōrero kia roa ēngari kai reira tonu ngā kōrero.Nō reira koinei te tū ake he paku kōrero nei ki te kī anei Te Pāti Māori e tautoko nei i tēnei o ngā pire e hoa mā. Mahia te mahi mahia te mahi! Nō ngā rā tata kua hipa ake i eke atu ki Taranaki ki raro i te maru o Te Maunga Tītōhea ki reira whakatau atu i te āhuatanga o te kerēme o Taranaki. I pērā anō te āhua ko te muru me te raupatu ko te kōhuru i te tangata ko te patu i te tangata ā ka mutu pai mai kino mai i noho nei rātau i raro i te korowai o te rangimārie arā ko ngā poropiti o Taranaki ko Te Whiti o Rongomai rāua ko Tohu Kākahi. Hoi anō pai mai kino mai ahakoa pēhea te āhuatanga o te kāwanatanga ki a rātau ko te rangimārie i whakatakoto ki mua i te aroaro o ngā hōia he tohe he whānako he tinihanga te whakamutunga mai. Nō reira ko te mea pai i tēnei wā kua oti i a koutou te whiriwhiri i ngā painga mō te iwi.Nō reira ko tāku ko te mihi atu ki a koe kai taku rangatira Te Wārena ko koe te tiamana ki taku mōhio arā anō a Hōri Taua a Miriama Tamariki a Hāmuera Taua ka mutu ko Mārama Walker ēhara i te mea kai te mōhio ki a koutou ēngari kai te mōhio tonu ki te taumahatanga o tēnei āhuatanga.Nō reira kāti ake! Kua tangi te pere me pērā i te kōrero me whakapoto te kōrero. Hara mai koutou ngā ringa raupā o te iwi kua tata tutuki ka pāhi te pire i tēnei rā. Taihoa ake nei ka rere ngā rawa ki a koutou! Ko te mahi nui ā ka tīmata hei taua rangi! He oranga ngākau kua tae mai koutou i tēnei rā. Haere mai haere mai! Tēnā koutou tēnā koutou kia ora tātau katoa e Te Whare kai raro![Greetings to you this morning Mr Deputy Speaker of Parliament House. To commence my address allow me to listen intently to this bird the tūī calling and saying: “Stitch stitch stitch it securely. Stitch together what is above and below on the outside and internally. Stitch that which binds mankind together and proclaim it so the void and the world can hear. Stitch it with the fibre of mankind that was borne here from the great long and distant Hawaiki and from the gathering place of the spirits to the world of enlightenment. And so it is done Rongo! Suspend it uppermost securely and firmly! Secure it! It is! Let us join and intertwine to secure it! And now it is done!”.Attention Kawerau ā Maki my other half I stand before you today to proclaim a connection to Ngāpuhi through Ngāti Te Ata to Ngāti Raukawa but at the same time to Te Arawa. Te Ururoa is in total disarray because at this very moment this morning there are two deaths back home. The heart is back there but physically I am here in Wellington. I have come to extoll you and your day my esteemed ones! Wārena you are the one I recognise inside Parliament House for our policy—welcome. My part is to follow up Peenithemember of Tāmaki Makaurau—excusemy slip of tongueand allow me to hold off on Te Tai Tokerau! The member for Te Tai Tokerau is here. I apologise for my error my memory lapse! My responsibility here is to welcome you and to follow up our contributions to you who have arrived here this morning so welcome come hither welcome!The saying goes that Te Kawerau ā Maki is the Great Forest of Tiriwā from the Nothingness to Ngā Tai ā Rakataura Rangihina Whangaparāoa and Mahurangi. In his time Maki held the power and authority. That authority was trampled upon. Enough said; this is the end of it. So welcome to you with the very many deaths that are uponyou. Stitch them to the deaths mentioned here so that we can say: allow them to rest. Here you are then with us today so greetings salutations and acknowledgments to you and to us collectively.Visitors your experiences reflect somewhat those of other tribes of the countryin regard to the Government ortheforms of Government acts of ill-treatment upon Māori at large in years past and yes as reiterated in the comments by the member for Tāmaki Makaurau. I commend the Ministeras he in particular is the one urging claims along to reach this stage of the settlement process. My part has been merely to sit alongside him and encourage support and give assistanceat a time that is appropriate and in a waythat will enable you to bring issues before the House of Parliament. Thus I make thisacknowledgment to him for presenting this bill that has made it to its pinnacle. Its implementation will occur in due time and that is where the difficult work is in terms of implementing what is inside it. Butenough we will all be involved in that part of the process.My understanding is that this person was not an ordinary man but a warrior. Maki was his name his wife was Rotu and Kāwhia was where they settled first. From there they migrated to Auckland and over a period of time he and his people moved around settling at places like Kaipara Waitakere Whenuaroa ō Kahu Kahumatamomoe of Te Arawa and finally Mahurangi. Eventuallywhen the children were born and grew up they moved to southern Kaiparato Whenuaroa which was referred to earlier onand toHikurangi Whangaparāoa Mahurangi Matakanakana Pakiri Aotea and eventually to Te Hautūru-o-Toi. Asa consequence of the journeying of the tribe or the returning of the children the saying “the collections of Maki”—that is Te Kawerau ā Maki—emerged.According to my information there was a time when Maki and Rotu ended up Te Korotangi. That was an ancient fortified settlement close to the mouth of the Waihi River. Now because this man was a warrior as mentioned previously he had sovereignty and autonomy over his land. Eventually and over a very long period of time the white man arrived here in New Zealand—he wanted the land. He brought his sickness with him. The influenza and all those kinds of ailments arrived here and were inflicted upon the tribes here in New Zealand; that is how the situation was in other words with the tribe assembled here now.Yes the collections Te Kawerau ā Maki some protested. They linked up with others but eventually went back to Waitakere to the south of Kaipara under the protection of the Māori Kingwho was Te Wherowhero at the time. That is one connection to the King and the King movement. Indeed there is another connectionthrough one of the sister parliamentarians sitting over there. Despite the impact of illnesses like these and the circumstances that led to where a tribe persisted against another—I am alluding to the land wars here when numbers in this tribe alluded to were severely reduced. But they remained resilient because of the nature of this collective thing.According to what I have heard the relationship that Te Kawerau ā Maki had with the Government and the Crown was not very close. But there were other acts of Government ill-treatment as well. As I have been alluding to it wanted the land and why? So that it could relinquish it to those coming here to live in New Zealand. The problem really was it acted in a deceptive and a manipulative manner to enable the Government and the Crown to acquire lands. So what eventually was the consequence? Māoridom became landless. And Te Kawerau ā Maki here is the classic example of that! It impacted on them. And this therefore is why the process has been so tearful. Even though Maki held mandate over the land Governments walked all over that mandate. That circumstance is historical but I leave it there; I will not prolong my sentiments and drag it out.And so I stand here with a simple message that the Māori Party endorses this bill colleagues. Do what has to be done! In days just past I was present in Taranaki under the shadow of that barren mountain as part of a settlement process there. The situation was the same there: plundering confiscation murder and violation of people. Regardless of the circumstances the good and the bad they lived beneath a cloak of peacefulness under the leadership of the Taranaki prophets Te Whiti of Rongomai and Tohu Kākahi. And so regardless of how the Government treated them whether it was good or bad they remained passive to acts of persistence robbery and deception by the militia.So the positive thing at this point is that you have negotiated benefits for the tribe. I commend you my leader Wārena as you are the chairman. I understand there are others as well who should be recognised: Hōri Taua Miriama Tamariki Hāmuera Tauaand Mārama Walker. It is not that I do not know you but I am aware just how difficult this situation is that you work in.So enough! The bell has rung and one should take the hint and end the contribution here. Welcome to you the workers of the tribe! It is almost done the bill will pass today. The resources will fly to you collectively soon enough. The important work will commence on that day. How heartening it is that you have arrived here today; welcome welcome. Congratulations well done to you collectively and thank you to us all in the House. I resume my seat.]Hon NANAIA MAHUTA (Labour—Hauraki-Waikato):Tēnei e tū ana ki te tāpiri atu aku mihi ki ērā i waihotia ki a koutou o Te Kawerau ā Maki Te Kei o Te Waka o Tainui. Ka nui te aroha ki tēnei tū āhuatanga kua tutuki i a koutou ā koutou kerēme arā kia mōhio pai mai te take i Tāmaki-makau-rau nō reira i roto i tērā tū āhuatanga e tika ana me mihi atu ki a koutou katoa i tae mai nei.[I stand to add my acknowledgments to those that were left with you Te Kawerau ā Maki the stern of the Tainui waka. There is much empathy to this manner of approach taken by you collectively to settle your claims—that is documenting the matter relating to Auckland so that it is understood well. So in that kind of situation it is apt indeed that we commend all you who have arrived here.]To the Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations can I first thank you for the opportunity to recognise in this particular instance your officials at the Office of Treaty Settlements who played a key and constructive role for the Māori Affairs Committee. What they were able to achieve in a very delicate situation where there were some omissions were I think useful improvements to enable the relationship of Te Kawerau ā Maki with some local landowners there but more important they were a testament of their leadership and their place within west Auckland. Can I acknowledge too Sir Bob Harvey. The relationship with Te Kawerau ā Maki goes way back but of more recent times to my knowledge the relationship that you had accorded with Te Kawerau ā Maki under the former council certainly cemented a useful way of working with mana whenua in west Auckland under the new bigger council. I also acknowledge Alf Filipaina the councillor for the Auckland Council and your presence here today because that is a continuation of a relationship.Minister when I grew up as young spring chicken we had wānanga and in fact they were hosted by leaders of Te Kawerau ā Maki. We grew up with the knowledge that Te Kawerau ā Maki held the northern boundary of Waikato-Tainui. We grew up listening to the rich histories and about the culture and whakapapa connections through Te Kawerau ā Maki and extensively to the northern part of the country. We grew up learning karakia that were held by people in Te Kawerau ā Maki. Te Wārena Taua is here and so I have to acknowledge his role in being a vessel of historical knowledge traditional knowledge in our particular iwi. However that said vehemently Te Kawerau ā Maki held on to their own sense of identity. Recognising whakapapa connections the history of the land and the migration of ancestors they were able to not only share the broader knowledge within the iwi but hold the specific knowledge within their own particular rohe.I heard in the opening of your speech Minister that you made reference to the matter that Te Kawerau ā Maki neither had a marae nor a urupā within their rohe but when we were in the Māori Affairs Committee we heard their evidence that there were matters yet to be resolved in relation to Te Kōpironui and I want to take from a submission the representation that we had word for word so that it is in the Hansard and recorded as a notable point before the select committee. Although we could not determine the outcome—which I think in some vain hope might have been the prospect that people were seeking—that was not our role and unfortunately we could not do that.Here as the select committee heard it was the particular interest in relation to Te Kōpironui: “Te Kawerau a Maki have longstanding interests in the Woodhill Forest area and in particular interest the land blocks commonly referred to as Kopironui. Our founding ancestor Tawhiakiterangi lived at Kopironui and is buried at the Kawerau waahi tapu Hautu an urupa which is situated on Kopironui B2E2. Many others of our ancestors are also buried there. Kopironui contained important cultivations several significant pa and waahi tapu. These lands were occupied by our ancestors right down to the time when the Crown began to take the land from us in 1920. Kopironui is an old kainga of our people and it is of immense cultural significance to Te Kawerau a Maki that our tupuna buried our dead on the land. This is land we have always regarded as our own and which we regularly frequent to pay our respects. The 1934 and 1951 taking of these lands from my grandmother and other of our old people by the Crown meant that Te Kawerau a Maki were unable to access resources or the West Coast to collect seafood. Under the Agreement in Principle signed by the Crown and Te Kawerau a Maki the Kopironui lands were to be transferred as part of our settlement. Following an objection this redress was removed from Te Kawerau a Maki’s settlement package and was ultimately replaced with the process set out in Part 2 of the Bill. The objection to the inclusion of the Kopironui lands in the settlement package was disappointing given the good faith agreements we had reached with the Crown and neighbouring iwi.”I read this out as an extract from the submission that the select committee heard from Te Kawerau Iwi Tribal Authority simply to act as a pou. Because this matter is yet to be determined it will rely on numerous amounts of evidence and statements but the select committee heard this evidence. I make reference to it because within the context of the Treaty settlement process and the principles by which the Minister applies that process it was not able to be resolved by a particular select committee.The second point I would like to make reference to is one of the constructive outcomes to allow vehicle access to the Harre family in particular on Te Hēnga site. This was a matter that was considered very carefully by the select committee. The family were indeed asking for permanent easement rights. The select committee considered that but on weight believed that the nature of the enduring relationship between the Harre whānau and their land and also with Te Kawerau ā Maki to negotiate after 30 years another access provision would be a way of cementing the relationship. That was seen in terms of the spirit of Treaty settlements to be a more sustainable way to achieve an outcome. It was not what the Harre family asked for but the select committee I believe in good conscience wanted to balance the interests of Te Kawerau ā Maki and the Harre whānau and I am so pleased with the good grace of consideration that an outcome here was able to be determined. For Mr Bellamy his submission was a little bit more straightforward as he did have a legal easement agreement with the Department of Conservation. It was a simple omission which—the select committee had heard—had not been included within the context of the settlement. Again with the good grace of consideration by Te Kawerau ā Maki that was able to be affirmed as well.The third point that I would like to comment on before I finish is the nature of Te Kawerau ā Maki’s interests in the Auckland isthmus. With the brief time available to me it is useful to make reference to the way in which the city is developing but also to the relationship with the Auckland Council the largest council of our country. I hope that these types of settlements in particular because we are talking about Te Kawerau ā Maki today provide useful strong and enduring relationships at a political level and at a more functional level with the Auckland Council because as that city continues to grow and mana whenua are affirming what their interests are in our largest city we cannot but help to hope that the vibrant nature of Auckland will be reflected in the future development of that city which is our largest Polynesian city in the South Pacific. That is what a settlement such as this affords us: the opportunity to identify now who can legitimately have those interests reflected within the Tāmaki isthmus.Nō reira kāti rā! He nui ngā kōrero ēngari he poto te wā. Ka nui te mihi atu ki a koutou katoa i raro i te tuanui o tēnei o tō koutou Whare tō tātou Whare nō reira tēnā koutou tēnā tātou katoa.[Therefore enough! There is much to talk about but oh solittle time to do it in. We appreciate you all greatly under the roof of this House of yours and ours so congratulations to you and to us all collectively.]JOANNE HAYES (National):Ā tēnā koe Mr Deputy Speaker.I mua i te tīmata o taku kōrero ka huri au ki ngā whānau me ngā hoa o te iwi o Te Kawerau ā Maki ā nau mai haere mai i tēnei rā i tēnei rā whakahira kia ora.[Thank you Mr Deputy Speaker. And so before I commence my address I turn to welcome the families and friends of Te Kawerau ā Maki; come hither on this day of significance; welcome and congratulations.]Before I start my contribution I just want to set a few things straight—things that have been said in this House this morning. I want to refer to the korero from Mr Henare when he mentioned the signing of Treaty negotiations by our Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations. That member was so wrong in so many ways in that statement.I can tell this House that the Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations the Hon Chris Finlayson is far from slowing down when it comes to Treaty negotiations. Just on Saturday I attended along with Minister Finlayson and Minister Flavell the signing of the deed of settlement for Taranaki iwi. That was an amazing experience and a very emotional and moving experience and I am so privileged to have been present.I also want to talk a little bit about the Minister having recently spent the day with Ngāti Rehua and being in continuing discussions with Ngāti Tamaoho and Ngāti Takutai. It is not so much about the Crown slowing down the process; it is about allowing iwi to have the time to have the process to do their internal deliberations because that is what it is all about. It is about making sure everybody is happy and moving forward in the process. That being said I am privileged to stand to take a call in the final reading of Te Kawerau ā Maki Claims Settlement Bill.As with other settlement bills that have traversed this House in the past many who have been instrumental in the start of the process are no longer with us today but I am sure that they are here in spirit—that they are looking down on this House looking down on the whānau and friends who are here today and are very proud of where we have got to in this final reading before the bill traverses to its Royal assent.I have heard many times in this House also that perhaps the amounts from these negotiations are like a drop in a bucket. But we all know that drops turn into rivers that turn into oceans. As I look up into the gallery I look at the very wise heads the very influential heads that sit up in the gallery for Te Kawerau ā Maki. As a member of the Government I am very happy very satisfied that that little drop that people talk about will be turned into an ocean in time to come. I know that there are the skills and the wise heads up there to make that happen for this iwi.I want to congratulate all the workers and everybody all the whanau of Te Kawerau ā Maki on your perseverance in this process. It has been one that I cannot even fathom—the pain that you have felt through the loss of your lands for the expansion of Auckland. I stand here and I am humbled—I am absolutely humbled—to be able to set into the record the perseverance that you have endured over time which has brought the conclusion to your bill today. And so without any further ado I say congratulations from us—congratulations. Nō reira tēnā koutou tēnā koutou tēnā tātou katoa.DENISE ROCHE (Green):Tēnā koe Mr Deputy Speaker tēnā koe e te Whare rau rangatira mā tēnei te mihi ki a koutou i runga i te kaupapa o te rā tēnā koutou ngā rangatira me ngā tāngata o Te Kawerau ā Maki tēnā koutou tēnā koutou tēnā koutou katoa.[Thank you Mr Deputy Speaker and the House. To you esteemed ones I applaud you collectively in regard to the matter of the day; so greetings to you the leaders and people of Te Kawerau ā Maki. Welcome acknowledgments and congratulations to you all.]It is my privilege to take this call for the Greens to speak on this final part of the Treaty settlement bill for Te Kawerau ā Maki. It is a historic day and I want to acknowledge all the people of Te Kawerau ā Maki who are here with us in the House and those who are at home watching the proceedings. I recognise that these proceedings today represent decades and decades of struggle over generations to get to a point where Te Kawerau ā Maki can finally start on a future with a better economic footing and an apology from the Crown which will help them to heal from the past injustices.I want to acknowledge those who signed the deed of settlement on behalf of Te Kawerau Iwi Settlement Trust—Te Wārena Taua or George Taua; Hāmuera Taua; Miriama Tamaariki; Ngārama Walker—while also acknowledging that there are many who have worked on this settlement for years and years. I would like to acknowledge the negotiation teams from both sides. I will also take this opportunity to acknowledge those who have passed away during the time that this settlement was negotiated and settled. Tēnā koutou i ā koutou tini mate nō reira haere e ngā mate haere ki te kāinga tūturu o Te Matua i Te Rangi haere haere haere![I acknowledge you and the myriads of your dead. So farewell the dead; go forth to the true home of the Heavenly Father; travel on depart and goodbye!]And so to return to the issue before us: te hunga mate ki te hunga mate te hunga ora ki te hunga ora [the dead to the dead and the living to the living]. This settlement and legislation represent an act of enormous generosity by the people of Te Kawerau ā Maki. It is some compensation for the huge losses of land and the economic bases of the people going right back to just after Te Tiriti o Waitangi was signed. Those losses were sustained through the dodgy actions of the Crown which created laws to disenfranchise people from their land and from their economic base.We have to acknowledge that the financial redress comes nowhere near compensating for the huge land losses. This includes vast Crown purchases in the 19th century in places like Mahurangi and Ōmaha; Mangatawhiri and Tāwharanui in west Auckland including the beautiful wild beaches; south Kaipara; and the upper Waitematā Harbour. These are just some of the areas where Te Kawerau ā Maki were alienated from their land.The cultural financial and commercial redress amounts to $6.5 million and a contribution to the establishment of a marae for Te Kawerau ā Maki. That is the compensation for the hundreds of thousands of acres lost and we have to acknowledge that by any measure it comes nowhere near a full recompense for what was lost. But we also acknowledge that this was the best deal that Te Kawerau ā Maki could negotiate at this time. I think it behoves us to remember that the priority of this Government is sometimes somewhat skewed as $6.5 million is a quarter of what this Government will spend on a referendum for a new flag.I come back to the settlement. Further cultural redress includes the vesting of nine significant cultural sites to iwi the right of first refusal over some land and it re-establishes in this legislation and reinforces the kaitiaki status of the iwi in their rohe. I just want to acknowledge like others have before me the relationship that Te Kawerau ā Maki have had with the Waitakere City Council and the councils before that. So I would like to acknowledge up in the gallery Sir Bob Harvey the former Mayor of Waitakere city; and also the former Mayor of Rodney District Penny Webster who is now an Auckland councillor; and of course Councillor Alf Filipaina. It is great to see them here actually as a representation of the genuineness of that relationship on both sides.I said earlier that it is a privilege to be involved in the select committee and to speak on this settlement bill in the House and I maintain that. I am an Aucklander. I have the rare privilege of reading the history that was outlined in the settlement deed of Te Kawerau ā Maki. I was born into Te Kawerau ā Maki rohe—I was born in Helensville—but until this deed of settlement came to the House with the legislation this was the first time I was aware of the full history of the people of the area and I regret that that is the case for many in New Zealand who are unaware of the losses suffered by iwi in the area where they now live all over Aotearoa.Worse there are some who resent the settlement process and unfortunately there are still those racists—there are racists—who would refer to that $6.5 million in financial redress as a gravy train. Any reasonable person would not agree with that. Clearly there is more effort needed to educate the citizens of Aotearoa tangata Tiriti who need to understand what went before and how they fit into the full picture and the full history of Aotearoa New Zealand.It is my duty to place on the record that the Greens do not believe that this settlement is a full and final settlement. We have looked at the compensation; it is clearly not a full compensation. Future generations of Te Kawerau ā Maki would be bound by this agreement and we have no way of knowing how these historical injustices will affect those future generations so we reject that claim.Having said that it is important to acknowledge that this is a day of celebration. But we are also concerned that sometimes the Treaty settlement process pits Māori against Māori iwi against iwi and that the Crown has a huge role in determining with whom it will negotiate—who is in; who is out—and that is of concern because there we may see further breaches of Te Tiriti o Waitangi. I just needed to get that on the record.I will finish up by going back to the settlement deed and the legislation and looking at the apology. The final paragraph in the apology says: “The Crown unreservedly apologises for not having honoured its obligations to Te Kawerau ā Maki under the Treaty of Waitangi. Through this apology and this settlement the Crown seeks to atone for its wrongs and lift the burden of grievance so that the process of healing can begin. By the same means the Crown hopes to form a new relationship with the people of Te Kawerau ā Maki based on mutual trust co-operation and respect for the Treaty of Waitangi and its principles.” We wish that too. We celebrate with Te Kawerau ā Maki for reaching this part of the process of the settlement. Nō reira tēnā koutou tēnā koutou tēnā koutou katoa.PITA PARAONE (NZ First):Ā tēnā koe Mr Deputy Speaker tēnā hoki tātou e noho nei i roto i te Whare i te wā nei. E tū ana tēnei ki te tautoko i ngā mihi i mihingia e tōku tuakana ki a koutou ngā uri a Te Kawerau ā Maki. E ai ki te kōrero nau mai haere mai piki mai kake mai i runga i te kaupapa i karangahia i a tātou kia ‘hakahuihui tahi hoki tātou i te rā nei nā reira tēnā koutou tēnā koutou. Tēnā hoki koutou i ngā tini mate kei waenganui i a koutou ka nui taku mihi ki a rātou kahore kau kē i waenganui i a rātou ā-tinana ēngari e mōhio nei i a au kei konei rātou ā-wairua. Nā reira wēnā te take i maumahara i a au tētahi a Eru Thompson tana hingatanga i mua i te urunga mai o tēnei pire ki te Whare nā reira e tika ana ki te mihi atu ki a ia me ērā atu o ngā hunga ahakoa kahore kau kē i waenganui i a tātou ā-tinana mai i te rā nei ēngari nā rātou i tīmata mai tēnei hīkoitanga. Nā reira ka nui ngā mihi ki a rātou! Ka hoki mai ki a tātou te hunga ora nā reira tēnā koutou tēnā koutou tēnā koutou.Tēnā hoki kōrua e Bob kōrua me Penny ā ki a koe hoki e te whanaunga e Alf! Ka nui taku hari kei konei koutou nā te mea i raro i te kaupapa o tēnei pire kei konei tētahi kaupapa mēnā e hiahia ana tātou me te iwi kia ‘hakatau kei konei i a koutou ki te āwhina te kaupapa nei ēngari waihotia i muri nei! Māku e ‘hakamarama te āhuatanga o ēnā tū momo kōrero.[Thank you Mr Deputy Speaker and also greetings to us all seated in the House at this moment. I stand to endorse the tributes accorded to you by my elder kin to you the descendants of Te Kawerau ā Maki. As the saying goes welcome come hither climb and mount up upon the matter that has beckoned us here to gather together today; so acknowledgments and salutations to you collectively. Acknowledgments to you in regard to the myriad of deaths in your midst; huge condolences to them even though they are not amongst us physically but I do know they are here spiritually. That is the reason why I reminisce over one of them Eru Thompson who passed away just before this bill was introduced into the House so it is only fitting that I acknowledge him and the rest of them who are not here in person amongst us today but they who started this journey. And so I have much respect for them! I come back to us the living; therefore welcome acknowledgments and greetings to you all.Salutations to you Bob you and Penny and also to you my relative Alf. My happiness is huge that you are here collectively because here under the purpose of this bill is a proposal if we and the tribe desire to adjudicate over it we are here to help this proposal along—but leave it here for later. I will explain the ramifications of that sort of detail.]Nā reira I stand on behalf of New Zealand First to lend our support to this bill. I want to say that this bill is the culmination of a great deal of cooperation between a number of parties. It is also the culmination of a long journey that the iwi have taken to have their claims settled and to have this bill come to this stage today. The bill helps to confirm the iwi’s mana whenua status and I know that there has been some difficulty in doing that. Although in their minds they have had no doubt as to the mana in which they stand within the rohe that this bill covers to have it confirmed in legislation will assist those coming generations to establish and to continue to maintain what mana whenua means to them.The bill also makes comment about the lack of a marae in the area. I made special mention in my mihi to a former mayor of Waitakere City; and to Penny Hulse who is still involved in local body politics; and the current councillor Alf Filipaina who sits on the Auckland Council. I know that when the iwi begin—[Interruption] Sorry Penny Webster. My apologies; that is why I have a leader. But the point I want to make is that when the iwi commence their marae-building project they will need all the assistance that they can get from the local body and to have former representatives of the local body present today—I hope that they go back and take this message with them when Te Kawerau ā Maki are ready to start their marae project.The bill also includes amongst the quantum $6.5 million. For some iwi that is but a mere drop in a very big pool. For Te Kawerau ā Maki although it may be an amount that obviously they have signed up to it reflects like all claims the contribution that iwi who settle their Treaty claims make to this nation by accepting a settlement that really does not reflect 100 percent compensation to which they are entitled.I also want to make a comment about the term of access for certain parties to the block known as Te Henga. I make this reference to it because it is an example of the generosity that this iwi are displaying to their neighbours. Within the bill it gives access to an equivalent period of two generations with the right of renewal of a further two generations. Although the affected parties may have wanted access for time immemorial I think the fact that they have come to this point shows they have realised just how generous the iwi have been and quite clearly they have accepted it. But I must say that during the Māori Affairs Committee hearing process we were certainly alarmed that that particular party had not been aware of this settlement until its members read about it in a local newspaper.Another thing that the bill actually records—and I want to contribute to the discussion to ensure that it is in the Hansard—is that within a generation of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi this iwi became landless due to the actions and I am going to be polite here that the Crown had been involved in. The settlement is a credit to the negotiators. The team that made up that group of negotiators has been named and I want to lend my support to them. But it is really a credit to their tenacity and their ability to negotiate such a settlement.I want to conclude by saying that negotiations in the whole Tāmaki area have been somewhat difficult for all parties not least for the Crown. One of the difficulties is the reluctance on the part of the Crown to allow access to information about the terms of settlement with other iwi when negotiating particularly with Te Kawerau ā Maki. Again I want to acknowledge the tenacity of the iwi.I just want to conclude by acknowledging Te Kawerau ā Maki. Although they may have felt that the journey so far has been an onerous and burdensome one can I just assure them that as leaders the real challenge is still ahead of them. As my father always said to me if you purport to lead your people never forget to look behind to see whether or not they are there because if they are not then you have to ask the question: who are you leading?Nā reira e tātou mā Mr Assistant Speaker koutou e Wārena koutou e te rōpū nei ngā mihi hoki mō ngā rā kei te heke mai nā reira tēnā koutou tēnā koutou huri noa ki tēnei o tātou Whare kia ora mai tātou.[So to us collectively throughout the House to you Mr Assistant Speaker to Wārena and this group congratulations accolades and good tidings also for the future and my appreciation to us all.]MARAMA FOX (Co-Leader—Māori Party): Ā kia ora Mr Assistant Speaker. Tuatahi kei te pīrangi au ki te mihi atu ki a koutou kua tae ā-tinana mai ki te Whare nei. E tautoko ana ngā whakatau kua tuku e āku hoa me taku parata nei a Te Ururoa ki a koutou. Anō nā ki te karakia i whakatau nei i a tātou ahakoa pēnei te hanga o tēnei Whare āhua rerekē i ētahi wā ā kai te pīrangi au ki te mihi atu ki a koe e te parata i whakatau i a tātou i te karakia i te ata nei nā reira tēnā koutou nau mai! Nau mau haere mai ki tēnei Whare Te Ana o Te Raiona e kī mai ētah. Ētahi o koutou kāre pea e mōhio mai ki tēnei Johnny come lately ēngari ka tū ake au hei māngai mā tātou mā tātou Te Iwi Māori i roto i tēnei Whare nā reira kai te pīrangi au ki te mihi atu ki a koutou tēnā koutou tēnā tātou katoa.Karanga mai karanga mai ko Te Kawerau ā Maki ko Te Wao Nui ā Tiriwa mai i te korekore ki ngā tai ā Rakataura ko Rangihina ko Whangaparāoa ko Mahurangi. Nā Maki te mana me te rangatiratanga![Thank you Mr Assistant Speaker. Firstly I would like to acknowledge you all who have arrived here in person to this House. I endorse the words of welcome extended to you all by my colleagues and in particular my parliamentarian brother Te Ururoa. Now regardless of the prayer that welcomed us today the procedure of this House can be somewhat different at times but I do want to acknowledge you brother in welcoming us with a prayer this morning; so salutations to you collectively and welcome. Welcome come hither into this House the Den of the Lion as some would call it. Some of you may not know this Johnny come latelybut I stand as a representative for us the Māori people in this House so consequently I want to extend this greeting to you collectively; welcome to you and to us all collectively.Hark the call listen to the call it is the call of Te Kawerau ā Maki it is the Great Forest of Tiriwā from not a thing and from the shores of Rakataura Rangihina Whangaparāoa and Mahurangi. The control and autonomy is with Maki.]Close to 18 months ago an esteemed group gathered at Makaurau Marae in Māngere to witness the signing of the deed of settlement for all outstanding historical Treaty claims. There was the Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations Christopher Finlayson; the Minister Responsible for Whānau Ora and former Māori Party co-leader the Hon Dame Tariana Turia; and the Minister for Pacific Peoples Peseta Sam Lotu-Iiga.The signing was witnessed by members of Parliament Claudette Hauiti and Tau Henare and Te Kīngi Tuheitia and representatives of other iwi also attended. But of all the dignitaries present and all the historic kōrero laid down one stood out from the rest and it was the message from Te Wārena Taua the chairman of Te Kawerau ā Maki Iwi Authority who said: “There were many elders who fought hard to retain our ancestral taonga. They fought hard to see our grievances brought before the Crown and now today it is all about them and our grandchildren to come. I am happy.” Today we remember those elders and we reflect on the opportunities ahead for all our mokopuna. That five-letter word “happy” is all the more remarkable when one looks through the litany of lies and deception of mistruths and inappropriate actions that have been laid bare before the House.Te Kawerau ā Maki’s claims are based on the Crown’s actions and omissions including extensive Crown purchases in the three decades following the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840. In other words it started badly long before there was any sight of a Treaty to sign. The Crown recognises that it breached the Treaty of Waitangi through the pre-Treaty land transactions and pre-emption waiver purchases for lands in which Te Kawerau ā Maki had an interest. This includes land in west Auckland in the Upper Waitematā Harbour. It also relates to the purchase in 1841 of an extensive area called Mahurangi and Ōmaha. Less than a year after signing Te Tiriti o Waitangi the Crown failed to conduct an adequate investigation of customary rights when it purchased the land.The way in which the land was surveyed the way in which the transactions were approved the way in which regulations were overlooked and the process whereby the Crown granted land to settlers within the Mahurangi and Ōmaha purchase area—all of this—caused confusion and uncertainty for Te Kawerau ā Maki. This was land that had been set aside as Te Kawerau ā Maki land and land that was never protected leaving the people alienated from tribal control.In effect Te Kawerau ā Maki were rendered virtually landless. This has had a severe impact on the health and well-being of its people. The effects on the community continue to be felt today. Indeed step by step decade by decade the circumstances of Te Kawerau ā Maki are in themselves a riveting example of how not to express a genuine and meaningful partnership.The 1853 and 1854 purchase deeds for Hikurangi Paeōterangi and Puatainga are other fascinating examples of what not to do. In each of these cases the deeds contained provisions that 10 percent of the proceeds of sale were to be expended for the benefit of Māori and for specific payments to be made to the vendors. Yes one could even say that 10 percent was at best tokenistic but it gets worse. The Crown failed to keep adequate records after 1874 and the vendors including Te Kawerau ā Maki received no further identifiable benefit under that 10-percent provision.The Crown went on on its sorry way to purchase a large amount of land in the Waitakere region between 1853 and 1856 failing to actively protect Te Kawerau ā Maki by ensuring adequate lands were reserved from the purchase and protected from alienation. To add insult to injury the Crown then introduced native land laws without consulting Te Kawerau ā Maki. The individualisation of title imposed by these laws was inconsistent with tikanga. Te Kawerau ā Maki had no choice but to participate in the Native Land Court system but the title determination process carried significant costs including survey and hearing costs that at times contributed again to the alienation of Te Kawerau ā Maki land.As we have seen with so many other iwi the introduction of native land laws simply made the land more susceptible to partition fragmentation and alienation contributing further to the erosion of tribal structures which were based on collective ownership of lands. There was no form of collective title enabling Te Kawerau ā Maki to administer and utilise their lands until 1894 by which time far too much had already been taken.Then there were the lands of Kōpironui acquired by the Crown for sand dune reclamation between 1920 and 1951 including compulsory taking of land. The loss of these lands has been a major grievance for Te Kawerau ā Maki hindering their access to urupā kaimoana and other resources. The wholesale taking of land the failure to provide adequate compensation and reserves and the loss of Te Kawerau ā Makiwāhi tapu has drastically and dramatically hindered the social economic and cultural development of Te Kawerau ā Maki as a tribe.I have taken the time to trace the Crown’s pattern of destruction over subsequent decades for a specific purpose today and it brings us back to the meaning of happiness. How humbling it is to think of the words of the kaumātua Te Wārena Taua when we traverse the breakdown of trust and honour in terms of the Crown’s actions—actions that undermined the ability for Te Kawerau ā Maki to protect and manage their taonga their wāhi tapu and to maintain spiritual connections to their lands.Financial redress will see the tribe receive $6.5 million which will help to buy back 85 percent of the Riverhead Forest but how can any amount of financial recompense ever address the impact felt on the well-being of Te Kawerau ā Maki today? Te Kawerau ā Maki has waited a long time to reach this day and I do believe the $300000 contribution towards supporting them to achieve their dream of creating their own marae is a really important starting point for a new future. Although no contribution or fiscal address will ever rectify the wrongs of the past perhaps the aspiration for their own marae will enable the people of Te Kawerau ā Maki to focus full steam ahead on developing a strong cultural and economic future and that fellow members will be a commitment that we can all feel happy about supporting. I am sure even koro Eru would be smiling down today happy to move forward.Yes last year was the time when I came and first listened to this claim with a box of tissues just overwhelmed by the utter destruction that came to our people but today we put that five-letter word into practice—“h-a-p-p-y”—despite all of that so that we can move forward. I commend you and I commend this bill to the House. Kia ora.Hon DAVID CUNLIFFE (Labour—New Lynn): Kia ora Mr Assistant Speaker. Tēnā koutou tēnā koutou tēnā koutou katoa. Ko Waitakere te maunga ko Kaipara ko Waitematā ko Manukau ngā moana ko Te Kawerau ā Maki te iwi o ngā mana whenua ko One Kiritia te marae. Kia ora.[Thank you Mr Assistant Speaker. Greetings acknowledgments and congratulations to you all. Waitakere is the mountain Kaipara Waitematā and Manukau are the seas Te Kawerau ā Maki are the mandated locals and One Kiriata is the marae.]It has been said that Te Kawerau ā Maki’s settlement is significant because it is a lesson for all of us in what the Crown should not have done and yet it is an opportunity for us to now face forward and say as a reunited community what we can do. I wish to begin by acknowledging some of the rangatira who have brought us to this point. I will then briefly recount although others have done so in more detail some of the historical factors that have brought us to this point and acknowledge the terms of cultural and material redress that bring us to this day where mana whenua is restored and where a new mana-based relationship can carry us into the future.In doing so I wish to firstly acknowledge ngā mate rātou ki a rātou tātou ki a tātou [the dead—they to themselves and we to ourselves] and in particular Eru Thompson who as much as anyone worked to bring this day to fruition. It is a sadness that he is not here with us physically on this day but I am sure we can all feel his spirit and that of other tipuna fluttering around taking more than a little quiet satisfaction.Can I acknowledge also Te Wārena Taua who has worked tirelessly with others to bring this to fruition and also Rewi Spraggon my old friend and the broader team from Te Kawerau ā Maki who grace the Chamber today. Thank you for coming. It is a delight to acknowledge my old friend Sir Robert Harvey and with him former mayor Penny Webster and councillor Alf Filipaina. In respect of Sir Bob as a new west Auckland MP I speak today on behalf of my westie colleagues Phil Twyford and Carmel Sepuloni. We wish to acknowledge the proactive work that the former Waitakere City Council did across multiple fronts not only on the eco-city and not only on the revival of the arts community. Central to its mission was the acknowledgment and restoration of a mana-based relationship with iwi.The city that Sir Bob led was in my view not just another local body. It has been my deep privilege as an MP for the area to see and to be part of a living breathing process of restoration of mana to the tangata whenua and to the whenua itself and for me it remains and always will remain an example of what good visionary and progressive governance at local level can be. I wish to pay my respects on this occasion to Sir Robert for his personal commitment to that over many years. I would go so far as to say that I am not sure we would be here today without his efforts alongside those of the various kaumātua kuia and rangatira who grace the Chamber.The history does not read well. I wish to acknowledge the Attorney-General for his very I think honest recounting of that history in his various speeches on this subject and the work with the officials that he has led. There is no politics in this between the sides of the House. We are joined together as New Zealanders to wish Te Kawerau well.The Crown negotiated with Ngāti Whātua in ignorance of the claims and the history of Te Kawerau ā Maki. They were a small iwi. To say they were overlooked is to put it generously. Run over might be a more accurate piece of common parlance. Their land was sold out from under them. To mention but one area as Kelvin Davis my colleague did in an earlier speech they lost 100000 acres in central Waitakere—100000 acres. Today we mark a partial redress in the return of several dozen acres. And yet Te Kawerau has not asked for the return of that land nor rent nor back rent nor any other form of redress that in the strict letter of Pākehā law if the claim was validated they may have had a case for. So on behalf of the west Auckland group of MPs and acknowledging Peeni Henare and Kelvin Davis whose rohe also as our tangata whenua MPs covers that rohe I wish to acknowledge the generosity of Te Kawerau ā Maki in the spirit of this settlement liberating us all to move forward as colleagues as Kiwis in a mana-based relationship.We would not be here today if it had not been for the work of successive Governments of local government and critically the generosity of spirit of this iwi who are prepared to forgive what are the most grievous and ignorant of practices by the Crown in days gone by. Those of us gathered in this Chamber today as members of Parliament carry the mantle of the Crown. Even though we were not there then we on both sides of this House are part of this process to acknowledge the return of mana to you and to say that the Crown did wrong—multiple times wilfully sometimes ignorantly—and the effects on your forebears were devastating.The Crown and we are sorry and that is such an inadequate pathetic word in the light of that history. None the less it is true. Out of that sorrow out of that acknowledgment out of the restoration of that mana comes a token settlement that can never adequately redress the loss or the wrong that has been sustained. Others have mentioned it in more detail and I will not repeat all of the detail. I will acknowledge that the $6.5 million that represents 85 percent of the Woodhill Forest does provide the opportunity for a sustainable economic base for the iwi and I think that is a very important part of the package. The iwi must have pūtea in order to provide for future generations.The settlement provides cultural redress in title to a range of sites of historical significance and first right of refusal on a number of others which are important. I well know the hope and the passion that has lain behind the aspiration of Te Kawerau to once again have its own home marae. I think the settlement of $300000 towards that I say to the Attorney-General is probably not the greatest amount that I could have imagined and I hope that the Crown will continue in this spirit of partnership alongside Auckland Council to regard itself as being on a journey with the iwi to make sure that that dream is realised. But I look forward to seeing a working marae for Te Kawerau ā Maki at Te Onekiritea Point or exactly wherever they choose to erect it.It has been an absolute privilege on behalf of my west Auckland colleagues to take this call. I can only hope that my ill-formed words can in some small way convey the depth of affection of respect of hope and of gratitude to all of us who wear the cloak of the Crown and the representation of the people of the rohe. To all of you who have worked dreamt hoped and aspired to the fact that today would come can I acknowledge that you are both Māori and Pākehā that you are of the past. We are here today and together we face the future with renewed hope. Thank you.PAUL FOSTER-BELL (National):Tēnā koe e te Mana Whakawā tēnā koutou katoa e ngā mema o te Whare Pāremata o Aotearoa.[Thank you Mr Assistant Speaker. To all of you members of the House of Parliament of New Zealand I acknowledge you.]I rise to take a brief call on Te Kawerau ā Maki Claims Settlement Bill because the members who have spoken before me have covered the key elements such as the financial redress of $6.5 million the restoration of lands and the contribution being made—the grant of $300000—towards the establishment of a marae. But it is apposite to observe on this day when we are celebrating and commemorating Her Majesty the Queen of New Zealand achieving the longest reign in the history of any of her realms that this bill does more than simply restore mana to those who were mistreated through the actions of the Crown. It also helps to restore honour to that Crown which committed those acts that led to the deprivation of rightful property and also to the loss of mana in the past by this iwi. So I would like to congratulate the Minister the Hon Chris Finlayson on his efforts in this regard and also the rangatira of the iwi who have engaged fruitfully and have come to a settlement that does set the iwi up to go forward with hopefully I think a sense of optimism. I commend this bill to the House.KELVIN DAVIS (Labour—Te Tai Tokerau): Tēnā rā koe e te Māngai o te Whare. Tuatahi māku ka huria ōku kanohi ki a koutou kua tae mai ki raro i te tuanui o tēnei Whare koutou nō Te Kawerau ā Maki nau mau haere mai ki tēnei tō koutou Whare ēhara hei whakarongo noa iho ki te pānuitanga tuatoru o tēnei pire ēngari hei kite ā-tinana i te whakatutukitanga o tēnei moemoeā arā te whakataunga o ngā kerēme kia taea ai e Te Kawerau ā Maki te anga whakamua he aha ai? Hei painga hei hauora mō ngā uri whakatipu nā reira tēnā rā koutou! Kua rongo ake nei wētahi o ngā ingoa i ‘hakahuatia i waenganui i a koutou kore au e pērā rawa ai i te mea kei mahue e ahau wētahi kei pukuriri rawa koutou ki ahau. Ēngari tēnei te mihi ki tēnā ki tēnā ki tēnā ō koutou huri rauna kia ora!Hei mua i te titiro whakamua me titiro whakamuri tātou katoa nā te aha tēnei pire i tae mai ki waenganui i a tātou? Ka kite ahau i ngā hē o te Karauna i meinga atu ai ki Te Kawerau ā Maki me te whakaaro ko tō rātou kōrero te kōrero ka pāngia ki ngā iwi katoa puta noa i Aotearoa ngā kikinotanga ngā raupatutanga ngā murua whenua te tāhaetanga o ngā tikanga ērā mea katoa! I meangia ai ki a Te Kawerau ā Maki kia ngāi tātou katoa ngā iwi puta noa i Aotearoa.Kua rongo ake nei i ngā kōrero a Rāwiri Cunliffe mō te murunga o tētahi 100000 eka o ngā whenua i roto i te pae maunga o Waitakere. E kore e taea i ēnei rangi kia murua ngā whenua pērā te rahi ēngari i aua rā rite tonu ngā mahi a te Karauna te tāhae whenua te raupatu whenua kia noho whenua kore ō tātou iwi! Nā te Karauna i ‘hakawehewehengia i te whenua i ‘hakakongakongatia i te whenua kia kore e taea e ō tātou whanaunga kia whai oranga kei runga i ō rātou ake whenua! Pukuriri rawa ana ahau te kitea horekau he marae horekau he urupā a Te Kawerau ā Maki! E hia rā ngā tau rātou noho marae noho urupā kore ana mōhio rātou e nehua ō rātou whanaunga mōhio rātou me tangihia ō rātou tūpāpaku ki wāhi kē ki marae kē ēngari horekau kei runga i tō rātou ake marae. Nā reira koia te kino o ngā mahi a te Karauna!Ēhara ahau e mea atu ana nā tērā taha o te Whare ahakoa te kara he kikorangi he whero he aha atu rānei te kara o te tōrangapū ko tātou te whakatinanatanga i ēnei rangi ō rātou i ērā rangi o te Karauna. Nā reirā mahara ake ahau te kōrero o tētahi o ōku kaumātua “mehemea ka hē koe me whakatikangia”! Nā reira mā tātou o tēnei Whare e whakatikangia ngā hē kua meangia atu ki Te Kawerau ā Maki. Nā reira koia tāku e tautokongia ana i tēnei pire kia whakatikangia ngā hē kia āwhinatia rātou kia hāpai i ō rātou uri whakatupu kia anga whakamua rātou kia hāpai rātou i ā rātou anō me kī kia hāpai rātou i a tātou anō. Mō ia iwi ka hāpaingia i a rātou anō ka whakapaingia Te Iwi Māori whānui.Nā reira mihi kau ana ki a koutou kua roa e tatari ana mō tēnei rangi. Hari koa ana ahau te kite ka tupu tētahi paku pūtea hei hanga i tētahi marae mō Te Kawerau ā Maki $300000 noa iho! Waimāria nā rātou mehemea ko tēnā te utu o ngā whenua nā te mea mōhio ana tātou ki te nui o te utu mō ngā whenua kei roto i Tāmaki-makau-rau i ēnei rangi. Ēngari he tīmatanga noa iho tērā!Hari koa ana ahau ki te kite hoki e 17 ngā wāhi whenua ka whakaingoatia ka whakahokia ngā ingoa ki ngā ingoa tika ngā ingoa tūturu. Tae mai a ngāi Pākehā mā ki koneke ki tēnei motu ka hurihia ngā ingoa o ngā wāhi whenua. Mā tēnei pire e whakatikangia tērā āhuatanga mō Te Kawerau ā Maki. Kore rawa ahau e whakarārangitia ngā wāhi katoa ēngari he mea iti noa iho tēnā kia tahuringia ki ngā ingoa tika kia mōhiotia whānuitia ngā ingoa tika o ō tātou whenua. Mahara ake ahau ki te raruraru i roto o Taranaki i te tahuritanga i te hokitanga o te maunga a Egmont ki a Taranaki—pīki raruraru! Ēnei rangi mōhio ana tātou i taua maunga ko Taranaki—horekau he raruraru i āianei! Ka pērā rawa ai ki ngā wāhi whenua o Te Kawerau ā Maki ka whakatikangia ngā ingoa ā tōna wā ka mōhiotia whānuitia horekau he raruraru!E $6.5 miriona te paku pūtea ka riro i a Te Kawerau ā Maki. Ahakoa e hia rau mano ngā eka ngā heketea kua murua atu kua raupatungia ko te utu e $6.5 miriona noa iho! Tangi ana te ngākau mō tēnā paku pūtea ēngari e mahara ake ana ahau i ngā kōrero a Matiu Rata “mehemea ka whiwhi tātou i te nui o te wāriu o ngā mea kua murua ka pakaru te pēke o te motu”. Nā reira kauaka ahau i te tino mōhio i te kupu i roto i Te Reo Māori mō te “compromise” ēngari ko tērā te mahi o ngāi Māori mā e “compromising”ana mō te wāriu tika. Pukuriri ana ahau ki ngā kaikiri e mea atu ana “Ō koutou ngā Māori e toro atu ana ō koutou ringaringa e pātai ana e īnoi ana mō te pūtea.” ēngari e meangia ana ahau Te Kawerau ā Maki e toro atu ana i ō rātou ringaringa horekau hei rapu pūtea ēngari e tākoha ngā mea kua “murua” ki te motu.Nā reira tēnei tāku mihi atu ki a koutou Te Kawerau ā Maki. Kore au e tōroangia tēnei tū ēngari tū anō ahau ki te mihi ki a koutou ki te mea atu e harikoa ana te ngākau kua oti tēnei wāhanga ēngari kua tae te wā kia tīmata tētahi wāhanga anō hei painga mō Te Kawerau ā Maki nā reira e te Whare huri rauna tēnā koutou tēnā koutou tēnā tātou katoa.[Thank you very much Mr Assistant Speaker. Firstly I turn my eyes to you who have arrived here beneath the roof of this House you of Te Kawerau ā Maki. Welcome come hither to this House of yours not just to listen to the third reading of this bill but to witness in person the realisation of this dream—in other words the settlement of the claims that will enable Te Kawerau ā Maki to move forward. And for what reason? As a benefit and well-being for future generations and so good on you all. I have heard some names mentioned among you but I will not do that in case I leave some out and you will then get really annoyed with me. But I acknowledge each and every one of you throughout; congratulations.Before looking ahead let us all look back. What prompted this bill to arrive here in our midst? I note the misdeeds that the Crown imposed upon Te Kawerau ā Maki and I take into account that what it advocated impacted on all tribes throughout New Zealand: ill-treatments confiscations and fraudulent acquisition of all forms of rights that were imposed on Te Kawerau ā Maki and on all of us tribes throughout New Zealand.I heard the assertions by David Cunliffe about the confiscation of 100000 acres of land in the Waitakere Ranges. It is not possible these days to confiscate that amount of land like how the Crown did in those days stealing and confiscating land so that our tribes were left landless. The Crown alienated and scorched the land so that our relatives were not able to sustain themselves on their own lands. It really makes me very angry to see that Te Kawerau ā Maki has no marae cemetery—absolutely none at all! They have been without a marae and cemetery for many years and they must bury and mourn their dead elsewhere at other marae but never their own. So that has resulted from the evil actions of the Crown.I am not saying that the other side of the House is at fault here. Regardless of political colour—be it blue red or whatever other colour—we are the embodiment these days of those people the Crown in those days back then. So I recall a statement by one of my elders. He said: “If you err you must put it right!”. We of this House mustrectify the misdeeds imposed upon Te Kawerau ā Maki. So that is why I am supporting this bill: to rectify the wrongs to help them to support their relatives of the next generation to progress them forward and to support them in their endeavours to assist each other—and let us say us as well. For each tribe that helps themselves Māoridom at large will benefit as well.So I pay tribute to you who have waited a long time for this day. I am pleased to see that the small fund of just $300000 to build a marae for Te Kawerau ā Maki will grow. They are lucky if that is the cost of the lands because we know how expensive properties are in Auckland these days. But that is just a beginning.I am happy as well to see that 17 areas of land have been named to have the names changed back to the correct and original Māori names. When non-Māori arrived here in this country the names of land areas were changed. This bill will rectify that situation for Te Kawerau ā Maki. I will not list all the places but changing the names back to the proper ones so that the proper names of our lands are known widely is only a small matter. I remember the problem in Taranaki when the mountain was changed back from Egmont to Taranaki. A big problem! These days we know that mountain as Taranaki. There are no problems now. The land areas of Te Kawerau ā Maki will be like that: the names will be changed and eventually they will be widely known and there will not be any problems.Te Kawerau ā Maki will receive a tidy sum of $6.5 million. Despite the many hundred thousand acres and hectares that have been confiscated and dispossessed the compensation is but a meagre $6.5 million! I lament such a paltry amount but I recall the words uttered by Matiu Rata: “If we got the full value of the things that were confiscated the country’s bank would go bankrupt.” However I do not really know what the Māori word for “compromise” is but that is what Māoridom has been doing: compromising the correct value. I get angry at racists saying: “You Māori are holding out your hands asking and begging for the money.” I assert that Te Kawerau ā Maki are holding out their hands not to seek money but the things that were confiscated and were “gifted” to the country.So this is my tribute to you Te Kawerau ā Maki. I will not prolong this address but I stand once again to commend you and to say how happy I am that it is done. This part is completed but the time has arrived to begin another phase again as a benefit for Te Kawerau ā Maki. So to you in the House throughout greetings and salutations to you and to us all the House.]TIM MACINDOE (National—Hamilton West): Kia ora e te Mana Whakawā. Kia ora e te Whare. Tēnā koutou e te iwi. I am going to take a very short call but I want to just say that it is on occasions such as this when I feel that not only do we see Parliament at its best but in fact we as members are deeply humbled by what we are doing today. I am always moved by these occasions and I learn a great deal. I want as others have done to acknowledge the great generosity of the iwi in bringing us to this point and the admirable resolve of the Minister and the work that he and his team have done. As somebody who grew up in Auckland and who loves the Waitakere Ranges I am interested in noting many of the comments that have been made today. I simply want to say that it is a wonderful day when we can reach this point given the history that has led us to this point. I again thank the iwi for the generosity. It is wonderful to see so many of you here today and I warmly commend this bill to the House.Bill read a third time.WaiataTe Hiku Claims Settlement BillIn CommitteeTIM MACINDOE (Senior Whip—National): I seek leave for the Committee to consider all parts of Te Hiku Claims Settlement Bill as one debate with the voting to be taken separately for each part.The CHAIRPERSON (Hon Chester Borrows): Can you clarify that the votes will be as one question as well as the debate as one or do you want the votes individually? It would be 15 calls.TIM MACINDOE (Senior Whip—National): If it is possible we would take each as one but I am happy to be guided. I have discussed this with fellow whips. Are fellow whips happy for it to be taken as one vote as well?The CHAIRPERSON (Hon Chester Borrows): Members—well that is for me to ask. Members leave is put for that purpose. Is there any objection? There appears to be none.Parts 1 to 15 schedules 1 to 22 and clauses 1 and 2Hon CHRISTOPHER FINLAYSON (Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations): I want briefly to address just a couple of points in the bill. The bill had its first reading on 4 November 2014 and was considered by the Māori Affairs Committee earlier this year. Supplementary Order Paper 113 of 8 September makes minor technical corrections to parts of the bill that require updating. It corrects the definition of the Ngāti Kahu Accumulated Rentals Trust and corrects the legal description of Te Rerepari a cultural redress property transferring to Te Aupōuri. The second Supplementary Order Paper Supplementary Order Paper 114 splits the omnibus bill into six bills so that allows for Ngāti Kuri Te Aupōuri NgāiTakoto and Te Rarawa to have individual claims settlement Acts reflecting the mana and the rangatiratanga of the Te Hiku iwi.The other two bills to be enacted are the Ngāti Kahu Accumulated Rentals Trust Bill which preserves rental moneys from Aupōuri Forest for Ngāti Kahu to receive in the future and an amendment bill to repeal section 17 of the Reserves and Other Lands Disposal Act 1977 a provision that has not been used but caused confusion over the status of the land for Te Rarawa.Can I briefly also refer honourable members to clause 519 of the bill dealing with the ability of the Crown to transfer properties to give effect to part 9 of the deed and that includes properties that will be the subject of a deferred selection property process to the trustees of the various iwi.A question has arisen in recent days about the status of Kaitāia Airport and because of public interest in the matter I thought it would be useful to spell out just what exactly is going on because there have been a number of reports thatare shall we say mildly misleading—that is very charitable. Ngāti Kahu and NgāiTakoto have Treaty claims over Kaitāia Airport and anyone who has a problem with that should go to the 2013 Waitangi Tribunal remedies report where it is all spelt out for people.Kaitāia Airport is a Land Information New Zealand property. The Crown has pursuant to the 2013 tribunal remedies report offered both NgāiTakoto and Ngāti Kahu the right to purchase the property in 50:50 shares. It is a deferred selection property. It is referred to in schedule 4 of the deed of settlement which is indeed in turn referred to in part 9 of the deed dealing with deferred selection properties. The offer is conditional on the land remaining an airport and it is important to note that because it is a deferred selection the right to purchase becomes active in 3 years. If Ngāti Kahu have not concluded a Treaty settlement within 3 years of NgāiTakoto’s settlement date around December 2018 then NgāiTakoto will have the sole right to purchase the property as a deferred selection property. This approach was taken because the Crown had to balance the interests of both iwi while ensuring certainty about the future of the airport.Kaitāia Airport was included on the basis outlined above in the Crown’s settlement offer to Ngāti Kahu. Both Land Information New Zealand and Far North Holdings Ltd the commercial arm of the Far North District Council are due to begin renegotiating lease arrangements for the airport. Both NgāiTakoto and Ngāti Kahu will be offered the opportunity as potential future landowners to be involved in those discussions.So that is the position. Ngāti Kahu has not been locked out. I would very much like Ngāti Kahu to get involved in negotiations and let me say this: I have received a number of notes from people in Ngāti Kahu who are very keen to begin negotiations and I would hate to think that they are going to be criticised as Ngāti Kahu occupying the airport because it is not. There are a few miscreants who are doing it. They do not reflect Ngāti Kahu. I hope that the day will come very soon when the miscreants will get lost and Ngāti Kahu negotiators—be they the current ones or new ones—will sit down with the Crown to sort out these arrangements. There is no place for this kind of oafish behaviour and I say no more than that because it is a matter for the police. It is an operational matter and politicians do not get involved in operational matters.KELVIN DAVIS (Labour—Te Tai Tokerau): My contribution in the Committee stage will be brief because to be frank Ngāti Kuri Te Aupōuri NgāiTakoto and Te Rarawa have waited long enough. But I do want to thank the Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations for just spelling out Supplementary Order Paper 114 and explaining how the bill is going to be split up into its component parts to reflect the needs of each of the iwi.I would also like to thank him for the explanation regarding the situation at Kaitāia Airportas well. Ngāti Kahu and NgāiTakoto have a 50:50 interest in it. If after December 2018 Ngāti Kahu have decided not to go further NgāiTakoto will have the opportunity to purchase the airport on their own and I understand the reasoning. Why should one iwi’s progress be held up because another iwi has decided not to engage? So I thank the Minister for that explanation.I would also just like if the Committee could indulge me for a second to express my concern around the occupation at the airport and it is to do with the opportunity for medical flights to get into the airport. I believe that as of today there are some 60 people whose health issues could be jeopardised by the doctors and specialists not being able to fly in and out and those 60-odd people are all the whanaunga of the people who are agitating at the airport. I am told that there are children waiting for operations. I am told that there are people with mental health issues who are waiting for psychiatrists to come up. If those people do not get the treatment they need who knows what may happen to them? As the person I spoke to on the phone earlier this morning said if they go off and cause problems in the community then it just causes more troubles.So I would like to think that the protesters have the right to protest. I think that they have made their point but for the good and the health and well-being of the people of Kaitāia—all of their whanaunga—I think that they should stand down from their protest. I believe that if someone has a heart attack and the hospital cannot deal with it and they need to be air-evacuated out the hospital does not call in a helicopter for that; they actually fly in a plane. The airline is concerned about flying its pilots and its staff into a situation that may turn volatile. We do not know what people may do that might endanger the flights. So as I say I would like to think that the protesters have made their point. They should now stand down for the well-being of the people of Kaitāia.But as I say I am not going to drag this out any longer. Ngāti Kuri Te Aupōuri NgāiTakoto and Te Rarawa have waited long enough for this day. Kia ora.Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS (Leader—NZ First): There is a fundamental principle that you cannot fix a wrong by creating another one. At the second reading of this legislation New Zealand First pointed out in respect of the negotiations that certain claimants claimed rights and that was dismissed by the Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations. The fact is that the airport at Kaitāia is closed today. That is the northernmost airport in this country and my colleague Kelvin Davis has spelt out how important it is. Yet this bill is before Parliament today and the Minister himself probably out of a sense of guilt decided to raise voluntarily a critical part in it. That is in respect of NgāiTakoto’s claim of half of the airport. The question is whether the protest is based on a possible valid legitimate claim and whether it has a basis in law. The law is very clear on this matter in this sense: that land taken under the Public Works Act if no longer to be used for that purpose should be first offered to the original owners. The real question here then is it is still being used as an airport and the Government has decided to change ownership but is that change back to the original owners? That is the question for which the answer is in dispute and that is why we have a protest now.It is all very well for the Minister to say “when the miscreants will get lost” “no place for this kind of oafishness” and “politicians”—to quote him—“don’t get involved in police matters”. Well with respect this is day two of the airport being obstructed and the people of the far north be they Māori or European are entitled to have a better answer than that. If this is a baseless claim then let the lawful authorities do their duty. But we are not going to stand by up north while a critical facility in a neglected region is itself closed. We already have lost on 1 April the services of Air New Zealand. We have an interim service from Barrier Air and now it cannot operate. So I am asking the Minister what the Government intends to do. He can recite the 2013 statement in respect of the claim of authority that he just gave except of course last month the Wellington High Court instructed the tribunal to reconsider Ngāti Kahu’s request. So let us have the latest law not the one that is being superseded in terms of a decision at the Wellington High Court.What does the Government propose to do—shove the legislation through all its readings today and if it is erroneous as to the claimants’ rights with respect to the airport then that will be imposed by law? Or does the Government intend in this case to send that bill back to the select committee to sort out the rightful answer to the question that is being asked? I think that everybody up north Māori and European is entitled to hear more than that from the Minister today. He comes from a Cabinet that after all has a Minister of Police. I would like to know what is going to happen because all people regardless of their background are going to be damaged. What we will not do is stand by and do nothing.We want the Minister to tell us today what he intends to do. If he is going to say: “Oh well Ngāti Kahu can wait all the way until September 2018.” what about the airport? When is it going to be operative? Will it be operative this afternoon? Will the Government make a decision? Will the Minister of Police ensure that this airport is reopened? Because what cannot go on is this matter being timed to stop this important facility which if it is allowed to continue will damage the health and economic interests of everybody in the far north and they cannot afford that. So could we please have an answer to the question being put?I am not siding with any claimant on this matter but if you have got two claimants there is a ring about that and it concerns me. It is not the first time. Remember Paraparaumu Airport? Remember it being given back to the original owners? No the last National Government did not do that. His colleagues did a closet deal with a private interest. And then you have got Hood Aerodome in Masterton. Was it offered back to the original claimants? No. It was sold to the Masterton District Council for $1.We are not going to have these compounding mistakes made by this Minister who sits beside everybody else as though they are not aware of the facts. With respect Minister some of us have lived in the north a darned sight longer than you have.Hon CHRISTOPHER FINLAYSON (Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations): And some of us have read the legislation and the deed a darned sight more carefully than the Rt Hon Winston Peters. Let me repeat again for the right honourable member in words that are simple and clear: the occupiers have no right to interfere with members of the local community carrying out lawful activities. Occupation is not the way to address these issues. As I said in my first contribution both Ngāti Kahu and NgāiTakoto have interests in the airport. I refer—Rt Hon Winston Peters: I don’t agree.Hon CHRISTOPHER FINLAYSON: Well the member may not agree but I suggest that he read the 2013 remedies report. It may be instructive for him. Kaitāia Airport is already—read the lips—available to Ngāti Kahu through the Treaty settlement process as a deferred selection property. It is available at 50 percent because of the conjoint interests. That is the point that the member steadfastly refuses to acknowledge or inquire as to the correctness of the position.So before getting on his high horse in this Chamber and giving one of his contributions which are always very impressive although utterly devoid of fact can I suggest that he read the deed of settlement read the 2013 remedies report and then speak from the basis of someone who is properly instructed on the facts—a novelty but a very worthwhile occupation.Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS (Leader—NZ First): I raise a point of order Mr Speaker. I seek to table the debate pack which the Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations clearly has not read which refers to the 2015 decision at the High Court in Wellington.The CHAIRPERSON (Hon Chester Borrows): What is the source of the debate pack?Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS (Leader—NZ First): Well it probably comes from the Minister himself but he has not read it.The CHAIRPERSON (Hon Chester Borrows): No that is not a point of order and the leave will not be put.The question was put that the amendments set out on Supplementary Order Paper 113 in the name of the Hon Christopher Finlayson be agreed to.Amendments agreed to.Parts 1 to 15 schedules 1 to 22 and clauses 1 and 2 as amended agreed to.The Committee divided the bill into the Ngāti Kuri Claims Settlement Bill the Te Aupouri Claims Settlement Bill the NgāiTakoto Claims Settlement Bill Te Rarawa Claims Settlement Bill the Ngāti Kahu Accumulated Rentals Trust Bill and the Reserves and Other Lands Disposal Act 1977 Amendment Bill pursuant to Supplementary Order Paper114.Bill reported with amendment.Report adopted.Third ReadingsHon CHRISTOPHER FINLAYSON (Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations): I move That the Ngāti Kuri Claims Settlement Bill Te Aupouri Claims Settlement Bill the NgāiTakoto Claims Settlement Bill Te Rarawa Claims Settlement Bill the Ngāti Kahu Accumulated Rentals Trust Bill and the Reserves and Other Lands Disposal Act 1977 Amendment Billbe now read a third time.E te Tūmuaki Kōrero o te Whare tēnā koe. E aku hoa mema o te Whare tēnā koutou. E ngā manuhiri tūārangi o Te Tai Tokerau ngā iwi o Te Hiku o Te Ika a Ngāti Kurī Te Aupōuri NgāiTakoto Te Rarawa nau mai haere mai! Haere mai ki Te Whanga-nui-a-Tara haere mai ki te Whare Pāremata. Kei te maumahara ki te hunga kua mene atu ki te pō tae atu ki a Dame Whina Cooper nāna te hīkoi nui me te ōhāki ki te motu; ā me te Hōnore Matiu Rata hoki nāna te moemoeā i whai take ai tātou i tēnei rā. He rā nui tēnei mō ngā iwi o Te Hiku o Te Ika ā he rā nui hoki mō tātou katoa. Rau rangatira mā tēnei taku mihi ki a koutou tēnā koutou tēnā koutou tēnā tātou katoa.[Greetings to you Mr Assistant Speaker of the House. To you my fellow members of the House and to the visitors from afar of Northland the tribes of Te Hiku o Te Ika Ngāti Kurī Te Aupōuri Ngāi Takoto and Te Rarawa welcome come hither! Welcome to Wellington and Parliament House. I bring back to mind those who have gathered in the void including Dame Whina Cooper whose great march and last words to the nation were hers and the Hon Matiu Rata whose dream it was that makes this day a fruitful one for us. This day is a great one for the tribes of Te Hiku o Te Ika and for us all. And so I acknowledge you my esteemed ones of a hundredfold; congratulations and well done to you and to us all collectively.]Can I begin by offering my very warm greetings to the people of Ngāti Kuri Te Aupōuri NgāiTakoto and Te Rarawa who have travelled here from the far far north the Tail of the Fish to witness the passing of these Treaty settlements into law. I do acknowledge the great distance many have travelled to be here today particularly those who set off by bus at 5 a.m. yesterday morning and have travelled virtually non-stop through day and night to be here.I welcome everyone from Te Hāpua Te Kao Kaimaumau Kaitāia the Hokianga and so many points in between to the head of the fish our nation’s Parliament. I acknowledge the presence of some of the rangatahi. I understand that all of Pangaru kura as well as students from Pukemiro and Te Rangiāniwaniwa are here today viewing from the old Legislative Council Chamber and others have also sent representatives—a very warm welcome to all those rangatahi.I also acknowledge those who have been unable to make the journey to Wellington and who are marking this occasion in other ways. I acknowledge the symbolism of Ngāti Kuri leaving all but two of their seats in this House empty—empty to remind us all of those who experienced the grievances and have now passed on.Sadly the news of the passing of Gloria Herbert who led Te Rarawa in the early years of negotiations with the Crown reached us yesterday. I know Gloria set the tone leading with strength and grace and driving the message that both Treaty partners can achieve much when they work to understand each other. It was fitting that she was one of the first to sign the Te Rarawa deed at Te Ahu in 2012 but she left us knowing the settlement was almost completed. My condolences to her whānau and to the iwi she served so well.Can I also take this opportunity to express my sympathies to Shane Jones and his family and Graham Latimer and his family at their time of dreadful loss. I know those ancestors whose lives were so impacted by the wrongful actions the Crown is seeking to atone for through these settlements and whose wairua are carried by the iwi here today. I honour those ancestors.This third reading is the penultimate step in a Treaty claim and a settlement journey that is of national significance. It is not an overstatement to say that the iwi leaders here have been pivotal in shaping the way in which our country both examines the injustices that were historically suffered by Māori and strives to address them.Why are we having this debate today? Because in a few days’ time it will be 40 years since the great Māori Land March set off from Te Hāpua. Most New Zealanders who witnessed it were compelled by that seemingly frail yet passionately articulate woman who led the march Dame Whina Cooper. The imagery was powerful and it is stamped in our national memory and the messages conveyed even more so. Pākehā had to stop and consider what made a 79-year-old kuia decide to lead a march the very length of the North Island.I pause to acknowledge those here today including the children of Whina Cooper and those who joined that protest and brought that very important message here to our nation’s Parliament. By the time the hīkoi arrived the country was watching and one message was clear: Māori had legitimate Treaty grievances; they had to be addressed.Of course the Te Hiku people know the importance of having strong representatives in Parliament. The north sent a man whom we all greatly admire Matiu Rata to this House and he earnt his place in New Zealand history for many achievements but perhaps none more so than the establishment of the Waitangi Tribunal 40 years ago this year creating the pathway for these important claims to be heard.Matiu Rata walked that pathway but not alone. As “Karanga rā” the tribunal waiata says “The clarion voice of Rata calls. The movement in the Tail of the Fish responds.” Wiki Karena for Te Aupōuri Simon Snowdon for Te Rarawa the Rev. Māori Marsden for NgāiTakoto and McCully Matiu for Ngāti Kahu joined Matiu Ratu in submitting what became known as the Wai 45 Muriwhenua land claim in 1987. They were supported in the pursuit of justice by the expert evidence of Rima Edwards the political courage of Graham Latimer and the practical assistance of many many iwi members. They benefited from the contribution of some final legal minds. It could be said that the far north was a judicial incubator. Dame Sian Elias as she now is; Joe Williams now in the High Court; and David Baragwanath who is now doing important work in The Hague were just some of the lawyers who worked for these iwi.The historical picture captured in the report was of a strong people with all their rich layers of interconnections and history ready to welcome the opportunities offered by the arrival of new people and to form relationships that would be mutually beneficial. Within 25 years of signing the Treaty the Crown had acquired all the most fertile of Te Hiku lands through land taking involved in pre-Treaty transactions and had fundamentally altered the relationships entered into between iwi and settlers. Through purchasing vast areas of land cheaply and then failing to follow up with the promises from settlers to generate those new opportunities these good people were left with the most marginal land and little opportunity to sustain the people on their tribal lands and that situation only worsened after 1865.Although the tribunal heard the claims together each iwi ultimately sought their own pathway to settlement and I want to briefly reflect on each of the grievances and the settlement journeys.First Ngāti Kuri. To the representatives of Ngāti Kuri—very very warm greetings. If one knows Ngāti Kuri’s history it is not possible to think the Crown fulfilled the undertakings made in the Treaty. Put simply the Crown failed Ngāti Kuri. It failed from the outset to recognise the iwi as tangata whenua and respect their mana and rangatiratanga. It failed to protect their interests in land. It ignored the persistent pleas in the 1930s to return land the Crown was not using or to provide the economic development assistance that was being made available to other New Zealanders at a time when the situation of the people in Te Hāpua for example was so very desperate. It tried to remove the people from Kapowairua in the 1960s without complete success I might say because they proved tenacious and the bonds of whakapapa could not be extinguished.I remember so well the tears shed at Ngātaki on 7 February last year as I read the acknowledgments of the hurt and the suffering the Crown caused to Ngāti Kuri ancestors and those who are still with us today. I am so pleased this settlement will restore Kapowairua and other lands to this iwi and I acknowledge those who fought for that outcome including Ratima Petera Piri Paraone Motu Rapata Hone Aperahama Rata Raharuhi Paraha Neho Dame Mira Szaszy Nina Subritzky Saana Murray—who told me the story of how she was hit when she spoke Te Reo at school—Sophie Waitai and Alice Palmer. The iwi negotiators Harry Burkhardt Tom Petricevich Catherine Murupaenga-Ikenn—they were all ably supported by the trust board but also by kuia and kaumātua particularly the late Merimeri Penfold that respected member of the Māori Battalion Charlie Petera and Pineaha Murray.To Te Aupōuri I say welcome. I pay tribute to the extraordinary patience and resolve Te Aupōuri have demonstrated since Matiu Wiki George Wītana Winiata Brown Waitai Petera and John Walters led the iwi into negotiations in 2000. I acknowledge the others who picked up the mahi of the negotiations: that great New Zealander Ata Kapa Michele Wi Hugh Karena Raymond Subritzky Ebony Duff Peter Lucas-Jones Maahia Nathan and the support team.When Ata Kapa submitted a claim to the tribunal in 1998 he asserted that Te Aupōuri have a proud history to maintain not necessarily in a glorification of tupuna in battle or heroics of rangatira—although I am sure that Shane Jones would say that is not exactly correct. But Ata wisely noted that Te Aupōuri have pursued the gradual and determined progress of the iwi as a unit over the years to the present. They have been particularly driven to ensure these settlements will enable the development of Te Aupōuri and will allow this iwi with the iwi of Te Hiku to exercise kaitiakitanga and rangatiratanga over Te Oneroa-a-Tōhe.This day has been a long day coming for Te Aupōuri.They have faced many challenges. There have been at least five Crown offers two agreements in principle and a period of withdrawal from negotiations when the Crown did not meet iwi aspirations. Te Aupōuri have dealt with four Ministers of Treaty settlements over 20 Crown agencies and two local authorities. Through all of it they have flown and sought a place to land where others might follow.Finally with this legislation the Te Aupōuri Māori Trust Board will be wound up. And of course what is new? There are eleventh hour challenges there as well but I am heartened by the new tribal entity and the leadership that has emerged. In relation to those troubles I promise representatives of Te Aupōuri that the Minister for Māori Development and I will be working closely with you to see a way through those problems.I come to NgāiTakoto the descendants of Tūwhakatere and say: behold the pioke from Rangaunu. It does indeed create quite a wake. The historical account in the deed of settlement describes the marginalisation of NgāiTakoto by the Crown. They bore the brunt of surplus land policy and early Crown purchasing. What is more the Crown failed to recognise their mana and thus failed to protect their customary interests.This settlement is about restoration for NgāiTakoto and an ability to create a future in which your connection to Kaimaumau to Te Make to Te Oneroa-a-Tōhe and to numerous other areas can no longer be marginalised or ignored. I am so pleased they have already secured through our early provision of settlement quantum highly important lands that the Crown could not provide in certain parts of their rohe.So many people have contributed to NgāiTakoto kaupapa over the years including as I said earlier the Rev. Māori Marsden the Rev. Harold Pētera Lance Brown Laddie and Harriet Cook Ivan Erstich Matilda Dick Hiriana Marsden and Walter Erstich. Although they did not have the opportunity to participate in negotiations I know their work and their legacies guided the iwi and can I say this: I also acknowledge a former member of Parliament Hone Harawira. Thanks to Wallace Rivers to Rangitāne Marsden to Mangu Awarau and to the team for the tremendous hard work they have put into securing a better future for the people of NgāiTakoto.And to Te Rarawa as I said we gathered here in 2011 to acknowledge the deed of settlement. It is such a great privilege to have them back here today. As I think about what led Dame Whina to march to this House 40 years ago I know that she carried the burden of Te Rarawa ancestors. Generations of their people over more than 170 years have borne the responsibility of seeking redress from the Crown.There are so many people here who deserve to be thanked for their tremendous work in bringing those stories to the attention of the Crown. That work has continued throughout the 19th century and again into the 20th century when your leaders participated in commissions of inquiry into grievances about land including for example at Motu Karaka. Iwi leaders sought recognition and redress for other grievances such as the Crown’s acquisition of timber and resources at various places and the Crown’s administration of Māori land in the 20th century including Te Kārae.The human capital Te Rarawa people have had to spend in the pursuit of redress is truly regrettable. In the face of all those grievances—and my summary is hopelessly inadequate—it is humbling to think about the approach they brought to negotiating a settlement. In 1990 Dame Whina told an international audience to remember “that the Treaty was signed so that we could all live as one nation in Aotearoa”.Te Hiku leaders sought to walk the talk of that by designing redress that would set out for example how Te Rarawa and the Crown would work in the future. Te Rarawa leaders have pushed hard to guide the Crown to a better Treaty relationship. Led by Gloria Herbert they emphasised the need for the Crown and iwi to treat one another with respect and with honour. Other Treaty negotiators—Haami Piripi Paul White Malcolm Peri under the guidance of Joe Cooper—had an unwavering commitment to securing a settlement. I know that they have been supported by many others including Tame Murray Hec Busby and many many more.Finally let me say something about shared redress. Individually these settlements are significant. They provide each of the iwi an opportunity to determine their future. Collectively however the settlements are truly unique. The iwi’s decision to join together to negotiate and agree common arrangements across significant redress that is important to all appropriately reflects the ancestral network that binds all together but it also speaks to a great vision. It takes true leadership to work together to that degree.I conclude by acknowledging the quality of the negotiators. Iwi have been served by some extraordinarily gifted people who were committed to finding innovative and flexible approaches to the redress. The qualities of the leaders in the galleries—we have the best leaders that one could possibly seek to negotiate with. They had an aspiration for progress. They had the tenacity to pursue it. They had an ability to be forthright with grace and often with humour and they kept me on my toes.I will never forget my first meeting with Hugh Kārena when he said: “The big question Minister is whether you’re up to it.” I want to acknowledge the fine work of my chief Crown negotiator Pat Snedden in both the individual and collective negotiations. He phoned me in 2008 and asked me whether I wanted him to continue. I said: “Go for it.” He did a wonderful job and I salute him today. I also acknowledge the hard work of officials from the Office of Treaty Settlements. I particularly acknowledge Maureen Hickey. Maureen Hickey has worked on these settlements for over 10 years and I salute her for her ability and her professionalism.Finally I want to reflect on what we have collectively achieved. It is said that Mat Rata quietly returned more Crown land to Māori in a single term than any Minister previously. I am so pleased these settlements continue that legacy through one of the largest returns of land to Māori ownership through any Treaty settlement. We are taking a unique approach to conservation lands by establishing the Te Hiku o Te Ika Conservation Board and through the korowai more broadly.Cape Reinga will have its name Te Rerenga Wairua restored. It will return to Māori ownership and protection. Almost 30 years ago Te Hiku asked in the tribunal for the spiritual significance of Te Oneroa-a-Tōhē to be appropriately recognised in legislation. Today that comes to fruition and in addition Te Hiku will alongside other local authorities provide governance over Te Oneroa-a-Tōhē.Finally I hope the day will come when we in this House pass legislation giving effect to a Ngāti Kahu settlement. In the meantime safeguards are provided through the Ngāti Kahu Accumulated Rentals Trust Bill. It will ensure that the interest from the rent on Crown forests starts to accumulate for the benefit of Ngāti Kahu.In closing can I express my thanks to members of Parliament who have worked with me over the years on this matter. As has been said earlier in this House this has been a truly bipartisan effort. I have always enjoyed talking to Kelvin Davis about these matters and listening to his wisdom on these topics and even Hone Harawira and I could sit down from time to time and talk sensibly.I want to finish now by expressing my excitement for the future of Te Hiku. The commitments between Te Hiku iwi and the Crown that we are giving legislative weight to are very significant indeed. I have every confidence that this is a new beginning not just for iwi collectively but for each of the iwi and the Crown. I am very grateful to you Mr Assistant Speaker and to the House for giving me the indulgence of going slightly beyond the 10-minute period so that I could cover all those points. I commend the bill to the House.KELVIN DAVIS (Labour—Te Tai Tokerau): Tēnā koe Mr Assistant Speaker. “Ruia ruia tahia tahia kia hemo te kākoakoa kia herea mai i te kawau korokī kia tātaki mai i tāna i pūkorokoro whaikoro. Ko te kūaka he kūaka mārangaranga kotahi te manu i tau ki te tahuna tau ana tau ana”. Tau ana ngā kūaka o Te Hiku o Te Ika kei raro i te tuanui o tēnei Whare i te rā nei nā reira e ōku whanaunga rau rangatira mā mai i Ngāti Kurī Te Aupōuri NgāiTakoto Te Rarawa tēnā koutou nau mai haere mai haere mai whakatau mai. Whakatau mai nei pīkaungia mai ngā tini mate kei runga i ō koutou pokowhiwhi. Kua rongo ake nei ngā īngoa o wētahi pērā i a Dame Whina pērā i a Matiu Rata pērā i a Gloria inanahi rā i a Ngāreta Mete i a Dame Emily rātou katoa mā kore au e taea te ‘hakahuahuatia ngā īngoa katoa ēngari pīkaungia mai rātou katoa hei utaina mai ki runga i ngā mate o te motu kia tūhonohono ai rātou te hunga wairua ki te hunga wairua. Kia tūtakitaki ai rātou pēnei i a tātou te hunga ora e tūhonohono ana e tūtakitaki ana nā reira tēnā koutou.[Thank you Mr Assistant Speaker. “Scatter scatter sweep on sweep on let us not be plundered by our foe by the rope that has been stretched out and fastened let us rejoice by moving along the rope. Godwits flock together. When one rises flies away and lands on the beach others follow.” The godwits of the Tail of the Fish have landed beneath the roof of this house. And so to you my relatives and esteemed leaders of a hundredfold of Ngāti Kurī Te Aupōuri NgāiTakoto and Te Rarawa greetings to you welcome come hither welcome welcome. Welcome bring forth the myriad of deaths that are upon your shoulders. I heard some names like Dame Whina Cooper Matiu Rata Gloria yesterday Ngāreta Mete and Dame Emily—all of them. I cannot recall them all but nevertheless bring them all here and place them upon the deaths of the nation so that they can engage with each other like we the living meet and link up with each other. So acknowledgments to you collectively.]Yesterday as I left the tangi for Ngāreta Mete Shane Jones’ wife I was at the airport in Kerikeri. There were a number of people from Te Hiku who had to come down to Kerikeri to fly out. I listened to their stories and I see Errol Murray up there. Errol told me the story about how in the mid-1980s as a young man I guess in his 20s—at least eh Errol—he went with a number of kaumātua and their names have been said: Matiu Rata Simon Snowden and those great people. He said his job was just to be the driver. He just drove them around from hui to hui as they talked about whether to settle or not and the pros and the cons. Now here he is as a young grandfather and those men have passed on. Although they are not here in body we know they are here in spirit. They started the journey; these people here are here to finish the journey. They are not here to listen to the third reading of a bill. They are here to realise a dream that was started—actually 180 years ago it all kicked off.It was 180 years ago when everything started to happen that affected our people in such a way that we actually have not realised our potential as we should as Māori across the whole country. And so the likes of Matiu kicked things off in the mid-1980s and people like Errol and many others were there as young people just listening and hearing and as our old people have passed on they have had to carry the mantle so that we have got to this stage here where basically the prologue of the story has been written and now further chapters in the book that is going to be the history of Ngāti Kuri Te Aupōuri NgāiTakoto and Te Rarawa are about to be written.As I said in the earlier debate on Te Kawerau ā Maki Claims Settlement Bill I had an uncle who once said to me on the marae: “If ever you stuff up fix it.” The Crown over generations has stuffed up and it has taken way too long for those errors to be fixed. So here we are as the members in this House. Be we sitting on that side of the Whare or this side of the Whare or anywhere around we are charged with the task of fixing up the mistakes that the Crown which we represent perpetuated upon our people for those 180 years. So it is a great pleasure and it is with the utmost humility that I stand here and take part in this great day.This day belongs to Ngāti Kuri Te Aupōuri NgāiTakoto and Te Rarawa. Let us not let anything else that is going on around our rohe diminish from the fact that this day has arrived after way too long. I was sitting with John Paitai yesterday at the airport. We were colleagues. He was the deputy principal at Kaitāia College; I was the principal of Kaitāia Intermediate School. He now happens to be the principal of Bay of Islands College an auspicious educational institution I must say. Its first XV of 1984 was well led. It did not actually lose to Kaitāia College at all—three wins two draws. John was telling me about his parents. He said they gave their lives for this kaupapa for this cause to see this through and there are so many others who have done that.And it is all—who is it for? Actually it is for those young people sitting in the other room over there from Te Kura Taumata o Panguru Te Rangi Āniwaniwa and Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Pukemiro. That is what this is all happening for: not so that these people up here can really benefit but so those young people those mokopuna those rangatahi—so that they can move forward. Those kura are doing a fantastic job and I hope those young people—that you are listening and that you are going to be the people who are going to take this mantle that these people up here have negotiated for you taking this settlement and moving it into the future so that your mokopuna can also benefit and grow and thrive and reach their potential not just in Te Hiku o Te Ika but throughout New Zealand and throughout the world.I thank the Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations for his comprehensive summary of everything that has occurred. You know it just defies belief that people can lose so much and yet still survive. When we look at Ngāti Kuri for instance who did not sign Te Tiriti o Waitangi at the time of te Tiriti tikanga Māori—and for many years tikanga Māori just prevailed. That was the way it was. And then these people turn up and they just start changing the rules. They start alienating Ngāti Kuri from their land. They start alienating them from their reo their tikanga and their traditions so that by 1890 in fact over 70 percent of Ngāti Kuri’s land had been alienated.And then of course the Native Land Court turns up and they have their hearings and land is surveyed out and only 10 people can own any piece of land. That was all set up basically just so the land could be chopped and divvied up and partitioned off. Of course the surveys that went on they all cost money and people who did not have money were charged. So they went into debt and so they had to sell more land to pay off that debt and it was just a snowball effect. Ngāti Kuri repeatedly asked for the return of their land and were repeatedly denied. It is due to the Crown’s actions and omissions that Ngāti Kuri were left with very little land and fewer economic opportunities.Te Aupōuri—the story is very similar. There was an incident in 1842 where a schooner washed up on the beach and some of the locals saw these gifts from Tangaroa washed up there and took them. The Crown comes along and says: “You need to compensate the owner.” The Crown took 2482 acres of land. It gave 1000 to the owner of the schooner for his lost goods and kept the other 1482 as Crown-surplus land. Surplus land I think is just a euphemism for theft. For those people who do not know the surplus land—basically someone like a surveyor could go along and say “Oh it looks like here there’s 100000 acres.” when in reality there were only 70000 acres. Then 70000 acres were surveyed out and the other 30000 acres just went to the Crown. It was systematic systemic theft of land. In 1858 100000 acres was purchased after the Crown agent deliberately underestimated the acreage—100000 acres of land. In 1896 surveys again created huge debts and the land was vested in what became known as the Tokerau District Māori Land Board. That organisation has a lot to answer for.After the collapse of the gun trade in the 1920s the Crown tried to implement a land consolidation scheme that failed leading to further debt and land alienation. In the 1950s a failed attempt to develop dairy farms created more problems. So this is something that New Zealand has to understand: we are not just talking about what happened in the 1800s; we are talking about things that have happened in the lifetimes of these people sitting here. It is not all just historical grievance; it is actually contemporary grievance but the Crown just continued along its merry way further alienating our people from their land and as a consequence from language customs and culture.So throughout the 20th century Te Aupōuri and Te Hiku have been deprived meaning whānau have often had to leave. I remember my auntie who had the good sense to marry my uncle Toss Tetai who lives in Kāretu. Auntie Janie—she was a Wells—said that when she was going to Te Kura o Te Kao there was 260-odd students. Now I think there are something like 30. So again the Crown’s actions and omissions left Te Aupōuri without sufficient land and as a result they have lost a lot of their language and their tikanga.NgāiTakoto—they were not included in many land transactions prior to te Tiriti. A lot of the negotiations were just done around them as if they did not exist. Post-Treaty land claims commissioners confirmed the alienation of 32000 acres of NgāiTakoto land—32000 acres. It just rolls off the tongue but we actually need to stop and take stock of the size of 32000 acres. When you take that amount of land off somebody—and a lot of it was along the river so it denied them access to the most fertile lands—imagine the harm that causes to a people and that is what happened to NgāiTakoto. They were also victims of that schooner incident. They had interests in the land that was given back to that schooner captain and the Crown took surplus land. In 1858 and 1859 112613 acres were lost. By 1859 some 19 years after Te Tiriti o Waitangi was signed NgāiTakoto were virtually landless. They were left almost unable to manage the traditional natural resources. Their cultural foundations and tribal structures were all but destroyed.Te Rarawa signed He Whakaputanga and te Tiriti. After 1840 21500 acres went to the Crown as surplus land. By 1865 100000 acres had been alienated by purchasing with the aim basically of extinguishing customary title. From the 1870s 130000 acres of Te Rarawa land and forest was purchased even though previous sales had not brought any economic benefits. By the start of the 20th century Te Rarawa held less than a third of their original land. Again the Crown’s actions and omissions have left Te Rarawa without sufficient or suitable land and the ability to develop economically socially and culturally.It is only appropriate that this legislation is passed and that the apologies are made and reiterated. It gives me great joy that Ninety Mile Beach is going to be renamed Te Oneroa-a-Tōhe. Even though I was born and bred in Kawakawa an hour or so south of Te Hiku area my whakapapa ties go right back to Tōhe the tupuna whose name is Te Oneroa-a-Tōhe. It means the long beach of Tōhe. That means I whakapapa directly to these people here. Te Oneroa-a-Tōhe has extensive spiritual meaning to us. It is what we call Te Ara Wairua the spiritual pathway. Yesterday at the tangihanga in Kohukohu I was able to recite: Mai i Whāro ki Waimimiha ki Ngāpae ki te pā o Utea ki Ngātamarāwaho ki Te Arai ki Whakatehaua ki a Waipakaru ki a Waikānae ki a Kōhangatī ki a Kauwaeparāoa ki a Te Neke [from Wharo to Waimimiha Ngāpae the fortress of Utea Ngātamarāwaho Te Ārai Whakatehaua Waipakaru Waikānae Kōhangatī Kauwaeparāoa and Te Neke].It is the length of Te Oneroa-a-Tōhe. Those are the names of the places that our spirits pass by as they head up the west coast: Ka haere rātou ki a Haumu ki a Maringinoa ki a Waingurunguru ki a Motuōpao i Hērangi ki a Waitarau ki a Te Wērahi ki a Tarawamaomao ki a Ngaatua-peruperu heke iho i te puke rā ki Te Waiora o Tāne ki Te Wai Whero o Rata ki te wāhi e kīia nei ko Moetatau arā ko Te Rerenga o Ngā Wairua [they go on to Haumu Maringinoa Waingurunguru Motuōpao i Hērangi Waitarau Te Wērahi Tarawamaomao and Ngaatua-peruperu and down that hillock to Te Waiora o Tāne Te Wai Whero o Rata to the place Moetatau—in other words Te Rerenga o Ngā Wairua].It has immense spiritual connection to us as Māori and it is only appropriate that the name is restored and also that the board set up to protect and look after Te Oneroa-a-Tōhe happens. It is not going to be just a group of Māori who turn up and start laying down the law in terms of Te Oneroa-a-Tōhe. It is half made up of representatives from Te Hiku tribes and half made up of the regional council. Why? So that we can restore the mana the wairua of that beach to what it was so many years ago. That is the beauty of this bill. Also there is te korowai. As the Minister has mentioned that provision enables the iwi to look after a large area of what was conservation land.I think that we have a—sorry I do not think; we do have a positive future to look forward to up in Te Hiku. I would just like to acknowledge all the names all the people all the negotiators. All the names were read out and I am sorry I cannot do justice to that. I know I would definitely leave out names so I will not try to recite them all. But you have done a fantastic job in terms of leading our people up in the north towards a better future—our mokopuna up north towards a better future.So I thank you all very much for being here to share this day. It is a day for Ngāti Kuri for Te Aupōuri for Te Rarawa and for NgāiTakoto. It is your day. Let us not let anything spoil it. Let us have a great celebration tonight and I thank the Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations for his invitation to the dinner—or else I would have been having sandwiches in my office! Nā reira tātou mā huri rauna i tō tātou Whare tēnā koutou tēnā koutou tēnā tātou katoa.[So acknowledgments greetings and congratulations to us all throughout our House.]Hon TE URUROA FLAVELL (Minister for Māori Development): Tēnā koe Mr Assistant Speaker. Kia ora tātou katoa. Kai aku rangatira kua puta mai Te Hiku o Te Ika kia eke mai ki Te Upoko o Te Ika hara mai rā. Hara mai rā me ngā mate huhua kua pā ki a koutou otirā ki ngā mea e noho nei i roto i te Whare Pāremata. Tēnei te kawe nei i ngā mate o taku taha ki a Te Arawa i tēnei ata i te tekau mā tahi o ngā hāora i tēnei ata i taki haere nei wētahi o te kāinga ko te kupu whakamutunga ki runga i tētahi āpōpō ko tētahi anō. Nō reira anā kua huihui mai rātau katoa kua kōrerohia i tēnei ata. Nō reira hara mai me ngā mate huhua otirā rātau e kōrerohia ake nei.Nō reira tēnā koutou i hara mai i tawhiti. I hara mai i tawhiti kia kite mai ai i te pūāwaitanga o tēnei mea o te kōrero otirā ngā wawata i wawatatia mai ai e ō koutou e ō tātau tūpuna i te wā i a rātau. Nō reira koinei te whaiwhai haere i ngā kōrero o te Minita tuatahi e kore au e hoki ki wāna kōrero inā kē te nui o tana kōrero me ngā kai ō-roto e kōrero nei mō te hītori e kōrero nei mō ngā mahi uaua te ara tāpokopoko i whaiwhai haeretia e koutou. Nō reira waiho tērā kōrero ki reira ko tāku he tautoko i a ia i whakakao nei i ngā iwi kia mahitahi kia eke ki tēnei taumata.Ka rua ka mihi rā ki te mema Pāremata mō Te Tai Tokerau ki a Kelvin me te papai o tana kōrero! Ā kai pōhēhē te tangata e kore tēnei āhuatanga e pā mai ki ngā mema Pāremata kātahi te pōhēhē ko tērā! Arā i rongo nei i tana wairua i tēnei ata! E ngākaunui ana ki tō tātau iwi ki a koutou kua tae mai! He pēnā anō hoki māua ko te Minita i Taranaki i ngā rā kua hipa i raro i Te Maunga o Taranaki. I kōrerohia te hītori o Parihaka ā ka pā ki te ngākau ka puta te roimata. I rongo ngā taringa i rongo te wairua mō ērā o ngā āhuatanga ngā pēhitanga kua tau mai ki runga i a tātau katoa. Kaua ko Taranaki i tōna kotahi kaua ko Tainui i tōna kotahi kaua ko ē Whanganui i tōna kotahi ēngari ā ko koutou ko tātau e hoa mā! Tēnā koutou tēnā koutou tēnā koutou katoa!I kōrerohia ngā mate tērā o ngā tuāhine a Ngāreta i kōrerohia a Kahurangi Emily waiho tērā ki reira i kōrerohia te hunga pēnei i a Whina Cooper mā a Matiu Rata mā. Ē ko tāku he tautoko ake i ērā kōrero katoa! Ko tētahi āhuatanga o Te Tai Tokerau e hia kē nei ngā porotēhi kua tīmata mai ai i Te Hiku o Te Ika! I kōrero mai tētahi mō Whina Cooper i tīmata mai ai tērā kaupapa i hea? Ā anei ngā iwi Te Tai Tokerau Te Hiku o Te Ika Te Rerenga Wairua! Ka eke ki te kaupapa o te takutai moana tīmata mai ai tērā i hea? Anei tētahi wāhanga ki Te Tai Tokerau ko tētahi wāhanga ki taku tuahine ki Ngāti Kahungunu.Ko te tikanga o taku kōrero e pēnei ana i te tau 1840 i te rā 6 o Hui-tanguru o Pēpuere rānei i hainatia mai ai Te Tiriti o Waitangi ki Te Tai Tokerau inā kē ōna moemoeā inā kē ōna hiahia inā kē ōna tūmanako! Kaua mō Te Tai tokerau i tōna kotahi ēngari mō te motu! Te tikanga ia he nohotahitanga o Te Pākehā me Te Māori! Anei tātau i tēnei rā e hokinga arā anō ki tērā kaupapa ki tērā Tiriti me te kī atu kātahi tō hē e te Kāwanatanga kaua ko tētahi Kāwanatanga i tōna kotahi ēngari ā ia tau ia tau ā e pērā anō te āhua! Kua hoki mai tēnei iwi i raro i tērā korowai o Te Tiriti o Waitangi ki te whakatika i tērā hē i ērā hapa!Nō reira koia te mihi ki a koutou kai aku rangatira! Tīmata mai ai i reira anei koutou e whakatika nei i tērā hapa! Kai te kite atu i ētahi o ngā hoa o ngā tau kua hipa ake! He aha te mahi? Ā he kawe i te haki kia piupiu te haki ā ko te porotēhi ko te noho whenua ērā āhuatanga katoa e Mangu! Ā kai te kite atu i a koe! Ko tātau tērā me ngā tuāhine nei! Ko tā tātau i tērā wā he porotēhi mō ngā mahi nanakia a te Kāwanatanga! Ē tēnei au e noho nei i taku whakaiti i tēnei wā! Anei au e tū nei i roto i te Whare Pāremata he mema Pāremata he Minita tonu e noho nei e tū nei i taku whakaiti ēngari kai te pai! Kua riro māku mā te Minita mā tēnei Whare Pāremata e whakatika ngā hapa ngā hē. Nō reira ēnei kōrero katoa kua puta mai i tēnei ata me te hoki o ngā mahara ki ngā huihuinga ki ngā wānanga ki Te Kawariki i kawe nei i ngā kōrero i ngā whakaaro he painga anō rā o te porotēhi! He whakaohooho i te iwi! E kore tātau e noho i te ngoikore ēngari kia mōhio mai ā he take kai reira!Ēngari i rongo ake tērā pea wētahi kāre i rongo i te kōrero i te ata nei mō te taunga waka rererangi i Kaitaia e whakanohoia nei e ētahi! Ko tā te Minita ē kua hē tērā hunga! Ko tā koutou mema Pāremata ko te kī atu tērā pea he take ēngari kai wareware mō te hunga māuiui! Mēnā hiahia rātau kia puta ki te hōhipera ka pēhea nei? Ka haere mā te waka kawe tūroro ki te hōhipera kai Whāngārei rā anō? Me tuku i te waka rererangi kia eke ki Kaitaia ki reira āwhina atu ai i a rātau! He whakaaro pai ērā! E tika ana kia whakatakoto ki roto i te Whare Pāremata.Ko tāna ko te kī atu ē kai te hoki te mana—āhua nei—ki a koutou mō Te Oneroa ā Tōhē. I te wā i a au e porotēhi ana i tū au ki tētahi pito o Te Oneroa ā Tōhē ka kore korekore rawa au e whakapono ka tae mai au ki konei ki te rongo i tēnei kōrero ka tukuna anō rā tētahi paku wāhanga o te mana mō Te Oneroa ā Tōhē ki a koutou!Nō reira koinei te mīharo ki tērā o ngā kaupapa ā ka mutu kia whai wāhi au mō te wā poto nei ki te kōrero mō tētahi take kua puta. Ēhara i te mea i pānuitia atu ēngari e koutou o Te Aupōuri. Ā tēnā i ngā wiki tata kua hipa ake i tae mai tētahi reta ki a au ā-Minita nei mai i Te Poari tawhito he hiahia nō tērā hunga kia tae atu tētahi ki te āwhina i a rātau. Tahi wiki rua wiki pea i muri ake ka tae mai te tiamana o Te Poari hōu ki te kī mai he āwangawanga ōna ki te āhuatanga o te noho o Te Poari tawhito. Ka kī atu au ā tēnā taihoa ake nei kia rukuhia te hōhonutanga o ngā take me ngā āwangawanga. Nō ngā wiki e rua pea kua hipa nāku tonu tētahi i tuku kia haere ki tērā poari ki te āwhina atu. Ka mutu ki te ruku ki te hōhonutanga o ngā mate o ngā take ā-moni nei mēnā he take kei reira.Nō reira kua rongo koutou i te kōrero a te Minita. Kāre i tika kia waiho ake te poari hei kawe ai ngā taumahatanga o te hunga tawhito. Me tuku i te mea hōu kia haere i tana haere kia kore ngā āwangawanga ngā nama ngā take e whakataumaha i a ia. Nō reira waiho ake tērā take ki a māua hei whaiwhai haere i ngā rā kei mua i te aroaro. E tika ana kia whakatika i tērā āhuatanga ēngari pai kē me āta titiro ki te hōhonutanga o tērā take i te tuatahi.Ka rua mō Te Ture Whenua. I puta te kōrero ko ngā whenua ka whakahoki atu ki a koutou ēngari kāre he take o tērā whenua mēnā ka noho herehere tonu tērā whenua! Te tūmanako ia ā te tau hōu ka tae mai tētahi pire hōu hei tuku i ngā here kia taea ai e Te Iwi Māori te whai i ngā huarahi e tika ana mō rātau ēngari kia kaua e tuku nui nei kei ngaro katoa te whenua i tohea mai ai e ētahi i te wā i a rātau.Ka mutu ko taku kōrero whakamutunga he whaiwhai haere ko tā te mema o Te Tai Tokerau ko tā Kelvin kōrero. Ki te hunga rangatahi kua tae mai i tēnei rā i tēnei rā tonu nei kai a tātau Te Kōhanga Reo kei a tātau Te Kura Kaupapa Māori kei a tātau ngā Reo Irirangi Māori kei a tātau Te Pouaka Whakaata Māori! Ko te nuinga o wā tātau rangatahi kāre pea i te mōhio i puta ēnei take katoa i te tohe i te pakanga! Pēnei i te hunga e kōrerohia ake nei a Matiu Rata mā! I puta ai te tohe i te pakanga i te heke o te werawera pēnei i ngā kerēme e korerohia ake nei! Ngā painga ka taka atu ki roto i ō koutou ringaringa! Nō reira ko taku īnoi ki te hunga rangatahi ko te kī atu me whai wāhi koutou mō te wā poto ki te titiro ki ēnei kaupapa ki ēnei kōrero i tēnei rangi! Ngā hītori kaua e pōhēhē māmā noa iho te tuku atu kāo! I puta ēnei āhuatanga katoa i te tohe! Nō reira e tika ana kia hara mai koutou ki konei ki te whakarongo ki ngā kōrero! Mā reira ka ako i te hōhonutanga o ngā take!Nō reira kai aku rangatira koia tērā! Kāre i kō atu kāre i kō mai! Hoi anō ko tāku he whaiwhai haere i ngā mihi a te hunga nei ki a koutou me te whakamihi atu ki a koutou katoa ko te hunga e noho nei ā-takawaenga i roto i ngā whiriwhiringa ka mutu tā koutou tokomaha! Kāti e tika ana kia tae katoa mai koutou ki tēnei o ngā Whare Pāremata i tēnei rā ko te wāhi ki a au mō te Pāti Māori ko te whakatūwhera i tōna ngākau me te kī atu kia kaha kia toa i roto i ngā tau kei mua i te aroaro! Mahia te mahi kia eke ki tōna taumata te taumata i wawatatia mai ai e te hunga kua ngaro atu i te tirohanga kanohi kai aku rangatira tēnā koutou tēnā koutou kia ora tātau katoa kai raro![Thank you Mr Assistant Speaker. Greetings to us all.To my esteemed ones Te Hiku from the Far North have come to Wellington so welcome indeed to you collectively. Come hither with the many deaths that have affected you but at the same time have affected those sitting here in Parliament House. I bear the deaths of my Te Arawa side this morning and at 11 a.m. some people from home left immediately specifically to attend a final eulogy and to attend another one tomorrow. So there you are; all the dead alluded to this morning have assembled. Therefore welcome to you and indeed the many deaths that were referred to.I salute those who have travelled from afar. You have travelled from afar to witness the realisation of this thing called discourse—in other words the hopes that your ancestors and our ancestors desired in their time. Therefore I am following up the Minister’s contributions but in the first instance I will not be repeating his address. His discourse and the content in it were massive. He addressed the history the work involved that was difficult for you and the path that you followed that bogged you down. So let us leave that there. My role is to support the Minister in terms of bringing tribes together and for them to work cooperatively to reach this pinnacle.Secondly I truly acknowledge Kelvin the member of Parliament for Te Tai Tokerau on his wonderful contribution. If one thinks mistakenly that this situation does not affect members of Parliament personally what an assumption that is! His emotion was plainly heard there this morning. The Minister and I experienced that as well beneath Mount Taranaki in recent days just past. The history of Parihaka was told. It stirred our emotions and caused tears to flow. Our ears heard and our emotions were moved by those circumstances and by the oppression imposed upon all of us. It was not upon Taranaki alone and neither was it upon Tainui and Whanganui alone either but on you collectively Te Hiku and on all of us colleagues. So good tidings to you all; well done and congratulations.The dead mentioned previously included one of the sisters Ngāreta and Kahurangi Emily. We will leave that one there and go to these ones like Whina Cooper and Matiu Rata. I support all those tributes to them. An aspect of Northland that I want to point out is that several protests began from the tail of the Fish. Someone mentioned Whina Cooper. Now where did that topic begin from? Here are the tribes—here is Te Tai Tokerau Te Hiku o Te Ika and Te Rerenga Wairua! And now we are up to the matter relating to the foreshore and seabed. Where did that protest start from? Here is a portion of Te Tai Tokerau and one part of my sister member of Parliament here of Ngati Kahungunu descent.The tenor of my contribution goes like this. In the year 1840 on 6 February—that is Hui-tanguru or Pēpuere—the Treaty of Waitangi was signed in Te Tai Tokerau and anendless amount of its dreams desires and aspirations emerged. It was not just for Te Tai Tokerau alone but for the nation its motive being for Pākehā and Māori to live together in harmony. And so here we are today going back to that principle to that Treaty and exclaiming at the same time how wrong you were the Government. But it was not just one particular Government on its own. Year after year the situation was repeated. This tribe has come back under the cloak of the Treaty of Waitangi to rectify that wrong those injustices.And so to you my esteemed chiefly ones I compliment you. It began from there and here you are putting that injustice to bed! I can see some mates from way back. What was the job? Carrying the banner waving it about protesting taking over the land in protest by occupying it and all those kinds of protest actions. Hello there Mangu; I can see you. That was us and the sisters here. Our role at that time was to protest against any underhand Government dealings. And here I am now sitting and standing here all humble in Parliament House as a member of Parliament and a current Crown Minister full of humility! But that is fine. The responsibility is mine now as the Minister and it is for this House of Parliament as well to redress infringements and wrongful actions and wrongdoings. All these sentiments have emerged this morning as well as recollections relating to gatherings seminars and to Te Kawariki which was responsible for the talk and ideology. There are gains indeed in protests; it gets the tribe going. We will not be idle but you must understand the issue that is there.Now some may have heard although others may not have heard the talk about the situation at Kaitaia Airport this morning. Some protesters occupied it. According to the Minister that lot have erred. Your member of Parliament for Te Tai Tokerau said that there might be an issue there and do not forget the sick people. If they want to get out to a hospital what will happen there? Will they go by ambulance all the way to Whangarei to the hospital there? Allow planes to land at Kaitaia to help the sick. That is a good idea. It is right that the matter be put before Parliament House.Your member also said that ownership of Ninety Mile Beach might be returned to you. When I was protesting I stood at one end of Ninety Mile Beach. I did not ever nor really believe that I might be present here and to hear this statement that a tiny governance proportion of Ninety Mile Beach would be ceded to you collectively. I express my admiration indeed for that one of the policies.What is more I take a brief opportunity to comment on an issue that has cropped up. It is not as though it was announced but to those of you of Te Aupōuri do listen closely. Now then recently just some weeks ago a letter arrived that was addressed to me as Minister from the past board requesting the assistance of someone to help them. One to 2 weeks afterwards perhaps the chairman of the new board arrived to inform me about his concerns about how the past board was positioned. I said to him to hold off a bit until an in-depth assessment of the concerns and issues was undertaken. After 2 weeks perhaps I sent someone to that board to provide the assistance they sought and as well as that to make an in-depth assessment of the defects the issues relating to finances to ascertain whether there was something of concern there.So you have heard the Minister’s address. It is not appropriate for the new trust board to bear the burdens of the past regime. The new trust board must be allowed to make its way going forward as it sees fit without being encumbered by concerns debts and issues of the previous board. And so let us leave that issue for us two to follow up in the days ahead. That situation must be addressed—that is correct—but it is far better that the depth of that issue is scrutinised properly first.Secondly about the Māori Land Act a statement was made that the lands will be returned to you but that land is useless if restrictions on it remain. The hope is that a new bill will arrive in the new year that will release the restrictions and will enableMāoridom to pursue pathways appropriate for them but not to release in huge chunks in case all of the land is lost that some people debated over in their time.And furthermore my closing remark is to follow up the contribution by the member for Te Tai Tokerau Kelvin. To you the young people who arrived here today we have the Māori language nest movement Māori-medium schools Māori radio and Māori Television. We have them all today. The majority of young people may not know that all these issues became a reality through protests and warfare very much like those that Matiu Rata and others alluded to. Protests are the outcome of warfare and loss of perspiration like in these claims being debated here. The benefits will fall into your hands. Therefore my plea to you young people is to become involved for a brief moment and check out these policies and sentiments today. Historical stuff; no worries there handing it down is very simple—not! All these situations are an outcome of protests. And so it is right for you to have come here to listen to the contributions. It is through that process that you will learn about the depth of the issues.And so to you my esteemed ones that is it. There is no more no less. And so my part is merely to follow up on tributes that these ones here extended to you collectively; to compliment you all the ones seated here to facilitate negotiations and what is more with the bulk of you. Well then it is apt that all of you arrived here in this House of Parliament today. My role on behalf of the Māori Party is merely to open up its heart to you and to say this to you collectively. Be strong and staunch in the years before you. Do what has to be done to achieve its summit the level that those lost from sight aspired to. So my revered ones congratulations well done compliments to you collectively and my appreciation to us all. I resume my seat.]PEENI HENARE (Labour—Tāmaki Makaurau): “Uea uea uea te tauā iti te tauā rahi ki aTūtangatanga te ara ki Whīria te paiaka o te riri ki Whatu Manunu Hara Manunu!E hia aku mate kai taku tua kai taku aro? Piha piha manawa o te ika kua riroēhara e tauā koia. Koia ā Ngū koia a Whē koia a Patupatu koia a Rangahua ko te tama i torohakina e koe ki Mataterā ki Waeroti ki Waerota te tau mai ai tō huakuru tiwha! Tiwha horahia whakataka te hua o te kauri e taku raupatu ki te Tonga waikau te mataote uhi ka tukoki haonui haoroa hui Tangaroa Mahuta i runga Mahuta i raro Mahuta i uta Mahuta i tai he kapua kē hoki ko Atirua.Ko Te Atirua i tau ki hea?I tau ki runga i tau ki hea? I tau ki raro!I tau ki Maunganui ki Maungaroa ki Maungaharuru i taku manawa a Tūmakatea!I taku manawa ka irihia nei ki te whei ao ki te ao mārama tihewa mauriora!”E ōku rangatira ka tautoko ahau i ngā tangi ki ō tātau tini aituā. Kua waha nei tō tātou Whare i te nuinga o rātou anā kua kōrero mai mō ngā tūpuna rongonui ki ēnei whakatupuranga arā ko Whina Cooper arā ko Matiu Rata me te tini me te mano! Ka tāpae atu ahau tō koutou mokopuna i ngā roimata mō tōku pāpā kai pōhēhē tēnei Whare nō Ngāti Hine anake mātau. Ka tāpae tonu ahau i te ingoa o tōku tupuna a Himi Hēnare i ngā mate ka tangihia ka mihihia nō reira haere e ngā mate haere! Ka tau ahau ki runga i te maunga o Maunganui ka titiro whakararo ki tērā o tātau arā ko Manos Nathan kua ngaro atu ki Te Pō! Kotahi tonu te kōrero haere mai haere!E ōku rangatira ko te nuinga o ngā tāngata e waha nei i ō tātou tini aituā he mea maumahara. Ki tēnei nā e mōhio mārika ana ahau i te taonga o te whakapapa. Ka puritia ka kōrerotia i ngā wā katoa. Koinā tāku e mōhio ana he aha nei nā ōna hua katoa? Kai pōhēhē tēnei Whare ko tēnei pire i takea mai nō nainei tata ake nei kahore! Nō reira ko taku hiahia i te rā nei tā te mea ko te nuinga o ngā kōrero kua kōrerohia ka kapohia ake e ahau i ōku pānga ki a koutou e ōku rangatira! I te pānuitanga tuatahi o tēnei pire i kōrero atu ahau ki mua i tō koutou aroaro me tāku e mea nei anā ka kōrero ahau i ngā pānga whakapapa ki a koutou kia mōhio ai koutou ahakoa kua taunga tēnei kerēme wēnei nawe wēnei amuamu ki mua i te aroaro o Te Karauna kei konei tonu mātau me te whawhai i te take.Nō reira ka tīmata ake ahau ko Te Rarawa-kai-whare e! Ko Rāhiri ka moe i a Whakaruru ka puta ki waho ko Rongomai. Ka moe i a Te Kahuwhero ka puta ki waho ko Matau Tūrangi. Ka moe i a Kōtete ka puta ki waho ko Te Reinga Kotikoti ka moe i a Tare ka puta ki waho ko Te Kurī. Ka moe i a Utu-utu ka puta ki waho ko Ruapounamu ka moe i a Te Tarutaru ka puta ki waho ko Ngāmotu tāna ko Te Mārino tāna ko Te Morenga tāna ko Mānihi tāna ko Mereana tāna ko Tiopira i moe i a Rikihia ka puta ki waho ko Hera ka moe i a Tau Hēnare ka puta ki waho ko karani-pāpā ko pāpā ko ahau.Ka whakataukītia e ō tātau mātua tūpuna: “Ko Te Atua ki Te Rangi ko Te Aupōuri ki te whenua.” Ko Ruanui tāna ko Korako-nui-a-rua ko Mātītī ko Wāwenga ko Hakumanu ko Taiwawe ko Tūputa ko Mārama ko Papa ko Hou-te-rangi ko Waimirirangi ka moe i a Kairewa ka puta ki waho ko Haere-ki-te-rā ko Tatamoana a More-te-korohunga anā ko Te Ikanui ko Te Maanga ko Te Ikanui Tuarua ko Irimate ko Ngātete ko Ritihia ka puta ki waho ko Hera ka moe i a Tau Hēnare ka puta ko Himi ko pāpā ko ahau. Ko Kurahaupō te waka ko Pōhurihanga te tangata ko Pōhurihanga ka moe i a Maieke ka puta ko Ngāti Kurī Matakakā Ngāti Kurī Matamomoe. E ōku rangatira kua waha ahau i ngā whakapapa ka āhei koutou te tātai ka āhei koutou te aru mai ka āhei koutou te mihi mai!Nā ka whai whakaaro ahau mō tōku ki roto o NgāiTakoto. Ka moe a Tūwhakatere i a Tūterangihiatohia ko Ngāti Kurī rāua ko Tūpoia o Ngāti Kahu ka puta a NgāiTakoto te hua o te pōuri te hua o te mamae. Ko te take ka waiho nā atu ko Ngāi Takoto mō te wāhanga whakamutunga ki ngā whakapapa hoi anō hei whakamahara i tō tātou Whare me te Minita e noho nei he whānau katoa tātau mai i ngā pākau e rua o Te Ika tae noa atu ki Te Rerenga Wairua.E ōku rangatira e hiahia ana au ki te tohutohu i tēnei Whare i te mana o Te Hiku o Te Ika. He tini ngā tāngata nō roto i a koutou i uru mai ki roto i tēnei Whare! Kawe mai i ngā kaupapa nui i ngā kaupapa whakahirahira o Te Tai Tokerau ki roto i te Whare Pāremata e tū nei! Kua kōrero te Whare mō Matiu Rata nā ka whakaaro ake ahau ki a Tākuta Bruce Gregory! Ka whakaaro ake ahau ki a Tau Hēnare tamaiti kaua ko Tau Hēnare tupuna! Ka whakaaro ake ahau mō tōku pāpā a Dover Samuels! Arā ko Hone Harawira kua waho nei i tō tātau Whare! Anā nō roto anō hoki i a koutou ko tērā nanakia a Shane Jones! Kai pōhēhē koutou otirā te Whare ko te Minita Māori i tēnei wā ehara nō Rotorua nō Te Arawa anake ēngari i roto i a koutou i roto i a tātau arā ko Te Ururoa Flavell. Kei tēnei taha tonu o te Whare ko Adrian Rūrawhe nō roto i a tātau o Te Hiku! Anā kua kōrero mai tōku tuakana a Kelvin i ōna pānga katoa ki a koutou ki te tupuna ki a Tōhē. Nā tae noa iho mai ki ahau e tū nei ko tātau katoa.E ōku rangatira kua kōrerotia katoatia ngā kōrero! E mōhio ana koutou katoa ki ngā kōrero i roto i tēnei pire ngā take whakahoki atu whenua ngā take pūtea ngā take e pā ana ki ngā ingoa kua roa rawa tātau e puritia nei e kōrero nei. Nō reira ēhara tēnei i te takaroa i ngā kōrero kahore! Hoi anō ko te tāpae i waku mihi ki ngā mihi kua tukuna atu ki runga i a koutou. Kei a au nei wētahi kōrero e hiahia ana hai whakakapi ake i tōku kōrero i te rā nei.Tuatahi e te Whare ko te īnoi ki tō tātou Kaihanga māna koutou e tiaki e tāwharau ki roto i ngā tau kei mua i a koutou anā me tō koutou hokinga atu ki te hau kāinga kia tiaki tō tātou Kaihanga i a koutou me ngā moemoeā o ngā uri whakatupu o ngā uri e haere ake nei. E ōku rangatira anei hoki ngā kōrero o ngā mātua tūpuna hai āta whakaarohia mā tātou i te rā nei hei kōrero whakakapi ka kapohia ake e ahau i te whakataukī o Te Rarawa: “Me āta tukutuku i ngā waiata rere o Te Waitaha Pāua kei tokia e Te Patu ā Te Tonga kia māniania te haere whao atu ai!”. Nā ka kapohia ake e ahau i te whakataukī o ngā mātua tūpuna ki roto i a tātau e Te Hiku hei whakakapi ake: “Hei ahau koe i whai piringi taku ūkaipō hei a koe rānei tāua e pāhuahua ai kahore!”. Hei a tāua tonu paringa tai moana tumunga tai tangata he purapura e ruia ai te rēanga tangata e puta ai kia puta ake ki te whei ao ki te ao mārama. Te Hiku tēnā koutou e te Whare tēnā tātau katoa![“Push forward push forward push forward the small and large war parties to Tūtangatanga the pathway to Whīria the root of the wrath to Whatu Manunu to Hara Manunu to Hara Manunu. How many have I slain behind and in front of me? Ah! Fish gills and internal organs taken by that war party there? No! There is Ngū Whē Patupatu Rangahua the young man impelled by you and at Mataterā Waeroti and Waerota your haukuru adze was conspicuous. My conquest of the product from the kauri that was prepared and displayed was conspicuous. At the bathing waters of Tonga where the chisel struck at an angle the harvest was massive and long; assemble Tangaroa Mahuta above below shoreward seaward as well and the cloud Atirua as well. Where did Atirau settle—above? Where? It settled further down at Maunganui Maungaroa Maungaharuru and in my heart Tūmakatea that is to be suspended in the natural and enlightened world behold the breath of life!”To my esteemed leaders I endorse the laments to the myriad of our dead. Our Parliament voiced most of the well-known ancestors like Whina Cooper Matiu Rata—the myriad and the thousands that this generation alluded to. I your grandchild shed my tears for my father and just in case this House might think mistakenly that we are solely from Ngāti Hine I will submit the name of my grandfather James Hēnare who died was grieved over and had tributes accorded to him. Therefore depart the dead farewell! I settle myself upon Maunganui and look downwards at one of ours namely Manos Nathan who has been lost to the void. There is only one thing to say: welcome and farewell!My esteemed ones the majority of the people who were voicing the myriad of our dead were recalling memories. To this one I implicitly understand just how much of a treasure genealogy is. It is retained and spoken about at all times. That then is a real benefit and I know it. This House may mistakenly assume that this bill is of very recent origins—not at all! Therefore my desire today because much of what there is to talk about has been covered is to snatch up my connections to you collectively as something to speak on my esteemed ones. In the first reading of this bill I said that I was going to talk to you collectively about my genealogical connections which I will do to make you aware that although this claim and these grievances and complaints have been settled before the Crown we are still here and will continue to fight the issue.So I begin with Te Rarawa-kai-whare. Rāhiri married Whakaruru and Rongomai was born who married Te Kahuwhero and Matau Tūrangi was born. Matau Tūrangi married Kōtete and Te Reinga Kotikoti was born who married Tare and Te Kurī was born. Te Kurī married Utu-utu and Ruapounamu was born who married Te Tarutaru and Ngāmotu and Te Mārino Te Mōrenga Mānihi Mereana and Tiopira were born. Tiopira married Ritihia and Hera was born. She married Tau Hēnare and my grandfather Himi and my father Ērima who begat me were born.Our ancestors uttered the aphorism: “God is to Heaven as Te Aupōuri is to the land.” Ruanui begat Kōrako-nui-ā-rua who begat Mātītī who begat Wāwenga who begat Hakumanu who begat Taiwawe who begat Tūputa who begat Mārama who begat Papa who begat Hou-te-rangi who begat Waimirirangi who married Kairewa who begat Haere-ki-te-rā who begat Takamoana who begat More-te-korohunga who begat Te Ikanui who begat Maanga who begat Ikanui who begat Irimate who begat Ngātete who begat Ritihia who begat Hera who married Tau Hēnare who begat Himi who begat Ērima my father who begat me. Kurahaupō is the canoe andPōhurihanga is the man who married Maieke and Ngāti Kurī Matakakā and Ngāti Kurī Matamomoe emerged. So my esteemed leaders I have articulated the genealogies which you can now recite; follow along and acknowledge!I have an opportunity now in terms of my connections inside NgāiTakoto. Tūwhakatere married Tūterangiātōhia of Ngāti Kurī and Tūpoia of Ngāti Kahu and NgāiTakoto emerged the product of sadness and hurt. The reason why NgāiTakoto was left for the last part of the genealogies was to remind our House and the Minister sitting here that we are all family from both shoulder blades of the Fish right through to the Leaping-Off Place of the Spirits.My esteemed leaders I wanted to advise this House about the influence that the Tail of the Fish has. Myriads of people have come from within you Te Hiku into this House! They have brought with them policies of huge importance and significance from Te Tai Tokerau into the House standing here. The House spoke about Matiu Rata. Now then I thought about Dr Bruce Gregory and then about the younger Tau Hēnare—not the older version my ancestor Tau Hēnare! Then my thoughts turned to my uncle Dover Samuels. Oh yes and Hone Harawira who is out of our House now. And yes another one from within you Te Hiku that rascal Shane Jones! But indeed just in case you of the House assume that the current Minister of Māori Development that Te Ururoa Flavell there is totally from Rotorua and belongs to Te Arawa he is not; he is from within you Te Hiku from within us; he is one of our own. And right here on this side of the House Adrian Rūrawhe. He is from within us Te Hiku! And here is another one. My senior colleague here Kelvin Davis has already told you collectively about all his links to the ancestor Tōhē. And now to me standing here and to all of us.My esteemed ones all the talking has been done. All of you know what is contained in this bill relating to matters about the return of land funding and place names we have kept for a long time and continue to negotiate. So I am not going to prolong the contributions—not at all. There is nothing more except to add my tributes to those that have been heaped upon you collectively.I have some words that I want to express to close my contribution today. Firstly to the House I pray to our Creator that He cares and shelters you in future years and as you return home and that He protects you and the dreams of the descendants of the present and future generations. And so to you my noble people some words as well from all of our forefathers for us to consider carefully as a closing statement. I snatch up a Te Rarawa proverb: “The gentle waters at Te Waitaha Pāua flow continuously as Te Tonga chisels his adze with difficulty.” And furthermore I snatch up the proverb of the forefathers from within us Te Hiku to conclude: “Is it through me that you gained a haven my mother or is it through you that you and I will be pillaged? No!”. It is only through both of us working together as a single ebbing and incoming tide of humanity that the seed can be sown properly for generations of man to emerge into the natural and enlightened world. Congratulations to you Te Hiku and to us all in the House!]Dr SHANE RETI (National—Whangarei): Tēnā koe Mr Deputy Speaker. E rau rangatira mā ngā mihi ki a koutou kia ora mai tātou.[Thank you Mr Deputy Speaker. And so acknowledgments to you esteemed ones of a hundredfold and to us all.]It is my privilege to stand today and take a short call on this the final reading of the bills arising from Te Hiku Claims Settlement Bill. I would like to start firstly by acknowledging the Minister who leads this bill the Hon Christopher Finlayson for his fine work the Office of Treaty Settlements for its diligence and the iwi of Te Hiku for their patience and perseverance.I believe that our tūpuna walk and cry with us today. They cry in sadness for the moments lost. They cry in happiness for the moment that is now. They cry for the wrenching of their way of life into a paradigm they were ill-prepared for and so they suffered. In my professional domain they cry for the wracking coughs of a thousand smokers and TB victims whose spittle turned bright red as they slowly but surely wasted and to the dust they returned. This is but a part of what our tūpuna cry for today.But although the burden is heaviest for Māori the pain of the past is not for Māori alone to bear. Non-Māori also hurt. I stand here today: one man a product of two peoples. On my Māori side to the east Ngāti Wai and to the south Ngāti Maniapoto. On my European side my English great-grandparents call today from across the Hokianga Harbour to the people of Te Rarawa and others and up into the gallery.From the south side of the Hokianga from Tāheke from the rohe of Ngāti Pākau my great-grandparents Thomas and Rose Brocas cry with us today. They were timber millers working with local people. Arriving from Shropshire England they operated the flaxmill at Waimā beside the Waimā River. They then operated the Brocas timber mill on the Waimā River providing lumber for homes and local infrastructure all through the Hokianga in the far north. In his later years great-grandad Brocas was the postmaster at the Tāheke post office at Roronui formerly known as Waahirakau Raronui and Wharerakau. I am looking here at a 1912 picture of my great-grandad Brocas at the Tāheke post office—five Māori children around him. No shoes—shorts a vest. For them for Rose and Bernard i nāianei e moe ana rāua ki roto i te urupā o Rāwene [they are resting now in the Rāwene cemetery]. I say to you that my English tūpuna who also formed a life with your tūpuna walk and cry with you today—tears of remembrance tears of reconciliation and tears of resilience.This bill includes a summary of the agreed historical account—Crown acknowledgments of breaches of the Treaty of Waitangi. The settlement package includes recognition of Te Hiku iwi as kaitiaki of Te Oneroa-a-Tōhe Te Ara Wairua and Te Rerenga Wairua. It provides for co-governance arrangements for the beach and the development of the management regime for Te Rerenga Wairua five farms and the majority of Aupōuri Forest. There is also recognition here that not all of the wrongs are righted. Not all of the hurt is erased and so the people weep. In conclusion I will say this “the tears of hurt taste just the same as the tears of hope; the difference is whether those tears fall on the cheeks of a face that is at peace”. So it is my hope that this settlement goes some way towards Te Hiku finding some peace with the past and hope for the future. Nō reira e ngā iwi nau mai haere mai āpiti hono tātai hono tēnā koutou tēnā koutou ā kia ora mai tātou katoa.[Therefore to you the tribes welcome come hither the lines are joined; so acknowledgments greetings and congratulations to you and to us all collectively. Thank you.]DAVID CLENDON (Green):Ā tēnā koe Mr Deputy Speaker. Ko te mihi o te rā ki a koutou ngā manuhiri ngā rangatira ngā kuia ngā tāngata o ngā hapū katoa o Te Hiku tēnā koutou tēnā koutou tēnā tātou katoa.[Thank you Mr Deputy Speaker. So acknowledgments of the day to you collectively visitors esteemed elders elderly womenfolk and people of all Te Hiku subtribes; accolades congratulations and well done to you and us all collectively.]As ever it is a privilege to stand on behalf of the Greens to speak to a settlement bill the end of a journey but the beginning of perhaps a much longer journey which all of these settlements do represent. This is an auspicious day an important day for Te Hiku and for Northland—more generally for Tai Tokerau. It does represent an enormous amount of work that has been done. I join with other people who have spoken recognising and acknowledging the work of those who have gone before us who are not here to see this celebration but without whose thoughts and whose hands often over a lifetime of work this day would not have been reached.Of course it is all in the interests of improving the lot of those who live with us today and of those who will come after us into the future. I think it is something that we can all agree on: that our aspiration has to be to create a better future for our mokopuna for our rangatahi. That should be the goal that focuses all of our work not only around these bills but indeed around others.The Te Hiku area the far north contains some of the most beautiful some of the most powerful some of the most iconic landscapes of anywhere in our country or I would argue of any other country. Sites of extraordinary cultural importance like Te Rerenga Wairua and Te Oneroa-a-Tōhe are not only renowned for their physical beauty but also for their cultural importance both to Māori—tūpuna Māori and present-day Māori—and indeed to Pākehā who have become in their time indigenous to this country as well. So it is important that we acknowledge the significance of the place and of the people who have lived there and who will live there in the future.Unfortunately too often when people think of Northland and even indeed the far north they think of deprivation of neglect and of ill health both of the landscape and of the people and those two of course are inextricably linked. We need to turn that round and this settlement bill is a step. It is quite a large step towards putting the resources into the hands of those who can turn that round so that in time Te Hiku and Northland—Tai Tokerau generally—will be associated with well-being with prosperity and with opportunity. These are the things that we can aspire to collectively and this today is an important step towards achieving that goal.As ever when settlements are signed and when bills come through this House there is almost inevitably as night follows day a backlash from people who often should know better. Concerns were expressed some months ago around the matter of a co-governance model for Te Oneroa-a-Tōhe. There were ridiculous claims that Māori would immediately exclude people from the beach that barriers would be raised and that roads would be dug up—nonsense from somebody who should know better. I am sure that over time we will see that in fact the co-governance structure that puts hapū in their rightful place—having significant decision-making authority over the beaches and over the landscape generally—is an appropriate model and it will contribute to our collective well-being as it evolves.I would like to just quote briefly from a submission made to this bill by Haami Piripi the chair of course of the rūnanga of Te Rarawa. He was writing actually about an earlier negotiation. I do not pretend to have read all the submissions. I was not on the select committee. It is a 575-page bill. But this paragraph did jump out at me as capturing the essence of a lot of what it is that we aspire to do with the Treaty settlements. Matua Piripi said: “We finally reached a point in negotiations that we gauged was at the edge of the Crown’s tolerance zone and might be acceptable to our people and communities. It was not perceived as the delivery of justice but rather as seeding what could be grown to nurture our people’s future.” I think that captures a lot as I say of the essence of what the negotiations and the settlements need to do. They need to push everybody’s boundaries. The starting positions are often so polarised that there is real difficulty in getting to a point of agreement. So it is good that everybody feels a little bit of the pain and indeed that does push their boundaries.He talked about not the delivery of justice but a step towards that. The bills cannot and will never fully restore what was lost what was taken. That is beyond our means. In a sense what must be done—is that full restitution full restoration—cannot be done and we need to acknowledge that but nevertheless strive to get the most appropriate and the most just outcomes that we can to ensure our future well-being.I think the model for the future settling of grievances and injustices to some extent exists within this bill. There is an agreement around the Kohukohu police station that for the moment yes it will reside with Te Rarawa but there is a gentleperson’s agreement if you like that if it is more appropriate in the future to go to Te Ihutai then that is what the outcome will be—that is the superior claim will be acknowledged in time. The point of that is that—in similar fashion—I think this settlement effectively removes the Crown from the equation in terms of what happens in the future.Let the remaining matters of dispute and concern—and they are real and they are significant and some of the events at Kaitāia Airport in the last 24 hours or so are testament to that—be settled by Māori between Māori in a way appropriate for Māori. Let it be that the ongoing concerns are settled in ways that are respectful of the conflicting claims of iwi of hapū and indeed of whanau.To some extent the notion of a post-settlement settlement between Māori interests alone is acknowledging that the affected parties are inheriting a mess not of their making a mess resulting from generations of colonisation—the overturning and indeed the destruction of what were existing structures of governance of management and of decision-making. Te Hiku is not the first and will certainly not be the last occasion where Māori inherit a dysfunctional situation where Māori take on the burden of seeking a more substantive and a more lasting level of justice which may emerge from a reconciliation within and between iwi hapū and whānau.Beyond a certain point these matters are best dealt with and settled not in this House not in courtrooms and not in the office of some Government agency but in the rohe on the marae. People of goodwill from within those communities are best placed to resolve and to make good the future for the people in their time. So this settlement as complex as it is as subtle as it may be at times is nevertheless like all settlements—it is still something of a rough cut. The lines are bold and therefore somewhat crude and to some extent unsatisfactory.The ongoing task for our Māori communities led by our kaumātua and our kuia is to better define those boundaries—to define those boundaries that divide and the relationships that link our communities more finely more accurately and more justly. While today is the end of a process it is the beginning of a longer process: a challenge to exploit the opportunities that are now available to the people of Te Hiku. I have no doubt in my mind that they will rise to that challenge and that the future will be better for it. Kia ora.PITA PARAONE (NZ First):Ā tihewa mauri ora tuku mauri ora ki te whei ao ki te ao mārama! Tū wāhi poto tēnei hei māngai mō Te Rōpū Aotearoa Tuatahi ki te tautoko i ngā mihi i mihingia e aku tuākana ki te ‘hakatau i a koutou aku whanaunga mai i Te Hiku. Aroha ana au ki a māua a Winitana nā te mea i ‘hakahuangia e tōku tuakana ko Waimā nō te hau kāingaēngari horekau māua i rongo i ō māua ingoa nā reira kia mōhio mai koutou i āianei kia ahatia?E tika ana kia tukuna atu ngā mihi ki a rātou mā ki a rātou i ‘hakatīmata mai i tēnei kaupapa ahakoa kāhore rātou i konei i waenganui i a tātou ā-tinana. Nā reira ka nui taku mihi ki a rātou me ēnā o ngā mate i hinga atu i ērā atu wiki marama o te tau hoki. Nā reira e tika ana ka nui ngā mihi kārekau kē te puna kōrero i mimiti ki a rātou kia ahatia? Ēngari e tika ana kia mihi hoki ki a rātou. Nā reira ki a rātou ki a tātou te hunga ora tēnā koutou tēnā koutou tēnā koutou! Tēnā hoki koutou aku mātua aku whanaunga karanga maha i haere mai tawhiti kia tae mai ki waenganui i a tātou. Ahakoa e āhua rerekē ana ēnei hāora ki te ‘hakaputa mai i ngā pire o te Whare nei ka ahatia? Ko te mea nui kua puta mai i tēnei rā![Behold the breath of life and so wellness to the natural and enlightened world! This is a short call as spokesperson for New Zealand First to endorse the sentiments expressed by my senior colleagues to you my relatives from Te Hiku. I feel sorry for Winston and me because my elder relation said that Waimā is from back home but we did not hear our names so you know now—but whatever!Tributes to them who have passed away are apt especially those who began this matter even though they are not here physically among us. And so a huge tribute to them and to those as well who have died in the past weeks and months of the year. Therefore it is appropriate that the tributes are huge as the pool of tributes to them will never run out—but to what effect? However it is right indeed that they are accorded a tribute. And so to them and to us I acknowledge salute and greet you collectively. I greet you as well my elders and relatives of many callings who have come from afar to arrive here amongst us. Although these hours are somewhat strange for bills from this House to appear so what! The important thing is that they have emerged.]I stand on behalf of New Zealand First to support the sentiments expressed by those who have stood before me and to acknowledge our relations from the far north who have travelled a long distance to be here in spite of the challenges facing them not only in terms of arranging travel but also in terms of the social and economic difficulties they face in the north. I want to start off by prefacing this contribution with reference to the comments made by the Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations with regard to Dame Whina Cooper and the Land March of 1975. Can I say that the idea of a land march actually had its genesis at a meeting of the Ngāti Wai Land Retention Committee where the point of debate was its concern at the amount of coastal land that was being lost or taken under the public works legislation for public utilities. It was at that meeting that the idea that a land march should take place was raised and later that year it did take place. I am proud to say that we have in this House one person who was actually at that meeting and who can attest to what I am saying and that is the Rt Hon Winston Peters.This bill is the culmination of a long journey made by a number of iwi and I especially want to acknowledge NgāiTakoto and the fact that the Crown has recognised you as an iwi. Here am I from Ngāti Hine and my own family Paraone exceeds more than NgāiTakoto and yet you are recognised as an iwi but the Crown will not recognise Ngāti Hine as an iwi. Kia ahatia? I know the battles that you have had to fight and the journey that you have had to travel and so I am prepared on behalf of Ngāti Hine to make that same journey.The legislation concerns the following iwi: Ngāti Kuri NgāiTakoto Te Aupōuri and Te Rarawa. Sadly it does not include our relatives of Ngāti Kahu. Ngāti Kahu have particular reasons as to why they have chosen to stand outside this settlement and I will allude to those later on in my speech. But suffice it to say the journey that has been travelled by these iwi should be recognised and each of them should be commended for the perseverance the tenacity that they have had to get to this point.The other thing that I am quite proud of about this settlement is that it has taken place because of the actions of one of their own and that is the Hon Matiu Rata. His contribution to this whole area of Treaty settlement and his foresight to establish the tribunal have led to a number of settlements taking place and although a number have already taken place this is the first substantial settlement that has taken place from his tribal area. I just want to again acknowledge the Hon Matiu Rata and his foresight. I can recall at the time people not supporting him but with his tenacity and perseverance he was able to see the establishment of the tribunal.I will refer to each of the iwi—first of all Ngāti Kuri. Ngāti Kuri’s claim is based on the fact that the Crown failed to recognise it in the first instance. Secondly the Crown failed to return land that it had taken unjustifiably. However the settlement does restore some of that mana—and the emphasis is on “some” because as we already know although these settlements are regarded as full and final they never ever fully compensate the claimants for what they have lost.In regard to Te Aupōuri like with Ngāti Kuri I want to acknowledge their negotiators. They have pursued the settlement with great determination. They faced many challenges and it has been a long fight for them. The settlement legislation sees the demise of Te Aupōuri Māori Trust Board. I can recall making comment about this in the first reading given that I can recall a number of the original members of that trust board. [Bell rung] I am taken aback by the bell because previous speakers had a much longer time to speak. So to those iwi whom I have not acknowledged I acknowledge you now.I want to conclude my speech by saying that we support settlement being made. However I want to refer to the fact that Ngāti Kahu applied to the Wellington High Court to question the settlement and how it affected them. The court subsequently asked the tribunal to reconsider their position. That has not been dealt with by the tribunal and although we support the right of each iwi to make their settlement we do it with some caution in the fact that here we have an iwi who will be affected by this settlement and without the tribunal considering the direction of the High Court.Mr Deputy Speaker I just want to thank you for your perseverance.I want to say that this attempt to settle the Muriwhenua claims has involved complex overlapping claims that have been made for many years and hence the action taken by Ngāti Kahu that is now reflected in the protest action that is being taken at the Kaitāia Airport which is just a mere reflection of what this settlement legislation has on Ngāti Kahu and their standing. I want to say that for Ngāti Kahu there their initial concerns were basically that they opposed those parts of the claims settlement bill that seek to deny the rights and entitlements of Ngāti Kahu—and I do not think that anyone would object to that.Secondly Ngāti Kahu whānau and hapū hold mana whenua and mana moana over their lands territories and resources and the Crown has failed to have regard for their customary associations and interests. Having said that New Zealand First will support the passing of this legislation because we think that it is unfair to hold up this settlement where other iwi are ready to proceed.I also want to conclude by saying that while listening to the debate I received an email message from a member of Te Rarawa stating that their particular whānau hapū did not support the settlement. So I have responded by saying that the best I can do is to have that recorded in the record of Parliament. What that does is signal the challenges that each of you will face after this settlement. I will reiterate the words that my father said to me when I was chairman of the Ngāti Hine rūnanga. He said: “Boy never forget to look behind you because if there’s no one there then you’ve got to ask yourself: who are you leading?”.Nā reira i roto i aua kupu kōrero ngā mihi hoki ki a koutou kia tau te rangimāria i te wā e noho nei i konei i te wā e hoki ana e hīkoi ana ki te wā kāinga nā reira tēnā koutou tēnā koutou kia ora mai anō tātou.[So within those words congratulations as well to you collectively; allow peace to prevail over you while you are here; and as you are returning and travelling back home congratulations well done and thank you collectively and to us all once again.]JOANNE HAYES (National):Ā tēnā koe e te Mana Whakawā e koro mā e kui mā e rau rangatira mā o Te Hiku o Te Ika ā Māui nau mai haere mai ki te Whare Pāremata i tēnei rā whakahirahira tēnā koutou.[Thank you Mr Deputy Speaker and so welcome to you the elder men and womenfolk and esteemed ones of Northland; come hither to Parliament House on this great day; well done.]Today signals the end of a long process for ngā whanau me ngā hapū o Ngāti Kuri Te Aupōuri NgāiTakoto Te Rarawa. It is a significant day today for all of you and I am proud to stand here and speak in this final part of your claims settlement process. From the time the lands were confiscated in the 1800s to today the journey that you have all made has been one of significant achievement and I pay tribute to you all.As I said I am humbled—I am humbled to participate in the third reading of this legislation arising from Te Hiku Claims Settlement Bill. Today one journey ends and another begins for Te Hiku o Te Ika: the journey to economic independence; the journey to reclaiming decision-making powers over forestry farms and conservation lands and over beaches and mountains. Lands that once belonged to Te Hiku today are returned in varying measures from its northernmost point at Te Rerenga Wairua also known to most New Zealanders as Cape Reinga to the shores of Te Oneroa-a-Tōhe or Ninety Mile Beach. These are the places that for many of us have been holiday destinations without our regarding for their significance to the iwi of Te Hiku but that changes today. That changes today and the people of New Zealand will hear it and they will hear it shouted from the highest mountaintops from this House and from all of you.I want to extend my thanks to the negotiators for the iwi and the Crown. I want to thank the staff of the Office of Treaty Settlements and I want to thank the Parliamentary Counsel Office and members of the Māori Affairs Committee as well as our Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations for his diligence and his hard work. But mostly I want to thank Te Hiku o Te Ika-a-Māui for their perseverance their ihi wehi and their kaha [personal magnetism awe and intensity]throughout this whole process.I will finish my kōrero with a whakataukī from one of your ancestresses Meri Ngāroto. “He aha te mea nui o tēnei ao? He tangata he tangata he tangata.”—What is the most important thing in the world? It is people it is people it is people. And this bill is for the people of the past the people of the present and the people of the future of Te Hiku o Te Ika. Kia ora.MARAMA FOX (Co-Leader—Māori Party):Ā tēnā koe e te Mana Whakawā. Anei te mihi atu ki a koe otirā ki a koutou e hui nei i tēnei wā e tōku ake rahi tēnei te mihi atu ki a koutou. Kua whakarongo au ki ngā kāwai whakapapa ō ēnei nā wāku hoa e noho tata nei ki roto i te Whare kāre au i kī nō Ngāpuhi nō Ngāti Hine no Te Aupōuri nō te aha noa nō Te Hiku. Kai te rapu au i roto i taku herenga whakapapa o tētahi hononga ki a koutou.[Thank you Mr Deputy Speaker; greetings to you and to the people assembled here now my many I welcome you all. I have listened to the genealogical descent lines offered by these colleagues of mine seated close by me in the House. I cannot say I am from Ngāpuhi Ngāti Hine Te Aupōuri Te Hiku or whatever. However I have looked more closely at my descent lines for links to the people assembled here.]Peeni Henare: Ngāti Kahu.MARAMA FOX: Āna āna tērā pea kai te tika koe! Ēngari kai roto i te whānau Heta ka puta mai ko Connie ka moe a Connie i a Ririwai Fox ka puta ko te whānau Fox nā reira ko ērā he hononga mōku. Nā reira tēnā koutou nau mai haere mai haere mai ki tēnei Whare.I tēnei rangi e whakaaro ana au kua riro i a tātau te Whare. Kai te moe te Raiona. Kai te moe ia ngōngoro ana! Kai te kōrero tātau ki a tātau i runga i ngā kaupapa o Te Ao Māori ā kua riro i a Māori te Whare nei. Hai aha ngā tikanga ngā kaupapa o tēnei Whare Mīere o Te Pāremata mō tēnei wā kua riro i a tātau he aha ai?I tēnei ata i tuku au i tētahi text ki taku hoa a Ben i a tātau e noho ana ki roto i te Whare. Whakaaro ana au he rerekē te wairua i tēnei rā he rerekē! Ka tiro haere ki roto i Te Whare kua wātea katoa ngā tūru! Kai hea rātou? Kāore rātou e mōhio ki te mahi whakahirahira e haere ana i roto i Te Whare i tēnei wā? Kai hea rātou ki te whakarongo ki a koutou? Te whakarongo ki ēnei kōrero e whārikihia nei? E whārikihia nei i ngā mamae kai roto i a tāua!Kātahi au ka whakaaro! E hika! Me tuwhera ngā karu! Kai te kī rawa atu ēnei tūru e ō tātau tūpuna! Kua tau tēnā ki runga i ahau i tēnei wā kai konei rātau! Kai konei! Koinei tāua māua ko taku hoa a Peeni e kōrero ana i te ata nei. Kua rangona au i ā rātau i ō rātou wairua kua tau ki roto i te Whare i tēnei wā ki te whakarongo ki tēnei kōrero tēnei kōrero whakahirahira mō tātau katoa ahakoa tō tātau hononga whakapapa kai konei! Nā reira kai te mihi. Kai te mihi ki ngā mate kai runga i a tātau katoa. Rātau i Te Arawa e takoto mai rā i tēnei wā. Rātau kai roto i tō koutou whenua kai runga i ō koutou na marae. Rātou kai taku kāinga rātau kua mate kētia e noho nei i tēnei wā kai te mihi!Ka hoki mai anō ki a tātau te hunga ora tātau e whakatutuki nei i ō rātou nā wawata tēnā koutou tēnā koutou tēnā mai tātau katoa. I ahau i uru mai ki te Whare i tērā tau koinā tētahi o ngā rangi whakahirahira mōku. I taua wā e noho ana au me taku Kleenex i runga i te mea he taumaha tēnei kōrero e tangi ana te ngākau. I tēnei wā kai te pērā ana kai te pēnei hoki ahau i runga i te whakaaro ki a rātau me ngā mate o te Kāwanatanga ō rātou mahi hē i ēnei tau kua pahure ake ngā piki me ngā heke kua tae ki tēnei wā. Tēnei wā kai konei i runga i te kotahitanga.Kai ahau tētahi kuia a Niniwaterangi i tū a ia mō Te Pāremata Māori i runga i te whenua Papawai. Nā ahakoa tana wahinetanga i hiahia ia ki te tū ki te kōrero ki te wero atu i ngā rangatira o taua wā i runga i te kōrero o Te Kotahitanga. Nā i a rātou e whawhai ana kia wātea te ātea kia tū mai taku kuia ki te kōrero. Haere atu ia ki waenganui te ātea ka hiki tana panekoti ka mimi ki roto i te kōhua inumia te mimi kātahi ka karawhiua te kōhua ki te waewae o te tangata e mātakitaki ana me te kī“Kia taea e koutou tāne mā kia whai nei i ahau e pēnā ana tō koutou mahi.” ā ka noho tēnei kuia kātahi ka kōrero i tana kōrero. I kōrero ia mō Te Kōtahitanga.Kai konei koutou kei runga i taua whakaaro Te Kōtahitanga. Kua waiho ngā nawe ngā amuamu ki te taha ki te whakarite i tētahi rautaki tētahi ara hei mua i a koutou kia tutuki ngā wawata ō rātau mā kua mene ki te pō. Nā reira kai te mihi kai te mihi ki a koutou. Nā koutou tēnā i whakaatu nei kia tātau katoa. Ēhara i te mea ēnei whawhai ēnei raru ā he mea tauhou ki a koutou. I ngā rohe katoa o te motu e whai nei i te ara o Te Tiriti o Waitangi ō rātou kerēme e pēnā ana! I Te Wairarapa hika! Kai te pērā tonu rātau. Nā reira kai te mihi. Ko koutou tēnā kua whakaatu i te ara mō tātau katoa i raro i te whakaaro kotahi i roto i te ngākau tahi i runga i te mahi tahi kia taea ka taea e tātau!Nā ehara tēnei i taku tūru tūturu! Kāre kau au i te Minita o te Pāti Nahinara! Kai reira kē au e noho ana i te nuinga o te wā ēngari e hiahia ana au kia tū kai mua i a koutou nā reira ka mihi. I neke ki konei kia kite au i a koutou kia kore taku tuarā e tū ki mua i a koutou he aha ai? Nō te mea kai konei te hunga rangatahi e whakarongo mai nei ki a tātau e kōrero nei. Kai konei ngā rangatira o taua kura hunga ngā koroua ngā kuia e whakapau werawera ana i ngā tau kua pahure nei te kohi ngā whakaaro te kohi ngā hītori te whawhai hoki. Nā reira kai te pirangi au ki te kite i a koutou tēnā koutou. I tito au i tētahi kōrero ēngari kāre au i hāngai ki taua kōrero. Hai aha tēnā! He aha ai? Kai te pīrangi au ki te mihi atu ki Te Hiku!Ko Whina Cooper tēnā e whakaatu nei ki a tātau me pēhea te tutuki i ngā wawata. I ahau i tae mai ki Te Pāremata nei tipi haere au huri rauna au i Te Whare ki te rapu i te wāhi e tū nei rātau e kōrero ana mō tō tātou ao. Ēngari i ahau e tipi haere e huri rauna ana i Te Whare i kite au i te korowai o tērā kuia a Dame Whina Cooper e noho nei ki roto i tēnei Whare. Kātahi ka miharo rawa atu mīharo rawa atu! E whakaaro ana au ki a rātou rātou mā kua takahi te ara ki tēnei Whare ki te hāpai i ngā take ō tātau katoa. Nā reira e Hiku kai te mihi atu ki a koutou.I haere atu au ki Waitangi i tēnei tau. Kāre au i haere ki Waitangi i te kāinga kē au e whakanui ana i taua rangi. Ko au tēnā e whakarite i ngā nekehanga i roto i Te Wairarapa mō te rangi whakanui i a Waitangi. Ēngari i tēnei tau i haere atu au ki reira. I reira hoki taku hoa tāne he tangata kuti hipi taku hoa tāne. Pai rawa atu āe! Ēngari i mea atu au ki a ia: “Darling i a tāua e haere ki runga i a Waitangi mehemea ka karawhiu tētahi i ō rātou parahako ki a tāua hei aha kaua e meke i a rātou!”“Kei te pai!” Tukua atu koe kia haere! Nā reira i tae atu au ki reira!I ngā tau kua pahure kua whakarongo au ki ngā kōrero a Hone e kī nei ā te pani me te rawakore! Ko ērā te āhuatanga kai roto i Te Tai Tokerau engari kia tae atu au ki reira hika mā! He waka hou e taraiwa ana i runga i te huarahi ngā whare ātaahua rawa kai runga i ngā puke ngā poti kai runga i te moana! Whū! He pūtea kai roto i tēnei wāhi! Hika mā! Engari rā kātahi au ka tiro atu ko te pūtea kei roto i a Tai Tokerau kai roto i te ringa ō rātau e mau tonu ana i te whenua. Ko te putea kai roto i a Te Tai Tokerau kai roto i te ringa o rātou mā kua riro i tō tāua whenua!Nā reira i tēnei rā kai te hiahia tātau o Te Whare nei ki te whakahoki i taua mana ki a tātau ki a koutou kia riro anō i a koutou ngā rawa kia tutuki ngā wawata ō rātau mā kua mene atu ki te pō. He aha ai? Ēhara nā tātau kua pau ngā tau i a tātau koroua mā kuia mā he kuia ahau! Ēhara mā tāua! Ēngari mō ngā tamariki mō ngā mokopuna! Mō rātau mā kāre anō kia whānau mai! Nā reira kia kaha! Kia kaha mai koutou kia tutuki pai ō koutou wawata kia riro i a rātou ngā rawa mō ngā tau kai te heke mai.Kua tau ngā wairua o Te Whare kua tau a rātau mā e noho nei i roto i ēnei tūru wātea. Tēnā koutou tēnā koutou kia ora mai tātau katoa.[Maybe you are right—here is one! I have links to the Heta family through Connie who married Ririwai Fox and so emerged the Fox family. Those are the links for me. So acknowledgments to you collectively; welcome come hither to this House.I have heard today that we have taken over this House. The Lion is sleeping; it is resting and snoring! We are here talking to each other about matters relating to the Māori world so I say Māori have taken over the House. Set aside the protocols and procedures of this Chamber of Parliament in the time we have it and for what purpose?I sent a text to my husband Ben while we were sitting in the House. I was thinking that the spirit is different today—odd! I gazed around the House and noticed that these seats were all vacant. Where are they? Are they not aware that a task of significance is occurring here in the House at this moment? Where are they to listen to you and to these contributions? The hurt that is inside us are in these contributions.Then I thought—my word! Open your eyes! These empty chairs are all occupied by our ancestors. That realisation descended upon me and I was at ease; they are here they are here. My colleagues Peeni and I are here this morning. I can hear them and sense their presence pervading the House at this moment to listen to this address of importance for us all; regardless of our genealogical connections they are here. And so I acknowledge them and the deaths that are upon us all those ones of Te Arawa lying in state at this moment those ones of yours Te Hiku on your land and marae my ones back home the ones of yesteryear and those ones who are here spiritually—I pay homage to you all!I come back to us once again the living the ones engaged in this process of fulfilling their aspirations; acknowledgments greetings and good tidings to you and to us all. When I came into the House last year it was one of the great days for me. At that time I was sitting with my Kleenex because this contribution was an onerous one and I was tearful inside. I am like that now as I reflect on the ones who are no longer here and on the problems confronted and perpetrated by the Government in recent years as well as the trials and tribulations of the people unto this time. Today we are here unified in thought and purpose.My ancestor Niniwaterangi was a member of the Māori Parliament located at Papawai. She wished to stand and speak to challenge the leaders of Te Kotahitanga. There were debates and arguments as to whether she was permitted to do so. While the debate raged on she went to the centre of the marae lifted her dress and urinated into a container; she then proceeded to drink the contents of the container. When she had drunk it all she threw the container at the assemblage crying out: “Men I challenge you to follow my example.” My ancestor then sat down and began her speech; she spoke of Te Kotahitanga.You are here in that same sense of unity. You have put to the side your arguments to form a strategy to forge a path forward together so that you may realise the aspirations of those who have passed on to the night. I applaud you for that. You have shown that to us all today. These arguments and differences of view are not a new thing to you. Throughout the land the groups who have strived to settle their Treaty of Waitangi claims have experienced the same challenges. In Wairarapa the experience has been similar. So I applaud you. You have shown the right path to follow; through unity of thought and unity of effort all can be achieved.So that you know this is not my proper seat. I am not a Minister in the National Party! My proper seat is yonder but I wanted to sit where I could see you and stand before you and where you could see me. I did not want to stand with my back to you. The young people are here listening to our words. Students of your schools are present here as well as the elders those who have worked tirelessly over the years gathering the views compiling the histories and fighting the good fight. I want to look at you as I deliver my speech. I wrote a speech but I will not read from it. Why? I wanted to talk directly to the people of Te Hiku.Whina Cooper showed us the way to realise our dreams. When I first entered Parliament I went around this House to garner a sense of what it was like in their time what they spoke of in relation to our world. But while I was walking here there and around this House I came upon the cloak worn by Dame Whina Cooper here in this House. I was in awe in wonder! And my thoughts went to the people who walked the roads of this country to bring all our claims before this House. Te Hiku I salute you.I went to Waitangi this year. I do not usually go there; rather I stay home to commemorate Waitangi Day. But this year I went. I coordinate the events on Waitangi Day in Wairarapa. But this year I decided to go with my husband. My husband is a shearer—a very good shearer! I said to him: “Darling when we go to Waitangi should someone abuse us or shout at us please do not punch them!”. “All good.” was his response! And so I attended this year.In years past I have listened to the speeches of Hone on behalf of the poor and the parentless. For that is the plight of the people of the north. But on entering the north I was greatly surprised—new cars beautiful homes situated on hills and leisure craft on the water. I thought wow this is an affluent place. Then I realised that the affluent people are those in whose hands the land is. The affluence in the north is confined to those who have taken the land.Today we of this House want to return to you the prestige that was once yours so that you end up with the resources that will realise the aspirations of those who have passed. Why? It was not for us that the elders fought so hard; the benefits will be for our children and their children and for those not yet born. Be strong! Be resolute and realise your dreams and ambitions that they may receive the benefits in the years before us.The spirit of the House is at ease as are the spirits of our ancestors and of those occupying the empty seats so acknowledgments well done and congratulations to you collectively Te Hiku and my appreciation to us all.]Mr DEPUTY SPEAKER: I call Adrian Rurawhe—a 5-minute call.ADRIAN RURAWHE (Labour—Te Tai Hauāuru): Ā tēnā koe Mr Deputy Speaker otirā ko te mea tuatahi: “Korōria hareruia ki a Ihowa o ngā mano tuauriuri whāioio kī tonu te rangi me te whenua i te nui o tōna korōria. Ā nō reira mā Te Māngai o ngā ariki hei tautoko mai āianei āke nei āe.” Ā kei te mihi atu anō i te āhuatanga ki ō tātou tini mate rātou katoa i hinga mai nā puta noa i Te Hiku otirā puta noa ngā moutere nei o Aotearoa. ‘aere ngā mate e oti e moe e moe ā kāti rā! Ki a tātou ngā kanohi ora tēnei ahau i tuku mihi atu ki ngā iwi nei kua tae mai i tēnei rā whakahirahira. Nō reira Ngāti Kurī NgāiTakoto Te Rarawa Te Aupōuri tēnei ahau e tuku mihi atu ki a koutou katoa. Tēnei te mihi mō ō koutou kaha kia tae mai i tēnei wā te pānuitanga tuatoru o ēnei pire nō reira tēnei te mihi atu. E tika ana hoki kia mihi atu ki te Minita me ngā āpiha o Office of Treaty Settlements tēnei hoki te mihi atu ki a koe e te Minita.[Thank you Mr Deputy Speaker but first of all: “Glory and halleluiah to Jehovah lord of hosts lord of ancient and infinite times heaven and earth is filled with his glory. And so the Mouthpiece of lords provides support now and forever yes!”. I therefore pay homage once again to the situation regarding the myriads of our dead all of those who have fallen throughout Te Hiku but at the same time throughout these islands of New Zealand; farewell the dead journey on rest and slumber there. And now here I am extending a welcome to the tribes who have arrived here on this important day. Therefore welcome Ngāti Kurī NgāiTakoto Te Rarawa and Te Aupōuri. I acknowledge you all. I commend you on your efforts to get here at this moment for the third reading of these bills so congratulations. It is apt as well to acknowledge you the Minister and the officials of the Office of Treaty Settlements. Congratulations Minister.]It is a great pleasure for me to rise to have a short call on these bills the third readings of which are today. We have heard many kōrero about the tenacity about the strength about everything that it takes to go through this process and I endorse all of those words. It is indeed one of the special times that I have had since I became an MP last year—to stand in this House and speak to settlement bills. They are not an end but they are a beginning.At the first reading I spoke of the story of Tūmatahina and his endeavours to ensure that his people were able to escape from Murimotu. I repeat those words today in this context. The taura that was woven for the rangatira nei so that they and his people could escape from Murimotu was the means by which they escaped.This settlement the settlements that each of you as iwi will have is a means for you to move forward in this ever-changing world and I want to acknowledge all of the rangatahi who are here today. These settlements are really about the future of your rangatahi and their children and their mokopuna. It is incumbent upon the iwi to grow that asset to move forward for a better future for them.So I want to acknowledge the fortitude and the tenacity of the negotiators and of all of the iwi in getting to this point and ensuring that there is a better future for your tamariki and your mokopuna. It is not an easy process as we have heard and I want in this very short call to acknowledge all of those who have passed who have also given so much to this process in coming to this day.Kua tangi te pere kua poto noa iho taku kōrero hoi anō ka huri atu anō ki a rātou i te wā’i ngāro. Nō reira ko te tūmanako kia ūhia mai e Ihowa o Ngā Mano ōna manaakitanga i runga ki ō koutou whānau me ō koutou hapū katoa i roto i ēnei ā’uatanga. Nō reira piki te ora piki te kaha te māramatanga ki a tātou katoa mā te Māngai hei tautoko mai āianei āe![The bell has sounded and my contribution is shortened and so I turn once again to those in the unseen realm. The hope therefore is that Jehovah Lord of Hosts has thrown his kindness upon your families and upon all your subtribes in these circumstances. So to you and to all of us may life endurance and enlightenment prevail with the support of the Mouthpiece forever; yes!]MEKA WHAITIRI (Labour—Ikaroa-Rāwhiti): Tēnā koe Mr Deputy Speaker. Te Oneroa ā Tohe he kōhanga he whanga he moana o Ngā Rui o Te Marangai Tāhuaua Aoaokaroro Tūtaratihi he ingoa ātaahua he ingoa o ngā iwi o Te Hiku nō reira e ngā pākeke o ōku rau rangatira e ngā rangatahi kua tae mai nau mai nau mai haere mai.[Thank you Mr Deputy Speaker. Te Oneroa ā Tohe a language nest a bay a sea of Ngā Rui o Te Marangai TāhuahuaAoaokaroro Tūtaratihi—these are beautiful Te Hiku tribal names so to you elders of my esteemed ones of a hundredfold and young people who have arrived welcome come hither welcome.]I rise with great humility and it is a privilege to stand here in support of this significant legislation that we are passing today. I am a proud descendant of Ngāti Kahungunu of the great waka tipua of Tākitimu and I mihi to many of our shared relations in the gallery today. I know that Kahungunu descended from Kaitāia and was known as Kāhunahuna from the far north so I mihi to many of you here today in acknowledgment of that shared whakapapa. I also stand as the proud member of another great Māori electorate Ikaroa-Rāwhiti and I bring the warm greetings of the iwi that I represent: Ngati Porou Rongowhakaata Ngai Tāmanuhiri Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki Ngāti Kahungunu Rangitāne and Te Ātiawa ki Awanuiārangi. I stand here in celebration with you all for this wonderful wonderful occasion in passing this legislation arising from Te Hiku Claims Settlement Bill.I want to acknowledge the families that you have shared with us who have shaped the very essence of our Kahungunu people in Heretaunga. I particularly want to mention the whānau of Hēnare Harris of Mangamuka—the grandfather of the very good rugby league player Tohu Harris. I want to acknowledge Manu Neho who buried not only my grandmother but many people throughout Ngāti Kahungunu. I want to mention Jim Mōrunga whose daughter lives two doors down from me in Whakatū and I know he too came from the far north. I also look in the gallery and see Brown Wiki who taught with my father an original of Ātaakura and I want to acknowledge here Brown your lovely wife and your son who came to Kahungunu to work in our mighty freezing works and has stayed there. So we have a shared whakapapa and I want to acknowledge that here today as my contribution in supporting this legislation.Everybody knows that it is a hard process getting your Treaty settlement sorted and I am probably the only member here who has been a former Treaty negotiator. Can I acknowledge the work of your negotiators. It is not an easy task. You have your iwi on one side saying that you are not doing enough and then you have the Crown saying that this is all you are going to get. So to all the multiple negotiators who got us here a big mihi to you all. In the time I have got I will not do justice to all but I want to acknowledge the beautiful ingoa that you have given and shared with this nation that forms part of this legislation. I want to acknowledge the social accord that you have entered into and I hope that allows the people of the far north more control in terms of ensuring that our people have a better future going forward.The third part briefly that I want to mention is the right of first refusal that the Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations talked about—172 years—and I want to celebrate that you have achieved that in your legislation today. If there is one thing I would like to acknowledge it is that for those original owners where iwi perhaps do not want to take the land there needs to be some sort of recourse for those original landowners where maybe the iwi do not want to buy the land back.In closing I want to acknowledge the rangatahi who are in this House. Forty years ago Whina Cooper started the Land March. I was 10 years old and I was working in the shearing sheds on the East Coast and my uncle took us from our shed to join the hīkoi as it came through. So my message to our rangatahi is that the things that you will receive and benefit from have come from a road of protest and activism. It is now yours to take forward and I wish you all the very very best.Nō reira e te iwi kua tae mai harikoa te ngākau ki te kitekite i a koutou tēnā koutou tēnā koutou tēnā tātau katoa.[How pleasing it is to see you collectively the people who have arrived so acknowledgments accolades and congratulations to you and to us all.]Bills read a third time.WaiataHakaThe House adjourned at 1.07 p.m. (Wednesday)