Ngarewa-Packer Debbie; Mallard TrevorDEBBIE NGAREWA-PACKER (Co-Leader—Te Paati Māori): Kia ora. Tēnā tātou e te Whare. Ki a koutou e ngā hapū o Ahuriri. Tēnei te mihi o Te Paati Māori ki a koutou i tēnei pō. Te pānuitanga tuarua o te pire whakataunga. Nāku te whiwhi ki te tū i roto i tēnei Whare kia mihi ki a koutou i tō koutou mahi rangatira.[Greetings to all in the House. To the sub-tribes of Ahuriri this is the acknowledgement of Te Paati Māori to you this evening in relation to the second reading of the settlement bill. It is my pleasure to stand here in the House to greet you for your chiefly deeds.]It is a privilege that I rise on behalf of Te Paati Māori to speak to this the second reading of the Ahuriri Hapū Claims Settlement Bill. As the bill has had its first reading before the election this is the first opportunity we've had to speak to this settlement in the House. It is an honour to give a short call today. I want to begin with a mihi to all the kuia-kaumātua negotiators hapū leaders and w'anau who have got you to this point. The mahi of rangatira is to weave together their people and that is exactly what you've done to reach this point. I acknowledge the tūpuna the w'enua the loss the theft that you have experienced and unique—but sadly common for those of us who have endured colonisation—muru raupatu. Nothing can take away the pain the suffering and the trauma that your people endured and far too often still endure but this marks an important step on your road to justice and prosperity for your people. It is the start not the end and despite all the challenges all the roadblocks that are put up to prevent real justice nothing can take away from the fact that this is your day this is your bill this is your story.I note your extraordinary generosity in agreeing to the terms of this settlement. We all know that we generally settle for less than 1 percent of what was confiscated what was violently stolen from us in the name of greed and colonisation. Crown negotiation policies such as large natural groupings and the fiscal envelope have determined this engineering further division further harm and therefore further breaches of Tiriti itself. As an opposer to the fiscal envelope and a wahine involved in iwi post-settlement I know how difficult it can be to navigate our w'anau our people through the multitude of challenges: fiscal political cultural economic and mana motuhake. How do we lift the trauma of deliberate displacement while negotiating mandates and unnatural natural groupings? I also know how important it is to never settle for what was achieved in the past that we must keep striving to get the justice that our tūpuna deserve and to create a future where our mokopuna can thrive as their true selves.Settlements are unsettling in process. That is why Te Paati Māori does not accept that settlements are full and final. This creates the false impression that our trauma lies in the past that the inequities the pollution the poverty is no more. We all know that sadly that just isn't the case. Te Tiriti is not for settling; it is for implementing. It is for honouring. Te Tiriti justice is ongoing never-ending. A new Aotearoa is on the rise an Aotearoa where tangata w'enua tangata moana and tangata Tiriti unite and work together to create the harmonious peaceful and just nation that is envisaged in Te Tiriti the future that our tūpuna sacrificed to ensure that we could continue to strive for.This settlement is a significant step on that duty. It is a milestone not just for the hapū of Ahuriri Manu Ahuriri Trust but for Aotearoa katoa. I look forward to continuing to support this bill as it progresses through the House and to see an inevitable continued progress of your people your w'anau as you enter this new era for ngā hapū o Ahuriri Manu Ahuriri Trust. Tēnā tātou katoa.SPEAKER: Before I call Paul Eagle I didn't interrupt either of the last two speeches but I do want to place on record the fact that at this stage of a bill which is not a technical bill and they're not technical speeches members should not read their speeches.