SpeechHon TIM MACINDOE (National—Hamilton West): Kia ora e Te Whare. Tēnā tātou katoa. Kia ora e te iwi. Ngā mihi nui ki a koutou. It is an unexpected pleasure for me to be taking a call in this debate. I do so as a last-minute replacement for the Hon Todd McClay who of course is the member for Rotorua but also the National Party's tourism spokesperson. So this is a matter of considerable importance to Todd both in his capacity leading our tourism portfolio area—Hon Member: Where is he?DEPUTY SPEAKER: Order!Hon TIM MACINDOE: Thank you Madam Speaker—but also because of his 12 years of dedicated service as the member for Rotorua and I do wish to convey his greetings and his apology for being unable to take his call this afternoon. But I do so with particular pleasure because it's not often I get to rise in this House and reflect on my previous history as the chief executive of the Music and Arts Waikato Trust as it was then known better known as Arts Waikato which no longer exists—I don't think because they couldn't cope without me but they merged into the entity that is now Creative Waikato. And of course with our very close links to our neighbouring cousins in Rotorua this is something that I personally welcome.We have in our area the huge rich heritage of the artistic history of Tainui. Could I acknowledge in particular my colleague the Minister who has moved the final reading of this bill the Hon Nanaia Mahuta. My small electorate on the western side of Kirikiriroa fits very comfortably inside a very small portion of her much larger electorate but I do genuinely appreciate the very close working relationship that the Hon Nanaia Mahuta and I have always enjoyed. I congratulate her on the achievement of bringing this bill to its conclusion today because it is a significant measure. It's a matter of considerable significance well beyond Rotorua I might point out. So that is something that she no doubt celebrates deeply with you.It was as the chief executive of Arts Waikato that I developed the ability to have regular exposure to arts with which I had previously been unfamiliar and again as I mentioned to develop a very keen appreciation of the huge importance of our artistic heritage going back over many centuries in our region. I've also been a regular visitor to the fine city of Rotorua. It's a place that I think all New Zealanders love to go to and because I'm an MP within the central North Island and my family and I have lived there for many years Rotorua has always been a very popular destination. So we have a familiarity with the area and an appreciation of what this bill is covering.The purpose of this bill of course has been well articulated by the previous speakers and I don't wish to go over all of the details that have been conveyed other than to say that it is a measure of considerable significance that so many iwi representatives are here today to witness this important measure. We honour you and welcome you. It is a privilege to have you here with us and to be playing such an important part in handing back to you something that has been such a long time coming.I do want to acknowledge the work of the previous Minister the Hon Te Ururoa Flavell who of course was also of that region and who did a considerable body of work. And it's nice that in this House we are often able to put individual partisan politics aside and just acknowledge how many people contribute. In this measure I believe that it has been a real team effort and it's a tremendous thing that we have achieved it. Those who've just tuned in may be unaware that the land on which the Māori Arts and Craft Institute operates is in the Whakarewarewa Valley but anybody who is a visitor to Rotorua will know where that is. That of course was returned to iwi in 2009 so the enactment of this vesting agreement and legislation completes the process that has been such a long time coming.Now I regret that I have insufficient knowledge of Te Reo to express what I think we're all saying but I am sure that there's an appropriate whakataukī for it. In English of course the saying is: good things take time. It applies to this significant moment in time which reflects the drive of so many. So I celebrate with you I wish you well in this achievement. Me whakanuia e tātou. Tēnā koutou katoa. [We must celebrate. Greetings to one and all.]