Horan Brendan: Ngati Whatua o Kaipara Claims Settlement Bill — First Reading 
Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume 
Horan Brendan: Ngati Whatua o Kaipara Claims Settlement Bill — First Reading 
[Sitting date: 19 September 2012. Volume:684;Page:5474. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.] 
BRENDAN HORAN (NZ First) 
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 Tena koutou nga rangatira no Ngati Whatua o Kaipara. Nga mihi tonu ki a koutou i runga i te kaupapa nui o te ra. Tena koutou tena koutou tena tatou katoa. 
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Greetings to you the revered from Ngati Whatua of Kaipara. I particularly acknowledge you on this great matter of the day. Acknowledgments and commendations to you collectively and to us all. 
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I would like to acknowledge the men and women in the gallery and it was nice to see the children from the ET rugby team as well. I would like to thank you for coming and New Zealand First acknowledges the difficulties that you have overcome to be here today. I see Haahi Walker up there and I would like to acknowledge his presence as well. 
While I am in acknowledgments I would like to thank the other members for their contributions today. My speech will not be so long because they have mentioned much of the history but I would say that the Ngati Whatua o Kaipara is unique in that it was referenced in the lands case which was a landmark case in giving rise to Treaty settlements. I congratulate Ngati Whatua o Kaipara on gaining Woodhill Forest because it is precious taonga with urupa and wahi tapu sites strewn throughout it.  
Ngati Whatua o Kaipara comprises a cluster of five marae around the harbour. This claim has brought them together under a new governance entity that is going to help collaborate the futures of the five marae. With five marae represented it was always a big claims committee with one representative each and a couple of support people but this led to robust discussion. It has actually brought this unit together as a real cohesive unit. That was evidenced when they came here to Wellington and saw the Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations Minister Finlayson and said that they were not going home without ownership of their sacred maunga. So I would congratulate them on that because they would not settle without it—and why should they? 
There is also unique redress within this claim and I refer to the Parakai hot pools but there is also a hook in here because there is co-governance and co-management with the Auckland Council. I would say to make sure that the Auckland Council understands that that means co-responsibility because the last thing that we want to see you saddled with there is hot pools that are in need of repair and the costs that come with that. My New Zealand First colleague Tracey Martin is with the Rodney Local Board and she will also be able to keep an eye there. 
This claim has been facilitated by the good relationship that the iwi have had beginning with the Rodney District Council and now the Rodney Local Board but most important with the community. Given how big Woodhill Forest is I would just say that Ngati Whatua o Kaipara will be the largest landowner in their rohe and that is massive. That is about 13000 hectares of land. Finally I would like to acknowledge Ngati Whatua o Kaipara’s generosity in allowing appropriate continued use of the forest by the community as well as many of the reserves. That interestingly enough is in line with their historical generosity. 
I would sum up by saying that along with my colleagues in the Maori Affairs Committee we will look forward to meeting with Ngati Whatua o Kaipara and we will try to get through this claim as expeditiously as possible. Kia ora.