Kanongata'a-Suisuiki AnahilaANAHILA KANONGATA'A-SUISUIKI (Labour): Te Mana Whakawā tēnā koe. Tēnā koe ki a koutou o Ngāi Tāua ki Tāmaki kua tae mai ā-tinana kua tae mai ā-wairua rānei. Kei te mihi kei te mihi kei te mihi.[Mr Assistant Speaker I greet you. I greet you and the Māori people of Tāmaki who have come in person or in spirit. Greetings greetings greetings.]It is an absolute honour to take this short call on the second reading of the Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki Claims Settlement Bill as the Labour list member of Parliament based in Papakura and Tāmaki. My acknowledgment goes to the honourable members of the Māori Affairs Committee. Malo e laumalie ngā mihi. As a person from Moana-nui-a-Kiwa I want to acknowledge the chair here Rino Tirikatene for his leadership through the journey of the Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki Claims Settlement Bill. At the second reading of this bill my kōrero is going to be about the leadership and perseverance of Ānaru Makiwhara. At the first reading of this bill the Hon Chris Finlayson stated it in the first reading. My kōrero is basically talking about the journey of Ānaru Makiwhara through until today and I want to quote the story because I think it needs to be told again. At that first reading—and I quote—the Hon Chris Finlayson stated Around the time the Compensation Court called for Māori to register claims in respect of East Wairoa a Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki rangatira Ānaru Makiwhara accompanied the commander of the Waikato native contingent to Tekūiti on business. Prior to his departure he had not registered a claim for land in the East Wairoa block in which he and his whānau had interests. The commander had obtained an assurance from the Chief Judge that the court would not sit until he and Makiwhara were available to attend the hearing. So what happened? Makiwhara returned to Auckland before the expiry of the six-month notice period required by the New Zealand Settlements Act to find that the Compensation Court had already sat to hear claims to the East Wairoa block. Despite repeated petitions to Parliament over 44 years Ānaru Makiwhara did not see the return of his ancestral lands before he passed away in 1927 aged 85." We fast track that journey 91 years since 1927. In the submission to the Māori Affairs Committee Emily Karaka wrote "This submission to the Select Committee is in support of the Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki Claims Settlement Bill. It is submitted on behalf of the descendants of our late grandmother and mother Milly Ngāpawa Ball formerly Menzies nèe Beamish. Milly's grandfather was the respected Waikato tohunga-ta-moko Anaru Makiwhara. Her great great grandfather was Tara te Irirangi paramount ariki of Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki at the time of the signing of Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Through her mother Emere Milly's whānau had close ties to prominent Tainui hapū." I bring that story because of Milly's children Harold and Valerie who has passed. Milly had a child named Narua. Narua was named after Ānaru but her name was reversed in terms of—I'll just say it properly. I know I'm running out of time. But actually "Milly's daughter Narua our aunty suffered alienation in a different way. Narua was named after her great grandfather Anaru. The 'A' at the beginning of the name was placed at the end forming 'Narua' a gentle easily spoken name. Sadly the next part of the story is not so gentle." So throughout the 1930s and what the Hon Willie Jackson has spoken about—the discrimination and we've all heard it in this House. What happened was that Narua was the contributor to the submission to the select committee. I say to the House today that the spirit of Ānaru Makiwhara is still alive today because his name is worth saying again and again in the Whare in this second reading and I hope I get an opportunity or someone gets an opportunity to acknowledge Ānaru at the next final reading of this bill. I want to end my kōrero today with this kīanga. The resilience and the determination of Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki reminds me of a well-known kīanga "He manawa tītī he manawa kaioke."["The people have persevered to find justice where justice is due."] Kia ora."