Scott AlastairALASTAIR SCOTT (National—Wairarapa): It is with great pleasure that I am here today to speak in support of the Rangitāne Tū Mai Rā (Wairarapa Tāmaki nui-ā-Rua) Claims Settlement Bill in its second reading. Firstly I would like to acknowledge all those in the gallery and also those who are not in the gallery—those who have passed before us. It is really nice to see you here. I always have a very positive experience when I am with the people of Rangitāne. I will come back to the rangatahi who are sitting on my left-hand side—a very important group of people. But I will come back to them in a moment.The detail of how far we have come has been traversed very well across the House. I am not going to go into detail on that but only to say that I have a huge amount of empathy for the struggle that has occurred over generations in respect of all the settlements that come into this House. These people were essentially ripped off. They were ripped off for over 100-plus years and this is only a small in some ways settlement or recompense for the crimes the deeds that were done in the past.But it takes a big man—to use the term—or a big person to accept the apology. That is my point here today. It takes a big person to say: I accept the apology that you are offering." Without that acceptance there is no point in us being here. There is no point in saying there is a settlement when in fact an aggrieved person continues to be angry continues to be aggrieved and continues to be dissociated from the community because of that anger.I commend the Rangitāne people for doing exactly that—for burying the hatchet—because it is important that it is buried. The people the rangatahi on the left of my view and the people in the middle—the people who are more my age—have the attitude that things will get better not because of the settlement per se but because they have the attitude that they can bury the hatchet and get on with things.This is very symbolic but it is not going to solve the issues that we all face when we get out of bed every morning at 6.30 or 7 or even 9 o'clock in the morning for some people—I will not name any names. It is important for those rangatahi here who are taking up the mantle and taking on the task of telling the story. Part of the issue that I have with the whole process is that the stories are not told. We out there in the real world do not get to hear about some of the issues that have faced iwi. There are some who just do not accept these settlements should be taking place. They do not accept that there are—well they just choose to ignore it actually—aggrieved parties.I say that we on both sides of the House need to continue to tell the story and that is part of the reason we are here today. Also it is the responsibility of iwi to tell their own stories to the general public not just to the young folk in the iwi.So I commend the people the Rangitāne Tū Mai Rā to take this forward and to move forward and I particularly want to note the gifting back of the Pūkaha / Mount Bruce conservation area—a fantastic gift. I go there regularly and I am always very pleased to see someone there from Rangitāne. I look forward to the third reading of this bill and I commend this bill to the House."