Mahuta NanaiaHon NANAIA MAHUTA (Minister for Māori Development): Tēnei e tū ake ki te tuku ngā mihi ki a koutou i tae mai nei ki te whakarongo ki ngā āhuatanga kei mua i te aroaro o Te Whare e pā ana ki ngā take Tiriti. Nō reira ki a koutou katoa tēnā koutou.[I stand here to acknowledge those of you who have come here to listen to deliberations before the House which relate to Treaty matters. Therefore to you all greetings.]It is a great privilege to be able to offer a few comments at the second reading on this particular bill because the Ngāti Kahungunu ki Heretaunga Tamatea claims settlement is something of I guess a bit of a guide and some encouragement for other Treaty settlements coming through the pipeline. So first and foremost I wanted to acknowledge the Hon Chris Finlayson. In his first reading speech he set out quite succinctly I might add the historical context within which this particular claim was coming to the House but he put in context what was being challenged in terms of the Crown not upholding its obligations.So in summary we can't ignore the fact that there was once a time when around about 1.4 million acres was the domain of the people who come here to this House now and they lost around about 1.2 million acres of that land in a period of time after quick succession between the 1870s and the 1880s as a result of native land law—a great proportion of their tribal rohe. But I was really moved when I went back to read the speech of Minister Finlayson and he highlighted something I suspect he heard when he was going to gather his own evidence and information about the foundation for this particular claim. There was a phrase he quoted that there's nothing more compelling than the statement from Heretaunga Tamatea people when they said Being tangata whenua without whenua is something people can't comprehend." I think it is hard to really make sense of that in contemporary terms unless you've lived and experienced the loss the significant loss.I also draw on that statement because it is evidence of a population of around about—at the time of reaching settlement I understand—15900 people. A great majority of those people live outside of the rohe. So while we're talking about a settlement in which I think a lot has been achieved reconnecting and connecting people back to their place their papakāinga their marae in such a deliberate way to build the sense of pride and identity of the Heretaunga Tamatea people I think is very very important.The other thing I wanted to comment on briefly was the fact that Te Aute—some comment has been made today around Te Aute. I heard the remarks of the previous speaker Lawrence Yule and I too acknowledge that the issue of the Glasgow leases remains outstanding and they haven't been addressed. While in part this settlement tries to I guess shine a light on the future opportunity of Te Aute being sustainable it won't fully be sustainable until the issue of the Glasgow leases is resolved on which point I should add—this is the subject of a delegation that has come to raise this very issue with me as the Minister for Māori Development—that I am keen also to see some approach to seeing if this could be resolved.It wasn't picked up during the amendment to the Māori Reserved Land Act. This is a very difficult issue which is why the previous Government couldn't deal with it and I'm not under any illusion that it will be easy for this Government either. But we will embark on a journey to be able to see if there is a way. If there is a way it will require agreement across the House if we're able to get to some kind of solution.The other thing I wanted to add is that there were very few challenges raised by the Māori Affairs Committee in terms of the substance of the bill which is why this is a brief contribution. So with that said I want to acknowledge He Toa Takitini. I want to acknowledge the negotiators. I want to acknowledge actually for those who understand just how difficult it was that it was a special factors presentation that was made that I understand took this settlement kind of pushed this settlement right to the outer limits of what could be achieved. So I commend them for their strategy their foresight and their fortitude to ensure that a settlement resolves outstanding grievances that can rebuild the capability the cultural pride of Ngāti Kahungunu ki Heretaunga Tamatea. Nō reira tēnā tātou katoa."