Rurawhe AdrianADRIAN RURAWHE (Labour—Te Tai Hauāuru): Ā tēnā koe e Te Māngai o Te Whare. Te mea tuatahi e tū tautoko ana ahau i te karakia ka tukuna atu e te hōnore mema a Te Ururoa Flavell i tēnei ata. Nō reira e Te Minita tēnei ahau tuku mihi atu ki a koe roto i te korōriatanga o Ihowa o ngā mano Matua Tama Wairua tapu ngā anaherea pono Te Māngai hei tautoko mai āianei ake nei āe! Oti noa tēnei ahau e tuku mihi atu ki a Te Ati Awa i tēnei wā ki ngā hapū katoa o Te Ati Awa oti noa ngā uri katoa o Awanuiārangi te tamaiti o Tamarau-te-heketanga-ā-Rangi rāua ko Rongoueroa nō reira ki a koutou Manu Kōrihi Ngāti Rāhira Ngāti Tāwhitikura Ngāti Tūparikino Ngāti Te Whiti Ōtaraua Pukerangiora me Puketapu anō hoki a Te Ati Awa nui tonu tēnei ahau e tuku mihi atu ki a koutou nau mai haere mai whakatau mai ki Te Whare Pāremata nei. E tuku mihi hoki ahau ki Te Minita mō tōna kōrero mai ki Te Whare i tēnei ata ngā kōrero whakamārama e pā ana ki ētehi o ngā take kei roto i te pire nei. Nō reira e tika ana kia tuku atu i te mihi ki tōna kōrero.[Thank you Mr Deputy Speaker. The first thing is that I endorse the prayer accorded by the honourable member Te Ururoa Flavell this morning. Therefore I thank you Minister in the glory of Jehovah of the thousands the Father Son Holy Spirit and the Blessed Angels and for the Mouthpiece to support now and for ever yes! I extend a welcome indeed to Te Ati Awa and all its hapū at this time suffice to say to all the descendants of Awanuiārangi the child of Tamarau-te-heketanga-ā-Rangi and Rongoueroa and to you collectively therefore Manu Kōrihi Ngāti Rāhira Ngāti Tāwhitikura Ngāti Tuparikino Ngāti Te Whiti Ōtaraua Pukerangiora and Puketapu and to all of you at large Te Ati Awa as well I welcome you all come hither to this Parliament House. I also commend the Minister for his address to the House this morning in terms of his explanations in relation to some matters in this bill. Therefore it is appropriate that I acknowledge his contribution.]I want to go straight into some specific issues within the Te Atiawa Claims Settlement Bill. I want to first of all take a couple of quotes from the bill itself around the acknowledgment and the apology. Within the settlement bill: The Crown acknowledges that—(a) it unfairly treated Te Atiawa as being in rebellion; and (b) the confiscations of 1865 were indiscriminate in extent and application and had a devastating effect on the welfare economy culture and social development of Te Atiawa;". It goes on in the apology to say: "The Crown is sorry for the immense prejudice it caused by confiscating the lands of Te Atiawa. The raupatu was indiscriminate unjust and unconscionable. The Crown deeply regrets the damage this caused to the economy and society of Te Atiawa." It is important that we remember that in the context of the overall bill.Last night I spoke on the New Plymouth District Council (Waitara Lands) Bill in its first reading. One of the things that I spoke about too was the Waitara lands. I want to restate what I said in relation to that bill here today on this bill. It is important that we acknowledge that this process of settlement is one that is flawed. It does not deliver everything that iwi would want it to deliver—it does not even pretend to do that. It is a negotiated settlement. It is not compensation; it is redress. It is incumbent upon each and every settlement group each and every iwi that goes through this process that it fully understands what the process can deliver and what it cannot deliver. And it is also incumbent on each settlement group to ask the big question: "Can we live with that?". In this instance I am absolutely certain that the negotiators would have asked themselves that questionI refer to the Waitara lands—the confiscation of the Pekapeka Block—and the pain and anguish that people still carry today around that. The hapū of that area that Manukorihiōtaraua—members of those hapū still bear the burden of that trauma that happened in 1865. It is important also to note that the negotiators came up with an agreement with the Crown and signed that deed of settlement—the deed of settlement that is a binding document; the deed of settlement that outlines how Te Atiawa on behalf of all of its hapū wants to move forward. The clause within the bill which is basically a voluntary clause around the ability for Te Atiawa to purchase the endowment lands at Waitara—that is a voluntary clause that is in the bill that gives the opportunity for Te Atiawa to purchase the lands from the district council. The bill that was introduced and read a first time last night will as the Minister acknowledged effectively remove that. Within the bill the recommendation from the Māori Affairs Committee was that there be an automatic repeal of that clause. Based on the bill that was read a first time last night that basically makes those clauses redundant. So I think that it is important that that is in the mix in this discussion. I think that it is really important—taking in context the acknowledgment and the apology—that we do not add another layer of breach upon this current bill. That is a big question and my challenge to all of the participating interests within this bill and the bill that was read a first time last night—it is absolutely critically important that your compelling evidence is presented to the Māori Affairs Committee for it to be considered. I know that there are many people who are hurting about one or both of these bills. This is a process that needs to be inclusive. It needs to ensure that everyone as much as possible is on board with this settlement. The settlement needs to be enduring; it needs to last beyond several generations for each generation that comes into the future. The reason why you would accept a redress that is considerably less than the total value of the loss—you would do it for the future generations. It is very important for this House to be confident that this settlement will endure and to have a bill read for the first time that the entire Parliament agreed to. I think the important thing there is that it agreed to it so that everyone could have their say. From what I can tell from what everyone has said in this House about that bill: beyond select committee there are no deals on this particular legislation. I think it should be noted that everyone should be clear about the process before us. There are a number of other issues that I do want to discuss. I know that the Committee stage is coming and there are a couple of areas that I do want to speak about particularly on the right of first refusal and other matters. For this time ka mutu taku kōrero mō tēnei wā kei te haere tonu mai ētehi atu kōrero i roto i te whakahaerenga o tēnei pire kei roto i Te Whare nei nō reira ki a Te Atiawa tēnei ahau e tuku mi'i atu ki a koutou tēnā koutou kia ora mai tātou katoa.[I end my contribution for now as other contributions relating to the administration of this bill continue in this House so I commend you Te Atiawa congratulations to you and to us all.]"