Jones Shane: Mokomoko (Restoration of Character Mana and Reputation) Bill — In Committee Third ReadingText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeJones Shane: Mokomoko (Restoration of Character Mana and Reputation) Bill — In Committee Third Reading[Sitting date: 10 December 2013. Volume:695;Page:15445. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]Hon SHANE JONES (Labour): Hei tīmatanga ake me mihi atu ki ngā uri o te kaumātua rangatira nei o tēnā pito o Aotearoa. Me pēnei te kī: ko Waiaua awa he rerenga roimata; ko Waiaua marae he rerenga kupu hei whakairo i a rau mahara—ā-ngākau ā-hinengaro ā-wairua. Tā koutou e tatū mai ai ki Te Ūpoko i tēnei rā ehara i te mea nā te hiriwā te koura rānei koutou i tae mai ai. Ehara nā te pānga whenua kāhore. Otirā hei whakatūturu i te ngākau hei whakatūturu i te wairua ka ea tēnei kaumātua ka murua ēnā whakapae i whiua ki runga i a ia. Kāhore pea he whānau tū atu i a koutou. I amo i waha i tēnei kīkauranga kārawarawa pai te tuarā taimaha atu ai tae noa mai ki tēnei rā. Uaua rawa te kite i tētahi whānau kotahi i roto o Aotearoa ka rite ki te wāhi e tū nei koutou i tēneki rā atu i tēnei rā. Nā reira tēnā koutou tēnā koutou tēnā tātau katoa.Ko tā mātau i tēnei taha o te Whare he tautoko i ngā kupu mai i tō tātau ruahine o te ao Māori i roto i te ao tōrangapū a Tariana. Me te mōhio i roto i ngā taukumekume o te ao tōrangapū he pakeke rawa he auau noa iho ngā wā ka kite mātau ngā kaitōrangapū i tētahi take pēnei. He take māku te kī e ngoto tonu ana ki te wairua o to tātau motu Aotearoa. I roto i ēnei tini tau ka pahemo ka whai wāhi ai tēnei Whare hei muru i tēnei hara. Ehara tēnei i te mahi māmā noa iho nei. E kore te whānuitanga o tēneki mahi e oti i a mātau te whakakaupapa mā roto i te kupu. Tā te mea mō koutou he kaupapa wairua tēnei. Nā reira ko tāku he mihi ake ki a koutou ā-Māori  ā-tōrangapū. Nā reira koutou Ngāti Patumoana Te Whakatōhea tēnā koutou tēnā koutou katoa.[Firstly I acknowledge the descendants of this chief Mokomoko from that part of New Zealand. The saying goes like this: the Waiaua river is awash with tears; the Waiaua courtyard is awash with words that fashion out hundreds of emotional mind-blowing spiritual and memorable reflections. Your arrival here in Wellington was not for silver or gold; it was not for land interests not at all. You came to settle the spirit and liberate your ancestor from the allegations that he faced. There is no family stronger than you. You bore the immense responsibility until this day. It is difficult to imagine another family in Aotearoa that has reached the point that you have accomplished. And so congratulations salutations and well done to you all.We members on this side of the House endorse the sentiments expressed by our esteemed elder of the Māori and political worlds the Hon Tariana Turia. We also know that within the political struggle it is extremely rare for politicians to witness an issue such as this. It is an issue that invokes intense feelings for our whole country. Over the past several years Parliament has dealt to this injustice. It is not an easy task and one cannot adequately describe how much work went into it. For you in particular it is a spiritual journey. Therefore I acknowledge you as a Māori and a politician. Ngāti Patumoana and Te Whakatōhea salutations and greetings to you all.]I take a brief call and as I have said in our Māori language this is an unusual day in the sense that we are dealing with a piece of legislation after many years have passed and it is almost as if we are laying to rest one of the ghosts of our colonial history. It is a very rare experience. Indeed a very rare status is now enjoyed by this whānau who as we have said in Māori have had to endure a very uncomfortable position both in their own tribal area and in the broad history of New Zealand knowing that they are descended from someone who suffered the most grievous wrong and paid ultimately with his life.When Te Ururoa Flavell first came into Parliament the kīnaki or the waiata that he sang when he made his original speech was the waiata contained in this bill. It may come as some surprise to him that I remember that. But I hope that in joining today with my Māori colleagues on the other side of the House and all of us as a community of parliamentarians we can as the stewards of the most senior court of the land—the House of Representatives—actually provide some closure and bid this man farewell in a way that befits his legacy. I encourage members of this House to learn the English translation where he sang: “Only then will I get peace and eternal rest”. So to Mokomoko I say as a parliamentarian and as a steward of this House rest in peace. Tēnā koutou tēnā tātou kia ora tātou katoa.