SpeechPAUL EAGLE (Labour—Rongotai): Tēnā koe e te Māngai o te Whare. E te iwi Ngāti Maru tēnā koutou and can I say what a pleasure it is to speak on this second bill the Ngāti Maru (Taranaki) Claims Settlement Bill. I had the privilege of being part of a pō'hiri to welcome them here with the Hon Andrew Little the Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations—to warmly welcome them and meet representatives of their team and can I acknowledge both the iwi and Crown negotiators. These settlements are big pieces of work. As a member of the Māori Affairs Committee the more of these I do the more that I learn about the processes that different iwi across the motu go through to bring these to a conclusion. I want to just acknowledge other members of the Māori Affairs Committee—in particular the chair Tāmati Coffey. Hopefully all things proceeding well we will be able to partake in the celebration when the third reading comes to the House.This bill gives effect to Te Hiringa Taketake the deed of settlement between ourselves the Crown and Ngāti Maru which was signed on 27 February of last year—2021. There are some important parts as per each settlement package in terms of a redress. There are generally three key parts to this: the apology—and look I said in an earlier speech around the need to get this accurate. One of the things I've learnt is that whānau hapū and iwi want to ensure that their story is told accurately to capture that historical account of what happened at the time and the breaches of Te Tiriti—the Treaty of Waitangi—with regard to Ngāti Maru.Secondly a key point is the cultural redress. Every settlement is different and in terms of Ngāti Maru and those people from Taranaki it talks about 16 sites in this case. There are some protocols and I know one of the strong features of this settlement is with regard to primary industries and the fisheries but probably something that was expressed—and we had 35 written submissions; eight oral and it would have been great to get there if it wasn't for COVID. But we heard strongly around the importance of ensuring that the responsible Ministers issue protocols for any taonga tūturu or protected objects found with the Ngāti Maru rohe of interest and it talks about national monuments the publications detailing history and the provision of cultural and spiritual practices right through to board appointments of interest to the people of Ngāti Maru. There are statutory acknowledgments that go with that and that fulfils that cultural redress.The third piece is around commercial redress. What I find interesting and I have learnt lots is that that exclusive right of first refusal over Crown-owned property—this can be controversial. But they've said in this commercial redress within that Ngāti Maru rohe it is for 179 years from the settlement. I know that this means much more to the people of Ngāti Maru than just a simple piece of paper. We've heard this evening the recount of a range of provisions relating to the riverbed within the Whanganui River catchment area for example and the resource consent process as part of that joint-management agreement between the iwi and the Taranaki Regional Council clarifying that role for the local authority the New Plymouth District Council.So in conclusion here I want to just say how much of a pleasure it's been being part of progressing this bill for the people of Ngāti Maru. It certainly brings a strengthened approach between Crown and local government towards those people who have been most impacted and I look forward to hopefully—fingers crossed—seeing them here as part of the third reading of their settlement bill. I commend this bill to the House.