Bidois DanDAN BIDOIS (National—Northcote): Tēnā koutou Ngāti Rangi. I'd like to acknowledge everybody that has come down from Ngāti Rangi today to be here on this historic occasion for you all. I'd also like to acknowledge all of the previous speakers—in particular my fellow colleague Harete Hipango. I can see that it's been very emotional for you all just through my colleague here today who historically is a very rational speaker but has really taken this on board and it's a great pleasure for her to be in the House today.I'd certainly like to acknowledge the current Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations Andrew Little and everybody who's helped to get this bill here today on this historic occasion. This bill is about certainly acknowledging the past and all of the omissions and acts that the Crown has taken or not taken prior to 1992. I won't recount them here; you've heard them quite clearly today and we will hear them more throughout the cycle of the bill. But it's also about focusing on the future. It's about hopefully the Crown never doing these acts or omissions again on the people of Ngāti Rangi. It's also about the shared hopes and aspirations that you have for your nearly 2500 members.It is in part a degree of compensation; although I must acknowledge that the level of compensation can never take away the acts or omissions that the Crown has done over the years. In focusing on the future I hope that certainly National supports this bill; that we settle; and that the people of Ngāti Rangi can focus on the future in terms of investing in their people investing in their cultural heritage investing in their land and also building their capital.This process is very clear. We're at the first reading of this historic bill and upon passing it it will go to a select committee—the Māori Affairs Committee—where the specifics of this bill will be debated in more detail and submissions from the people and the public will be made. Then I look forward to coming back when it comes back to the House for the second reading and the third and final reading to certainly support this historic piece of legislation.I'd also like to acknowledge the progress that we have made as a Parliament over the years on these Treaty settlements. About 85 deeds have been settled or signed by the Crown over the past few years and certainly today this continues under the Labour-led coalition but it also continued under the National-led coalition under the Hon Chris Finlayson.So with our previous Government we had certainly passed 16 Treaty bills and I look forward to passing more of these bills so that we can focus as a nation on the future because I think that these bills are not only about acknowledging the past but I think most importantly they're about giving us the ability to let go and to focus on the future in terms of partnership like my colleague Harete outlined. But it also allows us to focus on equal respect for one another both the Crown and iwi and finally the shared hopes and aspirations that all of us share for Māori in New Zealand. I am incredibly privileged to be giving my first speech on a Treaty settlement to the people of Ngāti Rangi and I support and commend this bill to the House. Thank you.