McKelvie Ian; Tolley AnneIAN McKELVIE (National—Rangitīkei): Thank you Madam Deputy Speaker. Needless to say I don't have the degree of eloquence of some of my predecessors but I just want to say a few things on this bill. I'll point out at the start that I've never been privileged to sit on the Māori Affairs Committee. I have been along there for the odd kai and it's almost as good as we have at the Primary Production Committee but not quite. So that's a very good part of the Māori Affairs Committee. Thank you Rino.I do want to congratulate the then Minister Finlayson and subsequent Minister Little for the work they've done on these Treaty settlement bills. I think these bills are by far the most rewarding bills that you can put through the Parliament or in the three terms I've been here I think they are by far the most rewarding and whilst I don't think they ever will address some of the interesting past we have as a country they certainly do go a long way to resolving some issues.My family have been going to Lake Taupō since the late 1890s which is quite a significant time. The reason I want to raise this is I think that when you go to that part of New Zealand and when you spend time in that part of New Zealand you realise what a significant part of the country it is what an amazing part of the country it is and when you read the Crown acknowledgments in the course of this bill and the Treaty settlement process that's taken place in that part of New Zealand you realise what a significant injustice has been done I think much greater than some other parts of the country. And I think it's also a part of the country that has huge significance for all of us whether it's—I won't tell you how long ago but it'd be a good while ago when I first went for a swim in the DeBrett's pool; we used to go there often as children. I think that's just what reminds you of that part of the country. It's a very significant part of New Zealand.The other thing that I think's so special about that part of the country—and from a farming perspective I don't think a lot of that part of the country would ever have been farmed but it's got huge significance from a conservation estate perspective and I think that Tūwharetoa would probably do as good a job if not a better job than the Government of managing that estate and I think that that's probably been largely demonstrated by them over the years.The other couple of things I wanted to mention briefly—and I did want to touch on the Landcorp farm issue but not for the same reason that's been touched on to date. In my own part of the world where I live at the southern end of my electorate—and of course the top of the Rangitīkei electorate is well into Ngāti Tūwharetoa territory. And also all those overlapping claims but one affect a large part of the Rangitīkei electorate as well. But I just want to touch on an issue and I know and I'm sure Tūwharetoa know that they'll be there long after Landcorp. I'm sure they'll always remember that because in Flock House just across the river from where I live a very similar issue arose in the course of a Ngāti Apa Treaty settlement. Of course Flock House wasn't owned by Landcorp; in fact it was owned by my family for over a hundred years. But it was a piece of land that Ngāti Apa was significantly interested in. In the course of the Treaty settlement process they weren't able to settle on it. It came up for sale very soon after and they pounced on it pretty quickly. I think that we've got long memories in this country and I know that Tūwharetoa will have a long memory. I do think that the comments that were made earlier about this sort of issue are hugely important because it's irrelevant you know. Who owns what is not all that relevant in this country because as long as we're here for ever I don't think it matters.So I think it's very special to be able to be a part of or observe these Treaty settlement processes from—I suppose what I'd call a distance; but it is special.I just want to finish with a couple of other things that my grandmother always used to say about the Tūwharetoa part of New Zealand or about Taupō. One of her favourite sayings was When you live by the coast sonny you always go inland for your holidays." And we did. The other thing she always said was "You'd never eat a fish from this far from the sea my boy." And I think she was true there too.So I want to wish you all the best as this settlement goes through its remaining phases in this House and I look forward to the time when the whole of the central North Island and in fact the Rangitīkei electorate is completely settled because I think we've seen massive progress as a result of these settlements and I think it's very exciting for all New Zealanders. Thank you.DEPUTY SPEAKER: This is a split call."