Waititi RawiriRAWIRI WAITITI (Co-Leader—Te Paati Māori): Tēnā tātou e te Whare. Kua kite mai koutou e ngā whanaunga e rima meneti noa iho ki a au ā tekau mineti ki te katoa o tēnei Whare nō reira kia tere rawa taku kōrero ki a koutou.Te Arawa waka tōia mai ki uta Te Arawa māngai nui upoko tūtakitaki ko wai te taki tangata kei runga? Ko Tamatekapua ko Tamatekapua. Inā te kōrero te kūrae rā ko te kūraetanga o taku ihu. Inā kaha kainaha Te Arawa e i e.Aha Te Arawa e i eAha ko te whakaariki Ko te whakaarikiAha tukua mai kia piriTukua mai kia tataKia eke mai ki runga i te paepae poto o Houmaitawhiti.Ngā pūmanawa e waru o Te Arawa whītiki taua. Rangitihi tangata maranga mai rā Ngāti Hinehua Ngāti Hinerangi Ngāti Ihu Ngāti Mahi Ngāti Whareiti Ngāti Titonga me Ngāti Tūtangata tēnā koutou. Nei rā tō mokopuna e mihi nei e tangi nei i te āhuatanga o ā tātou mate. Ngā mate kua whārikihia ki mua i a koutou i tēnei rā. Tangihia rā ngā mate putaputa o te wā koutou e ngā mate haere haere whakangaro atu rā. [Greetings to the House. You have seen my kin I only have five minutes and the whole House has only 10 minutes therefore my address to you must be quick. To the canoe of Te Arawa paddle in to shore Te Arawa of the resounding voice and strong determination who is the leader on high? It is Tamatekapua it is Tamatekapua. The narrative says yonder headland is the headland of my nose. Such is your strength Te Arawa. Indeed oh Te ArawaIndeed it is the invading armyIt is the invading armyIndeed let it attachLet it come closeTo advance onto thethreshold of Houmaitawhiti.To the eight beating hearts of Te Arawa hold strong. Rangitihi the person who rose up Ngāti Hinehua Ngāti Hinerangi Ngāti Ihu Ngāti Mahi Ngāti Whareiti Ngāti Titonga and Ngāti Tūtangata greetings to you all.This is your grandchild greeting you lamenting the circumstances of our deceased. The deceased who have been laid before you today. Grieve for them the many deceased of this time to you the deceased go go go well.]I stand here as a descendant of Rangitihi.Kia mōhio mai te pouako e Cathy ehara tēnei i a Ngāti Porou Te Whānau-a-Apanui noa engari he uri anō hoki nō Rangitihi nō Kawatapuarangi nō Pikiao. Ko Tēpōreihua ko Hinetamatepiki ko Parehina ko Ariariterangi ko Te Roro-o-te-Rangi ko Kerei Whenua ko Ureonepū ko Te Umu Iti ko Amohia ko Te Koha ko Hori Kawa Kura ko Hoani Kerei ko Kirimātao ko Mānihera ko taku pāpā heke iho nei rā ki a au.[So that Cathy the teacher knows I am not just of Ngāti Porou and Te Whānau-a-Apanui I am also a descendant of Rangitihi of Kawatapuarangi and of Pikiao. There was Tēpōreihua Hinetamatepiki Parehina Ariariterangi Te Roro-o-te-Rangi Kerei Whenua Ureonepū Te Umu Iti Amohia Te Koha Hori Kawa Kura Hoani Kerei Kirimātao and Mānihera who was my father and down to me.I want to acknowledge Ngāti Rangitihi for your perseverance for getting your Treaty claim settlement to the first reading and we know how difficult this process can be. So I'm acknowledging you all today.Leith koutou Rerepeka koutou o te poari Tipene koutou kua tae mai nei i tēnei rā tēnā koutou.[Leith Rerepeka the board Tipene all those who have come here today I acknowledge you all.] I acknowledge the trustees and the commitment of your people; our ancestors who endured so much; your negotiation team; your pakeke and kinsmen who have played their part for Ngāti Rangitihi today.The Crown acknowledges Treaty breaches and I'm not going to repeat as I've heard them all today. You know them you have made sure that they're in your claim so kei te aroha atu ki a koutou kia kaha [so I commiserate with you be strong].Although our total due is worth 1 percent—and the Crown has paid more on COVID subsidies to the business communities that added up to more than all Treaty of Waitangi settlements paid out over the last 30 years in just one week—our whakaaro here and we have shared this in many other of the claims by other iwi is that the overhaul of the Tiriti settlement process and to end the fiscal envelope"—would that have made a difference? Absolutely in the amount that you have agreed to. We need to insert a relativity clause into all Tiriti settlements to ensure that all iwi have parity with Ngāi Tahu and Waikato-Tainui; make Waitangi Tribunal recommendations binding on the Crown; implement all unaddressed Wai claims and recommendations; abolish "full and final"—although you've got 1 percent the door must always be open to our mokopuna to fight for the other 99 percent; return all conservation land to whānau hapū and iwi Māori. Moana Jackson has often said "Treaties are not settled they're honoured." Te Tiriti is a document that is the foundation of the living evolving relationship between tangata whenua and tangata Tiriti.As a member of the Māori Affairs Committee I look forward to playing an active part in this bill.Nō reira e hika mā kua tō te rā ki ahau kei te mihi atu rā ki a koutou i patua mai ngā rori ā te rangi kia tae mai koutou ki tēnei Whare. [Therefore friends my time is over I greet you all you who travelled today to come to this House.] I commend this bill to the House. Kia ora tātou."