Mahuta NanaiaHon NANAIA MAHUTA (Labour—Hauraki-Waikato): Whakataka te hau ki te uru whakataka te hau ki te tonga. Kia mākinakina ki uta kia mātaratara ki tai. Kia hī ake ana te atākura he tio he huka he hauhunga; tihei mauri ora!" Tēnei te tāpiri atu i aku mihi nō Waikato-Maniapoto ki a koutou kua tau mai nei ki tēnei Whare Pāremata tā koutou Whare i tēnei rangi. Nō reira Ngāruahine tēnei te mihi atu ki a koutou me te mōhio anō o te maha o rātau kāre i tae ā-tinana mai. Rātau e hiki me kī e kawea te toimahatanga o ēnei tūāhuatanga a koutou koroheke rūruhi. Tēnei te mihi atu ki a rātau katoa kua wehe ki te Pō. Tēnei anō hoki e mihi atu ki a koutou ngā mahuetanga iho e kawea nei i tēnei tutukitanga i mua i te aroaro o te Pāremata hei kanohi mō tēnei tūāhuatanga hei kanohi mō ngā mokopuna me ā rātau whāinga i raro i ngā tikanga o tēnei tutukitanga. Nō reira i roto i ērā o ngā whakaaro ka nui te mihi atu ki a koutou katoa. Tēnā koutou tēnā koutou.["Cease the winds from the west cease the winds from the south. Let the breeze blow over the land; let the breeze blow over the ocean. Let the red-tipped dawn come with a sharpened air a touch of frost a promise of a glorious day; behold the breath of life!" I add my tribute on behalf of Waikato-Maniapoto to you collectively who have arrived here at this Parliament House and indeed your House today. And so I welcome you Ngāruahine knowing full well that many of them didn't arrive here physically. They your old folks and elderly ones are ones who picked up the burden of these kinds of situations and carried it upon them. I also acknowledge you the ones left behind as a face for this kind of situation and a representative for grandchildren and their aspirations under the customs of this settlement; bring it upon you at this settlement before Parliament. Therefore within those thoughts I congratulate you all immensely well done and my appreciation to you collectively.]I stand in the third reading of this particular bill with some trepidation because I understand the enormity of what is being achieved today with three settlement bills from Taranaki coming to a conclusion. I do that with trepidation because the history which is detailed in the settlement bills expresses a long-held view of a history that was never told. We can only take some comfort as New Zealanders that when we seek to correct the history of New Zealand so it may see the light of day that your descendants—of Ngāruahine—and the many descendants of this country can somewhat hope to see a way forward.I read with some interest for this third reading bill about the way in which negotiators worked hard to construct the historical accounts and the acknowledgments leading to the Crown apology. We have had a number of efforts to negotiate the substance of the bill; Minister you have outlined some of that detail. Can I assure members of the House that through the select committee stage as difficult as this Treaty settlement process is we did work hard to try to ensure that all the views within Ngāruahine were able to be heard and given due respect through our proceedings—and you will see it in the select committee's report. That said we acknowledge that this settlement that is being achieved today is a positive one for Ngāruahine.Although there have been challenges and I acknowledge that there are many opportunities. Those opportunities will be realised by the generations yet to come. We are optimistic about that—we have to be—because reducing the wrongs and hurts of the past allow another generation to look forward. So I want to take with your forbearance the time of the House to read out the apology because the bill when enacted will be your record of what you have negotiated with the Crown. But the apology as read in the Hansard will be New Zealand's record of the Crown making its amends for some very hurtful wrongs of the past.As you Ngāruahine have set out the apology in negotiations with the Crown it reads as follows: "(1) The Crown offices the following apology to the tūpuna the descendants the hapū and whānau of Ngāruahine. (2) The Crown regrets its actions that led to the outbreak of war in Taranaki. During those wars Crown forces mounted numerous attacks against Ngāruahine kainga and used scorched earth tactics that devastated Ngāruahine cultivations livestock and food stores. These actions caused severe hardship deprivation exile and death for many Ngāruahine people. For both its actions and their effects the Crown unreservedly apologises.(3) The Crown is sorry for the immense prejudice it caused by confiscating land that had sustained Ngāruahine tūpuna for centuries. The raupatu was indiscriminate unjust and unconscionable. The Crown deeply regrets the serious damage its actions have caused to Ngāruahine and its people. (4) The Crown deeply regrets its unjust treatment of the Ngāruahine people it imprisoned for taking part in campaigns of peaceful resistance. The Crown sincerely apologises to those tūpuna it exiled hundreds of kilometres from their homes to the whānau who grieved in their absence to the descendants and to Ngāruahine.(5) The Crown deeply regrets and unreservedly apologises for its unconscionable actions at Parihaka and for the harm those actions caused to the community and those Ngāruahine people who resided there. (6) For generations the Crown has failed to live up to its obligations to Ngāruahine under the Treaty of Waitangi. The effects of its actions over generations have damaged their autonomy cultural and spiritual heritage and ability to exercise customary rights and responsibilities. The Crown solemnly apologises to Ngāruahine for all of its breaches of the Treaty of Waitangi and its principles.(7) The Crown hopes that this settlement and this apology will relieve the burden of grievance that Ngāruahine has carried for so many years and will assist Ngāruahine to heal the wounds of the past. The Crown looks forward to building a relationship of mutual trust and cooperation with Ngāruahine founded on respect for the Treaty of Waitangi and its principles."Kei reira te whakapāha atu o te Karauna ki a koutou Ngāruahine.[And it is there where the apology of the Crown is to you Ngāruahine.]I think when generations to come read the apology they should be uplifted to know that this generation tried with its best efforts to seek redress for some of the most hurtful things of the past with optimism. So just as my colleague Peeni Henare said in his erudite speech: songs should be written haka should be performed and at the heart of that hurt optimism for the future remains a vibrant light to guide the path forward.I have no doubt that the negotiators for this claim have carried much. I think the Crown the Office of Treaty Settlements officials necessarily have had to endure a lot of truth telling. That said my small part of optimism is for the bravery of those kaumātua and koroheke and rūruhi who saw fit to ensure that today would be a day of celebration always remembering the past; a day of optimism always remembering the sacrifice; a day of nation building understanding the necessary aspects of the relationship between Ngāruahine and the Crown. For that we thank you because this is what New Zealand's fabric will be built on: a relationship on the Treaty of Waitangi—two partners trying to come together to make things happen.This is a lesson for Parliament as we all sit in this House debating pieces of legislation like this. The onus is upon us across the House that no matter what political hue we come from and what colour we wear if the relationship is not upheld then there is no substance to the words on the paper. So it is determined on the leadership of every generation to make sure that the relationships and the intent envisaged through these Treaty settlements such as that which we have witnessed today with Ngāruahine can be upheld with the spirit that is intended to heal the wounds of the past. Nō reira he paku he paku he iti tāku kia tāpiri atu ki ēnei o ngā momo kōrero mō tēnei ki te kōrero ki a koutou i tēnei wā Ngāruahine nō reira tēnā koutou tēnā koutou tēnā tātau katoa.[So this is but a tiny small teeny bit and morsel of mine to add to these kinds of contributions about this; to say to you collectively at this time Ngāruahine therefore acknowledgments and congratulations to you collectively and my appreciation to us all.]"