Mahuta NanaiaHon NANAIA MAHUTA (Minister for Māori Development): Ngāti Rangi tēnā koutou. E kore e warewaretia rātou kua wehe ki tua o te ārai kei te heke tonu ngā roimata i taua maharatanga. Ki a koutou katoa ngā mahuetanga iho hei whakakanohi mai i a rātou katoa. Tēnei e whakatata atu ki a koutou i tēnei wā me taku rourou iti.[Greetings to you Ngāti Rangi. Those who have passed beyond the veil will never be forgotten the tears are still flowing in response to that memory. To all of you who remain with us to represent them. I approach you at this time with my small contribution.]I just wanted to express the privilege that I have to make a short contribution in the third reading and the final passage of this bill today. Much has been said in the House about the substance of the settlement the enduring legacy that was created by the many who have walked the path for Ngāti Rangi in holding the torch of wanting to reach some kind of settlement. But you know what? The settlement process is imperfect in and of itself. Many tribes know that and have still come here today with the intent to do something more from an imperfect process. Hurt has been caused and when we think about the conversations—the many conversations—preceding this point by claimant groups by whānau who have had to confront What would the opportunity be to get to settlement?" and "What would we have to do to come together to realise the potential of a settlement?" I am under no shadow of a doubt that that has caused you time to reflect on what the aspiration is for your people. I say this to you: you have not needed a settlement to hold on to the very best things of what Ngāti Rangi represents and we recognise that in this House. Many Treaty settlements hold the aspiration of an enduring partnership but the challenge for us here in this House for our time that we serve the good people of New Zealand is to ensure that we commit to making a settlement on paper real in active ways. When I look at this settlement I see imprinted all over it the desire to reflect a relationship between Ngāti Rangi and its lands its relationship to its waters its relationship to all things that live within its domain. Then there are some subtle but useful insights that we can gain as parliamentarians about the nature of that relationship: the conversation around kawa ora and mauri ora. It wouldn't be unless you were actively reflecting what that means in practice as kaitiaki within your rohe that you could gain the true meaning of the intent of this settlement. But the relationship firstly of the people themselves to each other becomes fundamental and I am encouraged by the leadership demonstrated within Ngāti Rangi notwithstanding a settlement to gain some support and harness the relationships that they have in their rohe around tourism around the maunga to ensure that none of that would be lost to them and they are engaging positively in this space and I applaud them. They have not needed a settlement to achieve that.But what the settlement does enable is a bigger conversation with the Crown about intent. When I think about the relationship to the maunga the crater and what is happening there from a civil defence point of view and the long-term role that Ngāti Rangi must play in enduring solutions to the bigger challenges that we face as a nation in terms of climate change in terms of protecting our natural heritage and estate—that is imprinted all throughout the settlement in very subtle but substantial ways and I want to just acknowledge that. The second thing I want to acknowledge is Minister Finlayson who started this process because it was his intent to make sure that Ngāti Rangi got to the table and resolved for themselves a way forward that we're having this conversation and I certainly applaud Minister Little for picking up that challenge and furthering the aspiration within a very short time frame to not only reach an agreement in principle but a deed of settlement where there was a clear vision that could be articulated in the settlement we have here today. I also want to recognise the negotiating team. You know by median age I think they felt the full weight of the generations who they follow to be able to get to settlement point but this is a fine representation of what those kaumātua had envisioned for the next generation that they had the tenacity and the courage to pick up all the things that have been gifted from many generations to this time to be able to say "We can move forward we do have a vision we can take our people and certainly the next generation to another place."I want to also acknowledge the subtleties of some of the aspects in relation to natural resources. Because I'm doing some work on the Wai 262 I see some very key relationship elements that will no doubt put you in good stead going forward. Heoi anō he iti tāku hei tāpiri atu ki te kete kōrero e wānangahia e Ngāti Rangi kia waihotia mā tātou he whakaaetia ā ki te tautoko ā rātou nei hiahia ā rātou nei wawata mō te āpōpō. Nō reira tēnā koutou Ngāti Rangi tēnā tātou katoa. [However I only have a little to add to the collective discussion that has been held by Ngāti Rangi to leave us free to assent and to support their desire their dreams for the tomorrow. Therefore greetings Ngāti Rangi greetings to us all.]I support the bill."