SpeechPAUL EAGLE (Labour—Rongotai): Tēnā koe e te Māngai o te Whare. It's a real honour to be taking the last call in this the Ngāti Rangitihi Claims Settlement Bill. E te iwi Ngāti Rangitihi tēnā koutou katoa.Can I acknowledge all the speakers who have spoken previously right through the process to bring this to a conclusion and therefore some happiness for our iwi Ngāti Rangitihi. Can I start by acknowledging the Minister for Treaty settlements the Hon Andrew Little. I know in December last year he travelled to Matatā to sign the deed of settlement and his words—I remember him saying that he was humbled to stand there on the marae and to apologise. I think as I have learnt about these claims settlement bills that come through the House and being a member of the Māori Affairs Committee the importance of getting the apology right means a lot. The words that are crafted carefully and put into the bill take some time to ensure that they accurately reflect the horrific acts and the deeds that were done to the iwi of the time many years ago. I remember the Minister talking about his apology on behalf of the Crown for its acts and omissions that prejudiced Ngāti Rangitihi.There are some acknowledgments I want to make and just reinforce. I talked about the Māori Affairs Committee. Can I acknowledge the chair Tāmati Coffey and the whole committee of which we had members here today in Harete Hipango and all of those who have spoken. Because it is a committee where we do work together strongly as a team and get a thorough understanding of each of these iwi's settlements.But in terms of the members of Ngāti Rangitihi it is some shame that they're not here this afternoon to share with us this third reading. One of the great traditions as has been said previously is that there would be a waiata following the last speech and usually there's some whanaungatanga manaakitanga together to actually put that kanohi ki te kanohi in action and understand and see the people who have been—and for some it's been many many years in the making—bringing this to a conclusion.I want to acknowledge their lead negotiator Leith Comer. Tēna koe Leith. I know you've put in a lot of work personally to this point. There are some people past and present who've really kept the fires burning who have made sure that what's being put forward and what's here today—and I mentioned the word accurate"—is accurate and is fulsome to ensure that the acknowledgment of the tīpuna of Ngāti Rangitihi who are no longer with us are respected.I also want to acknowledge the chief Crown negotiator in Katherine Gordon. I've learnt that the structure of these arrangements is such where they work alongside each other. And of course there is also Te Arawhiti the Māori Crown relations Government agency who put staff in and ensure that we get these settlements shaped up in the way that they are.I did want to just finish the acknowledgments by just signalling two rangatira who are no longer with us. One and it's been mentioned earlier was Stephen Ihaka who was the cultural adviser to the Crown for many many years. He was involved in that facilitation and cultural support through the settlement. I know the Minister spoke fondly of him in the first reading to say "Look this is a person who was involved at those more difficult times which often these settlements have." He certainly led that party on to Rangitihi marae in December for the deed signing. And I want to mihi to Stephen and the whānau.Also there's Allan Skipwith the chair of Tūhourangi Tribal Authority close neighbours to Ngāti Rangitihi. Throughout the settlement I think the words were "tested and strained" and those are fair words because too often these things are not brought to the surface early enough. I know with some of the hearings we had those raruraru are aired there but I admire the late Allan Skipwith for the mahi that he did his firm and measured leadership in bringing this to the conclusion. I did not meet him. I wish I had because there are great words said about him. So I want to acknowledge those two gentlemen. Moe mai rā e ngā rangatira moe mai moe mai.If I move on to the settlement itself I know in particular for this one since the '60s they have certainly made petition submissions and claims to seek that redress for breaches. For this the Crown acknowledges those well-founded breaches in its obligations and the failure to protect those tribal structures for example to act in good faith in terms of leasing and purchasing land those land blocks and really at the end failing to protect Ngāti Rangitihi from becoming virtually landless. That's something that's been hurtful across many settlements but I acknowledge it here also. Also the failure to protect the Tarawera awa and te reo and to encourage its use. There's a number of things there that culminate in the—I guess it's summed up as the taking of excessive land for public works purposes. I want to acknowledge those issues there. The settlement however does provide for 19 sites—those have been mentioned previously—of deep significance to Ngāti Rangitihi and those are part of that cultural redress. There are two properties there and they are in the Waimangu Volcanic Valley and five properties at Matatā.One of the things I've enjoyed seeing as part of this settlement however is the establishment of a restoration strategy group and that's a permanent joint committee with the regional council there the Bay of Plenty Regional Council and there'll be some funding. There was half a million $500000 in terms of making sure that that will be set up and can be coordinated and do the promotion work that needs to be done and summed up by you know enhancing the mauri of the relationship between Ngāti Rangitihi and the Tarawera awa. There are those statutory acknowledgments that come through this and some deeds of recognition over four various areas and the amount for that commercial redress that covers those has been said is just over $11 million. There is also some shares in the Crown forest land within that central North Island and of course an additional financial redress as part of the overall settlement. I do want to just take a moment to say that however it's never I don't think enough to fully compensate an iwi in this case Ngāti Rangitihi for their loss that they have endured; the mamae of the tīpuna their ancestors. However I do hope that this settlement does forge a new relationship a new pathway forward between Crown the iwi the iwi and its whānau hapū to ensure that we can or they can start once again. I know that they are ready to go. That's the great thing—they have got their structures in place their relationship is strong and I know that as I said in this speech if they had the opportunity to be here we would hear the strong melody and the waiata of Ngāti Rangitihi beat with pride this afternoon. It's a pleasure to be the last and final speaker of the Ngāti Rangitihi Claims Settlement Bill for its third reading. Tēnā koutou tēnā koutou tēnā koutou katoa.Motion agreed to.Bill read a third time."