Paraone PitaPITA PARAONE (NZ First): Tēnā koe Mr Deputy Speaker. Ā tēnā tātou e noho tahi i roto i Te Whare nei i te pō nei. Ēngari i mua i te haere tonu o tōku kōrero e hiahia ana au kia mihi atu ki tetahi o ngā kaimahi o Te Whare nei i hinga atu i tērā atu rā. Nā reira e Tuhi Hauiti Parapara tēnei te mihi atu ki a koe takoto mai rā i runga i te ātamira o ō mātua tupuna nā rātou i tākiri mōu i tēnei wā. Nā reira ahakoa he poto noa iho tēnei mihi ka nui te aroha ki a koe me tō whānau. Nā reira e kara haere haere hoki atu. Hoki mai ki a tātou te hunga ora ā tēnā tātou katoa. [Acknowledgments to those sitting here in this House tonight. But before I continue with my contribution I want to pay a tribute one of the workers of this House who passed away the other day. So to you Tuhi Hauiti Parapara I acknowledge you lying there upon the elevated platform of your ancestral forefathers that they laid out for you at this time. Despite this being a brief tribute there is much compassion for you and your family. So farewell dear friend depart and return. I come back to us the living and accolades to us all.]We have had six speakers from both sides of the House two supporting the bill and the rest obviously opposing. It is about the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi and yet not one speaker has articulated what those principles are. So I want to quote from the Good Book Mr Deputy Speaker—and you will appreciate this—it is taken from 1 Corinthians 14:8: Ki te kahore hoki e mārama ki te tangi o te tēpere ko wai e takatū ki te whawhai?". Ka pai—I will translate it: "For if the trumpet gives an uncertain sound who shall prepare himself for the battle?". I use that quote because of the uncertainty as to what those principles are. Mr Bennett may know those principles but then if I go back to the early settlement bills reference was made to the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi yet none of those principles were articulated in those pieces of legislation and yet recent settlement bills make no mention of the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi as part of the legislation. Maybe they do as part of the explanation but certainly not in the body of the legislation.So New Zealand First's position has always been that because of the uncertainty of just what those principles are then we would not be supporting legislation like this—No. 1. No. 2—the bill talks about "elect" thus giving an option. So what happens if half the team chose not to take that option and only the other half does? If the sponsor of this bill was serious about the intent then she would have used the word "must" rather than saying "elect"—but she did not—so even she has some uncertainty about it.The other thing is that if you look at the explanatory note in the third line from the bottom—and the member who sponsors this bill might want to read the word—it says "Treaty of Waitingi;" instead of "Treaty of Waitangi;". So that suggests to me that this has been put through with some haste without even being able to spell the word "Waitangi" properly. You are talking about an oath. Should it not be correct in every sense of the word? So until the actual principles are articulated New Zealand First will certainly be opposing the bill. Thank you."