Hipango HareteHARETE HIPANGO (National—Whanganui): E Te Māngai o tēnei Whare Paremata kia hiwa rā. E mihi ana ki ngā uri te iwi o Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki. Nau mai haere mai whakatau mai ki te wā o te ao hou.[Mr Speaker pay attention. I greet the descendants and the tribe of Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki. Welcome welcome at the time of the new year.]It is indeed humbling and a privilege to stand here to address the House and those of you ngā uri o Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki to take a final but a brief call in the final passage and reading of this bill. I stand not only as a National Party MP and an elected MP for Whanganui but also as uri of Whanganui and I can relate to you up there in the gallery seated here for the final passage of this bill. This bill is indicative of your kōrero your whakaaro your history your herstories. I traversed through your domain and your territories for many years as a younger woman when I studied up at Auckland University and I have to hand what has now become your bill and will become your law: Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki Claims Settlement Bill.So I will address significant parts of this but before I do it's appropriate to acknowledge those who have had hands-on: the current Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations the Hon Andrew Little and my colleague the former Minister the Hon Chris Finlayson. I also acknowledge the members across the House and on this side on the Māori Affairs Committee and all those members of the Office of Treaty Settlements who I'm sure that ngā uri a ngā tangata o Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki [the descendants the people of Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki] have had dealings with. So with the limited time that I have to address you all I made reference to te ao hōu. This is a new chapter for you all; it is a new beginning. As I embark on part of that in addressing that new beginning quite appropriately under clause 9 of your bill is the acknowledgment from the Crown for its failures for its breaches for its oversights in relation to the long-standing grievances that you quite appropriately have had and the recognition of those. I'll read a specific clause there clause 9: The Crown acknowledges that by participating in land transactions Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki sought to establish mutually beneficial relationships with Europeans and from 1840 with the Crown. The Crown further acknowledges that lands transacted by rangatira of Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki contributed to the development of Auckland and of New Zealand [Aotearoa] as a whole."Clause 10 of the bill outlines the apology that has been extended to you and it is sealed in writing in this bill the text of the apology set out in your deed of settlement. The Crown did not honour the mutually beneficial relationship that Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki sought with the European settlers. "Instead its acts and omissions undermined relationships that should have been based on good will and mutual benefit. The Crown broke its promise to protect your interests confiscated your whenua and promoted policies which had devastating economic social and cultural consequences for Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki."It's heartening to see you all here today a blend of the old and the young. We acknowledge those who have gone before and all the efforts that have been part of arriving at where you are today but as I look up seeing your tamariki this is about focusing into the future and this bill is about enabling in some part—although not fully acknowledging the total—redress.My colleague the Hon Christopher Finlayson spoke about Parts 2 and 3: cultural redress the significance and importance of that; the commercial redress in terms of the fiscal amounts that have been identified. However it is up to how you embrace the future going into it knowing what your past is and what the grievance has been but embracing a way forward. This bill it is hoped will enable that to occur. So in conclusion I commend this bill to the House and say that no amount of redress will ever be enough to compensate for the wrongs of the past. However it is a first step towards acknowledgment recognition and reconciliation. Ka nui te mihi ki a koutou ngā uri o te iwi Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki. Tēnā koe."