Paraone Pita: Ngāruahine Claims Settlement Bill — First ReadingText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeParaone Pita: Ngāruahine Claims Settlement Bill — First Reading[Sitting date: 11 August 2015. Volume:707;Page:5676. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]PITA PARAONE (NZ First): Tēnā koe Mr Deputy Speaker. Ā tiheiwa mauri ora tuku mauri ora ki te wheiao ki te ao mārama! Ngāruahine nau mai haere mai. Tū wāhi poto tēnei ki te tautoko i ngā mihi i mihingia e aku tuākana i whakatau i a koutou kua tae mai nei i runga i te kaupapa i karangahia tātou i te rā nei. Kei te tautoko hoki i ngā mihi ki tēnā o ngā whanaunga karanga maha nā rātou i ‘hakatīmata mai tēnei kaupapa ka harekau kē kei waenganui i a tātou. Ahakoa horekau i waenganui i a tātou ā-tinana ēngari mōhio ana au kei konei rātou a-wairua nā reira e tika ana kia mihi tonu ki a rātou. Nā reira kua ea te wāhi mā rātou ka hoki mai ki a tātou te hunga ora tēnā koutou tēnā koutou tēnā koutou.Kei te tautoko mātou o Aotearoa Tuatahi i te pire nei ahakoa e mōhio ana au e horekau e tino tatū e tino tau kē tā koutou kerēme. Tika ana te kōrero a te Minita ahakoa me pēhea tō rātou whakaaro ka horekau kē e tino tau ēngari ko te mea nui i tēnei wā i raro i te kirimana i hainatia i a koutou i waenganui i te Karauna kua tau kē. Ēngari ka nui taku mihi ki a koutou tā koutou manaakitanga ēhara ki te Karauna anahe ēngari ki te iwi whānui o Te Motu nei nā reira tēnā koutou tēnā koutou tēnā koutou.I mea atu au ki wā tātou whanaunga mai i Hineuru i te ata nei āhua pūhaehae ana au ki a rātou nā te mea kua tau kē te whakaaro o Te Karauna he iwi kē rātou. Horekau i hē ki tēnā! Pēnā i a koutou e tū i te rā nei hei iwi! Horekau ahau nei e raru ki tēnā! Ēngari i roto i a mātou o Ngāti Hine tōku whānau anahe tata kē 10000 ngā tangata ēngari kīhai te Karauna i ’hakaae i a mātou ē tū hei iwi. Kia ahatia? Ēngari te mea nui i raro i te kaupapa o te pire nei pai kē ki a koutou i te Whare nei. Nā reira ngā mihi hoki![Thank you Mr Deputy Speaker. So “Behold the breath of life! I give life to the natural and the enlightened world!” Welcome come hither Ngāruahine. I stand briefly in support of the tributes of welcome expressed by my elder colleagues to you collectively who arrived because of the call of the proposal that brought us all together here today. I also endorse the tributes to those relatives of many callings who started this proposal and are no longer amongst us. Even though they are no longer amongst us physically I am cognisant of the fact that they are here spiritually so it is apt that we continue to acknowledge them. Therefore the part for them has been satisfied and so we come back to us the living; greetings salutations and acknowledgments to you collectively.We of New Zealand First support this bill even though I know that your claim has not really been settled properly. What the Minister has said is correct; regardless ofwhat their thoughts are it will never really be settled but the main thing at this point in time is under the mandate of agreement that you collectively signed amongst the Crown it has been settled already. But I do appreciate you greatly for your hospitality not just with the Crown alone but with the public of this land; so well done wonderful and congratulations.I said to our relatives from Hineuru this morning that I was somewhat envious of them because the Crown had already made up their mind that they were already a tribe. Nothing at all wrong with that. It is much like your standing today as a tribe! Absolutely no problems at all with that. I do not have a problem with that! But within us in Ngāti Hine in my family alone there are nearly 10000 people but the Crown will not agree that we stand as a tribe! So what? But the important thing is under what is being proposed by this bill it is better instead for you really in this House and so congratulations as well.]I just want to say that we certainly support the bill going to the Māori Affairs Committee. Like all other settlements there will be other people within the tribe and outside of the tribe who will have some reservations a contrary view perhaps about this settlement. I think that the Māori Affairs Committee process allows the opportunity for those people to come and air their views.The bill provides that Ngāruahine may nominate members to the Taranaki Regional Council’s standing committee. On that particular issue I must say that I know that there are people out there who oppose this view. I have no problem with them having a different view. In fact this is one of the good things about this whole process. The actual history is recorded so that if people have any doubts as to the merits of iwi claims then it is documented there. It is documented in a way that is acceptable to the Crown as well. The fact that the Crown has tendered its apology to Ngāruahine is testament to its acceptance of the history that has been recorded. I want to have that noted in the Hansard. Āe nā tēnā pea ka rongo i a mātou mai ngā hunga i tautoko ‘hakahēngia te kaupapa i roto i te pire i mau mai i mua o te aroaro o Te Komiti mō ngā Take Māori. Tēnā pea kei te mōhio mai i a mātou he aha te tino ngako ō ō rātou whakaaro.[Yes and they might hear about us through those who agree to or oppose the proposal in this bill before the Māori Affairs Committee. Perhaps they might know about us in respect of what is the real substance inside their minds.]As a previous speaker alluded to there is some concern about Wai 522 the Āraukuku hapū claim. Again I think that through the Māori Affairs Committee process that will certainly be a point of discussion and it will give the committee some clarification as to what is the actual situation. It is important that this legislation actually reflects what is in the deed of settlement. We will certainly have that confirmed again in the Māori Affairs Committee.This whole process of Treaty settlements does provide an opportunity for this country to have recorded the actual history of what happened to Māori when the European came to this country. Today we are discussing a settlement bill that concerns a tribe in the Taranaki area. I can remember when I sat on the Māori Affairs Committee to look at the Ngāti Mutunga claim. I must say that I thought that the quantum was very small given the history and the impact that the arrival of the Crown had on that part of our country. Perhaps it could be argued that the quantum for this one could be similar in that it is not big enough considering the course of history that impacted on this iwi. However we will certainly hear more about that during the Māori Affairs Committee deliberations.I just want to conclude by saying that we do not have any concerns about the quality of the negotiators. We do have some concern that the Crown negotiators get compensated very well but I wonder whether or not the Māori negotiators got something similar. I would suggest not. Really if there is any criticism it is in that respect. I just want it on the record Minister that it is not against the individuals but against the unfairness I would suggest. However having said that I just want to conclude by again commending the bill to the House. Kia ora.