Little AndrewNGĀTI RANGI CLAIMS SETTLEMENT BILLSecond ReadingHon ANDREW LITTLE (Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations): I move That the Ngāti Rangi Claims Settlement Bill be now read a second time. I'd like to begin by welcoming the people of Ngāti Rangi who are with us in Parliament today to hear the second reading of their settlement bill. Ngāti Rangi iwi rau rangatira mā ko aku mihi atu ki a koutou nau mai haere mai.[To the people of Ngāti Rangi ladies and gentlemen I bid you a warm welcome here today.]This bill gives effect to Rukutia Te Mana the deed of settlement signed by Ngāti Rangi and the Crown in March 2018. The bill comprises five parts detailing impressive cultural and commercial redress and the Crown's apology redress. This redress has been carefully designed to aid Ngāti Rangi—[Interruption] DEPUTY SPEAKER: Order! Could we just have a bit of quiet as people leave please. [Interruption] There are sort of meetings down there. Could these two—Hon Member: Oi! DEPUTY SPEAKER: Excuse me.Hon ANDREW LITTLE: Thank you Madam Deputy Speaker. The redress that I just referred to has been carefully designed to aid Ngāti Rangi on their journey towards a vibrant future. As kaitiaki in their rohe the environmental and natural resources redress included in this bill is essential in enabling Ngāti Rangi to fulfil their responsibilities to the natural world. I look forward to describing the bill in greater detail at its third reading so I'll keep my comments for this reading somewhat brief. This afternoon I want to acknowledge the work of the Ngāti Rangi Trust. For more than two and a half decades the trust has held the Crown to account to its commitment under the Treaty to work in partnership with Ngāti Rangi. The Crown hasn't always upheld the principles of the Treaty or reciprocated the friendship that Ngāti Rangi has consistently shown the Crown since 1840. Through negotiations with the Ngāti Rangi Trust the Crown has come to learn what friendship and partnership with Ngāti Rangi actually entails. I'm optimistic that this bill contains redress which will support this relationship into the future with the post-settlement governance entity Te Tōtarahoe o Paerangi. I also acknowledge the work of the Crown team at Te Arawhiti led by chief Crown negotiator Dr John Wood my ministerial colleagues and other agencies who have worked on this settlement.Lastly I'd like to acknowledge and thank the Māori Affairs Committee who have swiftly and considerably progressed this bill. In 2018 26 submissions were received on the bill and the committee travelled to Ōhākune to hear oral submissions from seven of those submitters in full view of Matua te Mana Ruapehu. The committee reported back to the House on 7 March 2019 and recommended a number of minor technical changes to the bill. The committee also recommended changes that would ensure the deeds to amend executed while the bill was in the select committee phase are properly reflected in the bill. I'm satisfied that with these recommendations as they are they will ensure the redress agreed in Rukutia Te Mana the Ngāti Rangi deed of settlement can be properly implemented through the bill.This second reading of the Ngāti Rangi Claims Settlement Bill represents the next step in the journey of this iwi towards reconciliation with the Crown but it also brings the wider community of which Ngāti Rangi is a part closer to benefiting from the good that this settlement will bring to the Ruapehu district. I commend this bill to the House. Nō reira tēnā koutou tēnā koutou tēnā koutou katoa.