Korako NukNUK KORAKO (National): Mauri ora e Te Mana Whakawā tēnei te mihi o ngā mema o Te Whare Pāremata huri noa i Te whare nei e mihi atu ki a koutou katoa. Ngāti Hineuru whakatau mai ngā uri o Rangihīroa whakatau mai Whiti-ō-Hura Mauka whakatau mai. Mātaatua waka whakatau mai e mihi nei e tangi nei mauria mai ō koutou whakaako ki te kaupapa kua huihui e tākata. Nō reira ka hoki hoki ngā maumahara mō tō Emi Te Pohe Ngahere Bush mō Rapi Te Pohe Ngahere Bush. E nō reira haere atu rā haere atu rā ki te pā o te whakawairua takoto mai takoto mai! [Good health Mr Assistant Speaker. I acknowledge you all throughout this House; members of Parliament greetings! Welcome to you Ngāti Hineuru relatives of Rangihīroa Whiti-o-Hura Mountain and Mātaatua Canoe. I lament and grieve here bring forth your learnings to the matter; why the people are gathered here. Thoughts go back as well to Emi and Rapi Te Pohe Ngahere Bush. Therefore depart you two journey on to the place of the spirits lie there and rest.]It is indeed my honour as the chair of the Māori Affairs Committee as a member of the Government to acknowledge first of all this iwi into this House and to acknowledge two people whom I knew down in Ōtautahi and their sad passing and also to acknowledge being here as the chair of the Māori Affairs Committee for the third reading of the Hineuru Claims Settlement Bill.This morning we have had an incredible overview of the historical account and also the journey through to this third reading. What I want to do though is keep it fairly tight and concentrate on the beginning of the process where Hineuru provided the Crown with a set of pouwhenua and those pouwhenua were really the guiding pouwhenua on this hīkoi to where we have reached here today for the third reading.Those pouwhenua or pillars guided the iwi throughout this settlement. I know there are people here in the gallery today from Hineuru. There are people who cannot be here and are possibly watching this live and there are people also—rangatira—who have passed on and we acknowledge them here today. Also there were the Crown negotiators led by Paul Swain as this settlement actually continued through to reach and fulfil those pou.So looking at the pouwhenua the first one is the pouwhenua tuatahi which recognised the protection of Hineuru history and culture for the generations to come. The next one tuarua was the restoration of the health and the well-being of Hineuru. Tuatoru the third one is the recognition of the mana of Hineuru and this particularly relates to way in which the Crown's actions have diminished Hineuru to the point of their not being considered as an iwi in their own right. The fourth one tuawhā is the reassertion of Hineuru's presence in their area following the decimation of this key Hawke's Bay iwi by the Crown. Tuarima which is actually the pouwhenua that will be an important one—they are all important but this one particularly—around the commercial redress and rebuilding the economic base of Hineuru. The final one tuaono is the recognition of Hineuru's roles as kaitiaki of the environment in their rohe and of their traditional resources.Hineuru have trodden a long road to reach this point and indeed it is important again to acknowledge the negotiators—in particular Ivy Kahukiwa-Smith and Karauna Brown—for the way that they have stood up to get the best deal they could for their people by negotiating with the Crown in a very very pragmatic way.I want to also acknowledge the other rangatira of Hineuru including their chair Tū Kahukiwa and the board of Ngāti Hineuru Iwi Inc. I know that they have worked hard to reach this point and I will say after someone who is a son of Kāi Tahu has learnt since 1996 the work does not stop now. It just changes and it continues on your own journey. Now that they have been charged with putting these new resources to the benefit of their people I am confident that they will drive an expertise that they have particularly in those who have been the negotiators and those who have been supporters—people like Traci Houpapa. When we look at that that is really the beacon that will take them through to what they want out of their settlement.Hineuru have waited a long time and they come to the final end of the journey. When I look at this your deed of settlement one thing that it reminds me of is that what is talked about is informative but what is written here is binding. So Ngāti Hineuru ko tō koutou mahere heke mai tēnei. [This is your future.]On that note I acknowledge again the members of the Māori Affairs Committee. We went to Napier/Ahuriri and we actually heard the submissions and we also took note of not only those who supported this bill but also some who did not support the bill. I think of Ngāi Tahu—not the one in Te Wai Pounamu as you know; the one in your takiwā in your rohe. But we heard all of these submitters and then we were able to come back to the House and make an informed decision as part of this journey through to where we are today. I take great pleasure in commending this bill to the House. E mihi atu ki a koutou katoa Hineuru. [I acknowledge you all Hineuru.]