Bennett DavidHon DAVID BENNETT (National—Hamilton East): Tēnā koutou e te iwi o Ngāti Rangi. Hopefully that's close enough.ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Poto Williams): Shall I call the honourable member?Hon DAVID BENNETT: Yes thank you. Oh I get a second go.ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Poto Williams): I call the Hon David Bennett.Hon DAVID BENNETT: Thank you Madam Assistant Speaker. Tēnā koutou e te iwi o Te Ngāti Rangi. I probably come from a different side to this question here today. I have no iwi affiliation like my good colleague from the Rangītikei who spoke earlier. But I am a dairy farmer and so we love the land and the land means a lot to us as farmers and so when I look at a settlement in this House I can only but a fraction understand your connection with the land but to a certain extent I feel that bond as well.I also could understand and feel to a limited extent your loss. When you see young people up in the gallery watching who have come to see this settlement today I can only think of the mix of emotions that would be there: from anger to pain to retribution to hope and to desire for the future—all those emotions that your leaders have harnessed to get to this stage here today and to come to a settlement never forgetting the past but looking forward. Those emotions I say to the young and the future leaders of Ngāti Rangi—don't lose them but harness them to make this settlement something even stronger so you can deliver that future that I know is your ambition here today. It is possible. The world does change. This place has changed immensely in the time I've been here and New Zealand will change a lot in the time of the next generations of iwi. There will be quite a different New Zealand in 50 years' 100 years' time. When we look at some of those landholdings that are there now it is a very very small percentage of what was lost but I can guarantee you that in 100 years' time it will be a much different story and those landholdings will be much bigger and there will be another generation coming through that will understand the pain but also want to achieve a lot more for the iwi. It is difficult when you're not part of the iwi to understand completely but hopefully we do have the ability to put right some of the wrongs that have been in the past and to at least try and harbour and build on the ambitions of the future as we are all only people and we do make mistakes. But in the end time is a great winner and in the end things do come to their natural fruition and success does come through time. So to the young ones: don't give up be strong and look at what has been achieved today. There is a lot more you will be entrusted to achieve to rebuild but it can be done and can be done successfully. As someone that comes from Hamilton in the heart of Tainui we have seen how that can happen and there's still a lot more to be done there as well but there is that future ahead and it is a promising future that can only go forward and so I would encourage you to keep that spirit alive.I'd just like to also acknowledge the people that have taken a very valuable part in making this happen here in this House. I'd like to acknowledge first of all Andrew Little the Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations. I have sat on committees with Andrew for a number of years and I've found him to be a very genuine and hard-working and dedicated member of this Parliament. I know he will look back on his time as Treaty negotiations Minister with fondness and it will be something that I know he will take home as an element of pleasure after being in this Parliament—to have been part of that process. So I thank you Andrew. You are a good man and you do a good job in this area. There's another bill coming up later which we won't be so conciliatory about with him.I'd also like to acknowledge Chris Finlayson who from our side has been a very instrumental part in the negotiations as well and similarly feels the same way and has the same ambitions and dedication to making the settlements a reality.There is a beautiful area that we're learning more about in the speeches here today that is the home and heart of the iwi. I was quite impressed with Ron Mark who especially with his defence hat on talked about how there would be that gifting back of that land so that New Zealand can benefit from it. That is a very genuine and heartfelt gift to this country. We look around this room—the plaques that represent the fallen soldiers from all races that are New Zealanders. They do need a place where they can train. They do have a place there that is embedded in the heart of our forces and is part of the history of our country. So the action that you've taken in supporting that is very much appreciated in the defence of New Zealand and the values that New Zealand aspires to. So I can see that you are going to be achieving a wider good not only for your iwi but a wider good for New Zealand. That's something I think you can treasure as well and thank you for that gift.We also heard heartfelt stories in the history and Harete thank you for sharing that with us in an emotional way. It gives us some understanding too of some that history that we may not have personally experienced but as somebody linked to that community you have experienced it so it gives us a personal understanding of what has happened and we thank you for sharing that with us in the way that you did.In this Parliament we all go home to our different tribal affiliations and in our parties but there is one thing that we always do take great pride in and that is at the end of a settlement when there is an agreement amongst all the parties and there is a sense that we have actually achieved something of a positive purpose that day. Everybody leaves this room with a sense of pride and comfort that they have achieved what they set out to when they came to Parliament which is actually to do good for their community. As we say it may only be a small way but it is something I can guarantee you that every member of this House will take great pride in—being able to hopefully be part of your journey to help you on that next stage. We encourage all that are involved to take this opportunity to work with the ongoing process of renewal and building that future and we wish you all the very best in that endeavour. We know it's going to take time but we know that the spirit the strength and the courage of your people will make it happen. So we wish you all the best. You have the apology of this Parliament and the New Zealand people but you also have the blessing for the future endeavours that I know you will take. Thank you.