Allan Kiritapu; Mallard TrevorKIRITAPU ALLAN (Labour): E Te Māngai he tino hōnore ki te tū i roto i tēnei whare ki te mihi atu ki a koutou e ōku nei rangatira mai i te iwi o Ngāti Tūwharetoa ki a koutou ngā maha o ngā hapū kua haramai nei i tēnei ata mō tēnei wā ka nui te mihi. Otirā kei a koe e te Ariki Tā Tumu Te Heuheu tēnei te mihi ki a koutou e te ariki. Nō reira ko wai tēnei uri e tū ana? Kei raro rā ko Pīhanga te maunga ko Tongariro te awa ko Hīrangi te marae ko Ngāti Tūrangitukua te hapū ko Haukino Granville Duff rāua ko Whaitiri Manunui ōku tīpuna. Nō reira kei a koutou e te whānau whānui tēnā koutou tēnā koutou tēnā rā koutou katoa.[It is an honour for me to stand in this House and greet you all my leaders from Ngāti Tūwharetoa and the many hapū who have come here this morning. I acknowledge you the paramount chief Sir Tumu Te Heuheu. So who am I standing before you? Pīhanga is the mountain and Tongariro is the mountain Hīrangi is the marae Ngāti Tūrangitukua is the hapū Haukino Granville Duff and Whaitiri Manunui are my grandparents. So I greet you my kin greetings greetings to you all.]The last time I stood and spoke at Hīrangi Marae to the kaumātua the dame came up to me afterwards because I left my pepeha right till the end and she said Next time you ever speak to our people again never put that at the end cos they won't listen to you." So I thought "Oh I'd better heed her advice this time." Ha ha!It's an honour to stand here amongst you all. This is the first Treaty bill that I've had the opportunity to speak to as a member hou of this whare and it's fitting that it is for Ngāti Tūwharetoa.I want to acknowledge the trials and tribulations that bring an iwi to this point. There are many mountains to climb there are many lakes to cross and there are many rivers to swim through to get to this point and I know that the beginning of this settlement process—well they probably started back in the 1860s or before then when there were a few promises breached by this Crown to our people and more recently back in 2005 when the movement really started to get going in terms of getting the terms right for the settlement. And I know that there were many starts and stops and hurdles that confronted our people.I wanted to acknowledge in particular first those of our people that tried to usher this bill through who passed during the process: Eruera Wikiriwhi Pompei Epiha Emily Rameka Ngaire George and Junior Grant. I also too wanted to acknowledge the leadership by yourself e te ariki.I always look to settlements that do well—in my view and I've seen a few; I've had the opportunity to work on a lot. Settlements that tend to do well and that bind our people take very strong leadership from the forefront. And to be that rangatira that leads at the front—I can only imagine the pains that you go through in the evenings when it is quiet wondering whether you've done the right thing by our people. So I want to acknowledge you e te arikiI want to acknowledge those that stand by your side and help you usher and make those decisions. I also too want to acknowledge the role of the Tūwharetoa Māori Trust Board and I acknowledge you Topia Rameka "The Bish"—John Bishara our chairman. In these changing and turbulent times and as our people are required to look at new times as we go through together there are many more mountains to climb no doubt but I have full trust that our whānau our hapū and our iwi will come through triumphant.I too want to just pay homage to my mentor but also your negotiator Sir Michael Cullen for the role that he has played in the Treaty settlement getting Ngāti Tūwharetoa to this point. There may have been some strong words that this bill had to get through before Christmas and I don't know whether that was right or not but I just want to acknowledge your work there Sir Michael.Te Ngaihu Winikau Eru George and Gina Rangi: as a young woman I know that—actually it's interesting looking at the young leaders coming through across many of our tribes at the moment. But I did want to acknowledge your leadership Gina. You've had a hard role and—[Time expired]Mr SPEAKER: Order! In the words of my colleague e noho."