Rurawhe AdrianADRIAN RURAWHE (Labour—Te Tai Hauāuru): Ā ko te mea tuatahi tū ake au ki te tautoko i Te Reo w'akamoemiti; nō reira e te tuakana i tukuna atu i taua whakamoemiti tēnei te mihi ake ki a koe. Oti noa mai i Te Rakiura ki Te Tonga whiti atu ki Te Wharekauri ki Te Rāwhiti toro atu ki Taranaki ki Te Uru piki atu ki Te Reinga ki Te Tai Tokerau—ngā kokonga e whā o Te Motu o Aotearoa—ngā whānau i raro i te kapua pouri kei te hīkoi i roto i te ātārangi o ngā whārua o te mate; mauri mai rā ō koutou parekawakawa kia tangihia e te wā iti nei. Tēnei te tangi apakura e aku parepare aku w'akaruruhau e te mūrau o te tini te wenerau o te mano kua mānu ki Te Waka o Aituā nō reira e ngā mate maha o te wā hoki wairua atu ki a rātou mā i Te Wā'i ngaro. Nō reira oti atu te wā ki a koutou e oki e oki.Nō reira e tika 'oki kia 'uri atu ki ngā whānau me ngā hapū o Ngāruahine koutou katoa kua tae mai ki tēnei Whare ki te w'akarongo ki te pānuitanga tuarua o tēnei pire. Nau mai haere mai whakatau mai rā ā tēnā koutou.[So the first thing is that I rise to endorse the voice that gave the prayer; therefore to you elder brother colleague who delivered that prayer well done. Accordingly from Stewart Island to the south across to the Chatham Islands in the east extending to western Taranaki and up to Te Reinga to the north—the four corners of the nation of New Zealand—to those families shrouded in a cloud of sadness and walking in the shadow of the valley of death bring forth your garland of greenery so that we may mourn in this brief period. This is a lament of grief my parapet and my shield; the dread of the multitude the vessel of death is afloat. And so to you the many deaths of the moment return spiritually to the unseen place and the time for you is at an end; return go back.It is fitting as well to turn to the families and subtribes of Ngāruahine to all of you who have arrived at this House to listen to the second reading of this bill. Welcome come forth draw closer and greetings to you collectively.]It gives me great pleasure to speak in the second reading of this the Ngāruahine Claims Settlement Bill. I had the pleasure of sitting on the Māori Affairs Committee for this bill and I want to acknowledge all of the submitters who made submissions in support of this settlement bill. There were some submissions that did stand out for me and I just want to acknowledge one in particular. It was the submission by Peter Moeahu who told us about when this process started and reflected on the changes within his own family. He spoke about the fact that at the time that this settlement first started he had one mokopuna—one grandchild—and at the select committee stage I think he had at least nine from memory and several great-grandchildren as well. That for me expressed how this settlement—because this is what he told us—was about his future generations not for himself and I think that reflected the sentiments from a number of submitters that it was about the future.If we also look at the summary of the historical account—I'll read the first sentence: Before 1860 Ngāruahine were prosperous and economically successful and retained the ownership of their lands and resources after consistently opposing the sale of land in their rohe to Europeans." That first sentence tells us a lot about the history of when the breaches of the Treaty started. So in 1860 Ngāruahine were prosperous and economically successful. Peter Moeahu talked about the future of his family and his hapū and I wanted to reflect on from 1860 till now. A lot has happened to diminish the prosperity and economic success of Ngāruahine. Only yesterday we found out through a report that talks about the prosperity of our own people whereby the majority of assets in this country are owned by only 10 percent and that 10 percent does not include Māori or many Māori at all or Pasifika as well. I wanted to mention that because I think that gives us some context around why we have these settlement bills come into this House. This settlement is an opportunity for Ngāruahine to start turning round their lack of prosperity the lack of economic success for their tribe. I think that it would be remiss of me not to mention that in comparison with others Māori have an average of only $23000 worth of assets Pasifika have only $12000 and European/Pākehā have $114000 worth of assets on average. So there is huge disparity in our country today. I think hopefully that Ngāruahine can take this settlement and build on potential future success so that their people can live in prosperity.There were also some submitters who did not agree with the settlement and the Minister for Treaty of Waitangi negotiations has mentioned that and I too wanted to mention Āraukuku. In a way it has been quite an unfortunate process for Āraukuku but on reflection on all of the evidence despite their concerns the committee acknowledged those concerns. The Āraukuku hapū were included in the Ngati Ruanui settlement in 2003 and not all of the Āraukuku people agreed with that settlement but there was not in the opinion of the select committee the scope to allow a discrete settlement for Āraukuku. Those members of Āraukuku who whakapapa to Ngāruahine can still participate within the Ngāruahine settlement under the relevant hapū that they whakapapa to. So although it is an unfortunate series of events and is still going through a judicial process it is important I think that we acknowledge that they did make submissions.There is also the actual settlement itself and I mentioned the financial redress which is by no means the most important issue. I think probably more important are the cultural redress items that were within the settlement and they are significant. I want to acknowledge both the iwi and the negotiators of this settlement for their tenacity in getting such a good settlement both financially in the commercial redress and under the apology and the cultural redress items as well. It could not have been an easy process to go through and I want to acknowledge all the good work that they did.Nō reira tēnei ahau tētehi uri o Ngāwakataurua e tuku mi'i atu anō ki aku whanaunga kua tae mai otirā ki ngā whānau me ngā hapū katoa. Ki a au nei ko te tūmanako kia pai haere ngā āhuatanga e pā ana ki tēnei pire. Kua tata te wā ki te mutunga o tēnei whakahaerenga oti noa he tīmatanga tēnei. Nō reira kei te mi'i atu ki a koutou o Ngāruahine oti noa ki ngā mema o Te Whare nei ā tēnā tātou katoa. [Therefore I one of the descendants of Ngāwakataurua welcome you once again my relatives but at the same time the families and all the subtribes that have arrived. For me personally I hope that aspects relating to this bill will continue to improve. The time for this process to end is near but it is only the beginning. And so congratulations to you of Ngāruahine but at the same time members of this House my regards to us all.]"