SpeechMATT KING (National—Northland): Tēnā koutou katoa Ngāti Hinerangi. Nau mai haere mai ki Te Whare Pāremata mō ō koutou pire the Ngāti Hinerangi Claims Settlement Bill. Ko Matt King taku ingoa. I'd like to acknowledge the members of the iwi that are up here in the gallery today—looking fine looking sharp—and I'd like to acknowledge our chair of the Māori Affairs Committee Rino Tirikatene a man I really respect. I enjoyed travelling down to Matamata to hear your submissions with the rest of the select committee team.This bill gives effect to the deed of settlement signed on 4 May 2019 between the Crown and Ngāti Hinerangi and it represents a final Treaty settlement for the iwi for acts and omissions from the Crown prior to 1992 and isn't it about time that we got there? I know you're based in the Matamata area the second most beautiful part of the country—Northland being the best of course. I travelled there; I can vouch. It was good to listen to the submitters and receive the hospitality that we received and the welcome we received in that lovely part of New Zealand. I know it extends from the eastern part of Waikato-Tauranga through to the Kaimai Ranges. Sometime in the future we're going to be trying to put a tunnel through the Kaimais and we hope you support us with our plan—we hope you do.In 2014 the Crown recognised the mandate of the Ngāti Hinerangi trust and in December 2015 an agreement was agreed in principle and it was signed and it formed the basis of the settlement. It was initialled on 14 December 2018 and in May 2019 years later the Ngāti Hinerangi deed of settlement was signed. I know from the select committee that there were minor changes made mostly to definitions and interpretations. The voting process had strong support and that's important but there was some opposition to the mandate that the parties have. I note that it resulted in three urgent applications to the Waitangi Tribunal but none were successful. So here we are today in the second reading of the bill—so we have the committee stage and then the final reading and hopefully everything should go through well and everyone in your patch should be very happy.It recognises the wrongs of the past and there have been many wrongs in the past. For me it's great to be part of this process being in Parliament and being part of the process of Treaty settlements and understanding a lot more of the history of New Zealand that I would probably never have been able to learn about or never had the opportunity learn about but I've had to because I've been in here and I've been part of the process in the Māori Affairs Committee. So you do get to understand what went on in the past and what we've got to do to put it right. So it's really great to be part of that with my colleague here Harete Hipango who has been promoted up in our party and she represents us well. It recognises the wrongs of the past and in my view unlocks future potential for the region for the iwi for the country.We've got to acknowledge the input of the Hon Chris Finlayson. He has been an absolute legend of a man that has done so much work on behalf of National on behalf of Parliament to progress these Treaty settlements. So it's really important that we acknowledge him and he is sorely missed actually. One of the things that comes out of these Treaty settlements is yes there is financial redress but really importantly apologies—unreserved apologies—to the hapū to the whānau for the wrongs of the past. That is as important as anything that acknowledgment and a real true acknowledgment from the Crown to the wrongs of the past because without that acknowledgment no one can move forward.I know that Crown acts of land purchasing and confiscation left the iwi virtually landless. Between 1865 and 1868 the Crown confiscated over 290000 acres of land in Tauranga. Some was returned but the process was flawed and this did not help and contributed to the marginalisation of the iwi both economically and socially. It's simply not possible really to compensate fully for the loss and the prejudice—it's not possible. So what we're doing here is we're acknowledging it. It's not tokenism by any means but definitely you cannot compensate truly fully 100 percent. Everyone knows that. But what it'll do is hopefully forge a good relationship between the Crown and Ngāti Hinerangi and a real catalyst for positive change.So the settlement included an agreed historical account acknowledgments and apologies cultural redress financial redress of $8.1 million revitalisation payments a rebuild of a marae co-governance and arrangements over the upper Waihou and Piako River catchments and vesting of 14 cultural redress properties which include the Wairere Falls scenic reserve which is considered a sacred awa of Ngāti Hinerangi. The benefits of the settlement will be available to all members of Ngāti Hinerangi wherever they may live.I just have to say that from our point of view the National Party we're very proud of the Treaty settlements that we've been involved in endurable Treaty settlements the numbers of them that we've managed to get through under Chris Finlayson and others. We're really proud of that and if we get back in at some stage in the future I would really like to see the Ngāpuhi settlement go through. That would be a big dream of mine in Northland. We're not here to talk about them; we're here to talk about Ngāti Hinerangi but that would be a dream of mine to see that settlement go through.As a result of the focus on historical settlements this Government has completed we're only better for it so I'm really happy to see the fact that this Government has continued on the good work that we did and may there be many more settlements. I see here we had 56 settlements in principle and 58 deeds of settlement signed in our time between 2009 and 2017 and as I said before we're very proud of our record and we're very proud to be part of this settlement today. When it finally goes through to the final process maybe in the new year maybe in the new term it'll be a great day for Ngāti Hinerangi.So nō reira tēnā koutou tēnā koutou tēnā koutou katoa. I commend this bill to the House.ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Ruth Dyson): The next call's a split call—Tamati Coffey.