Paraone PitaPITA PARAONE (NZ First): Tēnā koe Mr Assistant Speaker tēnā hoki tātau i roto i Te Whare koutou Rangitāne o Manawatu kua tae mai nei i waenganui i a tātau i te rā nei. Kei te tautoko i ngā mihi a te tuakana mai i Te Tai Hauāuru ki te whakatau i a koutou kei waenganui i a tātau i te rā nei. E tika ana nāna i whakahuangia ētahi o koutou i ngaro atu i te tirohanga kanohi. Nā reira kei te mihi hoki ki a rātau ki a rātau i takahia te ara whānui a Tāne i rūpeke ki tua-o-Paerau. Nā reira ko rātau ki a rātau hoki mai ki a tātau i mahuengia mai e rātau: tēnā koutou tēnā koutou tēnā koutou.Tēnā hoki i a tātau i whakatakoto kōrero e pā ana ki te pire i mua i a tātau i te rā nei. I a mātau i roto o Aotearoa Tuatahi karekau kē he raru ki te pire. Kei te tautoko ngā kōrero i kōrerohia i a rātau i tū ake i mua i a au i te ata nei; kore he kōrero i tua atu i tēnā. Nā reira kei mōhio mai Te Whare kei te tautoko i a mātau i te pire nei.[Thank you Mr Assistant Speaker and greetings to us in the House and to Rangitāne o Manawatu who have arrived amongst us on this day. I endorse the sentiments expressed by the senior colleague from Te Tai Hauāuru in paying homage to you collectively amongst us on this day. It is fitting that he should mention some of you who are no longer seen and whose faces are lost from view. And so I pay a tribute to those as well who have traversed the broad highway of Tāne and have gathered beyond the meeting place of the dead. So leave them there with each other let us come back to us the ones that they left behind them: acknowledgments accolades and salutations to you collectively.Congratulations also to those of you who made a contribution on this day about the bill before us. We of New Zealand First do not have any issue at all about the bill. I endorse the contributions that were made before I rose this morning; there is nothing further to say. And so the House should note that we are supporting this bill.]I want to join with those who have already spoken in this debate in support of this bill which culminates the end of a journey for those who have been responsible for bringing this matter first of all before the tribunal and now into legislation. As previous speakers have stated it has been a long journey and that journey has been led by a number of people some of whom have already been acknowledged.Of course mentioned not once but several times has been one Danielle Harris. I just want to join with the acknowledgment of her but also remind her of her Ngāpuhitanga. Given the state of our claims in the North and given the description by those who have acknowledged you of your tenacity your strength and all that perhaps—well not perhaps; we could certainly use that sort of approach back in the North. I just want to acknowledge that but more importantly to acknowledge her father as well. I knew her grandmother and her mother very well so it does not come as any surprise. The description that my colleagues in the House have given of you Danielle as I said is no surprise but I hope that your people of Rangitāne o Manawatu might consider sharing you with us in the North. Mā te wā.[See you later.]This bill culminates the work and sacrifice of those people who took up the challenge to redress their claim. As people have said the signing of the agreement back in 1998 certainly indicates just how long their battle has been to get it to this stage today. I think that that ought to be acknowledged. As we well know the loss that they have suffered is not fully compensated for by this bill. I think that as with all settlements the nation needs to acknowledge the contribution that those iwi who have settled are making to our nation in order that these issues can be put aside and acknowledged and in order that each of the respective iwi can now look forward with anticipation.Of course the settlement is all about addressing land loss and the alienation of lands and properties once owned by the iwi. This bill goes some way to addressing that issue. The apology of course is an acknowledgment of the wrongs on the part of the Crown and as someone said it does not undo that wrong. This generation and future generations will benefit from this settlement. It will also provide an economic and cultural base for this generation and coming generations of Rangitāne o Manawatu.Some people in this House were probably surprised by the support that New Zealand First is giving to this bill unlike to previous bills. However I just want to make the point that clause 42 of this bill acknowledges the establishment of an advisory board that allows its members to give advice to the local body in terms of the management of the Manawatū River. It does not make it compulsory for the local body to first of all accept the advice that the advisory board will give but it must give due regard to any advice that that board may give. It is on that basis together with the quantum that has been agreed to by the iwi that New Zealand First will be supporting this bill.I must say that I have some sympathy for the negotiators because there will always be some people within their own tribe who will have a contrary view regarding what has been reached today. History will record who those negotiators were and who was responsible for making the decisions but that is an indication of what leadership is all about. Sometimes the decisions that are made are not always accepted by all but they do give an indication of and give some support for the thinking at the time. Therefore those who have made those decisions need to be acknowledged and that has already been done in this House today.I do not want to go on too much further other than to acknowledge the iwi to acknowledge the people who helped carry this kaupapa to this stage and to commend the bill to the House. Kia ora.