Horomia Parekura: Ngai Tamanuhiri Claims Settlement Bill — Second Reading In Committee 
Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume 
Horomia Parekura: Ngai Tamanuhiri Claims Settlement Bill — Second Reading In Committee 
[Sitting date: 18 July 2012. Volume:681;Page:3740. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.] 
Hon PAREKURA HOROMIA (Labour—Ikaroa-Rawhiti) 
: 
 I want to join and mihi to Tamanuhiri mo to ratou kaha i te whai kaha hei oti atu tenei taumaha. E mohio atu tatou mai i te wa e tae atu te waka o Kapene Kuki e tu atu te tamaiti a Young Nick e karanga atu “Land ahoy!”. I reira ke te whenua engari e mohio atu tatou i reira ke e noho mahana a Tamanuhiri i mua a tona tae. Te mate hoki e mauri atu nga whakaaro o ratou i runga i te  
Endeavour 
 i reira e mahi atu te mahi kino ki wenei o Tamanuhiri. Engari e mihi kau ana ki a ratou e whai atu i a ratou e rere atu hinga atu nga pakeke o te kainga ratou ma. Mo ratou e ora ana e whai atu e manaaki atu i nga whanau o Te Kuri-a-Paoa me o ratou karangatanga mo Paoa me to ratou awa. E mihi kau ana ki a ratou. 
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I want to join and mihi to Tamanuhiri on their efforts to work hard so that this serious matter is completed. We all know that right from the time when Captain Cook’s vessel made land there that lad Young Nick stood up and called “Land ahoy!”. The land was there that is for sure but we know as well that Tamanuhiri were living warm there before the arrival. The problem of course was that those on board the  
Endeavour 
 got carried away with the idea to set upon those of Tamanuhiri with evil intent. But I really do pay tribute to those of Tamanuhiri who sought redress and where some of the elders those of home have passed away as far as the ones who remain alive and follow on with the work in terms of looking after the families of Te Kuri-a-Paoa and their callings in terms of Paoa and their river I truly admire them. 
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I want to congratulate and thank the Ngai Tamanuhiri Whanui Trust which represented Ngai Tamanuhiri in negotiations. We are one step away from finalising it next Thursday. The bill records the settlement package comprising a historical account and an apology and the transfer of two cultural sites to the Tamanuhiri Tutu Poroporo Trust vesting Young Nicks Head Historic Reserve in Ngai Tamanuhiri and the site will be renamed Te Kuri a Paoa / Young Nicks Head Historic Reserve. It is one thing that I have angled at and wondered why you keep the name Young Nicks Head on there but I suppose it appeases people and their generosity certainly is recognised. I was privileged enough to go up with the Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations on the day of the blessing and the signing up on the site and it was certainly a wonderful and historic event. I wanted to climb up but they took us up in a helicopter and I was very thankful for that. But those of Tamanuhiri trudged up and trudged down and because the Minister was in such a hurry I had to go and support him and go up with him. 
I want to say that we tend to slant history only from the point of view of the coloniser. I do not say that disparagingly but I do say it seriously. It is time that we learnt our stories and I support the reality of why that is important to them. Again as I have been prompting the Minister to ensure that those ministries like culture heritage conservation and fisheries are really set to the task. I want to give a special suggestion about Tamanuhiri and go back to Rongowhakaata to encourage the Minister to consider—I know he is the Minister for Arts Culture and Heritage—that there is a continued slap in the face for the people who live there with the sewage still running out into their bay which is something they really cherish. It would be a good indication if resources were there to support them. I know that the local mayor and the elders have pushed for that along with the negotiators. So it is something that is done in goodwill. There have been a lot of dastardly things done to these people and it would not be too far beyond to recognise that that would help out. It is important to them the takutai moana and the wahi of Young Nicks Head as they are renaming it. 
There is $11.7 million and all of those monetary things that happen in this claim. There is actually an interesting situation that has grown in these negotiations and it is about the transfer of the Wharerata Crown forest licensed land to Wharerata Forest Ltd a company in which Ngai Tamanuhiri will purchase a 50 percent share and the Crown will retain the other 50 percent on trust for any other Wharerata claimant with an established historical Treaty claim. That is very interesting. I hope that the Crown ensures that the Treaty of Waitangi process pervades across the whole 100 percent of this forestry and it does not sit on 51 percent and never mind the 49 percent. I want to say that seriously and directed at the Minister. The accumulated rentals of approximately $8.2 million will transfer to Wharerata Forest Ltd on settlement day. So there is a kick-start there to help them to get to where they want to get to. But certainly their generosity needs to be recognised—their generosity in even agreeing to that—in the sense of the paru that goes into that bay continuously every week. Whose responsibility is that? Is it the council’s? Is it the factories’ that are around there? Is it everybody else’s? I would again encourage the Minister—and I would ask the person talking to him about finance to refrain from that and listen to this here because he is not caring at all about what is happening in Hawke’s Bay or Heretaunga. Minister Finlayson can I please say to you as you are talking to one of the Ministers about finance to remind him about the allocation in that bay. 
Hon Member 
: I’m on to it. 
Hon PAREKURA HOROMIA 
: That is good but I want to remind and prod you as Mr Joyce steps back in here that they need some serious support about the pollution that continues to go into the bay of the foreshore of Tamanuhiri and Rongowhakaata. I would remind my worldly friend from Tukituki that he does not have the disaster that they have in the bay. Let us not just settle this and do what is in here; let us consider that also. We would support you most seriously on that. Apart from that I want to commend the Minister again—and my colleague Michael Cullen is not here—and all of those people in Turanga Nui who are looking forward to next Thursday to finalise it. Let us not let the chance go by just signing up protocols between Government agencies that mean nothing. There is a real pollution hazard there that needs to be considered. And Minister the composition and the construct of the company that manages the Wharerata forest has to be closely watched and supported by the Crown so they do not get strung out in the commercial markets and cannot operate. It is an interesting situation that half is given and the other half is retained for other groups. I just want to commend and really recognise the Tamanuhiri people for the effort that they put in. Kia ora.