Tangaere-Manuel CushlaCUSHLA TANGAERE-MANUEL (Labour—Ikaroa-Rāwhiti): Tēnā koe otirā tēnā koutou katoa. Tuatahi māku he mihi ki te wāhi ngaro. Kua oti i aku hoa te mihi atu ki ngā tīpuna o Ngāti Tara Tokanui. Kaha rātou i whawhai kia tae mai tēnei pire ki mua i a tātou i tēnei pō. Heoi anō i runga i tērā kei te mihi hoki au ki tērā aku hoa a Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke nāna i whakahua i te whakapapa o tēnei iwi. Tuatahi kia mōhio ai mātou tō rātou kāwai whakapapa tuarua kia rongo ai tātou kia kōrero atu ō rātou ingoa kia rongo ai tātou i tēnei pō. Kua tae mai mātou ki te kōrero mō tēnei mea te whakapāhā. [Thank you and greetings to all. Firstly I would like to acknowledge our departed. My friends have already acknowledged the ancestors of Ngāti Tara Tokanui. They have fought hard to get the bill before us this evening. Furthermore I would like to also acknowledge my friend Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke who recited the genealogy of this nation. Firstly to shed some light on their chiefly genealogical ties secondly also so that we can hear their names before us this evening. We have arrived here to speak to the apology.]I just want to acknowledge the fact that we're here to acknowledge an apology and I had to actually google what the Māori word for apology" was because I don't often have to make one. Hoi anō—Hon Willie Jackson: Don't tell stories. CUSHLA TANGAERE-MANUEL: Well no it's true—I mean I had to look up the English definition as well to be honest. You just text my husband—he'll verify that. Hoi anō all jokes aside I think it's important to acknowledge that. We've acknowledged those who 15 years ago started these negotiations so that we may arrive today. That's such a long time. That's about as long as it would take for someone to get me to apologise—hoi anō. In acknowledging Ngāti Tara Tokanui I thought there's probably a generation who haven't actually heard the apology. So for those who are probably watching at home or who may some point watch on social media where most people seem to watch these days I thought that for the benefit of the taringa of ngā mokopuna I would read out that apology tonight: "(a) The Crown has prejudiced Ngāti Tara Tokanui by promoting laws and policies in New Zealand that led to the alienation of your whenua caused environmental damage to the Waihou and Ohinemuri Rivers eroded your tribal structures and dislocated your people from their pā and kāinga. The Crown has failed to uphold its obligations under te Tiriti o Waitangi … and has caused physical and spiritual hardship that is deeply felt today. (b) For its actions which have caused Ngāti Tara Tokanui prejudice and its breaches of te Tiriti o Waitangi … and its principles the Crown is truly sorry. (c) The Crown hopes that this settlement marks a new beginning in which the relationship that has been damaged can be restored and that the Crown and Ngāti Tara Tokanui can begin anew in a spirit of mutual respect and partnership guided by the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi". Willie Jackson is champing at the bid to take the second half of this call so I will keep it brief. There is a lot of kōrero been had tonight about mana and I want to be clear that this is not about restoring mana to Ngāti Tara Tokanui. In confiscating their land their water they retained their mana. We are here simply to redress what was done financially fiscally when their land was taken—that's why we're here—because they maintained their mana and they fought as kaitiaki of the whenua and the wai. There have been comments about the amount of compensation being $6 million—kei a koutou tonu te mana mō tērā Ngāti Tara Tokanui [who still hold the mana for that Ngāti Tara Tokanui.] But I just want to put that into perspective. You don't have to look too far; you've just got to google to find a private property for sale for that amount. So to compensate a whole iwi—I just want to keep that in perspective.Heoi anō rā hei whakakapi tēnei te mihi atu ki a koutou Ngāti Tara Tokanui ehara mā mātou tō koutou mana e whakahoki kei a rātou tonu tō koutou ake mana. Koutou ngā kaitiaki o te whenua ngā kaitiaki o ngā wai otirā kei a koutou hoki te mana o tēnei Treaty settlement. Mā koutou e whakatau me pēhea koutou e haere ki mua. Tēnā koutou. E te Māngai o te Whare tēnā tātou. [However to conclude my acknowledgments to you Ngāti Tara Tokanui it is not for us to return your mana you already own your mana. You are the protectors of the land the protectors of the water you also hold the mana of this Treaty settlement. You can decide on what the future looks like. Salutations. To the Speaker of the House thank you all.]"