Tirikatene RinoRINO TIRIKATENE (Labour—Te Tai Tonga): Tēnā koe Madam Deputy Speaker. E tū tautoko ahau tēnei pire; tēnei pire whakatau nei i ngā kerēme o Ngāti Tamaoho. Tēnā koutou Ngāti Tamaoho tēnā koutou Waikato taniwha rau he piko he taniwha he piko he taniwha. Āpiti hono tātai hono rātou te hunga wairua ki a rātou; āpiti hono tātai hono tātou te kanohi ora e pai nei ki a tātou. Tēnā koutou tēnā koutou tēnā tātou katoa. [Thank you Madam Deputy Speaker. I stand in support of this bill; this bill which seeks to settle the claims of Ngāti Tamaoho. Greetings to you Ngāti Tamaoho welcome to the many taniwha of Waikato for at each bend of the river there is a taniwha. Connections having been made let the dead remain with the dead; connections having been made may we the living remain well together. Greetings to one and all.]I'm delighted to be able to add my contribution to this settlement bill for Ngāti Tamaoho at its second reading and can I endorse the contribution made by the former chair of our Māori Affairs Committee Tūtehounuku—Nuk—Korako. I'm very privileged to have taken over that role in this 52nd Parliament which this bill straddles. This bill was introduced and had its first reading back in I believe around July last year so it got carried over into this new Parliament. To our surprise as a committee when we were going through the order of business we found that there were only two submitters and they were both in support of the bill and they both didn't want to be heard. So that then indeed was a first for this Parliament actually to have a Treaty settlement bill yeah with such broad support from the submitters. Few as they were they were very significant. They were obviously the Ngāti Tamaoho Trust Board and the Auckland Council who also play quite a key role in the ongoing management of certain aspects of the settlement.So I just want to touch on some of the key things. Whilst we didn't meet Ngāti Tamaoho we were able to glean a lot of the issues through the advice that we received as a committee. What stuck out to me was just the complexity and the difficulty that we face in the Tāmaki-makau-rau area just with the sheer number of different iwi and hapū groups that all share overlapping interests in the Auckland metropolitan area. There are 14 iwi and hapū groups which overlap and neighbour Ngāti Tamaoho—one we're actually also considering through this House at the moment with the Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki settlement. So there are very complex negotiations and discussions and compromises that have to go on to actually achieve these settlements. So I would just like to salute Ngāti Tamaoho. You know they've had to make a lot of concessions to enable this settlement to advance to this point and that was evidenced by some of their concessions over historical accounts with their whanaungas Te Ākitai Waiōhua and also there was quite fierce opposition from Ngāti Te Ata to the majority of cultural and commercial redress properties which were offered to Ngāti Tamaoho.As we are facing in so many of our settlements the Crown ideally would want to see these overlapping interests resolved between the respective claimant groups but unfortunately that doesn't always turn out to be the case and therefore the Minister has to ultimately make a decision and that's what happened in the case of Ngāti Tamaoho. The settlement package was ultimately agreed to by way of a deed of settlement. Certainly Ngāti Tamaoho wouldn't be entirely happy with what was achieved but again they have implored to the committee that they want to advance this settlement through as quickly as possible. They're anxious for the bill to pass and so that's what we took note of as a committee.Some of the other key issues that arose were just some technical issues around the Hunua scenic reserve and the Auckland Council's role as the administering body. The Hunua scenic reserve will be vested in four iwi which include Ngāti Tamaoho and three others: Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki Ngāti Koheriki and Ngāti Whanaunga—excuse me if from my scribbling of the names I may not have read them properly. But again these are innovations. These are scenic reserves which are reserves under the Reserves Act. For those who are familiar with the Hunua area it's a very very beautiful part of the country and the Auckland Council is the administering body. So we had as a committee made amendments to the bill just to clarify the division of powers and responsibilities between the owners of the reserve which will be the four iwi and Auckland Council in regard to the processing of applications for interests or the creation of interests over the reserve property. So that was one technical aspect but I think it was very important that we were able to clarify that within clause 52 of the bill.The other matter which came to light subsequent to the submissions that we received was some concern from Ngāti Tamaoho around the New Zealand Defence Force land at Papakura which is included as commercial redress. That property is to be vested in Ngāti Tamaoho and Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki as a deferred selection. There were some concerns which were raised subsequent to their written submission and they were dealt with by the Minister. So we didn't actually play a part in trying to resolve those issues. It was sort of beyond the scope and we had already received and processed the submissions. But ultimately the Minister made decisions in respect of that matter. Again it may not have been to Ngāti Tamaoho's liking but what we are doing here with these Treaty settlements is implementing what has been agreed to in the deed of settlement and we are putting through legislation that gives effect to certain aspects in these deeds of settlement. The Papakura property as I understand it was dealt with in the deed and it was agreed to between the parties involved and we are just merely giving effect to that—giving effect to those measures that require legislative passage.So there is a lot. It might be a very small hapū Ngāti Tamaoho but like every Treaty settlement there are a multitude of complex issues that arise. But it is fascinating as chair of the Māori Affairs Committee to get a wider understanding of not only the history but also just the sheer number and the respective histories of all of the many many iwi and hapū groups that are involved in that great region.So we have completed our task as a committee. I'd like to acknowledge the Minister and fellow members of the committee and the task that we've undertaken to bring the bill to this point and without further ado I commend the bill to the House. Kia ora tātau.