Jones ShaneHon SHANE JONES (Minister of Forestry): Taupō-nui-a-Tia Tongariro maunga Tūwharetoa i Te Aupōuri Tupuna Te Heuheu Tangata ko koutou mai i te whare tātai i te puku o te motu kua tau nei ki roto i Te Whare Pāremata nau mai piki mai kua tau mai. Waiho mā tēnei reo Māori o tātou hei tuku kupu māku i roto i te huringa o ngā mahara ki te hunga kua whetūrangitia. E kara e Tumu hoki ana ōku hakaaro ki tō pāpā ki a Te Hepi. I te wā kāhore anō wēnei take Tiriti i waenga tonu i ngā kokorutanga o Te Kāwanatanga kia whai matomato i reira tō matua e werowero ana. Me hoki noki ōku hakaaro ki ō koutou mātua ngā ingoa i whakahuahuangia ai nōku i te tamariki pēnā i a Pat Rua. Me te wā noki i a mātou e tamariki ana i te kura i Tīpene ko wai te hunga nāna mātou i whakatau ki waenga tonu i a koutou ko Taxi ko Nick Wall. Nā reira i reira i roto i ēnei whakawhitiwhitinga o tātou kei wareware tātou ki te hunga kua wheturangitia. Nā rātou i pupuru i te mauri mō ēnei o ō tātou tō mahi tō rātou wā ka heke mai ki a koutou ko tō iwi e Tumu. Nā reira tēnā koutou tēnā koutou tēnā koutou katoa.Nōku i te kura i Tīpene he mea ako mātou ki tētahi waiata he waiata i waiatangia nuingia ai e mātou i ō mātou haerenga i waenga tonu i te motu. Nā me whakamomori au kia hoki mai ētahi rārangi ki a au engari e kara e Tumu pēnei rā taku mahara:Ka hoki au ki taku whenua tupuKi te wai koropupū i heria mai I Hawaiki rā anō e NgātoroirangiE ōna tūāhine a Te Pupu a Te HoataE hū mai rā a Tongariro ka mahana taku kiri eTūwharetoa kia mahana te kiri ā-tangata ā-hapū ā-iwi i tēnei rā tēnā tātou katoa.[Taupō-nui-a-Tia the mountain Tongariro the ancestor Tūwharetoa i Te Aupōuri all of you from the house of the lineage of the belly of the fish who have arrived here in Parliament welcome welcome welcome. I will let our Māori language convey my words to those who have departed. My dear Tumu my thoughts return to your father Hepi. Before these Treaty issues had progressed in Government such as they are your father would be there challenging. My thoughts return to your elders names that were spoken of when I was young such as Pat Rua. And to the time when we were young at St Stephen's who was it that welcomed us amongst you? It was Taxi Nick Wall. So as we discuss let us not forget those who have passed on. It was they who held the mantle of our work in their time down to your people today Tumu. So I greet you greet you greet you all.When I was at school at St Stephen's we were taught a song and it was a song we would sing a lot as we travelled the country. Now I must desperately hope that some words return to me. As I recall it went like this:But now I return to my native landTo the boiling pools there which were brought From distant Hawaiki by Ngātoroirangi And his sisters Te Pupu and Te HoataTo fume up there on Tongariro giving warmth to my skinTūwharetoa let there be warmth on the skin of the people the hapū and the tribe today greetings to us all.]I stand to support the remarks and indeed the sentiments expressed by my colleagues about this particular iwi occupying a special place in the firmament of Māori political cultural history. This is not just a settlement about resources; this is an affirmation and a reminder to us as Māori parliamentarians of the role that the ancestors of this tribe have played over the years in not only contributing to the Kīngitanga but keeping alive the ancient Polynesian kaupapa of Te Ariki.So in our Māori language I acknowledge Te Ariki o Tūwharetoa. I acknowledge the hapū that make up Tūwharetoa and I also affirm what the former Minister said: The way for greatness as you and I as Māori does not lie in atomisation; it lies in building a sense of nationhood amongst us as Māori so that we are capable of steering the affairs of this nation and it never loses sight of the anchorage which we as indigenous tangata whenua offer to Aotearoa."So this settlement in my view is regarded in that fashion. There will always be concerns over the implementation of the settlement and it behoves both local government leadership and tribal leadership to ensure as decisions are made and steps taken to improve catchment and environment that the leaders take all of the people with them. When all of the people are taken forward then over time there is an acceptance that there is a slightly different way an improved way of doing things.The kaupapa of Te Kōpua Kānapanapa quite apart from being an extraordinarily beautiful name—it's a pity that the name was taken by you; it could have made Sonny Tau and the Ngāpuhi look quite clever. But the actual word is an ancient Māori word and indeed in the North we have a similar expression: Te Au Kānapanapa being the current that brought our ancestor Kupe to Aotearoa.But that body is an innovation. That body comprises the leadership of the tangata whenua and local government. These bodies cannot function and cannot succeed unless they capture the imagination and enjoy the mandate of the broader community because their decisions will pertain to people who hold not only iwi rights but private property rights.So we know that these things can easily become snagged with unnecessary bureaucracy extended decision-making and that in itself can frustrate the economic decisions. But given that this tribe has aspirations—many of them already fulfilled—that they will be an economic powerhouse in this part of Aotearoa and the overarching country I think I reflect the concerns of all of us: please when these bills are passed I say to us as members of the House that we must ensure that the processes do not suffer as a consequence of our innovation and our desire to embrace tangata whenua perspectives. But those issues no doubt will be teased through in relation to the select committee process.So to Mr Chris Finlayson who may have offended against the Standing Orders today by describing himself as very charitable kind and humorous I acknowledge the mahi that he's done and I acknowledge Andrew Little. As he goes forth to deal with the Ngāpuhi nui tonu he will have no shortage of advice both up there and here. But he should bear in mind that the old term for Ngāpuhi is Ngāpuhi Kōhao Rau [Ngāpuhi of a hundred holes] and please Andrew Little do not get in the way of the firing line because "Ngāpuhi Kōhao Rau" tends to mean "Ngāpuhi of a hundred muskets".So Tūwharetoa tēnā koutou. Kua tutuki te kaupapa i moemoengia ai i tōna wā kātahi ka whakatutukitia i roto i tēnei rā ka haria ki te komiti uiui kātahi ka wherawherahia ai ngā wāhanga o te pire nei ka haria mai ka pīkaua mai e ngā kaitono ngā kaituhituhi ō rātou māharahara otira e pai ana. Koia tēnā te huarahi i whakaritea hei haerenga mō ngā kaupapa pēnei.Nā reira e Tumu koutou katoa me ō koutou kaitohutohu pēnei me te ruānuku a Dr Cullen kua tatū mai i tēnei ra tēnā koutou tēnā tātou. Hoki atu ki Taupō meinga atu ki a rātou e mōhio ana te Tararā nei ki te waiata "Ka Eke ki Wairaka". Kia ora tātou katoa.[So I acknowledge you Tūwharetoa. This matter that you dreamed about in the past has been realised has reached this stage today. It will progress to the select committee where the provisions of the bill will be discussed and the submitters and writers can outline their concerns as appropriate. That is the process set down for these types of matters.So Tumu and all of you including your advisors such as the sage Dr Cullen who have come here today greetings to you all and all of us. Return to Taupō and tell them that this Dalmatian knows the song "Ka Eke ki Wairaka". Greetings to us all.]"