SpeechDAN BIDOIS (National—Northcote): Tēnā koe Te Mana Whakawā. Te Whare e tū nei tēnā koe. Te papa e takoto nei tēnā koe. Ngā mate haere haere haere. Ngā reo ngā mana tēnā koutou katoa.[Greetings Mr Speaker. The House that stands here greetings. The ground that is before me greetings. Those who have passed rest in peace. The spokespeople the leaders greetings to you all.]It's a privilege to rise in the third and final debate here this evening for the New Zealand Māori Arts and Crafts Institute Vesting Bill. I'd like to start out by acknowledging my fellow colleagues on the Māori Affairs Committee led by the fantastic chair Rino Tirikatene who as the previous speaker noted had to traverse some interesting delicacies and issues throughout this bill and the process of this bill. This is an important day today and I would like to acknowledge everybody who has come down from the north. The people of Te Arawa whether you affiliate to the strong proud group of Wāhiao Tūhourangi or whether you're part of Ngāti Whakaue thank you for coming down and for honouring this fantastic occasion. This is also an important occasion for New Zealand. The Māori Arts and Crafts Institute is one of its kind in New Zealand and it is a fantastic occasion to be able to transfer the ownership and the assets of this important institute to Māori and to see where that takes us in the future and to grow this important organisation beyond that. As I mentioned I was a part of the select committee process for this bill so I acknowledge the important kaupapa that this bill seeks to achieve. It was a fantastic privilege to come down actually—down from Auckland of course—for the select committee process in Rotorua and to hear some of the concerns with the vesting bill that we've been discussing. I think there was absolute agreement that the kaupapa of this vesting bill was important and everybody wanted that. I think where the issues lay was around the governance structure and making sure that the hapū and the various groups that are a part of this community have equal say and have a chance to participate and run the organisation that we're talking about. I must say it was the first select committee experience that I've experienced where we've been—and it was a great introduction into Māori culture and I want to acknowledge Willie Jackson the member speaking before me and some of the challenges facing Māoridom. The aspirations that Willie spoke to I also share those aspirations of working together of overcoming the various factions and challenges and differences that various hapū and iwi face to benefit Māori and to ultimately benefit all of New Zealand and Aotearoa. So I think that this is an important occasion where this important institute is transferred back into the hands of the local groups to see how they get on and to demonstrate a vision for how Māori and iwi and hapū can all work together for the future. And so this is I think an important test of just how we can work together to benefit our people in the future. I do want to acknowledge Te Ururoa Flavell—fantastic contribution that he made to get it to this stage—and of course my colleagues right across the House who have inputted into this important bill because it is an important occasion. I want to again just finish on this idea of self-determination or mana motuhake. I think that this bill provides for this institute to actually be put into the hands of local iwi and local hapū so that they can demonstrate mana motuhake. I think that is an important feature of why we're here today. I just want to finish by saying that this is a great occasion for us here in the House. It has been a privilege to sit on the Māori Affairs Committee to go out there and also hear select committee submissions. I commend this bill in the House.DEPUTY SPEAKER: This is a split call; I call Rino Tirikatene.