Reti ShaneDr SHANE RETI (National—Whangarei): E rau rangatira mā tēnā koutou e ngā iwi katoa kia ora mai tātou. [Acknowledgments to you esteemed leaders of a hundredfold and greetings to every one of us tribes.]It is a pleasure to speak in the second reading of the Ngāruahine Claims Settlement Bill. I would like to start by acknowledging my good friend and colleague Nuk Korako and his very gracious contribution and comment towards two of leaders in Te Tai Tokerau who have fallen recently: Charlie Pētera and Sir Graham Latimer. I would like to add to that list Rob Cooper if I may and I would say to Rob: E Rob haere haere haere! Haere ki te kāinga tūturu o tō tātou Matua i Te Rangi; moe mai moe mai moe mai.[Rob depart journey on farewell! Go forth to the true heavenly home of our Father in the Sky; sleep lie and rest there.]It is a pleasure to speak to this bill and when I speak to bills of this sort I often like to just summarise in my own mind the progress that brings us to this point and add to the dialogue that our colleagues from across the House have already laid down. This bill talks to Ngāruahine which is one of eight Taranaki iwi with a population of around about 3800 people. The traditional lands for Ngāruahine are South Taranaki encompassing Egmont National Park and extending from Taungatara Stream at the northernmost boundary to the Waihī Stream at the southernmost boundary.As I look at this bill I am often inclined to go to the final paragraph in each of the acknowledgments because I find for me it conveys some tone and mood of what all the preceding narrative has described. So I would like to start by first of all going to the summary of historical account. The final statement here reads as follows: During the 20th century Crown efforts to address Taranaki Māori grievances failed to do so. Some inquiries were limited in their scope and others provided for compensation payments that were not discussed with Ngāruahine and other Taranaki Māori. The Taranaki Maori Claims Settlement Act 1944 stated that the sums were a full settlement of claims relating to the confiscations and Parihaka. There is no evidence that Ngāruahine or other iwi agreed to this."Similarly if we turn to the acknowledgments the final stanza for the acknowledgments also conveys mood and tone of what is intended in this settlement. It reads as follows: "The Crown acknowledges that its breaches of the Treaty of Waitangi and its principles during the 19th and 20th centuries have together significantly undermined the traditional systems of authority and economic capacity of the Ngāruahine iwi and the physical cultural and spiritual well-being of its people. The Crown acknowledges that it has failed to protect the rangatiratanga of Ngāruahine in breach of its obligations under Article Two of the Treaty of Waitangi."The apology concludes thus: "The Crown hopes that this settlement and this apology will relieve the burden of grievance that Ngāruahine has carried for so many years and will assist Ngāruahine to heal the wounds of the past. The Crown looks forward to building a relationship of mutual trust and co-operation with Ngāruahine founded on respect for the Treaty of Waitangi and its principles."A full settlement like this of courses includes cultural redress and the cultural redress here talks about providing recognition of the traditional historical cultural and spiritual association of Ngāruahine with places and sites owned by the Crown within their primary area of interest. This allows Ngāruahine and the Crown to protect and enhance the conservation values associated with these sites. The financial redress has been well commented on before. It is a sum of money $67.5 million in recognition of all the historical claims.Finally the collective redress is also a nice piece of work and I want to commend the Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations for bringing this part of the agreement together particularly and I want to talk to that. The collective redress elements of the settlement have been negotiated between the Crown and Ngāruahine Te Atiawa and Taranaki iwi. Each iwi stressed its strong associations with all of the natural resources within its rohe and its desire to achieve more positive environmental outcomes for the Taranaki region. The deed of settlement sets out a proposed model for iwi representation on the two standing committees in the Taranaki Regional Council that perform the roles and functions associated with policy planning and consents. This is a settlement that goes beyond focusing just on the iwi. It also focuses on their relationships their boundaries and their interface with other iwi and particularly with parts of their natural environment which of course is very important to Māori. This settlement is an excellent settlement. It is well-thought-out. It has had a lot of work and continues to have work through the Māori Affairs Committee. It is my absolute pleasure to commend this bill to the House."