Hipango Harete; Dyson RuthHARETE HIPANGO (National—Whanganui): Ka huri ki ngā manuwhiri i tēnei Whare. [May I turn to acknowledge our gathered guests here in this Whare.] Ki ōku whanaunga ki ngā uri o Ngāti Rangi i huihui mai nei i tēnei wā i roto i te korowai o tēnei Whare Mīere. Nau mai haere mai. Mauria mai mō te pānuitanga tuatoru o koutou pire Te Rukutia Te Mana. Mauria mai maranga ake tū tonu mai ake ake.[To my relatives the descendants of Ngāti Rangi who have gathered here at this time under the mantle of this Beehive. Welcome welcome. You have come for the third reading of your bill Rukutia Te Mana. Bring here stand up stand strong for ever more.]To my relations descendants Ngāti Rangi—today embraced by the cloak of this Parliament for the third reading and the final reading of your bill—take up rise up stand up.Tū tonu ake ake.[Stand up. Stand tall for ever after.]For today I remember their smiles. For today a world never more than ever of unfulfilled potential and hope to dance in the glow and the light of a soon to be fulfilled potential and hope no longer toying with the hope or an aspiration—a whole new world soon to be realised with the Ngāti Rangi Claims Settlement Bill fulfilling and realising the hopes aspirations and potential of Ngāti Rangi. For today I remember their smiles. For today I celebrate here with you all. Again I turn to look to my whanaunga and I reflect on those who have gone—their smiles their presence and through each of you I see them. They remain with us through you; a fond recollection of their hope for our future. A sad recollection of their collective intergenerational struggles yet hope filled for our future for the fond recollection of their vision dedication passion and aroha. And all in this moment I remember their smiles. Uncle Matiu Mareikura whom I as a young woman looked to with the fondest regard the greatest admiration respect and esteem—an uncle who influenced so much of how I aspired to be. His constant and lifetime support Auntie Lei Auntie Joan and Uncle Richie Akapita Uncle Rangitihi Rangiwata John Tahupārae former kaumātua of this Parliament Auntie Uta Murphy Peehi. These are only a few of the many more who persevered endured and maintained mana tangata mana whenua mana motuhake [the authority of people the authority of land the authority of independence.] for we today and tomorrow into the future to fulfil and realise. For today Ngāti Rangi we each pause in a moment to reflect on them for today to seize the moment to seize the day to seize the potential and to harness and realise that potential with eyes real to that potential with eyes real to the gift of this presence to tomorrow to fulfil that potential and the future that their smiles their passion their dedication had in mind and vision for us today and tomorrow.For today we remember their smiles. For today is the time we celebrate and leading to this moment now the passage of Ngāti Rangi's claims settlement bill this third reading soon into law.Madam Speaker please indulge me a brief explanation of the tikanga the process for the benefit and acknowledgment to our manuhiri. Today with the third reading of this bill it is the final debate. Today is a moment in history a moment that has taken too long to be here yet here we are in this moment and therefore we celebrate. I reflect on the passage and the pathway as to how we have arrived here today. May 1840 Ngāti Rangi committed to a relationship with the Crown in signing the Treaty of Waitangi. Ngāti Rangi has endured adversity atrocity anguish and survived in this relationship with the Crown—178 years. In 1990 Ngāti Rangi's claim with the Waitangi Tribunal was filed. In 2015 your negotiations commenced. Over a 28-year period an agreement in principle signed 15 March 2017. Rukutia Te Mana—your deed of settlement signed 10 March 2018. The first reading of this bill in the House on 9 August 2018 the second reading on 14 March 2019 for both of which I had the distinct privilege to address the House and Ngāti Rangi supported by our whanaunga of Whanganui.Today at the third reading today not at lightning speed but with care-filled considered reasoning and resonance of those and that from times before seeking and reaching to fulfil the potential of what today's tomorrow's future is to be. At the first reading on 1 August I was early into my term as the elected member of Parliament for Whanganui and I reflected then on Ngāti Rangi's journey—the ebbs the flows the currents and the woes of successive generations of Ngāti Rangi. I reflected on what the bill is about—Part 1—and I spoke to clause 8 a summary of the historical account; clauses 9 and 10 the Crown's apology to Ngāti Rangi and its acknowledgments particularly of tino rangatiratanga being well overdue. The apology: deeply sorry that its acts and omissions have caused" the significant losses—significant losses—and the Crown's "failure to recognise acknowledge and thank Ngāti Rangi" not only for the endurance and perseverance but also for the generosity and the grace. I hearken to the words of our Minister of Defence the Hon Ron Mark in acknowledging Ngāti Rangi with the gifting back of the military lands Ngāti Rangi lands and those lands on which many of our own have been nurtured and looked after during their years of training and service in the military. Time has quickly passed by. I had intended to speak further but Ngāti Rangi this is your bill. You know you toiled and you persevered—the sweat the blood the tears. I wish importantly to acknowledge whanaunga. I look at you cousin Che with dignity and mana entrusted and cloaked you with the mantle of servitude and leadership which you have ever so responsibly and will continue to lead. To your mother Auntie Vera; father Uncle Willie; your siblings—you're flanked by your whanaunga your loved ones all of us here in support. To our many aunties uncles cousins rangatahi mokopuna looking into the future. It's important and significant also to acknowledge those of the Crown who've given service. But in the brief time I have left to the legal advisers advocates. Paranihia Walker you were flanked and supported by your man Gerrard Albert. You've walked this journey together. To your colleague Nathan Milner. Again to my cousins your names imprinted at section 12 of the Act soon to be: Shar Raana Darnielle Brendon Soraya Keria—all entrusted trustees. And negotiators Che Toni Waho Carl Wilson Kemp Dryden Cassandra Reid—I acknowledge I applaud you. Ngāti Rangi for today I remember the smiles of those who have gone before. I remember now your smiles and for today this is a future to infinity and beyond. I celebrate with you with a smile and we will in time hold fast to the smiles of those who have gone before and those of us here to come. It is with joy in my heart and a smile etched into my memory that I commend this bill the Ngāti Rangi Claims Settlement Bill to the House. Tēnā tātou katoa. ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Ruth Dyson): The next call is a split call."