Logie JanJAN LOGIE (Green): Tēnā koe Madam Deputy Speaker. I too rise to speak on behalf of the Green Party in support of the second reading of the Ngāti Tamaoho Claims Settlement Bill and acknowledge as always the sense of responsibility and privilege to be able to speak on settlement bills in this House but also more importantly the sacrifice of the hapū in getting to this point and how long the journey has been for them to get here today—one step closer to the end of this settlement process.On the second reading it is our tradition in the Greens to talk about the process and the submissions in the select committee as well as restating some of the history because it is so rarely that New Zealanders get to hear that history of what has happened in our country. So I will take a moment to imperfectly retell some of that story. Part of the process of colonisation in this country is that many New Zealanders myself included will hear the words Ngāti Tamaoho" and they won't know where those people are from. So I'm going to take a moment to try and explain as well as my geography allows where the people of Ngāti Tamaoho live and where they are from. There's a hapū that extends from the northern Waikato - South Auckland area and they've lived across that rohe for centuries. That extends from the north of the Tāmaki isthmus to south of the Waikato River and Whangamarino wetlands and from the west coast right across to the Hauraki Gulf and the Firth of Thames. So as has been mentioned by other speakers in describing the breadth and extent of that rohe we understand also the fertility of that land and the wealth that exists on that land now and have a sense of the pain that must be felt from the people of Ngāti Tamaoho from the displacement from that land and that wealth that exists there now. As they described in their submission as a hapū they were a numerous iwi with extensive pā throughout these areas that now no longer exist.In their submission they noted the comments from the historian David Armstrong who helped them with the researching of their claim and I want to quote that directly. Their submission was short because it had been a very long process to get to this point. I think it is meaningful this message and it should be shared. So in the words of the historian he said "I doubt that any other iwi in New Zealand suffered as grievously at the hands of their Treaty partner (as Tamaoho). In my long experience as a Treaty historian I have certainly encountered no other iwi who were treated as harshly as this." Of course it's not a competition of who is harmed the most but it does seem really important in this House to acknowledge the depth of loss and pain and wrong of the State towards Ngāti Tamaoho.As a bit of a description of some tiny little bit of what happened to them—so after the signing of Te Tiriti Ngāti Tamaoho sought new economic opportunities and sold some of their land in Remuera. At that time it was a sales arrangement where there was an expectation that one-tenth of that land would be reserved for public purposes and for the benefit of Māori. The Crown failed to do this. The Crown purchasing activities after that created tensions between iwi that led to armed conflict and this is a pattern we hear commonly across the country.Then in the 1840s and 1850s Ngāti Tamaoho rangatira were recognised as being friendly to Pākehā and they were quite successful and engaged in that new economy at the time. And then—so shortly after that; in the 1860s I think—the Crown decided that Māori in South Auckland in this rohe would be required to swear an oath of allegiance or vacate their settlements. They didn't give the people of Ngāti Tamaoho time to be able to consider that demand. Despite there being a history of peaceful engagement with the Crown the Crown troops burnt buildings and looted properties at Pōkeno and then labelled most of Ngāti Tamaoho as rebels and evicted them from their settlements and confiscated most of their remaining lands—lands which we as Pākehā in this country have benefited significantly from the development of.That is just a tiny part of that history of colonisation and abuse of the people in that area. I want to acknowledge that this settlement process is meant to create a platform to move forward for them to have redress and acknowledgment and an apology. But I also want to acknowledge that in their submission they note that their experience of negotiating this has been painful but that they set themselves key criteria for that negotiation to resolve as quickly as possible to be able to have the new future for themselves and not to undermine relationships with other iwi and hapū. In an area where there are many iwi and hapū that was no small feat. It has been spoken about many times already in this debate—the incredible examples that they set in doing this.I understand this is the first Treaty settlement bill that has come to the House without any opposing submissions. Ngāti Tamaoho put so much effort into resolving the concerns with other hapū and iwi through tikanga processes outside of this formal settlement. They again I believe should be acknowledged for that and I want to commend them for their spirit of kotahitanga and recognise that many of the tensions that often come up are an impact of Crown actions and the process of colonisation that in all too many ways go unchallenged by the settlement process. We still sadly often end up with accounts of history that are limited by the prescribed language of the Crown which to me seems unavoidably another act of colonisation.So I do want to acknowledge that this is imperfect but Ngāti Tamaoho have done an incredible job for their people in this environment to be able to create a platform for their people to move forward which has resulted in a settlement a vesting of sites the changing of 21 geographic place names and statutory acknowledgments and deeds of recognition for 43 places that will enable their ongoing participation in Resource Management Act processes that give life to Te Tiriti o Waitangi as well as the financial and commercial redress. So I'm pleased to finish now to move one step closer to the final settlement for these people."