Coffey TamatiTAMATI COFFEY (Labour—Waiariki): Tēnā koe e Te Mana Whakawā. Tuatahi ka ngā whakaaro ki a rātou mā kua wehe atu ki te pō ko John Ransfield i te marae o Pikirangi i Rotorua Nui a Kahumatamomoe i mate ai i tēnei wiki. Ā nō reira e Pā haere haere haere atu rā. Rātou ki a rātou tātou ki a tātou tēnā koutou huri rauna i tēnei Whare.[Greetings to the Speaker. Firstly my thoughts go to those who have departed this realm namely John Ransfield at Pikirangi Marae in Rotorua Nui a Kahumatamomoe who passed away this week. And therefore sir farewell farewell farewell. Let the deceased remain with each other and let us return to the living. Greetings to all assembled right around this House.]First of all let me acknowledge all of the many people that have been behind the bill to this point starting of course with the Hon Te Ururoa Flavell who did kick off the process in August 2017. But really as some of my previous colleagues have mentioned it was actually Sir Apirana Ngata back in 1926 I understand—nearly 100 years ago—that actually fought to encourage a school of Māori art. That's what it was kind of coined as at the time and hasn't it grown? Many speakers here today have talked about the success of Te Puia the Māori Arts and Crafts Institute and I'm sure that Tā Apirana would be smiling from up above knowing the success that the business has become these days. It's only a success because of the good people that have been behind it so I acknowledge the chair of the board Harry Burkhardt. I acknowledge the CEO Tim Cossar and the many kaimahi that have been in and out and through Te Puia over the years. It's gone from being an art school into being a mega - art school—arts and craft Māori arts and crafts. The people that preserve our culture that promote our culture as well to the world—nowadays they're doing tā moko they're doing greenstone carving weaving and all these things. It's not just carving with timber with our native woods anymore; it's actually much more than that. So I implore people if they haven't been there recently to go there because there is a big investment going back in. And that's part of the specialness of Te Puia as well: the reinvestment back into the business. That's what's made it the success that it is today and I acknowledge everybody involved for that.This has been—whoo!—it's been a hearty process. It's been a character-building process for me. In fact I would say that I've cut my teeth officially on this particular bill here. When we first started talking about this knowing that the first signature was put on to the paper by the previous member for the Waiariki in 2017 in August and I took over in September 2017 so it was the first agenda item for me to deal with. And to say it was contentious is probably an understatement. I had fiery phone calls from lots of people from all different sides of the debate and actually through the submissions process that's exactly what we heard; it was just in a more formal way. And can I acknowledge our whānau back home all of those people that submitted on this bill for their aroha for their respect in this process. Yes there were some fiery conversations but actually everybody did it incredibly respectfully. So I acknowledge our people for that. There were submissions that were heard. Some people were very concerned about the mandating process of both the HTK Te Puia Trust and also our rōpū from Wāhiao Tūhourangi o Whakarewarewa. That was canvassed throughout the submissions. Some people were incredibly supportive of it and had the numbers to back it up and there were some people that didn't like it at all and wanted some action on that. So throughout that very character-building day of submissions that we had back home—in fact I'd almost say it was a bit therapeutic because what happened was that everybody was able to put their take on the table in front of us. We were able to discuss it talk about it acknowledge the concerns and then actually it was the great work of the officials who took all of those submissions away. We all had to just kind of whakanoa after the submissions but they took away all of those submissions they crafted them up they grouped them into themes and actually there was progress not too soon after that. We had a special general meeting in Rotorua. The Wāhiao Tūhourangi o Whakarewarewa Trust had a special general meeting. They made some amendments to their trust deed. That was very welcomed. It was almost—almost—unanimous with the I think 350-odd people that were there. The desire to change and tweak some of those little things to make people happy was very welcome. The incidental rotation of trustees on those entities in particular has also given the whānau back home reason to feel happy and to have faith in this process. And we've already had some elections and there will be some more elections to come for those particular roles. So they were some of the main concerns around it not to mention the personality politics because we have some very strong personalities back home.In our tribe they call us Te Arawa Māngai Nui and yes we very much are. We're people that know how to use our mouths when the time comes to it. So we felt that passion on the day. But as I say in going through that process and making some amendments—and that's something that I will point out: in the actual bill it's not too different from the first reading because the officials managed to find a way to actually make some of those changes without having to change significant parts of the bill. So it's not too different and I've had to tell that to our whānau back home. But actually it's very different because there are things that have been changed. Like I say the parts of various trust deeds trustee rotations—those are all included. Those all have been included taken into consideration and dare I say it we're moving forward in a really positive light.I know that it's positive because actually I haven't had a phone call on this in quite some time. And there was a time when my phone was ringing hot about this issue from all sides of the fence. But actually as I go around and I've been out there talking to our whānau since there is actually a sense of calm and a sense of peace around this and a sense that we're moving in the right direction. This bill is about rangatiratanga. It's about the rangatiratanga of our iwi to be able to look after what is rightfully ours. This is just the business. There is another conversation happening with the land underneath the business but that's a kōrero for another day and another year hopefully.But that also came through in the submissions as well. I'll say rangatiratanga without saying tino rangatiratanga because some of the submissions also pointed to the fact that part of the bill means that we're going to have a Crown-appointed chair on there. Whilst it makes perfect sense to the Crown to do that actually some people back home thought that that was taking away our ability as the iwi to be able to make those decisions for ourselves. So I acknowledge those people that submitted and pointed that out to us but it is going ahead: there will be a Crown appointment on there. As our Minister indicated earlier that appointment will be there for six years and then after that let's have another conversation. But hopefully that will help smooth the transition as we change ownership back into iwi hands on this front. You'll notice that there are none of our iwi here today to watch over these proceedings mainly because it is the second reading. There was a lot of juice in the first one and there'll be a lot of people here for the third one but I acknowledge all of our whānau that are back home sitting down and maybe watching Parliament TV maybe listening to it on the radio. I acknowledge all of those people that aren't here today that are heavily involved and heavily invested in this process. And to them I say—whānau Hurunga Ngāti Hurunga Te Rangi Ngāti Tai o Tū Ngāti Te Kahu Ngāti Wāhiao Tūhourangi Pukeroa o Ruawhata Ngāti Whakaue whānui Te Arawa waka—we're nearly there. I commend this bill to the House. Bill read a second time.