SpeechHARETE HIPANGO (National—Whanganui): Tēnā koe e Te Mana Whakawā. Nau mai hāere mai ki tēnei Whare anō. Ngā uri me ngā mana whenua o Ngāti Hinerangi. Ko Harete Hipango tōku ingoa. Nō Whanganui ahau.[Greetings Madam Speaker. Welcome to this House again. The descendants and those with authority over the land of Ngāti Hinerangi. I am Harete Hipango. I am from Whanganui.]I stand to address the House in the added and new responsibilities that I have first of all as the lead speaker for the National Party and also with the additional responsibilities and portfolios now as shadow Attorney-General and also with the role of the spokesperson for Treaty settlement negotiations in addition to my Māori-Crown relations portfolio and Māori tourism.So for the purpose of those members of the public who are listening in and aren't necessarily familiar with the process today is the second reading of the Ngāti Hinerangi Claims Settlement Bill. The first reading was before the House on 19 September 2019. I didn't have the privilege to take a call to address the House. However since then the process is after a first reading the matter goes to select committee and that select committee was the Māori Affairs Committee which again I did not have the privilege to be able to sit in and be part of listening to the kōrero the submissions and the evidence from the people of Ngāti Hinerangi and those who have an interest.So the members of the House who will be speaking today to address—some of whom were on that select committee and I think it's pertinent to name who they are. Chairperson Rino Tirikatene my colleague and fellow parliamentarian who chairs that committee; Dan Bidois a colleague in the National Party; Marama Davidson who is the deputy chair of the Māori Affairs Committee and the co-leader of the Green Party; Joanne Hayes and Matt King National Party members on the select committee; Adrian Rurawhe whanaunga and Assistant Speaker of the House the Labour Party; the Hon Nicky Wagner my colleague in the National Party; and the Hon Meka Whaitiri who is a member of the Labour Party.So as is known the purpose of the second reading is to bring back before the House what had been contemplated after hearing evidence of the submitters from the Ngāti Hinerangi people and interested parties. I acknowledge Minister Little Minister of Justice but also Minister for Treaty settlements and my former colleague the Hon Christopher Finlayson who again was the former Minister for Treaty settlement negotiations. So the second reading of this is for the House to hear back from the Māori Affairs Committee after hearing the evidence of any concerns associated with the bill as had been presented. There is a report that has been filed or submitted to the House and that report is available to the public online. This bill as has been addressed in the first reading and by the Minister in the House this afternoon is seeking to redress the injustices from the Crown's actions and omissions in relation to the people of Ngāti Hinerangi.The report from the Māori Affairs Committee is some seven pages in length. It details there what those amendments are that have been contemplated. The report feeds back that there is nothing substantive per se apart from recommending a number of changes which are deemed to be minor and technical. However in saying that the issues are of substance to the people of Ngāti Hinerangi because this is their bill and it impacts on the ongoing relationships moving into the future by addressing the grievances.In brief—and I think again for the benefit of the public listening in—often these Treaty settlement bills don't have the due and the full public coverage and attention that they are deserving of. These settlements and Ngāti Hinerangi are a significant part of Aotearoa New Zealand's history and the journey that we've gone on. So I've referenced before while standing in this House addressing those listening here present and also in TV land that this Chamber is a chamber of commemoration and that just positioned to one of the main entrances to the Chamber is the plaque which is the commemoration of the New Zealand Māori Land Wars.So the Ngāti Hinerangi Claims Settlement Bill has distinctive parts to it and those parts are: addressing the historical context and giving the story the whakaaro the thoughts the knowledge and the history the kōrero associated with those grievances the omissions the actions and how to move forward. The other part of course is the formal acknowledgment by the Crown and the apology. It then moves into what the redress is and there are three cultural redress—no I stand to be corrected. There are components of redress. There's the fiscal redress there is the cultural redress and there are those other elements that have been addressed within the bill.Now as is often the case there is so much to go through to cover within the space of 10 minutes. And that is why there is the written report that's made available to go through the detail of that. And as is well known I now am positioned as a member sitting back on the Māori Affairs Committee. The approach that we take there as members of Parliament but also cross-party is one of collaboration one of working cooperatively and one of ensuring that these Treaty settlement bills take heed and are cognisant of the fact and the concerns that have been submitted by way of the oral evidence of the people who have that vested interest. We work concertedly as a select committee to take heed of that and to progress the transmission from the first reading through to the second reading through to the final passage of the third reading which hopefully will come soon.So the significant part as I've touched on is that this bill is a Treaty settlement. It's a significant one since the time that the incursions of injustice had occurred which dates back to the 1800s. But the chronology is that the Crown signed a terms of negotiation back in February 2014. So in terms of the legislative journey or the process for it to arrive at these final stages of it taking its passage into law it has been a long one. And I can also relate to that coming from W'anganui being uri and mana whenua of W'anganui the long journey that my tūpuna have taken. So I can acknowledge and I associate and empathise with what the feeling is for the people with the journey that you've embarked on. You carry that of your tūpuna. But importantly in carrying that this is being done for our mokopuna and the history of those going into the future.We come from the past but we learn from the past and we carry that forward into the future with a sense and a real stage of hope and development and progression. And that's what the redress in terms of the fiscal settlement—which some may deem at $8.1 million is insufficient and in the context and scheme of the suffering and the grievance and the passage of time it is. However you of Ngāti Hinerangi have negotiated the settlement. You—Madam Speaker I acknowledge that you are in the Chair but often in this kōrero I address the people who have come here. The people Ngāti Hinerangi this is your settlement and you carry it forward to make the most of the opportunity bearing in mind what your tūpuna have carried through to what your mokopuna will be: the bearers of hope. I will have the opportunity to address everybody—and importantly with that sense of aspiration and hope and fulfilment moving forward into the future—at the third reading of this bill.In conclusion it is a distinct privilege. I never thought that I would be before the House 2½ years ago speaking to Treaty settlement negotiations having been on a journey for more than 20 years of my lifetime with now my nannies and koros who were tūpuna—ngā tūpuna aitua. So to address the people from Ngāti Hinerangi ngā mihi ki a koutou katoa. Kia māia kia kaha kia manawa nui.[I acknowledge you all. Be courageous be brave be steadfast.]I commend this second reading of the bill to the House.