Rurawhe Adrian: Ngāti Hauā Claims Settlement Bill — Third ReadingText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeRurawhe Adrian: Ngāti Hauā Claims Settlement Bill — Third Reading[Sitting date: 09 December 2014. Volume:702;Page:1304. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]ADRIAN RURAWHE (Labour—Te Tai Hauāuru):Kāti rā tēnā anō tātou. Otirā anei a’au e tuku mi’i atu ki a Ngāti Hauā kua tae mai i tēnei rā w’akahirahira mō tēnei pānuitanga o tēnei pire. Nō reira tēnei te mi’i atu ki a koutou ki a koe anō hoki e Te Tumuaki tēnei hoki te mihi ki a koe i roto i ngā manaakitanga o rātou mā i te wā’i ngaro. E tika hoki kia huri atu ki te mi’i atu anō ki te ā’uatanga ki a rātou mā kua wehe atu. Nō reira rātou katoa anei a’au te tuku atu te reo poroporoaki ki a rātou. Nō reira ki a tātou katoa ngā mema katoa o Te W’are nei tēnei te mi’i atu. Nō reira e Te Māngai o te W’are tēnā koe.[Well greetings to us once again but at the same time here I am acknowledging Ngāti Hauā who have arrived here on this important day for the reading of this bill.So I salute you collectively and you as well the Head. I particularly acknowledge you through the generosity of those in the unseen realm. It is appropriate as well that I turn to acknowledge the circumstances that pertain to them and others who have departed. I therefore farewell them. To us all members of this House I greet you and so thank you Mr Assistant Speaker of the House.]It is indeed an honour to speak on this bill. I have read through the historical account in the deed of settlement and what it highlights to me is the ongoing action of Ngāti Hauā to address the breaches of the Treaty of Waitangi. We have already heard from members about the actions of Wīremu Tamihana. I want to pay attention particularly to the deeds of his son Tupu Taingakawa. Can I read an extract from the historical account: “In the early decades of the twentieth century Tupu Taingakawa continued to petition and protest for the rights of all Māori under the Treaty to be upheld by the Crown securing nearly 30000 signatures to one petition. In 1909 Tupu Taingakawa presented this petition to the Government. The Government denied the allegations levelled that the Crown had breached the Treaty of Waitangi including through its confiscation of Waikato land during the 1860s.”It carries on to say: “When Mahuta died in 1912 his son Te Rata was anointed as King by Tupu Taingakawa as the Tumuaki. In 1914 Taingakawa and King Te Rata travelled to London in the hope of gaining redress for their grievances from the British Crown. The pair was introduced to King George V and Queen Mary but their appeal was referred back to the New Zealand Government. … In 1924 Tupu Taingakawa returned to London this time in the company of the prophet Tahupotiki Wiremu Ratana. They were denied the opportunity to present their petition (signed by 34000 people) to King George V but subsequently travelled to Geneva in the hope that the League of Nations would intervene to secure justice for the Māori people. The petition along with a copy of the Treaty of Waitangi and a huia feather and kiwi cloak was deposited with the League of Nations by Tupu Taingakawa.”I mention these because they show ongoing action to address the breaches of the Treaty of Waitangi. It is an honour for me to stand and speak to this particular bill because of those connections between Tainui the Kīngitanga and Rātana. The name Tupu Taingakawa is very well-known in the place that I come from—Rātana. It is a huge-ish thing to get a petition of 30000 people today in 2014 with all of the technology that we have available to us. But imagine in 1909 a gentleman by the name of Tupu Taingakawa was able to collect 30000 signatures and to then again be part of another petition some 10 years later to collect another 34000 signatures. This represented a huge number of the Māori population at that time and it should be acknowledged in this House again that these petitions are finally being addressed today.I want to acknowledge the negotiators of this Treaty settlement. I want to acknowledge the tenacity the fortitude and the resilience of the Ngāti Hauā people over a period of more than 160 years to get to settlement today. I greet each and every one of you who has arrived here today for the reading of this bill.Within the bill also are Crown acknowledgments and the apology as every Treaty settlement bill has within them. The breaches that are acknowledged relate to the operation and impact of the native land laws which undermine the traditional tribal structures of Ngāti Hauā. It made their lands more susceptible to partition fragmentation and alienation. The Crown’s purchase of over 1400 acres of Ngāti Hauā land from individuals in the 20th century left the iwi again virtually landless.I stand here today as I have in the previous readings to acknowledge the work that the people of Ngāti Hauā have put into this settlement in addressing it and indeed I have to say again—as I have said on the two previous times that I have spoken in the House on Treaty settlement bills—that this iwi has performed an act of generosity in settling this claim. It is indeed a start. I look forward to seeing the progress that Ngāti Hauā make for the benefit of their future generations.Within this settlement there are of course commercial redress items which are a beginning. It is a beginning because it is redress not compensation. I think it is worthwhile that the House recognises the difference between the two. Redress gives the opportunity for iwi to receive a small financial redress within this act. It is but a fraction of what the compensation will be and I would expect that Ngāti Hauā would have asked themselves the question whether it is worth going down this pathway. The fact that we are here means that they have answered yes. I suspect it is about the future generations because this settlement will provide an opportunity to grow that asset to provide a better future for Ngā Uri o Ngāti Hauā. Finally I want to acknowledge again all of the people who have come here today to celebrate the passing of this legislation into law.Ā nō reira ki a koutou katoa Ngāti Hauā otirā ki a koe anō hoki e Te Tumuaki anei a’au e tuku mi’i atu mai i taku Pāti o Te Rōpū Reipa otirā mai i tōku rohe mai i tōku kāinga me tōku w’ānau o Rātana Pā ki a koutou katoa nō reira tēnā tātou.[So to all of you of Ngāti Hauā but at the same time to you as well the Head I extend greetings to you and to us all from my Labour Party but at the same time from my electorate back home and from my Rātana Pā family. Thank you.]