Williams ArenaARENA WILLIAMS (Labour—Manurewa) (remote): Tēnā koe e te Pīka. Ki te Arawa waka tēnei te mihi. Ki ngā uri o Ngāti Rangitihi tēnā koutou.[Greetings Madam Speaker. To the peoples of Te Arawa I acknowledge you. To the descendants of Ngāti Rangitihi greetings.]The Treaty of Waitangi is a foundational document for New Zealand's legal system and our constitutional framework. I'm proud of the long-established principle in New Zealand that the Crown owes Māori the duty to act in good faith in accordance with the Treaty. It has cross-partisan support as we've seen today in the House with Opposition members speaking in support of this bill and for the general principles of what we are doing here which is righting the wrongs of the past and not erasing those histories which are uncomfortable today.This settlement legislation brings us one step closer to giving effect to the deed of settlement between the Crown and Ngāti Rangitihi which acknowledges those instances where the Crown has not acted in good faith and I'm proud to be a part of the Parliament today that is doing so now. As such I agree with the Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations the Hon Andrew Little that this bill is an opportunity for the Crown to atone for the injustices that Rangitihi has been subject to at its hands. And it's an opportunity for Rangitihi to look to the future as an iwi to continue to build its identity to flourish collectively to be a leader within its rohe and to face Government as a partner.It's a privilege to speak in support of the settlement which means so much more than the sum of its parts to the negotiating team to the uri who will benefit from it and to partners in Government who look forward to working with Ngāti Rangitihi going forward.I also want to thank everyone who submitted on this bill; the Office of the Clerk and my colleagues on the Māori Affairs Committee for their work and considering the views of those submitters and the advice that was delivered largely online in a Zoom environment. I agree with the chair of the committee Tāmati Coffey when he said that the kanohi ki te kanohi engagement is a part of the settlement process and of tikanga Māori. But it's good that we've had those moments where the Minister has been able to meet with the groups on the ground and that we were able to host Ngāti Rangitihi in the House for the first reading of this bill and I look forward to the future when we can be back together again.There has been a history of excessive land takings by the Crown under the guise of the Public Works Act from this iwi and not having sufficient land in the aftermath of the Tarawera eruption to live dignified lives. Today Ngāti Rangitihi are effectively a landless people. They have been dispossessed of their tribal lands and they now have interests in less than 4 percent or approximately 9000 hectares of their original 250000 hectare tribal rohe. It's an area made up of 175000 hectares of the central North Island known as Kaingaroa and the adjacent lands in the 75000 hectares of confiscated land within the Eastern Bay of Plenty confiscation area. I also note that much of that 9000 hectares that I talked about the iwi having an interest in today is unable to be used for economic benefit due to its status as conservation and reserves land.Rangitihi were forced out of their inland rohe by the eruption of Mount Tarawera as other speakers have canvassed. But they relocated in the coastal rohe lands in Matatā and Hauone and by the time their inland rohe was again fit for human habitation the Crown deemed that land [Audio missing] public [Audio missing] conservation estate and for Crown [Audio missing]. There are two main ways [Audio missing] those wrongs in this piece of legislation and in all Treaty settlement legislation. The first is financial redress and [Audio missing]. And I want to touch now on [Audio missing]. Cultural redress in this settlement looks like the 19 sites of deep significance to be transferred to Rangitihi as cultural redress on the settlement date and this [Audio missing] which is known in and around the Waimangu Volcanic Valley the former site of the Pink and White Terraces and five properties at Matatā. That means for this iwi in practice that relationships with neighbouring iwi with local government and with arms of Government like the Department of Conservation and the department of culture and heritage can be developed from a strong standing point.I will conclude by saying that I look forward to considering this legislation again at the third reading. I commend this bill to the House.