Tirikatene Rino; Dean JacquiRINO TIRIKATENE (Labour—Te Tai Tonga): Tēnā koe Madam Speaker. If I may Madam Speaker I want to give my attempt at the reo of Moriori and to welcome my whanaunga here te imi o Rēkohu te imi o Moriori tēnā koutou. Tēnā koutou nau mai whakatau mai. Ko koutou ngā uri o Rongomaiwhenua me Rongomaitere tēnā koutou tēnā koutou. Nau mai haere mai ki te Whare Pāremata e takatū nei me kī te ana o te raiona. Ka hoki ngā mahara ki a rātou mā ngā kaiwawao o koutou e hāpai nei i tēnei kaupapa e kōkirihia nei te kaupapa ki tēnei pire. E tū tautoko ana ahau tēnei pire i tēnei pānuitanga tuatahi. Nō reira e aku rangatira rau rangatirā mā te iwi Moriori me Rongo tēnā koutou tēnā koutou tēnā tātou katoa.[Greetings and welcome. You are the descendants of Rongomaiwhenua and Rongomaitere welcome once welcome twice. Welcome to the House of Parliament gathered here also known as the lion's den. I think back to those who have passed the defenders of those of you who championed this matter this bill. I stand in support of this bill in its first reading. Therefore my regal ones my noble ones the Moriori people of Rongo thank you once twice and thrice.]I'm delighted to be able to speak in support of this historic bill this afternoon to add my welcome to the Moriori people who have travelled from far and wide I'm sure many from Rēkohu and around the country to be here today and those that will be tuning in as well. This is a historic occasion. I don't need to really traverse the historical context because I know that it has been well covered by the contributions today much less to say that this was a terrible stain on the history of Aotearoa. Such was though the nature of the marauding type of people that Māori were and the interactions that we have had it's a fact of our historical context as a nation; likewise the role that the Crown had to play in its omissions and its acts of what is another bloodstained history in our country.But I'm just here to tautoko this bill because I want to acknowledge the iwi of Moriori the proud people distinct people of Rēkohu who have long fought for recognition and have finally through the passage of this bill gone another step another step in their cultural revitalisation as a people. I want to pay tribute to all those that have been involved in Moriori in their re-emergence as an iwi on the landscape of Aotearoa and here in Parliament. I want to acknowledge Maui Solomon and the role that he has played dedicating his life to his people for his tribal identity to be recognised and celebrated and that's what we're doing here today in this House. I think back. On occasions like this we have our own personal connections to places and to people and I think back to when I was a young lad. I was fortunate enough to travel and to support—and to be in the Rātana band actually that marched on—when the Rt Hon David Lange in 1986 unveiled the statue of Tommy Solomon. That for me I guess marked a major imprint of Moriori into the modern community of the Chatham Islands. That was a wonderful occasion to go with the Prime Minister and to be able to support that big occasion where the whole of the Chathams came together staying at Te One School and being able to take part in so many wonderful community occasions and celebrations and ceremonial occasions as well. So I think back to those occasions and I think how far Moriori have come in those 35 years. When I think of the fisheries settlement that has been recognised with Moriori a major stakeholder in the iwi fisheries of the Chatham Islands along with Ngāti Mutunga but also in the wider fishing industry all of that was hard work hard fought by the whānau of Moriori.I think back to the family also of Maui's cousins. Gary Dennis and Tommy are the ones that I recall—very similar to their grandfather in stature and just absolutely wonderful to spend time with them. Yeah I marvelled at their appetites then. I think their koroua he's renowned for—how many swan eggs did he eat? About a dozen or so. But it's just wonderful to reminisce with Maui and his whānau. Even more recently Tom Lanauze and the contribution that he's made. A wonderful weka hunter extraordinaire is Tom and he took me on a few expeditions. I won't go into the details of the very secret terms of the weka-hunting but it's wonderful to see one of many many individuals here who have played a part and are continuing to play a part in the passage of this legislation. So we have a lot of connections. I want to acknowledge the connections that we have as iwi because of course Ngāi Tahu and Kāti Huirapa Arowhenua we claim the Solomon family as our own and rightly so—rightly so. We claim all their whānau and I do acknowledge those connections that we share. I even played a part as a fledgling—we were ahead of our time but I did play a role in the first iwi Ngāi Tahu - Moriori joint venture in fisheries—Tangaroa Seafoods was its name—along with Nick Preece and Grant Huwyler back in those days. They were wonderful wonderful times that we had and it's great to see that these relationships and connections are still playing a strong role today as we all work together as iwi in this post-settlement environment.So I once again just acknowledge the people that have travelled here today. This is a very significant bill. As we do with all Treaty settlements we acknowledge those that have gone before but we also look ahead to the future. One thing that struck me today was the kōrero from Maui and from Kiwa that we had earlier today. It was not only the pronouncements of the tūpuna that presented the petition in 1862 and to hear their names ring out in the House but I hope we get the opportunity to put those names formally on Hansard in some future readings. But to hear the reo—to hear the Moriori reo spoken—to hear the names of their tūpuna that were spoken and to bring that all right up to the present day with the passage of this legislation I think is hugely significant. I'm very proud to be here along with my colleague Paul Eagle who's quite the local member for the Chathams. I know he probably knows every kina pāua and crayfish. Myself I'm more of a fan of the sea tulip—kāeos. I am quite partial to them. I regret that I won't be able to travel that way with the Māori Affairs Committee to hear the hearings because I'm sure they'll be very rewarding and very important to hear the kōrero as well.But with that I tautoko this bill and I want to make sure that I finish with kia tau te rangimarie—in peace—which is what the Moriori people stand for. Hokomenet ai me rongo me rongo me rongo. [United as one peace peace peace be upon us.]Kia ora tātou. I commend this bill to the House.Motion agreed to.Bill read a first time. ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Jacqui Dean): The question is That the Moriori Claims Settlement Bill be considered by the Māori Affairs Committee. Motion agreed to.Bill referred to the Māori Affairs Committee.Waiata