Fox MaramaMARAMA FOX (Co-Leader—Māori Party): I think it has been a fantastic debate tonight listening to the contribution from the members of the Opposition and from the Ministers who have occupied the chair. Let us just go to a couple of points that many of the members have raised. Mr Paraone said that if there was one hui that endorsed the bill then he would stand corrected—well I can tell you now that in Wairarapa at the land hui that was held there they endorsed the bill through a vote of the people and the landowners who were there who listened and who asked their questions. From the answers that were provided to them the member will be happy to know that they endorse Te Ture Whenua as heading in the right direction and they endorsed the bill. So there you stand corrected thank you very much.The bill established a sub-tribe. Let us just talk about that. I would like to put it to the chair that in fact Te Wharepōuri established a sub-tribe here for Te Ātiawa in the Whanga-nui-a-Tara at Pito-one when our tupuna Nuku-pewapewa chased him out of Wairarapa and sent him back here on his way down with the other tribes who came from up north. They established the sub-tribe here not the law; the law recognised that they had a sub-tribe here and I think that point needs to be made.Sixteen exposure drafts—let us go to the 16 exposure drafts. Sixteen exposure drafts means that the Minister listened to the people. Sixteen exposure drafts means that every single submission that was given to the Minister was responded to—every single one. He worked with those people who put their submissions across and ensured that they were listened to that their points were taken on board and that their recommendations were adopted. I am going to agree that we have the hugest Supplementary Order Paper that we have seen in this House for this term—that is for sure—but we have the hugest bill.This bill is important and Part 1 talks about tikanga. I do not understand why we are afraid to start to implement tikanga Māori into law. I get it because I have been in a ministry where every time you get a new Māori person coming along and we want to discuss what the tikanga of the pōwhiri might be—if you are from Te Arawa it is going to look like this; if you are from Ngati Porou it is going to be a little bit different; if you are from Kāi Tahu and so on and so on. Then whoever comes new into that ministry will establish what the tikanga looks like and that is why this is important.If we look at the purpose of Part 1 it says that it is to recognise and provide for the mana and tino rangatiratanga that since time immemorial Māori have exercised and continue to exercise over their lands resources and taonga in accordance with tikanga Māori …". So it is not up to as the member Peeni Henare pointed out Ngāpuhi to tell Te Arawa what to do. But I am pretty sure that in the case of Ngāpuhi your father would have gone there and said: "Well what do you think Te Arawa? What do you think?".Rt Hon Winston Peters: What does Hone say?MARAMA FOX: I have talked with Hone and what he has said—Rt Hon Winston Peters: No no no. He's not happy at all.MARAMA FOX: Well if you do not want to listen then I will carry on. Here it says "to exercise over their lands resources and taonga in accordance with tikanga Māori and consistent with the guarantees given to Māori in Te Tiriti o Waitangi …". What the Minister has done is ensure the place of Te Tiriti is recognised in the law of this country. It does not determine exactly what tikanga means because each area will have a different tikanga and that is why it is up to us to determine. That is not something we should be afraid of; that is something we should damn right be proud of. Finally—finally—we have come to this place this Parliament and tikanga Māori is being recognised in this law as a value-add to this nation. I applaud the Minister for doing so.Let us have a look at the formal version which is the Māori version. The formal version is the Māori version. Hello—again giving precedence to the Māori language in Te Ture Whenua Māori Bill which establishes that tikanga Māori will be determined by that rohe that hapū and that tribe. That is progress not regress. That is not a retrograde step as some parties in this Chamber would have us continue to live under the colonised law of Pākehā law.Finally Mr Chair—oh no one has rung the bell so I will carry on."