Mahuta NanaiaHon NANAIA MAHUTA (Labour—Hauraki-Waikato): Tuatahi ka tika me mihi atu rā ki a Tutehounuku Korako me tana karakia hei whakawātea i te wāhanga mō ēnei kōrero i tēnei ata. Tuarua me mihi atu rā ki Te Minita ōna mahi hei tiaki ngā whakahaeretanga e pā ana ki ngā whakataunga kerēme. Tuatoru ki a koutou o Ngāti Pūkenga ka nui te mihi atu ki ngā koroheke ngā rūruhi koutou katoa i taemai nei i runga i te manako o ngā mātua tūpuna kia ea koutou i roto i ēnei o ngā mahi.[Firstly it is apt that I acknowledge Tutehounuku Korako and his prayer to clear the part for these contributions this morning. Secondly I must acknowledge the Minister indeed and his work in taking care of operations concerning claim settlements. Thirdly to you collectively of Ngāti Pūkenga there is much acknowledgment to you elderly men and womenfolk to you all who have arrived here upon the desires of the ancestral foremothers and fathers so that you are satisfied within these tasks.]I reflected on the historical contribution that the Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations made and it is certainly true. In all Treaty settlements the Minister has a strong grasp of the history and the encounters between the Crown and iwi Māori from 1840 to this point. It has been demonstrated time and time again in a number of Treaty settlement readings.In so far as Tauranga Moana is concerned I wanted to highlight a couple of things. Firstly I want to acknowledge those negotiators who confirmed the deed of settlement—Rāhera Ōhia Harry Haerengarangi Mikaere Hōri Parata Rehua Smallman and Regina Berghan—on behalf of Ngāti Pūkenga and the trustees of Te Tāwharau o Ngāti Pūkenga Trust. I do that because the responsibility of taking some very difficult challenges of resolving historical grievances in the hope that you can build a better future is by no means a small feat. They did it in mind of the number of Wai claimants that would be included and they have been listed in the legislation that we are passing today.I make that comment because this is a difficult process and those iwi who have gone through the process often wonder: Is it a risk too great? Is the time now? Should we wait?". With all those things in mind they still continue to go forward because the aspirations of the future are too great and outweigh some of the challenges of the present. So I respect that.I want to say that in so far as the history that the Minister outlined is concerned whether or not Ngāti Pūkenga signed the Treaty of Waitangi and whether or not Ngāti Pūkenga participated in the wars of Tauranga Moana the Crown acted indiscriminately and in the confiscation of lands in Tauranga Moana Ngāti Pūkenga was prejudicially affected.So the way in which Ngāti Pūkenga—and you only need look at the map of where the various interests of Ngāti Pūkenga reside in Whangarei in Manaia in Hauraki and in Tauranga Moana. You get a sense that the mass dissipation of an iwi actually as a result of confiscations fundamentally impacted on a range of things—not just access to your whenua where you were from originally but your knowledge of that area and your relationship to that area. Even relocating to other areas and the history surrounding that provide a range of I guess new and contemporary tensions albeit established back in the 1800s and a new way of working with neighbours who have now become whanaunga.It is no small feat to try to address the issues for Ngāti Pūkenga in a comprehensive way with the hope that at some part of our historical commitment to Ngāti Pūkenga on both sides of the House in progressing a Treaty settlement there will be enough institutional knowledge to say that the obligation on the Crown is high no matter what the size of the settlement is. The obligation is high because the people have been dissipated yet they are trying to do something in unity for everybody.That is evident to me in a number of ways. Firstly Ngāti Pūkenga establishing their cultural connection across the areas where they currently reside is absolutely important. What overlays that and is not necessarily evident in the legislation is the ability of Ngāti Pūkenga to repatriate and tell their history in a way that honours the current state of where they reside why they reside there and what that then means for successive generations.But here is the thing. The relationship redress contained in Ngāti Pūkenga's deed of settlement which is not evident in the legislation will actually be probably the proof of the pudding about the Crown's ongoing commitment to Ngāti Pūkenga. So if you go through the range of relationship instruments or letters of introduction and protocols that Ngāti Pūkenga have expressed it is evident to me at first glance that it is about how to derive the greatest amount of value for the people—the descendants of Ngāti Pūkenga—and education is key.Many of those letters of introduction cover a range of educational tertiary institutions that span the whole area from Whangarei right down to Raukawa as well as Government agencies in the cultural and heritage spaces—also primary production and the Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment. So when I make a note of the relationship redress instruments in that range of aspirations around the relationships there it seems to me that will be the proof of the pudding about the commitment of the Crown not only to restore its mana but to commit to a future relationship with Ngāti Pūkenga so that they can grow their aspirations for the benefit of their whole people—notwithstanding their dissipated location of where they actually reside now. So that is hopeful. It can only really be achieved again with the leadership of the iwi and with the commitment of the Crown going forward but it is hopeful. We should ensure that our commitment as parliamentarians—because by and large we have had a unanimous approach to Treaty settlements. No matter what side of the House you sit on that is the hope that we should give voice to as we commit to these Treaty settlements.The next thing I would say in terms of the Ngāti Pūkenga settlement is that some of the redress remains outstanding in relation to the Tauranga Moana Iwi Collective. As was set out by agreement by the Māori Affairs Committee earlier this morning the redress and remedies around Tauranga Moana have been excluded.I did not want to I guess stand and not mention these things because I saw them as important and I wanted to give an assurance certainly from our members who are on the select committee and from our side of the House that the proof of the pudding for Ngāti Pūkenga will be in the future relationship with the Crown.It is so important that people hear the story of Ngāti Pūkenga as you work through how this Treaty settlement is going to leverage and give greater opportunity to the next generation. One small comparator: it is a little bit like in our own rohe within Tainui waka Ngāti Apakura—indiscriminately affected as a result of raupatu widely dispersed from Taupō all throughout Maniapoto and Waikato and if there were true gypsies of the Waikato confiscations it was Apakura. So there is a huge obligation within iwi but also on the Crown to try to make sure that we do much more in this regard to support the aspirations because the actions of the Crown were indiscriminate. No matter where Ngāti Pūkenga stood at a certain point of time the actions of the Crown were indiscriminate.We often recognise that the Crown acknowledgments and the apologies of Treaty settlements for the iwi are the most important thing because it holds the Crown to account. I am not going to in this instance read it out—time does not afford it of me—but I do want to signal while there is a Minister in the House that the inclusion of local content into the education curriculum certainly in so far as young people learning their own history within their own rohe can often be derived from the history in the deed of settlement that has been set out the apology and the Crown acknowledgments. We should continue to foster our education system towards repatriating local history into our schools so that all our kids know what happened but more importantly what iwi did to try to move the next generation into a better space.Nō reira he iti nāku nāku te raurau mō tēnei kete kōrero hei āwhina i tēnei tūāhuatanga. Ngāti Pūkenga tēnā koutou tēnā koutou tēnā tātou katoa.[Therefore a small contribution from me; this receptacle is mine for this contribution basket to help this situation. Acknowledgments congratulations and well done to you Ngāti Pūkenga and to us all.]"