Wall Louisa: Ngati Toa Rangatira Claims Settlement Bill Haka Ka Mate Attribution Bill — Third ReadingsText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeWall Louisa: Ngati Toa Rangatira Claims Settlement Bill Haka Ka Mate Attribution Bill — Third Readings[Sitting date: 16 April 2014. Volume:698;Page:17403. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]LOUISA WALL (Labour—Manurewa): Tēnā koe Mr Assistant Speaker. E ngā mana e ngā reo e ngā whānau o Ngati Toa tēnā koutou tēnā koutou tēnā tātou katoa. I am also aware that at Takapūwāhia Marae in Porirua many of the whānau have gathered to watch the proceedings in the House today. To all the whānau of Ngati Toa I say congratulations. Congratulations on the third readings of your bills the Ngati Toa Rangatira Claims Settlement Bill and the Haka Ka Mate Attribution Bill which will provide I guess more assets for you to build on in terms of Ngati Toa moving into thefuture with confidence. So I congratulate you. I also want to thank you particularly for the leadership of your tūpuna Te Rauparaha and Te Rangihaeata. because when I look at your history like all histories your journey began in 1839 when you signed the Kāpiti deed. By 1843 your rangatira were fighting for the rights of Ngati Toa. I think that warrior spirit has to be acknowledged because it is that fighting spirit that endures today when we look at the performance of our haka that our All Blacks who define us internationally within a sporting context perform. So I hope when you see that haka when you look at the All Blacks for you now and into the future it is about your rangatira Te Rauparaha who has created that platform for us.I note however that in the Haka Ka Mate Attribution Bill there is no copyright to the haka Ka Mate. This is a very unique part of this legislation because you do have formal acknowledgment. But because it is not contained within the Copyright Act there are no royalties. So I say thank you very much to the Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations for that 5-year review because that 5-year review enables Ngati Toa to actually look at how the haka is used and whether or not formal acknowledgment is sufficient into the future in terms of how the haka Ka Mate is used. In fact it clarifies and confirms the Wai 262 report that said there should be controls on the use of the haka. So I think the position of Ngati Toa going forward in terms of the control of the haka Ka Mate is something that ultimately should be in your hands. I acknowledge the very special and significant attribution of the haka to Te Rauparaha and to Ngati Toa and I look forward as we move into the future to the safeguarding of the haka in terms of Ngati Toatanga.I want to acknowledge Mr Assistant Speaker Robertson that you went to Ngāti Toa School inTītahi Bay. I think it is special to acknowledge all the connections that we have. My role here today is to add support to our Labour voice. Our kaumātua as I will call him Shane Jones kicked the proceedings off this morning. He and my colleagues Rino Tirikatene and Nanaia Mahuta sit on the Māori Affairs Committee. I was previously a member of the Māori Affairs Committee. I am no longer but as a proud member of this House and of Māori whakapapa—Ngāti Tūwharetoa and Waikato—it is always a pleasure to participate in these Treaty settlement debates.For all of us I think the resolution of our colonial history and the resolution of our truth and reconciliation process as I call it is incredibly significant. Always we pay tribute to the people who have gone before—our tūpuna who are not with us any more—and our tūpuna and our rangatira here today who will ensure that as we move into the future we do so always with our heads held high. So I want to acknowledge all Ngati Toa who have been involved in getting you to where we are today because yes the Crown is the partner that you have negotiated with to get to where we are today but we have a lot of resources on our side. Always it is the fortitude persistence and steadfast commitment to making sure that we as tangata whenua in Aotearoa New Zealand are for ever acknowledged as mana whenua as tangata whenua. So these settlement bills are incredibly important in terms of moving forward as a nation.I always like to look at either the statutory acknowledgments or the place names and I see that within your legislation this settlement has provided for place name changes to 12 North Island sites and nine South Island sites. For me it is those names that actually mean a lot because they honour our tūpuna and they honour our specific relationships so Ngati Toa’s relationship to these geographical sites here in Aotearoa. For ever Ngati Toa’s footprint will be recorded formally within our country. The new geographic names are for example Taupō Point Kapukapuariki Rocks Mount Porirua Haukopua Point Motuhara Point Te Ana-o-Hau and Toka Potaka Rock. And there are altered names for Colonial Knob which will be called Rangituhi; Goat Point which will be called Tawhitikuri; Te Awarua-o-Porirua Harbour; Toka-a-Papa Reef; Te RewarewaPoint; Te Whanganui—with an “h”—which is to sit alongside Port Underwood; Te Hoiere which is the Pelorus Sound and Pelorus River; Te Koko-o-Kupe which is Cloudy Bay; Oraumoa which is Fighting Bay; Pukatea which is Whites Bay; Tokomaru which is Mount Robertson; Waikutakuta which is Robin Hood Bay; and Tōtaranui which is Queen Charlotte Sound.The significance of these renamings for Ngati Toa is incredibly important. It is incredibly important for us as a country as well. I will not contribute any more other than to again congratulate you on your Treaty settlement. I hope that in this process you have felt that there is a momentum within this House to settle these Treaty claims and we move forward constructively in partnership with you. The statutory acknowledgments and the fact that you will have for example resource management governance authority over eight coastal sites and over 23 other sites means that for ever Ngati Toa will formally be part of the management and be the kaitiaki that you are of these sites. For me that is the significance in terms of our acknowledgment of you as mana whenua as first sovereigns and the partnership opportunity that we have as a country going forward.Nō reira tēnā koutou tēnā koutou tēnā tātou katoa.