McKelvie IanIAN McKELVIE (National—Rangitīkei): Thank you Madam Speaker. It's a privilege to speak on the third reading of the Ahuriri Hapū Claims Settlement Bill. It's always a pleasure to follow Rino Tirikatene when he speaks because you know that whatever I say they'll believe him and they won't believe me. I always quite like that because he's a man of his word and I always enjoy listening to him because he has great stories to tell.It is a privilege to be part of the Treaty settlement process in this House and I accept that we'll never get any briefing to the point of being perfect. We can't because we're trying to redress or address the challenges of the past and that's always been a bit of a challenge. But it's been a privilege for me. This is the third time I've spoken on this bill. So I've spoken on all three readings of it. I've never had the privilege of sitting on the Māori Affairs Committee interestingly so I've never been part of the deliberation of these bills. I know that throughout this afternoon a lot of the fact of the bill's been talked about so I won't talk about a lot of that because it's not really my place to do so. But I do think that it's a privilege to be part of something where we're acknowledging the challenges of the past apologising for those challenges of the past as best we can and I guess trying to put right what's happened before. And often when you look at the progress of the Treaty settlements in New Zealand and where they've been successful they've been hugely successful and I congratulate all those recipients of those settlements for the way in which they've managed them and the work they've done to get them to I guess the point they get to at any one time.You might wonder what an old bloke of Scottish descent is doing speaking on a bill like this in the House but the Ahuriri area actually goes right into the Rangitīkei. So when you drive over to the Kāwekas and go into Hawke's Bay you're basically looking at this whole area from my part of the world where I go across there. And I'm fortunate enough to have a mother a daughter and two grandsons all who live right in Ahuriri itself. So I spend a bit of time there. On the weekend I was walking around the estuary actually looking for National Party voters—and they're pretty slim there. There was no more National Party voters there than there was snapper in the estuary. But it is a beautiful part of Hawke's Bay and I accept the fact that nature dramatically changed the nature of that in 1931. But it is an interesting part of Hawke's Bay.There's one or two other things I think are worth commenting on with respect to what's going on in this area at the moment. You've got to think about—we'll put these things in perspective and if you look at Conservation House it's a beautiful old building in the middle of Napier and it very much reminds me actually of the Government buildings across the road here. You just have to hope that those sort of things are preserved for future generations because they are pretty special.The other thing I think is really interesting about this part of the country is that Scinde Island which is part of the settlement of this is of course the home of the grave of Sir Donald McLean. If you go back in history he was the cause or could be well blamed for a lot of the problems that have arisen in the process that's led to this settlement. So it's a very interesting history some of these settlements have too.But I do think that it's important that we put these in perspective and that we do our very best at least I guess to honour the challenges of the past. I find it extremely difficult to think that we're trying to rectify something that started occurring 160 or 170 years ago and continued for probably nearly 100 years and then from that time on really nothing happened until the settlement process started I guess in this case nearly some 35 or 40 years ago. But having got to this point I just want to wish all those recipients of the settlement the Ahuriri Hapū and all associated with it all the best for the future. I think it's really important that we get this through the House. I wish them a safe journey home and I think it's really important that we acknowledge that this House has done its very best to get this bill to a point that at least is acceptable and deals with some of the challenges of the past.Just before I stop Harete Hipango asked me to apologise—she had Christmas coming a week early during the course of her speech and she was very worried. She mentioned the date of the 14th of the 12th when in fact it was the 7th. So she was in a hurry to get home. But she wanted me to apologise on her behalf for that mistake she made during the course of her speech.I wish the Ahuriri Hapū and all associated with it all the best going forward and I congratulate them on getting this thing finally to a fractious I suppose at times agreement. But none the less they've got it to an agreement got it to a point of an agreement and the apology I hope will be accepted and I hope that progress is made in the future. Thank you Madam Speaker.