Hayes JoanneJOANNE HAYES (National): E ngā whānau whānui o Rangitāne o Manawatu tēnā koutou nau mai haere mai ki te rā whakahirahira. Ki ngā mokopuna i tēnei rā ko te tīmatanga o te heke mai kanapa nā tēnei rā ka whakawhetai ahau. Ka whakahōnore i te hunga mahi pakeke ki te whakarite i te heke mai ā tōna wā hoki ki a koutou katoa.[To the extended family of Rangitāne o Manawatu salutations to you collectively welcome and come forth to the wonderful day! To the grandchildren of this day as a consequence of this day glisten will begin to come down which I am grateful for. I honour the ones who worked in a mature manner to determine what totally should come down to all of you eventually.]I stand proud to take this call to record just how proud I am of Rangitāne o Manawatu getting to this stage today in the House. I used to work in Palmerston North. Many years ago someone said to me: Because of all the raruraru Jo Rangitāne would be lucky to actually get to conclude their claims settlement." Oh how wrong they were. I said nothing at the time because I had lots of faith that you would get here. I knew Danielle that you would get here because of the determination of your mother Ruth Harris and all the kaumātua who sat around her at the time to bring this to fruition today.To think that there are people out there who think today is a nothing day—that what the Crown is resolving and concluding today with Rangitāne is nothing. Well they are very wrong. It is as I have said many times in this House the beginning of the economic development for iwi. This is going to be for Rangitāne o Manawatu as well. So many things can happen and go forward now for Rangitāne. All the arguments all the discussions all the agreements and disagreements have all come to a conclusion and today is the day that you go forward and with you you take not just your past but all your mokopuna of today and in the future.I want to acknowledge Danielle—Danielle and her team. Wow! As the Minister said your determination to get here today to bring the whānau together from the three strands of Rangitāne o Manawatu is an accomplishment that will go down in the history books of Rangitāne o Manawatu and it has its rightful place there Danielle. I am very proud today of what you have done for all of us in Rangitāne.The Rangitāne o Manawatu deed of settlement could best be described as a fine cheese but it has taken time to mature and today we unwrap it and take a slice—only a slice—to go on our cracker to celebrate the coming of your deed of settlement as it moves to receive the Royal assent.I look forward as a member of Rangitāne to witnessing what the future will hold for our people in Manawatū. I am proud that many many plans and a future will happen for our young people in Manawatū and wider afield. I know that with the leadership of your post-settlement governance entity led by Danielle only good things will come for you and I look forward to witnessing that in the future. So without any further ado I congratulate you. I say go forth be successful be very successful be at the top of your game and I will be there to stand and say: "Yes these are my people Rangitāne o Manawatu." Tēnā koutou katoa. Kia ora."