Paraone Pita: Tauranga Moana Iwi Collective Redress and Ngā Hapū o Ngāti Ranginui Claims Settlement Bill — First ReadingText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeParaone Pita: Tauranga Moana Iwi Collective Redress and Ngā Hapū o Ngāti Ranginui Claims Settlement Bill — First Reading[Sitting date: 13 April 2016. Volume:713;Page:10550. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]PITA PARAONE (NZ First):“Tuia te rangi i runga tuia te papa ki raro tuituia tātou ka puta i te ira tangata tihei wā mauri ora!”. E Tauranga Moana koutou i tae mai ā-tinana koutou i are taringa mai i runga ngā Reo Māori Irirangi koutou i are kanohi mai i runga i te pouaka whakaata tēnā koutou tēnā koutou tēnā koutou! Ka tū ake tēnei ki te tautoko ngā mihi i mihingia e aku hoa ētahi ngā tuākana ki te whakatau i a koutou i te rā nei. Ēngari i mua i te haere tonu i tēnā wāhanga e tika ana kia mihi hoki ki tō tātou Minita. Nāna i whakaritengia i a tātou i te rā nei nā reira e Te Minita tēnā koe! E hari ana au i kite atu i a koe i whakakī i taua wāhanga ko te tūmanako kaua e waihotia ki tēnei pire anahe ēngari mō ngā pire pēnei kei te haramai. Taku hiahia kia kite atu i a koe e whakarite ana i a tātou ki Te Runga Rawa kia ahatia?E tātou mā ka nui ngā mihi i mihingia ki tēnā o ngā hunga e ngaro atu ki te tirohanga kanohiahakoa i whakarārangitia ētahi i waenganui i a tātou mai i a Tauranga Moāna i hinga atu. Ēngari taku hiahia kia maumahara ki tētahi o koutou e noho nei i roto Te Tai Tokerau e hia te roa ki te kaha ana ki te tiaki i tō mātou rangatira. Nā ko te wahine tēnā a Tā Kereama. I whakahuangia e tōku tuakana tetahi whenua i roto i a mātou i W‘agārei-terenga-paraoa ko Pakikaikutu tēnā ko ia tetahi o ngā wahine e mau hea i roto o aua whenua. Nā reira e hiahia ana ki te mihi atu ki a ia me ērā atu i takahia Te Ara Whānui-ā-Tāne. I hoki atu ki te kāinga e kīia nei te kāinga tūturu mō tātou mō tē tangata. Nā reira kua ea te wāhi mō rātou ka hoki mai ki a tātou e te hunga ora nā reira tēnā koutou tēnā koutou tēnā koutou!Ko tēnei pire kia whakatau i ngā wawata ngā tūmanako o Te Iwi o Tauranga Moana wā rātou kerēme e pā ana ki Te Tiriti o Waitangi. E korekau kē i whakahēngia ngā kōrero i puta mai i roto i te pire nei. I mea mai te kaikōrero mai i Te Rōpū Kākāriki tana āwangawanga tana pōuri karekau kē e whakaae ana Te Tari Mātauranga kia akongia ngā kōrero e pā ana ki ēnei kōrero i kite tātou i roto te pire nei. Koinā tetahi take ka nui te hari ka nui te koa o tōku ngākau kia puta mai ēnei kōrero kia mōhio mai te ao i ngā āhuatanga e pā ana ki ngā kerēme Māori i te rā nei ki ngā kerēme e pā ana ki a Tauranga Moana nui me Ngāti Ranginui.Nā reira taku mihi ki a koutou nā te mea e āhua pūhaehae ana au ki a koutou. Ahau nei mai i te tino hapū Iwi nui rawa atu o Te Tai Tokerau o Ngāpuhi ko Ngāti Hine tērā! Mai i te putanga mai o ēnei kaupapa kīhai Te Karauna e w‘akaae ana ki a mātou o Ngāti Hine!Kāre kau kē e tika ana kia tono mai koutou ki Te Taraipiuna o Waitangi he aha ai? He hapū koe! Kārekau mātou o Te Karauna e hiahia ana ki te kōrero atu ki ngā hapū ēngari ko ngā iwi ā pai atu tēnā! Ēngari i te rā nei ka kite ana i a koutou o Ngāti Ranginui me ētahi atu ka nui taku mihi ki a koutou! Kia ahatia?Kai te kotiti haere waku kōrero! Te pire e tātou mā! Kāre kau kē i tino hē ngā kōrero i roto i te pire nei. E tika ana Te Minita e toru ngā take e pā ana ki te pire ko te muru ko te raupatu ā me te pakanga! I kite ai i a mātou i aianei nā te maha o tātou o Te Ao Māori e hiahia ana ki te maumahara ki ngā pakanga o Te Motu nei. Tērā pea karekau Te Kāwanatanga te iwi whānui i whakaae ki ēnā kaupapa ēngari he kaupapa tino māharahara ki a tātou o Te Ao Māori. Koinā te take i kaha ai tātou ki te ki te i roto i tēnei whenua ko te āhuatanga e pā ana ki ngā pakanga ngā mahi kikino a Te Karauna ā rātou mahi whakahē i Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Nā reira e tika ana kia tū kaha ai tātou o Te Ao Māori!`[“Bind the heaven above bind the earth below bind us all together and so the human element emerges behold the breath of life!”. To you the people of Tauranga Moana who have arrived here physically those of you listening on Māori radio stations and watching on television acknowledgments salutations and greetings to you. I rise today to endorse the acknowledgments of welcome accorded to you by my colleagues and some of my elder kin. But before continuing on with that part it is appropriate that I acknowledge our Minister. He was the one who commenced our proceedings today so acknowledgments to you Minister. It pleases me to see you fulfil that role; hopefully it will not be for this bill alone but other ones in the future similar to this one. My wish is that I see you conduct us in a prayer to the Almighty Above but never mind.I say to us all many tributes have been accorded to those who are lost from view and although we ennobled some from Tauranga Moana they have passed on. But I do want to reflect on one of your kin who lived in Northland and cared for our esteemed elder for many years. That was the wife of Sir Graham Latimer. My elder kin mentioned an area of land that is in the region of Whangarei-terenga-paraoa and that is Pakikaikutu. She is one of the women with shares in that land. So I want to acknowledge her and others who have traversed the extensive pathway of Tāne. She has returned to that place referred to as the permanent home for us the living. Therefore that part for them has been fulfilled and we come back to us the living so acknowledgments greetings and salutations to you all.This bill settles the hopes and aspirations of the people of Tauranga Moana relating to the Treaty of Waitangi. The contents that emerged from within this bill cannot be faulted. The spokesperson for the Green Party expressed her concern and disappointment that the Ministry of Education opposed the accounts that we saw in this bill being taught. That is an issue that I am extremely pleased about in that these accounts have emerged for the world to learn about situations relating to Māori claims today in regards to those concerning greater Tauranga Moana and Ngāti Ranginui.So I congratulate you because I am quite envious of you. I in particular come from one of the greatest subtribes of Northland of Ngapuhi and that is Ngāti Hine. From the outset when these policies emerged the Crown refused us of Ngāti Hine. You actually did not have a right to make a submission to the Waitangi Tribunal and why? Because you are a subtribe. We of the Crown didnot want to reveal that to subtribes; on the other hand tribes were able to and that was fine! On the contrary today we recognise you of Ngāti Ranginui and others and I truly applaud you. So be it.My address is straying—back to the bill fellow colleagues back to the bill! There appear to be no faults in the accounts contained in this bill. The Minister is correct there are three matters relating to this bill: confiscation takimg without any right waging war. We have seen today that a number of us of Māoridom want to commemorate the wars of this nation. Although the Government and people at large may not favour these initiatives on the other hand it is an important strategy to us of Māoridom. That’s the reason why we strongly advocate and want to see in this country an aspect about wars acts of mistreatment by the Crown and breaches of the Treaty of Waitangi. So it is indeed right that we of Māoridom stand resolute.]I do not need to elaborate on the details of the bill. I think sufficient time has been had to look at this but I look forward to it being discussed after being referred to the Māori Affairs Committee. Like all settlement claims although we may be delighted that we have reached this stage there will always be some concern as to why certain claims were not included in the bill.I certainly look forward to that opportunity of hearing from members of the tribe and those members of the tribe who do not support the tribe in terms of their claims to hear the details of what their concerns are in relation to the settlement. The select committee process does give the opportunity for people to have their say in terms of what they feel may not be quite right for them. So I join with the rest of the House in supporting this bill to the Māori Affairs Committee.Nā reira e tātou mā ahakoa e āhua poto tēnei tū ēngari ko te mea nui kei te tautoko i te pire kia haere ki Te Komiti Whakawhiriwhiri o ngā Take Māori kei te wātea koutou ki te haere ake ki mua i te aroaro o taua komiti ki te whakatakoto i wā kātou kōrero wā koutou āwangawanga me ērā atu o ngā mea. Nā reira tēnā koutou tēnā koutou kia ora mai anō tātou![So to all of us even if this is somewhat of a short address the important thing is that I am supporting the bill going on to the Māori Affairs Committee. You arewelcome to come before thatselect committee to submit your thoughts concerns and any other matters of relevance. Therefore acknowledgments and salutations to you collectively and my appreciation to us all once again.]