Halbert ShananSHANAN HALBERT (Labour—Northcote) (remote): Thank you Mr Speaker. Mihi ki ngā rangi mihi ki te whenua tēnā koutou katoa. Me mihi au ki te iwi o Ngāti Rangitihi. Kei te mihi ki a koutou ki tō iwi ki tō hapū ki tō whānau ki ō mokopuna hoki. Tēnā rawa atu ki a koutou i tēnei rā.[Greetings to the skies and to the land greetings one and all. I must acknowledge the Ngāti Rangitihi tribe. I acknowledge you all your tribes your hapū and your families and grandchildren as well. Warm greetings to you all on this day.]It is always an honour to speak on settlements and to be a part of the Māori Affairs Committee where we get to hear directly from rōpū from iwi from hapū and then we get to travel the journey with them in some sense to hear the history and in this sense the historical grievances of Māori and in this instance of Ngati Rangitihi. This bill settles historical Ngāti Rangitihi claims with the Crown today. Through this settlement the Crown seeks redress for the past injustices that have been inflicted upon Ngāti Rangitihi and provides opportunities for Ngāti Rangitihi and our Crown to move forward. This settlement lays the cultural and economic foundation for Ngāti Rangitihi their rangatahi their mokopuna and future generations. Our Labour Government is committed to completing all historic Treaty settlements in our manifesto and this bill is yet another step towards completing that commitment. I follow my own journey in Mōkai Pātea in our own Treaty journey and I understand fully the hurt and the grievances that Māori has suffered over many many years since colonisation. And today I acknowledge Ngāti Rangitihi for getting to this part of the journey and some would present this particular day as a way forward and in many respects a starting point. I want to acknowledge our Minister Andrew Little for the work that he's done on this particular bill but also our Māori Affairs Committee chaired by Tāmati Coffey who is a part of our team and continues to work tirelessly to support particular kaupapa like this. I want to acknowledge also to Te Arawhiti and the mahi that they've done to progress this particular bill to support Ngāti Rangitihi and also the officials that have worked tirelessly alongside this particular kaupapa. Part of our job as members of Parliament is to hear the stories to learn from them; more so that we don't make similar mistakes. In this particular bill we heard from a number of submitters and I want to acknowledge them today. Particularly to matua Leith Comer. Mihi atu kia koe Leith. Thank you for your contribution that you made to our Māori Affairs Committee. The reflection that you gave on Ngāti Rangitihi's journey to settlement—that it has largely been cohesive and unifying. We take your point however that the Treaty relationship with the Crown does not end at settlement but rather signifies the beginning. I also want to acknowledge other submitters throughout this journey: Craig Atkinson Rex Bunn Allan Clarke Dean Foster Rea Martin Lianne Mylie matua Patrick Nicholas Tania Rangiheuea and the Matata Action Group. Like any journey there's a number of stories that contribute to this particular outcome. I'm proud of this piece of work that our Māori Affairs Committee have proceeded through but I'm equally proud of the opportunity that in some senses this sets up for Ngāti Rangitihi. The summary of the bill—Part 1 sets out the purpose of the bill. It provides the provisions of the bill that take effect on the settlement date unless a provision states otherwise it specifies that the bill binds the Crown and it defines terms used in the bill including Ngāti Rangitihi and their historical claims. Part 2—and I acknowledge the kōrero from my tuahine Arena Williams— deals with cultural redress and the provision for the cultural redress to be provided to Ngāti Rangitihi. Tuatoru Part 3 "Commercial redress" provides for the commercial redress to be provided to Ngāti Rangitihi and what excites me about that particular part is that it provides a certain amount of pūtea for Ngāti Rangitihi to determine the future of how their iwi operates and what that money is used for for the social the cultural and the economic development of their whānau and their tamariki mokopuna. There are four schedules to this particular bill. Tuatahi: "Statutory areas" that define and will be subject to a statutory acknowledgement or deed of recognition. Tuarua: "Whenua rāhui area" that defines the area; and tuatoru: "Cultural redress properties and Te Ariki site" and this defines the properties themselves and includes the interests that they're subject to. Tuawha: "Notices in relation to RFR land" sets out the notice provisions for rights of first refusal. I just want to acknowledge mostly Ngāti Rangitihi and this sets a way forward for their iwi their hapū their whānau and their mokopuna and that they get to determine the way forward for themselves. But I take matua Leith's points on board: that this is the beginning of a relationship with the Crown and I wish them incredibly well in the way forward. Today we make another apology to settle the historical grievances for Ngāti Rangitihi with our Crown and I acknowledge that today. Without further ado I'd like to commend this bill to the House. Tēnā tatou."