Paraone PitaPITA PARAONE (NZ First): Tēnā koe Mr Assistant Speaker. Ēngari i mua o te haere tonu ō ōku kōrero e mihi kau ana ki a koe e Nuk nāu i whakarite i ā tātou ki Te Runga Rawa kia īnoi atu ki a ia kia hōmai wana korowai aroha ki runga i a mātou i roto i Te Whare nei i ēnei o ngā manuhiri kua tae mai nei i waenganui i ā tātou i te rā nei nā reira tēnā koe! Ā tēnā hoki koutou ngā whānau i haramai ki konei ki te tautoko i te pire nei. Ka nui ngā mihi ki a rātou i ngāro atu i te tirohanga kanohi! Ētahi atu o rātou i tū kaha nei ki te hāpai i tēnei kaupapa. Nā koutou te hunga ora nā tātou hoki ka kite ai i te taenga mai o tēnei pire ki mua i te aroaro o Te Whare Pāremata nā reira nau mai haere mai![Thank you Mr Assistant Speaker. Before I continue with my comments I truly acknowledge you Nuk. You are the one who led the prayer for us to the Almighty Above and asked Him to place His loving cloak over us in this House and upon these of the visitors who have arrived here amongst us today and so thank you. So salutations to you the families as well who came here in support of this bill. The tributes to them who are lost from view are enormous. Some of them stood resolute in support of this matter and consequently you collectively the living and we as well witnessed the arrival of this bill before the House. Therefore welcome; come hither!]I just want to acknowledge Nuk Korako our minister our priest for today's session and to acknowledge those of our visitors who have come to witness this second reading of the Rangitāne Tū Mai Rā (Wairarapa Tāmaki nui-ā-Rua) Claims Settlement Bill.I want to acknowledge particularly those who have been to the forefront of this claim and who are with us today. I understand that Mavis Mullins Ron Karaitiana and Jason Kerehi are present in the House. I just want to acknowledge them because I know that it has not been an easy task for them or for anyone who has chosen to carry this kaupapa for their iwi for their hapū and for their whānau because invariably there will be members of their iwi of their whānau and of their hapū who are not happy with the final settlement. But be that as it may in the face of all that adversity they have been responsible for bringing this bill to this House for its second reading.While I am acknowledging people I also want to acknowledge my colleague Ron Mark. Reference was made to a number of cross-claims. Ron was a negotiator for one of those cross-claimants but he also acknowledges his Rangitāne side and his connection with Hurunui o Rangi Marae. He is in the House to make sure that I support this bill. I say it with some jest in that being cross-claimants you are actually trying to get more than the other claimant yet when one group is ready to settle all of a sudden we are part of that whānau and so we see that with Ron today. But I just want to say that this bill is seen to be a full and final settlement of this claim and I can recall when we heard submissions that one claimant said that While we are not happy we must move on." What we see today is an example of an iwi group knowing that they will not be fully compensated for the loss that they have experienced but wanting to move on and to look to the future.One of those things when we talk about loss and the breaches by the Crown under the Treaty of Waitangi is that invariably it is about land and resources but included in this claim are culture and the loss of language and is it not ironic that in this day and age this very House has been passing legislation to ensure the survival of Te Reo Māori? I think that this claim this bill gives an example as to why we should be doing that. So I want to acknowledge the members of the Māori Affairs Committee—even though I was one—in that we accepted the submissions that were made to the extent that we could and were permitted to do so and so we reported back to the House that the bill should proceed without amendment.One speaker talked about the need to tell stories. I agree with that because unfortunately there seems to be a growing level of discontent by those who are not aware of the actual history surrounding these claims and so that is leading to discontent amongst the wider community. I want to say also that while we have that opportunity to tell this history there is also the option for claimants to go into direct negotiations. While that might be encouraged by the Crown I want to say that for those who are contemplating settlement or have yet to settle they should go through the process of telling their history so that it is recorded and so that it is not left to certain people alone within the iwi to be responsible for ensuring that those stories are told. Further this particular claim is an example of the multiple cross-claimants who pervade in this area. I think it is important that we acknowledge the tenacity of those negotiators on behalf of this iwi to make its way through that minefield of cross-claims and to reach this stage.I want to conclude by saying that while—as has already been stated—this is not full compensation it does give rise to the need for our country to recognise the contribution and the sacrifice that such claimants make and give in order first of all to complete their claims but also to recognise the contribution that they make for the wider good. I commend this bill to the House."