Whaitiri Meka: Third ReadingsText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeWhaitiri Meka: Third Readings[Sitting date: 08 September 2015. Volume:708;Page:6434. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]MEKA WHAITIRI (Labour—Ikaroa-Rāwhiti): Tēnā koe Mr Deputy Speaker. Te Oneroa ā Tohe he kōhanga he whanga he moana o Ngā Rui o Te Marangai Tāhuaua Aoaokaroro Tūtaratihi he ingoa ātaahua he ingoa o ngā iwi o Te Hiku nō reira e ngā pākeke o ōku rau rangatira e ngā rangatahi kua tae mai nau mai nau mai haere mai.[Thank you Mr Deputy Speaker. Te Oneroa ā Tohe a language nest a bay a sea of Ngā Rui o Te Marangai TāhuahuaAoaokaroro Tūtaratihi—these are beautiful Te Hiku tribal names so to you elders of my esteemed ones of a hundredfold and young people who have arrived welcome come hither welcome.]I rise with great humility and it is a privilege to stand here in support of this significant legislation that we are passing today. I am a proud descendant of Ngāti Kahungunu of the great waka tipua of Tākitimu and I mihi to many of our shared relations in the gallery today. I know that Kahungunu descended from Kaitāia and was known as Kāhunahuna from the far north so I mihi to many of you here today in acknowledgment of that shared whakapapa. I also stand as the proud member of another great Māori electorate Ikaroa-Rāwhiti and I bring the warm greetings of the iwi that I represent: Ngati Porou Rongowhakaata Ngai Tāmanuhiri Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki Ngāti Kahungunu Rangitāne and Te Ātiawa ki Awanuiārangi. I stand here in celebration with you all for this wonderful wonderful occasion in passing this legislation arising from Te Hiku Claims Settlement Bill.I want to acknowledge the families that you have shared with us who have shaped the very essence of our Kahungunu people in Heretaunga. I particularly want to mention the whānau of Hēnare Harris of Mangamuka—the grandfather of the very good rugby league player Tohu Harris. I want to acknowledge Manu Neho who buried not only my grandmother but many people throughout Ngāti Kahungunu. I want to mention Jim Mōrunga whose daughter lives two doors down from me in Whakatū and I know he too came from the far north. I also look in the gallery and see Brown Wiki who taught with my father an original of Ātaakura and I want to acknowledge here Brown your lovely wife and your son who came to Kahungunu to work in our mighty freezing works and has stayed there. So we have a shared whakapapa and I want to acknowledge that here today as my contribution in supporting this legislation.Everybody knows that it is a hard process getting your Treaty settlement sorted and I am probably the only member here who has been a former Treaty negotiator. Can I acknowledge the work of your negotiators. It is not an easy task. You have your iwi on one side saying that you are not doing enough and then you have the Crown saying that this is all you are going to get. So to all the multiple negotiators who got us here a big mihi to you all. In the time I have got I will not do justice to all but I want to acknowledge the beautiful ingoa that you have given and shared with this nation that forms part of this legislation. I want to acknowledge the social accord that you have entered into and I hope that allows the people of the far north more control in terms of ensuring that our people have a better future going forward.The third part briefly that I want to mention is the right of first refusal that the Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations talked about—172 years—and I want to celebrate that you have achieved that in your legislation today. If there is one thing I would like to acknowledge it is that for those original owners where iwi perhaps do not want to take the land there needs to be some sort of recourse for those original landowners where maybe the iwi do not want to buy the land back.In closing I want to acknowledge the rangatahi who are in this House. Forty years ago Whina Cooper started the Land March. I was 10 years old and I was working in the shearing sheds on the East Coast and my uncle took us from our shed to join the hīkoi as it came through. So my message to our rangatahi is that the things that you will receive and benefit from have come from a road of protest and activism. It is now yours to take forward and I wish you all the very very best.Nō reira e te iwi kua tae mai harikoa te ngākau ki te kitekite i a koutou tēnā koutou tēnā koutou tēnā tātau katoa.[How pleasing it is to see you collectively the people who have arrived so acknowledgments accolades and congratulations to you and to us all.]Bills read a third time.WaiataHaka