Hayes JoanneJOANNE HAYES (National): Tēnā koe e Te Mana Whakawā. Ka nui te mihi atu ki a koutou o te whānau nō Wairarapa rāua kō Tāmaki nui-ā-Rua kia ora.[Greetings Mr Assistant Speaker. I greatly acknowledge you of the family from Wairarapa and Tāmaki nui-ā-Rua hello there.]I want to carry on with the theme that I had started with my previous speech for Rangitāne o Manawatu and I want to acknowledge some key people who it is said without their mahi without their kaha we would not be here today. I want to acknowledge Uncle Jim Rīmene and Mānahi Paewai. They were the ones who lodged the claim for both iwi. It was their work behind the scenes that has got us got here today. I want to acknowledge Uncle Dubby Power and his wife Takoto from Te Hika o Pāpāuma. He supported the process right through to his passing. I want to acknowledge—and I can see the photos of our tūpuna up there in the gallery—my Uncle Kuki Rīmene. Uncle Kuki was a paramount chief for us in Wairarapa. And his wife Auntie Hoagy. Everyone knew her as Auntie Hoagy"; some people knew her as Auntie Helen and some people—my mother knew her as "Auntie Grumpy". But anyway she was lovely my auntie and together she supported Uncle Kuki all the way for all his mahi in behind this bill.I want to turn to the living. I want to acknowledge—again another formidable Rangitāne wahine too—Mavis Mullins who has done some amazing work not just for Rangitāne but Te Āti-Haunui-a-Pāpārangi has also benefited from her expertise within the governance area and her expertise here as an iwi negotiator along with Richard Jones and Jason Kerehi and Tīpene Chrisp from Wairarapa. The four of you have done an amazing job working with or sometimes against our Crown negotiator Rick Barker. But anyway with all the ups and downs we have managed to get here today and Rick has also done an amazing job.I want to acknowledge Mike Kāwana. Mike has been like our kaumātua for Wairarapa. He has stepped up into the breach when our kaumātua have passed away. He is like the person that we look to when we go back to Masterton who is there to keep our marae and our pae warm. Also to Maria Rīmene who continues to keep the wheels turning for Wairarapa and Masterton. On the Tamaki nui-ā-Rua side I want to acknowledge the chief executive officer of Tāmaki nui-ā-Rua who is Oriana Paewai. Oriana and I go back many years: from our university days right through to our future. Last night I hosted her and another friend of ours up in Bellamy's for dinner. We celebrated our birthdays; our birthdays are only a few days apart and so we celebrated that there last night. But I want to acknowledge Oriana because it has been Oriana who has been keeping me up to speed with what has been going on with the negotiation process for Rangitāne Tū Mai Rā settlement bill.Finally and most importantly I want to acknowledge my mother. My mother is sitting up there in the gallery. She is in the front row there. I am not sure which photo you are holding Mum but I just want to acknowledge you Te Arorangi Kate Karaitiana Apanui. She married a Ngāti Porou—my dad. He took her away from Masterton and kept her away for some years—about 30 or 40 years—and when he passed in 1997 he chose to be buried at Ākura urupā. So he took her away and he brought her back and on her arrival back at Masterton Uncle Kuki and Auntie Hoagy grabbed her and said: "You're going to be part and parcel of this now."I want to also acknowledge Sandra Edmonds—my cousin sitting up in that part of the gallery over there. She came along with Mum this morning—and good luck to you for that Tom because sometimes Mum can get a bit hard to handle but no doubt you can handle it. Ha ha!Finally I would like to acknowledge another kuia from Masterton Hinerau Te Tau who is also in the gallery up here. Together her and mum are the oldest kuia from the Wairarapa contingent here and in Masterton.I now want to turn and thank Rangitāne for hosting us at Mākirikiri Marae recently with the signing of the deed when I accompanied the Minister. Yes it was wet it was windy but it was warm inside and the day was a great day no matter what. I figured that the wet was the tears of our tūpuna and the wind was the gentle breeze from our tūpuna as well blessing the day.As previous speakers have said confiscation is dreadful. It is a horrible horrible thing that our people have suffered over the many years but you know we have kind of turned a corner here. The Minister has said many times in many of his speeches that the financial redress is never ever going to be the big bulk of money that people think it is going to be. But you know for me it is never ever about the how much you get; it is actually what you do with it and I think that $32.5 million is a pretty good start for Rangitāne Tū Mai Rā. I think it is a pretty good start because there are so many things that you can invest in into the future. As a member of the Māori Affairs Committee I look forward to having this bill come to us. I look forward to hearing all the kōrero that is going to come through all the submissions—might be only one yet—that we will hear. I do not want to take up any more time of the House or your time whānau so I stand and I proudly support this bill and commend it to the House. Kia ora."