van de Molen TimTIM VAN DE MOLEN (National—Waikato): Thank you Madam Speaker. It's a pleasure to rise and take a call on the Moriori Claims Settlement Bill and I think it was particularly beautiful actually to note that last moment from the previous speaker Tāmati Coffey. I've always loved seeing the unique aspects or learning more about the unique aspects of different cultures and sharing that with us was quite special. I also am very fortunate to have had the opportunity to have travelled out to the Chatham Islands and it is a magical place an amazing place a beautiful part of New Zealand. It is rugged windswept and it gets a bit of rain too out there but it is a really unique part of what it is to be in New Zealand with some of this diversity these unseen unspoiled parts of the country that most people don't have the opportunity to travel to. So I can imagine what it may have been like for the Moriori travelling out there and establishing themselves on that beautiful part of the world.Of course when we look back in history with the benefit of hindsight we understand that just about every culture goes through significant challenges in its time. Today we have the ability to address some of the challenges that the Moriori faced some of the suffering that they went through that they should not have and I think we're fortunate as a country to be able to make some of these retrospective considerations that do help to bring peace and enable the next step in a journey to be taken for people. So on that basis we absolutely support the bill on this side of the House as well. Obviously the historical account of the events that occurred under Part 1 as well as the apology offered by the Crown—no culture no community should have to suffer enslavement and suffer the challenges that the Moriori did and there was a slowness to act from the Crown. After the 1842 signing that should not have taken so long for the inequities to have been addressed. Unfortunately it did. The enslavement by Māori tribes of the Moriori was unfortunate and it should have been addressed by the Crown sooner.Having said that we are now in this place where we have taken those points on board: the historical account; the commercial redress as well under Part 3. Obviously some financial contribution towards that of course doesn't fix the problem in and of itself but is a contribution towards enabling those next steps that I mentioned to be taken for people to draw a line in the sand and to say Now we can move forward and we can carve out our own future as we see fit for us with some additional support to achieve that."So on that basis as I said we do support this bill. The Chathams is a beautiful part of New Zealand. I would encourage anyone who hasn't had the opportunity to take that opportunity to find the opportunity to go out there to experience what it is to be a part of that most eastern part of New Zealand and to embrace the culture. The people there are unique they're hospitable they're friendly. They'll give you a bit of a tough time but it's all in jest and good fun and it is absolutely worth the trip. So we support it. We support the ongoing success the Moriori I'm sure will enjoy off the back of this as well and I commend the bill to the House. Thank you."