Jones Shane: Ngati Manuhiri Claims Settlement Bill — Third Reading 
Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume 
Jones Shane: Ngati Manuhiri Claims Settlement Bill — Third Reading 
[Sitting date: 14 November 2012. Volume:685;Page:6671. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.] 
Hon SHANE JONES (Labour) 
: 
 Tena koe e te Kaihautu o te Whare. A kati kia tukua e ahau he mihi ki enei huanga oku o roto i Te Tai Tokerau nga uri a te waka e meinga nei ko  
Moekakara 
 e kiia ai oku matua he waka uruta. I tau mai ai ki roto i te whanga i Whangaparaoa na i whatorotoro haere ki roto i te awa e meinga nei ko Whangateau. Te take i huangia ai ko Whangateau he kaha rawa no te au e hari ana i nga waka ki nga tauranga whakahoki mai ai ki uta tena koutou tena koutou. Tena koutou i roto i tenei kaupapa i whakahuihuinga ai tatou ki konei kia whakawhiwhingia ai he panga whenua whakahokingia ai engari kia whakapumautia ai te ingoa me te mana tupuna o Ngati Manuhiri nga uri a Tenetahi nga uri a Rahui nga uri a Te Kiri tena koutou tena koutou tena koutou katoa. 
[ 
Thank you Mr Speaker of the House. Well then allow me to acknowledge these relatives of mine from within Northland descendants of the canoe referred to as  
Moekakara 
 which my parents said was a pest of a canoe. It landed in the Whangaparaoa harbour and reconnoitred about this river called Whangateau. The reason it was given that name was because of a strong current that would take canoes out to the fishing grounds and bring them back to shore so greetings and salutations to you collectively. Acknowledgments to you in respect of this matter that has assembled us here not only to receive land interests and returns but also to make permanent the name and ancestral powers of Ngati Manuhiri descendants of Tenetahi Rahui and Te Kiri. And so congratulations good tidings and well done to you all. 
] 
I stand to give unfettered support to the passage of this bill the Ngati Manuhiri Claims Settlement Bill. I want to acknowledge that in this particular area of Aotearoa from Warkworth Northumberland one of the early Pakeha colonists Brown came out of Tasmania he befriended the Ngati Whatua hapu leader Te Hemara Tauhia and alienation began. There was also a group of Maori living in this area under the leadership of Te Kiri located in an area nowadays so populated by extraordinarily affluent Aucklanders that it has become the recreational playground of our Auckland fellow citizens. But know this: in that part of New Zealand there was always a very strong group of Maori communities. 
In the early colonial times two names loom large from those communities. One was the ancestor Te Kiri and the other was the daughter Rahui Te Ki who became known as Rahui Tenetahi. If my memory serves me correctly Tenetahi was from Ngati Taka Ngati Wai and Ngapuhi. They eventually went to Te Hauturu-o-Toi. They went there to defend that island. That island was the site of one of the most extraordinary Maori Land Court battles that took place in the north. 
An initial grant was made to Te Hemara Tauhia and those of us who understand colonial history between our chiefs and the Pakeha at the time would know of Tauhia. As a consequence of the strength of the formidable kuia Rahui Te Ki she refused to bow down to the Crown. She unfortunately struck the strength of the ornithological bird society of if my memory serves me correctly the Auckland Museum which determined that the stitchbird on Te Hauturu-o-Toi deserved protection. To do that forcibly from that island had to be removed Rahui Te Ki. Her tane Tenetahi had a schooner so he was up and down the coast. Along with seven eight nine or 10 kids one of whom I recall being called Ngapeka they sought to defend rights. Eventually the Maori Land Court found that Rahui and her tane had ownership rights. They were forcibly moved to Narrow Neck Devonport—a piece of land that is also somewhat controversial—with the promise that their stock and provisions would eventually be returned to them. They never were until Tenetahi snuck back and took what he could and that was the sad history of these people being forcibly taken off Te Hauturu-o-Toi. 
Their marae commemorates the name of the tupuna Te Kiri so for anyone in this House whether they are from the Green Party or my party to say that these people have no rights to that area or lack authority to have entered into a settlement is reflective of the growing level of ignorance unfortunately fed by great rhetoric. These people are entitled to stand and receive a settlement. It may be wise or unwise that they receive this particular settlement but that is their choice. That is the choice they make with the Crown. So we salute the decision that is made today. These are never easy decisions but they are in an area where there is tremendous pressure from the expansion of Auckland. There is commercial pressure as a consequence of the recreational value of that part of the coastline and they need as much support and endorsement from Maori members of Parliament as possible certainly on this day. 
It might be said that it is fair game to have a crack at Maori lawyers. Well it is not. The Maori lawyer Wayne Peters is our member on the All Black board of governance looking after Maori All Black interests. We have in the audience in the gallery today a former Maori All Black Laly Haddon. Aue if he were on the field last night our Maori team might not have lost to the Irish. Aue if only he had he been on the field last night. 
We should acknowledge the presence of Laly Haddon one of the direct descendants of those tupuna and join with Ngati Manuhiri despite the difficulties of shepherding through settlements in the broader Tamaki-makau-rau area. They have decided to make a call and plunge their pouwhenua into that coastline so that modern New Zealanders and future New Zealanders will know that this is not Pakeha land alone. This is customary ancestral land the uri of Te Kiri the people of Ngati Manuhiri and with their broader whanau out of Ngati Wai. That is the historical fact of the matter irrespective of lazy rhetoric and chirping voices that have unfortunately blighted the latter end of this settlement day. Kia kaha ki a koutou. Ehara tenei i te mahi mama. 
[ 
So get stuck in. This is not an easy task. 
] 
I have no idea whether the stitchbird otherwise known as the hihi has prospered on Te Hauturu-o-Toi. I have no particular animosity to that feature of the green kingdom; others I do but not the hihi or stitchbird. Kia manawa nui kia manawa roa. Ehara tenei i te rangi noa iho nei ki a koe kara Laly. Me to matou mohio ahakoa to maro pakari o to tinana i a koe i te papa whutuporo kua hiroki haere ai koe. Kia tau nga manaakitanga ki runga i a koe. 
[ 
Be big-hearted and generous. This is not just an ordinary day for you colleague Laly. We know that your body was tough and sturdy on the football field but you have become emaciated. May kindness prevail over you. 
] 
As I said we realise that a man formerly known as the “Black Tracker” who graced the fields of North Auckland rugby and in the early 1960s became a Maori All Black leads your whanau the marae and that part of our community with pride. I saw the impact you had on my tuakana when he owned the Leigh Hotel—Teddy Jones. He has never been quite the same. 
This should not be a day where we go back and rakuraku and rake over what could have been. This is a day a relatively simple day when we as Maori MPs stand with you because you have made a difficult decision but at the end of the day you came to a point with this very good Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations. Naturally we hope that his good will become great when he meets the taniwhas of Ngapuhi but that is another matter. 
Kia manawa nui kia manawa roa. 
[ 
Be big-hearted and generous 
.] 
I look forward to driving back up to Muriwhenua one day and seeing you restore the name of Warkworth to its proper Maori name. What that name might be is my question to you. Tena koutou. Kia ora tatou katoa.