Whaitiri MekaMEKA WHAITIRI (Labour—Ikaroa-Rāwhiti): Tēnā koe otirā e Te Iwi mai i Tāmaki nui-ā-Rua tae atu ki Te Wairarapa e tū ana ki te mihi ki a koutou katoa ōku rau rangatira mā kui mā koro mā mokopuna tamariki hoki tēnā koutou nau mai tēnā koutou nau mai tēnā koutou katoa.[Thank you and at the same to you the people from Dannevirke and across to the Wairarapa I rise to acknowledge you all my esteemed ones and others elderly women and menfolk grandchildren and children also salutations and accolades to you collectively welcome come hither my appreciation to us all.]It is indeed an honour to support the Rangitāne Tū Mai Rā (Wairarapa Tāmaki nui-ā-Rua) Claims Settlement Bill at the second reading. Can I acknowledge the iwi who have turned up here in the gallery today. Like my colleague Adrian Rurawhe I acknowledge that it is always exciting and promising for the future when we have our rangatahi in the gallery. So again I offer my warm warm greetings to you all here today.There are a couple of people I want to also acknowledge who have been previously acknowledged by other speakers and they are the original claimants—the individuals the whānau and the hapū—who have really set the Rangitāne settlement in chain. For those who are here and those who are not here I mihi to them. I mihi to our negotiators who have brought this to the House today and also to the current chair Mavis Mullins—it is lovely to see you out at the front there Mavis—and of course to the other trustees of the Tū Mai Rā post-settlement entity group: Warwick Gernhoefer the deputy chair; Jason Kerehi; Yvette Grace; and Edward Pearse. For your stewardship in terms of where we are at this second reading kei te mihi ki a koutou katoa.Particularly for the rangatahi who are in the House today by way of explanation of what we are actually doing here this is the second reading. Every piece of legislation that becomes law in this House has three readings: the first reading when we all come into the House and explain what we are trying to pass; the second reading which we are doing right now; and then the third reading which is the third and final reading before the bill becomes law. Like many in this House we want to do this in the most timely and quick manner so that we can acknowledge Rangitāne's full and final Treaty settlement and then the iwi is left to continue on its way. I just wanted to take the time to explain that for our rangatahi in the House.I too want to acknowledge the work of the Māori Affairs Committee. I want to acknowledge the submitters who came before the select committee to raise the issues. I do not want to traverse what Minister Finlayson and committee chairman Nuk Korako have particularly on Te Hika o Pāpāuma or any other claimant groups—I think you have acknowledged that—but there are some issues unique to this particular settlement that I do want to talk about.When I read both the report from the select committee and of course the submission from Rangitāne Tū Mai Rā Trust there are a couple of unique characteristics that I just want to comment on. One is to acknowledge the vast overlapping interests of Rangitāne's settlement. Normally when you are settling Treaty claims you have got an iwi north of you and you have got an iwi south of you or you might have an iwi west of you or you might have an iwi east of you and these are really important because you are obviously going to have what are called shared interest areas. When I look at Rangitāne's I have got to acknowledge the vast number of cross-claims and iwi that you have had to navigate yourself through to get to where we are today. I just want to acknowledge that because not everyone is going to be happy. Rangitāne is not going to be happy and nor are those surrounding iwi going to be happy.Unfortunately when it comes to Treaty settlements that is one of the fallouts that happen when you are surrounded with so many iwi—they will say that they have shared interests in the areas that Rangitāne have. That we are here today indicates the work and the negotiation that has gone on to bring us here. So I just want to acknowledge the overlapping interests of the vast number of iwi that surround Rangitāne.The other characteristic that I want to raise—and it was not addressed in the Māori Affairs Committee—is the shared redress bill that was identified in the Tū Mai Rā submission to the Māori Affairs Committee. Specifically in its submission where it talks about—in paragraph 17 it says: In that regard the Bill does not give effect to redress relating to the following: (a) Joint vesting of the Mataikona property; (b) Joint vesting of the Mākirikiri Gravel Reserve; (c) Joint vesting of the bed of Lake Wairarapa; (d) the Statutory Board for the management of Wairarapa Moana; (e) The vesting of the Mākirikiri Recreation Reserve and Mākirikiri Scenic reserve in the tupuna Te Rangiwhaka-ewa." In the next paragraph in the Tū Mai Rā submission to the select committee it goes on to talk about how: "The Shared Redress Bill is to be introduced to the House of Representatives following the introduction of the Bill and before the introduction of the Ngāti Kahungunu Settlement Bill. There are currently negotiations and further discussions needed to finalise the redress to be included in the Shared Redress Bill."I guess to the Minister who is here and obviously the chairman of the Māori Affairs Committee—just to give I guess some clarity to Rangitāne given that we are debating and supporting their settlement bill at second reading it is really as I read it premised on these outstanding areas in terms of the shared redress bill. I think the House or this side particularly—OK. I would be really interested to know what time lines we can expect around this shared redress bill and I am pretty sure Rangitāne would want some clarity of when that is actually going to happen given we are passing their Treaty bill which is very much dependent on these outstanding issues as I read it. Perhaps somebody from the committee or the Minister may take that up and give some assurances to the House and Rangitāne particularly as to when we are going to get to the shared redress bill. Are we going to do it before the House lifts or is that something for when Labour takes the Government benches in September later this year? You will miss that one. [Interruption] It is OK we will take care of it. We will take care of it.Hopefully by the third reading we will have some clarity around that particular issue. But I think it is important that it is raised in this House particularly as we are doing the Rangitāne settlement bill.Can I just say in closing that the Minister did acknowledge the mandate and representation challenges of Treaty settlements. I absolutely agree. I absolutely agree that we are always going to have mandate and representation challenges through Treaty settlements and I absolutely believe that it is not the role of the Crown to determine who is mana whenua or who has tribal identity.One of the issues—in response to the Minister's statements—is the fact that when we do set up these entities and we do acknowledge the role of the Crown and try to make up for what has been taken off our people there are always going to be issues around those who feel left out. When I look at this particular settlement—and I just note for the House that we have 3000 members of Rangitāne. In terms of the ratification of the deed of settlement in the report 23.1 percent of eligible voting members actually participated in the deed of settlement and 23.1 percent of 3000 eligible voting members is actually 690 people. But I do note that we got a 10 percent gain when it came to the post-settlement governance entity where 33 percent of eligible Rangitāne members voted which is 990 out of 3000.Absolutely Minister there are some mandating issues but it is also a valid question to remind our iwi authorities that we need to lift participation for those who are eligible and feel that they have some skin in this game because that is what we are trying to do in terms of passing legislation for all descendants of Rangitāne. I know with Mavis who is the Māori woman who is winner of Business Woman of the Year—ngā mihi to you Mavis—that well it is in good stead and that Rangitāne will be able to take this forth once we get to the third reading. But it is just an issue that I want to leave on the table for Rangitāne to ensure we get wider participation for the people in the uri of Rangitāne. That is where we are starting to get real. I think particularly when I look at those mokopuna that the benefits will be realised. I commend this bill to the House."