Hayes JoanneJO HAYES (National): Tēnā koe e Te Mana Whakawā. Ka nui te mihi atu ki a koutou ngā whānau whānui o Ngāti Rangi. Nau mai haere mai ki Te Whare Pāremata i te rā whakahirahira. Kia ora. [Greetings Madam Speaker. Many greetings to you the extended families of Ngāti Rangi. Welcome to Parliament House on this important day. Greetings.]I stand here humbled to be able to speak in the third reading of the Ngāti Rangi Claims Settlement Bill. It is always a joy in my heart when I stand here especially to speak to whānau and hapū of my mother's side of our family our iwi and to be here today to acknowledge the hard work of Ngāti Rangi tūpuna that I want to mention: John Tahupārae the māngai for the whānau whāngai for the hard work that they did in getting to this place and in supporting the rangatahi to actually bring the claim here and complete it today. I too want to acknowledge the Ngāti Rangi chief negotiators Che Wilson Carl Wilson Kemp Dryden Cassandra Reid Shar Amner and Toni Waho who've done an amazing job. I know that for many who are sitting in the gallery today who have travelled a long way all the way from the from the hills of Ōhākune in Ngāti Rangi rohe this is going to be the start of an amazing journey for you. I know that you've already started one but this is actually going to really lift it right up with the ascension of the bill.I want to acknowledge the Minister Andrew Little and also the Hon Chris Finlayson who started the discussions with Che and team back before he left Parliament. I think the Hon Andrew Little has done a very good job at making sure that all the i's are dotted and t's are crossed especially around the legislation and the various clauses that had to come back to the Māori Affairs Committee so that we could make sure that your journey through to this point was going to be a very smooth one.In saying that I also want to thank my colleagues on the Māori Affairs Committee ably lead by Rino Tirikatene who worked hard on being able to get up to the maunga. I was very—how would you put it? My heart sang actually when we walked into that room for the submissions when I saw the maunga Ruapehu streaming in through that window. It was almost like it was overlooking us making sure that we did the right thing all the way through. To have that feeling you just cannot put words in action about that feeling that I felt that day sitting in that room.I want to also acknowledge our Crown negotiators and I also want to send out a great big welcome to the Awa Tupua who are sitting here who are supporting you Ngāti Rangi. We are all related at the end of the day so I'll most probably see you here on a number of occasions when we start getting through some of the Whanganui whenua claims as well. So I just want to acknowledge all of you who have come from Te Awa Tupua as well.We all know I've stood in this House many times talking about the quantum that iwi get through this claims process and I've always said that it is always never enough—never enough—but actually there isn't enough pūtea in the coffers of the Crown or many businesses to be able to compensate for the atrocities that the tūpuna of Ngāti Rangi faced. You wouldn't think that it would take this long to actually get to this point considering Ngāti Rangi tūpuna fought for the Crown on many levels. So to be here today is as I said a humbling moment for me.I want to acknowledge the framework for the Whangaehu Awa—Te Waiū-o-Te-Ika—the governance framework. That has been a coup for Ngāti Rangi to actually have that as a governing framework for the Whangaehu Awa. I think that for me a lot of the kōrero that's been said that's been negotiated—we have heard people who have been for the bill people who have been against the bill people who were going to try and come back over this bill but today is the day that all of that will stop. And as I look around the gallery I see a number of tamariki and rangatahi sitting here. The bill is actually for you. This is your future. This is what your tūpuna fought for. This is what your pakeke got here today and this is for you. And one day when the trust managers and the board decide to step away they will step away and leave for you a legacy for your future for your children.So as I stand here today I just want to say congratulations to Ngāti Rangi congratulations to the mokopuna and the tamariki. I want to acknowledge and pay tribute to those who fought to get here—the tūpuna—and I am very proud and honoured to commend this bill to the House. Tēnā koutou katoa.