Mahuta NanaiaHon NANAIA MAHUTA (Minister of Foreign Affairs): Tuatahi i runga i te ara whanaunga tēnei ka mihi atu ki a Ngāti Hinerangi Ngāti Raukawa Ngāti Hauā. Kua kite mai koutou kia rongo mai ki ngā kōrero o te tokomaha kei te Pāremata nei e pā ana ki a koutou nei take Tiriti. Tērā ka whakaaro ake ki te āpōpō me ā rātou nei noho i ā rātou nei wā ki ā koutou nei mahi nunui kia kimihia kia whai i tētehi wāhi ki te tutuki i tō take Tiriti. Nō reira kua pā mai te whakaaro me whakahuatia te whakapāha atu o te Karauna kia kuhu mai i roto i ngā tuihituhinga o ngā pukapuka o Pāremata ka rongo mai ngā tamariki mokopuna ki tērā whakapāha ki a Ngāti Hinerangi ka kite mai i te whakapāha i roto i ngā tuhituhinga o Pāremata nō reira ka tīpako tērā i roto i tō ture:E whakatakoto ana te Karauna i tēnei whakapāha ki ngā hapū me ngā whānau o Ngāti Hinerangi ki ō koutou tūpuna me ā koutou mokopuna. E tino pōuri ana te Karauna i tana korenga i whakatinana i ōna herenga ki a Ngāti Hinerangi i raro i te Tiriti o Waitangi."Ko tōna tikanga kua ahu mai te whanaungatanga i waenga i a Ngāti Hinerangi me te Karauna i ngā mātāpono o te whakawhirinaki taupuhipuhi me te mahi ngātahi i matakitea ai e te Tiriti heoi i mōnehutia kētia taua whanaungatanga i ngā tau tini e ngā mahi a te Karauna. "Anei te Karauna e kaha whakapāha atu nei i tana kawe i te pakanga ki tō koutou iwi me te raupatutanga o te whenua i muri mai. "Inā te nui o te whakapāha a te Karauna i aua rautaki muru whenua i kōkiritia ki a Ngāti Hinerangi i te wā o te kōkiritanga i te ngahere me te mōhio ki te tino mamae i pā ki ō koutou tūpuna i te pakanga me te raupatu. "E whakapāha atu ana te Karauna i tana whakatairanga i te huhua o ngā ture me ngā kaupapa here nā reira i riro ai ngā whenua o Ngāti Hinerangi e toe ana me te kauneke hoki i te hekenga o ngā āhuatanga o te ōhanga me te pāpōuri o Ngāti Hinerangi i roto i tō koutou ake rohe. "Arā noa te kaha o te pōuri o te Karauna nā āna mahi i whakakore te āheinga o Ngāti Hinerangi ki te uru ki ngā maunga ki ngā awa ki ngā waiariki ki ngā wāhi tapu me ngā mahinga kai i whai ōranga ai tō koutou iwi mō ngā whakatupuranga e whai nei. "E pōuri ana te Karauna kāore i tika tana urupare ki ngā whakatupuranga o mua atu o Ngāti Hinerangi i ngana ki te whai i te tika mō tō rātou anō iwi. "E tūmanako ana te Karauna mā tēnei whakataunga e ū anō ai tōna mana e hiki anō te wairua whakamau e tiki ana kia rangona e ngā whakatipuranga o Ngāti Hinerangi. "E anga whakamua ana te Karauna ki te whakapakari i tētehi hononga whai take ki a Ngāti Hinerangi. Ka ahu mai i ngā mātāpono o te mahi ngātahi o te whakawhirinaki taupuhipuhitanga me te whakaute i Te Tiriti o Waitangi me ōna mātāpono."[Firstly I would like to acknowledge Ngāti Hinerangi Ngāti Raukawa Ngāti Hauā via the kinship ties. You have heard the messages of the many gathered in Parliament with respect of your Treaty claim. Let us think about the future generation and how they will live and reflect upon your great achievement in settling your Treaty claim. It occurs to me that I should read out the Crown apology so that it may be recorded in the official parliamentary records and that the children and grandchildren can hear said apology to Ngāti Hinerangi and see the apology in the official parliamentary record therefore let me select this excerpt from the legislation:"The Crown makes the following apology to the hapū and whānau of Ngāti Hinerangi to your tūpuna and your mokopuna. The Crown is profoundly sorry for having failed to uphold its obligations to Ngāti Hinerangi under Te Tiriti o Waitangi/the Treaty of Waitangi."The relationship between Ngāti Hinerangi and the Crown should have been one based upon the principles of mutual respect and partnership as envisioned in Te Tiriti o Waitangi/the Treaty of Waitangi however for too many years Crown actions tarnished this relationship."The Crown unreservedly apologises for bringing war to your people and for the raupatu of land that followed. "The Crown deeply regrets the scorched earth tactics it employed against Ngāti Hinerangi during the bush campaign and acknowledges the profound distress war and raupatu caused your tūpuna."The Crown apologises for its promotion of many laws and policies that facilitated the loss of Ngāti Hinerangi's remaining lands which contributed to the economic and social marginalisation of Ngāti Hinerangi within your own rohe. "The Crown deeply regrets that its actions deprived Ngāti Hinerangi of access to the maunga awa waiariki wāhi tapu and mahinga kai that had sustained your people for many generations."The Crown regrets that its response to previous generations of Ngāti Hinerangi who sought justice for their people was inadequate."The Crown hopes that through this settlement it can restore its honour and alleviate the justifiable sense of grievance felt by generations of Ngāti Hinerangi. "The Crown looks forward to building a meaningful relationship with Ngāti Hinerangi based on co-operation mutual trust and respect for the Treaty of Waitangi and its principles."]I just briefly wanted to take a moment to ensure that in the records of the Hansard the apology of the Crown was registered for the next generation of Ngāti Hinerangi who will look back on this moment and the longstanding courage and determination and fortitude of their tūpuna represented here today in the Chamber to seek resolution of a claim that goes back to events in 1860 and the wars that took place certainly within the Waikato and Tauranga Moana. I also wanted to ensure that when they look back on the history books that this is a moment in time that they can point to and hold to some extent the Crown accountable to the agreements that have been reached within the settlement.Can I also underpin that those who will benefit from this particular settlement are outlined in the legislation and namely Ngāti Tamapango Ngāti Tokotoko Ngāti Te Rīha Ngāti Kura Ngāti Whakamaungarangi Ngāti Tawhaki Ngāti Rangi and Ngāti Tahinga. In the legislation it makes it clear but it does not mean the hapū of Ngāti Tamaterā. That's a very clear testament in terms of the ambition of Ngāti Hinerangi who will benefit from all the various component parts of this particular settlement. It's also an opportunity to ensure that the aspirations that lie ahead for Ngāti Hinerangi can flow through to the marae the hapū and the generations represented in those hapū who have been outlined in this particular settlement.I want to acknowledge all those who have been involved both on the Crown side and on the iwi side to get to this point. It's never perfect. It's never a perfect process and it's not designed often to ensure that unity can be maintained through a very tumultuous road. However it has been the case that as time passes and as the commitment towards unity continues to be embraced which has always been reflected by the negotiators and the kaumātua in this instance the next generation will be better off for it. Problem is we may all never get to actually tell that story; it's going to be the kids of our kids perhaps that will tell the story but we can be optimistic in that ambition.We can also be optimistic in the knowledge that in having the historical record rectified in the way that a Treaty settlement is able to provide by having an apology clearly expressed in person by the Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations but certainly within a piece of legislation and now the Hansard record our whole effort to ensure our local schools learn their local histories becomes a part of the living legacy that now Ngāti Hinerangi is a part of contributing to as you move forward into the future with hope and determination.So for my small part—and I am fast-forwarding a number of contributions throughout the House on this particular settlement—I wish you all the very best as hard as this task has been. I certainly wish your aspirations for the future to be one that continues to build and strengthen the unity of Ngāti Hinerangi and your relationships across borders because that was something that also came through throughout your journey—the importance of the relationships with Tauranga Moana with Raukawa with Ngāti Hauā with Wairere with Waikato because of the history that has impacted so significantly upon yourselves.Nō reira he iti taku iti hei tāpiri atu ki ngā kōrero ka whakapuare ki mua i ā koutou nei aroaro; tēnei e mihi ana ki a koutou e tautoko ana ahau i tēnei pire.[Therefore this is my humble contribution to add to the messages disclosed before you; I wish to thank you all again and say that I support this bill.]"