Wall Louisa: Hineuru Claims Settlement Bill — First ReadingText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeWall Louisa: Hineuru Claims Settlement Bill — First Reading[Sitting date: 11 August 2015. Volume:707;Page:5659. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]LOUISA WALL (Labour—Manurewa): Kia ora e te Māngai o te Whare. E ngā mana e ngā reo e rau rangatira mā ngā whanaunga o Ngāti Hineuru tēnā koutou tēnā koutou tēnā tātou katoa. I stand here filled with much emotion. I found my Uncle Nick’s submission. It was delivered during the hearing period of 27 to 31 January 1997.What I want to do is acknowledge Peter Kahukiwa and others who on 27 July 1992 lodged their claim which is Wai 299. Part of that lodging and part of the resolution of that particular Treaty claim also has relevance to other Wai claims and I want to acknowledge the people who lodged those claims. The Wai 299 claim was consolidated and it included Wai 119 which is Ariel Whai Aranui and others; Wai 168 which is Anikānara Te Haipō Hadfield and others; Wai 191 Tamihana Matekino Nuku and others; Wai 216 Moari Karaitiana and others; Wai 400 Hoani Hōhepa;Wai 436 Wī Te Tau Huata and others;Wai 488 Terry O’Sullivan; Wai 491 it says “Niger”—I will not say the other pronunciation—Baker and others; Wai 598 David Kinita and others;Wai 599 Tuhiao Kahukiwa and others;Wai 600 Te Rina Sullivan and others;Wai 601 Winifred Kupa and others;Wai 602 Willie Bush;Wai 608 Lyndhurst O’Donnell; Wai 627 Albert Eden;Wai 692 Hana Loyla Cotterand others; Wai 731 Kevin Te Taka Kupa and another;and Wai 732 Albert Edward Eden. I have read the names of the people who started this process 23 years ago.I also want to acknowledge the board of Ngāti Hineuru Iwi Inc. That board is chaired by Tūhuiao Kahukiwa. The deputy chair is Karauna Brown who is also the lead negotiator. Other members are Ivy Kahukiwa-Smith Toi Tāwhai Tirohia Bridger Rēnata Bush and Te Reo Spooner. Today is a great day for the iwi of Ngāti Hineuru. I must admit that growing up—and actually in my Uncle Nick’s submission he said that Ngāti Hineuruwas a hapū of Ngāti Tūwharetoa. Actually what I want to do is acknowledge that many years ago when I was contacted about Ngāti Hineuru being an iwi and while going through our claims settlement I said: “No; I was always told that I am Ngāti Tutemohuta and Ngāti Hineuru and that we are part of Ngāti Tūwharetoa.” But what I do want to acknowledge obviously is our whanaungatanga—our close relationship—and I want to acknowledge Ngāti Hineuru in their own right. Obviously I have to sort out my pepeha now and claim not only Tūwharetoa Hineuru—Meka Whaitiri: You can register.LOUISA WALL: I think my Uncle Robbo has already registered in part of the process. It is really interesting reading my Uncle Nick’s submission. He made this as I said in 1997. He went to Te Hāroto School and my nanny Wāriti Te Pohe and obviously my great-grandfather Ngāhiri Te Pohe. When I look at my Uncle Nick—and I will have to save Uncle Nick’s submission for the second reading—and his children so Ngāhere Te Pohe my cousin and my other cousin Ngātoru Mahupuka they obviously got the names from Ngāti Hineuru. My Uncle Nick who went Te Hāroto School—in 1946 my dad was only a baby. Growing up we went to Te Hāroto when I was a kid a lot. So I want to acknowledge all the whānau. I have not had as close a relationship as I should have had over the years but I am very proud to represent our iwi here in the House. I am very proud of the settlement that our iwi have managed to negotiate and I wish you all the best for the future. Nō reira tēnā koutou tēnā koutou tēnā koutou katoa.