SpeechDr ELIZABETH KEREKERE (Green): Tēnā koe e te Māngai o te Whare. Tēnā rā koutou i raro i te mana o Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa Tāmaki-nui-a-rua ngā hapū ngā whānau te iwi whānui hei hāpai i tēnei kaupapa. Kāore e kore he huarahi roa he huarahi uaua tēnei engari kua ea kua tae te wā hei whakatā.[Greetings to you all under the authority of Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa Tāmaki nui-a-rua the subtribes the families and the wider tribe who support this issue. Undoubtedly this has been a long and difficult road but you have succeeded and the time has come to take some rest.]I rise on behalf of the Green Party to support the Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa Tāmaki nui-a-Rua Claims Settlement Bill in its third and final reading. It gives effect to the final settlement of the historical Treaty of Waitangi claims between Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa Tāmaki nui-a-Rua and the Crown.We heard how the succession of Crown actions over nearly 180 years have left them virtually landless and impacted on every aspect of their lives and development ever since. A fulsome apology from the Crown is the absolute minimum that should be expected for everything it has done and failed to do. Unfortunately the Crown has not stopped causing harm and it has meant that Kahungunu has also been subject to dealing with claims within its claim.Now the Greens—we have struggled with how to position ourselves here. We are always here to stand on behalf of the most marginalised in our society amongst our people. And while we have supported the need for Kahungunu to settle we have also spoken to the issues raised by Rangitāne Tū Mai Rā Wairarapa Moana ki Pouākani Ngāi Tūmāpuhi-a-rangi. I know that has not made us popular in some circumstances and if people still want to have hui and discuss those things that have been said I am absolutely up for that but kei te mamae mātou mō ngā hohounga i whati i tēnei mahi [we are hurting because of the broken connections caused by this process]. The Crown has long maintained that Wai 85 had no legal pathway for its claim—and that's the claim taken by Wairarapa Moana ki Pouākani. However the Waitangi Tribunal and now the Supreme Court has begged to differ. In a different world the Crown perhaps could have taken that section in much the same way as the Te Rohe o Rongokako Joint Redress Bill was done: to have all those parties together including Ngāti Raukawa and just sort that out in a way that did not affect or did not in any way slow down the passage of this bill. They could have allowed that due process and natural justice and the time required to do it properly without affecting the settlement of this.In that world though that did not happen. In this world the Minister and the Crown have decided to extinguish the rights of Wairarapa Moana Pouākani. Not only that it appears that he has made this bill contingent on it—so that was never an option. There is such a clear conflict of interest: moving the bill forward in this way saves the Crown millions and millions of dollars. That is really worrying—worrying implications for some constitutional arrangements for every other hapū and iwi who has yet to settle. But that is why the Greens have abstained on this bill so far: in response to the behaviour—the astounding and dangerous behaviour—of the Crown.So having said all of that we are supporting this bill today because this is Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa Tāmaki nui-a-Rua's day. Finally after all of this time after over 180 years 33 years since the first historical Treaty claim was lodged—so much work; so many people lost—the claim is settled. In a few short speeches this bill will be done. The Greens have always said that we support Kahungunu settling along with the appropriate cultural financial and commercial redress that is meant to come with it to enable the uri of Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa Tāmaki nui-a-Rua to start rebuilding and creating a better future for them and their mokopuna. And this is not to say that this is not what you are already doing. This gives you more resource it gives you the whenua to build perhaps your own houses for your own people—it gives you that resource to go bigger to build things so much more long-lasting.So do I believe this redress is the absolute best the negotiation team could negotiate? I have no doubt—I have no doubt—that those negotiators bled as all our negotiation teams across the country have bled for our people. Is the redress appropriate? Absolutely not. It is a tiny percentage of what Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa Tāmaki nui-a-Rua is owed and deserves.During the select committee process the Settlement Trust spoke on how this bill will allow them to achieve many aspirations for their people. From Turakirae in the south to Dannevirke in the North to Cape Turnagain in the East it will enable them to care for the taonga on their spiritually significant whenua and protect those taonga for their tamariki for their mokopuna now and into the future. It will lead to that enhanced sense of pride that comes when you have your own whenua. They look forward to growing their working relationship with the Crown while always remembering the path their tūpuna forged for them. The Greens wish all of this.Kei te tūmanako ka whakatinana i ō moemoeā katoa mō te oranga o te iwi o Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa Tāmaki-nui-a-rua tēnā rā koutou katoa.[It is hoped that all your dreams will be fulfilled for the benefit of Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa Tāmaki nui-a-rua. Greetings to you all.]