Jackson WillieHon WILLIE JACKSON (Associate Minister for Māori Development): Thank you Madam Assistant Speaker. Tuatahi mihi ana ki a koutou Ngāti Rangi i tae mai nei i tēnei wā i whakarangatira mātou i tēnei wā tēnei te tino mihi ki a koutou.[Firstly greetings to you all of Ngāti Rangi who have come here today and who honour us with your presence warm greetings to you all.]Can I just say to the previous speaker Todd Muller that was beautiful kōrero and I acknowledge that type of kōrero that has come out. These types of debates always see the House come together for this type of kaupapa; so I acknowledge that. I get a bit disappointed that not enough of us attend the House in terms of these types of kaupapa—I'm not just talking about the other side either. I think that it's an important time to remember our people's history and our people's fight for justice and fight for the kaupapa. Can I say there's been some great kōrero today. I'm not sure if we've gone through all the negotiators so I want to acknowledge those negotiators: first of all the lawyers because my great lawyer mate by me said Don't forget those lawyers in the gallery there." So I'll start off with those lawyers and say mihi nui to Paranihia Walker and Nathan Milner: "Ngā mihi ki a kōrua." To our negotiators: it's a tough job; I know it's a tough job—Cassandra Reid Carl Wilson Toni Waho Kemp Dryden Shar Amner; and of course the famous or infamous Che Wilson who has just been getting some wonderful mihis today. I have to ask the question: if he hadn't spent half of his time trying to destroy Māoris in the Labour Party I mean how really well would the tribe have done? I mean he was actually coming after the Speaker. But he does a tremendous job our Che Wilson in terms of balancing things out in terms of his own personal political party and of course his whakapapa. I mihi to you brother. I feel like he's whānau to me—his sister's my receptionist at my marae and his brother-in-law's been part of my life for too many years but lovely to have you along. I think in these times—there's no doubt as I acknowledge Che and the work he's done but he would acknowledge too—there's so many unsung heroes that have been part of that whole process who don't get the recognition who don't get the acknowledgment but are there at your side in support of this type of kaupapa. That means so much to the tribe—means so much to the people. Twenty-eight years of negotiation—my goodness—and at the end of it what do we have? Today we heard Ronnie Mark. Ronnie said today—ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Adrian Rurawhe): The Hon Ron Mark.Hon WILLIE JACKSON: My apologies Mr Assistant Speaker. Quite right the honourable—he's always been my mate; that's the problem. The honorary Ronnie Mark over there—that flash title but the honorary Ronnie Mark talked about the graciousness of our people. So right—so right what the honorary Ronnie Mark talks about. What does that mean? Well go back to when the Treaty settlement process started go back to 1996 and Ngāi Tahu go back to 1996 and Tainui and understand the loss at the time of our people and what that was in economic terms. Well I'll tell you what that was in economic terms. That was $18 billion in economic terms—$18 billion of loss was estimated in terms of Ngāi Tahu. And what did they settle on? I'm just trying to remember. I think it was $170 million—$170 million?Nuk Korako: Yep.Hon WILLIE JACKSON: It was $170 million. Nuk you know. See Nuk's sitting on the right side today. Nuk always comes to this side when it comes to the kaupapa Māori stuff.Tamati Coffey: It's safer here—safer.Hon WILLIE JACKSON: He's safer because he knows most of his mates can't see him because most of them aren't here but we know he's an integral part—the honorary member—of our Labour caucus. So it's lovely to have Nuk on this side. You know this though Nuk—you know what your people settled on. It was $170 million and the loss was $18 billion and wider New Zealand doesn't acknowledge that. Bob Māhuta settled—he was the first to settle and he settled on the same number. Wider New Zealand doesn't acknowledge that. It's a travesty that this country has not acknowledged the contribution of Te Ao Māori in terms of the economic contribution we have made.Māori could have bankrupted this country—Māori could have bankrupted this country but what we've done is we've settled we have been compliant. I know that the people in the audience and those that have been involved like our good Assistant Speaker Adrian Rurawhe and others here Kiritapu Allan they know that at the start of the Treaty settlement process our people were rallying at the marae "Don't settle. Don't be part of this process. You're selling your people out." Everywhere they were rallying. Tame Iti was the star of the show. We remember this but we settled. We got involved because we knew that a little bit was always better than nothing—a little bit was always better than nothing. So I always mihi to our negotiators through this type of process because I know how hard it is. I know how hard it is when you get called a sell-out. That goes with the territory and if you can't handle it don't get involved. You'll get called that in the Treaty settlement process and in the political process and again I mihi to all of the people who are here and who've been involved very much in this process.I just think it's great that we're not even at the third reading yet and our people are here to tautoko to celebrate the efforts in terms of what's happened. Some parts of this bill—it's just fantastic: in particular the roles in terms of governance and management of their taonga and environment especially decisions relating to the Whangaehu River and management of reserve sites. What a tremendous area—that acknowledgment that has been gained in this area because this is what we strive for isn't it? We don't want to just be a part of the whole solution; we want to be the solution. This is what all tribes are striving to do around the country: be part of the set-up; work with councils not be ignored by councils; be part of shaping a city's destiny not just the people's destiny a whole city's destiny. I mihi to you Che and your team for this type of acknowledgment. And of course the commitment to cultural revitalisation through reo: wānanga kōhanga reo and te kura kaupapa o Ngāti Rangi—that cultural redress in this bill is incredibly important because the reality is that some of our tribes have been devastated in terms of the loss of Reo Māori and the loss of identity. It's been part of that whole process of decolonisation. So this area will be led by our people who are so committed to Te Reo Māori—and it's not easy. It's not easy. I look forward to seeing how the tribe advances this not just in the rohe but for me obviously in the urban areas where many of their whanaunga have travelled to. How are they going to be incorporated in terms of this whole process? There are so many challenges that the tribe have in front of them but I mihi to them on this day when they've come together to support this bill. We're just about there and as they can see they have a House that doesn't come together too often but we're so happy that we can come together on kaupapa like this. Nō reira he hōnore nui ki te kōrero ki a tātou katoa; tēnā koutou tēnā koutou tēnā anō tātou katoa.[It has been a great privilege to speak to all here; I greet you one and all.]Bill read a second time.Waiata"