Hayes Joanne: Te Kawerau ā Maki Claims Settlement Bill — In Committee Third ReadingText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeHayes Joanne: Te Kawerau ā Maki Claims Settlement Bill — In Committee Third Reading[Sitting date: 08 September 2015. Volume:708;Page:6392. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]JOANNE HAYES (National):Ā tēnā koe Mr Deputy Speaker.I mua i te tīmata o taku kōrero ka huri au ki ngā whānau me ngā hoa o te iwi o Te Kawerau ā Maki ā nau mai haere mai i tēnei rā i tēnei rā whakahira kia ora.[Thank you Mr Deputy Speaker. And so before I commence my address I turn to welcome the families and friends of Te Kawerau ā Maki; come hither on this day of significance; welcome and congratulations.]Before I start my contribution I just want to set a few things straight—things that have been said in this House this morning. I want to refer to the korero from Mr Henare when he mentioned the signing of Treaty negotiations by our Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations. That member was so wrong in so many ways in that statement.I can tell this House that the Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations the Hon Chris Finlayson is far from slowing down when it comes to Treaty negotiations. Just on Saturday I attended along with Minister Finlayson and Minister Flavell the signing of the deed of settlement for Taranaki iwi. That was an amazing experience and a very emotional and moving experience and I am so privileged to have been present.I also want to talk a little bit about the Minister having recently spent the day with Ngāti Rehua and being in continuing discussions with Ngāti Tamaoho and Ngāti Takutai. It is not so much about the Crown slowing down the process; it is about allowing iwi to have the time to have the process to do their internal deliberations because that is what it is all about. It is about making sure everybody is happy and moving forward in the process. That being said I am privileged to stand to take a call in the final reading of Te Kawerau ā Maki Claims Settlement Bill.As with other settlement bills that have traversed this House in the past many who have been instrumental in the start of the process are no longer with us today but I am sure that they are here in spirit—that they are looking down on this House looking down on the whānau and friends who are here today and are very proud of where we have got to in this final reading before the bill traverses to its Royal assent.I have heard many times in this House also that perhaps the amounts from these negotiations are like a drop in a bucket. But we all know that drops turn into rivers that turn into oceans. As I look up into the gallery I look at the very wise heads the very influential heads that sit up in the gallery for Te Kawerau ā Maki. As a member of the Government I am very happy very satisfied that that little drop that people talk about will be turned into an ocean in time to come. I know that there are the skills and the wise heads up there to make that happen for this iwi.I want to congratulate all the workers and everybody all the whanau of Te Kawerau ā Maki on your perseverance in this process. It has been one that I cannot even fathom—the pain that you have felt through the loss of your lands for the expansion of Auckland. I stand here and I am humbled—I am absolutely humbled—to be able to set into the record the perseverance that you have endured over time which has brought the conclusion to your bill today. And so without any further ado I say congratulations from us—congratulations. Nō reira tēnā koutou tēnā koutou tēnā tātou katoa.