Tirikatene RinoRINO TIRIKATENE (Labour—Te Tai Tonga): Tēnā koe Madam Deputy Speaker. Tēnā koutou ōku rangatira Ngāti Rangi. Koro Ruapehu tēnā koutou nau mai whakatau mai ki Te Whare Pāremata e takatū nei. E tū tautoko ahau i tēnei pire i tana pānuitanga tuarua.[Thank you Madam Deputy Speaker. Greetings to you ladies and gentlemen from Ngāti Rangi. Most Revered Ruapehu I offer greetings and a warm welcome to Parliament. I support this bill in its second reading.]I'm delighted to speak in support of this bill at its second reading and as I gaze up to the gallery and see Ngāti Rangi who have graced us with their presence today I'm reminded of the absolutely spectacular vista of Koro Ruapehu that greeted us when the Māori Affairs Committee travelled to Ōhākune last October. It was a spectacular day and it definitely set the scene for us in terms of not only the importance of the mahi that we were doing but just how spectacular the natural resources and the sacred maunga are to our manuhiri of Ngāti Rangi. There's been a lot of work that's been happening since the last reading and I'm pleased to be able to fill the House in on some of the good work that has been happening and that we also did as a committee. That work actually involved many many aspects of the workings of this Parliament—from the Regulations Review Committee the Business Committee and also of course the Māori Affairs Committee. I know that the journey of this bill has been likened to running around the bases of a softball or a baseball game—and we definitely have arrived at second base and we are looking forward to the homeward stretch to the home base. But fundamentally we mustn't forget the purpose of this bill which is to give effect to the deed of settlement which was executed by Ngāti Rangi with the Crown. That's what this bill does and I'm thrilled that there have actually been three additional deeds to amend the actual deed Rukutia Te Mana and that goes to show that Ngāti Rangi and the Crown wish to ensure that every possible detail is made correct and lasts. So between the first and second readings there have been some minor technical changes that were made. Again though that just goes to show that not only Ngāti Rangi but the Crown want to ensure that all aspects of the settlement are robust are correct and are enduring and lasting. I don't intend to take up my full call because I know this is just the second reading but I want to acknowledge Ms Wagner and Minister Ron Mark for their remarks. We mustn't forget the history which is why we're here in terms of what Ngāti Rangi has endured over the last 170-plus years. We mustn't forget that—from the New Zealand Wars all the way through to Tongariro National Park and all the aspects which have been recorded and well traversed. Ngāti Rangi are a really progressive innovative iwi—very well lead and that was evidenced by just the way in which we have been able to go about our work from the wonderful Te Pae Tata Ruapehu Community Learning & Tech Hub which hosted us for our select committee hearings. It was really evident that Ngāti Rangi are really stamping their mark not only among their people their iwi but also across the wider community in Ōhākune Ruapehu Waiōuru stretching over to Raetihi. They are doing some wonderful wonderful mahi there.I want to acknowledge actually today the work that Ngāti Rangi have done in actually changing—fundamentally changing—how all Treaty settlements from now on will be dealing with aspects around cultural aspirations. Up until this point—and it's in every settlement that has come through this House I would imagine; don't double check me on that—there are taonga tūturu protocols and these are protocols with the Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage and with different arms within the Department of Internal Affairs which includes Te Papa. Up until now all of those different protocols have been separate with each agency and what Ngāti Rangi has done is they have sat down with the Crown I would imagine and said Hey why should we have to deal with each of these separate different agencies of Government? Why don't we deal with them altogether in a cross-interagency relationship?" So I commend them for this new instrument which is called Te Whakaaetanga Tiaki Taonga and by that arrangement it doesn't change fundamentally I guess what was envisaged through the taongo tūturu protocol; it just ensures that all of the agencies are working together on those aspects together with Ngāti Rangi. So I want to acknowledge Ngāti Rangi for changing the landscape with the Whakaaetanga Tiaki Taonga. There were many other technical changes that we've made to this bill. Again we must acknowledge Ngāti Rangi is part of four large natural groupings within the Whanganui area amidst 11 overlapping claims; so you can imagine the dynamics and we certainly saw that through the submissions. I do acknowledge all the submitters. We hear it with every settlement: aspects around whakapapa aspects around land histories. It's not for us to judge those particular matters. Suffice to say that we respect everyone's views of their own history but this bill is all about Ngāti Rangi. It's been well traversed and well recorded and has been agreed and executed through Rukutia Te Mana for Ngāti Rangi. So with that I just want to once again acknowledge Ngāti Rangi who have travelled to be part of this occasion and I certainly am looking forward to taking this to home base and we can celebrate from that point. But for now I want to mihi to all those that were involved with our select committee process: to those that helped us just work on particular aspects in particular Mr Brownlee and the Regulations Review Committee who raised some very pertinent points which we have addressed; likewise to the Business Committee which allowed us the extra time to be able to complete some technical aspects while still maintaining this date as the time for the second reading.And so with that ka nui te mihi atu ki a koutou e Ngāti Rangi; e te rōpū rangatira huri rauna i tēnei Whare tēnā koutou tēnā koutou tēnā tātou katoa [warm greetings to you all who are here from Ngāti Rangi; ladies and gentlemen throughout this House I greet you one and all]."