Wall Louisa: Maungaharuru-Tangitū Hapū Claims Settlement Bill — Second ReadingText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeWall Louisa: Maungaharuru-Tangitū Hapū Claims Settlement Bill — Second Reading[Sitting date: 19 February 2014. Volume:696;Page:16175. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]LOUISA WALL (Labour—Manurewa): E ngā mana e ngā reo rau rangatira mā tēnā koutou tēnā koutou tēnā tātou katoa. Ngā mihi ki ngā whānau o Maungaharuru-Tangitū ngā hapū o Ngāti Kurumōkihi Ngāti Tū Ngāti Whakaari Ngāi Tauira Ngāi Te Ruruku ki Tangōio Ngāi Tahu. Nō reira tēnā tātou.[To the authorities languages and esteemed leaders greetings and salutations to you collectively and to us all. Acknowledgements to the families of Maungaharuru-Tangitū subtribes of Ngāti Kurumōkihi Ngāti Tū Ngāti Whakaari Ngāi Tauira Ngāi Te Ruruku ki Tangōio and Ngāi Tahu. So greetings to us.]I would also like to take this opportunity to mihi to my colleague Meka Whaitiri who represents the area of Ikaroa-Rāwhiti within which Ngāti Kahungunu is a very significant iwi and also in recognition that this settlement is a settlement of a hapū cluster that affiliates to Ngāti Kahungunu. I would also like to acknowledge the Hon Chris Tremain who represents the area.I would like to start with a place name that will have official status by virtue of this piece of legislation the Maungaharuru-Tangitū Hapū Claims Settlement Bill—that is Whakaari. Hawke’s Bay will after this piece of legislation goes through be able to be called Whakaari. It will be interesting to see whether or not Hawke’s Bay businesses start using “Whakaari”. It could see the introduction of bilingualism within the region.The interesting thing about the name is that Whakaari is the name that tangata whenua have regarded this area of Aotearoa as. When I look at the history of Hawke’s Bay I want to share it with the House today and with those who are watching because it is a name that Captain Cook gave New Zealand in honour of Admiral Edward Hawke who defeated the French at—and excuse my French—the Battle of Quiberon Bay. That happened in 1759. So it is really interesting that we have this place name that comes from France in honour of an Englishman and that by virtue of this piece of legislation we are actually going to have a name that honours the tangata whenua the mana whenua of Aotearoa and it comes from here. So I particularly want to highlight that fact which will be enabled through the passage of this piece of legislation.I also want to highlight that the deed of settlement for this piece of legislation was signed on 25 May 2013. Of the 5000 registered members of this hapū grouping 62 percent voted and it had 98 percent support. It is one of the highest engagements that has been seen through the Treaty settlement process so I do not underestimate how important and how engaging this settlement process has been for the Maungaharuru-Tangitū whānau to be involved in.What I do want to do is share an article fromHawke’s Bay Today that was written by Doug Laing. It was written on 27 May 2013 and it starts: “The Crown has made one of its most profound Treaty settlement apologies in redressing grievances of four Hawke’s Bay hapu decimated by the military invasion of their marae almost 150 years ago.” What this article acknowledges is that in 1866 20 people were killed at Ōmarunui andPētane and 13 others were incarcerated on the Chatham Islands for 2 years. The other thing that is highlighted in this media reporting is that land confiscations happened within the context of the time that resulted in the hapū becoming a landless people.When we look at the settlement processes that we are engaged in we always have an opportunity to look at New Zealand’s history. I think that we should be very clear in moving forward that the generosity of our hapū and iwi means that we should always acknowledge the atrocities of the past. We do so today actually fully embracing that history. We do so today honouring our hapū and iwi groups. All of them have endured stories like this. But we do so today honouring the generosity of the hapū and iwi in enabling us as a country to move forward. So I always want to thank our hapū and iwi groups—leaders such as Bevan Taylor Joseph Reti and others. As well there are leaders such as Ms Hopmans who if I read the article that I quoted from earlier decided as a university student that she wanted to write a piece of research that Dr Richard Boast is now going to turn into a book which is going to be calledForgotten Raupatu. So the other part of this Treaty settlement process that I think has been enabled is the telling of our stories and telling of our stories in a way that not only will we never forget what has happened in the past but it actually provides a really solid platform on which to move forward.The other thing that I wanted to highlight within the context of this settlement is actually the kawenata—the relationships that this piece of legislation will enable with our hapū and iwi. For example there will be a partnership agreement with the Minister of Conservation within the context of this piece of legislation. There will be a relationship agreement with the Ministry for Primary Industries so that the Ngāti Kahungunu Iwi Incorporation and other hapū that wish to participate will have a direct and formal relationship to discuss fisheries which are a major asset for the hapū and iwi. They will also have a relationship with the Ministry for the Environment. I will not go through the list of statutory acknowledgments but again that formal relationship enables the whānau within the Maungaharuru-Tangitū hapū collective to for ever have a say in how those specific sites of significance will be managed. The other thing worth highlighting is that a protocol will be developed to facilitate a working relationship withthe Minister of Energy and Resources in respect of Crown minerals and also with the Minister for Arts Culture and Heritage in respect of taonga.The legacy that these Treaty settlements are creating will enable Māori to move on. I truly believe that and I do truly believe in this Treaty settlement process and the way that it has been and is being managed by the Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations Christopher Finlayson and I want to acknowledge him in his absence again.It is these statutory acknowledgments—it is the relationships—that we are forging within these Treaty settlements that actually give our hapū and iwi a rightful place to stand and a rightful place in terms of the development of our country as we move into the future. They really are truth and reconciliation documents and we in this House should all just take the time to read some of the histories. I know that depending on where we come from a lot of us engage in these processes on a daily basis but what I see is that these pieces of Treaty settlement legislation are actually creating the Treaty partnership that was envisioned when Māori signed the Treaty. They are making that partnership a reality as we move into the future. Nō reira tēnā koutou tēnā koutou tēnā tatou katoa.