Tirikatene RinoRINO TIRIKATENE (Labour—Te Tai Tonga): Tēnā koe Madam Assistant Speaker. I too stand wholeheartedly in support of this settlement bill at its second reading. Can I acknowledge the two previous speakers because they covered quite fully some of the background issues that we confronted as a committee. As the chair of the Māori Affairs Committee it is indeed an honour to be able to travel the length and breadth of the country to visit territories iwi districts which are not familiar to me. Indeed I'd like to acknowledge Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki for the warm welcome they put on for us up there at Jet Park near Auckland Airport.This is another important step that we're taking for Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki in their settlement. It is very important that we listen to the oral presentations especially in addition to the written presentations that are presented to us as a committee. So I do acknowledge all of the submitters that appeared before us in particular obviously Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki and the good work that they've achieved right throughout their settlement process. I do acknowledge though that not everyone is entirely happy with every little aspect of these settlements but I think that that is a common occurrence throughout every settlement that is settled right throughout the country. I do acknowledge that at least this was a good opportunity for them to present their concerns.Just picking up on perhaps the big issue that we confronted as a committee and that was the overlapping claims which have been touched on by Tutehounuku and I acknowledge Ngāti Wai who also attended our meeting up there in Auckland to present very strongly their views. I guess Crown policy around how the Crown is dealing with these overlapping interests is really called into question but it's not really reflective of the actual individual iwi that are involved. What we have here—and it's a fact of life with every settlement—is that there are going to be overlapping interests and there will be shared areas of interest among iwi. Maybe it's just two iwi maybe it could be a multitude of iwi. So that is a fact of life. That is an issue or a matter that the Crown has to deal with.Now ideally these matters in an ideal world would be dealt with by mutual agreement between the various iwi. I know that attempts were made and discussions were had between Ngāti Wai and Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki around Ngāti Wai's concerns that their area of interest and the granting of protocols and other instruments under the Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki settlement were included within Ngāti Wai's tribal domain. Although those discussions didn't actually end up in an agreement I think it actually laid a good groundwork for the future because it's one thing to be able to finalise and enact these settlements but what these merely are are just a means by which iwi can be recapitalised and can re-emerge and interact with each other.So these interactions between iwi must continue. They must continue into the future. It's inevitable. They're all part of the communities that they each belong to. So I'm sure that those conversations will continue to evolve and develop and take place right across Tāmaki because if you look at Tāmaki-makau-rau—and this is one thing that is quite staggering to me from the south where there is one iwi to the south and eight at the top—there is a multitude of iwi. When we look at the maunga settlement I believe there's about 13 iwi included in that and then you've got Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki which has been included. They're also part of the Waikato-Tainui and they've been included through their connections to Waikato-Tainui.They also have connections to Hauraki and I believe there's about 12 iwi that make up the Hauraki Collective. So there are a large number of iwi that are centred in our largest metropolitan city in Auckland.ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Poto Williams): Order! I'm sorry to interrupt the member. Can I just ask the Green member to—thank you very much.RINO TIRIKATENE: So there are a range of iwi in Tāmaki and what we're doing here is just re-asserting the mana of Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki through the passage of their settlement legislation and we mustn't forget that. The population of Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki based on the last census came in at barely 500 and I think that in itself can explain the loss that has been sustained by that iwi. I'm sure by us taking these measures such as through this settlement legislation it is a means by which we can see the emergence of Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki and it was evidenced by the presentations that were given. It was very moving to hear from various whānau members of Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki and of the importance of them reconnecting with their marae their ancestral landscapes their moana their mountains and their whanaunga. So that was very encouraging to hear when we sat as a committee.I just want to touch on in my remaining time the other issues that were raised. One in particular was around the health and safety obligations actually. Under the settlement Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki will actually be the administering body of reserves quite a number of reserves throughout Auckland. I believe there are 13 in total but 11 will be coming under the authority of Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki. Obviously with rights come responsibilities. Now these are ancestral lands but as part of the arrangement it wasn't you know that the Crown had to give something but also impose something.So Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki will be the administering body of those reserves but that calls into question responsibilities that will be imposed on Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki. This was a matter just to bear in mind for the future whether it is to do with the Tūpuna Maunga reserves which are jointly administered between Auckland Council and the maunga collective body or whether it's these individual properties and reserves—and I hope to go and visit and venture across them at some stage. But again the future will mean that the iwi will be in charge of all aspects in terms of the tracks the barriers and the like and the health and safety obligations. So that was one thing that was brought to our attention.Lastly there is the matter of the homestead property—Mount Wellington or Maungarei—which is a taonga for Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki. Yes given the shortage of land available in Auckland a portion of that site has been set aside for other settlements. There is also the issue of a Glasgow lease on a golf course which was also part of that. A significant portion of the property though will be going to Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki and I do note again the issues raised by having to deal with the vexed issue of the Glasgow leases and the actual injustices that they inflict on the parties. But aside from that I have enjoyed working on this bill with our committee members and I do support this bill at its second reading. Kia ora tātou.