Muller ToddTODD MULLER (National—Bay of Plenty): Thank you Madam Speaker. It is a great privilege to stand here and be the last National Party speaker today on the Ngāti Hinerangi Claims Settlement Bill. It is a very personal moment for me too for I feel very very humbled to be given the opportunity to share some thoughts on this very special occasion. My grandfather was the mayor of Te Aroha—that's where I was born. His name was Henry Skidmore. His passion was that Thompson's track appropriately owned by the Government should be where the second tunnel should be to connect the peoples of the Hauraki-Waikato with the peoples of Bay of Plenty. He didn't know of your connection and your history. My parents bought a kiwifruit orchard in Te Puna. It was part of the confiscation. Gold kiwifruit grows there and our family have been on that land for 50 years. But none of us had any idea of your connection to Tauranga Moana. My great-great-grandfather was a member of the 65th Foot. I have his medal. He fought against your tūpuna in the battle of Gate Pā and Te Ranga. Te Ranga is five minutes' walk from where Michelle and our family live in Pyes Pa right next door to the Aquinas College where our kids go to school. Te Ranga is adjacent right across the road—that is where the battle took place. And here I am as the National Party MP for Bay of Plenty and up until recently I had no idea of your iwi's connection to Tauranga Moana your 160 years of pain and anguish—and for me to get the opportunity as National Party last speaker to stand here in front of you with my history and my family's connection to what was your land is deeply humbling. And it talks to the better angels of this place that here you are you have journeyed from the Waikato journeyed through 15 years of Treaty settlement and the last National speaker you hear is someone with connections—deep connections—to your battle but on the other side yet did not know. So when Tāmati Coffey said earlier that it is right that this House not only apologises but embraces the history of this country because it is who we are it has formed who we are and we can't step back from it; we need to embrace it and accept it as part of the uniqueness of living in this country. But part of the reason we can is because of you and your negotiators and your community and your willingness to sit down with the Crown and negotiate an outcome which is forward-looking as opposed to what it could have been. So we stand shoulder to shoulder with all other parties and with Andrew Little. Chris Finlayson was our Minister who began that process. It is not partisan in this House; we are to the best of our abilities the people's representatives and we collectively stand in front of you today with humility firstly apologising on behalf of the Crown and outlining the small redress for Ngāti Hinerangi.But I too want to add my small insignificant voice to this day in saying that for me being able to stand here and be part of this critical day of your iwi's journey is very powerful for me and I hope that you will take my words and gratitude and apology. We are a remarkable country and your forbearance and your patience and your ultimate love of whenua and mokopuna is why this House can stand here today united in acknowledging this claim's settlement. Thank you very much.