Tirikatene RinoRINO TIRIKATENE (Labour—Te Tai Tonga): Tēnā koe Madam Deputy Speaker. Otirā tēnā koutou Ngāti Tūwharetoa Te Ariki Tā Tumu me ngā hapū maha kua tau mai nei ki te Whare Pāremata tēnā koutou nau mai hoki mai. Tēnā koutou i o tātou mate maha o te motu. Āpiti hono tātai hono rātou ki a rātou āpiti hono tātai hono tātou te kanohi ora ki a tātou tēnā koutou tēnā koutou tēnā tātou katoa. [Greetings Ngāti Tūwharetoa paramount chief Sir Tumu and the many subtribes who have made it here to Parliament greetings welcome welcome back. I also acknowledge those who have passed on. The connections have been made between those who have passed on and connections have been established between us the living; greetings greetings greetings.]E tū ake au te tautoko i tēnei pire i tēnei pānuitanga tuarua—I stand to wholeheartedly support this bill the Ngāti Tūwharetoa Claims Settlement Bill at its second reading. This is another important milestone in the progression of this significant claim for Ngāti Tūwharetoa the fifth-largest iwi in Aotearoa and it certainly has been an enjoyable part of the process that we have conducted as a select committee in this phase. And I do want to acknowledge Tā Tumu and all Te Kotahitanga o Ngāti Tūwharetoa and all of the 26 hapū of Ngāti Tūwharetoa that are represented previously through the Tūwharetoa Hapū Forum and all of those hapū who gave very passionate submissions on this significant piece of legislation.We as a committee travelled to Taupō as my fellow whanaunga Tutehounuku Korako mentioned and it was a very very moving occasion and I do want to acknowledge all of the kōrero that we received from Ngāti Tūwharetoa; from the Taupō District Council who were supportive of the bill; likewise too other neighbouring iwi who had differing views on certain aspects of the bill. But this bill is centred on Ngāti Tūwharetoa and the cornerstone of all settlements including this settlement for Ngāti Tūwharetoa is the deed—it's the deed of settlement that was signed just over a year ago now. And our job as a committee is to use the force of Parliament to put through legislation which is required to implement certain aspects of that deed. And so bearing in mind those parameters we worked conscientiously as a committee. We listened very carefully and we certainly asked the officials that were advising us to do all they could to advise us on certain very tricky areas and some complex issues that arose in our consideration of the bill. And I do want to go into those because there was a significant number of submissions—11 in total—regarding the Lake Rotokawa Conservation Area. And as we have in all Treaty settlements there are inevitably overlapping claims or overlapping interests and we see that all over the motu and none more so than Ngāti Tūwharetoa who are overlapped by 20 other iwi or hapū groups.The Lake Rotokawa Conservation Area was one of a particular mamae for Ngāti Tūwharetoa. The Crown expressed a willingness to include and return that conservation area to Ngāti Tūwharetoa. It was included in the agreement in principle. However as the process of actually getting to the completion of the settlement took place and the Crown and Tūwharetoa sought support from their neighbouring whanaunga of Ngāti Tahu - Ngāti Whāoa to the inclusion of that particular aspect to the settlement redress unfortunately Ngāti Tahu - Ngāti Whāoa did not agree to that and despite numerous efforts and hui unfortunately the Crown decided to remove that particular piece of property from the ultimate deed that was signed. And so that was a great area of concern to many many of the affected hapū. It's pretty rare I would say for a piece of land which the Crown has expressed a willingness to return—and unfortunately in dealing with the overlapping interests no arrangements could be agreed upon between the various groups to ensure that that could actually be effected. So I do regret actually that Ngāti Tahu - Ngāti Whaoa wouldn't go that step further—not even a joint or some dual-management arrangement could be agreed upon and so as a result the property was taken out of the settlement all together.I would also want to talk to the Motutere Recreation Reserve and I do want to acknowledge the Te Rangiita hapū who spoke passionately about that particular piece of land. This particular reserve is not included in the settlement but there was support by the Taupō District Council and by Ngāti Tūwharetoa that it could be included as redress. And unfortunately given the parameters that we were constrained by we were unable as a committee to expand the deed that had been executed to insert that particular property. However I took some comfort from the remarks from the Hon Andrew Little that that aspect could be addressed in the future. And I certainly hope that administrative processes are put in place to ensure that that is followed through because what we're talking about is land that is ultimately vested in the Crown. There is a recreation reserve which is vested in the Taupō District Council and the Taupō District Council has granted a lease I understand to like a camping operator—it's a camping ground. And ultimately we would want to see the return of the underlying land especially given all the parties agree to it and I certainly would look forward to further progress from the Minister to ensure that that can happen.There were many many other issues that we traversed as a committee. I do want to make note of the Ōnekeneke property which is going back to Ngāti Tūwharetoa as part of this settlement. However there have been issues around the lease of that property—the lessee is the DeBretts hotel. So those issues are being worked on in regard to the validity of the lease that now sits on that property but we have been advised that the Minister will be presenting a Supplementary Order Paper further in the committee of the whole House to clear that matter up. Because at the moment there are discussions under way I understand to clarify the lease situation.Lastly there were many other issues. I will go into further aspects as we go through. I have no idea where I'm at for time but I heard the bell.DEPUTY SPEAKER: Forty-two seconds.RINO TIRIKATENE: Forty-two seconds! I want to use up every second because this is so important to Ngāti Tuwharetoa but ultimately we are implementing the deed that has been executed. We did our best as a committee to try and address these other aspects. There has been a glimmer of hope that some action will be taken in future and I certainly hope that is the case and I just want to once again acknowledge Ngāti Tūwharetoa for their persistent hard work thus far and we look forward progressing through the remaining stages of this bill.Nō reira tautoko ana ahau i tēnei pire tēnā koutou tēnā tātou katoa.[Therefore I support this bill; thank you one and all.]