Jones Shane: Te Roroa Claims Settlement Bill — Third Reading 
Jones Shane: Te Roroa Claims Settlement Bill — Third Reading 
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Hon SHANE JONES (Associate Minister in charge of Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations) 
: 
A kia ora ano tatou. I te tuatahi me mihi ahau ki a koe e kara. Me mihi ahau ki a koe i roto i te reo Maori. Me mihi hoki ki a koe i roto i ta taua reo Tarara. I roto i te reo Maori ko te kupu tatou tatou i roto i te reo Tarara kako si vrlo dobro 
  
tua atu i tena mi treba da se udruzimo 
  
me mahi 
tahi tatou tena koe. 
[ 
Greetings to us once again. First let me acknowledge you personally dear friend in Maori and in our Dalmatian tongue. We as is the term in Maori and in Dalmatian 
kako si vrlo dobro 
 and further to that  
mi treba da se udruzimo we must work together greetings to you 
.] 
First I acknowledge Mr Clem Simich someone who shares a great deal in common with me not the least of which is shared ancestry—from Croatian villages and islands to Maori princesses of the gumfields of Tai Tokerau. You delivered a great speech yesterday Mr Deputy Speaker and it is fitting that you should sit in the Chair as we attend to the final bit of business before we move this proposed legislation into law because you referred to a small settlement known as Aranga where our Tarara Dalmatian ancestors dug gum. That is very close to Manuwhetai and Whangaiariki two very historic reserves that lie in the area of Te Roroa. So I join with everyone else who has saluted you for the quality of stewardship you have brought to the House—the friendliness and the occasional council that you have offered. 
A kati e te whanau tena koutou. Nau mai haere mai i roto i tenei rangi whakaharahara na ka kite tatou i to tatou pire e whakamanangia ana. Kua pau nga mihi i roto i nga tutunga o aku hoa engari ko taku ki a koutou no koutou tenei Whare na reira tena koutou tena tatou kia ora tatou katoa. 
[ 
So greetings to you the family. Welcome welcome on this great day when we are to see our bill pass into law. My colleagues have used up the 
congratulatory terms to you in their speeches but my message to you is that this House is yours. Congratulations well done and thank you all 
.] 
To the people of Te Roroa I say “Welcome back here.” This House is the people’s House. Today you join with us the parliamentarians to watch and shepherd this legislation through to a point of consummation. 
Dr Cullen deserves all the acclamation he has enjoyed; this has been a long and tortuous process. I was at the Waikaraka Marae in Kaihu in 1992 with Doug Kidd when the report was presented to the Crown. I was also at the meetings—where indeed we had Eva Rickard lost for a day or three but attending some of the early meetings of Te Roroa—when Lovey Te Rore Ned Nathan and a host of others worked with a younger generation to bed down a Waitangi Tribunal claim to recover the assets the land and the lost heritage of the tribe. So today Te Roroa comes and witnesses this process and it is with a great deal of pride that Parekura Horomia and I are able to say that its farms around the Maunganui Bluff area are now available with virtually no debt. That is reflective of the stewardship that Dr Cullen and senior Ministers have been able to bring. Metiria Turei went out of her way to support that as well. 
In the Waipoua Forest there is an old taonga called the kawekaweau. I recall going to the Waipoua Forest with Rev. Maori Marsden in 1985 and meeting Raiha Paniora who told us the story of a lizard known to cling to the bark of the kauri tree. However she said that once the people lost their connection with the land as a consequence of Crown alienation the lizard appeared to have gone forever. But I am sure that with the right karakia the right personalities and the good stewardship in Te Roroa the lizard can still be found at Kawerua a place where our tupuna Tohe stopped had a great feed of paua—before Parekura’s mataitai permits were needed—and satisfied the people. 
So with a great deal of pride and with support from the other side of the House let us put this chapter of Te Roroa’s recent history behind us and teach the young people—get them to embrace not only the heritage but the obligations of growing this settlement. And with the land that comes back to us let us make sure we do not repeat the mistakes of earlier generations in entering into deals transactions where they did not know quite what they were doing or where they were being taken advantage of. This land will have virtually no debt and for that we should salute Dr Cullen. Tena koutou tena tatou kia ora tatou katoa.