Tirikatene RinoRINO TIRIKATENE (Labour—Te Tai Tonga): Ā tēnā koe Madam Speaker. E tū ana ahau ki te tautoko i tēnei pire Te Pire Tuku i ngā Kete Tuku Iho i tēnei pānuitanga tuarua. Nō reira e āku rangatira i Te Whare tēnā koutou tēnā koutou tēnā tātou katoa.[Well thank you Madam Speaker. I am standing to support this bill the New Zealand Māori Arts and Crafts Institute Vesting Bill at this second reading. Therefore my esteemed ones in the House greetings greetings greetings to you all.]I'm very pleased to speak in support of this bill at its second reading. It's always good to move forward a significant bill which means so much to iwi around the country and in particular in this case the iwi of Wāhiao Tūhourangi and Ngāti Whakauē right there in the beautiful Whakarewarewa Valley lands. We all know for those that travel to Rotorua the wonderful facilities that they have there—the tourism business of Te Puia and also nestled within that the New Zealand Māori Arts and Crafts Institute. Again a taonga that has a long history and whakapapa which has played a vital role in saving and revitalising our toi Māori our arts and crafts right from visionary leaders of Sir Apirana Ngata who established the original institute through to its official status which it gained back in 1967.So with this bill now we are taking that next step forward and continuing the process which was agreed between the Crown and between the iwi of the Whakarewarewa to firstly return the lands which have been vested jointly in a joint trust between the respective iwi and now the next step on in terms of the transfer of the actual business of Te Puia. A lot of work has gone on to prepare this bill to deal with all of the various stakeholders and also now in preparation for the handover of the business and the vesting of that business and of the institute into the new owners.So as our colleague Joanne Hayes mentioned we travelled to Rotorua as the Māori Affairs Committee to hear the submitters. It was a very invigorating experience as a committee to hear all of the impassioned kōrero from all of the various stakeholders. The presentations of whakapapa and all of the various connections and also the deep mamae that were felt and the strongly held views of all the various groups involved—it's always a privileged process. We as a committee did a very thorough job and I want to acknowledge all of the members and our support secretariat who helped us to navigate through all of the various issues that were raised which were dealt with by the officials.So the committee has made some changes to this bill. They have been to give better clarity to issues of transparency and accountability of the various stakeholder groups within the ownership structure. Those changes have happened. Likewise further changes around providing greater legal clarity I guess on issues such as the appointment of the Crown-appointed chair. I don't know if you can see this but this diagram here sets out the new ownership structure. Whilst there are only at the highest level I guess two iwi groups when it gets down to the actual mechanics of the structure—the stakeholders the various legal entities involved—it is quite a well-designed structure.And I want to acknowledge the advisers and the board members who have been involved with Te Puia management who have been preparing for this and have created quite a robust legal structure to receive these assets. So what we did do as a select committee is ensure that that ownership structure is not only robust but truly accountable to the ultimate stakeholders. And as Joanne Hayes mentioned whilst there are like two ultimate I would say iwi groups they cascade down into—if we look at the Ngāti Whakauē side—the Pukeroa-Ōruawhata Trust which is an ahu whenua land trust a major stakeholder and a major commercial property owner within Rotorua who is Ngāti Whakauē. And then there is also the other part of Ngāti Whakauē made up of the three hapū which Joanne Hayes mentioned. So there are those respective groups and then there is also the other half of the new ownership which will be held by the Wāhiao Tūhourangi o Whakarewarewa Trust. In all of those ownership interests 50:50 will ultimately have shares in a business partnership which will be controlled by a limited business manager.It is quite a very eloquent business structure which has been designed for the purpose of receiving Te Puia assets—and rightly so because Te Puia for all who have travelled and had the chance to visit is a thriving iconic tourist business in the heart of Rotorua. Perhaps the main attraction for all tourists that travel to Rotorua is to visit Whakarewarewa. So it is a multimillion-dollar business it has significant assets it's very profitable and it's going to be wonderful to have that business now ultimately—through the passage of this bill—owned and controlled by the whānau and the hapū and the iwi of the valley.So with that I once again want to just acknowledge all of those who appeared before our committee and all the work that was involved—in particular I believe the Regulations Review Committee; and also the Office of the Clerk who helped us deal with the Henry VIII" issue which was dealt with properly; and everyone else that was involved. And I'm sure where the changes are at now the anxiety that may have been there during the submission period will have subsided somewhat and I look forward to the further progress of this bill through the House. Kia ora tātou."