Logie JanJAN LOGIE (Green): Thank you Madam Speaker It's a pleasure to rise on behalf of the Green Party to also offer our voice of support for this bill. Along with others I'd first like to acknowledge all the Maniapoto people who are here on the precinct of Parliament or present via Zoom or internet or watching on the television—however—observing this really significant day this 30 years of work that's gone into this and it's been a very long history that this is seeking to put at least a written line in the sand to move on from and reset relationships. I too want to acknowledge all those who have passed before this day as all too often is the case because these processes are not simple. For the general public who are watching this and are not up with geography in this country I will just ground this in that the Maniapoto iwi is based in Te Rohe Pōtae—otherwise known as the King Country—in and around Te Kūiti Ōtorohanga and Te Awamutu and it is a very significant iwi in this country. I understand in the census it's a population of 35000 people with many as is often the case after land confiscation and theft and loss—most 90 percent I understand living outside of the rohe. Also I just acknowledge the negotiating team who have been well acknowledged I think in other speeches today and the speed of the negotiation and the comprehensive nature of the settlement certainly deserves commendation in this House. I would say though that the Greens—we in every settlement speech will acknowledge that we do not believe that these settlements are full and final and that for us the Crown and its representatives have breached Te Tiriti o Waitangi and even through this process continue to breach Te Tiriti o Waitangi. We believe that ultimately for justice and for everybody to be able to move forward into the future we deserve there must be resolution and restitution for all outstanding historical and contemporary breaches also acknowledging that Te Tiriti o Waitangi supports hapūtanga and that hapūtanga is undermined by the settlement process in general and in this settlement is no exception. I note that there was a case that went to the Waitangi Tribunal seeking to overturn the mandate which was not successful; the Waitangi Tribunal acknowledged that the mandate should stand and have basis to stand but did acknowledge significant flaws in the Crown's actions in the process of this settlement. I do also at this point note that in that settlement the Waitangi Tribunal noted that the Crown still had no policy or strategy for engaging with groups that did not fit neatly into its large natural groupings rubric and this left these groups and their claims with no clear pathway forward. This is outstanding work of this Parliament—for us to be able to find that way—and I do encourage as is always the case that through the select committee process people bring their voices to have them acknowledged in this process for us to be able to hear them and to see if there are ways to be able to acknowledge them. But on that moment we can note the limitations on the process and the flaws on the behalf of the Crown; none of that undermines the work of the negotiators and iwi getting to this point and it does—we can celebrate and critique at the same time. So I would like to just take a moment to note in terms of the history acknowledged in the settlement key points that came out to me as a Pākehā reading this. There was an absolute sense of the absolute determination of Maniapoto iwi in holding their rangatiratanga against Crown's denial of it from signing Te Tiriti o Waitangi in 1840 having to take up—and also just to note because I don't think it's noted in the general public enough that at that time Maniapoto were a strong independent iwi with expanding trade connections among the growing Pākehā population. This was a thriving society with strong commercial basis and the land as it always is was a core part of that reality. I just want to put that on record because when we don't do that I think we can unintentionally feed a narrative of the Crown being the saviour in the—you know the beginning of commerce and success in this country which is just patently untrue. And I note that then Maniapoto took up arms in its defence in 1863 and were involved under the leadership of Rewi Maniapoto and others fighting Crown engagements in several sites. I do want to thank Maniapoto for the saying which has huge meaning to me that arose at Ōrākau the conflict there where Rewi Maniapoto famously said E hoa ka whawhai tonu mātou āke ake ake" which is still well heard in protests as we still have land struggles around this country. And that sense of determination and resistance I read in the statement that absolute holding of the right of self-determination that reads all the way through this settlement and I want to acknowledge in this House—because that is no easy task in the face of colonial processes and violence and so credit to Maniapoto for holding that. And it is on now us in this House and tauiwi in the society to actually acknowledge that self-right to self-determination. I just want touch on some of the aspects of redress in the settlement recognising there have been 36 sites of cultural significance and three jointly vested sites returning to Maniapoto and a separate site as a recreation reserve. Then there are overlay classifications and statutory acknowledgment and a deed of recognition for another I think 31 places of significance and place-name changes to 12 sites 10 of which is adding the macron that was missed out which is a very common thing in this country. It is I guess when English is the dominant language—sometimes the nuances and the differences of language are missed altogether even when they are glaringly obvious so it is a correction to those names. Also acknowledging the natural resources arrangements that are in the settlement around Ngā Wai o Maniapoto and provide for Maniapoto to develop an environmental plan and joint management agreement with the Waikato Regional Council separate to of course from the Waipā River which had already been covered by a previous settlement—then also for conservation to have regard to Maniapoto's environmental management plan when preparing the relevant conservation management plan in Maniapoto's areas of interest. I do think that these are of particular note because we know the water and the land are the life that sustains. And as I will say in every settlement bill the Crown has been a very very poor caretaker."