Hauiti Claudette: Ngā Punawai o Te Tokotoru Claims Settlement Bill — First ReadingText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeHauiti Claudette: Ngā Punawai o Te Tokotoru Claims Settlement Bill — First Reading[Sitting date: 31 July 2013. Volume:692;Page:12230. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]CLAUDETTE HAUITI (National):I did not realise during my last kōrero that Rūaumoko sat up to listen to me and started to vibrate a little bit there. I took that as a tohu—he tohu pai actually—and I felt that Rūaumoko was rumbling again. So another tohu pai I think—he tohu pai. The Crown and Te Tāhuhu o Tawakeheimoa Trust signed a deed of settlement with the Crown on behalf of Ngāti Rangiwewehi on 16 December last year. Ki te iwi o Ngāti Rangiwewehi mihi atu ki a koutou katoa.[To you the people of Ngāti Rangiwewehi I acknowledge you all .]The Crown and the Tapuika Iwi Authority Trust signed a deed of settlement with the Crown on behalf of Tapuika on 16 December last year. Ki te iwi o Tapuika mihi atu ki a koutou katoa.[To the people of Tapuika I salute you all .]The Crown and the Ngāti Rangiteaorere Koromatua Council signed a deed of settlement on 14 June this year. Mihi atu ki a koutou katoa ki te whakatō i tō hīkaka o Ngāti Rangiwewehi i tōna ake mana.[I commend you all collectively to introduce your eagerness of Ngāti Rangiwewehi against its very own authority .]Each settlement provides an agreed historical account Crown acknowledgments and an apology to iwi. There is cultural redress to Ngāti Rangiwewehi the vesting of Te Riu o Kererū in Ngāti Rangiwewehi the vesting of part of Hamurana Springs as recreation reserve and the second part as historical reserve the vesting of Ngā Tini Roimata a Rangiwewehi and Te Riu o Kererū B as scenic reserves the vesting of Te Riu o Ngata subject to a conservation covenant the statutory acknowledgments over a number of culturally significant sites to Ngāti Rangiwewehi protocols with the Department of Conservation the Ministry for Culture and Heritage the Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment and letters of introduction to local government authorities in a number of non-core Crown agencies.In respect of commercial and financial redress Ngāti Rangiwewehi will receive financial and commercial redress of $6 million comprised of a mix of cash and commercial properties. Ngāti Rangiwewehi will also have the option to purchase further Crown-owned property following settlement date. Ngāti Rangiwewehi have a right of first refusal over 1.3364 hectares of land held by the Ministry of Education. This right continues for 171 years from the settlement date. Ngāti Rangiwewehi we thank you for your generosity. Tapuika mai i ngā pae maunga ki Te Toro Puke e tū kau mai rā ki te awa e rere mai ana waiho te whenua ko te takapū o taku tamaiti a Tapuika.[Tapuika let the land from the mountain range to the hill standing over there before us to the flowing river be the abdomen of my child Tapuika .]In terms of cultural redress the settlement establishes a framework for co-governance of the Kaituna River. The Lower Kaituna Wildlife Management Reserve will be vested jointly in Tapuika and Ngāti Whakauē who will in turn and after a specified period of time give the reserve back to the Crown. The Crown will provide $500000 to assist Tapuika to enhance their cultural presence within Te Puke. Twelve sites of special significance to Tapuika totalling approximately 209 hectares will be vested in Tapuika including three sites from within Kaharoa conservation forest two sites from within Te Mātai conservation forest Otāhu Pā and Ōtūkawa. The settlement provides a whenua rāhui over Ōpoutihi. One additional site Te Taitā will be vested jointly in Tapuika and Ngāti Rangiwewehi. The settlement provides for statutory acknowledgments over a number of sites and waterways of significance to Tapuika and protocols within the Department of Conservation the Ministry for Culture and Heritage and the Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment.In terms of financial and commercial redress Tapuika will receive financial redress of $6 million comprising a mix of cash and properties. Tapuika will also have a right of first refusal in relation to 11 Crown-owned properties for a period of 171 years. Tapuika we thank you for your generosity. Ngāti Rangiteaorere kāore e hangaia te kupenga hei hapu hao ika i āna kai ēngari i hangaia kia oioi i roto i te nekeneke o te tai.[Ngāti Rangiteaorere the net was not fashioned to catch fish as its food but rather to move continuously through the tidal flow .]The settlement provides for the vesting of the fee simple of the Te Ngae/Rangiteaorere site to be known as Waiōhewa and the vesting of Te Ngae Junction Recreation Reserve to be known as Rangiteaorere subject to recreation reserve status. The Crown vests the Lake Ōkataina Scenic Reserve to be known as Whakapoungakau subject to scenic reserve status. The deed of settlement will provide for protocols to facilitate good working relationships between the iwi and the Department of Conservation the Ministry for Culture and Heritage and the Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment. The Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations will write letters of introduction to a number of non-core Crown agencies.In respect of financial and commercial redress the financial redress amount to be paid under this settlement is $750000. Ngāti Rangiteaorere will also have a right of first refusal over an area of land held by the New Zealand Transport Agency between State Highway 33 and State Highway 30. Ngāti Rangiteaorere we thank you for your generosity.Again we see that these settlements are part of our future moving forward together in partnership under the Te Tiriti o Waitangi as a partnership between the Crown and iwi. And for that again I thank the Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations the Hon Chris Finlayson. To that end I commend this bill to the House.