Korako Nuk: Ngāti Hauā Claims Settlement Bill — Third ReadingText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeKorako Nuk: Ngāti Hauā Claims Settlement Bill — Third Reading[Sitting date: 09 December 2014. Volume:702;Page:1302. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]NUK KORAKO (National):E Te Mana Whakawā ā tēnā koe. Ka tangi tī ka rua tī ka noho mai te tawhiti tōrērē ka raunā ka raunā ka noho mai te kīwī kīwī he pōhē waitakitaki nō pī nō pā ka huria mai. Kei hea ana whetū kei hea te mārama kōtītī auē! Rērere rā i ruka i te pekapeka tōroro wīwī wāwā eke eke kia mānu kia tau tihei mauri ora!Ko Kaitahu tēnei. Tēnā koutou e ka mihi. Te Ati Awa Toa Rangatira mana whenua ka mihi. Nō reira tēnā koutou e ngā manuhiri o tuāraki o te iwi o Ngāti Haua o Waikato. E mihi nei e tangi nei nō reira tēnā koutou tēnā koutou e mihi atu ki a koutou katoa.[Thank you Mr Assistant Speaker. One fantail two fantails remain hovering at a distance circling circling. The kīwī remains.The kīwī settles. It is night a water barrier a barrier of sorts surrounds it. Where are its stars and the nomadic moon? Alas! Fly up on the branch stretch out float up up up settle.Behold! It is the breath of life!This is Kaitahu.Greetings to you collectively. I acknowledge the indigenous authority here Te Āti Awa Toa Rangatira. Greetings and welcome to youthe visitors from afarNgāti Hauā of Waikato. Isalute and grieve here for you. So acknowledgments greetings and welcome to you all.]It is an honour to stand in this House to speak on the Ngāti Hauā Claims Settlement Bill. Ngāti Hauā has a special place in the history of Māori the history of the Kīngitanga movement and therefore the history of our nation. It was a Ngāti Hauā leader Wīremu Tamihana the first Tumuaki or kingmaker who placed the Bible on the head of Te Wherowhero to anoint him as king. That tradition continues to this day and I acknowledge the presence of the current Tumuaki Ānaru Thompson who anointed Kīngi Tuheitia in the same way.It was fitting that the deed of settlement was signed on the 148th anniversary of one of Wīremu Tamihana’s petitions asking the Crown to redress confiscations of land from Ngāti Hauā. It stands as a tragedy of our history that no attempt was made to provide this redress when it was asked for. In fact the Crown went on to commit further breaches of the Treaty including Public Works seizures of land in 1951.The deed of settlement that this bill gives legal power to seeks to put right these wrongs. It cannot fully address the loss that the people of Ngāti Hauā suffered. As Minister Finlayson said your acceptance of this settlement is an act of generosity. Although it has already been recognised during the second reading of this bill I want to acknowledge the work of the Māori Affairs Committee of the 50th Parliament and the chair the Hon Tau Henare. I also want to acknowledge here in this House today my parliamentary colleagues who were also on that Māori Affairs Committee of the 50th Parliament. One of the hallmarks of the Māori Affairs Committee is the collegiality of that committee and the fact that we like to think we park everything—including political affiliations—at the door and then we go into that room and do what is best for Māori.The committee considered this bill before I took my place as a member of Parliament so I have not had the chance to consider the bill in the same depth as some of my colleagues and those who have actually come before me. But in doing my research I have been impressed by the universal acknowledgment of the leadership of Ngāti Hauā—the leadership that they have demonstrated throughout this process. The Minister has spoken of his surprise at the speed with which the settlement was concluded as a result of the excellent and focused negotiations undertaken by Ngāti Hauā. That was the true essence and the reason for why it was concluded in a lot of ways.Issues and tensions can easily arise when Treaty claims overlap but I note that Te Poari Matua o Raukawa—the Ngāti Raukawa Settlement Trust—put in a submission on this bill and they did that to specifically show their support for Ngāti Hauā. Their submission acknowledges the open and respectful way Ngāti Hauā engaged with them and the way that this strengthened the relationship between Ngāti Hauā and Ngāti Raukawa. This again demonstrates the leadership Ngāti Hauā has shown throughout this process.This Treaty settlement bill marks the end of the grievance process. But more than an end it is indeed a beginning. As we in Ngāi Tahu know from our own experience the hard work starts after the settlement is complete. Now it is about realising the economic potential that this settlement gives you and your people. It has taken diligence it has taken resolve and it has taken hard work to get to this point. It will take more of the same to move forward from here but I can see that Ngāti Hauā is in good hands.Finally again there is the recognition of this Government throughout not just this claim settlement process but right across the settlements that have been done to date under this Government. There is a really interesting proverb—I would like to say it comes from Ngāi Tahu but it does not—and it is: “After all that was said and done there was more said than done.” and e koutou mā this is not what we have done. This Government has gone out and done the work—implemented it—and this is just one of the amazing results that have been achieved. I will give you a Ngāi Tahu proverb: “Mō tātou ā mō ka uri ā muri ake nei.” [It is for us and for the generations that follow.]That is for us and our children. I leave you with that Ngāti Hauā. This is a wonderful opportunity—the third reading of this bill and the acceptance that you can move forward. Nō reira e koutou mā ngā kākā waha nui ō rātou mā rātou ki a rātou tātou ki a tātou. Nō reira tēnā koutou e mihi e mihi atu ki a koutou katoa.[Therefore to you the great orators of those who have departed allow them to remain there amongst themselves while we remain here amongst ourselves.Salutations to you all.]E Te Mana Whakawā [Mr Assistant Speaker] I commend this bill to the House. Kia ora.