Grigg NicolaNICOLA GRIGG (National—Selwyn): Thank you Mr Speaker. I rise in support of the Ngāti Maru (Taranaki) Claims Settlement Bill. I think it's indisputable that settlements like this help iwi to unlock their economic potential and they boost the regional and provincial areas but more importantly as the previous speaker has referred to they re-empower and re-engage iwi who have oftentimes been disenfranchised with their culture with their heritage with their rohe and with their land.So this evening the House takes another step towards completing the eight Taranaki settlements. As many have observed it has been a long journey for Ngāti Maru and its 2800 members ever since Christopher Finlayson and Te Ururoa Flavell recognised the mandate of Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Maru Trust back in 2016 but I think some would argue it's been even longer than those six years. It's actually been 150 years since that dreadful confiscation of the iwi rohe.I think the historical account and acknowledgments in this settlement legislation do make for sober reading and at times extremely troublesome reading. The confiscation of land in Taranaki is undoubtedly a stain on this country's history. I know that the Minister has undertaken to visit Tarata to deliver the Crown's apology in person once this bill has completed its passage through the Parliament and I think that's very important. It's very important that the Crown unreservedly apologises to the hapū and to the whānau of Ngāti Maru for failing to uphold its obligations under Te Tiriti o Waitangi.Other speakers have covered the contents of the settlement so I probably don't need to repeat that but what I would like to canvas briefly is the work of the Māori Affairs Committee and the very interesting issue that has come out of that with the conservation land properties within the Whanganui River catchment area. The Whanganui River settlement has attracted huge attention both here and abroad for the quite innovative approach that it's taken to the future management of the Whanganui River and the concept of Te Awa Tupua has actually been world leading. The solution that's been found to the management of this particular body of water and specifically the riverbed running through the conservation land properties as to the responsibilities of Te Awa Tupua—and I think we can all be very proud of the result reached—illustrates that Treaty settlement arrangements don't have to be static but with the consent of all parties involved they can adapt to suit circumstances. It wouldn't have made sense in this case for DOC—the Department of Conservation—to fulfil an essentially administrative role and in fact it probably would have been a backward step in this day and age.So National is proud to support the Ngāti Maru (Taranaki) Claims Settlement Bill and I think that both sides of the House can be happy with the bipartisan history of Taranaki negotiations and settlements. They were started by the Hon Margaret Wilson in the early 2000s and now are very nearly completed with this legislation. We all look forward to the third reading and to the future consideration by this House of the collective arrangements reached over Taranaki maunga. Thank you Mr Speaker.