Parmar Parmjeet; Tolley AnneDr PARMJEET PARMAR (National): Thank you Madam Deputy Speaker for this opportunity to take this call on the Ngāti Tamaoho Claims Settlement Bill. I'm really pleased to have this opportunity to contribute in the second reading of this very significant bill. As soon as I saw that I had this opportunity to speak in the second reading of this bill a very interesting experience came to my mind and this is from when I was very new here in 2014.At that time some of my caucus colleagues were taking photos of MPs with special interests in some specific areas. Of course along with my interest in science business and other areas I also have an interest in history and culture. Coming from a country that has a very long history and very rich culture and coming to New Zealand which has again a very rich and very unique history I joined my colleagues to be part of that photo with a specific interest in Māori policy. Obviously the photo went out and in a couple of weeks my colleague Nuk Korako came to me and said Parmjeet I'm getting a huge number of calls about you." He said "People are asking 'Who is this new Māori MP and what is her iwi?' " and I said to him "I'm available to be adopted." So it's great to call New Zealand home and it's great to have this opportunity to contribute in the second reading of this bill.This is not like any other bill. For other bills of course we see a legislative gap and we come up with a bill and bring that before the House but this bill is a result of a big force from Ngāti Tamaoho—it's because of their determination. I can imagine the amount of work that the iwi has done for us to realise that this is a very important issue and it needs to be addressed. Within the National Party caucus I have to say that the Hon Chris Finlayson has been hugely passionate about Treaty settlements and I want to give him credit for that. I also want to acknowledge the current Minister the Hon Andrew Little. I acknowledge the current and the past chair and committee members.I am not a member of the Māori Affairs Committee but I've seen that this bill received two submissions and both submissions supported this bill. The good thing is that this bill has come back before the House recommending only some minor and technical changes and the number of submissions that this bill received actually reflects the support that this bill has to go through the House. In my experience when there is an issue that is controversial we get a big number of submissions but something like this where everybody agrees—of course the relevant iwi agree and the wider communities agree—we don't get that many submissions. But these two submissions were really solid submissions and I want to thank those submitters for their contribution.This bill is to also provide financial redress and a cultural cultivation fund. This bill is also to acknowledge wrongdoings in the past so it's a great bill that is to bring this Treaty settlement between the Crown and the iwi. I really hope that the passing of this bill will help the iwi unlock their economic potential. It's great to see that this bill is receiving cross-party support so I'm really looking forward just like everyone else to this bill passing through the House. I support this bill and commend this bill to the House.DEPUTY SPEAKER: The next call is a split call."