Volume 702 Week 6 - Tuesday 9 December 2014(continued on Wednesday 10 December 2014)Text is incorporated into the Bound VolumeVolume 702 Week 6 - Tuesday 9 December 2014(continued on Wednesday 10 December 2014)[Sitting date: 09 December 2014. Volume:702;Page:1277. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]Tuesday 9 December 2014(continued on Wednesday 10 December 2014)Ngāti Koroki Kahukura Claims Settlement BillThird ReadingHon CHRISTOPHER FINLAYSON (Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations):I move That the Ngāti Koroki Kahukura Claims Settlement Bill be now read a third time. As we all know we gather in this House to consider to debate and to address matters of State and matters of Government—matters that often define us as a nation. Very few things can be more defining than the occasion of a third reading of Treaty settlement legislation. This is an occasion that brings the Crown and iwi together for a common purpose: to reconcile past differences and to seal our shared commitment to a more enlightened and rewarding future together. In this House today as we debate the third reading of the Ngāti Koroki Kahukura Claims Settlement Bill we welcome the people of Ngāti Koroki Kahukura their leaders and their supporters. To them I pay my respects and in so doing I acknowledge Kīngi Tuheitia me Te Whare o Te Kāhui Ariki. Tēnā koutou tēnā koutou tēnā koutou katoa.One of the great things about settlement legislation is that you can read into the permanent record the story of the iwi whose claims we settle. Ngāti Koroki Kahukura descend from the high chief Korokī a descendant of Hoturoa captain of the Tainui canoe. Ngāti Koroki Kahukura descend from the high chieftainess Kahukura and joined together through common ancestry and lineage their descendants are the people whom we greet in the House today. The homeland of Ngāti Koroki Kahukura stretches from Karapiro along the Pukekura Range and through Rotorangi in the west; from Maungatautari IV and V Blocks to the top of Lake Arapuni in the south; then follows the Waikato River back to Piarere in the east; and from Piarere to the south of the Maungakawa Reserve and to Karapiro in the north. It also includes interests within the Waikato raupatu claim area. The raupatu claims of Ngāti Koroki Kahukura within the raupatu boundaries were settled as part of the Waikato-Tainui raupatu settlement in 1995 and their claims in respect of the Waikato River were settled in 2009 through the Waikato-Tainui Waikato River settlement. This bill finally settles all the historical Treaty claims of Ngāti Koroki Kahukura.As we contemplate why these settlements are important the Ngāti Koroki Kahukura experience—like that of so many others—should be reflected upon. Early contact between Ngāti Koroki Kahukura and European settlers was characterised by trade. They engaged in a number of economic activities during the 1840s and 1850s and were a prosperous and flourishing community. They built two flour mills near Maungatautari and were involved in the flax industry. They transported goods and produce by sea for trade.From the 1850s Tīoriori was the recorded leader of Ngāti Koroki Kahukura. He developed the relationship with Crown officials leading to his appointment as an assessor for the Waikato district. When adherence to Kīngitanga became important for Ngāti Koroki Kahukura relations between the iwi and the Crown deteriorated. Despite that deterioration Tioriori did his best to maintain cordial relationships with the Crown. He went to the aid of the civil commissioner of Waikato after a chief from a neighbouring iwi seized the Government printing press at Te Awamutu. Tioriori took up residence with the commissioner to prevent further attacks. Ngāti Koroki Kahukura helped defend Kīngitanga lands and peoples against the Crown at the battles of Meremere and Rangiriri when the Crown breached the aukati along the Mangatawhiri River.Tioriori was captured at the Battle of Rangiriri having been wounded while assisting a wounded British officer of the colonial forces. He was then incarcerated without trial in squalid conditions on the hulk of the Marion in Auckland. Tioriori’s incarceration without trial left Ngāti Koroki Kahukura leaderless at a time of great upheaval. The incarceration had adverse effects on the standing of Tioriori and Ngāti Koroki Kahukura.The raupatu that followed the Waikato Wars affected the iwi and caused them severe economic hardship. The confiscation of the Waikato lands isolated Ngāti Koroki Kahukura from their primary transport and trade route. As a result of the confiscation they became alienated from lands traditional pā wāhi tapu and other significant sites. These events contributed to a weakening of the identity of Ngāti Koroki Kahukura as a people with effects that continued to be felt for decades.To add to this the cumulative effect of the operation and impact of native land laws and Crown purchasing left Ngāti Koroki Kahukura virtually landless and further undermined their economic social and cultural development. From the early 1900s the Crown dammed the upper reaches of the Waikato River to produce hydroelectric power. The flooding caused the direct destruction of burial caves and significant cultural sites of this iwi. Members of the iwi recall having to collect the bones of ancestors as they emerged from graves and floated down the river.In the early 1800s the introduction of muskets disrupted relationships between iwi and hapū across New Zealand. During this time of conflict a number of iwi and hapū occupied the Maungatautari area. A pivotal battle was fought by Ngāti Koroki Kahukura in 1830. For the iwi a significant consequence of the battle was the cremation of slain warriors on rocks where the Hauōira Stream joined with the Waikato River. And from that time Ngāti Koroki Kahukura considered these rocks to be tapu and akin to a headstone. The site was called Karapiro after the foul odours emanating from the cremations. The creation of Lake Karapiro flooded the sacred site submerging the rocks. To complete this desecration the rocks were blasted with dynamite to clear the way for rowing lanes for the 1975 World Rowing Championships.From this dark period in the relationship between Ngāti Koroki Kahukura and the Crown we come today to a major turning point of a Treaty settlement that opens the way for reconciliation and a new relationship based on the principles of the Treaty. At the heart of this settlement lie two taonga: Maungatautari and Te Awa o Waikato. To Ngāti Koroki Kahukura Maungatautari and the river are inseparable and indivisible tūpuna and living taonga. Maungatautari was named by a tohunga who arrived on the Tainui waka and Waikato was named by the tumu ariki and the captain of the Tainui waka. As we all know Maungatautari is a defining feature of the landscape south of Cambridge. It has been there for at least 1.8 million years. It is also a defining feature of the human landscape forged generation upon generation by those who call its slopes their home. It is central to the identity and to the mana of Ngāti Koroki Kahukura.Today it is supported by a diverse community with varying perspectives which converge in an affinity for the mountain and a deep sense of pride in the world-renowned ecological island now established on Maungatautari. This broad community of interests presented its own particular challenges when negotiating a settlement. It will for ever be a mark of the standing the integrity and the generosity of spirit of this iwi that they were prepared to compromise their aspirations and agree to an inclusive and novel arrangement that through their settlement legislation will see the wider Maungatautari community become the owner of the Crown properties on the mountain. I have really been very lucky over a number of occasions to visit the Maungatautari ecological island and see the great work that is being done by Ngāti Koroki Kahukura other iwi the Waipā District Council and the Maungatautari Ecological Island Trust. Thanks to the generosity of the iwi all of the community has a stake in the ownership of the maunga and everyone needs to give their full cooperation to the trust to allow the special place to be cared for in a way we all want it to be. Participation by Ngāti Koroki Kahukura through the Waikato Raupatu River Trust in the Waikato River Authority and other co-management arrangements for the river reflects and confirms Crown recognition of Ngāti Koroki Kahukura as a river iwi. The provisions of this bill address an unfinished aspect of the river arrangements.In closing I acknowledge the principal claimant for Ngāti Koroki Kahukura the late Wally Papa. He and others no longer here have worked in so many ways for so long to get the Crown to acknowledge its wrongs. I know that Ngāti Koroki Kahukura along with members of this House have many many special people in mind at this time. I acknowledge Mere Kara known as Aunt Olly Kara who passed away this year. She was here during the first reading of the legislation and she was particularly looking forward to the third reading. The deed of settlement most eloquently says: “We remember well those who led the challenge those who flew the flag and those who have carried the burden of responsibility to arrive at this point in time: the orators the quiet leaders the strong shoulders and the undying supporters of yesteryear. To you we say although you are no longer seen you will never be forgotten.” I acknowledge Linda and Willie Te Aho Rāhui Papa Taotao Tauroa Hinerangi Kara Karaitiana Tamatea Poto Davies Steven Wilson Johnson Raumati and so many others.This is a great day for the Crown and for Ngāti Koroki Kahukura. I acknowledge all those who have given me assistance. I particularly want to acknowledge my friend the member for Taupō who worked so closely with me on the Maungatautari redress. She did a great job and she too has been pivotal in reaching a successful conclusion. I commend the bill to the House.Hon NANAIA MAHUTA (Labour—Hauraki-Waikato):He hōnore he korōria he maungarongo ki te mata o te whenua he whakaaro pai ki ngā tāngata katoa. Arohaina ngā tēina me ngā tuakana i whakatōpū mai i raro i te tuanui o tēnei Whare hei mātakitaki ki tēnei tūtukitanga ki waenganui i a tātou i tēnei rangi. No reira Ngāti Koroki Kahukura Ngāti Haua nei te mihi maioha ki a koutou. E te Tumuaki ko koe te kanohi mō ā tātou nei taonga e pupuru ana i waenganui i a tātou hei whakaoranga mō ngā whakatupuranga nō reira tēnā koe tēnā koutou tēnā koutou tēnā tātou katoa. Nōku te waimarie i tēnei rangi te tū ki te tautoko ngā āhuatanga e pā ana ki tēnei tutukitanga i ēnei tutukitanga kerēme. Tuatahi ki a koutou o Ngāti Koroki Kahukura ka hoki ngā mahara ki tērā o ngā kaumātua a Wally me ngā kōrero i puta mai i waenganui i a rāua i tōku matua mō ēnei āhuatanga. Me ū ki tēnei whāinga kia tutuki pai ngā āhuatanga kei waenganui i a koutou hei painga hei oranga mō ngā tamariki ngā mokopuna. No reira kua tae ki tēnei wā. E tika ana me mihi atu ki tērā maunga e tautari ana ki tō tātou nei awa a Waikato arā ki ngā marae ki Pōhara rāua ko Maungatautari hei whakaora i ngā hiahia ngā pupū i te whatumanawa i tēnei rangi. Nō reira tēnā koutou tēnā koutou tēnā koutou katoa.[Honour glory peace on earth goodwill to all mankind and loving thoughts to the younger and elder siblings who have assembled here under the roof of this House to witness this settlement amongst us today. Affectionate thoughts therefore to you Ngāti Korokī Kahukura and Ngāti Hauā and to you the leader.You are the face of these possessions that we hold amongst us as a betterment for the generations to come so greetings to you in particular.Acknowledgments and congratulations to you collectively and my appreciation to us all.It is my good fortune today to stand and support the circumstances relating to this settlement and these claims. First of allto you of Ngāti KorokiKahukura my thoughts go back to that elder of ours Wally and what emerged from the discussions that took place between those two and my father in regard to these situations. Let us hold firm to this aim that we complete the circumstances amongst you wellthat will benefit children and grandchildren. So this point in time has arrivedwhere it is appropriate that I acknowledge that mountain standing upright there this river of ours themaraeof Pōhara and of Maungatautari to restore aspirations and hopes welling up in the mind today. And so I acknowledge greetand commend you all.]It is a great day when we can stand in this House and support the progression of Treaty settlements and when the Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations is able to retell the story of so many iwi who come into this House and the long-suffering endurance that they have had to get to this point. To the Minister I say thank you so much for your determination to see the resolution of both the Ngāti Koroki Kahukura and the Ngāti Hauā claims in such a short time frame. I too was at Maungatautari when the settlement was signed and I remember that day for two reasons. Firstly I had just had my daughter who was 6 days old and that was her very first outing. I was determined to get to the signing because other than at my own marae at Waahi my father’s picture hangs at Maungatautari Marae—that is the only other marae.I remember as a child growing up in some small way observing as you do the kaumātua of the time talking about these big take like raupatu and what was happening in different parts of the rohe. There was a gentlemen’s accord between Wally Tīoriori Papa and my father about how to progress in part the substantial raupatu claim but also in part the interests of Ngāti Koroki Kahukura in their particular part of the rohe. It was with that type of heartfelt commitment that I saw real opportunities to try to progress the Ngāti Koroki claim as quickly as possible. It is important really to extend our own relationships as members of this House to the various claims that come through here. But there is so much more happening in the rohe that I would like to comment on before turning to the substance of the claim.The many whānau in this particular rohe around Karapiro and Arapuni as Louise Upston would know were involved in some part back in the day in building the dams seeing the change in the natural landscape within their rohe and seeing marae settlements move from one place to the other. In fact before the river claim when kaumātua were taken up the Waikato River and stories were being retold when you got to the Karapiro and further up the top of the river actually you had to use a fish-finder to see how the lie of the land used to look prior to the dams being put in and you could have a sense of appreciation of the resilience of hapū like Koroki Kahukura who have seen their history change because of things like the dams being built. I recall that fondly because I think it is a part of the story that you Minister have told so well.The people there are very meshed within the way of life. There are a lot of farmers around that community. A former Prime Minister used to have her holidays up with the Hicks whānau around Maungatautari. She remembers Maungatautari mountain very well. But the farming community and the Māori community at times have been intermeshed with each other’s success and prosperity and often challenges and difficulties.Karapiro—what we see now is a modern representation of what is possible through Treaty settlements when relationships work. Ngāti Koroki Kahukura have shown very well their mana whenua their tangata whenua relationship with not only the river but the life of the river and what happens along the river. When you visit the rowing centre you will see there the impression of that influence in the centre in major events that take place there in terms of recognising protocol. We have had a major international rowing competition several waka ama competitions and rowing competitions and an international waka ama competition not to mention TriMāori some weeks ago. But the point of all of that is that Ngāti Koroki Kahukura are a group of people who exercise on a daily basis the strength of their influence as mana whenua as tangata whenua within their own rohe at Karapiro with the Waipā District Council and with the community at large. One can only but think that as a result of the settlement that will only be amplified in positive ways—I am absolutely sure.But it has not come without challenges. There have been several. I can recall a number of challenging discussions about Maungatautari as the member for the area Louise Upston would also recount. Those have caused some of the testiest types of interactions about who owns what but also about what is in the greatest interest of the community.Having an ecological island in our part of the rohe—actually in our country—with a pest-proof fence is a first. It does provide real opportunity for tourism and in the settlement there is an opportunity for that relationship to be further strengthened and I am hopeful that that can continue. There has been a very gracious acknowledgment made by Ngāti Koroki Kahukura to the people of the Waipā District and in fact to New Zealand for the future management of the Maungatautari maunga. I want to put on the record that that is huge and significant. It may be reviewed over time as people follow that model and then they see: “Actually we can give a little bit more acknowledge a little bit more.” but let time be the test of that particular intent.I want to particularly comment on the contribution that kaumātua of Ngāti Koroki Kahukura have made to the substantial claims of the raupatu settlement and also the river settlement—kaumātua who are no longer with us kaumātua who in their time would have been recognised for the wealth of knowledge and understanding and whakapapa connections to weave together outcomes through the Treaty settlement process. Their contribution is significant and I really want to recognise that.The select committee tried very hard to address some outstanding issues for Ngāti Koroki Kahukura in relation to land-banked lands in Arapuni in relation to the clean-up fund in relation to the ongoing management and access issues around the Maungatautari mountain. We are limited in our capacity to be able to do that but the intent was there. I want to say that everybody who made submissions on this particular settlement did so in a way that gave us great confidence as a select committee that here was a hapū a group of people who were absolutely going to exercise their full authority as kaitiaki as mana whenua as tangata whenua in the Ngāti Koroki Kahukura rohe.Last but not least I want to thank the Māori Affairs Committee and the advisers and the officials whom we had for the input that they had in trying to get the committee to a point of understanding especially on the three outstanding issues that I have mentioned. It is important to recognise that the future of the ongoing management of the Waikato River would not be successfully achieved across the whole of the catchment without Koroki Kahukura playing its integral role around the Karapiro-Arapuni area. I would hope going forward—certainly as people listen to the tenor of this debate—that when it comes to the co-management responsibilities that Ngāti Koroki Kahukura have affirmed on them by rights of this settlement there will be some recognition by both Raukawa and Waikato that there is a distinct relationship in this part of the river. For those co-management responsibilities to be undertaken to their full extent there needs to be recognition and a bit of give and take around how that can be successfully done so that everybody can breathe life into the river that we all love which has given joy and happiness to a number of generations and will continue to do so and will provide employment.Lastly can I thank the negotiating team. You have approached this with the integrity of the people at heart the determination of our kaumātua at heart but also with the koi of the hinengaro and you have gone toe to toe with Crown officials in a way that I think has held this whole process to full account.Nō reira i tēnei wā he paku kōrero he paku whakaaro hei tuitui ki tēnei kaupapa i tēnei rangi i mua i a koutou. Tēnei te mihi atu ki a koutou katoa ki a tātou tēnā tātou.[And so a brief statement and viewpoint at this juncture to thread together this matter before you collectively. I acknowledge you and us all thank you.]NUK KORAKO (National):Tēnā koe. Ko te hau mua ko te hau muri ko te hau tamawāhine ko te hau tamatāne e tū mai rā te tokotoko a Tānenuiāraki. E tuturu mai kia whakamaua ka tina tina haumi e hui e taiki e! Ā tēnā rā koutou ngā pou waitaka o tō tātou Matua Tīpuna ā kā mea nui ki te mihi atu ki tō tātou Matua Nui i Te Raki ko ia te tīmataka me te whakamutuka o koutou katoa. Nō reira ka mihi au ki Te Kaihōmai o kā mea katoa. Ka maumahara mātou ki a rātou kai tua kua wehe ki te ao wairua. Nō reira koutou rā o ia marae o ia iwi o ia waka e haere i ruka ki te ara o te whānui a Tāne ko tua o te ārai haere haere haere. Nō reira ā tēnā koutou o te iwi o Ngāti Korokī Kahuhura. E nau mai haere mai ki Te Whare Pāremata e mihi nei e tangi nei koutou ngā taoka whakahirahira koutou e tūmanakohia ake nei koutou e hāpai iwi nei nau mai nau mai nau mai haere mai.[Hail the winds of the north south east and west and from where the rod of the great heavenly Father is upraised. Stand resolute eternally gather join and unite! So acknowledgments to you esoteric pillars of our Father in heaven. The main things to thank our great Father in heaven for is that He is the beginning and the ending for you all and in regard to this I pay homage to the provider of all things. We remember too those who have departed to the spiritual realm and so to you all from every marae tribe and canoe that have traversed the wide path of man to beyond the divide; depart journey on farewell! So greetings to you the tribe of Ngāti Korokī Kahuhura.Welcome come hither to Parliament House here acknowledging and grieving you as elements of importance and much yearned for you that elevate people.Welcome welcome welcome draw near.]I want to welcome those manuhiri here today from Ngāti Koroki Kahukura. I acknowledge the work done by so many people to bring these negotiations to a conclusion. A Treaty settlement provides an opportunity to look back on our history. It is an opportunity to acknowledge the wrongs that have been committed in the past and to seek to put them right. It is an opportunity to begin a new relationship between the Crown and Ngāti Koroki Kahukura.The redress provided for these wrongdoings will never be perfect. It is impossible to restore everything that was taken. The Crown cannot take back the desecration of burial sites or the wrongful imprisonment of leaders; it cannot return every hectare of land that was confiscated or heal the many decades of hurt and hardship caused by this alienation but the redress this settlement offers Ngāti Koroki Kahukura will be significant for their future. It vests 15 sites of cultural and historical significance in Ngāti Koroki Kahukura. Ngāti Koroki Kahukura will also receive a package of cultural redress to assist them with securing their economic future and their social well-being. They will receive financial redress plus interest.I want to talk a little about the Waikato River and the Maungatautari—the Waikato—is of great influence to Ngāti Koroki Kahukura. This is recognised in the deed of settlement. The deed recognises that both Koroki and Kahukura are direct descendants of tohuka Rakataura aboard the great Tainui waka who gave Maungatautari its name. Koroki and Kahukura are also direct descendants of Hoturoa the captain of the Tainui waka. As the deed of settlement states Maungatautari and Waikato are inextricably linked to the identity of Ngāti Koroki Kahukura. Maungatautari and Waikato are inseparable and they are indivisible.It is good to see that the Crown and Ngāti Koroki Kahukura have been able to come to an agreement about how best to recognise the huge importance of these two living taoka. Ngāti Koroki Kahukura have endorsed the vision and strategy for the Waikato River set out in the Waikato-Tainui raupatu claims settlement. The area covered by joint management agreements between the Waikato Regional Council the Waipā District Council and the Waikato Raupatu River Trust has been extended to cover the portion of the Waikato River that is within Ngāti Koroki Kahukura’s area of interest.In the case of Maungatautari the tīpuna mauka of Ngāti Koroki Kahukura—the significance of what they have agreed to cannot be overlooked. Ngāti Koroki Kahukura consider themselves to be the tangata whenua of Maungatautari but they have graciously agreed to ownership of the Maungatautari mountain scenic reserve to be held by the wider community. This community is comprised of other iwi who also have customary interests in Maungatautari and members of the wider community connected with Maungatautari. It is appropriate that the deed of settlement recognises the generosity of Ngāti Koroki Kahukura in agreeing to this unique arrangement.I want to briefly acknowledge the work of Minister Finlayson in shepherding this settlement through the process and this bill through the House. We are lucky to have a Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations who is so committed to righting the wrongs that have scarred our history. The extraordinary amount of progress he has made on Treaty settlements under this Government speaks for itself. I would also like to acknowledge the Hon Tau Henare and the members of the Māori Affairs Committee who considered this bill in the 50th Parliament including the new Minister for Māori Development Te Ururoa Flavell.But my final acknowledgments are reserved for the people of Ngāti Koroki Kahukura those who have led them through this process and their negotiators. It has taken you an immense amount of hard work and patience to get to this day. There is however more hard work ahead for those of you who will be involved in maximising the economic and social well-being of your people through this settlement. But today is a day to celebrate and take pride in what you have achieved.Ngā kākā waha nui o rātou mā ka mihi atu rā. Rātou ki a rātou tātou ki a tātou tīhei mauri ora.[To the great orators of those ancestors who have gone I doff my hat to you. Let them remain with them and we remain with us. Behold therefore the breath of life!]Nō reira can I also wish the people of Ngāti Koroki Kahukura Meri Kirihimete me ngā mihi o te tau hou ki a koutou e huri noa i Te Whare ki a koe e Nanaia ki a koutou ērā mema o Pāremata ngā mihi e mihi atu ki a koutou katoa.[Merry Christmas and greetings of the new year to you Mr Assistant Speaker Nanaia and to other members throughout the House. Greetings to you all.]I commend this bill to the House. Kia ora.PEENI HENARE (Labour—Tāmaki Makaurau):Ā tēnā koe e Te Māngai o Te Whare ā-Reo Māori. Tihei uriuri tihei nakonako ka tau hā whakatau ko te rangi i runga nei. Whakatau hā whakatau ko te papa i raro nei whakatau hā whakatau i mātuku mai i Rarotonga. Koia i rukuhia manawa pou roto koia i rukuhia manawa waho kia whakatina te more i Hawaiki e pupū ana e wawau ana kia tārewa tū ki te rangi eke eke panuku eke Tangaroa hui e taiki e! Kāti ake rā ka tau mai ngā manaakitanga o Te Kaihanga ki runga i tēnei Whare otirā ki runga i a koutou e ngā kiri whingiwhingi arā koutou e kara mā e kui mā. Koutou e ngā mokopuna e ngā mātātahi o Ngāti Korokī Kahukura arā koutou ngā taniwha o te awa o Waikato tēnā koutou. Ko aua manaakitanga katoa ka ūhia ki runga i tō tātou Kīngi kia piki te ora kia piki te kaha kia piki te māramatanga ki runga i a ia ki roto i ngā taumahatanga me ngā nekenekehanga o tēnei wā rire rire hau paimārire. Kāti ake e koutou mā e tāpae nei koutou i ō koutou tini aitua ki te tāhūhū o tēnei Whare kia kotahi ai te reo kia kotahi ai te tangi kia kotahi ai te mōteatea ki a rātou i kapohia ai e Te Ringa Kaha o Aituā o Aitūere o Aitūkikini o Aitūtāmaki. Nāna i kōwhaki ai i te kauwae o tērā e tangi mai rā o tērā ake rā o tātou e tangi atu nei. Nō reira koutou katoa kua ngaro atu ki te tirohanga kanohi koutou kua whakawhiti atu rā ki tua o Paerau ka tau ki runga i te pae o mahara tēnā korikori mai. Hoki wairua mai rā koutou ki roto i ngā whiriwhiringa me ngā kōrero kei mua i Te Whare i tēnei rangi. Tēnā tū kamu a Mahuta tēnā tū ka korikori tēnā tū me haere tāua. Me haere tāua ki runga i ngā kōrero kua pae nei ki runga i a koutou e Ngāti Korokī Kahukura ki roto i te roanga ake o tēnei ata.Nā i tīmata mai e te Minita i ngā mahi tūkino a Te Karauna i a koutou he tohu tēnā o ngā mahi o Te Karauna ki a tātou te iwi Māori ki roto i ngā tau. Nā kua waha mai te Minita ki roto i tēnei Whare i aua tūkinotanga i pāngia ki runga i a koutou e Ngāti Korokī Kahukura tēnā koutou. Kāti e tautoko ana ahau i ngā kōrero o tōku tuahine ki a koutou otirā ki Te Whare nei. E tautoko ana mātou o Te Rōpū Reipa i tēnei pire ki roto i tana tatūnga ki roto i tēnei Whare ka tau ki runga i te taumata kōrero ka kōrero ka kōrero ka kōrero. Kāti e mihi atu ana ahau ki a koe e Te Minita kua roa rawa mātou ki roto o Ngāpuhi e whakaaro ana i tētahi ingoa ka tapaina ki runga i a koe nā tō māia nā tō toa ki te kōkiri i ngā take e pā ana ki Te Tiriti o Waitangi tēnei e mihi atu nei. Ka waihongātu mā ngā kaumātua me ngā kūia taua ingoa te tapaina ki runga i a koe kāti tēnei e mihi atu ana tēnā koe.Nā e mihi atu ana ahau ki tōku tuakana ki a Tau Hēnare. Ko tērā taniwhā ka noho ki runga i Te Rōpū Whāiti i ngā Take Māori. Nā ka whakaaro ake ahau ki tōku tupuna ki a taurekareka Hēnare me tōna pānga ki a koutou e Waikato. Nā ka noho a Te Pūea ki roto o Mōtatau ki roto i ngā tau. Ko tana kōrero ki a Ngāti Hine ka mahi ka īnoi ka mahi anō. Hoinō ko tērā wero ka takotoria ki mua i a koutou kia kaua e pōhēhē kia kaua e tatari! Āe kua kōrero mātou o Te Whare nei i ngā take e pā ana ki tēnei pire. Ēngari ka kapohia ake e ahau i te kōrero kōrero a Kauiti me anga te titiro ki ngā taumata o te moana arā ki ngā maruāpō i wawatahia ai e ō tātou mātua tūpuna otirā ō koutou mātua tūpuna mō Ngāti Korokī Kahukura. Nō reira e mihi atu ana ahau ki tēnā heke iho mai ki tōku tuakana ki a Tau Hēnare e ārahi nei i tēnei pire ki roto i ngā mahi whiriwhiringa o tēnei Whare e Te Māngai. Kāti ka tiro atu ahau ki tēnei pire. Ko ngā wāhanga katoa kai roto ēhara i te mea ko ngā rare katoa. arā ko ngā perehana katoa o Hana Kōkō ka tau mai ki runga i a koutou. Ē kāhore ēngari ko te mea atu ahau ki a koutou i a au e āta wetewete ana i ngā kōrero kai roto anā ko te whakahokinga mai o ngā whenua tapu o ngā wāhi tapu ki a koutou o Ngāti Korokī Kahukura. E mihi atu ana ahau ki a koutou otirā koutou katoa o te awa tapu o Waikato. Nā ko koutou tēnā kai te tauihu o te waka. Kai te tauihu o te waka mō ngā mahi ngātahi me Te Karauna hei tiaki hai whakahaere i ngā whenua me ngā taonga e pā ana ki a koutou e pupuri nei e koutou anā ko te mihi atu ki a koutou. Ka whātoro atu te ringa ki Te Karauna kia mahi ngātahi nei koutou ki te tiaki i ō koutou wāhi tapu tēnā koutou.Nā ka titiro atu ahau ki te wāhanga tuarua. Ka whai reo koutou ki roto i ngā mahi o ngā kaunihera. Ka whai reo koutou ki roto i ngā whiriwhiringa o te kāwanatanga mō take e pā ana ki a koutou ō koutou whenua ō koutou take ō koutou whakatupuranga. Nō reira e mihi atu ana ahau ki a koutou ka noho ngātahi me Te Minita ki te āta wetewete i tērā o ngā nekehanga mō koutou.Kāti ka titiro atu ahau ki te wāhanga tuatoru ka tau ki runga i te awa o Waikato. Kua kōrero ahau he pikopiko he taniwha. Kaua e pōhēhē ka tau taua kōrero ki a koutou anake e Waikato. Tā te mea ki roto i ngā mahi whiriwhiringa o ngā take e pā ana ki Te Tiriti o Waitangi he piko he taniwha he piko he taniwha. Nō reira kua hoe nei e koutou i tō koutou awa tupuna. Kai konei mātou e mihi atu nei kei konei mātou e tangi atu nei. Ki waho i tēnei Whare ka heke mai ngā roimata. He tohu tēnā mō ngā pōuritanga mō ngā aituā ā he tohu anō tērā ki a tāua Te Māori mō te harikoa. Nō reira ka hoe atu rā koutou ki runga i tō tātou awa e hoe e hoe tōkihi!Kāti ki te wāhanga tuawhā o te pire. Ko tāku atu ki tēnei Whare ko te pūteā ka tukuna atu ka tākoha atu ki a Ngāti Korokī Kahukura hoinō e mea ana te Pākeha he drop in the bucket. Iti noa iho te pūtea ka whakahokia atu ki a koutou ki tērā i tangohia e Te Karauna i roto i ngā tau. Ēngari i tēnei wā e mihi atu ana ahau ki a koutou. Kua whai i tērā pūtea ka taea e koutou te tōkihi atu ki ngā taumata o te moana e kōrero atu ahau i mua tata nei. Nō reira kia kaha rā koutou.Ko tēnei wero ki Te Whare e noho nei. Me kaua tēnei Whare e pōhēhē kua tatū noa ngā take e pā ana ki a tātou Te Iwi Māori ki roto i ngā mahi whiriwhiringa o ngā take e pā ki Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Korekore ka noho mai a Ngāti Korokī Kahukura ki te aro haehae i ngā kōrero. Ki te totohe i ngā take e pā ana ki a rātou ki rot i te roanga ake o ngā tau kei mua i a tātou ā kati e Te Whare.E Ngāti Korokī Kahukura ka waiho nātu tēnei kōrero o tōku tupuna ki a koutou hei whakakapi ake i tēnei kōrero i tēnei tāima. Ka kōrero ahau i ngā kōrero o tōku tupuna a Kāwiti e pā ana ki Te Tiriti o Waitangi “E te whanau i te pakanga ahau me ngā atua o te pō heoi kīhai ahau i mate. Nō reira takahia te riri ki raro i ō waewae. Kia ū ki te whakapono he pōwai Pākehā koutou ā muri ake nei. Waiho kia kakati te namu i te whārangi o te pukaupuka hei konei ka tahuri atu ai. Kei takahia e koutou ngā papa pounamu a ō koutou tūpuna e takoto nei. Titiro atu ki ngā taumata o te moana. E ngā namu e kakati nei i ngā whārangi o te pukapuka o Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Kāti e mihi atu nei ki a koutou tau mai tau atu tēnā koutou tēnā koutou e Te Māngai tēnā tātou katoa.[Thank you Mr Speaker. I will be speaking in Māori. May our descendants live on and our hopes be fulfilled. Welcome to the Sky Father above and to Mother Earth below.Behold the heron from Rarotonga lands.Welcome we have made landfall.Let the ritual be performed by placing the red stone of Hawaiki on this side and that toward land and sea. The ritual is now complete. Our origins rise up towards the heavens and hang there suspended. We have surmounted the dangers of the seas and the realm of the maritime god.Let us take up the adze and carve out a new existence. Enough for now! May the kindness of the Creator be upon this House but at the same time upon you the elder men and womenfolk the grandchildren and young people of Ngāti Korokī Kahukura—in other words upon you the chiefs of the Waikato River. May all those acts of kindness be cast over our King Tūheitia as well to ensure that his health strength and enlightenment is restored.Bring forth the calming winds of goodwill and peace. To those of you who have placed myriad of your deaths beneath the roof of this House so that they who have been snatched up by the strong hand of disappointing excruciating and convulsive mishap can be accorded a tribute a traditional chant and mourned over in unison enough! It was mishap that wrenched off the jaw of that one and the other one mourning over there our jaw mourning here.Enough! Enough I say! So those of you who passed from our sight who have crossed beyond the Divide to land on the horizon of recollection stir yourselves! Return spiritually amidst these negotiations and speeches that are before the House today. Rise up and confront Mahuta! Stand up make a move! Rise up let us go together! Let us go forth on the contributions delivered before you collectively by Ngāti Korokī Kahukura as this morning unfolds.It began with the Minister stating that there were adverse acts by the Crown upon you;an indication of Crown actions that impacted adversely on us Māoridom over the years. The Minister brought those wrongdoings unto this House;those wrongdoingsthat impacted upon youNgāti Korokī Kahukurainto this Houseand so I salute you and endorse the contributions by my sister colleague to you collectivelybut at the same timeto this House. Wethe Labour Partysupported this bill when it arrived in this House throughout its passage to the ultimate level of speeches contributions talksand addresses. And so I congratulate youMinister. We of Ngāpuhi have spent a long time considering a name for youbecause of your confidence and valour to thrust forward matters that relate to the Treaty of Waitangi settlement. In regard to thatI commend you sincerely. I leave that name for the elder men and womenfolk to figure out and bestow it upon you.I acknowledge that elder sibling of mine Tau Hēnare now. That powerful creature sat on the Māori Affairs Committee. Now I wonder about my ancestor Taurekareka Hēnare’s links to youWaikato. Years agoTe Puea lived in Mōtatau.Her message to Ngāti Hine was “work prayand work again!”.Well thatis thechallenge that I present to youto not make assumptions and to not wait.Accordingly I place that challenge before you. Do not be deluded and do not wait! Yes we of this House have discussed the matters relating to this billbut I pick up on the statement by Kāwitifocus onthe tops of the sea. In other words focus on the dreamsofour grandparents your grandparentsindeedof Ngāti Korokī Kahukura yearned for.ThereforeIacknowledge thatright down to my elder cousin Tau Hēnarewho shepherded this bill through the procedures of this House. Enough!I look at this bill and all parts in itnot because of all the lollies—in other wordsall of Santa’s presents—that will land on you. That indeedwill nothappenbutratherI advise that you analyse the statements within the bill carefullyand there you will see the return of sacred places and lands to you of Ngāti Korokī Kahukura. I doff my hat to you collectively butat the same time to all of you of the sacred river of Waikato. You are now at the prow of the canoe in terms of working together with the Crown to protect and administer the lands and resources that relate to youwhich you hold and so I congratulate you. The hand is extended to the Crown to work cooperatively with you to safeguard your sacred sites. Well done.I look now at part two. You will have a say in the operations of the councils. You will have a say in negotiations with theGovernment in regard to matters of concern to you your lands issuesand kin. And so Icongratulate you collectively on working carefully together with the Minister to examine those movements for you.Now I look at partthree which relatesto the river of Waikato. I have stated already that at every bendthere is a chief.Do notbe deluded by the fact that the statement appliesto you alonethe Waikato peoplebecause it applies just as aptly to negotiations of Treaty of Waitangi matters.At each bend is a chief at each bend is a chief. And so you have now navigated on your ancestral river. We here acknowledge and shed tears for you. Tears are being shed outside of Parliament it is raining. That is an indication about the despondencies deaths;an indication to you and mein Māoridom about joys. So as you paddle out collectively on our river paddle paddle go for it! Enough!And so to the fourth part of the billwhere my interpretation of it to this House is that the fund will be released and gifted to Ngāti Korokī Kahukurabut mainstream would say it is a drop in the bucket.The funding returned to you is minisculein comparisonto that which the Crown took from you over the years. But at this timeI congratulate you. You have received that fund and will be able to go for itto the tops of the ocean that I alluded to just before. And so be strong.The challenge to this House sitting here isnot to bedeluded by the fact that all matters relating to Māoridom have been resolvedin terms of negotiations about mattersofthe Treaty of Waitangi. Ngāti Korokī Kahukura will never sit back to critically discern the contributions to contest the matters concerning them as the yearsahead of us go onand soenoughthe House. To end this addressNgāti Korokī Kahukura I will leave this saying of my ancestor with youat this point in time. I will relate what my ancestor Kāwiti said about the Treaty of Waitangi. He said this: “FamilyI fought with the gods of the night and survivedhowever. So put the anger under your feet and tramp all over it. Hold fast to the faith and you will move with a fan-like motion afterwardslike a European. Leave ituntil the sandfly nip the pages of the Treatyand at this pointaddress them just in case you tramp all over the greenstone boxes of your ancestors lying here. Look at the tops of the ocean and say to the sandfly nipping at the pages of the Treaty of Waitangi‘Enough!’”.Mr Speaker I doff my hat here and there to acknowledge and congratulate you and us all collectively.Thank you.]MARAMA FOX (Co-Leader—Māori Party):Ā e Te Mana Whakawā anei mātau e tāpirihia nei ngā mihi ki a koutou kua tae ā-tinana mai ki te whakarongo ki ngā mihi ki te whakarongo ki ngā kōrero ā ki te tautoko i ngā mahi o te rangi nei. Ā tēnei mātau e hika ka tū whakaiti kei mua i a koutou. I ahau e noho nei e whakaaro ana au hika ka noho i te whakamā. He aha taua whakamā? Ka tiro whānui ki Te Whare kai hea kai hea ō tātau hoa ki te whakarongo ki ngā kōrero hōhonu te whakarongo ki ngā kōrero kua takoto nei kei roto i te Whare nei kia mōhio pai rātau ki te kiko o tēnei mea Te Tiriti o Waitangi me ngā hara kua tau ki runga i a tātau Te Iwi Māori ki runga i a koutou. Nā reira i ahau e noho whakamā nei e tiro ki ngā tūru e wātea nei ka hiki anō te manawa i runga i te kōrero ō tō tātau parata nei a Peeni te kōrero a Nanaia me Te Minita the Hon Chris Finlayson. Ngā kōrero nei e whakanui e whakamana i a koutou ahakoa he iti he pounamu te kōrero. Kia kōrerohia tēnei kōrero i roto i Te Whare kua noho ki runga i ngā pukapuka mō āke tonu rā. Nā reira ka tū whakaiti ki mua i a koutou me te tautoko i ngā kōrero. E Te Mana Whakawā kai te pīrangi au ki te mihi atu ki a koutou o Tainui ki a koutou ā ngā uri whakaheke o Ngāti Korokī Kahukura koutou o Te Kīngitanga me kī. E tika me mihi ki a koutou ōku pou ōku rahi tēnā koutou katoa.[Mr Speaker here we are adding to the tributes extended to you collectively that have arrived here physically to listen to the tributes contributions and to support today’s proceedings. Here we are goodness me standing before you all in humility. While I was sitting here thinking heavens above I am embarrassed. What was that embarrassment? I looked extensively around the House wondering where indeed are our colleagues to listen to the words of depth the contributions put before this House so that they have a good understanding about the substance in regard to this Treaty of Waitangi thing and the transgressions that have alighted upon Māoridom and you collectively. So while I was sitting here embarrassed and looking at the empty seats before me my spirit soared at the contribution by our brother colleague Peeni Hēnare here sister colleague Nanaia and the Minister the HonChristopher Finlayson. These contributions magnified and empowered you collectively. Even though the talk was diminutive it was precious. When these statements are delivered in the Chamber they are captured in the records forever. So I stand humbly before you collectively to endorse the contributions. I would like to commend you of Tainui descendants of Ngāti Korokī Kahukura and the King Movement shall we say Mr Speaker. It is apt that I acknowledge you my pillars and the many. Thank you all.]I rise to support the third reading of the Ngāti Koroki Kahukura Claims Settlement Bill. I welcome you here today. Almost exactly 2 years ago on 20 December 2012 the Crown and Ngāti Koroki Kahukura signed a deed of settlement agreeing to the final settlement of the non-raupatu Treaty of Waitangi claims of Ngāti Koroki Kahukura. In that action the trustees of Ngāti Koroki Kahukura were acting in the best interests of an estimated 4000 members who whakapapa to that sacred maunga Maungatautari in the Waikato.The bill respects and protects the unique tribal structures of Ngāti Koroki Kahukura in providing for the special relationship that the iwi have with that maunga and the Waikato River. Every one of their uri whakaheke deserves to be proud of the tribal history dating back to the 1840s 1850s and before when they were a thriving healthy people when they successfully traded with one another and with the European settlers and when they enjoyed not just survived the life that they lived.However by the late 1850s there was rising tension over the land alienations. Ngāti Koroki Kahukura actively supported the establishment of the Kīngitanga and in an effort to safeguard their lands from alienation placed their lands under the protection of the Māori King. At the same time their rangatira Tīoriori worked to maintain cordial relationships with the Crown. This fact of history is pivotal—pivotal to know. It is a context that helps us to understand where we have come from as a nation and as a whānau hapū and iwi into the rising tensions of the 1860s when war broke out resulting in the deaths of some of Ngāti Koroki Kahukura and the capture of others including their esteemed rangatira Tīoriori. Despite their preference for peace Ngāti Koroki Kahukura were labelled rebels and for that under the Suppression of Rebellion Act they had much of their land confiscated and yet it is viewed as non-raupatu.This iwi have maintained their interests in their homeland. They preserved—they retained—the essence of who they were even though their whenua was ripped out from under their feet. Maungatautari was and remains their tipuna their ancestral mountain central to their identity yet in the 19th century the land in and around the maunga fell victim to Crown-imposed tenure reform. As a result Ngāti Koroki Kahukura were involved in more than 50—50—Native Land Court hearings before 1901. As a result swamps and wetlands were drained and the Waikato River polluted. Hydroelectric power schemes depleted their traditional fisheries and flooded their cultural significant sites as we have heard. By the end of the 20th century Ngāti Koroki Kahukura had become virtually landless.Today the bill rectifies this in some small way—this and other wrongs imposed by the Crown on Ngāti Koroki Kahukura. The bill records a history of Ngāti Koroki Kahukura and the Crown apology to them—the apology for the forced operation of the native land and public works legislation the apology for the failure of the Crown to protect the traditional tribal structures of Ngāti Koroki Kahukura the apology for the Crown’s failure to recognise and provide for their relationship to Maungatautari and the Waikato River and the Crown’s apology for policies and legislation that instigated the economic social environmental and cultural degradation of Ngāti Koroki Kahukura and their physical and spiritual resources. That last point is particularly important.In the 1860s and onwards the Crown commenced its campaign to assimilate Māori into European culture. Ngāti Koroki Kahukura elders recall corporal punishment—lashings—being used to discourage them from speaking their reo leaving behind a legacy in which fewer than 5 percent of their people still retain the ability to speak Te Reo Māori today. Eighty years on and by 1950 many Ngāti Koroki Kahukura migrated from their traditional rohe in search of better economic prospects. Many disconnected from their communities and local culture. In both of these critical areas—education and employment—Ngāti Koroki Kahukura consider that landlessness and social deprivation have contributed to the Crown not recognising them as an iwi in their own right.I stand to support this bill because of its role in addressing the wrongs imposed by the Crown on Ngāti Koroki Kahukura. The bill enables us to look forward to a new era in the Crown’s relationship with Ngāti Koroki Kahukura.Maungatautari is the maunga Waikato is the awa. Through this settlement the maunga will be a scenic reserve and will be guarded by Te Hapori o Maungatautari. The transfer of ownership recognises the iconic and spiritual importance. The river will be managed together. There will be recognition of the river and its tributaries and Ngāti Koroki Kahukura will have this as an area of interest as well as Lake Arapuni and Lake Karapiro. This settlement means that you can co-manage it together. Ko Ngāti Koroki Kahukura te iwi.The Crown confirms that it is deeply sorry and profoundly apologises to the ancestors and descendants of Ngāti Koroki Kahukura for the hardships they have endured. The way that they have treated and engaged with other iwi and the wider community during negotiations is a good example for the Crown which in its long history of delay with Ngāti Koroki Kahukura was guilty of shutting them out. The graciousness of Ngāti Koroki Kahukura during these negotiations has been a defining characteristic of this settlement. Had the Crown possessed the same virtues in its dealings with Ngāti Koroki Kahukura then the anguish and injustices that have brought us here today may well have been avoided.E Te Mana Whakawā ka tū ake au ki te tautoko i tēnei pire. Hoi anō rā ki a koutou kua tae ā-tinana mai ki te whakarongo ā-taringa ki te kite ā-karu ki te whakarongo ā-wairua hoki nei rā te mihi atu ki a koutou katoa. Nei rā te mihi whakaiti kai mua i a koutou te mihi whakanui i a koutou katoa te whakamana ā te whakahōnore i a koutou katoa i roto i tēnei whakapau werawera whakapau kaha kia tūtuki tēnei pire kei mua i a tātau. Tēnei te mihi ki a koutou katoa tēnā koutou tēnā koutou tēnā koutou katoa.[Mr Speaker I rise to support this bill and therefore to you collectively indeed who came here in person to hear and see first-hand and to listen spiritually as well. l salute you all. I stand before you in humility to congratulate empower and honour you for the sweat and energy spent to complete this bill that is before us. So well done congratulations and thank you all.]DENISE ROCHE (Green):Tēnā koe Mr Speaker tēnā koutou katoa. E ngā mate haere haere hoki atu rā ki te pō. E ngā mana e ngā reo rau rangatira mā tēnā koutou tēnā koutou tēnā koutou katoa.[Thank you Mr Speaker and greetings to you all. Farewell to you the dead; journey on depart and return to the void. Acknowledgments to the authorities voices esteemed leaders of a hundred fold accolades and congratulations to you all.]When I stand in this House to speak on the final reading of a Treaty bill I am always very aware that with the passage of the bill history is being made. Today is the culmination of years and years of work. That work includes the fight for recognition as an iwi so that Ngāti Koroki Kahukura could negotiate with the Crown; the setting-up of various settlement trusts and post-settlement trusts; the engagement with and the voting of the iwi members themselves; and then of course more recently the renegotiations with the Crown around some of the public unease about the settlement deed itself. That process was pre-dated by decades and decades of pressure from subsequent generations dating back to the first Native Land Court cases in the mid-1860s and the iwi’s attempt to oppose the alienation from their land. I want to acknowledge all that work. I want to acknowledge the incredible persistence that has been needed to continue the fight against the injustices of the past and seek redress for the wrongs done by the Crown when at times it must have felt quite hopeless.It is clear from even a cursory reading of the settlement bill that grave wrongs were perpetuated against this iwi starting with the land-grabs in the 1850s and leading on to the confiscation after the Waikato Land Wars in 1863 and 1864 even though Ngāti Koroki Kahukura’s rangatira Tīoriori worked with the Crown for peace. The actions of the Crown in the 1860s and onwards into the early 20th century broke the collective ownership of Ngāti Koroki Kahukura’s land into smaller parcels which enabled the people to be alienated from the land. We all know that divide and conquer is a sure-fire method to break down the strength of the collective.The acknowledgment of the past in the bill outlines the process of that alienation in detail. At the start of the summary of the historical account in the bill in clause 8(1) it says: “During the 1840s and 1850s Ngāti Koroki Kahukura were a prosperous and flourishing people. Among other things they successfully traded with Europeans. However by the late 1850s there was rising tension over land alienations.” Later in the same clause in subclause (4) it says: “The combined impact of confiscation and the alienation of land for which the Native Land Court had awarded titles to individuals resulted in Ngāti Koroki Kahukura becoming virtually landless by the end of the twentieth century.” Then that impact is also outlined further on in the deed of settlement and in clause 8(8) of the bill where it says: “By 1950 many Ngāti Koroki Kahukura were migrating from their traditional rohe in search of better economic prospects. This disconnected many from their communities and local culture. Ngāti Koroki Kahukura consider that landlessness and social deprivation have contributed to the Crown not recognising them as an iwi in their own right.”This Treaty settlement bill offers financial and commercial redress of around $3 million and cultural redress amounting to around $3.23 million. Ngāti Koroki Kahukura went from having their own resources and land—having their own economic base—to virtual landlessness. Along the way they suffered the loss of their landscape their language and their wāhi tapu. They suffered the flooding of some of their sacred places for hydroelectric dams and 100 years ago at the start of World War I some of their people were arrested for resisting going to fight in that war. Their relationship with their awa Te Waikato and with their sacred maunga Maungatautari has been damaged and they have had difficulty accessing those sacred places.This bill addresses just a tiny fraction of what Ngāti Koroki Kahukura have endured and yet there are some New Zealanders who have no understanding of the history and who will declare this Treaty settlement and all Treaty settlements a gravy train. My response to that is to remind those people that in 2010 this Government bailed out South Canterbury Finance to the tune of $1.7 billion. This settlement is a drop in the bucket—and those people did not lose their land.Among those who have little understanding about the history of this nation is the Prime Minister. In his statement quite recently he said New Zealand was colonised peacefully and that Māori are grateful for the capital that the settlers brought to New Zealand. Ignorance is not bliss. Ignorance in these cases compounds the injuries that iwi have suffered over generations. The rosy 1950s myth of New Zealand as a leader in race relations is completely unfounded and needs to be debunked. Having the leader of our country perpetuate that rubbish is insulting in the extreme. There is no way that any iwi—and certainly not this iwi—would affirm that colonisation was a peaceful process. I ask the Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations to take his leader in hand and show him a Treaty bill.I recognise though that today is a day for Ngāti Koroki Kahukura to celebrate. Having said that I am compelled to state for the record the Greens’ position. We will be supporting this bill but we need to state that we do not believe that these are full and final settlements. We remain deeply uneasy that the Crown picks the winners and losers. It can pit Māori against Māori iwi against iwi and hapū against hapū and we fear that in doing so it will create more Treaty breaches. The Greens do not believe that it is full compensation and we must acknowledge the generosity of this iwi who will accept this settlement. They will work alongside other iwi the community and the councils to safeguard and protect their sacred places—Waikato and Maungatautari—and all the people of New Zealand benefit from that generosity.Nor do we believe that it is a final settlement. These are historical claims. That suggests that the past is done with but it is not. We cannot know what impact the past actions will have on future generations. We do understand that this settlement gives Ngāti Koroki Kahukura a start—an economic base that you can use to secure better opportunities for your people; a solid place to step forward into the future. I want to acknowledge the Treaty negotiation teams of both the iwi and the Crown for the work that they have done to bring the settlement to the House today.I want to finish with the last paragraph in the apology that is contained in the deed of settlement and in the bill itself. It says: “Ngāti Koroki Kahukura have a long tradition of seeking a positive relationship with the Crown and the Crown looks forward to renewing that tradition and building an enduring association of mutual trust and co-operation with Ngāti Koroki Kahukura that is based on respect for Te Tiriti o Waitangi and its principles.” We too have hope for a New Zealand where the Crown abides by the Treaty of Waitangi. The children and grandchildren of Ngāti Koroki Kahukura depend on that respect as do all our children. Tēnā koutou tēnā koutou tēnā koutou katoa.PITA PARAONE (NZ First):Ā tēnā koe e Te Mana Whakawā. Tēnā tātou o Te Whare aku tuākana ngā tuāhine hoki i tū ake i mua i a au ki te ‘hakatau i ēnei o ngā rangatira kua tae mai nei i waenganui i a tātou i te rā nei. Koutou o Ngāti Korokī Kahukura e Te Tumuaki koutou ngā kaikōrero ngā māngai ngā kaiārahi koutou hoki kua tae mai nei ki te ‘hakarongo i ngā kōrero i puta mai i tēnei wāhanga he wāhanga mutunga kia ‘hakamana tā koutou pire. Tua atu i tēnā e tika ana kia mihi atu ki tēnā o ngā whanaunga karanga maha i ngaro atu ki te tirohanga kanohi i te rā nei. I roto i ngā kōrero o rātou mā ki a koutou te wikitōria ēngari nā rātou te hōnore. Nō reira e tika ana te mihi atu ki tēnā o ngā rangatira a Wally me ērā atu. Me hoki te tuahine i ‘hakahuangia e Te Minita i te ata nei me ērā atu e kawe atu tēnei kaupapa mō koutou ki Te Whare nei. Nā reira e ngā mate haere hoki atu. Nā reira kua ea te wāhi mā rātou ka hoki mai ki a tātou te hunga ora nā reira tēnā koutou tēnā koutou tēnā koutou. Tēnā hoki koutou mō ō koutou whakaaro ki te whakaaengia i te pire nei ahakoa e tika ana te kōrero o taku tuakana ē te āhua nei kua tae mai a Hana Kōkō kua tukuna atu he rare. Kia aha tia? Kia aha tia? Ēngari ko te āhua o te kaupapa ko te āhua o te kaupapa. Nā reira tērā pea ka huri taku reo kia mōhio mai Te Kai’hakawā he aha rā ngā kōrero.[Thank you Mr Assistant Speaker and greetings to us all: the House my elder brethren and sister colleagues as well who stood before me to welcome these noble leaders who have arrived here amongst us today. You of Ngāti Korokī Kahukura the head speakers representatives and leaders as well who have arrived here to listen to the contributions that have emerged from this part the final reading to formalise your bill. Further to that it is appropriate that I pay a tribute to that one of the relatives of many callings who is gone and no longer seen today. According to the sayings of many ancestors the victory is yours but the honour is theirs. So it is apt indeed that I acknowledge Wally that of the esteemed elders and others. I go back to the sister mentioned by the Minister this morning along with the others who took this policy to the House on your behalf. So farewell to you the dead go back. The part to them is therefore fulfilled and so I come back to us the living.Greetings acknowledgments and congratulations to you collectively. Thank you also for your thoughts in terms of agreeing to this bill despite the comment by my elder cousin it seems like Santa Claus has arrived to hand out lollies but what will be done to them? What? But that is exactly what the nature of the policy is about. Therefore I should switch to English so that the Speaker understands what is being stated.]This bill rectifies the wrongs imposed by the Crown on Ngāti Koroki Kahukura. I do not want to go to great length in repeating the history that has brought this bill to this stage but I think it is only correct that we should make reference to the bill and its recording of the history of Ngāti Koroki Kahukura and the apology proffered by the Crown to this iwi.Why the apology? It is for the operation of the native land and public works legislation the failure of the Crown to protect the traditional tribal structures of the iwi the Crown’s failure to recognise and provide for their relationship to Maungatautari and the Waikato River and the Crown policies and laws that led to the economic social environmental and cultural degradation of the iwi.Today this House will pass into legislation the Ngāti Koroki Kahukura Claims Settlement Bill and New Zealand First will certainly be supporting this bill. I am aware that New Zealand First did not participate in either the first or the second stages of this bill but I am here today to ensure that we do participate in this stage.Like similar Treaty of Waitangi claims settlement legislation that has preceded this bill this is a combination of trial and tribulation. It is a trial and tribulation for those people involved in negotiating the terms of settlement and I have some sympathy for them because irrespective of what they have been able to negotiate with the Crown the people whom they represent will never be satisfied and rightly so—rightly so—but that is the challenge that negotiators have to make in this whole process.Not only have they had to contend with reaching an agreement with those representing the Crown but they have had the daunting task of getting the support of their iwi. We have heard today some of the reasons why there has been a reluctance on the part of iwi members not to be too overjoyed about accepting this settlement. But having said that I think it would be remiss of me not to acknowledge the Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations. The Minister has had to face those negotiators knowing full well that his purse will never be big enough but again we see in this bill an example of an iwi making a contribution to this country making a contribution of the resources they have had and cherished for centuries. I make reference to Maungatautari and the sharing of the management of that sacred mountain with the rest of the community. Also we see the sharing of the responsibility for the care of the Waikato River.The Waikato-Tainui Raupatu Claims (Waikato River) Settlement Act of 2010 and the Ngāti Tuwharetoa Raukawa and Te Arawa River Iwi Waikato River Act of 2010 provide very important mechanisms for the care and well-being of the Waikato River and therein lies the blueprint for both the iwi and the community through the district council or local body to be able to work together to make our environment a better place to live in.So I say to Ngāti Koroki Kahukura today that I acknowledge the time and effort you have put into seeing this bill to fruition and more important the sacrifices you have made along the way. I say to you that if you thought this journey has been difficult the one you take from this day forth will be fraught with as many challenges as you have had to face so far. As my tūpuna our tūpuna have always said to us in Ngāti Hine: “You’ve come too far not to keep going. You’ve done too much not to do more.”I say to the leadership and I quote my father on this which he said when I was elected to be chairman of that great rūnunga Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Hine—Ron Mark: You had to get it in eh?PITA PARAONE: —yes—“Always look behind you because you have to ask yourself: if there is no one there then who are you leading?”.Koi nā te wero! Koi nā te wero mō koutou ngā kai’hakahaere kia anga mua tēnei kaupapa hei painga mō koutou. Nā reira e kore e tōroa ēnei tū ēngari tū ake tēnei ki te tautoko ngā kōrero i kōrerohia i mua i a au. E tika ana hoki kia tukuna atu ngā mihi ngā manaakitanga o Te Runga Rawa ki runga i a koutou. Ngā mihi ngā āwhero nui mō te tau hou. Nā reira tēnā koutou tēnā koutou kia ora mai anō tātou.[That is the challenge. That is the challenge for you administrators to ensure this settlement goes forward to benefit you collectively. And so I will not prolong these sentiments by standing any longer but I rose to endorse the contributions by those before me. It is appropriate as well to acknowledge the Almighty above for His kindness upon us. Best wishes and aspirations for the new year. So greetings congratulations to you and all of us thank you.]JOANNE HAYES (National):Tēnā koe e Te Mana Whakawā. Te Kīngi Tūheitia tēnā koe e te rangatira. Ngā whānau ngā hapū rau rangatira mā ngā kui ngā koro o te iwi Ngāti Korokī Kahukura. Ka nunui te mihi atu ki a koutou ā  nau mai haere mai. Ngā mema o Te Whare Pāremata tēnā koutou.[Thank you Mr Speaker. Greetings to you King Tūheitia esteemed leader families sub tribes many leaders and the elderly women and men of the Ngāti Koroki Kahukura tribe a huge welcome to you and so welcome welcome greetings to you the members of Parliament House.]I stand to take a brief call on this bill this very important bill. I want to say that I was very disappointed in the kōrero of our Green member because today whānau is a day of celebration for Ngāti Koroki Kahukura. Today is your day and we are here to celebrate with you not to dredge up and talk very unsavoury kōrero to you. I also want to say to you that in listening to our previous speaker the member Pita Paraone he is right. The pockets of the Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations are only so big and I know that we all want it to be much bigger than it is but that is where it is. I think that the Minister and the iwi negotiators need to be congratulated because this has been a tough process for everybody—for absolutely everybody—but we have managed to get to this point the point of celebration.People start to talk in this House about drops in buckets but I can tell you that from a drop comes the rain and from the rain comes the moana and the awa. That is how I look at the claims settlement process. We started with a drop in 2012 with the first signing of this deed and we end today with the beautiful rain that spreads over all of you. That is the rain of your future. That will be the future of the mokopuna. It is what you do with it from here on out that makes the difference. I must say that I do support the Minister and the hard work that he has done for all the iwi of this country. He will continue to do that until every single Treaty settlement is settled in this House. That is the commitment of this Government and the commitment to everybody. So I say forget about the detractors. Close our ears. Let us look forward. Let us grow our iwi. Let us grow all iwi. We are the future. You are the future. When I look at the pēpi and I look at the hapū women who walk around our streets and our country that is our future. That is what we need to talk about. So I am very humbled to stand here today to support the Ngāti Koroki Kahukura Claims Settlement Bill.The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Lindsay Tisch): I understand the next call is a split call. Meka Whaitiri—5 minutes.MEKA WHAITIRI (Labour—Ikaroa-Rāwhiti):Tēnā koe Mr Assistant Speaker. Ā tēnā tātou katoa ngā mema o te Whare nei. Ngāti Korokī Kahukura e te iwi e ngā pākeke e ngā rangatahi nau mai nau mai hara mai. Nau mai hara mai ki tō tātau Whare Te Whare Mīere o Aotearoa. He mihi maioha he mihi mahana ki a koutou katoa nō reira tēnā tātau.[Thank you Mr Assistant Speaker. Greetings to us all members of this House and to you Ngāti Korokī Kahukura to the tribe elders and young people welcome welcome welcome. Welcome draw near to our House of Representatives of New Zealand. A sincere and warm welcome to you and all of us.Thank you.]I bring warm greetings from Te Tai Rāwhiti from Ngāti Kahungunu from Rangitāne and from Te Ātiawa—the iwi who make up the electorate that I proudly represent Ikaroa Rāwhiti. I stand here proudly to acknowledge the mahi and the passage of this very important bill the Ngāti Koroki Kahukura Claims Settlement Bill in its third and final reading.Can I please acknowledge those who have travelled long distances to join in this great day of celebration to acknowledge the work that many of your people have done who are no longer amongst us. I acknowledge the tipuna who have passed on and may they sleep well. I want to also acknowledge particularly the rangatahi the mokopuna whose mahi we are here for so that when they come into their own it is a better place than when we inherited it. So I want to acknowledge the rangatahi the tauira I see in the gallery to be witness to the passing of this important piece of legislation.Forty years ago in 1974 the Labour Prime Minister at the time Norman Kirk spoke at Waitangi with a special message for all New Zealanders when he said: “… we are a distinctive nation unlike any other in the world. And this is so largely because Maoritanga—the history the culture the life-style of the Maori—is woven as rich gleaming threads in the fabric of our society.” Those words were true in 1974 they remain as true today and Labour stands for a strong enduring relationship between the Crown and Māori.I want to spend the short time I have in acknowledging the day today by talking about a particular place that is dear to these people and that is Lake Karapiro and to share my affinity with that particular lake since the early 1990s from mid-January I have always made a hīkoi to Lake Karapiro. I was a member of the Māori Affairs Committee in the 50th Parliament and we went to Karapiro to hear the submissions on this particular bill. It was the first time I have ever been back to Lake Karapiro when I did not actually have a paddle. So I stand here to acknowledge the contribution that that place plays in the fabric of the waka ama nation across Aotearoa.I have to say that many many years ago when I first went Te Tai Rāwhiti groups from Horouta Marae used to clean up all the races but in recent years I have to acknowledge that the Waikato clubs have now come into their own and we are lucky even to get a medal. So I want to acknowledge the special place that Lake Karapiro has particularly in my heart and I acknowledge the good people of Koroki Kahukura who manaaki us when we come there—who look after us. I know that my sister Nanaia talked about the rowing capital being Lake Karapiro but I also want to acknowledge the significant way that the people of Koroki Kahukura look after the waka ama whānau when we arrive at your lake. Can I acknowledge you and can I also say perhaps Rowing New Zealand could take a leaf out of the book of waka ama about how we manaaki our visitors to your beautiful lake.With that small contribution can I say thank you to the Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations for getting us to this point and to all the negotiators including my whanaunga Willie and his lovely wife Linda. We can say things like that when you are whanaunga; you cannot change whom you are related to. To all the negotiators to the Office of Treaty Settlements and to all officials I say nō reira e te iwi. Tēnā koutou tēnā koutou tēnā tātou katoa.LOUISA WALL (Labour—Manurewa):Kia ora e Te Māngai o Te Whare. E ngā mana e ngā reo rau rangatira mā ngā whānau o Ngāti Korokī Kahukura me Ngāti Haua tēnā koutou tēnā koutou tēnā tātau katoa.[Thank you Mr Assistant Speaker and welcome to the authorities dialects many leaders and families of Ngāti Korokī Kahukura and Ngāti Hauā. Welcome welcome. I congratulate us all.]Today is always a day of mixed emotion. It is an emotional day because it is a day that Ngāti Koroki Kahukura looks back at how they have arrived at this point in time. It interesting to note that we are over 155 years since our Native Land Acts and our Māori Land Wars. We are nearly 40 years since the Waitangi Tribunal was established under the Treaty of Waitangi Act. In fact it was 20 years ago in 1994 that Wally Papa and others put their Wai claims before the Crown. They were Wai 1294 and Wai 1494. So today is the beginning; it is not an end. Today is a day where as a whānau I think that all those memories come flooding back. Adrian Rurawhe and I were just sitting here admiring the strength and the resilience of your iwi Ngāti Koroki Kahukura because the challenges that were faced over the years to get to this point in time have been ones where I think we ourselves have had to go through processes that the Crown has established to get your mandate to get your negotiating team to negotiate with the Crown. What I always appreciate about this process is the strength and resilience of our iwi.We come and go. I am in my second term here. In the 50th Parliament I was a proud member of the Māori Affairs Committee. In this term I am not a member of the Māori Affairs Committee but I am a proud Māori member of this House of Parliament and I am a proud member of Labour’s Māori caucus. What you need to know is that this Treaty settlement space is actually one where we do have consensus across the House and that all of us in this House want to work with iwi as fast as we can to give I guess formal recognition to your status. When I look at these bills for me it is always the statutory acknowledgments that take my eye. Those statutory acknowledgments are actually about the Crown recognising the mana of the tangata whenua and it is upon that relationship that I think we have clarity going forward because we see you as an equal partner under the statutory acknowledgment space. We see that our mana whenua actually do have rights and responsibilities in consenting and resource management issues so for me that is the platform in terms of the relationship that provides the most clarity about our status as the mana whenua the tangata whenua—the indigenous people—of Aotearoa New Zealand.I always stand here with I guess the humbleness that comes from being in this House of Parliament and I am privileged to be part of this Treaty settlement process. I want to acknowledge and thank the strength and the mana of our iwi for getting us as a country to this point in time because without your generosity we would not be in a place where actually we are in a truth and reconciliation process. We can move forward and look forward with tremendous pride about and appreciation for the contribution that I know you have made and that you will make as an iwi to the development of our nation.To all our kaumātua and our kuia thank you for being the pōu and for being there to lead the way for the rangatahi. I do want to acknowledge as my colleague Meka Whaitiri did our mokopuna and our tamariki who are here because I think the legacy that we are creating actually holds us in good stead for the future. I am going to be really excited about how Ngāti Koroki Kahukura uses this settlement process to achieve the dreams and aspirations that I know you have been planning since 2010. I have looked on the website and I want to congratulate you on the engagement that you have had with your people to take them on this journey. Nō reira tēnā koutou tēnā koutou tēnā tātou katoa.BRETT HUDSON (National):It is indeed a privilege to stand and take this short call in the third reading of this bill. Allow me to acknowledge Ngāti Koroki Kahukura. With settlements such as these it is important and appropriate that they recognise the wrongs in the past of our country and that they seek to make right those wrongs. In doing so they also help to strengthen the partnership between the Crown and Māori. Settlements help iwi across the country unlock economic potential and boost regional and provincial productivity. It is important in addressing the wrongs that we provide that capability to iwi and it is completely in keeping with this Government’s priority to build a more competitive and productive economy. It is our wish and our hope that through this settlement and through the other settlements we have made Māori will be able to fully participate in that growing and more productive economy.I would also like to acknowledge the Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations the Hon Christopher Finlayson along with all the iwi across New Zealand who have been willing and able to enter into settlement negotiations. It is his drive and his determination that has seen 48 deeds of settlement signed since November 2008 and an outlook that by 2017 all willing and able iwi should have deeds of settlement completed. It is indeed an honour to be a participant no matter how small in these proceedings. I think that by looking back acknowledging the wrongs of the past and seeking to put them right we actually clear the way to a better future for all New Zealand. I commend this bill to the House.ADRIAN RURAWHE (Labour—Te Tai Hauāuru):Ā tēnā koe e Te Māngai o Te W’are otirā e pīrangi ana au kia tuku mihi atu ki a rātou anō ’oki e Te Māngai o Te W’are. Nō reira ki a koutou Ngāti Korokī Kahukura anei a ’au te tuku mi’i atu ki a koutou katoa kua tae mai ki Te W’are nei i tēnei rā. Kei te mi’i atu a au ki a koutou mō ō koutou ka’a ō koutou māia o koutou pono anō ’oki kia w’akatau’ia tēnei kerēme. Nō reira tēnei te mi’i. Kei te mi’i ‘oki au ki a koe e Te Tumuaki tēnā koe otirā ki te mauri o Te Motu ki a Kīngi Tūheitia. Tēnei te mi’i ake ki a ia. Nō reira tēnā tātou katoa.[Thank you to the Speaker of the House but at the same time I would like to acknowledge them as well. And so to you Ngāti Korokī Kahukura here I am acknowledging you all who have arrived in this House today. I salute you for your strength resilience and faith as well also to settle this claim and so my congratulations. I acknowledge you the head greetings but at the same time how vital the essence of the country is to King Tūheitia. I salute him and therefore us all.]I join with my colleagues in acknowledging all of the people who have arrived here today to hear the third reading of the Ngāti Koroki Kahukura Claims Settlement Bill. I want to acknowledge all of the contributions from members today. It is indeed one of the occasions when the House speaks with one voice usually on the passing of settlement bills. Today I want to acknowledge in particular the Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations Christopher Finlayson for the work that he has done and also the negotiators of this settlement. From experience I know that this is not an easy task and it does take a long time. As my colleague Louisa Wall has said the original claim was made 20 years ago so a lot of people have worked very hard to get to this stage.I want to also acknowledge those who have passed on. In 20 years it is without a doubt that people who have made huge commitments to this legislation will have passed on. In particular I want to acknowledge Wally Papa and others as well for the work that they have done on this settlement.I have read a number of historical accounts in deeds of settlement and what never ceases to amaze me is the resilience of our people. It never ceases to amaze me as well that in each and every one of them—or at least in most of them—there are words to the effect that this iwi has become virtually landless. This is an issue that certainly drives most iwi in wanting to settle their historical claims. It is usually all about the land. In this particular bill I want to particularly acknowledge Maungatautari. This has huge interest for Ngāti Koroki Kahukura. I want to acknowledge the innovative mechanism that has been produced and agreed by both the Crown and Ngāti Koroki Kahukura to see that this taonga this special place is indeed looked after not only for the iwi but also the wider community. I have to say that that is a huge gift from Ngāti Koroki Kahukura an act of generosity towards both the community and also Aotearoa.The Native Land Court awarded that particular land to individuals and of course individuals had the right to sell that land which they eventually did. Of course those kinds of acts the omissions of the Crown and the legislation that was in place at that time all contributed to the ongoing land loss. As it states in the deed of settlement by the end of the 20th century Ngāti Koroki Kahukura were deemed to be virtually landless. This piece of legislation begins to heal that issue. It does not in itself resolve the whole issue. There are many many years to come I think before Ngāti Koroki Kahukura progress to a point where they can stand up proudly and say that things have been resolved. This is a beginning not an end.I want to acknowledge the contribution from Denise Roche. I want to say it in this way though: at a particular time I think every iwi that has settled will re-examine their settlement. I think it is incumbent upon future generations—and I mihi to the rangatahi who are in attendance here today—that they do revisit these Treaty settlements. There are issues like relativity which will be difficult to really achieve until every single iwi has settled their claims. I would put it this way: it would be difficult to express relativity between a settlement made 20 years ago and one made today. There are mechanisms within each of those settlements—for example the purchase of Crown properties. I would certainly want to be paying land prices of 20 years ago rather than land prices today. That contributes to the relativity of each individual claim. I think it will be one that will be raised in the future. I will not go so far as to say that this claim is not full and final. That is for the lawyers to decide in the future. But I would suggest to each and every rangatahi in the gallery today that they should take note of these proceedings. They should take note and remember this day as a special day but one that also provides them with an opportunity to relook at where they are in the future.I want to also mention the cultural redress items within this settlement. The statutory acknowledgments mentioned by my colleague Louisa Wall are very good instruments I believe. However I think they could be extended further into the future than they are. Also the deeds of recognition provide a multitude of management mechanisms over certain land as well. The letters of introduction are a very important part of developing relationships moving into the future. We have already heard from the Hon Nanaia Mahuta about the strong relationship-building capability of Ngāti Koroki Kahukura. These letters are important but they provide an opportunity that can be fully utilised only from the point of view of the receiver of the letter. What I am saying in that is that I encourage those ministries those departments to actually put real effort into making good relationships with Ngāti Koroki Kahukura. From my experience that is not always the case. Nō reira ka mutu taku kōrero i konei otirā kai te mi’i atu anō ki a koutou Ngāti Korokī Kahukura mō ō koutou kaha kia ’ara mai mō tēnei rā whakahirahira tēnei te mi’i atu ki a koutou katoa oti noa puta noa i Te W’are nei tēnā tātau.Nō reira ka mutu taku kōrero i konei otirā kai te mi’i atu anō ki a koutou Ngāti Korokī Kahukura mō ō koutou kaha kia ’ara mai mō tēnei rā whakahirahira tēnei te mi’i atu ki a koutou katoa oti noa puta noa i Te W’are nei tēnā tātau.[So I conclude my contribution herebut at the same time acknowledge you once again Ngāti Korokī Kahukura for your efforts to come here for this important day. I congratulate you and thank us all as well throughout this House.]SCOTT SIMPSON (National—Coromandel):As a Pākehā New Zealander it gives me enormous pleasure and pride to be the last speaker in this momentous historic debate. I wish to greet those who have come from so far to be here today to witness what is a momentous step forward not just for the iwi but for all New Zealanders and part of an ongoing programme of Treaty settlements. I wish to acknowledge the remarkable hard work and spirit of energy that the Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations the Hon Chris Finlayson brings to these settlement negotiations.I wish to briefly acknowledge those who have contributed so much in terms of negotiating this settlement which is of such significance. It is a way forward and it is a way forward that acknowledges those who have gone before. And so as we come to the conclusion of this formal debate and the passing of this special piece of legislation it is my absolute pleasure to commend the bill to the House and to the country.Bill read a third time.WaiataNgāti Hauā Claims Settlement BillThird ReadingHon CHRISTOPHER FINLAYSON (Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations):I move That the Ngāti Hauā Claims Settlement Bill be now read a third time. I want to welcome the Tumuaki the people of Ngāti Hauā and their supporters to this great occasion the third reading of their bill. Nau mai haere mai ki tēnei Whare o tātou. I greet those watching and listening elsewhere and of course I want to acknowledge the people of Ngāti Hauā who have since passed on and cannot be here today to mark this achievement: moe mai rā.Today is a very important day in the history of Ngāti Hauā and this country as we settle this great iwi’s remaining non-raupatu historical claims. The settlement represents the culmination of six generations of work beginning with the rangatira Wīremu Tamihana Tarapīpipi Te Waharoa and continuing today with the actions of Ānaru Thompson the Tumuaki of Ngāti Hauā. The Crown recognises the long and heavy burden this iwi has shouldered in pursuing justice for the wrongs of the Crown so I congratulate them on their decision to settle their claims against the Crown and it is my hope that the settlement heralds the beginning of a new relationship between the Crown and Ngāti Hauā based on the principles of the Treaty.We have arrived at this milestone because of the strong leadership and the commitment of Ānaru Thompson of Lance Rāpana and the other trustees of the Ngāti Hauā Iwi Trust as well as Mr Willie Te Aho who worked on the settlement for Ngāti Hauā. Ngāti Hauā approached the Crown in 2012 with a settlement proposal that demonstrated their vision and their pragmatism and I still remember that day in Bill English’s office where they said they wanted to get settlement in 7 months. It was a Tui advert kind of moment. They walked out and we said: “Yeah right!”. Well a deed of settlement was signed just 7 months later because they were utterly committed to the task.This settlement is special not just because it is the fastest Treaty settlement; it is special because it has all the hallmarks of what the Treaty partners were aiming for in signing the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840. It is a partnership that is courageous it is pragmatic it is future-focused with strong leadership and it is able to harness its collective strength to work for the mutual benefit of two peoples who do want to do something extraordinary regardless of what people may hear in this Chamber from time to time. This settlement set a new standard in the resolution of Treaty claims. I want to thank my parliamentary colleagues past and present who have worked on this settlement: the Deputy Prime Minister the Hon Kate Wilkinson the Hon Louise Upston the Hon Nanaia Mahuta and—without bringing you into the debate Mr Assistant Speaker Tisch—you and the Hon Nick Smith. I want to thank the Matamata-Piako District Council the Waipā District Council and the Waikato Regional Council for their contributions to this settlement. I also want to acknowledge the various agencies of Government involved in the negotiations who fully embraced what we were trying to achieve. I do not need to remind you Mr Assistant Speaker that Ngāti Hauā is an eastern Waikato iwi represented in these negotiations by the Ngāti Hauā Iwi Trust.The people of Ngāti Hauā descend from their ancestor Hauā and they affiliate to the Tainui waka. Their customary rohe spans from Te Aroha and Te Rapa in the north moving south to Te Weraiti and to Maungatautari. The deed of settlement is the final settlement of all historical Treaty claims of Ngāti Hauā resulting from acts or omissions by the Crown prior to 21 September 1992. The raupatu claims of Ngāti Hauā were settled through the Waikato-Tainui Raupatu Claims Settlement Act of 1995 and the Waikato-Tainui Raupatu Claims (Waikato River) Settlement Act. The settlement addresses the non-raupatu historical claims of Ngāti Hauā not settled by earlier settlements. The Crown recognised the mandate of the trust in December 2012 and as I said the agreement in principle was signed on 19 February 2013. The bill gives effect to the undertakings by the Crown in the deed signed by the parties on 24 May 2013. The settlement provides financial commercial and cultural redress. The settlement also acknowledges where Crown acts and omissions have breached the Treaty and its principles including the operation and impact of the native land laws on Ngāti Hauā the Crown’s purchase of Ngāti Hauā land in disregard of the collective decision of the owners not to sell and the cumulative effect of the Crown’s actions and omissions leaving Ngāti Hauā with insufficient land for their present and their future needs.The settlement acknowledges paramount chief Wīremu Tamihana’s historical fight for justice in the wake of the Waikato war and raupatu. On several occasions he petitioned Parliament detailing the injustice of the war to seek recognition for the harm done to his people and to find a pragmatic way to move forward. In his third and final petition Tamihana referred to his great darkness and sorrow of heart and stated that he had travelled to Wellington in the hope that the great weight upon him might be lifted. Following his death his second son carried on his fight for justice. The role of tumuaki is a historic role and it is a hereditary role. It encompasses significant political and spiritual functions for Ngāti Hauā and the Kingitanga and it is pivotal to the Ngāti Hauā identity. Wīremu Tamihana and successive tumuaki sought a pragmatic way forward on behalf of their people so I am honoured to stand in this House and work with other members to make amends for the past and to move forward into the future.The deed of settlement envisages a new mutually mana-enhancing relationship between the tumuaki and the Crown. In setting out to achieve a new relationship the settlement provides unique redress that includes meetings with the Crown the tumuaki and Ngāti Hauā to occur on an annual basis. A special feature of the settlement is a relationship agreement between Ngāti Hauā the Department of Internal Affairs and Te Papa in respect of the restoration and protection of Te Kauhanganui o Mahuta. This is a whare taonga and it is a monument at that beautiful Rukumoana Marae dedicated to the establishment of the Māori Parliament and it holds a very impressive collection of taonga.The loss Ngāti Hauā suffered can never be fully compensated for by the Crown and much of what was lost simply cannot be returned. However the people of Ngāti Hauā have graciously agreed to accept the redress contained in the deed of settlement and in so doing I acknowledge their generosity towards this land. I certainly do look forward to a strong relationship in the future. That is one of the reasons why this Government has established a Post Settlement Commitments Unit to ensure that the Crown keeps its promises—not just tomorrow but in the years to come. I can say this: the National Party and the Labour Party understand the importance of this because they have experience in Government and down through the generations successive Governments of whatever hue have done their best to address these issues. I think of names like Ngata Hanan Rata Horomia—whose book by a good National Party person was launched last night—Graham Bolger and Cullen. These are people who regardless of political affiliation have done their best to address these issues. There are those who can simply snipe on the sidelines because that is all they have to offer. They may be very pleased with their moral superiority but actually they contribute nothing; they never do.Tomorrow we hold the Waikato-Waipā River iwi fora and both sides in the language of the diplomats are going to have a full and frank discussion. I will be meeting with Maniapoto Waikato-Tainui Raukawa and other iwi and we will be addressing issues arising out of their settlements over the river and other matters. It will not be quite frankly a “Kumbaya” love-in. There will be some pretty straight talking. But that is as it should be—straight talking on both sides because both sides want this to work. It is all very well to come down here and snipe and exhibit one’s great moral superiority. But that means nothing. The proof of the pudding is in this kind of meeting as both parties understand it. I commend the bill to the House.Hon NANAIA MAHUTA (Labour—Hauraki-Waikato):Anei anō te pai te āhuareka te nohotahi o ngā tēina me ngā tuākana i raro i te whakaaro kotahi. Nō reira e Te Tumuaki koutou o Ngāti Hauā kei reira te nako o ngā taonga i waihotia ki waenganui i a koutou mō tātou o Waikato taua taonga o te whakapono. Tēnā kāre pea e tino mārama ngā tokomaha o tēnei Whare ki ngā hua ō tā koutou tūtukitanga kerēme. Te āhuatanga o Te Kaipupuru o te taonga me ngā mahi hei whakawāhi i taua āhuatanga kei runga i a koutou i a Ngāti Haua tērā te wāhanga ki te pire arā ngā kōrero e pā ana ki ngā tiaki i tō tātou Tumuaki ngā wāhanga katoa o taua mahi te āhuatanga ki tō tātou Kauhanganui me ērā whāinga o ngā mātua tūpuna ki te mana motuhake Māori taua taonga mō tātou katoa te motu e whāia ana i tērā hiahia. Me te mōhio anō kei roto kei waenganui i a koutou me ngā whakatipuranga ngā kōrero hōhonu e pā ana ki taua whāinga o te here i ō tātou iwi ki tēnei taonga o Te Kīngitanga. Pai kē kia waihotia ētehi o ngā whakamārama ki roto i te reo Pākehā ēngari ko te nuinga o ngā kōrero ka waihotia ki roto i te kokonga o te ngākau. Nō reira kei a koutou tērā Ngāti Hauā.E tika ana me mihi atu ki Te Minita me te ū o tōna kaha ki tēnei hiahia kia tutuki ngā kerēme tiriti. Ēhara tōna huarahi he huarahi māmā. E pātōtō te tokomaha i runga i tōna kuaha me ngā kōrero hei wero atu ki a ia i mua i muri hoki. Pai kē tērā! Koi nā te āhuatanga o tēnei mahi ēngari he kōrero poto i roto i tō tātou nei Reo Māori mō taua āhuatanga te maha o ngā hua o tēnei tutukitanga kei roto i te kokonga o te ngākau kua kite au i tērā! Waimarie au i tae atu ki tērā marae o Rukumoana mō te hainatanga o tā koutou tutukitanga me te mīharo anō ki te kite i te tokomaha o ngā rangatahi i puta mai me ō rātou koa ō rātou hari ki te whakaputa whakaaro ki mua i te aroaro o te iwi i taua wā. Waimarie mātou ki te kite i tērā![How pleasant and nice it is for the younger and elder brethren to live together in unison. And so to you the Head and you of Ngāti Hauā the angst over the effects left amongst you for us of Waikato is there in that treasure of faith. Perhaps not a lot of this House are very clear about the outcomes of your settlement claim in regards to the situation of the keeper of effects and operational functions to devolve that situation. That responsibility is on you Ngāti Hauā insofar as the part relating to the bill—in other words the details about protecting our Head all parts of that function; the situation relating to our trustee; and those ancestral forefathers’ objectives in terms of Māori autonomy—that treasure for us all of the nation who are seeking that desire. I am quite aware that you have amongst you and the following generations some deep knowledge about the aspiration of strengthening the connections of our people to our prized treasure the Kīngitanga. It is better that some explanations be left in English but most of it should be left in the corners of the heart. So that is over to you Ngāti Hauā. That is apt.I acknowledge the Minister and the strength of his commitment to settle Treaty claims. His path is not an easy one. Many will be knocking on his door with remarks that will challenge him directly or indirectly. Thatis fine.It is the nature of this jobbuta brief comment about it in Māori. Many outcomes of this settlement are in the corners of the heart. Iwitnessed that.Luckilyfor meI got to the signing of your settlement at thatmaraeof Rukumoana and was amazedonce againto seehow many young people appeared with their elation and delightkeento express their views before the tribe on that occasion. We were fortunate to witness that.]Mr Assistant Speaker Tisch like you as the local member and like my friend Sue Moroney who lives in Tauwhare as you well know we are very pleased to be able to support the passage of this particular bill. There is so much more to it than what we can say on paper but let it be known that the aspirations of Ngāti Hauā—as you too would agree Minister Finlayson—like those of Ngāti Koroki Kahukura are aspirations that have been forged over a long period of time. In fact their settlement experience has spanned some 20 years in relation to the Waikato settlement the raupatu settlement and the river settlement so I am absolutely confident that the nature of the negotiating conversation that you had with both Ngāti Hauā and Ngāti Koroki Kahukura brought with it that 20 years of experience and expectation of what could be achieved.We have to consider that within the context of what is happening within the broader review of Waikato-Tainui. They are reviewing the governance of the entity. The two settlements that have been reached today will undoubtedly put greater expectations on how Waikato-Tainui become relevant today and tomorrow to the aspirations of Hauā and Koroki Kahukura within the Waikato iwi collective as it can actually achieve far greater things now that these discrete and important settlements have been achieved.Can I say that this was a very speedy settlement. Everybody gasped at the thought of having such a fast settlement put through but actually all the elements are right there. I had the pleasure of attending some of the hui that were held in Ngāti Hauā as a lot of extensive discussions were happening around how to form the marae and the hapū within Hauā in relation to the settlement in relation to what was happening back in Waikato and in relation to the future opportunities the settlement provided to the people of Hauā. There would be none short for hui which were held on a fairly regular basis—around about 60 people turning up. Anybody who goes to their own marae committee meeting knows that is a huge feat in some communities but that was a regular kind of expectation within Hauā. So that gave me great confidence that despite the speed at which this settlement was reached the intent had probably spanned a far longer period of time with a greater maturity of conversation about the intent of outcome.The rangatahi in Hauā in particular have a beautiful kura kaupapa there that holds on to the many rich and vibrant stories as well as the local schools. We can only but use that as an opportunity to say here are the hallmarks of opportunity arising out of settlements when we have the ability for Hauā to not only have their rights and interests recognised within their rohe but to be able to tell those stories through the education system. There was a time there when our own local histories were never told. Now it is an absolute reality and expectation of a modern education system and we see examples of that amongst Hauā.I wanted to make a brief comment on the letters of introduction because Minister you too highlighted that point. It is an opportunity to forge a new type of relationship with Government departments. Many iwi have come to this House and said: “Well the faces on the other side of the table change on a fairly regular basis but we are always the same face on this side of the table.” One might only hope and expect that the continuity of knowledge that is transmitted from iwi to the Crown in terms of monitoring against expectations and the terms of settlements can be retained within the post-settlement unit. I am sure that is the expectation of Hauā.The ability to restore Te Kauwhanganui at this particular point in time is a comment that I really want to focus on. On 20 December we will be celebrating 20 years since the Waikato-Tainui raupatu settlement was achieved. Much of the contribution of the elements of that settlement were shaped by many of the kaumātua who are from Hauā but Te Kauwhanganui in particular is the name right now of the modern governing house if you like of Waikato-Tainui. The relevance is not lost on me that as the modernising of Waikato-Tainui’s governance structure and the gifting back of the name to Hauā happens over this period of time so too will the restoration of Te Kauwhanganui be happening. I think it is absolutely coming together at the right time for the right reasons.Can I say that within Te Kauwhanganui there is a rich history of all the parliamentary-type meetings that occurred since the establishment of that particular whare. I hope that some of the future relationships in terms of the national archives and in terms of the restoration of significant historical documents of nationwide significance can be the type of partnership that we might see out of this particular settlement. This is a small and discrete settlement. It is one that adds value to what Hauā is already doing but it also raises expectations within a community where Hauā engages with no less than four district councils and a regional council.It also leverages for Hauā a real opportunity to have a say in the ongoing preservation of and caring for the environment: the Hauraki Gulf; the Sea Change project an integrated marine plan where the Waihou flows into the Hauraki; the integrated river-catchment plan where Hauā have many vested interests; the ongoing care of reserves and conservation areas where Hauā have many vested interests; and the ongoing care of reserves and conservation areas where Hauā absolutely assert their connection and relationship with the lands around them. Hauā is a place where rich horticultural activity has always occurred and will continue to occur. I hope that as a culmination of this particular settlement we will once again continue to see Hauā thrive and prosper in such a way that the next generation knows that it has had great tūpuna who have made great tracks for them to follow.Nō reira i raro i tērā paku korero e Te Tumuaki ka waihotia i mua i tō aroaro ki tō iwi i tēnei wā hei tāpiri atu ki tērā o ngā tino whāinga kia ea tērā hiahia te mana motuhake o Te Iwi Māori i tēnei wā tēnā koutou katoa.[And so further to that brief statement to you the Head I leave it before the tribe at this point in time and add it to the other one of the key objectives to achieve autonomy for Māoridom in this time frame. Thank you. My appreciation to you all.]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.ADRIAN RURAWHE (Labour—Te Tai Hauāuru):Kāti rā tēnā anō tātou. Otirā anei a’au e tuku mi’i atu ki a Ngāti Hauā kua tae mai i tēnei rā w’akahirahira mō tēnei pānuitanga o tēnei pire. Nō reira tēnei te mi’i atu ki a koutou ki a koe anō hoki e Te Tumuaki tēnei hoki te mihi ki a koe i roto i ngā manaakitanga o rātou mā i te wā’i ngaro. E tika hoki kia huri atu ki te mi’i atu anō ki te ā’uatanga ki a rātou mā kua wehe atu. Nō reira rātou katoa anei a’au te tuku atu te reo poroporoaki ki a rātou. Nō reira ki a tātou katoa ngā mema katoa o Te W’are nei tēnei te mi’i atu. Nō reira e Te Māngai o te W’are tēnā koe.[Well greetings to us once again but at the same time here I am acknowledging Ngāti Hauā who have arrived here on this important day for the reading of this bill.So I salute you collectively and you as well the Head. I particularly acknowledge you through the generosity of those in the unseen realm. It is appropriate as well that I turn to acknowledge the circumstances that pertain to them and others who have departed. I therefore farewell them. To us all members of this House I greet you and so thank you Mr Assistant Speaker of the House.]It is indeed an honour to speak on this bill. I have read through the historical account in the deed of settlement and what it highlights to me is the ongoing action of Ngāti Hauā to address the breaches of the Treaty of Waitangi. We have already heard from members about the actions of Wīremu Tamihana. I want to pay attention particularly to the deeds of his son Tupu Taingakawa. Can I read an extract from the historical account: “In the early decades of the twentieth century Tupu Taingakawa continued to petition and protest for the rights of all Māori under the Treaty to be upheld by the Crown securing nearly 30000 signatures to one petition. In 1909 Tupu Taingakawa presented this petition to the Government. The Government denied the allegations levelled that the Crown had breached the Treaty of Waitangi including through its confiscation of Waikato land during the 1860s.”It carries on to say: “When Mahuta died in 1912 his son Te Rata was anointed as King by Tupu Taingakawa as the Tumuaki. In 1914 Taingakawa and King Te Rata travelled to London in the hope of gaining redress for their grievances from the British Crown. The pair was introduced to King George V and Queen Mary but their appeal was referred back to the New Zealand Government. … In 1924 Tupu Taingakawa returned to London this time in the company of the prophet Tahupotiki Wiremu Ratana. They were denied the opportunity to present their petition (signed by 34000 people) to King George V but subsequently travelled to Geneva in the hope that the League of Nations would intervene to secure justice for the Māori people. The petition along with a copy of the Treaty of Waitangi and a huia feather and kiwi cloak was deposited with the League of Nations by Tupu Taingakawa.”I mention these because they show ongoing action to address the breaches of the Treaty of Waitangi. It is an honour for me to stand and speak to this particular bill because of those connections between Tainui the Kīngitanga and Rātana. The name Tupu Taingakawa is very well-known in the place that I come from—Rātana. It is a huge-ish thing to get a petition of 30000 people today in 2014 with all of the technology that we have available to us. But imagine in 1909 a gentleman by the name of Tupu Taingakawa was able to collect 30000 signatures and to then again be part of another petition some 10 years later to collect another 34000 signatures. This represented a huge number of the Māori population at that time and it should be acknowledged in this House again that these petitions are finally being addressed today.I want to acknowledge the negotiators of this Treaty settlement. I want to acknowledge the tenacity the fortitude and the resilience of the Ngāti Hauā people over a period of more than 160 years to get to settlement today. I greet each and every one of you who has arrived here today for the reading of this bill.Within the bill also are Crown acknowledgments and the apology as every Treaty settlement bill has within them. The breaches that are acknowledged relate to the operation and impact of the native land laws which undermine the traditional tribal structures of Ngāti Hauā. It made their lands more susceptible to partition fragmentation and alienation. The Crown’s purchase of over 1400 acres of Ngāti Hauā land from individuals in the 20th century left the iwi again virtually landless.I stand here today as I have in the previous readings to acknowledge the work that the people of Ngāti Hauā have put into this settlement in addressing it and indeed I have to say again—as I have said on the two previous times that I have spoken in the House on Treaty settlement bills—that this iwi has performed an act of generosity in settling this claim. It is indeed a start. I look forward to seeing the progress that Ngāti Hauā make for the benefit of their future generations.Within this settlement there are of course commercial redress items which are a beginning. It is a beginning because it is redress not compensation. I think it is worthwhile that the House recognises the difference between the two. Redress gives the opportunity for iwi to receive a small financial redress within this act. It is but a fraction of what the compensation will be and I would expect that Ngāti Hauā would have asked themselves the question whether it is worth going down this pathway. The fact that we are here means that they have answered yes. I suspect it is about the future generations because this settlement will provide an opportunity to grow that asset to provide a better future for Ngā Uri o Ngāti Hauā. Finally I want to acknowledge again all of the people who have come here today to celebrate the passing of this legislation into law.Ā nō reira ki a koutou katoa Ngāti Hauā otirā ki a koe anō hoki e Te Tumuaki anei a’au e tuku mi’i atu mai i taku Pāti o Te Rōpū Reipa otirā mai i tōku rohe mai i tōku kāinga me tōku w’ānau o Rātana Pā ki a koutou katoa nō reira tēnā tātou.[So to all of you of Ngāti Hauā but at the same time to you as well the Head I extend greetings to you and to us all from my Labour Party but at the same time from my electorate back home and from my Rātana Pā family. Thank you.]MARAMA FOX (Co-Leader—Māori Party):Tēnā koe e te Mana Whakawā. Ā mai ara rā mai ara rā! Mai ara rā te rangi i runga nei mai ara rā te papa i raro nei. Mai ara rā Te Kāhui Ariki Te Kahui Tipua Te Kāhui Tauira. Tuku ana tuku ana. Tuku ana te reo kia rere. Tuku ana te take kia mau. Ū e hā ū e hā. Ū e hā nuku ū e hā rangi. Ū e hā Tāne-nui-ā-Rangi. Tāne whakapiripiri nāna te rangi i runga nei i tuku kia tū hāhā kia tū kē āna rangi. Ka tangi te hau ka mātao ka ao ka awatea tīhei mauri ora. Nei taku mihi maioha ki a koutou katoa. Ki a koutou e whakarongo mai ki ngā kōrero e whakawhiti haere ana i roto i te Whare. Ā ko koutou tēnā kua tutuki tēnei kia tae ki tēnei wā kia whakarite i te huarahi kei mua i a koutou.[Where has it come? Where has it come from? It has come from the Sky Father above and Mother Earth below here. It has come from the cluster of aristocracy supernatural and the pre-ordained. Release it let it go.Allow the language unfettered licence to flow. Allow the purpose to be captured. Be resolute and unyielding on earth and in the stratosphere. The wind shrieks it becomes intensely cold. Light comes then the dawn.Behold!The breath of life! This is my affectionate salutation to all of you listening to the cross contributions flowing around the House; and that is you as a collective who have completed this and ensured that it arrives here at this point in time to consider the path that is before you.]Each time I listen to the claims in these settlement readings they make me a little emotional. I admit that I shed a few tears. I struggle to hold in the pain of loss the empathy of frustration and also the bubbling and the tenacity of the mangōpare that drives us—the drive that makes us more determined to work a little harder to search a little longer to push on to rectify the injustices and the atrocities that have been meted out to our people.It is right and fitting that these bills the Ngāti Koroki Kahukura Claims Settlement Bill and the Ngāti Hauā Claims Settlement Bill receive their third readings on the same day. Ngāti Koroki and Ngāti Hauā are linked through geography adjacent relationship of their rohe and also through whakapapa. In standing to tautoko this bill I acknowledge the uri of Ngāti Hauā kua tae tinana mai i tēnei wā—those who have come to this House.We pay tribute to all of those who descend from the eponymous ancestor Hauā—Ngāti Te Oro Ngāti Werewere Ngāti Waenganui Ngāti Te Rangitaupi Ngāti Rangi Tawhaki. We draw on their vision their optimism and their faith in a future for all their mokopuna to benefit from.I say “faith” deliberately because on Monday night I was a in a debate with my fellow colleagues from New Zealand First and the Greens discussing the opportunities for Māori representation that will emerge from the creation of a Māori ward in Taranaki. I say “faith” because despite our celebration here today of this final reading of the settlement bill from the comments on Monday night we need to have some faith because it is obvious to me that there is still much to do. On Monday night one of the locals came to me and talked on stage and said that if Māori just tried a little harder and if they just did their homework they would find success in gaining positions in local government. It was an interesting argument based on the view that everyone is born equal. There is nothing more challenging to that point of view than the tragic histories associated with our settlements.In this settlement we retrace the impact of Treaty breaches from the 1860s onwards. The context for this bill is set out in the 1840s and 1850s when the people of Ngāti Hauā were benefiting from a thriving economy—an economy that was systematically destroyed. The bill tells of the direct and devious means employed to strip Ngāti Hauā of their fertile lands rivers and maunga. I feel like I have said this already today. During the invasion of the Waikato in 1863 and 1864 countless members of Ngāti Hauā were killed or wounded.In 1865 the Crown confiscated a large area of Waikato land. The raupatu caused destitution within the Ngāti Hauā rohe and left them virtually landless. Until his death in 1866 Wīremu Tamihana sought the return of Ngāti Hauā lands a cause pursued by his son Tupu Taingakawa. By the 1880s private parties had acquired a large quantity of Ngāti Hauā land.The alienation was exacerbated in the 19th and 20th centuries though public works takings for roading railways and schools and for hydroelectric purposes. In the 1940s the land was taken for the aerodrome for the war after which there was a complete failure to return that land. Slowly surely and comprehensively the landscapes and waterways within the Ngāti Hauā rohe were forced out of their hands. The loss of land of these taonga undermined their social and traditional structures removing their ability to exercise customary rights and responsibilities. The story of Ngāti Hauā has been told in various forms for other iwi across this nation.This is not a matter of Ngāti Hauā just needing to try a little harder and do a little more homework. In actual fact the clear and pragmatic approach that Ngāti Hauā have brought to their claim is inspirational. Ngāti Hauā co-lead negotiator Lance Rāpana revealed the secret to their success was the ability of the iwi to pull together 100 percent and move on as one. The concept of kotahitanga is one I am committed to and Ngāti Hauā’s example is one that again gives me faith. Their hard work and unity their ongoing pursuit of peace and justice as an iwi whakapono is inspiring not just to iwi in Waikato and around the country but to all New Zealanders. The hurdles they have had to jump have been ongoing and massive. Surely we have given and they have given more than they were required to give.Although the negotiations for this bill were one of the fastest on record as has been explained for Ngāti Hauā its passage began 150 years ago instigated by their rangatira Wīremu Tamihana. At this point I want to acknowledge all of those who have passed in the time it has taken to finally get to this point here. I acknowledge their lives and their commitment.Despite a long history of seeking a meaningful relationship with the Crown and despite Ngāti Hauā’s insistence on peace and justice the iwi has endured great prejudice at the hands of the Crown. This settlement acknowledges the wrongdoings of the Crown in this regard. In doing so this settlement heralds a new chapter in the relationship between Ngāti Hauā and the Crown based on respect mana and the rangatiratanga of Ngāti Hauā and its leaders.The settlement will recognise in law the importance of their relationship to their whenua. Ngāti Hauā will be involved in the co-management of the Waikato River within their area of interest as with Ngāti Koroki through Waikato-Tainui. This and other redress included in the settlement package in no way fully compensates for the full extent of loss experienced by Ngāti Hauā at the hands of the Crown. However I am profoundly moved and encouraged by the attitudes of Ngāti Hauā and indeed the spirit of settlement approached by the Crown.At this point I want to acknowledge Minister Finlayson who is held in high regard around the country. His pragmatic approach to honouring a pathway of partnership is one that we can take faith in for a future for our people. No one can say that the two partners entered into the relationship on an equal basis. The hardship the suffering and the loss incurred by Ngāti Hauā has been extreme. Their courage in moving forward is now on public record.Joy tears and applause greeted this settlement when it was signed in July last year. Today I stand to support the third reading of this bill with the same acclamation and praise. Nō reira tēnā koutou tēnā koutou tēnā koutou katoa.CATHERINE DELAHUNTY (Green):Tēnā koe Mr Assistant Speaker. Tēnā koutou e te Whare. He mihi nui ki a Ngāti Hauā Te Kīngitanga; he mihi nui ki Tainui me Te Kotahitanga o Ngāti Hauā he mihi nui.[I extend a huge acknowledgment to Ngāti Hauā the King Movement the collective of Ngāti Hauā a real mighty one.]I would just like to acknowledge the people in the gallery the people who have travelled from the Ngāti Hauā rohe down here today and to say that the Green Party stands in respect and celebration of your achievement in this time of progress.I am going to make a contribution that the Minister may describe as a “nothing” contribution the Green Party’s contribution on this take but actually I believe that in order to fulfil the vison of Te Tiriti o Waitangi all of our contributions are needed all of our korero is valued and all of our challenges are part of the story. So as we celebrate we can also challenge not out of moral superiority but out of respect for history and out of a recognition that we are in a political evolution towards a vision not yet fulfilled but it is a vision that this iwi before us has contributed to generously on behalf of their people to my people.I have to say as a Pākehā that I feel very small today not because the contribution is not important but because the history is quite overwhelming for me. I lived in Hauraki on the edge of Ngāti Hauā and the history is overwhelming. Also I need to say that unlike the Prime Minister who has a somewhat bizarre view of history I do not believe that this country was settled peacefully and that the myths of the 1950s are useful any more. I think the history of Ngāti Hauā makes it pretty clear that colonial settlement was from the 1840s on a troubled and violent process and that we cannot hold our heads up and say it was better than in other countries.The story of Ngati Hauā the recognition of what “landless” means is the story that absolutely refutes the view that somehow we have anything to be superior about in terms of the way in which Aotearoa was colonised. So today is a positive day for Ngati Hauā but the history is heavy and the need for challenge is ongoing.I would like to also just acknowledge all of the parties in the efficient—you could almost call it speed-dating compared with some of the other settlements but effective speed-dating whereby a genuine relationship was completed. But behind that there was a lot more—many many many years which others have touched on of deep and profound research so that when Ngati Hauā came to the Crown they were ready with their objectives and the Crown was ready to hear them. So that is a credit to everybody. Fast can be effective. It was a credit to all who were involved.I want to talk a little bit about the tupuna Wīremu Tamihana Tarapīpipi and how his attempt to engage with the Crown left him dissatisfied. I am sure however that today he would be very proud of his own. And when we think about the sacredness of he maungarongo covenant of peace it is a challenge to all of us now in 2014 that we need to respect the unfinished business. That is why the Greens are prepared to say that we do not believe in full and final settlement. We believe in the ongoing relationship. Te Tiriti o Waitangi is not a divorce; it is a marriage. It is quite important in marriage that we keep talking. Maybe in divorce you make the deal and walk away; but in marriage we keep talking—hopefully. We keep laughing we keep arguing we keep challenging but we keep communicating with love and respect for each other. That is what the Greens would like to say about the importance of the ongoing right for tangata whenua to say: “We are not finished. We are not settled.” and that to me is a fair and just position.There are many aspects of this settlement that are interesting and important and the history particularly around the Public Works Act in the 20th century needs to be acknowledged. Sometimes settlements are presented as a long way away way back in the 19th century but in fact there is a sustained and ongoing way in which—maybe it was not direct raupatu but it amounted to the same. So if we look at 1951 and the issues around the rohe and particularly Waharoa and other places we realise that the Public Works Act was an instrument of confiscation that needed to be challenged and still does.I am actually looking at a review of the Public Works Act because I believe that there should be something in there that makes it clear that no tangata whenua land can ever be taken again under public works. I think that is a critical issue. Patricia Grace’s whānau Te Ātiawa have experienced that and others are facing threats of that. It is really really important that even if you win in the Environment Court tangata whenua should not have to go there. That is an instrument of the past that should be silenced. It should be shut down and there should be a way in which that Act cannot be used for any further form of raupatu in our time in our name. That is what I want to stand up for.There are very interesting issues within here. I would love to know what Wīremu Tamihana would have thought of the latest Waitangi ruling where the Waitangi Tribunal makes it clear that Māori never ceded sovereignty in 1840. The Crown may not want to engage with this but nevertheless it is a profound and significant moment in the history of Aotearoa that the Waitangi Tribunal has ruled what tangata whenua have always known. So that has to be part of the picture when we are talking about settling things: recognition that something was never given away and that rangatiratanga was never ceded and that the role of the Kāwana is a different role from the way in which the Crown in the last century or so has tried to present it.So for us in the Greens we are really interested in that conversation and we want to hear the voices of the descendants of Wīremu Tamihana as to how they see that; what that means for them. This is a day of celebration but also a day to raise questions about where to from here. How do we interpret the current rulings based on past knowledge? How do we actually deal with these things? It is really relevant to situations referred to in the settlement around statutory authority and statutory overlay. I have been having a little look at that and having some conversation with some tangata whenua groups around the motu who are struggling post-settlement because although the law is clear in the settlement some of the local authorities are not as clear in their understanding of the world.It is reassuring that the Waikato region has Māori seats but nevertheless the regional and district councils have an obligation. I am pleased to hear about the post-settlement commitment because it is my culture that has to be brought on board. It is my culture represented in councils that has often been the block and the barrier to the genuine expression of Te Tiriti o Waitangi relationship. There is not much point as Te Tau Ihu tangata whenua said to me that they were going to have to spend their Treaty settlement money fighting local authorities to get the Treaty settlement realised. That to me is a gross abuse—that once the settlement is settled and supposedly final they have to use their settlement money to go to court to persuade their local authorities to do the right thing by those elements of the Treaty settlement process.I am more hopeful for Waikato. I am more hopeful. We have to be hopeful but we have to be real about experience. The Pākehā culture has tremendously sophisticated ways of resisting change. We also have a new generation who want change. So there are a lot of positive people out there who understand that this is a new era and a lot can be done. But there are also pockets of resistance. I think my colleague Marama Fox just mentioned a pocket of resistance the myth of equality and all the other myths. We really need to engage so that Ngāti Hauā can fully realise through their relationship with the Department of Conservation through their relationship with Heritage New Zealand and through their relationship with the local authorities the nature of Te Tiriti o Waitangi relationship in all its meaning.I as a Green am confident that if Ngāti Hauā have the ability to express their rangatiratanga in the rohe the rivers will be cleaner the whenua will be healed the mokopuna will have some kai to inherit—all of the things that really matter the real economy which is our whenua our awa our moana. All of those things are better looked after if there is a full realisation of what is actually committed to in the settlement in terms of statutory overlay and authority. I know that the challenge then comes back to my people: make it real. But congratulations he mihi nui ki a koutou katoa. We wish you all the very best and we will continue to find ways to stand beside you in the realisation of Te Tiriti.PITA PARAONE (NZ First):Tēnā koe. Tēnā hoki tātou e Te Whare nei me koutou i tū ake i mua i a au ki te tuku atu i ō koutou whakaaro ki te kaupapa o te pire nei. E tātou mā wena te mea pai o tēnei wāhi! Ahakoa korekau ana koe e ‘hakaae ki ngā kōrero o ētahi rōpū i te mutunga o te rā nā rātou te kōrero. Ēngari i rongo au te āhuatanga o ēnā o ngā kōrero a te kaikōrero i tū ake i mua i a au. Ki a au nei e āhua ‘hakaiti ana i a ia ki a koutou nā te mea nā koutou i ‘hakaae atu ki te pire nei ēngari nāna i mea mai ‘E kāhore ēhara kē i tētahi g kāhore kau kē he pire mutunga. Ēngari waihotia! Nānā wēnā kōrero! Horekau ia e ‘hakararu i a ia ēngari wēnā te mea pai o tēnei wāhi. Ēngari e tū ake nei ki te tautoko i te pire ahakoa mōhio ana tātou horekau i tino tau ki ō koutou hiahia. Ēngari e tika ana te kōrero ‘kei te huri haere te ao!’Mēnā e hiahia ana tātou ki te anga whakamua tērā pea ko tēnā tētahi huarahi hei ‘hakatau i ēnā whakaaro. Ēngari taku pūhaehae mō koutou! He uri tēnei o Hineāmaru te tuahine o Rongo-patu-taonga. Kāhore anō mātou o te hau kāinga kia tae atu ki tēnei wāhanga nā te mea kei te raru tonu mātou kei te whawhai tonu ki a mātou ē ko wai rā te kaikōrero ka tae atu ki te tēpu kia kōrero tahi ai me Te Karauna? Ēngari ki a koutou kua pau kē tēnā āhuatanga kua tīmata mai kei te taka mai ngā huruhuru ahakoa he iti noa iho. Ēngari a mātou mā.[Thank you and greetings also to us this House and to those of you who got up before me to express your thoughts about the purpose of this bill. I say everyone; that is what is so good about this place. Even though you disagree with some parties’ sentiments at the end of the day the sentiments are theirs. But I heard the tenor of those sentiments by the speaker who preceded me. It appears she was being somewhat disrespectful to you because you were the ones that approved of this bill. She was the one that said: “No it is not really a conclusive bill”. But leave it there. Those are her sentiments. She is not going to contradict herself and that is what is so good about this place. But I stand here to support the bill even though we know it was not really settled according to your expectations. But the aphorism ‘the world is evolving’ is correct. If we want to go forward that is possibly a way to appease those kinds of thoughts. But I am envious of you. I am a relative of Hineāmaru sister of Rongo-patu-taonga. We back home are not yet at this part because we are still experiencing problems. We are still fighting with each other. Hey who is to be spokesperson at the table to negotiate jointly with the Crown? As far as you are concerned however that situation is over. It has begun outcomes are dropping down in your direction even though it is mere pittance but as for us.]The deed of settlement was signed last year and I think that the fact that we have come to this day is a testament to the resilience of Ngāti Hauā and their desire to move on. People have talked about the generosity that this iwi have shown in terms of this agreement but I should say that they are no different from other iwi who have also settled and I think history will show the level of generosity that Māori who quite rightly should feel aggrieved have shown to ensuring that the future of their following generation will be able to benefit from the fruits that this settlement will bring to them.It was 151 years ago just 24 years after the signing of the Treaty when quite clearly the Crown forgot what it had signed at Waitangi on 6 February. Because Ngāti Hauā chose to use their whanaungatanga in asking that they provide allegiance to the Kīngitanga—and quite rightly so; they were looking for protection—unfortunately the Crown saw that as a threat and in 1853-54 it invaded the geographical area occupied by Ngāti Hauā. Consequently we saw the confiscation or the raupatu of their lands and the loss of their social and traditional structures. It removed their ability to exercise customary rights and responsibilities. This bill brings to an end the prejudice endured by the iwi and it brings us to the point of reaching a meaningful relationship with the Crown.The bill also refers to cultural redress. A previous speaker in this House said in the debate on an earlier bill that history was being made. Can I just say from my point of view and the point of view of New Zealand First that history has been corrected and that the real events of the day are now part of the record of this country and I think that is the most important part of this bill. Future generations whether they be Māori or non-Māori will come to learn that these are the sacrifices that iwi have made as a consequence of the actions of the Crown.But having said that I too—like many of my colleagues on this side of the House—want to acknowledge the Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations. I am sure that it has not been an easy task for him because he has to go back to the Minister of Finance to see how much of a pūtea he can have so that he can negotiate with the iwi. But I think it is to the credit of the leadership of Ngāti Hauā that they have come to this stage. They want to carry on. They want to progress.As I said earlier on always look behind you. May the sun and the wind be at your back and the future relationship with the Crown will be much better than that experienced by your ancestors.Nō reira tātou mā ka hoki mai ki te kōrero i ngā wiki e tū mai kei maumahara i a tātou te whānautanga o tō tātou Kai’hakaora. Nā reira tēnei ngā mihi ki a koutou i raro i taua kaupapa ngā manaakitanga o Te Runga Rawa kei runga i a koutou mō tēnei wā ā mō ngā tau kei te heke mai. Nā reira tēnā koutou tēnā koutou kia ora mai anō tātou.[Therefore as far as every one of us are concerned comeback to talk to us in the weeks ahead as we reminisce now about the birth of our Redeemer. So under that matter greetings to you collectively and may the kindness of the Almighty above be upon you and us all at this time and in the years ahead.Thank you.]The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Lindsay Tisch): The next call is a split call of 5 minutes—Meka Whaitiri.MEKA WHAITIRI (Labour—Ikaroa-Rāwhiti):Ā tēnā koe Mr Assistant Speaker. Tēnā tātou katoa ngā mema o Te Whare nei. E te iwi Ngāti Hauā tēnā koutou. Tēnā koutou nau mai haere mai ki Te Whare nei e Te Tumuaki Anaru ka nui te mihi ki a koe.[Thank you to the Assistant Speaker and acknowledgments to us all members of this House. I salute you the tribe of Ngāti Hauā.Welcome and draw near to this House. I acknowledge you greatly Anaru the Head.]Ladies and gentlemen it gives me pleasure to speak in support with all members of this House of the third reading of this settlement bill for Ngāti Hauā. Can I too stand and acknowledge on behalf of the iwi that I represent here: we stand in support and acknowledge the significant day of the passing of this important legislation. I want to say that in the earlier contribution I made to the Ngāti Koroki Kahukura Claims Settlement Bill I forgot to acknowledge my ancestry to Māhinarangi. So I stand here as an uri of Māhinarangi also to acknowledge those who have travelled far to support this important piece of legislation going through today. It is a day of remembrance. It is a day to rejoice. It is a day to reflect. I know from being before coming into Parliament a negotiator for my Rongowhakaata people that it is a huge commitment.When I look at each Treaty bill that comes through the House there is always a point of difference with each and every one of these settlements. I have heard some great contributions in the House today starting with the Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations about this being the fastest settlement in history—like the fastest gun in town—at 7 months. When I was negotiating—I was one of four negotiators for our own iwi—that was our plan: to negotiate within 1 year. So you had 7 months; we took about 7 to 8 years. So I want to acknowledge your commitment. Some people may think that the haste in which you settled means there may have been some corners cut but I see the positive side of your settlement and that is one that was carried out on the basis of a very good strategy and a very good plan.Like other members in the House have said unification kotahitanga is critical. Those who know me know I am a planner from way back. I cannot operate without a plan otherwise I get lost. So for you to achieve settlement to a point where you are happy with it after 7 months is I have got to say—from my reading of it—because you have done your homework. You have done your research. You have gathered your people together and you had a clear strategy and a plan to get to the end point. So I want to acknowledge Ngāti Hauā and the negotiators who led that negotiation on your behalf for not only developing your plan but for sticking to it.Can I acknowledge of course the Minister Christopher Finlayson for his work in bringing us to today. He is a man of his word. He is a practical man. When he says he wants to do something he will do it so I do want to acknowledge the Minister for his work there. I acknowledge his officials of course and the Māori Affairs Committee which saw the passage through at the pace that you obviously wanted to achieve so I want to acknowledge all the officials who worked on it.We are getting to the Christmas period but I know for the good people of Ngāti Hauā that this ends many many years of hard work but again opens the commitment to many many years going forward. I look upon you all—and I look at those who are not here but are at home probably listening to this broadcast—and think about the vision the aspirations that you have for your people. When I see the rangatahi and tauira in the gallery it is about their future.I do hope that historical accounts of this settlement bill and all settlement bills become an automatic part of our national curriculum throughout our schooling system. That is something that we need to take on in the next generation—around how chequered our past and the history of this country is and to keep the stories alive. For the Ngāti Hauā uri it is important in your rohe that your stories your histories and the commitment of your tipuna to bring us to today are never ever forgotten.Otirā e te iwi huri noa tēnei te mihi maioha tēnei te mihi aroha ki a koutou katoa. Tēnā koutou tēnā koutou ā tēnā tātou katoa.[But at the same time I acknowledge and salute you the tribe and us all lovingly and affectionately throughout. Thank you.]LOUISA WALL (Labour—Manurewa):Kia ora e Te Māngai o Te Whare ngā mana e rau rangatira mā; ngā mihi ki Te Tumuaki me ngā whānau o Ngāti Hauā. Tēnā koutou tēnā koutou tēnā tātou katoa.[Greetings to the Assistant Speaker of the House authorities and many leaders; acknowledgments to the Head and families of Ngāti Hauā.Congratulations and well done to you and to us all. Thank you.]I have to say that I think we have had some of the most thoughtful contributions this morning to the Treaty settlement process. From my perspective I think we are in a new era. It is a new era of resistance. Sitting here listening to the contributions—thinking of people like Tamihana thinking of people like Taingakawa and thinking of people like Ānaru Thompson who now has the mantle in terms of the resistance of Ngāti Hauā—it makes me really proud that where we are now is a period of what I call rehabilitation. We have survived. We have survived and we have survived to a point where we are getting some of our lands back and actually our culture never died and neither did our language. But the biggest challenge that we have going forward is to make sure that 100 percent of our whānau have access and opportunity in terms of our culture and our language.For me today is a significant day and I want to mihi to all the people who have been involved in this process. The Wai claims—Wai 306 Wai 1017—were lodged by Alan Gillett by Eru Kaukau and by Marsden Kaukau. I acknowledge the trustees who signed the terms of negotiation in December 2012. Again I want to acknowledge the chair Ānaru Thompson the tumuaki. Today is actually the 74th settlement in this House. We are now 60 percent of the way through the Treaty settlement process. I want to acknowledge the Hon Chris Finlayson because I think that the process he has now instituted is meaning that we are moving at a quicker pace. As you have seen displayed today this is a place where we can debate the significance and the meaning of some of the things that have been included in our Treaty settlement process.Again I want to highlight the statutory acknowledgments that for me give meaning to our status as mana whenua as tangata whenua not only within the context of these Treaty settlement processes but our relationships with local councils and other things. For me it also means: what is our relationship with the Ministry of Education our boards of trustees and all the schools and the kura within your Ngāti Hauā rohe? I think the next task of this post-settlement commitment unit is actually translating this process and this history into history books that our kids learn generically not just ngā uri o Ngāti Hauā but actually ngā uri o Aotearoa New Zealand because it is a taonga in itself and everyone should have the right and opportunity to understand and know our history.When I look at how we translate this recognition of our status conversations about what is happening in New Plymouth—and the mayor and the council there saying we should have a Māori and a specific Māori on that local board of the local council—actually have significance and relevance right across the motu. I think the driver of that opportunity has to come from our iwi and our hapū. If we want it then we need to add some value to the statutory recognitions in our status in our relationships and in our partnerships with our local council. I think the evolution of that will mean that forevermore our status will never be diminished because fundamentally we as tangata whenua as mana whenua as the guardians of our mokopuna and our tamariki—the future actually now is in our hands. I look forward to the challenge that that now poses our post-Treaty settlement resistance fighters as I called them before because this is only the beginning.So I mihi to you all and acknowledge you. It must be an incredibly proud day. As a member of Parliament I am incredibly humbled to have an opportunity to be a part of this process. Safe travels home. On behalf of my Labour Party colleagues and the rest of the members of this House I hope you know that this is a genuine process of consensus and that as a House we are actually really committed to this Treaty settlement and to the next phase in our status as tangata whenua in Aotearoa. Nō reira tēnā koutou tēnā koutou tēnā tātou katoa.PEENI HENARE (Labour—Tāmaki Makaurau):Kia ora Mr Assistant Speaker. Recently I was challenged by my kaumātua and kuia: when speaking on Māori issues or Māori causes within this House I should revert to my native tongue of Te Reo Māori. No reira ka huri atu ahau. He pito kōrero ka whakahokia. Ka papā te whatitiri hiko hiko te uira kahukura ki te rangi. Te ai tū ka riri ka rongo mai ka hē ko Ngungunu ko Ngangana ko Apārangi; ko te titī o te rua ko te tao whakahoro ko te tao whakawahine ko te tao o tōku tupuna a Hineamaru. Tihei wā mauri ora.Ka waihonā tū taua kōrero hei whakataki ake i tēnei kōrero kei mua i te aroaro o tēnei Whare i te rangi nei. Ko te tikanga o tērā e Te Māngai o Te Whare ka tuituia ōku mātua tūpuna ki ngā tāngata katoa kua tatū mai nei ki runga i te kaupapa kua whakakāhui nei tātou i te rangi nei. Arā ko ngā whakapapa kei waenganui i a mātou arā ko tōku tupuna ko Hineamaru kua kōrero nei e tōku pāpa a Pita mō te āhuatanga ki te rongo pāpū taonga te wahine o Tāwhiao. Ka heke iho mai ki a Heni Ngarino ko tōku tupuna tērā ko Ngāti Hine e tū. Nā ka huri tua atu ki ōku wheinga tōku toto ki roto i a Te Taitokerau ko Reitū ko Uaoneone tēnei ka tangi tēnei ka mihi tēnā koutou katoa. Kāti ka huri ngā whakaaro ki ngā tai kua mimiti atu ki te pō. Rātou kua hinga mai nā kua hinga atu rā. Rātou i takahia ai i te ara whānui ki Te Rua o Tāpokorau te huarahi i heke ai a Māui ki te pō ki te anu mātao. Ka whakapiki atu rā koutou ki tua o rei ao anā ka tau ki runga i Te Pae o Mahara ki te whakamaungā kekete e kekete mai ai te kekete e ara mai ai te ara. E takahia atu rā i te Aratiatia i takahia ai tō tātou tupuna a Tāne nui ā rangi. Ka tiaho mai rā ki runga i te kahu o te tupuna o Ranginui ka tangi tonu ahau. Haere e ngā mate haere.Ka tika huri ngā whakaaro ki a tātou e te hunga ora tēnā tātou e Te Māngai o tēnei Whare. E tautoko ana ahau i ngā kōrero katoa kua pahure ake nei ki roto i te āhuatanga o tēnei kaupapa e āta wānanga e āta kōrerohia nei tātou ki roto i te Whare. Nā e tautoko ana e rere tonu ana ngā mihi ki te Minita ki te Hōnore ki a Chris Finlayson. Kua kōrero te Whare mō tōna māia e Te Māngai. Kua kōrero Te Whare mō tōna kaha ki te tutuki i ngā take e pā ana ki Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Nā kua waha nei ētahi o ngā mema o tēnei Whare ki ngā o mahi i oti i a ia. Nō reira e rere tonu ana ngā mihi ki a ia me ōna āpiha ki roto i ngā Tari Kāwanatanga.Nā e manawanui ana ahau e Te Māngai o tēnei Whare. E manawanui ana ahau ki te kōrero a te Minita e mea ana ka whakatū i tētahi rōpū hei āwhina atu i ngā iwi kua tatū nei ngā kerēme hei āwhina atu i ngā iwi ki roto i te wāhanga a muri ake i te tatūnga o ngā kerēme ka manawanui tēnei. Ka haere tonu ngā mihi ki ngā Āpiha ki ngā Āpiha o ngā kaunihera ki ngā Āpiha o ngā Tari Kāwanatanga ā ko te tari tatū ai ngā kerēme. Ka mihi atu ahau ki a rātou e kawea nei i tēnei kaupapa ki roto i te Whare.Ka mutu ka huri atu ahau ki a koutou e Ngāti Hauā. Nā kua kōrero mai ngā mema o tēnei Whare mō te tupuna o Tai Ngākawa. Ka tīmata mai i te tupuna a Te Waharoa ka heke iho mai ki a Wīremu Tamihana Tarapīpipi. I tēnei tāima e te pāpā e Te Tumuaki ko te aroha o tōku pāpā otirā o tōku whānau ka tau ki runga i a koe i tēnei tāima. Kua ārahi nei e koe i tō iwi. Kei te arahi tonu koe i te iwi Māori arā me te Kīngitanga i roto i ngā nekehanga o tēnei wā ka heke iho taua mana ki runga i a koe tēnei ka mihi tēnei ka tangi.Nā ka hoki atu ahau ki ngā whakapapa kua takia nei e au ki mua i a koutou mō tō koutou ake whakapapa e e Te Tumuaki. Nā ka kapohia ake ahau i ngā kōrero e pā ana ki a Taingakawa. Nā kei roto i tēnei whare tētahi pikitia. Ka tū ko Taingakawa me te Pirimia o taua taima arā ko Dick Seddon. Nā ko taua pikitia hei tohutohu hei tohutohu ki ngā mema Māori o tēnei taima mō te māia o ngā mātua tūpuna ki te mahi ngātahi me te karauna. Nā ko tō tūpuna tēnā i arahi nei i te iwi Māori me tōna iwi i roto i ngā nekehanga ahakoa ngā tūkinotanga o te karauna ki a Ngāti Hauā otirā ki te iwi Māori. No reira e mihi atu ana ahau ki a Ngāti Hauā. Ko te tohu tēnā o te rangatira kā kōrero tātou katoa ka whakataukīhia e tātou ki roto i tēnei taima ko te kai a te rangatira ko te kōrero. Nā ko taua kai kei roto i te ringa o Ngāti Hauā ki roto i ngā tau tae noa mai ki tēnei wā. Kia kaua e pōhēhē mā te kāwanatanga tēnei kerēme e tatū wawe mai. Kāhore. Engari mā te arohanui o Ngāti Hauā ki ngā take me ngā mokopuna me ngā whakatipuranga kei te haere mai tēnei kerēme ka tatū noa.No reira e te Māngai o tēnei whare nā wai rā te kī mā te pūtea anakē te iwi Māori otirā Ngāti Hauā e ora ai. E tika ana te whakataukī ‘mā te huruhuru te manu ka rere’ o te pūtea e kōrerohia nei tētahi o ngā kahukura ka tau ki runga i taua manu. Engari ka whakaarohia ake ahau ki ngā kiko kei roto i tēnei pire he nui ngā huruhuru he nui ngā kahukura ka taea e Ngāti Hauā te manu ka rere.Nā ka tiro atu ahau ka kōrero atu ahau e te Māngai o tēnei whare mō ngā taonga kei roto i tēnei pire. Nā kua kōrero mai i tēnei Whare mō te Kauhanganui. Ko te Kauhanganui o Mahuta e tino hari koa ana te ngākau ka ora mai taua taonga ki roto i ngā tau kei mua i a tātou. Kia kaua ngā kōrero i pahure ki roto i ngā poupou o taua whare te mahue ake mō ngā whakatipuranga e haere ake nei.Nā ka kōrero anō au mō te taonga e kawea nei e tōku pāpā e Anaru i tēnei rangi. E tino hari koa ana kei roto i tēnei pire te wāhanga hei tautoko atu i te tapu i te mauri o taua taonga. Nā ko te taonga i te Huiipukawa. I reira taku tupuna nō te Taitokerau ki te whakarongo atu ki te titiro atu ki te tapu o taua taonga ka tau ki runga i ngā pokowhiwhi o te Tumuaki i tēnei rangi. No reira e hari koa ana ahau i ngā kiko kei roto i tēnei pire.Koi nā tāku e mea ana ki tēnei Whare mai i tēnei taha o te Whare mai i te Rōpū Reipa. Ka riro ki a au nei te wāhanga hei whakakapi ake i ngā kōrero o tēnei taha o Te Whare. No reira ki roto i tēnā ka huri atu ahau ki te reo pākehā mō tētahi wā paku noa nei kia kaua a Peeni i kōhuru i ngā kupu a tētahi atu.[And so I go back into a short incantation which I will wind back. The thunder crashes and the lightning flashes as there is a rainbow in the sky. It is flashing an ill-omen as a war party is heard by Ngungunu Ngangana an Apārangi at the opening of the pit as the incantations releasing the warriors from tapu are recited the incantations of my ancestor Hineāmaru.Behold!The breath of life!I leave those words to introduce this speech before the House today. The reasonbeingis that those words bind my ancestors to all of the people that are present and here today for this prestigious occasion. The genealogical links between us lie with my ancestor Hineāmaru and Te Rongopātūtaonga wife of Tāwhiao who was mentioned by my uncle Pita Paraone. Descending from that line is Hēni Ngārino who was of Ngāti Hine lineage like this person standing before you. Then I turn to my eldersto my Far North blood linkagesto the ancestors Reitū and Uaoneoneas I weep and acknowledge you all. And so allow me to turn our attention to the tides receding to the darkness to those deceased here and there. Those who traversed theexpansive pathway of Te Rua o Tāpokorauwhich Māui travelled on his journey down to the darkness to the coldness. You then soared past Reiao and settled beyond memory beyond the veil. Scale the celestial ladder that your ancestor Tāne-nui-ā-Rangi climbed. It shines above the cloak of Ranginui as I continue to cry out.Farewell to the dead farewell!And it is appropriate to pay respectsto the living.Greetings to theAssistant Speaker. I endorseall of the previous speeches pertaining to this matteras we examine and discuss this bill within the House. I also support the acknowledgments to the MinistertheHonChristopherFinlayson. The House has spoken about his courage. The House has also spoken of his sterling efforts to settle Treaty of Waitangi claims. Othermembers of Parliament have spoken about his accomplishmentsand he continues to be acknowledged along with his officials from various government departments. To theAssistantSpeaker of the House I am heartened.I am heartened to speak because a group will be established to assist tribes that have settled claims and to assist with the work involved after the claims are settled. I am heartened with this. I wish to acknowledge the officials from the local councils and government departmentsincluding the Office of Treaty Settlements. I would also like to congratulate those whobrought the bill to the House.Now I turn my attention to Ngāti Hauā.Themembers of Parliament have spoken about the ancestor Tai Ngākawa. We begin with the ancestor Te Waharoadown to Wīremu Tamihana Tarapīpipi. At this timeI wish to express the love of my father and my family to you the Head. You have led your people and you continue to lead the Māori people and the King Movement within the current affairsas theauthority was passed down to you and so I stand to acknowledge you. Now I will refer back to your geneology that I recited before you the Head.NowI will recount a story relating to Taingākawa. Within thisbuildingthere is a photo showing Taingākawa and thePrimeMinister of that time Dick Seddon. That photo depicts to the current Māori membersthe confidence of our ancestors to workwith the Crown.And it was your ancestor who lead the Māori people in spite of the wrongdoings of theCrownto Ngāti Hauā andindeedthe Māori people. Therefore I wish to congratulate Ngāti Hauā as it is a sign of nobility to express these proverbial sayings at this time for the food that sustains chiefs is oratory. And that food has always laid within the hands of Ngāti Hauā.Let us not assume that theGovernment settled this claim with haste. No but it was through the great love of Ngāti Hauātowards their affairs with their children and future generations that this claim was settled.Therefore to you theAssistantSpeaker of this House who said Māoridom andindeedNgāti Hauā will thrive only with money. The proverb that states that ‘birds need feathers to fly’ is correctas the ‘money’ is an analogy for thefeathers that adorn birds. ButI have reflected upon the substance of this bill. There are many positives there are many feathers that Ngāti Hauā will be able to utilise in order to fly.And now I turn to reflect and speakabout thetreasures within this bill. Nowthis House has spoken aboutthe trustee thetrustee of Mahuta. I am delighted that this treasure will be reborn in the years ahead. Let not the words that have been spoken within the walls of that house be abandoned for future generations. NowI will again speak about the valuable role that my uncle Ānaru Thompson is carrying out. I am pleased that within this bill is a section that supports the sacredness and vital importance of the role of the Head. Now at the conference in Pūkawamy ancestor from the Far North heard and witnessed the sacredness of this treasure that has been bestowed upon the shoulders of the Headtoday and so I am delightedat the substance of this bill.This is the position of the Labour Partyas I conclude the contributions from this side of the House. And with that in mindI will speakEnglish for a brief time so that Peeniwill not murder the words of others.]I just want to say these words that can be found in the journals of New Zealand. It goes a little something like this: those who study the Treaty will find whatever they seek. Those who look for difficulties and obstacles that surround Te Tiriti o Waitangi will find nothing but difficulties and obstacles. But those who approach in a positive frame of mind and propose to regard it as an obligation of honour will find that Te Tiriti o Waitangi is more than capable of being implemented into law.Nō reira ka waihonātū tērā kōrero kei mua i te aroaro o tēnei Whare mō tēnei wā. Ka huri ngā mihi ki a koutou e ōku mātua e kara mā e kui mā e kawea nei i te tapu i te mauri o Ngāti Hauā ki runga i te tāhūhū o tēnei Whare. Tēnā koutou e te Māngai o tēnei Whare. Tēnā tātou katoa.[I therefore leave that contribution before this House for this moment. I turn to you my elders the elderly men and women folk. My acknowledgments to you for conveying the vital essence and sacredness of Ngāti Hauā upon the roof of this House.Thank you. Thank you to the Assistant Speaker of this House and to us all.]JOANNE HAYES (National):Tēnā koe e Te Mana Whakawā. E koro mā e kui mā e Te Tumuaki o te iwi Ngāti Hauā ngā mihi mahana ki a koutou. Nau mai haere mai ki Te Whare Pāremata i te rā whakahirahira mō ngā whānau me ngā hapū o te iwi.[Thank you MrAssistant Speaker and warm greetings to you the elderly men elderly women the Head of the Ngāti Hauā tribe.Welcome and draw close to Parliament on this great day for the families and subtribes of the people.]I am privileged to stand to take the last call in the final reading of the Ngāti Hauā Claims Settlement Bill. I want to acknowledge the tireless work of the negotiation teams particularly those of Ngāti Hauā especially to turn round a bill within 7 months. That is a record. I also want to thank the Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations the Hon Chris Finlayson for his undying dedication to ensuring that all our claims will be settled within due course.I also want to acknowledge ngā hapū o Ngāti Hauā Ngāti Te Oro Ngāti Werewere Ngāti Waenganui Ngāti Te Rangitaupi and Ngāti Rangi Tawhaki because I have heard those hapū spoken of in this House today by only two of us and I just want to acknowledge you and acknowledge the work that you have done.This settlement claim provides redress in both financial and cultural form to the trustees of the Ngāti Hauā Iwi Trust. It represents good progress in the Waikato and Raukawa claims. As I said in my previous kōrero today is a day of celebration. It is the beginning of a prosperous future for ngā whānau o Ngāti Hauā.As I said in the start of my kōrero if you can turn round a bill like this in 7 months just imagine what you can do with the claims that you are receiving today. I think that you have great potential and I am really proud that my cousin married one of you. My cousin’s name was Taui Paku. He married a Marie Paku—I cannot remember her maiden name because back in the day I was brought up thinking that all Māori were Ngati Porou. When my cousin Taui passed he asked that he would go back to lie at the Ngāti Hauā marae where his wife is from and so we travelled there and he is buried alongside in your beautiful urupā just out of Cambridge. So I am very pleased that my cousin is in your arms being looked after by you.In closing I want to say thank you all for coming along today. I wish you all a merry Christmas and a happy New Year. I wish you safe journeys home and hopefully we will see you sometime into the future. I wholeheartedly commend this bill to the House.Bill read a third time.The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Lindsay Tisch): The debate has finished ladies and gentlemen. I do not get to speak in these debates but I would like to congratulate both iwi today on their achievements. I was a signatory with the Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations on this last bill the Ngāti Hauā Claims Settlement Bill and so this is a special day also and I share that with you.WaiataThe House adjourned at 12.11 p.m.