Tauranga Moana Iwi Collective Redress and Ngā Hapū o Ngāti Ranginui Claims Settlement Bill — First ReadingText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeTauranga Moana Iwi Collective Redress and Ngā Hapū o Ngāti Ranginui Claims Settlement Bill — First Reading[Sitting date: 13 April 2016. Volume:713;Page:10539. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]Wednesday 13 April 2016(continued on Thursday 14 April 2016)Tauranga Moana Iwi Collective Redress and Ngā Hapū o Ngāti Ranginui Claims Settlement BillFirst ReadingHon TE URUROA FLAVELL (Minister for Māori Development): I move That the Tauranga Moana Iwi Collective Redress and Ngā Hapū o Ngāti Ranginui Claims Settlement Bill be now read a first time. I nominate the Māori Affairs Committee to consider the bill.Hai wāwāhi i taku kōrero i tēnei ata ka tuku i tētahi kupu karakia mō te ātaahua o tā tātau nohotahi i tēnei rangi. Nō reira me pēnei rawa te kōrero: “Mai e te tipua mai e te tawhito mai e te kāhui o ngā ariki mai e tāwhiwhi ki ngā atua. Ō ī ka takina te mauri ko te mauri i ahua noa ki runga ki ēnei taura ki runga ki ēnei tauira. Kia tau te mauri ki runga ki ēnei tama tamatāne tamawahine he tukuna nō te whaiorooro o Tāne-te-waiora. Tēnei te matatau ka eke whakatū tārewa ki te rangi. Uhi wero hara mai te toki. Haumi e hui e taiki e!”Tauranga Moana koutou kua tae mai i tēnei rā tēnā koutou haere mai. Hara mai me te āhuatanga o te kapua pōuri o ngā mate huhua kua pā mai ki a koutou ki a tātau i te wiki kua hipa i ngā wiki tata kua hipa ake. Me te mōhio anō hoki nō nātata nei tātau hui atu ai ki runga o Te Marae o Hungahungatoroa tuku atu i te roimata ki a Matiu ēhara i te mea ko ia i tōna kotahi. He kitenga kanohi ka hoki ngā mahara ki te hunga kāre i konei i tēnei rangi ko rātau i para i te huarahi. Ka kite atu i te āhuatanga ki a Īria. Ka kite atu te āhuatanga ki ngā mate huhua o roto o waenganui i a koutou. Arā anō rātau kāre i waimaria ki te haramai. Me pēnei pea te kī ko te āhuatanga o roto o Ngāi Te Rangi ki a Turirangi Te Kani ki a Mau Gardiner ki a Hone Farrell ā tae rā anō ki a Matiu. Ngāti Ranginui ko Ānaru Kohu tērā Alec Tata Tipi Faulkner ki a Īria anō hoki. Ko te āhuatanga ki a Ngāti Pukenga ē ko Wīremu Ōhia ko Slim Mikaere ko Rere Amoamo ē ko Te Kepa Smallman. Ēhara i te mea ko rātau te katoa o te hunga kua ngaro atu i te tirohanga kanohi. Ēngari i a au e whakahua atu ana i ērā īngoa me pēnei te kōrero kua korowaitia rātau i te āhuatanga o te aroha nui kua tukuna atu ai e tātau i ngā rā kua hipa ake.Nō reira kai aku rangatira haere mai haere mai haere mai! Ēhara i te mea ko ngā mate ō nātatanei tātau e kōrero nei kei te kōrero tātau mō ngā mate ā i rongo nei i te ngau o te pū i ngā tau kua hipa ake. Nō reira koinei te tangi o te ngākau mō rātau kua ngaro atu i te tirohanga kanohi. Hoi anō tēnei te āhuatanga o te tū ki te tuku i te roimata mō rātau katoa. Ēngari ko koutou e whakakanohi nei i a rātau i tēnei rangi e kui mā e koro mā tēnā koutou tēnā koutou tēnā koutou katoa.Ēhara i te mea i pēnei ki tāku e kī nei nō nātata nei ngā mate i nanahi nei tātau e kōrero nei. I te mea i puta mai te take nei arā ko tēnei o ngā whakataunga kerēme i ngā mate o ngā tau kua hipa ake i ngā rā o nehe. Ka waiho ake mā Te Minita anō rā e kōrero mō te āhuatanga o ngā pire e kōrerohia ake nei. Ēngari ko te wāhi ki a au ko te whakatakoto i ētahi paku kōrero o roto i te ngākau.He aha te take o nehe? He aha tērā take? Ā te tino pūtake o tā tātau hara mai i roto i Te Whare Pāremata i tēnei rā? Ki taku titiro ko te muru! Ki taku titiro ko te raupatu! Ki taku titiro ko tēnei mea ko te pakanga ko te pakanga! Kai te mōhio tonu koutou o Tauranga Moana e rua ngā pakanga nui ko Pukehinahina ko Te Ranga. Āe arā anō wētahi! Ēngari nā runga i ēnei pakanga nui e ai ki taku rongo tata eke ki te 50000 eka i murua e te Kāwanatanga nā runga i ērā āhuatanga nā runga i ērā tohe. I te tau 2014 i tū ngā rā whakamaumaratanga mō ēnei wāhi e rua ko Pukehinahina ko Te Ranga.Ko Te Ranga i tēnei rā kai te mōhio tonu koutou he pātiki he pari. Ia rā ia rā ka taraiwa te tangata mai i Rotorua ki Tauranga mai i Tauranga ki Rotorua ka titiro whakatekatau ka titiro whakatemauī ka kore tētahi e paku mōhio i tū he pakanga ki tērā wāhi tae rā anō ki ngā tau tata kua hipa ake! Ēngari anō a Pukehinahina kai te rori matua o Tauranga tēnei wāhi. Ko wai te īngoa o te rori? Ko Kamerona! He mea nui tērā i roto i ngā kōrero mō te hītori e kōrerohia ake nei. Ko te painga ake o ērā rā maumaharatanga ko te whakaoho i a Tauranga Moana mō ngā hītori ka mutu ko ngā kōrero mō ngā tohe i taua tāone taua hapori o Tauranga Moana. Ko te mate kē i rongo Te Ao Māori i te kawa o ētahi o te hapori ki ngā hītori otirā ki a ngāi tātau. Ko ngā kōrero o ēnei wāhi ko te tikanga he mea whakaako i roto i ngā kura kia mōhio tonu ngā tamariki o Tauranga Moana ē arā anō ngā āhuatanga o ngā hītori kei mua tonu i te aroaro! E taraiwahia ana e ētahi ia rā ia rā ēngari kāre tētahi i te paku mōhio.Nā i roto i ngā tohe i ngā pakanga nei i noho tōku iwi o Ngāti Rangiwewehi hei hoa haere mō ngā whanaunga o roto o Tauranga Moana. Nō reira me hoki rā anō ki ērā kōrero. I te 29 o Paenga-whāwhā i te tau 1864 i tū te pakanga nui ki Pukehinahina ko Kamerona te tianara. Mō ngā 8 hāora i tukuna ngā pahū i tukuna ki runga i tērā o ngā pā. Nā Kamerona te tono kia kotahi atu ki te 300 tāngata ki tēnei o ngā pā arā anō te 300 tāngata i muri iho kia herehere i ngā Māori i tērā o ngā pā tūwatawata. Nā e ai ki ngā kōrero 230 ngā Māori 1070 hōia. Ēngari he mahi huna tā te iwi Māori i te pā. I te taenga o ngā hōia ki te pā i tūmeke katoa rātau i te mea i pōhēhē rātau kua mate katoa te iwi nei koutou. Ngā tūpuna ō rātau mā! Ko Rāwiri Puhirake o Ngāti Te Rangi te ariki o te pā i hinga pai te hōia. E 8 wiki i muri mai i tū pakanga o Te Ranga. I taua wā i eke atu tōku iwi o Ngāti Rangiwewehi Ngāti Pikiao Ngāti Porou anō hoki ki te tautoko i a Puhirake: 100 tāngata whenua i mate 10 hōia.I rā tātau i Tauranga Moana i ngā rua tau kua hipa ake he tuku i ngā tangi mō rātau i tērā o ngā urupā i te tāone nanā. Ēngari nā te whakamā i tae atu ai a Greer ko te tianara o tērā wā ā mai i reira ka puta te īngoa Greerton pea! Nō reira ēnei kōrero katoa kai roto i ngā hītori o te wāhi nei otirā o tēnei o ngā kerēme. Ngā hōia i mate ēngari i tū ngā tohe. Nō reira te wāhi poto nei ki a au i whakaaro ake me whakapuaki tonu i ēnei hītori ēhara i te mea kia whakanui i te āhuatanga o ēnei mate kāo! Ēngari kia tangi i te tuatahi i te mea ko ngā uri tēnei kua eke mai ki mua i a tātau i tēnei rā. Ka tangi ake mō te āhuatanga o wā tātau kōrero i tēnei rangi i te mea ka kōrero nei tātau mō ngā kerēme mō ngā whakataunga ēngari me kōrero mō ngā mate i roto i ngā tau kua hipa ake.Nō reira koinei tāku he mihi poto. Ki a koutou e hoa mā kai ngā pāpā ngā whaea ka tangi ake te kite i a koutou nā runga i te āhuatanga o ngā mate kua pā mai ki a tātau i ngā rā tata kua hipa ake nō reira tāku kupu whakamutunga he mihi ki Te Minita. Ko ia tērā i tiki atu i te rākau ā kia kōkiritia atu ki tōnā taumata me te mōhio anō hoki i ngā tau kua hipa ā i reira tonu ētahi paku raru ēngari kai te pai! Koinei te āhuatanga o te tangata. Pēnei i a Māui Tikitiki-ā-Taranga i pērā rawa a ia. Nō reira kāti! Ko tāku ko te kī ka mihi ki Te Minita ka mihi ki a koutou haere mai haere mai tēnā koutou tēnā koutou kia ora tātau katoa.[To begin my speech this morning I will recite a ritual chant as we sit together on this beautiful occasion. And so I will recite it thus: “I invoke the inspiration and guidance from the universe and the gods and I therefore bestow upon these disciples and young men and women the life-force under the auspices of Tāne the giver of life. Let them attain the sacred knowledge from the highest heavens. Hold fast hold strong it is done!”Welcome to the people of Tauranga Moana who are present here today. Come forth under a cloud of mourning of the many deaths that you have suffered not only last week but over recent weeks. I also acknowledge our meeting which took place at Hungahungatoroa Marae where we shed tears for Matiu—but he was not the only one.When we see a face thoughts go back to those who are no longer here today and who paved the way. We recall the situation relating to Īria and to the myriads of deaths within and among you and others as well who were not lucky enough to come. Let me put it this way: the situation within Ngāi Te Ranginui was there were Turirangi Te Kani Mau Gardiner and Hone Farrell including Matiu. In Ngāti Ranginui’s situation there were Ānaru Kohu Alec Tata Tipi Faulkner and Īria once again. In Ngāti Pūkenga’s case there are Wīremu Ōhia Slim Mikaere Rere Amoamo and Te Kepa Smallman. It is not as though they were the total number lost from sight. Let me put it this way: as I mentioned those names they became enshrined with enormous empathy that we placed upon them in the days gone by.And so to you my esteemed ones welcome welcome welcome! It is not just recent deaths we are referring to but those also that felt the bite of the musket in bygone times. And so this is why the heart grieves for those who are lost from sight. Shedding tears for all of them therefore is an aspect of rising to take a call. But I do acknowledge commend and congratulate all you revered elderly men and womenfolk. You put a face to them today.It is not as though it is like what I am saying here is that the deaths yesterday we were alluding to were of recent times because this matter this one of the settlement claims emerged from deaths that occurred a very long time ago in ancient days. I will leave it for the Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations to elaborate on features about this bill being debated here. But I do want to put forth some sentiments from within the heart.What is the purpose of ancient times? What is that reason? Yes the real reason for coming here today into Parliament House. To me plundering confiscation conflict battle are the reasons. You of Tauranga Moana know exactly that there were two major battles Pukehinahina and Te Ranga. Yes and there were other battles. But according to what I heard and because of these two major conflicts approximately 50000 acres were taken by the Government because of those circumstances and contentions. In 2014 memorial days were held for these two places Pukehinahina and Te Ranga.Te Ranga as you know so well today is a paddock and a precipice. Each day one drives from Rotorua to Tauranga and from Tauranga to Rotorua looks right looks left and would not see a shred of evidence right up to years just past that a battle happened at that place. But as for this place Pukehinahina it is on the main road to Tauranga. What is the name of the road? It is Cameron Road! That is a significant point alluded to here in the historical accounts. A benefit from those two memorable days is a wake-up call to Tauranga Moana about historical accounts and furthermore accounts about the protests in that community of Tauranga Moana. The problem was that Māoridom heard that some in the community were bitter about the historical accounts that affected us. As of right historical accounts relating to these places should be taught in schools so that children of Tauranga Moana become aware that there are other aspects of history that are there in front of them that one will drive past daily and be totally unaware of.In regard to these battles my own tribe of Ngāti Rangiwewehi tribe stood as allies with kin from within Tauranga Moana. So we need to go all the way back to those historical accounts. On 29 April 1864 a huge battle took place at Pukehinahina. Duncan Cameron was the general. For 8 hours that one of the pā settlements was bombarded by artillery fire. Cameron then ordered 300 to go directly to this one of the settlements and 300 more afterwards to arrest the Māori in that one of the fortifications. According to accounts there were 230 Māori and 1070 imperial troops. However the Māori were cunning. When the soldiers entered the pā they were absolutely shocked as they had assumed this tribe all of you their ancestors weredead! Rāwiri Puhi of Ngāi Te Rangi who was the paramount chief had fooled the soldiers well. Eight weeks later the battle of Te Ranga took place and my Ngāti Rangiwewehi tribe with Ngāti Pikiao and Ngāti Porou as well embarked in support of Puhirake: 100 locals and 10 soldiers died.So there we were in Tauranga Moana 2 years ago lamenting them at one of the burial sites in that town. It is because of the embarrassment when Greer who was the general at that time arrived there that the name Greerton emerged perhaps! Therefore all these accounts are in the histories of this place but at the same time in these claims. Although the soldiers perished the protests endured. So in this brief call I decided to reflect and to really express these historical anecdotes not as a means of extolling these deaths not at all but rather to grieve in the first instance as these are the kin who have arrived here before us today. I grieve because of the circumstances of our contributions on this day. While we talk about these claims these settlements we must also address the deaths that have occurred in the years gone by.So this is my contribution. A brief acknowledgement to you friends uncles and aunties. I am moved as my eyes settle upon you in respect of the deaths that we have experienced together in recent days. My final acknowledgement is to commend the Minister. It was he who reached out for the baton so as to thrust it forward to its ultimate destination knowing full well that in years gone by minor issues remain still but that is fine. This is how it is when dealing with an individual—quite like dealing with Māui Tikitiki-ā-Taranga; he was just like that. So enough! I salute you Minister and bid you all welcome come hither! My appreciation to us all.]PEENI HENARE (Labour—Tāmaki Makaurau):“Papā te whatitiri hikohiko te uira kahukura ki te rangi! He 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!”E Te Minita ka tāpae waku mihi ki tāu nā i whārikihia nei ki mua i te aroaro o tō tātau Whare. Mihi atu ana au ki a koe nāu te huarahi i hanga kia kotahi ai te wairua Māori o tēnā o tēnā o tātau kua tau nei. Nō reira e mihi atu ana au ki a koe e Te Minita i tuku karakia e Te Minita o Ngā Mahi Whanake Māori. E tāpae atu waku mihi ki tāu nā mihi ki ō tātau tini aituā. Rātau kua ngaro atu ki te Pō. Ngā mate huhua ki roto i ngā taumaha kua pahure ake nei. Tae noa mai ki tēnei rangi e tangi tonu ana te ngākau e haehae tonu ana i te kiri. Koutou e ōku tini whanaunga kua tau mai ki roto i tēnei Whare o tātau. Pīkauria mai ngā aituā ki runga i a koutou kia tūhono ki ngā aituā ki runga i a mātau e noho nei kia tukuna atu ko ngā pātū o tō tātau Whare te mihi atu te tangi atu ki ngā mate. Koutou i mau ai te ringa kaha o aituā o aituere o aitukikini o aitutāmaki. Nāna i kōwhaki ai i te kauae o tērā e tangi mai rā o tērā e tangi ake rā o tātau e tangi atu nei nō reira kāti ki te wāhanga ki Te Pō!Nau mai te ao ko wai me ahau ko te ata! E aku rangatira mihi atu ana au ki a koutou! Haere mai rā koutou e Ngāti Hine ki Tauranga Moana. He aha te take a Peeni e taki nei i tēnei momo kōrero? Kua wahaina mai e Te Minita mō ngā pakanga. Nā ka huri ōku whakaaro ki roto i ōku ake ki Te Tai Tokerau. Ko te pā maioro ko te pā tūwatawata ko Te Ruapekapeka. I tukuna atu tōku tupuna a Kawiti i te karere ki te motu whānui haere mai awhi mainā koutou taua tono i whakatutuki. I haere mai a Te Whatarau ki roto i a au ki te āwhina atu i tō mātau pakanga ki te koti whero. Ahakoa i tae mai a Te Whatarau ki runga i tētahi wāhi pātata ki te tāone nei o Whāngarei ko te īngoa o taua wāhi rā ko Pakikaikutu. I tae mai a Te Whatarau nā i pōhēhē wētahi o ōku whanaunga ā ko koutou kē te hoariri. Tahi ka pūhia e mātau koutou ēngari ka ora mai a Te Whatarau! Hei hohou i te rongo ka tukuna atu e Kawiti tētahi wāhi whenua ki roto i a mātau e kīia nei ko Akerama. Nō reira i whai kāinga ai a Te Whatarau ki roto i a mātau o Ngāti Hine kātahi ka heke mai ko ngā uri. Ka moe rangatira te rangatira o koutou ki roto i a au nei ka puta mai ko ngā whānau ka noho tonu ki runga i tō mātau whenua i tēnei wā tonu. E Ngāti Hine ki Tauranga Moana haere mai rā koutou ki runga i tēnei e kōrero ake nei ko Tauranga Moana ki roto i Te Tai Tokerau. Kāti e ngā whanaunga tēnā koutou tēnā koutou kia ora tātau!Kua kōrero mai Te Minita mō ngā āhuatanga o ngā pakanga i raupatuhia ai eTe Whenua o Tauranga Moanakua tae mai tātau ki tēnei wāhanga o wā rātau haerenga. Ko tāku e kī nei ahakoa ka tatū mai ngā nawe me ngā amuamu me ngā whakahē a Te Tiriti o Waitangi i tēnei rā tonu ka whawhai tonu tātau ka whawhai tonu tātau! Kia kaua tēnei Whare e pōhēhē ka tutuki tēnei pire ka mutu te whawhai o Tauranga Moana kāhore kāhore kāhore! Ko te whāinga matua ko Te Mana Motuhake! Ko tētahi o ngā tepe ki runga i te huarahi anā ko te mahi ngātahi ko te mahi ngātahi a Tauranga Moana me Te Karauna tāku e mihi atu nei ki a koutou!Ka huri ngā mihi ki Te Minita ki a ia i whakapau werawera mō ēnei take Tiriti. Kua roa rawa koutou e tatari ana! Nā kua tae mai i te rā nei nā runga i te tono a Te Minita otirā o te tāhūhū o tō tātau Whare. Nō reira ki a koe e Te Minita e mihi atu ana au ki a koe koutou ko ō āpiha ko Te Tari Tatū ai i Ngā Kerēme e pā ana ki Te Tiriti o Waitangi e mihi atu ana! Kua kōrero mai Te Minita ka haere tēnei pire ki mua i te aroaro o Te Rōpū Whāiti mō ngā Take Māori. Ko te hiahia nō reira kia āta wetewete kia totohe i ngā wāhanga katoa o tēnei pire. Āe kua whakaritea nei i tētahi wāhanga pūtea ki roto i te pire ka tika!Kua roa rawa mātau e kī atu ana ahakoa te rahi o te pūtea ka kore e ea i ngā mamae kei runga i a koutou.Ko tētahi atu wāhanga o te pire e mea atu ana āe e whakapāha ana Te Kāwanatanga mō ngā mahi tūkino i a koutou. Kia mōhio mai koutou e aku rangatira i te wiki kua pahure ake nei i tukuna e mātau o tēnei taha o Te Whare i tētahi kōrero kia whakapāhaTe Kāwanatanga mō ngā mahi tūkino i Te Reo Māori. Tēnā ko tāku e hiahia ana nā runga i te kōrero o Te Kāwanatanga tēnā pea ka kitea i tētahi whakapāha mō tērā āhuatanga ki roto i ngā mahi e whai ake nei!Kāti kai konei mātau o tēnei taha e tautoko ana i tēnei pire. E tautoko ana mātau i tēnei pire nā runga i ngā hiahia ngā moemoeā a ō tātau mātua a ō tātau tūpuna. Kua roa rawa a Tauranga Moana e whawhai ana i tēnei whawhai. Ko tāku e pānui ana i ngā kōrero ka tukuna mai e Te Kāwanatanga e mihi atu ana ahau ki a Tauranga Moana tā te mea ka noho nei koutou ahakoa ngā nekehanga me ngā whawhai me ngā kōrero o ngā hapū nē? Titiro mai ki a au o Ngāpuhi! Ka kite nei koutou i te kino o te whawhai Māori ki te Māori! Āe me tū motuhake ngā hapū ka tika!Ēngari mō te take nei ka kōkiri ngātahi a Tauranga Moana tēnei ka mihi! He tauira tēnā! He tauira tēnā ki ōku ake o roto Ngāpuhi. Tēnā ko ngā hapū ko te mana o ngā hapū ērā ka takahia nei i te nukuroa mō te wā roa. Ēngari mō te take o tēnei kaupapa ka kōkiri ngātahi. Tēnei e mihi atu ana ki a koutou mō tērā whakaaro rangatira me tēnā whakaaro rangatira. Ka kōrero nei wēnei mahi rangahau i ngā hapū katoa kei roto i a koutou tēnei ka mihi.Nā kua rongo koutou kua tangi te pere hei haukoti i tōku kōrero i te rā nei. Ēngari kia mōhio mai koutou i roto i te roanga ake o tēnei pire mai i te pānuitanga tuatahi tae atu ki tōna tutukitanga kei konei mātau totohe ai wero ai! He aha te take? Mō te mana motuhake e whāia nei e koutou! Nō reira kāti ake e aku rangatira! Hei whakakapi ake i tōku kōrero i te rā neii pahū te pūrepo ki runga i ngā pā tūwatawata o te motu whānuika auē te iwi Māori tahi ka hopī ngā mate i ngā hopī o te tūpara. Iaia tonu nei ka mihi atu ki ngā mahi rangatira i oti ai i a koutou ki runga i te pā o Pukehinahina ki runga anō hoki i Te Ranga.Hei whakakapi ake e ōku rangatira e kīia nei tēnei haka ki runga i te pā o Te Ruapekapeka. Pukehinahina hō! A Te Ranga hō! Ruapekapeka e hōhā! Kāti aku rangatira tēnā koutou kia ora tātau.[“Thunder rumbles lightning strikes and a rainbow straddles the heavens. Anger vents forth peace emerges it is Ngungunu Ngangana Aparangi it is the shearwater within its burrow the spear that descends the feminine article the spearhead of my ancestor Hineamaru. Behold the breath of life!”.Minister Flavell I append my words of greetings to those that you just uttered in our House. I salute you for binding the spirits of each of us gathered in this House. I commend you the Minister for Māori Development for leading us in prayer at the commencement of our debate. I append my regards for the dear departed to your words of farewell to them the people who have passed beyond the realm of the living; the many dear departed of the years past. Unto this day lamentations lacerations of the heart and the body keening for those never to return to this world. I turn to my kinfolk who have come to this House of ours. Bring forth your losses into our House that they may mingle with the losses borne by the members seated here that the very walls of our House reverberate with our cries of loss; you who bear the burdens of beloved kin passed beyond the firmament as we lament their passing. The lamentations that burst forth from the congregation here—enough of the dead!Returning to the world of the living and to whomelse but me the breaking of the new day! Salutations to you august visitors! Come hither to you Ngāti Hine from Tauranga Moana. You may well ask why Peeni is addressing you in such a manner. The Minister brought up matters relating to land wars. So my recollections reach back to my homeland in Northland to the fortified pā of Ruapekapeka. My ancestor Kawiti sent forth the clarion call throughout the land to come and assist you fulfilled that call. Te Whatarau came among us to help us fight the redcoat. Although Te Whatarau arrived at a place nearby to the present day city of Whāngarei that place was called Pakikaikutu. Upon his arrival some of my relatives thought you were the foe then we fired upon you. But Te Whatarau survived! As a token of amity Kawiti ceded a piece of land to you at Akerama. And so that is how Te Whatarau found a home amongst us of Ngāti Hine and his descendants followed thereafter. Your high-born married the high-born within Ngāti Hine and begat the families that continue to reside upon our lands to this day. And so to you Ngāti Hine of Tauranga Moana my personal welcome to you from this Tauranga Moana from within Northland. So welcome and acknowledgments to you collectively and my thanks to us all.The Minister has spoken about the wars that brought about the loss of lands in regard to Tauranga Moana and has come to this juncture of the proceedings. I state and reaffirm here even though imperfections complaints and criticisms of the Treaty of Waitangi still continue today we will continue to fight on. Lest this House consider that this bill will end Tauranga Moana’s battle I say it will not it will not it will not! The primary goal is independent integrity. One of the first steps to achieve this is working together. That is it! Tauranga Moana and the Crown working together! I salute you collectively on that!I turn to the Minister and direct my accolades to he who has expended perspiration over these Treaty matters. You Tauranga Moana have waited a long time. And now you have arrived here today through the invitation of the Minister but at the same time the invitation of the ridge pole of our House. Therefore to you the Minister I truly commend you your officials and the Office of Treaty Settlements well done! The Minister has stated that this bill will be referred to the Māori Affairs Committee. The desire is to carefully analyse and debate all parts of the bill there. Yes a portion of funding has been considered in the bill. Well then we have advocated for a long time that regardless of the quantum not all grievances that you have will be settled financially.There is another part in the bill saying yes the Government is apologising for its violations against you. Esteemed ones you need to be cognisant of the fact that we on this side of the House in weeks just past made a statement that the Government must apologise for its acts of ill-treatment against the Māori language. On the basis of the Government statement I want to see if the Government can find a way to apologise for that situation in terms of acts of violation that might occur subsequently.That aside we here on this side of the House support this bill. We do so because of the aspirations and dreams of our parents and ancestors. Tauranga Moana has fought this battle for a very long time. What I interpret from the contributions will be delivered by the Government. I applaud Tauranga Moana because you will remain fixed on the purpose regardless of movements subtribal battles and tribal ones yes? Look at me of Ngāpuhi! You will see the ghastly nature of Māori fighting Māori. Yes subtribes must remain independent and quite rightly so! But in regard to this situation Tauranga Moana has worked collaborately and I doff my hat to you! That is an example and one for my lot in Ngāpuhi to follow. There is an example for subtribes and for the integrity of subtribes to traverse and follow in the long haul and over a lengthy period of time. I commend you collectively for that esteemed and outstanding philosophy a truly great one. These researched anecdotes on all your subtribes within you are quite revealing and I commend you.Now you have heard the bell signalling that my address today is at an end but you must understand that throughout the lengthy process of this bill from the first reading right through to its conclusion we will be here to debate to challenge and for what purpose? For the independence you are seeking. Therefore enough my esteemed ones! To end my contribution today: the cannon boomed out over the fortified pā of the nation Māoridom wailed then the defeated were panic-stricken by the intimidation of the double-barrelled gun! At this very moment I commend the acts of nobility you collectively accomplished on the settlement of Pukehinahina and on Te Ranga as well.In conclusion my esteemed ones it is said that this posture dance performed on the parapets of Ruapekapeka went like this: Pukehinahina hō! Te Ranga hō! Ruapekapeka hō-hā! Pukehinahina Te Ranga and Ruapekapeka are fed up! Enough noble ones acknowledgments to you collectively and my appreciation to us all.]Hon CHRISTOPHER FINLAYSON (Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations): I join with the previous two speakers Te Ururoa Flavell and Peeni Henare in welcoming our guests in the public gallery. I am delighted we have reached this stage as they and I know it has been no easy task for reasons that I will develop in my speech.The Tauranga Moana Iwi Collective comprises Ngā Hapū o Ngāti Ranginui whose settlement is being read now together with the collective redress; Ngāti Pūkenga whose bill will also be read a first time later this morning; and Ngāi Te Rangi whose bill I expect to be introduced to the House in the next few weeks. I am particularly pleased we have reached that stage and I acknowledge all the good work of Ngāi Te Rangi.These groups entered into collective negotiations in 2010 to negotiate shared redress alongside their individual iwi settlements. This collective approach has required intensive engagement and has resulted in the three iwi agreeing on the shared redress which is set out in the Tauranga Moana Iwi Collective deed and the bill. On 22 December 2011 the collective signed a statement of position and intent with the Crown. This summarised the status of negotiations between the Crown and the iwi collective and outlined the remaining steps that needed to be taken to reach final agreement on the collective redress. On 2 November 2012 the collective deed was initialled by the Crown and the collective and after a lengthy hiatus that followed to enable the Tauranga Moana Iwi Collective parties to organise their affairs the deed was finally signed on 21 January 2015. The Tauranga Moana Iwi Collective Redress and Ngā Hapū o Ngāti Ranginui Claims Settlement Bill will give legislative effect to the final agreements on collective redress as set out in that collective deed. Settlement redress for each individual iwi within the collective is set out in their respective individual deeds of settlement.Let me say something about the history that has got us to this place. The tribunal found that along with loss of life and loss of land Tauranga Moana iwi “suffered reduced access to and use of traditional resources from the rivers sea and the forests [around] Tauranga Moana.” Later the “accelerating pace of urban development” and economic activity led to “degradation and pollution” of the environment. Much land—as so sadly we hear every time there is a settlement bill read in this House—was taken under the Public Works Act. The collective actions and the omissions of the Crown left all Tauranga Moana iwi with insufficient land for their needs undermined their economy and frayed the social fabric of the region. It also impacted on the ability of whānau hapū and iwi to pass on language tikanga and mātauranga to younger generations—and that is one of the reasons why this afternoon we are going to have the third reading of the Māori Language Bill.The enactment of the Tauranga Moana Iwi Collective Redress and Ngā Hapū o Ngāti Ranginui Claims Settlement Bill is going to provide for Crown acknowledgment of statements of association for statutory areas joint management of the sacred maunga Mauao a right of first refusal over certain land the transfer of Crown forest land to Tauranga Moana Iwi Collective and Te Kūpenga and a relationship agreement—a very important agreement—between the iwi collective and the Department of Conservation (DOC). I acknowledge the good work of Lou Sanson and the team at DOC.I must also mention the framework the Tauranga Moana Framework a very important and novel co-governance framework for Tauranga Moana iwi and other iwi with recognised interests to participate in the management of the harbour and surrounding waterways and the coastal area. As described in the collective deed the whānau and hapū of Ngāti Pūkenga Ngāi Te Rangi and Ngā Hapū o Ngāti Ranginui are moana-centric people with an enduring thousand-year association with Tauranga Moana that is fundamental to their identity and well-being both culturally and materially. I know and I recognised it was an incredibly difficult decision for the collective to remove the framework from this bill because of reasons beyond their control. I too was very disappointed that we had to go down that path and today I reiterate my commitment to support the iwi as they work with their neighbours to see the Tauranga Moana Framework finalised. Then we will bring it in through separate legislation.Can I now turn to the Ngā Hapū o Ngāti Ranginui claims settlement which as I said is in the same bill as the collective redress. Ngā Hapū o Ngāti Ranginui is an integral member of the collective and as can be deduced from the title of their bill a hapū-centric iwi. To all of those in the gallery who have come to Wellington to witness this long-awaited and historic day I reiterate my welcome and my thanks to you for all your hard work so that we got to this stage. It is a very real pleasure to welcome you to Parliament this morning.Ngā Hapū o Ngāti Ranginui gave the mandated negotiators a mandate to negotiate a deed of settlement with the Crown. The Crown recognised the mandate on 7 April 2008. The negotiators and the Crown signed terms of negotiation on 27 September 2008 and on 21 December 2011 Ngā Hapū o Ngāti Ranginui and the Crown signed a statement of position agreeing in principle that Ngā Hapū o Ngāti Ranginui and the Crown were willing to enter into a deed of settlement. On 6 April the deed of settlement was initialled and on 21 June 2012 the deed was signed on the anniversary of the battle of Gate Pā. The bill will give legislative effect to the final agreements on the redress as set out in the deed.The historical claims primarily concern the war and the raupatu at Tauranga the purchase of the Te Puna and Katikati Blocks soon after the war and the effects of the Crown’s native land laws and later Māori land legislation and once again public works takings during the second half of the 20th century. The Crown’s actions during the bush campaign are of particular note. This conflict was sparked by Ngā Hapū o Ngāti Ranginui resistance to the raupatu and the Te Puna and Katikati purchase which Ngā Hapū o Ngāti Ranginui refused to recognise. In response to the obstruction of surveys and threats against surveyors the Crown employed a scorched earth policy to subdue Ngā Hapū o Ngāti Ranginui. A Crown force numbering in the hundreds looted and destroyed villages burnt crops and took any livestock that was found. In the years followingNgā Hapū o Ngāti Ranginui have struggled to support themselves. Food shortages were common. Poor sanitation resulted in sickness. The Crown’s apology is set out in the deed of settlement and as I say was delivered by me personally in June 2012.The redress in the deed of settlement is designed to go some way to correct that which has been lost and I certainly hope it will eventuate for the whānau and the hapū of Ngā Hapū o Ngāti Ranginui. The financial and commercial redress offered to Ngā Hapū o Ngāti Ranginui seeks to recognise the losses suffered by them. They will receive just over $38 million plus interest as well as numerous commercial redress properties some sale and lease-back commercial properties a 20 percent share in Pūwhenua Forest lands and a right of first refusal in relation to certain right of first refusal land.I once again say it has taken longer than we anticipated to reach this stage but I want to thank all the negotiators for their work and my chief Crown negotiator Dame Patsy Reddy who has been working so hard both on the collective redress and on the individual settlements. We now move to the final stages of the deed of settlement process and I look forward to seeing the bill back in the House in the very near future.CATHERINE DELAHUNTY (Green): Tēnā koe Mr Assistant Speaker. Tēnā koutou e Te Whare he mihi nui ki a Tauranga Moana nau mai haere mai ki Te Whare Pāremata![Thank you Mr Assistant Speaker. Acknowledgments to the House and a huge one to Tauranga Moana; welcome come hither to Parliament House.]To the kuia and kaumātua here today the whānau here today and the voice of the pēpi we heard in the Chamber urging us to remember that this is about mokopuna katoa the next generation welcome welcome. Thank you for being here for this moment of history your history which Te Rōpū Kākāriki wishes to honour and acknowledge. We wish to support the bill all the way through its process and to honour and acknowledge the extraordinary effort of Ngāi Te Rangi Ngāti Ranginui me Ngāti Pūkenga hapū katoa o Tauranga Moana [and all subtribes of Tauranga Moana]in your incredible survival commitment to change and willingness to rebuild a future in Aotearoa alongside us Pākehā despite a painful history which has been touched on already by the Minister for Māori Development the Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations and other speakers this morning.I just wanted to acknowledge a quote from Charlie Tāwhiao: “For [more than] 150 years … five generations of [our] people have been carrying an unbearable pain that this weekend will end and allow us to get on with the work of moving forward. We’re very pleased to hear that the Crown has acknowledged that up until now it has not properly dealt with the injustices we have suffered—that it now recognises we had control over our tribal area up until it started the war with us in 1864 that caused real suffering for many of our people.” I think that that is a really important quote in terms of understanding the history of Tauranga Moana. In the little that I know as someone who lives up the road in Hauraki this is a wealthy beautiful fertile amazing part of Aotearoa. Nowhere is as unique as this settlement or has had some of the unique dispossession that took place—the violence that has been visited on this area.I just want to acknowledge that war is a good way to steal land. What actually happened in 1864? We who have been taught such limited history think that there was a battle at Gate Pā. There was generosity and honour shown by tangata whenua warriors. Those things are true but that is not the reason there was a war. The reason there was a war is described well in a historical account. “Conflict in the Tauranga district between the Imperial troops and Maori warriors became … inevitable when in January 1864 three ships landed almost 700 soldiers at the tiny settlement known as Te Papa. At the time the government claimed that its intention was to prevent Maori from Tauranga and the East Coast lending support to the Kingite forces in the Waikato by sending men and supplies to the Waikato. However the government was also keen to increase the amount of fertile land available for settlement. Provoking a fight in the Tauranga district would provide a reason to confiscate productive land.”That is the truth of the matter: provoking a fight would provide a reason for raupatu. As the Minister said some 50000 acres were taken in raupatu and in subsequent forms of legalised theft right up to the late 20th century including the infamous Public Works Act. I just want to honour the survival and the determination of Tauranga Moana iwi and their commitment to work together where they share common interests to develop a future. It is not a simple matter. Others know this better than I and we will hear more no doubt through the select committee process but it is a total tribute to those people.My deep concern about this is that Pākehā do not understand. I would venture to say in Tauranga it is the same as everywhere else: this wealthy place with many wealthy and comfortable homes where there are many Pākehā people living comfortable lives in the context of an extreme dispossession that they do not understand. I was disappointed when the Minister of Education said that Land Wars education in Aotearoa is a choice for schools. It was not a choice for tangata whenua in 1864. It was not a choice when the Public Works Act took their land. It was not a choice to engage in the Treaty settlement process. It was a necessity in order to consider the future for mokopuna.How is it a choice for my culture to not know these things? How are we holding our heads up and saying we will not teach our children what has happened? How can the settlement be full and final if we do not have the understanding in my society of what happened and why it happened? How are we going to get the buy-in? It really disturbs me because I know that Tauranga Moana iwi have worked very very hard to create this with the Crown but my culture is still ignorant.I recently went to the freshwater consultation process and I was horrified by the blatant ignorance and racism of my own people in talking about relationships with natural resources. As we know natural resources are at the heart of this settlement in the sense of the damage that has been done particularly but not only to two awa in the rohe. I was there when the Rena foundered and I helped scrape oil off the beaches and that is a continuing hurt for Tauranga Moana. So this is a contemporary issue.How will we have a relationship? How do we manage our resources?The Green Party believes that education of everybody—tangata whenua tangata Tiriti katoa—in Aotearoa is not a choice but a necessity as a peacemaking parallel process alongside this important process that we are here to do today. If we do not follow those things we are going to have a whole lot of people floating around with their ignorance on the news and on their talkback shows hurting other people misunderstanding their place and being ignorant about history.I believe it is Parliament’s responsibility to do better than that. As we are doing better than that today with these processes we have to do better than that with education so that every citizen in Tauranga Moana understands what happened at Pukehinahina and Te Ranga understands what rohe they are in and knows the names the places the history the meaning of why we are here today and how this is about giving back 2 percent of what was taken. This is not to paralyse my culture with guilt but to inform us with the ability to engage with respect with history to give a deeper understanding of our own place and a recognition of the value of Te Tiriti o Waitangi as a place where we can all stand if we stand with honour and respect. But if we do not educate our own while the tangata whenua are bending over backwards to build a relationship then it is on our heads. It is our failure. We as elders of this country—those of us who are over the age of 25—need to take some responsibility for this.There are many interesting and moving parts to this settlement and one of them is the maunga of the rohe: the beautiful Ōtānewainuku Pūwhenua and Mauao—these peaks and their story. I was a young person when I was told the story of the mountain that fell in love and then could not have his beloved. The patupaiarehe tried to help him throw himself into the sea. If we understand that story we understand that what has driven so much of the Treaty settlement process is law and is economics but it is really love of whenua love of maunga love of awa from the tangata whenua side. We all need to know the story and feel the love that actually supports Tauranga Moana as identity for everybody based in and started with the stories of the tangata whenua which are more than stories; they are whakapapa.So it does disturb me a little—and and no doubt it will come back after the select committee process—that the maunga peaks are not being returned. Recently we had a Department of Conservation briefing about what conservation land was available for settlement and I was disturbed by that briefing in the sense that my culture just seems to refuse to be as generous as we need to be. It is more than the peak; it is the maunga. It is more than reserve status; it is full return. That is what we would like to see in many of these settlement bills. It is more than right of first refusal; it is a generous return of a theft because when you steal something the thief is not normally giving it back. Kia ora koutou katoa.The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Lindsay Tisch): I call Nuk Korako—5 minutes.NUK KORAKO (National):Ātēnā koe. Te mea nui ki te mihi atu ki tō tātau Matua Nui i Te Raki ko ia te tīmataka me te whakaotika mō tātau katoa. Nō reira ka mihi au ki Te Kaihōmai o kā mea pai katoa. Ā tēnei te mihi ki ngā waka o Te Arawa Mātaatua Tākitimu nō reira nau mai nau mai haere mai ki Te Whare Pāremata. E ngā iwi o Tauraka Moana Ngāti Rangi Ngāti Pūkenga Ngāti Ranginui ka mihi. Ko WhakaraupōTeMoana ko Te Rakiwhakaputa TeTangata ko Te Poho o Tamatea Pōkai Whenua TeMauka ko Rāpaki o Te Rakiwhakaputa tōku marae. Kei te mihi ki te whanauka o Te Waka o Tākitimu Ngāti Ranginui. Nō reira e koutou rā ā tēnā koutou tēnā koutou e mihi atu ki a koutou katoa.[The most important thing is to praise our Great Father in Heaven He is the beginning and ending for us all. Therefore I give praises to the Provider of all things that are good. I acknowledge the canoes of Te Arawa Mātaatua and Tākitimu so welcome come hither and welcome to Parliament House. I acknowledge you the people of Tauranga Moana Ngāti Rangi Ngāti Pūkenga and Ngāti Ranginui welcome! Whakaraupō is the ocean Te Rakiwhakaputa is the man Te Poho o Tamatea Pōkai Whenua is the mountain and Rāpaki o Te Rakiputa is my marae. I bid you welcome my relatives of the Tākitimu canoe and Ngāti Ranginui. Salutations to you collectively and to us all.]That was first of all a welcome to all of the iwi of Tauraka Moana and to say on behalf of the Māori Affairs Committee it is indeed our honour to actually host you here at the beginning of the first reading of the Tauranga Moana Iwi Collective Redress and Nga Hapu o Ngati Ranginui Claims Settlement Bill. I know that the people here have been on a very long journey to get here today and I trust that now you are watching as your settlement enters its final stage before becoming a reality. I know you all feel all of the hard work that has gone into the process and you know that it is indeed worth it. The hard work of making this settlement work is the benefit of each and every one of these people here and your whānau whanauka whānau tautoko who are watching this back home.This omnibus bill ratifies two separate deeds of settlement: the Tauraka Moana Iwi settlement deed and the Ngā Hapū o Ngāti Ranginui deed of settlement. The Tauraka Moana Iwi collective comprises the three Bay of Plenty iwi centred around the Tauranga Harbour. This grouping into one collective reflects the fact that although each iwi will have its own settlement with the Crown the three are closely entwined and their interests overlap considerably.The collective deed of settlement is an important part of the settlement for each of these iwis so I just want to briefly cover that redress. There is the statutory acknowledgment of the cultural spiritual and historical and traditional associations of the Tauranga Moana iwi. There is a relationship agreement between the Department of Conservation and also Tauranga Moana. This agreement sets out how the parties will cooperate and enhance the conservation of their rohe. There is an arrangement for the management of the Mauao historic reserve. This reserve is currently managed by the Tauranga City Council and will be transferred to the new entity to provide a joint management arrangement.I know how Ngā Hapū o Ngāti Ranginui—and I acknowledge those who are here today particularly the various hapū as well. They are the hapū of Ngāti Te Wai Pirirākau Ngāti Taka Wairoa Hapū Ngāti Hangarau Ngāi Tamarāwaho Ngāi Te Ahi and Ngāti Ruahine as well. The Ngā Hapū o Ngāti Ranginui settlement recognises the great injustices that were committed by the Crown against the hapū of Ngāti Ranginui. In particular it recognises the loss of life that was caused through those land wars and the subsequent alienation of land under the raupatu.In all of this this is a day when the beginning of the end of that journey begins and I wish you all well for that journey the final part of it and we look forward at the Māori Affairs Committee to receiving you and hearing the submissions and continuing that journey to the finish when these deeds will become Acts of Parliament. I commend this bill to the House. Kia ora.PITA PARAONE (NZ First):“Tuia te rangi i runga tuia te papa ki raro tuituia tātou ka puta i te ira tangata tihei wā mauri ora!”. E Tauranga Moana koutou i tae mai ā-tinana koutou i are taringa mai i runga ngā Reo Māori Irirangi koutou i are kanohi mai i runga i te pouaka whakaata tēnā koutou tēnā koutou tēnā koutou! Ka tū ake tēnei ki te tautoko ngā mihi i mihingia e aku hoa ētahi ngā tuākana ki te whakatau i a koutou i te rā nei. Ēngari i mua i te haere tonu i tēnā wāhanga e tika ana kia mihi hoki ki tō tātou Minita. Nāna i whakaritengia i a tātou i te rā nei nā reira e Te Minita tēnā koe! E hari ana au i kite atu i a koe i whakakī i taua wāhanga ko te tūmanako kaua e waihotia ki tēnei pire anahe ēngari mō ngā pire pēnei kei te haramai. Taku hiahia kia kite atu i a koe e whakarite ana i a tātou ki Te Runga Rawa kia ahatia?E tātou mā ka nui ngā mihi i mihingia ki tēnā o ngā hunga e ngaro atu ki te tirohanga kanohiahakoa i whakarārangitia ētahi i waenganui i a tātou mai i a Tauranga Moāna i hinga atu. Ēngari taku hiahia kia maumahara ki tētahi o koutou e noho nei i roto Te Tai Tokerau e hia te roa ki te kaha ana ki te tiaki i tō mātou rangatira. Nā ko te wahine tēnā a Tā Kereama. I whakahuangia e tōku tuakana tetahi whenua i roto i a mātou i W‘agārei-terenga-paraoa ko Pakikaikutu tēnā ko ia tetahi o ngā wahine e mau hea i roto o aua whenua. Nā reira e hiahia ana ki te mihi atu ki a ia me ērā atu i takahia Te Ara Whānui-ā-Tāne. I hoki atu ki te kāinga e kīia nei te kāinga tūturu mō tātou mō tē tangata. Nā reira kua ea te wāhi mō rātou ka hoki mai ki a tātou e te hunga ora nā reira tēnā koutou tēnā koutou tēnā koutou!Ko tēnei pire kia whakatau i ngā wawata ngā tūmanako o Te Iwi o Tauranga Moana wā rātou kerēme e pā ana ki Te Tiriti o Waitangi. E korekau kē i whakahēngia ngā kōrero i puta mai i roto i te pire nei. I mea mai te kaikōrero mai i Te Rōpū Kākāriki tana āwangawanga tana pōuri karekau kē e whakaae ana Te Tari Mātauranga kia akongia ngā kōrero e pā ana ki ēnei kōrero i kite tātou i roto te pire nei. Koinā tetahi take ka nui te hari ka nui te koa o tōku ngākau kia puta mai ēnei kōrero kia mōhio mai te ao i ngā āhuatanga e pā ana ki ngā kerēme Māori i te rā nei ki ngā kerēme e pā ana ki a Tauranga Moana nui me Ngāti Ranginui.Nā reira taku mihi ki a koutou nā te mea e āhua pūhaehae ana au ki a koutou. Ahau nei mai i te tino hapū Iwi nui rawa atu o Te Tai Tokerau o Ngāpuhi ko Ngāti Hine tērā! Mai i te putanga mai o ēnei kaupapa kīhai Te Karauna e w‘akaae ana ki a mātou o Ngāti Hine!Kāre kau kē e tika ana kia tono mai koutou ki Te Taraipiuna o Waitangi he aha ai? He hapū koe! Kārekau mātou o Te Karauna e hiahia ana ki te kōrero atu ki ngā hapū ēngari ko ngā iwi ā pai atu tēnā! Ēngari i te rā nei ka kite ana i a koutou o Ngāti Ranginui me ētahi atu ka nui taku mihi ki a koutou! Kia ahatia?Kai te kotiti haere waku kōrero! Te pire e tātou mā! Kāre kau kē i tino hē ngā kōrero i roto i te pire nei. E tika ana Te Minita e toru ngā take e pā ana ki te pire ko te muru ko te raupatu ā me te pakanga! I kite ai i a mātou i aianei nā te maha o tātou o Te Ao Māori e hiahia ana ki te maumahara ki ngā pakanga o Te Motu nei. Tērā pea karekau Te Kāwanatanga te iwi whānui i whakaae ki ēnā kaupapa ēngari he kaupapa tino māharahara ki a tātou o Te Ao Māori. Koinā te take i kaha ai tātou ki te ki te i roto i tēnei whenua ko te āhuatanga e pā ana ki ngā pakanga ngā mahi kikino a Te Karauna ā rātou mahi whakahē i Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Nā reira e tika ana kia tū kaha ai tātou o Te Ao Māori!`[“Bind the heaven above bind the earth below bind us all together and so the human element emerges behold the breath of life!”. To you the people of Tauranga Moana who have arrived here physically those of you listening on Māori radio stations and watching on television acknowledgments salutations and greetings to you. I rise today to endorse the acknowledgments of welcome accorded to you by my colleagues and some of my elder kin. But before continuing on with that part it is appropriate that I acknowledge our Minister. He was the one who commenced our proceedings today so acknowledgments to you Minister. It pleases me to see you fulfil that role; hopefully it will not be for this bill alone but other ones in the future similar to this one. My wish is that I see you conduct us in a prayer to the Almighty Above but never mind.I say to us all many tributes have been accorded to those who are lost from view and although we ennobled some from Tauranga Moana they have passed on. But I do want to reflect on one of your kin who lived in Northland and cared for our esteemed elder for many years. That was the wife of Sir Graham Latimer. My elder kin mentioned an area of land that is in the region of Whangarei-terenga-paraoa and that is Pakikaikutu. She is one of the women with shares in that land. So I want to acknowledge her and others who have traversed the extensive pathway of Tāne. She has returned to that place referred to as the permanent home for us the living. Therefore that part for them has been fulfilled and we come back to us the living so acknowledgments greetings and salutations to you all.This bill settles the hopes and aspirations of the people of Tauranga Moana relating to the Treaty of Waitangi. The contents that emerged from within this bill cannot be faulted. The spokesperson for the Green Party expressed her concern and disappointment that the Ministry of Education opposed the accounts that we saw in this bill being taught. That is an issue that I am extremely pleased about in that these accounts have emerged for the world to learn about situations relating to Māori claims today in regards to those concerning greater Tauranga Moana and Ngāti Ranginui.So I congratulate you because I am quite envious of you. I in particular come from one of the greatest subtribes of Northland of Ngapuhi and that is Ngāti Hine. From the outset when these policies emerged the Crown refused us of Ngāti Hine. You actually did not have a right to make a submission to the Waitangi Tribunal and why? Because you are a subtribe. We of the Crown didnot want to reveal that to subtribes; on the other hand tribes were able to and that was fine! On the contrary today we recognise you of Ngāti Ranginui and others and I truly applaud you. So be it.My address is straying—back to the bill fellow colleagues back to the bill! There appear to be no faults in the accounts contained in this bill. The Minister is correct there are three matters relating to this bill: confiscation takimg without any right waging war. We have seen today that a number of us of Māoridom want to commemorate the wars of this nation. Although the Government and people at large may not favour these initiatives on the other hand it is an important strategy to us of Māoridom. That’s the reason why we strongly advocate and want to see in this country an aspect about wars acts of mistreatment by the Crown and breaches of the Treaty of Waitangi. So it is indeed right that we of Māoridom stand resolute.]I do not need to elaborate on the details of the bill. I think sufficient time has been had to look at this but I look forward to it being discussed after being referred to the Māori Affairs Committee. Like all settlement claims although we may be delighted that we have reached this stage there will always be some concern as to why certain claims were not included in the bill.I certainly look forward to that opportunity of hearing from members of the tribe and those members of the tribe who do not support the tribe in terms of their claims to hear the details of what their concerns are in relation to the settlement. The select committee process does give the opportunity for people to have their say in terms of what they feel may not be quite right for them. So I join with the rest of the House in supporting this bill to the Māori Affairs Committee.Nā reira e tātou mā ahakoa e āhua poto tēnei tū ēngari ko te mea nui kei te tautoko i te pire kia haere ki Te Komiti Whakawhiriwhiri o ngā Take Māori kei te wātea koutou ki te haere ake ki mua i te aroaro o taua komiti ki te whakatakoto i wā kātou kōrero wā koutou āwangawanga me ērā atu o ngā mea. Nā reira tēnā koutou tēnā koutou kia ora mai anō tātou![So to all of us even if this is somewhat of a short address the important thing is that I am supporting the bill going on to the Māori Affairs Committee. You arewelcome to come before thatselect committee to submit your thoughts concerns and any other matters of relevance. Therefore acknowledgments and salutations to you collectively and my appreciation to us all once again.]The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Lindsay Tisch): I call Louisa Wall—5 minutes.LOUISA WALL (Labour—Manurewa):Kia ora e Te Māngai o Te Whare. Tēnā koutou ngā mana whenua o Tauranga Moana me ngā hapū o Ngāti Ranginui nau mai haere mai ki Te Whare Pāremata.[Thank you Mr Assistant Speaker. Acknowledgments to you the mandated ones of Tauranga Moana and those from the subtribes of Ngāti Ranginui welcome come hither to Parliament House.]It is a pleasure to take a call in this first reading of your settlement legislation. In trying to determine what I was going to say in my 5 minutes I actually went back to the Waitangi Tribunal report Te Raupatu o Tauranga Moana. It was presented to Te Minita Māori the Hon Parekura Horomia on 11 August 2004 and it noted that the first hearing of the Tauranga Moana Tribunal was held at Hūria Marae between 23 and 27 February 1998. In this document it lists the Wai claims that actually led to the process that we are here to honour today.I would like to take the opportunity to look at some of the claimants because I think we should always acknowledge the whānau who started this journey so many years ago. The first claim that was lodged was Wairoa Hapū (Wai 42(a)). It was lodged by Rameka Apaapa and others and that was under the Ngāti Ranginui claims. We had Wai 227 which was lodged by Tipi Faulkner on behalf of the Pirirakau hapū. Wai 362 was lodged by Lance Waaka on behalf of Ngāti Ruahine of Ngāti Ranginui. Wai 370 was lodged by Taumatangi Keno who died during the course of the inquiry and Tane Heke-Kaiawha on behalf of Ngai Te Ahi. Wai 503 and Wai 672 were lodged by the late Michael O’Brien and others on behalf of their hapū. Wai 546 was lodged by Tūreiti Stockman on behalf of Ngāti Tapu. Wai 659 was lodged by Desmond Tata Peri Kohu and Piripi Winiata on behalf of Ngāi Tamarāwaho. Other Ngāti Ranginui claims we had were: Wai 42(b) which was lodged by Jacqueline Sayers; Wai 42(d) which was lodged by Alex Tata and others; Wai 47 which was lodged by the late William Ōhia and others; Wai 360 which was lodged by Lance Waaka on behalf of the descendants of Ānaru Hauā; Wai 580 which was lodged by Toa Faulkner and others; Wai 611 which was lodged by Christopher Tangitū; and Wai 853 which was lodged by Peri Kohu and others.Then in the report we look at Ngāti Pūkenga. There was Wai 637 which was lodged by Shane Ashby; Wai 751 which was lodged by Te Awanuiārangi Black; and Wai 664 which was lodged by Thomas McCausland and others. Under Ngai Tukairangi we have the Wai 211 claim which was lodged by Mahaki Ellis. In terms of Matakana Island hapū we had Wai 228 Wai 266 and Wai 854 lodged on behalf of Matakana hapū by Taiawa Kuka and the late Sonny Tāwhiao and John Toma respectively. Wai 342 was lodged by Tane Kaiawha on behalf of Ngāti He. Wai 353 was lodged by Patrick Nicholas. Wai 489 and Wai 947 were lodged by Toa Faulkner. Wai 42(c) and Wai 522 were lodged by Kevin Bluegum and David Murray. Wai 540 was lodged by Kihi Ngātai. Wai 717 was lodged by Mātire Duncan and others. Wai 755 was lodged by Desmond Tata and Wai 807 was lodged by Tūreiti Stockman. Wai 938 was lodged by Te Karehana Wicks. Wai 100 and Wai 650 were lodged on behalf of the Hauraki Māori Trust Board and Wai 454 and Wai 182 on behalf of Marūtuahu. And finally we have Wai 645 lodged on behalf of the Tauranga Moana Māori Trust Board and Wai 701 lodged on behalf of the Athenree Claims Committee by Matiu Ellis and Colin Bidois. Kia ora tātou.Hon NANAIA MAHUTA (Labour—Hauraki-Waikato):Ā tēnā tātau katoa. Ka tika ka tāpiri atu aku mihi ki a koutou nō Tauranga Moana kua tau mai nei i roto i tēnei Whare ki te whakarongo ki tēnei wāhanga o ngā tutukitanga. Nō reira Ngāti Ranginui tēnei te mihi atu ki a koutou kātahi anō tātau i mutu i te kaupapa o Te Poukai i runga i Te Marae o Tūtereinga nō reira nui te mihi nui te aroha i tēnei wā.I rongo ake ki ngā kōrero i whakaaro au me whai wāhi ki te whakahua i ngā hapū i raro i te maru o Ngāti Ranginui me aua marae. Nō reira ka mihi atu rā ki a koutou Ngāi Tamarāwaho Ngāi Te Ahi Ngāti Hangarau Ngāti Kahu Ngāti Ruahine Ngāti Te Wai Pirirākau tēnā me ō koutou nei marae a Hūria a Hairini a Hangarau a Wairoa a Waimapu a Tūtereinga Poutūterangi a Paparoa ā a Tawhitinui. Ko te take ka whakahuahua i roto i te tīmatatanga o taku kōrero kia mōhio pai ai tēnei Whare kua kawea mai a Ngāti Ranginui me ngā momo kei waenganui i a koutou mō tēnei kaupapa. Kāre mātau i te tino mōhio ki ngā toimahatanga kei waenganui i a koutou kia tae pai mai koutou ki tēnei wā.Nō reira i whai wāhi anō ki te whakahoki mahara ki ngā hononga kei waenganui i a tātau ngā pakanga ō mua me tērā hiahia o ngā mātua tūpuna kia pupuru i ngā whenua ki waenganui i a tātau anō. Nō reira ki ngā āhuatanga o Pukehinahina Te Ranga e kore e wareware ngā āhuatanga o aua wā. He aha ai? Kia kaua e wareware tēnei motu o Aotearoa ko ngā pakanga ō mua kei runga i te mata o tō tātau nei whenua he mea nunui kia tū māia te iwi Māori i runga i ō rātau nei ake whenua. He aha ai? Kia anga whakamua tātau. Me kaua e wareware ēngari me anga whakamua.[Acknowledgments to us all. It is fitting that I add my welcome tributes to you Tauranga Moana who have arrived here in this House to listen to this part of the settlement bills therefore I welcome you collectively Ngāti Ranginui even though we have just completed Te Poukai on the marae of Tūtereinga. So a huge acknowledgment and love to you at this point in time.I listened to the contributions and decided to find time to mention the subtribes and those marae under the protective cloak of Ngāti Ranginui. Therefore I acknowledge you Ngāi Tamarāwaho Ngāi Te Ahi Ngāti Hangarau Ngāti Kahu Ngāti Ruahine Ngāti Te Wai and Pirirākau and your respective marae Hūria Hairini Hangarau Wairoa Waimapu Tūtereinga Poutūterangi Paparoa and Tawhitinui. The reason for mentioning them at the beginning of my address was for this House to be well informed that Ngāti Ranginui and whom it represents have been brought here to be amongst you for this matter. We really do not know what difficulties there are amongst you to get you here safely at this point in time.However we do have the opportunity to reflect upon the connections that exist amongst us in relation to the wars of former times and that desire of the ancestral forefathers to keep the land amongst ourselves. So in terms of Pukehinahina and Te Ranga the circumstances of those times will never be forgotten and for what reason? So that this country of New Zealand will never ever forget the wars of former times on the face of this land of ours here and so that Māoridom stands on land that really belongs to them with confidence so that we can move forward; never forget that for us to move forward.]I just want to endorse many of the statements that have been made with regard to the settlement bill before the House today. It is in two parts that I would like to comment. The Tauranga Moana Iwi Collective Redress and Ngā Hapū o Ngāti Ranginui Claims Settlement Bill primarily has two parts which the select committee will be looking at. As I said in my brief introduction we really do not know the challenges within Tauranga Moana to have a combined collective redress mechanism as well as specific remedies for the interests of Ngāti Ranginui Ngāi Te Rangi and Ngāti Pūkenga. The mere fact that Ngāi Te Rangi has not been able to proceed as one today indicates that there have been some significant and challenging moments. Also the fact that in 2014 in the Ngāti Ranginui settlement there was an amendment to the extent of redress to be included indicates to members in the House and certainly to the Māori members of the Māori Affairs Committee that there were substantial matters that still needed to be addressed if this was to get over the line.So I expect that when we as a select committee go to hearings within Tauranga Moana we will get the total summary of some of the issues in regard to the nature of redress—the mechanisms to enable rights of first refusal for example and other aspects of redress to be successfully implemented. And there it is.In order for any Treaty settlement legislation to be useful and I think gain the advantage that iwi like Ngāti Ranginui would want it to gain our role as a select committee will be to ensure that the redress mechanisms that are available to Ngāti Ranginui can be successfully implemented.I want to comment briefly on the nature of the history of Tauranga Moana and whether or not the reduced mechanisms were sufficient. I will come to that Minister as I allude to some of the historical facts. Tauranga like Auckland is considered a significant regional economic hub to the detriment of the confiscations that occurred there.We could not even begin to fathom the lost opportunity for the iwi in Tauranga Moana as a result of raupatu and people being disenfranchised from their lands and their moana but also as a result of the growing expansionism that occurred there in terms of the development of the port infrastructure to ensure that Tauranga was connected to the rest of New Zealand as a growing and emerging economy that is now significant in the space of horticulture and power generation. It is no wonder that over time the people of Tauranga Moana have soughtvociferously and led the way to achieve representation on local government. In fact I can remember my former colleague Mita Ririnui bringing the local bill to the House to ensure that the Bay of Plenty Regional Council had two dedicated members on the council.Once you understand the extent of the history and the impact of lost opportunity for Māori and the way in which local government severely imprinted the way in which that city grew it will be a no-brainerto ensure that Tauranga Moana will continue down this road and that Parliament will support its aspirations to have greater local government representation because where the rubber hits the road is actually at the local government level. The mere fact that many of the public works lands transferred to local government are not available for settlement remains a matter of contention for a number of iwi and I expect that it could still be an ongoing issue for people in Tauranga Moana.The other point I would like to make is that in this instance the land and sea are synonymous with the people of Tauranga Moana and certainly from what I have read of the Ngāti Ranginui interests synonymous with the interests that they would like to see in their ongoing role not only as kaitiaki but also as good custodians of positive development in the Tauranga Moana area. I would watch with interesttoo the way that the Tauranga Moana management framework will develop and come back into the House. Potentially there is an opportunity for the select committee to pursue questions in that space so that we are a bit more informed when that does come back into the House as a separate piece of legislation. When I read the Waitangi Tribunal report I was very mindful that the land and sea are synonymous for the people of Tauranga Moana and in this instance for the Ngāti Ranginui interests.A comment was made by Des Tata. He said: “Some impact on the natural environment is inevitable when development occurs but what I really object to is the thoughtless and irresponsible development that has taken place. Local bodies have a habit of putting rubbish dumps and oxidation ponds and sewerage plants by waterways.” That really sums it up for me. The ongoing test of implementation of Treaty settlements is actually the way in which local government accepts its responsibility to work alongside iwi to be able to ensure responsible decisions are being made about everyday things. Once a settlement goes through and the iwi can continue to do what they do at the coalface it will still be local government where much of the responsibility for implementing some very practical things will continue. I just raise a flag there that it is an opportunity for us as a Parliament to consider how we could better support the implementation of Treaty settlements such as that in the Ngāti Ranginui settlement.He poto te wā māku tēnei te mihi atu ki a koutou tēnā koutou katoa.[This is but a brief one from me well done and congratulations to you all.]Hon SIMON BRIDGES (National—Tauranga): Tēnā koe Mr Deputy Speaker and welcome to Tauranga Moana iwi all three of you; welcome to Parliament. Congratulations on what I know has been a long road for you in getting here today. In my remarks can I address both of the bills before Parliament and all iwi: Ngāi Te Rangi Ngāti Ranginui and Ngāti Pūkenga.As I say congratulations on getting to today to legislation that gives effect to the final agreements that you have signed with the Crown and that provides for the redress that as we know with all of these settlements does not provide fully by any stretch for the injustices of the past but nevertheless is an acknowledgment both in statutory form in terms of relationship agreements and in regard to for example new approaches in relation to Mauao that special and splendid mountain in the area that we all love. And of course there is commercial redress as well—again never enough—both financial and in terms of property.As the member of Parliament for Tauranga can I address my remarks and my focus not just to what this means for you—clearly that is most important as iwi in our region—but also what it means for our entire subregion in terms of the settlement today that comes to the beginning of the end in this Parliament. These settlements are truly significant in that new commercial entities for economic development are being formed and you will as iwi be significant engines of regional economic development—you already have been but will be much more so—for the long term. We know and you know that you are not going anywhere in our region and you are much more able I think—certainly than politicians who come and go; much more than other businesses in fact—to take that long-term strategic view as to what you want to do.I have always believed quite strongly that although the primary reason and rationale for the Treaty settlement processes which have been well established now as we work our way through is to redress past injustices a secondary very clear benefit is the very strong regional economic development that the settlements provide in regions like the Western Bay of Plenty and the Bay of Plenty. I know that you will be fantastic economic stewards of the commercial redress that you are providing. There will be competing priorities. There will be so-called great ideas coming from left right and centre including from me as one of the members of Parliament in your areas but I know that you will grow the economic pie. You are now in so many sectors in our regional economy but you will grow into other areas as well—this decade the next and beyond.Can I just finish on what is a side issue really but one that I know affects you as well as the entire region. It is in a sense a crusade of mine but I think it is a significant issue: Tauranga Moana needs a museum. Tauranga Moana needs a museum for the reason of its size as a city of a very significant population now and as an area that has an incredibly significant history which you and these settlements are an integral part of. Let us be honest: that is going to require very significant government—central government and local government—backing but also business backing. I hope you as iwi will also play a very significant role because you need a place where your story—so incredibly important in Tauranga—is told and it is something that I want to engage with you on more in coming weeks and months. So once again congratulations on today on coming this far to the beginning of the end—the homeward straight if you like. Kia ora tātou.Bill read a first time.Bill referred to the Māori Affairs Committee.Waiata