Turia Tariana: Ngai Tamanuhiri Claims Settlement Bill — Second Reading In Committee 
Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume 
Turia Tariana: Ngai Tamanuhiri Claims Settlement Bill — Second Reading In Committee 
[Sitting date: 18 July 2012. Volume:681;Page:3733. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.] 
Hon TARIANA TURIA (Minister for Whanau Ora) 
 on behalf of the Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations: Tena koe. Ki a koutou o Ngai Tamanuhiri me Rongowhakaata ka nui te mihi rawa atu ki a koutou kua tae mai nei ki te w’akanui i tenei kaupapa o te Tiriti o Waitangi. 
[ 
Thank you. A really huge acknowledgment to you collectively of Ngai Tamanuhuri and Rongowhakaata who have arrived here to celebrate this matter pertaining to the Treaty of Waitangi 
.] 
I move  
That the Ngai Tamanuhiri Claims Settlement Bill be now read a second time 
. Today has been a special day in this House of Representatives because this is the fourth claims settlement bill to be passing through the House today. Essentially what we are witnessing is the generosity of these claimants in accepting a very small percentage of what in effect was taken from them. 
For some New Zealanders they will be aware of the land’s history as the place of the first land mass of New Zealand sighted by a young surgeon’s boy on the  
Endeavour 
 Nicholas Young. Sadly for most New Zealanders they would not have any knowledge of the history of this wonderful land and neither would they have any understanding of the issues that we are talking about today in this House. Apparently Nicholas Young who was the ship’s boy received a gallon of rum and had the privilege of this historic place being named in his honour. 
But today we highlight the historic significance of this iconic site as the landing point for the  
Horouta  
waka one of the first migrating waka to arrive here in Aotearoa. So it is important and timely that we acknowledge Ngai Tamanuhiri’s history with this important place that has significance for all New Zealanders and more particularly for themselves and for those in the Gisborne area. Of particular note in this legislation is the vesting of the Young Nick’s Head Historic Reserve in Ngai Tamanuhiri and the name change of this historic place to Te Kuri a Paoa / Young Nick’s Head Historic Reserve. 
I go back to the comments earlier today that were made by the Hon Tau Henare who said that we need to look at these settlement readings as opportunities for celebration. For the people of Ngai Tamanuhiri an iwi of over 1700 people based in the Turanga—Gisborne—region it is indeed a celebration to have restored to them today the significance of Te Kuri a Paoa recognised in their name as mana w’enua. We cannot however overlook the tragic history that has seen us get to this point today. 
When we talk about the lands of Ngai Tamanuhiri we are talking about one of the most breathtaking landscapes in Aotearoa and indeed some may well say in the world. Their area of interest extends from Kopututea south of Gisborne City down the coastline over Wharerata Forest to Paritu. From Paritu the area extends inland towards Lake Waikaremoana. As the people would say: mai i Paritu ki Kopututea [ 
from Paritu to Kopututea 
]. 
This claims settlement bill relates specifically to the Crown’s role in the war in Turanga in the 1860s the pressure placed by the Crown on the people to sign a deed of cession for all of their land the operation of the Poverty Bay Commission and the operation and impact of the Native Land Court. The actions of the Crown resulted in the marginalisation both socially and economically of Ngai Tamanuhiri which has negatively affected that iwi right up to the present day. The Crown’s breaches in the Turanga region have been described by the Waitangi Tribunal as amongst the worst anywhere in New Zealand. It is right that this House should acknowledge the past failings of the Crown and endeavour to develop a better relationship in the future between itself and Ngai Tamanuhiri. The Crown hereby acknowledges that it did through its interactions with this iwi Ngai Tamanuhiri breach its responsibility to them under the Treaty of Waitangi. 
I want to acknowledge that for many years they have been pursuing settlement of grievances over the loss of w’enua as a result of the enactment of a variety of legislation by the Crown since 1871. On 26 March 1992 Wai 283 was lodged by Turanga iwi comprising Ngai Tamanuhiri Rongowhakaata and Te Aitanga-a-Mahaki. In 2008 Ngai Tamanuhiri Rongowhakaata including Nga Uri o Te Kooti Rikirangi and Te Pou a Hao Kai—including Te Aitanga-a-Mahaki Nga Ariki Kaiputahi Te Whanau a Kai Te Whanau a Wi Pere and Te Whanau a Rangiwhakataetaea as a collective of Turangi-nui-a-Kiwa—signed an agreement in principle with the Crown to negotiate a settlement deal. In 2009 the three groups separated to negotiate their individual interests and that brings us today to this settlement. 
The settlement contains an apology to Ngai Tamanuhiri for these occasions when the Crown did through deed or omission breach the Crown’s duties to Ngai Tamanuhiri under the Treaty of Waitangi. These breaches include the unnecessary use of force at Te Waerenga-a-Hika and summary executions at Ngatapa the Crown’s detaining of some of Ngai Tamanuhiri without trial on the Chatham Islands and the failure to protect Ngai Tamanuhiri’s fundamental property rights. Sadly it is a familiar story that we are telling today and one in fact that we have repeated. 
The intention of this Treaty settlement is to provide some redress to Ngai Tamanuhiri for the wrongdoing they have suffered at the hands of the Crown in the past. To this end the Crown recognises the traditional historical and spiritual connection of this iwi with special places owned by the Crown in Ngai Tamanuhiri’s area of interest. This settlement will provide cultural redress commercial and financial redress and Crown acknowledgments which form the basis of a Crown apology to Ngai Tamanuhiri. 
The bill was referred to the Maori Affairs Committee on 16 February 2012 and the committee reported back to the House on 6 June 2012. The committee recommends that the bill be passed with minor technical amendments. One amendment adds the company number for Wharerata Forest Ltd to the bill. 
I would like to thank my parliamentary colleagues on the Maori Affairs Committee for their work on this bill the Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations and more important the w’anau hapu and iwi of Ngai Tamanuhiri for their patience their perseverance and their resilience in enabling us to consider this legislation today. I hope that the resolution of these historic Treaty claims will help to foster better economic and social prospects for Ngai Tamanuhiri and a more positive relationship between the Crown and them which I hope will be built upon a spirit of collaboration. Na reira tena koutou katoa.