Sharples Pita: Immigration Advisers Licensing Bill — First Reading 
Sharples Pita: Immigration Advisers Licensing Bill — First Reading 
[Volume:628;Page:1007] 
Dr PITA SHARPLES (Co-Leader—Maori Party) 
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 In joining this debate on the Immigration Advisers Licensing Bill I wish to refer to the Treaty of Waitangi. I also wish to begin my remarks by speaking in the official language of this country: te reo Maori. 
Tena koutou! Kuaotiketakumohio ki etahi o koutou ko te Tiriti o Waitangi he meakino. He meawhakawhiu whakawehe whakapau tangata. Ki etahi hoki o koutou ko te Tiriti o Waitangi ko ngakeremekuawhakatakotoriairaroi te maru o te taraipiunara. Ki a koutou ra he gravy train tena. Atu ki enei kei te mohioahau ko etahi o koutou karei te mohio he aha te take ka koreroMaorimatoui roto i te Whare nei. He mea tino hohatenei ki a koutou ki te rongo mai ki te tangi o te reo Maori a ka taria te whakamaramai roto i te reo Pakeha. Tatauma! Ko matau te PatiMaori! KoreroMaorimatauietahiwa a ka kawearawatia e mataunga kaupapa nga tikanga o ngatipunaMaorikuaheke iho nei mai ingawhakatipuranga a tae noa mai ki a matau o teneiwa. Ka whai haere matauingatapuwae o o matautupuna ara o Ta Apirana Ngata o TaTuri Kara o TaMauiPomarema. Ko mataunei te kanohi Maori o te ranei he reo Maori e tumotuhakeana hei mangaimongahapu me nga rohe Maori o Aotearoa nei. Na reira kei warewaretia e ngatangata o Aotearoa nei te ahua o te tangata whenua ka koreroMaoriahauiteneiwahanga o akukorero. 
I te 6 o ngara o Pepuere 1840 ihainatia te Tiriti o Waitangi. I hainatia e nga rangatira o ngahapuMaori me te apihamo te KuiniWikitoria te Karauna ki Ingarangi. Na te meaihainatia e ratau e nga rangatira Maori he kawenata ki a mataunei he kawenata a na te mea hoki ihainatia e Te Hapuku o Ngati Kahungunu nakuanoihaina. 
Na reira ki etahi o koutou ko te Tiriti he kaupapa tawhito. He kaupapa hoha he kaupapa moumou taima. Ki ahaunei ki te PatiMaori ki te iwi Maoriwhanui ko te Tiriti he kaupapa matua he kaupapa hohonu he kaupapa tikamotatau katoa mo Aotearoa iteneiwa. 
He aha te take ka koreropeneiai au iteneiwa? Na te mea kei roto i te Tiriti ngawariu ngauaratangahohonurawa kia whakakotahiaitataui a Aotearoa iteneiwa a mo te wa e heke mai nei. Kei roto i te Tiriti 
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Waitangi nga kaupapa matua o te PatiMaori. Kuawhakararangitiaenei kaupapa i roto itamatau mana topu ara te TuTohingamo te PatiMaori. 
[An interpretation in English was given to the House.] 
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Greetings to all. I am aware that some members do not view the Treaty of Waitangi positively. It is seen as oppressive divisive and a waste of human resources. To some the Treaty of Waitangi means the claims under the Waitangi Tribunal. To them the claims are a gravy train. In addition I know that some members are not really aware why we speak Maori in this House. To some members hearing Maori spoken is something quite annoying as well as having to wait for it to be translated into English. I say to members that we are the Maori Party. At times we will speak Maori and articulate the philosophical beliefs of our Maori ancestors handed down to successive generations and to us of this era. We follow in the footsteps of our ancestors Sir Apirana Ngata Sir James Carroll Sir MauiPomare and others. We are the face of Maoridom today a Maori voice that stands apart to act as representatives for Maori subtribes and regions here in New Zealand. So to serve as a reminder to the people of New Zealand about this aspect of the indigenous people of the land I present this part of my address in Maori. 
The Treaty of Waitangi was signed on 6 February 1840 by chiefs of Maori subtribes and an official on behalf of Queen Victoria the Queen of England. Because the Maori chiefs signed a covenant to us anyway it is one and because Te Hapuku of Ngati Kahungunu signed it as well I consider myself a signatory too. 
To some members the Treaty is a document that is past its “use by” date—one that is bothersome and a waste of time. To me the Maori Party and to the Maori people at large the Treaty is a founding document its principles are deep and it is appropriate for all of us of New Zealand today. 
Why am I talking like this now? It is because within the Treaty are the values and aspirations of immense depth that we can use to unite New Zealand as one today and tomorrow. In the Treaty are the key principles of the Maori Party that are listed in our Maori Party charter our policy document. 
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Hon Paul Swain 
: I raise a point of order Mr Speaker. It is very interesting listening to the member and there are obviously some issues that he wants to get across but it sounds like he is giving a speech on the wrong bill. This is the Immigration Advisers Licensing Bill and I think there is some obligation on the member to at least refer to the bill and to talk about its content. It is a first reading speech not a speech summarising the end of Parliament. 
Mr DEPUTY SPEAKER 
: Thank you for raising that point. I was just about to bring it to the member’s attention myself. It is important that the member relates whatever he is saying to the bill before us. 
Dr PITA SHARPLES 
: If the member had waited one more verse he might have— 
Mr DEPUTY SPEAKER 
: I thought you were coming to it yes. 
Dr PITA SHARPLES 
: Ka kaha taku tautoko i te Tiriti o Waitangi iteneiwana te mea ko te Tiriti te tutohingatuatahimo te hekenga mai o ngamanene ki Aotearoa nei. I whakaaenga rangatira Maorii roto i te Tiriti kia whakaheke mai a tauiwi ara ngamanene o Ingarangi ki Aotearoa nei noho ai. Natenei au iki he kaupapa tino pai rawa atu te Tiriti o Waitangi hei kaupapa wharikimotatau he punga hoki mototatau noho tahi. Ko te Tiriti he kaupapa whakakotahii a tatau. 
[An interpretation in English was given to the House.] 
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I strongly support the Treaty today because it was really the first charter for migrants who migrated here to New Zealand. In the Treaty the Maori chiefs allowed foreigners that is migrants from England to settle here in New Zealand. This is the reason why I stated that the Treaty of Waitangi is truly a fine philosophy for us as a foundation and also as something to anchor us together. The Treaty is a means of making us one. 
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I raise a point of order Mr Speaker. I think I am allowed more time because of the translation. 
Mr DEPUTY SPEAKER 
: Yes you are in good hands. 
Dr PITA SHARPLES 
: E te Matua Rangatira ka koreroahau ki teneiPire. Na te iwi Maoriiwhakatu te RatongaManenetuatahii roto i te Tiriti iterarautauneke atu. Erangi mai itauawa tae noa ki teneiwa na te Kawanatangaanakeiwhakatakoto ture mo te whakahaekemanene. Noratauanoteneiratongamanene. Ki a matau 
o te PatiMaorikua tae ki te wa kia uru atu te tangata whenua ki roto i te roopuwhiriwhiri kaupapa mo te ratongamanene kia noho te tangata whenua ki roto iteneiroopu ara te Immigration Advisers Authority. 
Kei te tautoko mataui te pirenei. Nateneipire ka whakatakotoai te kaupapa kia uru pai aingamanene ki roto i te ao o Aotearoa nei kia ngawariai o ratau noho iwaenganuii a tatau. He pire nui motatauiteneiwana te mea ka haere mai ngamanene ki koneinonga hau e wha nongapito katoa o te ao. Me kaha tatau ki manaaki ki te awhi i a ratau. Me kaha tatau ki te ako kia mohiotataui o ratou tikanga a ki te tautoko ingarereketangaiwaenganuiinga iwi katoa o Aotearoa nei. 
I roto iaku mahi ingataukuapahureake irongoahauingaawangawangamaha kei roto ingamanenehou. Ko etahi o tataukarei te tino manaaki i a ratauno te mea he tikanga ke a ratau he reo rereke he hahi wairua ke he kirirerekeranei. Ma te PatiMaori e ki mena e whakaaeanatatau kia hara mai ratau ki konei noho ai me manaakitia me awhinatiaratau. Kia kauatatau e whakatuwhawhai a-iwi peraiteraiCronulla iAhitereiriaiteneiwa. 
Ki te koreroiputa mai i te  
National Business Review 
iHepetema—Mahuru—iteratau kahoretatau katoa o Aotearoa nei e tautoko anaingamomomanenekuaheke mai nei. I teratataupoti 45 orauiki he nui rawa atu ngamanene o Ahiaikonei 39 orauiki he nui rawangamanene o te Middle East 39 orauiki he nui rawangamanene o ngamoutere o Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa ikonei. Na reira tataumaanoahau e ki ki te whakapuarei te kuaha ki ngamanene a kia kaha tatau ki te manaaki i a ratau. A kuamutuikonei. 
[An interpretation in English was given to the House.] 
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I address this Bill by saying that over 100 years ago the Maori people established the first immigration policy through the Treaty. But from that time to the present only the Government has been involved in determining immigration laws. This is a Government policy as well. We of the Maori Party say that the time has arrived for the tangata whenua to be involved in formulating immigration policy and also to be represented on the Immigration Advisers Authority. 
We support this Bill. It provides a policy that ensures safe entry for migrants into the New Zealand way of life and makes it easy for them to settle in amongst us. It is an important bill for us now because migrants come here from the four winds and from all points of the world. We must work hard to look after them and to embrace them. We must work hard to learn about their ways so that we can understand them and to support the differences among all peoples here in New Zealand. 
In jobs I have been employed on in the past I heard many concerns relating to new migrants. Some of us were not really welcoming to them because their customs languages spiritual beliefs and ethnicity were different from ours. The declared position of the Maori Party is that we allow them to come here and live. We should look after them and help them. We must not replicate the racial riots like the recent ones in Cronulla Australia.  
According to a statement published in the  
National Business Review 
 of September last year we here in New Zealand were not in total support of the types of migrants who migrated here. In the last poll 45 percent stated that there were too many Asian migrants here 39 percent stated that there were too many Middle Eastern migrants and 39 percent stated that there were too many Pacific Islanders here. And so I say again if we open the door to migrants we should also work hard to look after them. I conclude my address here. 
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