Jones Shane: Te Arawa Lakes Settlement Bill — First Reading 
Jones Shane: Te Arawa Lakes Settlement Bill — First Reading 
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SHANE JONES (Labour) 
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 I will be speaking in Maori and I will do my own translation. Ki a te Whare tena tatou katoa. E oku kaumatua koutou kua puta mai nei mai i era harotoroto o tatou i roto i te rohe o Waiariki tenei ahau te whakamihi atu ki a koutou nau mai piki mai kake mai haere mai. 
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To the House greetings to us all. To my elders those of you who have appeared here from those lakes of ours in the Waiariki region I extend greetings to you welcome welcome aboard welcome. 
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I welcome the elders and leaders of the Arawa confederation who have come to Parliament today. Ahau e tu ana ki te tautoko i nga mahi kua horahia i nga kupu kua whakaarongia i roto i te pire ka whakatakotongia i tenei ra. Mehemea e kite ana etahi wahanga kahore e rite tonu ana ki o koutou whakaaro he aha oti te raruraru kia wharikitia ki konei tahi ka haria ki te Komiti Uiui hei kona koutou whakapuaki i o koutou whakaaro. 
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I stand to support what has been stated and outlined in the bill presented today. If there are parts that differ from one’s point of view no harm is done by expressing them here and having them referred to the committee for further debate. 
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I stand to support the first reading of this bill. I note that it will be referred to the Maori Affairs Committee where there will be an opportunity for people to make further submissions and indeed refinements. 
Ka nui taku pouri ki te rongo atu i nga korero e horahia ana i roto i to tatou Whare i tenei ra. Ahau nei mehemea ko te kaupapa nei kua oti i a koutou nga kaikorero i whakaritea hei kawe i nga reo o Te Arawa i waenga tonu i a koutou me nga mangai o te Karauna me waiho ko te whakamutunga me te hanganga o tenei kaupapa i waenga tonu i a kourua nahea ano. Ko te Karauna me nga kaikorero o roto i Te Arawa. Me kaua tetahi atu te poka noa ki te whakawehewehe i nga korero waenga tonu i a kourua. 
I also note that others are unwilling to support the progress of this bill. I think that is a shame. It overlooks the fact that there has been a set of discussions—a negotiation between nominated speakers of the Arawa people and representatives of the Crown. It is not fitting that any member of this House should seek to disturb undermine or fracture that which belongs between those two Treaty partners. 
Ahau e whakamihi ana hoki ki a koutou. Ko te tamoko o Te Arawa ka whakapumautia ki te takere o nga harotoroto e korerongia ake nei. Ko wai ka hua ko wai ka tohu a e nga ra e takoto tata ake nei. E hia ranei te putea pehea ana ranei te whakahaere o nga taonga nei. Otira ko te taonga motuhake kua taka ki roto i te kapu o o koutou ringaringa hei whiriwhiri hei whakahaere i era korero. Kaua rawa ko matou nga mema o te Whare Paremata engari me whakawhiwhi atu ki a koutou nga uri o o tatou tupuna no ratou era taonga i te tuatahi. 
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I congratulate you once again. The insignia of the Arawa people will be indelibly laid upon the beds of the lakes mentioned. Who will benefit or where will it lead to in future? What will the revenue be how will these treasures be administered especially the one that has come into your hands? Who will determine and run those discussions? Those determinations are for you the descendants of our ancestors who owned the treasures in the first place. It is not for us members of Parliament House. 
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Although it may be said and complained that a better line of revenue could have been associated with the transfer of the lakes the moko of the Arawa people will be indelibly laid upon the beds of the lakes. Te Arawa will have the opportunity to ensure that their vision and aspirations regarding the development and usage of the lakes rest firmly with them and not with a single member of this Parliament. 
Koia taku e te Arawa e tautoko ana me te mohio ko te katoa o nga tumanako e kore rawa e ea. Otira ko koutou ko ahau ko wai atu ranei kei tena reanga ma ratou e kapo i te mea taea e ratou. Ko wai ranei kua hua ko wai ranei ka tohu hei roto i te wa o o tatou mokopuna te roanga atu o nga korero. 
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Therefore Te Arawa I support this bill knowing that all that you had hoped for will not be fulfilled. Indeed it is for you for me for whoever else or for that generation to seize upon what is possible for them. Who will benefit or where it will lead to in the future is in the hands of our grandchildren. 
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Therefore I stand and support this bill. Who can tell how matters will finally end up in the days of our mokopuna and our uri? Each generation must make a decision and seize upon that which it believes is the best that can be achieved at a given point in time. Tautoko ana au i te pire. Kia ora tatou katoa. 
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I support the bill. Greetings to us all.]