SpeechHARETE HIPANGO (National): E ngā mana e ngā reo e ngā karangatanga tēnei te pānuitanga tuatoru o Te Pire Whakataunga Kerēme o ngā Hapū o Ahuriri. Takitimu te waka. Ki ngā uri o ngā hapū o Mana Ahuriri nau mai haere mai ki tēnei Pāremata te wāhi Pāremata.Ko Harete Hipango taku ingoa. Ko uri nō Whanganui ahau. Ko au he mema nō te Pāti Nahinara.[To the authorities to all the voices and all those involved this is the third reading of the Ahuriri Hapū Claims Settlement Bill. Takitimu is the ancestral canoe. To all the descendants of the hapū of the Mana Ahuriri Trust welcome to Parliament to the seat of Government.My name is Harete Hipango. I am a descendant of Whanganui. I am a member of the National Party.]It's my privilege to stand to address the House and also the people the hapū of Mana Ahuriri who have gathered in the precincts of Parliament and regrettably are not able to be in the House today. However the message that we convey: we are also connected with our whakarua and our wairua wherever you are placed within the precinct. It's a privilege always but particularly today to stand to address the people the hapū the uri of Ahuriri who have gathered here today for the passage of their bill into law.The Ahuriri Hapū Claims Settlement Bill is comprised of 140 clauses—soon to be sections—four parts and five schedules. And the process as is well known by the people who have gathered in the precinct—those of you who have travelled afar to be here today in Te Whanganui-a-Tara—is that this journey has progressed over a period of generations. Minister Little mentioned that the recent journey commenced with the Waitangi Tribunal claim filed in 1988. The report was issued by the tribunal on 13 June 1995 and it advanced to an agreement in principle on 19 December 2013 through to a deed of settlement signed on 2 November 2016. The Ahuriri Hapū Claims Settlement Bill was introduced to the House on 12 March 2020 and I was privileged along with other members of the Māori Affairs Committee to receive that at the committee to receive and read 34 submissions and to listen to nine of those oral submissions; to arrive at a determination with a report filed and sent back to the House dated 10 August 2020 with some minor amendments to the bill to refine and fine-tune it for it to advance to the second reading on 29 June of this year. And here I stand today along with all of us in this precinct on 14 December 2021 a historic moment for the people the descendants the hapū of Ahuriri with the passage of this bill soon into law.The Minister has addressed the elements of the bill. And in summary clause 8 the historical account—and I always harken to the listeners the members of the public New Zealanders who do not know the story. Receiving the deeds of settlement receiving these bills into this House of Representatives is traversing a significant part of history and it's the history that comes from the mouths of our tūpuna conveyed by their descendants and it's enshrined and scripted into law. The summary of the historical account is detailed in clause 8. Time does not permit me to give this due significance and relevance in my mention. I invite people to read the bill—the Act. It is captured there. Also the sentiment of the history is the mamae that has been carried by generations. Today in moving forward we don't forget that mamae we don't forget the burdens and the grievance but today is a day to whakanui—to celebrate—because it is moving forward. It is moving forward with the acknowledgment which is detailed at clause 9. And again the Crown is acknowledging all the wrongdoings the harm the mamae the grievances and the damage and then at clause 10 the apology moving forward to remedy and ensure that in moving forward addressing the wrongdoings and the grievances of the past the hapū of Ahuriri move to a better place.Clause 10: The Crown makes this apology to Ahuriri Hapū to their tipuna and to their mokopuna"—our time in the present is a gift to move forward. "The Crown profoundly regrets its many failures … is deeply remorseful for the prejudice created … solemnly apologises for its policies acts and omissions that have left Ahuriri Hapū virtually landless … [and] Through this settlement and this apology the Crown seeks to atone"—to atone—"for its past wrongs and begin the process of healing." And with that "The Crown looks forward to building a new positive and enduring relationship with Ahuriri Hapū that fulfils the expectations of their tipuna and mokopuna a relationship"—relationship—"based on mutual trust partnership and respect for the Treaty of Waitangi and its principles." Moving forward those relationships that have been fraught in the past the mamae that is still carried—we live in hope and these Treaty settlements are the opportunity to remedy to address and to redress. Part 2 of the bill details the cultural redress and Part 3 also looks into the implementation of how that cultural redress is effected. Part 4 is the commercial redress.In summary this is a bill that is dealing with and addressing those approximately 1505 registered members of the Ahuriri Hapū seven of which the Minister has detailed and outlined. The area of interest as is well known by those who are from Ahuriri but for the benefit of New Zealanders—and again I say these are history lessons but these are lessons in the essence of our present and the presence. The area of interest is bounded by the sea to the east; the Kaweka Ranges to the west; the Ngaruroro River to the south; and the Esk River to the north. Ahuriri Hapū is one of six large natural groups which has negotiated this settlement and historic Treaty of Waitangi claims of Ngāti Kahungunu—Ngāti Kahungunu being the third-largest tribal group in New Zealand. The bill will record and encapsulate and also capture the history but also the opportunity in moving forward. In the opportunity in moving forward I reference the cultural redress. I move to Part 3 which is specific to Te Muriwai o Te Whanga and the importance of those relationships with the establishment of the committee the engagement and recognition that the Komiti Muriwai o Te Whanga is an authority representing the interests of the Ahuriri peoples and hapū. That is outlined in terms of the functions at clause 85. And then Part 4 details the commercial redress.The importance of these bills is so significant and we each have the privilege and the opportunity to acknowledge and to address—it is recorded in the Hansard. But what is of most significance and importance is that the Ahuriri Hapū Claims Settlement Bill is celebrated by the uri the descendants here today on this occasion to whakanui you all but your tūpuna and the passage of this bill into law going forward with the aspiration the future the hope to make a better difference in the world for your generations here and now and those to come. With privilege and in honour I commend this bill to the House."