Mahuta NanaiaHon NANAIA MAHUTA (Minister for Māori Development): Tēnā koe. Tēnei ka tū ake nei ki te tāpiri aku mihi ki ngā uri whakaheke o Ngāti Hinerangi ā koutou whānau ā koutou mātua tūpuna. Nō reira nau mai haramai rarau mai ki roto i Te Whare ki te whakarongo ki ngā kōrero. [Greetings. I stand today to add my salutations to the descendants of Ngāti Hinerangi to your families and your ancestors. Therefore welcome welcome to this House to listen to the speeches.]I'll take this opportunity to contribute to the bill even though I didn't sit on the select committee but I also contributed to the first reading.Firstly I want to acknowledge Rino Tirikatene as chair of the Māori Affairs Committee and the membership for their thorough and diligent consideration of all the aspects that you would want to consider as a Treaty settlement bill makes its way through the House. To all the members who have participated in this debate thank you for your contribution because anyone listening to the nature of this particular settlement will realise just how difficult it is for a seemingly small iwi to be able to assert their legitimate rights and interests in today's time as a result of resolving some of the historical injustices of the past.I say that deliberately because mention was made by members in the House of the range of overlapping interests that Ngāti Hinerangi had to consider as they navigated their way through the Treaty settlement process: Ngāti Hauā Ngāti Raukawa Ngāti Tara Tokanui Ngāti Rāhiri Tumutumu Ngāti Maru Ngāti Tamaterā Ngāti Hako Ngāti Whanaunga Ngā Hapū o Ngāti Ranginui Ngāti Pūkenga and Ngāi Te Rangi. That in itself indicates how difficult it will have been over time to maintain the integrity of your identity and then embark on a process—the Treaty settlement process—to assert an identity that has long remained on the land and is going to continue to assert their aspirations as an iwi.Why I mention that is because while words on the paper like lines on a map can be hard lines actually those overlapping interests probably start to give us an insight of some of the whakapapa interconnectedness that one might expect when you're surrounded by other iwi. But I do want to acknowledge the outcome in relation to the Tauranga Moana iwi around transferring some of the land there. That to me without delving too much into the specifics indicates that above all else it will be important for Ngāti Hinerangi to maintain their relations with all the associated iwi that sit on their fringe.I also want to note that in the select committee's thorough consideration of many issues—and they made some technical amendments to the bill which is outlined in the commentary—they also as members have referred to in the House heard some disgruntled opposition to the bill. There were around about two urgency applications as has been stated in the summary to the progression of this particular settlement and not upheld by the Waitangi Tribunal. But again these are difficult and challenging aspects of trying to carve out a settlement where you are also ensuring a way forward for those who have a vested interest in the settlement progressing but are also going to put to rest some of the historical tribunal claims that make up the component parts of the settlement. That's detailed clearly in the bill and for many of the reasons unbeknown to this House that is often the place to go to as to why various members of a hapū or hapū themselves within the context of an iwi will assert their opposition often because their Wai claim is being included within the context of the settlement and they believe it shouldn't be. We just need to have confidence that the select committee did consider these issues and made no change to the recommendations of the settlement.The other thing that I wanted to comment on briefly was the post-settlement governance entity (PSGE) structure being a marae-based structure. As time passes and your soft lines around your hapū connections start to merge with other hapū often what is the case is that the physical manifestation of how iwi and hapū recognise their mana and authority within a rohe is through their marae. Ngāti Hinerangi themselves have taken to model their PSGE upon their marae-based structure. Again this is insightful because many of our marae no matter how big or small our iwi are struggle to get whānau back to the marae to be able to contribute to the broader wellbeing aspirations of the iwi. In today's world having a marae-based structure can contribute to the broader social economic cultural wellbeing aspirations that you have within your hapū or your iwi. So I do want to recognise that because it will be difficult to try and moderate expectations for your settlement keep your identity strong and growing going forward and also be inclusive around the whānau—that you say Hey come home contribute. We need you."—things like that. It's not easy. And I can say that from our own experience as well.The other thing is it's not about how big or small a settlement is. In fact it's the level of aspiration that you have for your iwi and what you do with what has come out of a settlement. I want to acknowledge the Minister Andrew Little who made the comment just in this second reading that no settlement entirely in and of itself can completely rectify the historical wrongs that have been caused by the Crown. However if there is enough belief within iwi to pursue a settlement process such as this it is an opportunity to reassert your relationship through your cultural redress. It is an opportunity to consolidate your structure to be able to prepare for the future. It is an opportunity to actually ensure that your history will be told and shared widely throughout the land. All of that is evident in your particular settlement.Can I lastly come back to the issues around hapū and whakapapa. I found this to be the case when I sat on the Māori Affairs Committee as a backbench MP. One of the most difficult things to do was arbitrate over whakapapa—in fact you'd prefer not to do it. We're ill-equipped as politicians to listen to the breadth and depth of whakapapa that comes before us. In order to manage expectations around that often the process in and of itself does require much of that to be resolved before it gets to the House. But I say time and time again—if people who want to object to a settlement process want to do so by bringing whakapapa to this House—we're the last people to adjudicate and we shouldn't be. I would much rather prefer to leave that within the mana and the domain of iwi themselves to do.On the issue of Matamata College—and probably because a certain Prime Minister also I think has links to Morrinsville and Matamata—can I say that the first right of refusal opportunity is a genuine opportunity that you will have over the 178 years of when that might be realised to re-establish your connections to the whenua and that's what it's about. After all that has been said and done for Ngāti Hinerangi who have never lost their identity—and the settlement will not be giving back their identity because they have always held their identity. But for Ngāti Hinerangi to now repatriate and resettle their relationships—their kin relationships as well as their on-land relationships in their rohe—in their domain in a way that their mokopuna and those to follow will say "This is who we are this is where we come from and this is who we will always be." is a very strong outcome of any settlement.Nō reira i roto i te ngākau whakaiti i tēnei wā kei mua i a koutou. Tēnei e mihi ana ki a koutou katoa Hinerangi. Ki te komiti whakahaere tēnā koutou tēnā tātou katoa.[Therefore I humbly speak before you today. I acknowledge you all Hinerangi. To the select committee thank you one and all.]Bill read a second time."