Maipi-Clarke Hana-RawhitiHANA-RAWHITI MAIPI-CLARKE (Te Pāti Māori—Hauraki-Waikato): Tēnā rā koe e te Pīka otirā tēnā rā tātou e te Whare. Tuatahi ake e tuku ana i te reo karere ki a koe Jenny i tō kōrero reo reka i ngā karere o Mihingārangi me tōna whānau. He kōrero huhua i pā ki te ngākau otirā he hononga tōku ki tāna tamāhine arā ki a Te Ahipourewa. Nō reira ka nui te mihi. Hoturoa Hotuope Hotumatapū Hotu ārahi i te waka i Pikopiko-i-whiti-nui kia mātakitaki ki uta kia mātaratara ki tai. Ngātoroirangi kei te ihu o te waka. Tēnā te tira ka tū ko te tira nā Tūrora nā Rereahi nā Korehe nā Tūrongo. Tēnā te tira te tira oti ana tira ka tū. Tēnā toetoe nā Haka nā Hauā. Tira ka tū tēnā oti.Tenā te tira ka tū ko te tira nā Tūrora nā Rereahi nā Korehe nā Tūrongo. Tēnā te tira te tira oti ana tira ka tū. Tēnā toetoe nā Haka nā Hauā. Tira ka tū tēnā oti. Ko Kohukohunui te maunga ko Piako te awa ko Tīkapa te moana ko Te Haupā te tangata. E ngā mana e ngā reo e ngā kārangarangatanga maha nei noa te reo whakamiha ki a koutou kua karapinepine mai i roto i tēnei Whare i te rangi nei. Inā te hōnore nui mōku ki te tū ki te waha i ngā kōrero mā Te Pāti Māori mō tēnei pire. Ngāti Paoa ki uta Ngāti Paoa ki tai Ngāti Paoa ki tua o te pae o Matariki. Ko ngā uri o ngā waka o Tainui waka o Te Arawa. Kei aku whanaunga o Paoa ko te uri o Ngāti Mahuta tēnei Ngāti Mahuta Takaroa e mihi atu ki a koutou. Kei aku parepare Pare Hauraki Pare Waikato ko Kotuiti te waka i whakakotahi i a tātou.Anei te mema o Hauraki-Waikato te kaitiaki e tautoko ana i tā koutou haere ki runga i te moana tītoki o ngā whakatau whenua.[Thank you Madam Speaker indeed greetings to us all in this House. First I'd like to offer a few words to you Jenny for the beautiful words in the messages of Mihingarangi and her family. There were many statements that touched the heart and indeed I have a connection to her daughter to Te Ahipourewa. So many thanks.Hoturoa Hotuope Hotumatapū Hotu that lead the vessel from Pikopiko-i-whiti-nui to be seen from shore and to feel the cold at sea. Ngātoroirangi stood at the prow of the canoe.That is the assembly that stands the assembly affiliated to Tūrora to Rereahi to Korehe and to Tūrongo. That is the assembly that stands the assembly that is complete the assembly that stands. That is the dune grass of Haka and Hauā the assembly that stands that is complete.Kohukohunui is the ancestral mountain Piako is the river Tīkapa is the sea harbour Te Haupā is the leader.To the authorities the representatives the relatives and your diverse backgrounds this is the voice of welcome to you who have gathered here inside this House today. It is a great honour for me to stand and open the speeches for The Māori Party about this bill.Ngāti Paoa inland Ngāti Paoa at sea Ngāti Paoa beyond the frontier of Matariki. The descendants of the waka of Tainui of Te Arawa. To my relations of Paoa here is a descendant of Ngāti Mahuta Ngāti Mahuta Takaroa that greets you. To my defenders on Hauraki the Coromandel Peninsula in the Waikato basin Kotuiti is the waka that unites us.Here stands the member for Hauraki-Waikato the custodian that supports your journey on the ocean bordered by tītoki trees the ocean of land settlement.]As a kaitiaki of Hauraki-Waikato it is my absolute privilege to kōrero on the Ngāti Paoa Claims Settlement Bill. I would also like to acknowledge the three previous settlements that have come through the House this week: Taranaki maunga Ngāti Hei and Te Korowai o Wainuiārua.Tēnā koutou Tīkapa moana koutou e noho ana ki Tāhuna ki Waitī. [Greetings to you Tīkapa sea inlet you who reside at Tāhuna and Waitī.] As I've said earlier in the week I have absolutely been dreading when it would come time for me to speak to settlement claims. Why? Because it is one of the most heartbreaking and sensitive issues we face as mokopuna of raupatu. Being a descendant of raupatu doesn't mean just giving a five-minute speech; it is weaved and entrenched in our DNA. We sing about it. We cry about it. We haka about it. We are about it 24/7.I can just imagine the many tears sweat and blood it has taken for Ngāti Paoa to get to this point. I want to acknowledge how hard the Treaty settlement process can be. It is so exhausting that people die to get settlements across the line. I understand how challenging and difficult the Treaty process can be. The Treaty process in itself is actually a breach of Te Tiriti o Waitangi.When I mean I understand it I truly mean I understand it. I have whakapapa to my grandfather who a long time ago didn't support Treaty settlements alongside our rangatira Eva Rickard—and then on my mum's side of Ngāpuhi had whānau like Haydn Solomon who worked with the key negotiators in the settlement. So in the words of our esteemed tohunga Pāpā Rereata Mākiha I agree 100 percent with both sides. Now that's even more so because I'm Tainui Waikato and Ngāpuhi.However in the wise words of Moana Jackson treaties are not settled; they are honoured. Treaty settlements are not full and final; they are just the beginning for open doors for mokopuna like myself to come through. Te Tiriti is a document that is a foundation of a living evolving relationship between tangata whenua and the Crown. Both parties of Te Tiriti must continually strive to meet those obligations it sets out and implements in the three articles in everything we do. Te Tiriti settlements they are just the beginning. They stand to honour the mamae loss and grievances. They are the stepping stones towards moving into an Aotearoa Hau for future generations.Nō reira kei aku whanaunga kei Ngāti Paoa tēnei te reo mihi o Ngāti Mahuta o Ngāti Whāwhākia Ngāti Mahuta Takaroa e mihi kau atu ana ki a koutou katoa. Tēnā rā tātou e te Whare.[And so my relatives Ngāti Paoa this is the voice of greeting of Ngāti Mahuta Ngāti Whāwhākia and Ngāti Mahuta Takaroa that acknowledges you all. Greetings to all of us in this House.]