Pugh Maureen; Waititi Rawiri; Abel Steve; Ngarewa-Packer Debbie; Bishop Chris; Brownlee GerryRawiri Waititi: Point of order. ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Maureen Pugh): Sorry we'll just wait for the gallery to clear. Rawiri Waititi: Point of order.ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Maureen Pugh): We're just waiting on the gallery to clear. Rawiri Waititi: Point of order Madam Speaker.ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Maureen Pugh): I hear you; I'm just waiting on the gallery to clear. RAWIRI WAITITI (Co-Leader—Te Pāti Māori): Kei te pai the gallery; we're in the House now. I call a point of order Madam Speaker. I find it extremely insulting that one of our rangatira was cut off—which is part of the protocol of the waiata today. I call for an apology from the Speaker today to Te Whakatōhea for rudely interrupting what was—ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Maureen Pugh): Excuse me that's not a point of order.RAWIRI WAITITI: No no—that was a point of order. Absolutely because I take umbrage to that. I am insulted by that as is Whakatōhea. So I call for the Speaker to apologise to Whakatōhea before they leave this Chamber. STEVE ABEL (Green): Speaking to the point of order Madam Speaker. The purpose of these settlements is to acknowledge the wrongs of the Crown—to acknowledge the constant trampling and insults committed against Māori and direct losses. In this process which is a meaningful one for the iwi who have come and agreed to this settlement there is an opportunity for the Crown to actually receive the dignity offered by the iwi in the making of the apology and yet in the whole process we find we keep committing further harm and insult. That moment then was a completely unnecessary interruption and an affront to an otherwise very dignified and positive process and I support the call for you to make an apology. ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Maureen Pugh): What I will do is consult with the Speaker on the way forward. It's common practice for permission to be granted for a waiata. It is not the position for members of the gallery to make further speeches. So thank you I will take it up with the Speaker. DEBBIE NGAREWA-PACKER (Co-Leader—Te Pāti Māori ): Speaking to the point of order. Madam Speaker what we allowed was to give you warning. You didn't use any of your cultural support that you could have to have ensured that the mana of this kaupapa and the mana of our iwi was respected. There was a very wrong done here today and they must be apologised to before they leave. Otherwise the very process which every party supported today has been takahi. I please ask that you consider—ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Maureen Pugh): There is also tikanga in this House that I have to uphold. Hon Willie Jackson: Madam Speaker speaking to the point of order. ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Maureen Pugh): Is this a different point of order Willie Jackson? Hon WILLIE JACKSON (Labour): No no—speaking to this. I need to give a position to support the motion from Te Pāti Māori. This is not about trying to get one up on you; this is about tikanga and our people have been slighted. They've come from a long way away and we ask you to respect the request from Te Pāti Māori that an apology be given to our people. We tautoko that from this side. Hon CHRIS BISHOP (Leader of the House): Speaking briefly to the point of order I think it would be worth the House just dialling down a touch. My read of the situation having watched it quite carefully was that no offence was intended by you Madam Speaker I'm sure. My sense is that it was more just a misunderstanding around what was intended to happen and what members thought was likely to happen at the conclusion of the third reading speech. So I understand—Rawiri Waititi: No Chris—no Chris. Hon CHRIS BISHOP: Well I'm trying to be helpful here.Rawiri Waititi: We've been misunderstood for the last 180 years. Come on—all it is is an apology.Hon CHRIS BISHOP: I accept where you're coming from. I'm just trying to say that in the spirit of the third reading of this very important settlement I think it would be worth just everyone just taking a breath and dialling it down a touch because I don't think the Speaker intended any offence. I think it would be a shame if we left the third reading and moved on to the later items of business in a spirit where there was acrimony across the Parliament because I actually think there's unanimous agreement for reconciliation. ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Maureen Pugh): Thank you. I call on Government order of the day No. 2.Hon CHRIS BISHOP (Minister responsible for RMA Reform): Madam Speaker I present a legislative statement for the Resource Management—Debbie Ngarewa-Packer: Oh kei te hē kei te hē. [That's wrong that's wrong.]You're wrong. You cannot sit there and bring our whānau here to settle Te Tiriti—ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Maureen Pugh): Order! Debbie Ngarewa-Packer: —and then you behave like this. You're wrong. No wonder our people are coming here on Thursday—you're wrong. [Interruption]SPEAKER: All right. So arguments have been heard from both sides. My job is to protect the tikanga of this Parliament—[Man in the public gallery calls out Our Parliament"]—this Parliament. It is the Parliament of all people in New Zealand and there is no intention to offend anybody in the upholding of its own tikanga and tikanga does not allow for speeches from the gallery. It never has. On that basis we will now proceed and for those who do not want to accept that well unfortunately no change can be made. [Interruption] Call it as you want it. So we're proceeding with the previously called bill."