SpeechJOANNE HAYES (National): Tēnā koe Madam Speaker. Ngā whānau o Ngāti Hinerangi nau mai haere mai. Nau mai haere mai ki Te Whare Pāremata i tēnēi rā. Welcome. Welcome to the second reading of your bill the Ngāti Hinerangi Claims Settlement Bill. It is my pleasure to stand in this second reading to speak on your bill Ngāti Hinerangi because it is really important. While I was not able to make the submissions part of the process of this bill I heard many good things that came through. We always have people that are for it. In this case there was a majority of people that submitted that were for this bill. Then of course we had others who supported parts of it and opposed parts of it and then of course we had those who oppose the bill which was minimal actually. I just want to say that like all the other bills that have come through the settlement process there's always that whole area around confiscated land land stolen from iwi. I want to acknowledge Ngāti Hinerangi because they were made virtually landless and almost wiped out. This bill actually goes a little way—a little way—to trying to restore the mana of Ngāti Hinerangi. For me it is a start—it is an economic start. Once we get through to the Royal assent part $8.1 million will be received by the iwi.But I just want to talk a little bit about the history and what Ngāti Hinerangi endured during the 1860s: the raids on their land from the colonial Government the promises that were made that were never fulfilled and the whole area around the taking of this land. We hear it so many times in this House. We talk about reparation about trying to make good on the things of the past but we all know that there is no quantum big enough to be able to make that a true and meaningful response to the horrible things that happened in the past. As I said I started talking about the historical side of Ngāti Hinerangi when in the 1860s they joined te iwi o Tainui for the Kīngitanga battles against the colonial soldiers. As I said Governor Grey promised they would only take a quarter of the land only to have the whole of the land taken from Tauranga Māori. That is definitely an awful indictment on the Crown back then.I want to carry on and talk a little bit about the trust going around to gather the many whānau towards being part and parcel of this deed of settlement. We see that there were eight hapū that have joined. Our colleagues have spoken before me. Rino Tirikatene talked about Ngāti Pango and Ngāti Tamapango and how they are for want of a better word one and the same for easy reference and all of those hapū that came together to support the next stages of this bill. As my colleague Harete Hipango said there's another couple more stages the committee of the whole House and the third reading yet to come. The vesting of the sites: there were 14 sites that were vested in Ngāti Hinerangi—from Ngā Tamahine e Rua which is a scenic reserve right through to Tūranga o Moana property as an encumbered fee simple land. All of those little bits make up a whole heap of land but not as much as what was taken from you. The deed of settlement provides statutory acknowledgments across seven areas and three geothermal sites as well—resources. These things all seem to add up—the cultural redress of $200000—in a quantum. To actually help revitalisation there is a revitalisation fund and a marae rebuild fund of $20000. All of these things will go towards what we are banking on: that Ngāti Hinerangi will build their economic independence not just for now but for their mokopuna in the future. I have a lot more to say about this but I want to reserve it because this is just the second reading and we have a little bit further to go and I want to be able to save that for the third reading. Like the rest of my colleagues in this House that will be speaking on this bill and the parties that support this bill—which is everybody—I want to commend it to the House. I pay homage to you sitting up there in the gallery Ngāti Hinerangi for your perseverance for your kaha and for your mana. Kia ora koutou.