Brownlee Gerry: Ngati Awa Claims Settlement Bill — In Committee Speaker Recalled In Committee Speaker Recalled In Committee 
Brownlee Gerry: Ngati Awa Claims Settlement Bill — In Committee Speaker Recalled In Committee Speaker Recalled In Committee 
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GERRY BROWNLEE (Deputy Leader—National) 
: 
 I raise a point of order Mr Chairperson. You will recall that the last time the Committee was to consider this particular bill I raised the issue of getting a translation of the Minister’s own Supplementary Order Paper tabled yesterday which is to include a new recital (10A) in the Maori text of the preamble to the bill. The Minister in the chair on that evening said that a paper would be made available today to indicate exactly how all of this works. No such paper has been forthcoming. 
Hon Mark Burton 
: Oh yes it has. 
GERRY BROWNLEE 
: It has certainly not been sent to my office which would seem to be a major oversight on the part of the Minister. Rather instead we have on the Table of the House a proposed amendment to the Supplementary Order Paper also in the name of the Hon Margaret Wilson which asks the Committee to consider inserting in the proposed new recital (10A) in her Supplementary Order Paper after the word “Hurae” the expression “2002”. Now that leaves the Committee no clearer at all about what the situation is. I think it is quite disrespectful of the Minister to expect us to continue at the present time and I move that the Committee defer this bill until the matter is cleared up. 
Hon Mark Burton 
: I gave an undertaking and I regret that the member for whatever reason has not located the document. It was circulated both electronically and manually in hard copy to every member’s office close to midday today. I gave an undertaking and I honoured it. I have a hard copy of the paper which the member is welcome to. I do regret that he has not located it for whatever reason but I had it sent both by messenger and electronically. To the best of my knowledge every member should have received it and I see at least one of the member’s colleagues nodding that she has received it. So I cannot explain why the member has not got it but I certainly did circulate the document that I am holding in my hand. 
GERRY BROWNLEE 
: I probably have not received that for the same reason that I did not receive an invitation to the Labour Party fest known as the Hui Taumata to take place the week after next. It seems to be a particular style of the current Minister in charge of Treaty Negotiations; perhaps that is at play. None the less I do not think the matter is at all clear. I think perhaps the Minister should take a few minutes before we begin the debate to explain what is in his document. Because although members may well have been circulated quite clearly one member was left off the circulation list. 
The CHAIRPERSON (Hon Clem Simich) 
: I thank Mr Brownlee. I undertook last night to have the matter looked into and some action taken. The Minister has done that. The member is welcome to a copy of the letter that was circulated—I see there is one there for him. The Minister is very happy to give any explanations that may be needed as we get into the debate. I do not propose to take the matter any further. I think it has been handled well. We are now on the Ngati Awa Claims Settlement Bill and the question is— 
GERRY BROWNLEE 
: I raise a point of order Mr Chairperson. 
The CHAIRPERSON (Hon Clem Simich) 
: The previous matter was not a point of order. 
GERRY BROWNLEE 
: I am not going back over that. My point of order relates to the proposed amendments by way of a Supplementary Order Paper in the name of Pita Paraone. These are interesting proposals and I think quite serious ones. For those who are unaware of the serious nature of this essentially if this bill were to pass in its current form then the House would for the second time this session be in a position of creating either new hapu or iwi by statute something that is quite new and inappropriate. I therefore seek leave to move a motion for this bill to be sent back to the select committee in order that this particular matter might be better considered.