Ngati Pahauwera Treaty Claims Settlement Bill — Third Reading 
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Ngati Pahauwera Treaty Claims Settlement Bill 
Third Reading 
Hon Dr PITA SHARPLES (Minister of Maori Affairs) 
 on behalf of the Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations: I move  
That the Ngati Pahauwera Treaty Claims Settlement Bill be now read a third time 
. Kei taku iwi kua pa mai tenei honore ki a au mai i Minita Finlayson kia arahina tenei kaupapa te pepa tuatahi mo ta tatau kereme. Na reira e tika ana kia mihi ki a koutou kua tae pai ki tenei Whare Paremata. A na reira nau mai ki te kaupapa ewhakakotahi ai tatau i tenei ra tena koutou. Kei te tangi au ki a ratau kua ngaro atu ratau e mahi ana i te kereme me era katoa kua tukuna atu e koutou ki te kopu o te whaea Papatuanuku. Na reira tena koutou. Ko Tom Gemmell tetahi. Noho tahi maua i Te Aute i Te Runanga o Ngati Kahungunu i era wa na me okioki pai ratau i roto i te Kaihanga. Engari i tenei wa ka nui te hari te koa ki te mihi atu ki a koutou kua tae mai nei i tenei rangi tena koutou tena koutou nau mai hara mai ra. 
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My people the honour of leading this matter pertaining to our claims has been bestowed upon me by Minister Finlayson. Therefore it is appropriate that I greet you for arriving safely at Parliament. Welcome to the occasion that unites us today; greetings. I mourn those we have lost those who worked on the claims and all of those you have returned to the womb of mother Earth. And so greetings. Tom Gemmell was one. We lived together at Te Aute and worked together at Te Runanga o Ngati Kahungunu and so may they rest in peace with the Creator. Nonetheless at this moment I am delighted to greet you for coming here today. Thank you and welcome. 
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Although I was unable to participate in the policy decisions about the Ngati Pahauwera settlement due to a declared conflict of interest it is with great pleasure that I stand to speak today in the third reading of this bill the Ngati Pahauwera Treaty Claims Settlement Bill. I stand to acknowledge the children of Tamatea Arikinui mai Tawhiti Tureia Te Huki Puruaute. I pay tribute to those who have travelled from the brow of the sacred mountain Tawhiwhirangi from the ancestral waters of Mohaka. I also pay tribute to those who for years also travelled from the lands of our tipuna Te Kahu o Te Rangi bearing the grievances and aspirations of Ngati Pahauwera. Those who have passed live on in our history live on in our people and most important today live on in New Zealand law. I remember today Wikitoria Hapeta Aerial Aranui Te Awhi Winiata Raymond Joe—my cousin—Charlie Hirini George Hawkins Reay Paku and Tom Gemmell.  
Tangitu ki te moana 
Maungaharuru ki uta 
Mohaka te awa 
Ko Ngati Pahauwera te iwi. 
This whakatauki describes the essence of Ngati Pahauwera from the mountains to the sea from the river to the iwi. Maungaharuru forest lands provide food and resources; Tangitu our coastal territory and fisheries. The Mohaka River’s spiritual cultural and economic value to the people of Pahauwera is immeasurable.  
Te tapu o Irakewa.  
Mohaka tomairangi.  
Mohaka te waiora.  
Made sacred by Irakewa.  
Mohaka the unifier.  
Mohaka the life-giver.  
The people of Pahauwera comprise a confederation of hapu centred around Mohaka on the eastern coast of Te Ika-a-Maui. Ngati Pahauwera stretches from the Ohinepaka Stream south of Wairoa to the Waikari River inland to the Maungaharuru Ranges and north to the Waiau River. In 1994 the Maori Land Court appointed eight people to represent Ngati Pahauwera under section 30 of the Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993 for the prosecution and settlement of the Ngati Pahauwera Treaty claims against the Crown. On 8 May 2008 the Crown and the section 30 representatives signed terms of negotiation in Wellington. On 30 September 2008 the Crown and Ngati Pahauwera signed an agreement in principle which covered the foreshore and seabed interests of Ngati Pahauwera as well as their historical Treaty claims. Tom Gemmell one of the leading forces behind the Pahauwera claim died just weeks after signing that agreement in principle. Moe mai e te rangatira e te hoa. [ 
Rest there the leader and the friend. 
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On 5 November 2010 Ngati Pahauwera presented a deed of settlement detailing the historical Treaty settlement aspects of this agreement to their people. The deed received overwhelming support from the Ngati Pahauwera people and was ratified and signed on 17 December at Mohaka. Ngati Pahauwera were represented in their negotiations by the trustees of the Ngati Pahauwera Development Trust which took over responsibility from the section 30 representatives.  
The final reading of this bill today marks the fruition of many years of hard work. I would like to commend in particular the current and former trustees of the Ngati Pahauwera Development Trust—Toro Waaka Kuki Green Charles Lambert Gerald Aranui Sissiel Henderson Arthur Gemmell Tureiti Moxon and Tania Hodges—for all their hard work and diligence which has resulted in a very strong settlement. Ngati Pahauwera walked a long path to reach this point and can be proud of what they have negotiated—i-ha!  
I am pleased the settlement acknowledges Ngati Pahauwera’s relationship with their whenua as well as their relationship with their awa and moana. I believe that this settlement will support the healing of the relationship between Ngati Pahauwera and the Crown. I hope that the apology which forms part of the settlement will also assist with this healing. Ngati Pahauwera acknowledge that the Crown’s apology represents its commitment to build a positive relationship with Ngati Pahauwera and to honour its obligations under the Treaty for the good of this and future generations. The settlement will be a key step in allowing the iwi to move forward economically and culturally. The financial redress will provide Ngati Pahauwera with an ability to focus on and develop their future. Today we are celebrating the beginning of a new relationship between the Crown and Ngati Pahauwera. Ngati Pahauwera is demonstrating a spirit of cooperation and generosity in the relationship by gifting back to all people of New Zealand much of Te Heru o Tureia. I hope that the Crown is a worthy partner in this new relationship. I also hope that the people of Ngati Pahauwera benefit from an ongoing relationship between the Crown and Ngati Pahauwera as Treaty partners. 
Na reira koutou ma mohio ana au i te mamae o tenei mahi whakatakoto kereme whakawhiti korero i te Karauna era ahuatanga katoa. Nga mea kua mate i tera wa tae noa ki tenei rangi na reira ka nui nga mihi ki a koutou kua tae ki tenei rangi. Ahakoa kua oti nga mahi mo tenei kereme he wa hou mo to tatou iwi. He timatanga kia pakari ai to tatou iwi kia whakatokia nga whakaaro ataahua kia puawai to tatau iwi. Mehemea kei roto i te ohanga mehemea kei roto i te kotahitanga o nga hapu mehemea kia noho pakari ai i roto i nga tikanga o Ngati Pahauwera o Ngati Kahungungu. Na reira kare e roa aku korero ki a koutou heoi ano kei konei au te kaikorero tuatahi ki te mihi atu ki a koutou i tenei ra ki te tautoko i tenei mahi tenei kereme kua oti pai i a koutou. 
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I know the hurt associated with the Treaty claims process holding discussions with the Crown and those sorts of things. People have died during that period until this day and so I congratulate you for coming today. Although the work pertaining to this claim is complete it is a new era for our tribe. It is a start so that our people can be strong and be able to institute fascinating ideas for our tribe to flourish be it in the economy the collaboration of subtribes or a robust set of protocols for Ngati Pahauwera and Ngati Kahungunu. My address to you is about finished so here I am the first speaker to acknowledge you today and to endorse this role and this claim which you have completed well. 
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I am pleased and honoured to be here today to mark this momentous occasion and support the final reading of this bill. 
Ko Tawhirirangi te maunga 
Ko Mohaka te awa 
Ko Kahuoterangi te tangata 
Ko Ngati Pahauwera te iwi. 
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Tawhirirangi is the mountain Mohaka is the river Kahuoterangi is the chief and Ngati Pahauwera is the tribe. 
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I commend this bill to the House. 
Hon PAREKURA HOROMIA (Labour—Ikaroa-Rawhiti) 
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 Tena koe. Ki a koutou o Pahauwera e tae tahi e tae kaha atu i konei i te wahi o te Whare Miere e mihi kau ana i a koutou. Nga mea pakeke Haami koutou katoa nga kuia nga koroua e mihi kau ana. Tena koutou mo to kaha rawa e tae ana e peka ana i konei hei rongo ki te korero o tatau e mahi atu pera i to tatau Minita Maori. No reira tena koutou.  
Na te pai o te rangi nei ko tenei te timata o te otinga mo koutou. Ahakoa te roaroa haere o te whakaae kua whakaae atu koutou kua tae atu i konei i te manaaki atu. Mo ratau e rere atu pera i a te whaea a Sophie a Tom a ratau ma e tangi hoki te ngakau. Engari na te pai hoki kei te ora kaha atu te ahua o Pahauwera. No reira tena koutou.  
Mo te koroua a Charlie King kare au e kite e mihi kau ana. Ahakoa te tangata o Nanaia e mihi atu ki a Charlie ki a koutou katoa tena koutou. A tena koe e te Minita e Chris e pai ana i tae atu tatau i konei hei oti pai tenei. He tino take atu tenei to tatau Minita a Pita mo ratau o tera wahi.  
He tika atu nga korero mo te pakanga e ngaro atu te whenua e tangohia atu to ratau wahi a te Kawana e te mahi taurekareka ki a ratau. Ahakoa i nga wahi o Te Heru o Tureia i te wahi o Mohaka te wahi o Raupunga i reira ke e mahi atu nga mahi. No reira e pai ana e tae atu tatau i konei. Ahakoa e tu kaha atu nga maunga i reira to ratau awa o Mohaka he tino rekareka atu i te tae atu tatau i konei mo tenei otinga.  
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Thank you. I wish to acknowledge Ngati Pahauwera who have come here as one to the Beehive. To the elders including Haami greetings. I congratulate you on your strength in coming here to listen to those of us like the Minister of Maori Affairs. And so I salute you.  
Because it is a beautiful day this is the beginning of the end of the process for you. Although the process took a long time you have given your consent and are here to take care of the matter. I mourn those who have passed away such as Sophie and Tom. But it is wonderful that the nature of Ngati Pahauwera is clearly felt. And so I thank you.  
I wish to greet the elder Charlie King whom I cannot see here. Although he is Nanaia’s man I congratulate Charlie and all of you. Thank you. I want to congratulate the Minister Chris; it is great that we are completing this bill. This is an important matter to our Minister Pita and to those from that area.  
The stories about the wars are correct: their land was taken by the Crown through its despicable actions. Whether it was at places like Te Heru o Tureia Mohaka or Raupunga it was doing its work. Therefore it is good that we are here. Although their mountains and river Mohaka stand proudly it is delightful that we are here for the completion of this bill. 
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I want to mihi to the negotiators to Toro Waaka and co.—and it is no good naming them all because I think a whole lot of them have been negotiating up there—and to the negotiating team. If you start naming people you will leave somebody out so kia ora to the negotiating team. It is important to acknowledge that during the course of the negotiations Ngati Pahauwera made allowances for delays in the negotiations while the Crown worked through policy issues around the co-management of natural resources including rivers. They put a lot of effort into parking up until the Crown had its act together and that needs to be recognised. The negotiations were unique in that at the outset the Crown and Ngati Pahauwera sought to address both the historical Treaty claims and the foreshore and seabed interests of Ngati Pahauwera in a single negotiation. As that legislation was realigned that was pulled out and they continued with the settlement today.  
The basis of the claims is very telling. It is about the failure to ensure that Ngati Pahauwera retained sufficient lands for its future needs through land purchases and confiscations in the Ngati Pahauwera rohe successive pieces of native land legislation and the actions of the Native Land Court. There is some special unique redress in this settlement for Ngati Pahauwera. The effects of war following military conflict with Paimarirein the Napier area in 1866 saw the Crown confiscating all Maori land between the Waikari and Esk Rivers. This included lands in which Ngati Pahauwera held interests even though they had fought alongside the Crown forces. So they did not get thanked very much. I am glad Minister Finlayson that today we are making this special effort to ensure that that is recognised.  
The special unique redress needs to be mentioned and it is about the transfer and gift back of the Te Heru o Tureia conservation area subject to 168 hectares of land around the summit of Te Heru o Tureia and 52 hectares alongside the Mohaka River. Hangi stones cannot be extracted—I read a very interesting point about these hangi stones—from the Mohaka or Te Hoe Rivers without Ngati Pahauwera consent. It is fascinating that we have put a lot of effort into that.  
I hope as you go along in relation to co-management with the conservation order that those issues relevant to metal extraction are truly discussed and that the benefits and the costs of those metals are something that they get a fair whack out of because they have been getting a pittance or nothing at all. We all know the value of shingle and metal at the moment. That we are importing steel parts from overseas to make up the road structures in place of metal is something that fascinates me. I hope that these negotiators and the Crown team are very clear on the value of that metal that may be extracted.  
Ngati Pahauwera have the right to nominate members of any special tribunal to hear and report on applications in relation to the Mohaka River water conservation order or make a new water conservation order in relation to the Mohaka River or its tributaries. That allocation is quite important in the sense of the water issue that is starting to rise up—dare I mention it now—and I hope that we are serious and clear about what their rights are in relation to that water.  
The unique redress also recognises that Ngati Pahauwera and the Hawke’s Bay Regional Council have agreed to enter into an agreement about gravel extraction from the Mohaka River. This I think Minister is something that we have to labour on—excuse the pun—because there are these partnerships already in place in some of the other settlements and I am not too sure whether they are listening to the Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations. I hope we are clear and we are sure about making sure that they have an equal say at least with the Hawke’s Bay Regional Council and that they come to agreement about who does the extraction when why what for and of course—I know this is being pragmatic—the return on it because I think that more than the timber and the forestry and everything else gravel is going to be a high-priced commodity.  
In the standard redress the protocols and letters of introduction to Ministers and local authorities—that is lined up over here—again like the Ruapani paepae the Ministers and iwi paepae get together and are supposed to meet yearly. I think it is already starting to fail. I would hope that you would keep an eye on that Minister and make sure that it does happen. It is too easy for people to say: “Yep we have got a charter with you. Yep we have got an agreement and we don’t want to go and see you Maoris down Mohaka or wherever.”  
The $20 million includes the value of the Mohaka Crown forest licensed lands and it needs to be noted that the accumulated rentals will also transfer. Thirteen properties are to be transferred as commercial redress including the Mohaka Forest Rawhiti Station and five surplus Wairoa District Council properties. Sixteen sites are to be vested in Ngati Pahauwera as cultural redress.  
These are two great places: Raupunga and Mohaka. You know they have some special characteristics. They have got a whole lot of kids who can play the saxophone. I listened to them on Saturday—11 of them. I do not think there is anywhere else in the world where they have got 11 kids who can play the saxophone. There are some young fellas who live with their grandfather who still catch kahawai like the grandfather used to catch them. They were kind people and they have got a very interesting whare down in Mohaka have they not? Rino reckons he used to go there a lot of times and have big feeds down there in Mohaka.  
Certainly I want to remember those people who have passed on. Sophie Keefe was an old battler. She used to tell me that the thing with the Pahauwera people is that you have got to be careful because sometimes when they are saying yes they mean no and sometimes when they are saying no they mean yes. It sounds like other people.  
I am glad of the challenge being settled but I would like to say to the Ngati Pahauwera people and to our Minister of Maori Affairs quite simply that the whare still sits there unfinished. It is great that this journey of settlement happens today. I am not saying you should use the settlement money to finish it Minister but I am looking at you—and the other Minister because he is the Minister for Arts Culture and Heritage. Sophie Keefe would be very happy and so would a whole lot of other people if it was finished because it is not finished for whatever reason whatever matter. I want it registered in the House that I said that to you—both of you.  
Tenei ano te mihi i roto i aku. E mihi kau ana i a koutou kia pai to hoki ki te kainga kaua koe e noho roaroa atu i te wahi nei. Rorirori te haere o wetahi mahi atu i nga mahi i konei. Hoki kaha atu i te kainga. No reira tena koutou tena tatau kia kaha. 
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I wish to congratulate you again. I thank you. Travel home safely and do not stay away from here too long. Some who do the work here do crazy things. Be strong as you return home. So congratulations to you collectively and to us as well; be strong. 
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Hon CHRISTOPHER FINLAYSON (Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations) 
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 I too acknowledge the people of Ngati Pahauwera and welcome those who have travelled from the Hawke’s Bay and are here in the gallery to listen to this the third reading of their claims settlement bill the Ngati Pahauwera Treaty Claims Settlement Bill. I acknowledge those who have worked so hard to make this day possible and I join in what Mr Horomia said about what kind people they are—generous in spirit. My first meeting with them was to tell the trustees that there was to be a review of the foreshore and seabed legislation so that part of the negotiations would be on hold and there was to be a review of river arrangements and that part of the negotiation was to be on hold. But I think they would agree with me that the new Hawke’s Bay model is going to work very well and I acknowledge the work they did with Fran Wilde and with the Hawke’s Bay Regional Council to put those new mechanisms in place.  
In their dealings with the Crown the trustees have been gracious. They have conducted themselves with great honour and dignity throughout all negotiations and I place on record how much I enjoyed working with them. I am very very pleased that many are here today to witness this third reading so that their Treaty settlement can pass into law.  
This bill settles the Treaty grievances of Ngati Pahauwera. In this bill the Crown acknowledges its breaches of the Treaty offers an apology to Ngati Pahauwera and provides for cultural financial and commercial redress. The passage of the bill marks a historic point in time a point where the Crown and the iwi stand together as the Crown takes responsibility for its past actions and omissions some of which I want to refer to now. During the process of land alienation that began in the 1850s the Crown failed to make sure that Ngati Pahauwera had sufficient lands for its future needs. By the mid 20th century Ngati Pahauwera was virtually landless and ever since they have suffered economic social and cultural impoverishment.  
During the New Zealand Wars Ngati Pahauwera communities at Mohaka were left virtually defenceless because their warriors were away with the Crown’s forces. The Crown ignored warnings of a possible attack on communities at Mohaka. When the attack occurred the Crown provided minimal assistance to help Ngati Pahauwera recover from the attack on their pa and kainga.  
There is a detailed apology in the deed of settlement and I hope that very soon I will be able to travel to Mohaka to formally read that apology out. The deed of settlement also records that Ngati Pahauwera acknowledge that the Crown’s apology represents its commitment to build a positive relationship with Ngati Pahauwera and to honour its obligations under the Treaty for the good of this and future generations. So they accept the apology offered by the Crown and look forward to building a positive relationship with the Crown.  
Ngati Pahauwera has travelled a long but rather different road than is usual to have their claims addressed by the Crown. In 1994 the Maori Land Court made an order appointing eight people to represent the iwi in the prosecution and settlement of their Treaty claims against the Crown. The tribunal reported on the historical claims of Ngati Pahauwera in 1992 with the great Mohaka River Report and in 2004 with the  
Mohaka ki Ahuriri Report 2004 
. In May 2008 terms of negotiation were signed for a combined negotiation of their Treaty of Waitangi claims and their foreshore and seabed interests. An agreement in principle setting out the broad components of the Crown’s settlement offer was signed on 30 September 2008.  
Since then the trustees and the Crown have negotiated very intensively. A draft deed of settlement to settle the claims was ready for ratification on 4 November 2010. An overwhelming 99 percent of those who voted in the ratification of the deed endorsed the work of the negotiators in approving the deed of settlement. On that wonderful day 17 December 2010 Ngati Pahauwera and I signed the deed of settlement at Mohaka. I was very pleased that Mr Horomia was there to support me. It was a very special occasion for all those who attended.  
This bill gives effect to the agreement to a final settlement of all historical claims of Ngati Pahauwera. Its provisions enable cultural redress to be provided to the iwi including as Mr Horomia said the vesting of Te Heru o Tureia in Ngati Pahauwera and the subsequent gift of a major portion of the area to the people of New Zealand as a historic reserve and the retention by Ngati Pahauwera of Nakunaku as a historic reserve and subject to a conservation covenant Te Heru o Tureia. There is the vesting of 14 other cultural redress sites. There is provision for Ngati Pahauwera to be involved in managing the taking of hangi stones from the Mohaka River and a statutory acknowledgment over the relevant part of the Earthquake Slip Conservation Area.  
The bill provides for some aspects of commercial redress: financial redress of $20 million authorising the transfer of five former Wairoa District Council properties to the iwi the purchase of licensed land within the Mohaka Forest and a right of first refusal over Crown land in a designated area. As Ministers are compelled to say every time a settlement bill is debated in this place the redress provided can never fully compensate for the loss of life land and opportunity. I trust that the agreement reached with Ngati Pahauwera which is embodied in this bill will enhance the relationship between the Crown and Ngati Pahauwera into the future.  
The enactment of this settlement is a historic milestone. It is a very important step in this country’s progress towards settling historical Treaty claims. I know that you Mr Assistant Speaker Robertson and all members of the House are increasingly aware of the large volume of bills proceeding through the House at various stages. For example four other Treaty bills are being read for a third time today. All these bills represent significant progress and in different ways the resolution of complex and longstanding Treaty claims. I acknowledge the work continuing all around the country to achieve Treaty settlements.  
There are many people who have contributed to this settlement over the years. I acknowledge the contributions of my predecessor the Hon Dr Michael Cullen as well as those of the Hon Mr Horomia who signed the agreement in principle with Ngati Pahauwera in 2008 and is always such a good person to chat through issues as they arise. I acknowledge my Ministerial colleagues in particular the Minister of Maori Affairs the Minister of Conservation and the Minister for Land Information.  
I wish to acknowledge the valuable support and contribution made through the work of many Government departments and officials who contributed to this settlement. I have already mentioned the great contribution of Fran Wilde my negotiator who thoroughly enjoyed working with Ngati Pahauwera. I know she would very much want to be present today but her work as chair of the Greater Wellington Regional Council has taken her out of town I think.  
Most important I want to acknowledge the hard work and commitment of Ngati Pahauwera and particularly those who negotiated this settlement and to thank them for their dedication on behalf of their iwi. It has been absolutely vital in the path towards settlement. I know that this claim has dominated their lives and negotiating this settlement has come at tremendous personal cost. I do not think many New Zealanders really understand the sacrifices made by leaders such as these on behalf of their people and I commend them for their commitment. But our business is not yet concluded. I know that Ngati Pahauwera want very much to talk to me about the marine and coastal area in the near future and I want to tell them that I am looking forward to this negotiation.  
In conclusion I wish all the best for Ngati Pahauwera—their elders their descendants their negotiating team and their trustees—and wish them all the very best for the future. 
Hon SHANE JONES (Labour) 
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 A kati e te Kaihautu o te Whare tena koe. Huri rawa atu ki enei o o tatau manuhiri kua tatu mai ki Te Upoko o Te Ika kua tomo mai ki te ana o te raiona kua tae mai ki te matakitaki i o koutou huanga nga kanohi Maori nga kaitorangapu Maori e whakawerawera nei me pehea ranei ka kitea he rongoa e murua ai nga nawe i tukua mai ki a tatau mai i te taenga mai o nga Pakeha me o ratau pakanga ki o tatau matua Maori. I tenei rangi ko koutou kua tatu mai ki te tuku i nga whakaaro i taimaha ai tatau te Maori kia rere kia uru mai ai tetahi whakaaro hou e hou tonu ai ki roto i te hinengaro te ngakau me te wairua o o tatau tamariki a tona wa. Hei a ratau nga taonga e korerongia ake nei e tatau ahakoa kei te kapu o te ringa kaumatua i tenei ra a tona wa ma ratau e whakatinana. Na reira nau mai piki mai kake mai. Tena koutou katoa. 
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Well then Mr Speaker of the House thank you. I turn now to these of our visitors who have arrived here in Wellington into the lion’s den to watch their relations Maori representatives and politicians sweating over how indeed solutions will be found to take away grievances handed down to us since the arrival of Pakehas and their wars inflicted upon our Maori parents. Today you are the ones who have landed here to give us your thoughts as to why we as Maori have been weighed down and in doing that allow it to fly away and let in fresh ideas that will become entrenched in the mind hearts and spirits of our children who will in the future take over resources that we are talking about but are in the hands of the old people today. They will implement these when they take over in the future. Therefore welcome clamber aboard mount up. Greetings to you all. 
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As I have said in Maori I acknowledge the presence of the members of Ngati Pahauwera and their leaders. I am taking a slightly different tack from the one I took in my speech in dealing with Ngati Maniapoto because as I predicted I mentioned two men and no women so I suffered a very severe censuring outside. So I welcome them in their uniform strength and I welcome them as someone who comes from an area in New Zealand that has yet to experience the full range of emotions that one goes through from having a long protracted settlement exercise and finally getting to this point—that is consummation with the passage of the legislation the Ngati Pahauwera Treaty Claims Settlement Bill. We from the north look forward to that experience.  
I want to remind those of us who are in the House how far we have come. It is important that we recite some of the names of the people related to this whanau today. Indeed I remember in the late 1970s attending Maori Council meetings in the esteemed old Maori affairs select committee room and seeing such people as Charles Mohi Timi Kara Turi Kara Te Huata and a host of other whanau from this part. They have gone on and oh but that they were here today to witness this Parliament providing an opportunity for the expression of culture providing an opportunity for an apology to be made and passing a special piece of legislation that moves on from the old paternalistic trust board model that afflicted a lot of the Maori tribes.  
During the Second World War attempts were made to resolve land grievances. There was the Myers Commission in my area and we see here in an earlier time a reference to the Stout and Ngata exercise. In fairness to the people of that time without having to pay too much or do too much they were trying to get away with a lot but that was the spirit of that time. And as the Attorney-General and Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations has said this current generation of taxpayers can never fully meet the burden if it was to be fully monetarily tabulated of this bout of alienation etc.  
But what we do here today is pass legislation strengthening the status of this group of tangata whenua and also endowing back into their ownership either in actual asset title or other interests such as reflected in statutory instruments so that the management of catchment the management of rivers and the improvement of the environment do not take place in spite of their existence but because of who they are and the contributions credible at an economic social and cultural level of this group of New Zealanders the tangata whenua of Mohaka—Ngati Pahauwera. That is something to celebrate. There may have been elements in the last Parliament that were not too keen on it. Suffice to say they now have new jobs.  
I would like to remind everyone that there are challenges in these settlements because they are often happening in parts of Aotearoa where the economy is not strong. Many of their relations are at the moment it has been reported to us by Parekura Horomia having a hang of a time at that Wairoa freezing works. For those of you who come from Te Wahanga Whare Patu Miti from that particular background in the freezing works etc. as Parekura has no doubt reported to you and as we report back to you we stand alongside with you. We do not want to see in those parts of New Zealand our people made increasingly irrelevant so the only option they have is to disappear to Australia and our maraes get lonely and our mokopuna grow up as Aussies or “Mozzies” not New Zealand - based Maori.  
That actually increases the difficulty of the task of turning these settlements into a permanent legacy that generates wealth and income certainly if it is a part of Aotearoa where there are big economic challenges. I can say this without a sliver of doubt because I come from such an area in the very far north so all power to the stewards to the governors and to the supporters. There will always be differences of opinion. There will always be the challenges etc. but unfortunately that defines us at a very deep level as to who we are as Maori.  
The other thing I have said in earlier speeches is about the centrality of rivers because rivers remind us about the difficulty of environmental management and they remind us that as we go forward and try to grow the size of our economy we are going to rely more and more on water. As we rely on water that is going to throw up a new debate as to how can we manage water in such a way that people who are not as judicious in their use of water suffer a penalty and those who are clever in their use of water suffer a benefit.  
It may come to pass that a future Government wants to introduce a raft of rights to do with water. Well I say in this House today that the moment that happens we will see a new bout of Maori negotiations because Maori business where it is to do with natural resources is never over. Treaty business where it is to do with natural resources—that bottle has been uncorked—is never over but it can be dealt with if it is dealt with very openly in goodwill on both sides. After all rain falls from God in equal distribution upon saint and sinner. I see that when I think of rivers as a new challenge coming for tira—groups—such as this one and other Maori groups etc.  
It may not be in the time of a number of us as parliamentarians but unfortunately once scarcity meets industry—and water is the resource that people pursue—rest assured an allocation debate will take place. Maori will be involved in that allocation debate. The final shape and form that the Maori presence takes in a water allocation debate that is for the future but do not for a moment think that it is going to be written out of the script like as I said some angry farmer on a regional council wanting to dismiss the local Maoris. Unfortunately for him his grandchildren could be marrying one.  
We stand and support the sitting member Parekura Horomia; support Dr Sharples who is closely related to this group; and support the Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations and we and think of the people who have made their own contributions to these groups. After all it was only in 1975 that we had the passage of the Treaty of Waitangi legislation and it drifted for a while but over the last 5 years it has certainly gathered a great deal of pace. No one on this side of the House wants to see that pace slow. I am disappointed the Greens have a different view. Fortunately the influence of their view is proportionately related to the size of their numbers in this House.  
We wish them well and we wish well those who have taken a responsibility to steer the waka forward. Tena koutou. Kia ora tatou katoa. 
DAVID CLENDON (Green) 
: 
 Tena koe Mr Speaker. Kei te mihi nui ki a koutou e te manuhiri nga hapu katoa o Ngati Pahauwera tena koutou katoa. 
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Thank you Mr Speaker. To you the visitors and all of you of Ngati Pahauwera I acknowledge you greatly. Salutations. 
] 
I am pleased to stand on behalf of the Greens to express our support for the Ngati Pahauwera Treaty Claims Settlement Bill. Contrary to what my esteemed colleague has just said we are by no means interested in delaying the progress of any settlement legislation but we are entirely unwilling to sacrifice fairness or justice for speed. That is our position and I thank the member for giving me an opportunity to restate it. 
We acknowledge the very long road the very considerable hardship and loss that have been suffered by Ngati Pahauwera over many many years. We acknowledge their leaders past and present whose work whose determination and whose perseverance have brought them to this place to this point if not of resolution at least a considerable step towards that final resolution. 
Sadly reading the history—the background to this settlement bill and the history of Ngati Pahauwera—is all too familiar. It is a story of people who in the turbulent times in this country in the mid 19th century were obliged to participate in wars and conflict not of their making and to their considerable loss. They lost not only their homes and resources; they lost their friends their whanau. It was a bad time in this country. We saw the destruction of social and economic as well as physical resources and systems; the structures that supported and had supported those people over many centuries were destroyed and it is only now over 100 years later that we seek to see those structures rebuilt in a way that meets the needs and the aspirations of the people who will benefit from these settlements. 
Mr Horomia has already made the point that the bill records that following hostilities in 1866 there was a raupatu a confiscation of all land between the Esk River and the Waikare River. Some of the whanau and hapu who lost land in that raupatu were indeed the same people who had stood alongside the Crown. It was indeed a very shabby reward for their loyalty for their support and for their commitment to that particular side in the battles of the day. There was a loss of land and there was an ongoing loss of well-being for those people. Indeed even after the shooting stopped again in too common a story the Native Land Court and other agencies of the Crown continued to nibble away at their resources at their possessions and at the rights and their well-being. It is only now that we seek to amend that loss to make good that loss and to provide some means some wherewithal for a rebuilding to begin. 
It was my pleasure as recently as last Sunday to travel through some of the land that is affected by this settlement. I travelled from Gisborne through the Hawke’s Bay through the Wairarapa and back here to Wellington. In the course of that journey there are many stunning views. There are some very beautiful landscapes. I am hard-pressed to think of a more dramatic more memorable landscape than that around the Mohaka River—those incredible vertical cliffs dropping to the river; it is extraordinarily rich in scenery and rich in natural beauty. Unfortunately that richness is not reflected in the well-being of many of the communities who live in that area. We know that as recently as 2001 an assessment of the people living in the Mohaka-Raupunga area found that those people were living at the lowest level according to the New Zealand index of deprivation. I daresay that is a great crime in fact; it is a great misfortune a great shame that people living in such a diverse and potentially rich part of the country have been reduced to such a condition. The economic social and cultural well-being has been stripped away over many years by the process of colonisation and it is a real and genuine privilege to be able to make a very small contribution to the making good to the amends that are now beginning to be made for that. 
Ngati Pahauwera under the provisions of this bill will gain some co-management rights to the Mohaka River and to the Waihua and Waikari rivers. There will be a co-management process in place and that is a good thing. It may not entirely meet the aspirations of those people those kaitiaki who may have preferred even more control and authority over the rivers and the future use of them. But it is a significant step and is not to be undervalued. I am sure that Ngati Pahauwera will be very active very committed partners in seeing to the restoration of the river the future care and utility of the water in it and the management of those taonga tukunga iho. 
With this co-management the resolution that is being acknowledged and passed today is a considerable step towards an ultimate resolution that will genuinely honour the spirit of Te Tiriti o Waitangi. It is a step towards enabling genuine exercise of tino rangatiratanga in this area we are speaking to specifically and in the country generally. It remains only for me again to wish Ngati Pahauwera every success as they utilise what has been given back to them as I am sure they will to build a much more positive future for themselves and for their descendants. We wish them well in that endeavour. Kia ora koutou.  
JAMI-LEE ROSS (National—Botany) 
: 
 I am pleased to take my second call in the House today to speak on one of the Treaty settlement claim bills that we have before us this one being the Ngati Pahauwera Treaty Claims Settlement Bill. I wish to start as many other speakers have by acknowledging the people here today from Ngati Pahauwera—the kaumatua the kuia the people who have fought for many years for redress of the wrongs of the past who have been through a battle through the days of the past to seek rights to correct the wrongs of the past. It is good to see them here today. I am pleased that this House is considering another Treaty bill—one of the 22 deeds of settlement that have been signed since 2008 by the Hon Chris Finlayson. It is great that we are considering so many of these historical issues today because they are important issues for many people in this country. As a nation as we mature we have to recognise that significant wrongs were committed and we have to make sure that going forward we acknowledge those. We put in place measures to compensate for those issues and we acknowledge that the Crown has not always done right by the people of New Zealand.  
Reading through the deed of settlement there are some alarming facts in there but it is good that those facts are being acknowledged as wrongs of the past—things like early land transactions that led to thousands and thousands of hectares of land being lost by Ngati Pahauwera. There were the effects of the wars in the past where we saw dozens and dozens of Ngati Pahauwera men women and children killed during attacks on Mohaka and the lack of assistance by the Crown to help Ngati Pahauwera recover. We saw the economic and social consequences of that lack of action by the Crown which has affected Ngati Pahauwera. We have seen the Crown which has received assistance from Ngati Pahauwera in the past not fulfilling its own obligations back to Ngati Pahauwera. One of the most significant things in any Treaty settlement is the Crown apology and it is good to see that that Crown apology exists for this Treaty settlement as it has for all other Treaty settlements. It is also pleasing to see that Ngati Pahauwera has accepted that apology from the Crown because not until the two parties both one apologise and the other accept that apology can we move forward.  
I know from my time in local government and dealing with certain iwi in my own particular area that one of the most significant things for any Maori people is not necessarily the financial redress that comes through a Treaty settlement; it is also the recognition of cultural wrongs of the past and also the loss of land. I am pleased to see that Ngati Pahauwera will be receiving and subsequently gifting back to the people of New Zealand a large portion of Te Heru o Tureia conservation area. It is very generous of Ngati Pahauwera to gift that back to the people of New Zealand and I say thank you to them for that.  
On the website of Ngati Pahauwera they make a very significant comment—it is a saying I would suggest. It goes like this: “As Old Father Thames is to the Londoner as the Ganges is sacred to the Indian as the Jordan is spiritual to the Palestines so is the Mohaka all these things to Ngati Pahauwera.” The fact that this bill addresses provisions for Ngati Pahauwera in relation to Mohaka is also a very good thing. I hope that going forward the issues that have been addressed in this Treaty settlement and the provisions that the Crown is making towards Ngati Pahauwera help Ngati Pahauwera succeed for many years to come in the future and I wish them the best of luck.  
BRENDAN HORAN (NZ First) 
: 
 Te Kaihautu o te Whare tena koe. Ladies and gentlemen children whanau dear friends and people of New Zealand we have heard today about the lengthy process that iwi have undertaken to get to this House to hear the third and final reading of their settlement the Ngati Pahauwera Treaty Claims Settlement Bill and move beyond grievances that have plagued their whanau for generations. Ngati Pahauwera have endured a process no less arduous than other iwi and I would like to acknowledge those who are here today and those who have passed on and are watching in spirit. Tena koutou tena koutou tena tatou katoa. 
As I speak to the particulars of this settlement one of the most significant features is the Mohaka River. Going forward the water resource and management of our waterways will become more controversial and inevitably more valuable. One of the distinct advantages that our country enjoys is not only climate but water. Ngati Pahauwera might be regarded as one of Maoridom’s river tribes. The Crown has acknowledged the significance of the awa the rivers to this tribe. These rivers are taonga and represent something akin to a life-force to the iwi. The special relationship with these rivers must be advanced. Rivers cannot be seen purely for their utilitarian purposes. Rather they have inherent value and all of us in the House today should join with Ngati Pahauwera and ensure that these awa remain wild and free. I am sure as other speakers have reminded us a clean river is a healthy river. 
The settlement bill also acknowledges their loyalty to the Crown and I am speaking of service in theatres of war overseas. Let me read into the record a small but significant example of this ethic of service. In World War I Ngati Pahauwera demonstrated its loyalty to the Crown as part of the Allied war effort. They raised funds to help send their young men overseas some of whom were decorated for their war service. They suffered heavily in the loss of young men and potential leaders. One such man Henare Wepiha Te Wainohu gave distinguished service in the Maori Pioneer Battalion. He died in 1920 depriving Ngati Pahauwera of an exemplary leader but his acts of bravery and encouragement to the Maori contingent endure and here is one of his quotes: “Remember you have mana. The honour and the good name of the Maori people is in your keeping this night.” And that still resonates today. 
I agree with the sentiments of the Hon Shane Jones as to the challenges that face Ngati Pahauwera going ahead. New Zealand First supports this bill and we wish Ngati Pahauwera well. Aue ake ake kia kaha e.  
MIKE SABIN (National—Northland) 
: 
 It is a great privilege to be able to take a very short call on this Ngati Pahauwera Treaty Claims Settlement Bill today. Can I firstly acknowledge you all—kaumatua kuia and people of Ngati Pahauwera—for making the journey here. It is not always the most exciting place to be but I am sure today is a very very exciting one for you and I acknowledge your presence here. I live in Te Tai Tokerau a proud Northlander but my iwi is Tainui which does sometimes cause me some concern. However the significance of the settlement process for Tainui cannot be overestimated. Although we may have got off to a bit of a rough start in some ways—trailblazers often do—can I just say that now the returns and the economic benefits to Tainui are significant and can I say to you that I hope moving forward you also can enjoy the ability to look forward to plan and to invest in your people and in your futures.  
I am proud that this Government over the last 3½ to 4 years has made a significant investment in empowering iwi such as you and others to do that. I just want to acknowledge the Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations for his significant efforts to do this. I am very proud as a National Party member of Parliament that we have got on as a Government with providing the tools for these settlements to progress. Lastly can I say that I was privileged to be in the far north recently at the deed signing for Te Aupouri and I have never seen so many people in Te Kao to be honest. Normally I stop there for an ice cream. It was a special day. There were at least 2000 people there and there was a sense of pride there was a sense of closure but more so there was a sense of future. I wish you all the best in your future and I commend this bill to the House. Thank you.  
RINO TIRIKATENE (Labour—Te Tai Tonga) 
: 
 Tangi tu ki te moana maunga haruru ki uta. Ko Mohaka te awa ko Ngati Pahauwera te iwi. Ko au ke tetahi o nga uri o Pahauwera mihi tonu atu ki a koutou e aku whanaunga. Ka mihi te aroha nui ki a koutou. 
[ 
The sea’s lament on the shoreline and mountains resounds inland. Mohaka is the river and Ngati Pahauwera is the people. I am a descendant of Ngati Pahauwera and acknowledge that direct connection to you my relatives. Huge salutations and regards to you collectively. 
] 
It is a great pleasure and a very proud moment for me to stand and speak on the final passage of the Ngati Pahauwera Treaty Claims Settlement Bill. This bill is very deeply personal to me because I am very proud of my Ngati Pahauwera whakapapa and in fact there are many Ngati Pahauwera whanau whanaunga puta noa—all the way through—the Wai Pounamu. I acknowledge my dear great-grandmother or as we say in our southern dialect taua—Hauataua. Her name was Amiria Henrici and she was the daughter of Adolfus Henrici and Ropine Hinemare Te Aohi. It is a very very big whanau but she was one of that very big whanau and all of my whanaungas are here today and many of them connect up through those lines.  
The passage of this bill is deeply personal because this bill records—and I do acknowledge the Hon Chris Finlayson and his officials for the work they have put into this settlement—the history and the complete background to the grievances of our Ngati Pahauwera whanaunga and it is important that we acknowledge that.  
In regards to the attacks on Mohaka my great-grandmother Amiria was a baby at the time and her older sisters swam across the Mohaka River to escape from the Crown attacks at Mohaka. As one sister tired she handed the little baby their baby sister over to another sister. That young baby obviously grew into a fine young lady a Mohaka Pahauwera princess and they moved down to Te Wai Pounamu to the Banks Peninsula. Their father Adolfus Henrici was a very skilled boatbuilder and so he took his talents down there to Akaroa. He was very famous down there with his boatbuilding prowess.  
She married into another very big Ngai Tahu whanau down there my poua Aperahama Tupahu Solomon Score. Their two children Rangi Solomon and my tawa Ruti Matekino Solomon basically had a huge whanau right across Te Wai Pounamu and I am a product of that. My auntie and my late father were products of that and they were all brought up by our great-grandmother and that is why there is such a very close and dear affinity and affiliation to our Ngati Pahauwera side.  
I would also like to acknowledge that growing up my late father always made it very clear to us telling us the stories and making sure that we would go back. I was playing in the Reo and we would link up with Te Reo o Hamuera we would go through to Mohaka and have many a great whakamoemiti and hui on that marae and we had many wonderful 21st occasions and many ceremonial occasions in the hall—wonderful hakari wonderful times. I remember I was playing my cornet in the band but we could not match Raymond Joe and the Blue Mooners when it came to letting the hair down in the evenings in that wonderful hexagonal hall which is there in Mohaka the whare kai. So yes I am very very proud to be standing to speak on this bill.  
There are many elements to these settlements and I mentioned earlier this morning that it is not about just the money and it is not about just having words on paper. These are very deep acknowledgments and it is all about establishing the permanence of Ngati Pahauwera to their place and their connection to the Mohaka River and their whenua. So I am delighted to be here to actually speak on the passage of this bill. 
I do want to acknowledge a couple of other people whom I have had the pleasure of dealing with over the years in previous careers. One is Toro Waaka. I know Toro Waaka has worked tirelessly on the Ngati Pahauwera claim for many many years. A few years ago I took Toro overseas on seafood missions looking at new markets for our iwi fishing companies. I always saw Toro’s really entrepreneurial drive and his commitment to his mahi and that later progressed when he was a member of Te Ohu Kaimoana the Treaty of Waitangi Fisheries Commission under Shane Jones who was the chair at the time. I mihi to Toro in particular for all his work. 
I am very proud that my sisters and I are registered as beneficiaries for Ngati Pahauwera. We receive all the mail through the post and I am very delighted to receive those letters and all those updates. I also would like to acknowledge as Parekura mentioned Bishop Moxon—mihi tonu atu ki a koe—who is here today.  
There are many elements to this bill. I will not traverse the details because I know other speakers have actually gone through all the elements of it but important to me is the acknowledgment and the apology that are listed in the legislation from the Crown and the acceptance by Ngati Pahauwera of the apology. I think that shows a wonderful gesture on behalf of Ngati Pahauwera that they accept that apology in the legislation.  
Then there are also the various other aspects—the cultural redress and the commercial elements. One in particular is the mechanism to provide for Ngati Pahauwera participation in the natural resources. I think this is a significant part of all the recent settlements that are coming through particularly around the awa the rivers with the co-management models protocols letters of introduction representation on planning committees roles in nominating people to tribunals and the like. All of those are as I mentioned earlier very important in re-establishing restoring and reclaiming Ngati Pahauwera’s space their river and their lands.  
I would just like to conclude my speech by saying that I am shortly leaving. I apologise to Ngati Porou because I will not be here for the full duration of their Ngati Porou Claims Settlement Bill. I will be shortly travelling down to Kaikoura where I will be this weekend. While I am down there I will visit the urupa where Amiria Henrici is buried there in Oaro. I will call in on her and fill her in on all the great developments that are happening with all of her whanaunga up there in Ngati Pahauwera.  
I commend this bill. I mihi to all my whanaunga here Ngati Pahauwera and also all of my fellow members in this House. Kia ora ano tatou. Tena koutou tena koutou kia ora tatou katoa.  
ALFRED NGARO (National) 
: 
 Me mua kia orana tatou katotoa i te aroa matua o te Atua. Kia orana to tatou tangata o Ngati Pahauwera kua au te tangata o Moana Nui a Kiwa no Rarotonga no Aitutaki no Mangaia. Kia orana tatou katotoa no te aere mai tatou no tenei ra. 
It is an honour to be here today and to acknowledge a historic moment though I did ask myself who I am to be here a Cook Islander born in New Zealand. All I can think about is toku mama reo toku mama gran toku mama Tepaki no Ngati Tepaki no Aitutaki. She would often tell us that we are tuakana so today I stand as tuakana to witness this historic occasion for what you are witnessing today is a moment in this place and in this time. So I humbly stand here to acknowledge that. I also remember that my grandmother would say to me e toku tamait kare te enua kua au tea enua no te Atua—“O little one o little boy never forget that this land does not belong to you for it belongs to a greater one te Atua.” I think it is a reminder for us that though we are receiving back that which belongs to us in one sense it does not belong to us. Instead we are the kaitiaki; we are the guardians. So I acknowledge the role that Ngati Pahauwera play. Today we are putting right that which was made wrong. We are honoured here. Today simply in this short moment of time in this history which is your history I stand as tuakana to acknowledge you in this place for the history that is made.  
Finally I say this. At times we would often say “This is the beginning of the end.” but maybe today it is the end of the beginning of a future that you will realise of the potential that was once dreamt of many times over. So to tatou pure our prayers our hopes and our dreams are your prayers are your hopes and are your dreams all that have gone before you and all that will be now in this place. No reira kia orana tatou e kia manuia. 
Hon CHRIS TREMAIN (Minister of Civil Defence) 
: 
 Tihei mauri ora! 
Whakataka te hau ki te uru 
Whakataka te hau ki te tonga. 
Kia makinakina ki uta 
Kia mataratara ki tai. 
E hi ake ana te atakura 
He tio he huka he hauhunga. 
No reira tena koutou. Ki te Whare e tu nei tena koe. Ki a Papatuanuku ki waho tena koe. Ki nga mate o Ngati Pahauwaera haere haere haere. Ki nga kaumatua nga rangatira o Ngati Pahauwera tena koutou. Ki nga tangata o Ngati Pahauwera tena koutou. Tena koutou tena koutou tena tatou katoa. 
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Behold the sneeze of life! 
Cease the winds from the west 
Cease the winds from the south. 
Let the breezes blow over the land 
Let the breezes blow over the ocean 
With a sharpened air a touch of frost and a promise of a glorious day. 
So salutations to you collectively. Greetings to the House that stands before me and to mother Earth outside. Farewell the deaths of Ngati Pahauwera; depart depart. To you the elderly leaders and people of Ngati Pahauwera I salute you. And so acknowledgments and salutations to us all. 
] 
Kia ora. Can I say what an absolute privilege it is to be here today in one of the final speeches on the settlement for Ngati 
Pahauwera. It is a privilege for a number of reasons but principally that Ngati 
Pahauwera’s settlement is the first in the area of my rohe of Heretaunga in the area of my electorate which starts at the Tutaekuri River heads up to Mahia and Mahanga and out to the beautiful Lake Waikaremoana and comes down the Kaweka Ranges and back to the Tutaekuri. My stomping ground my turangawaewae is one of the most beautiful places in Aotearoa. At the heart of that electorate is the Mohaka River starting up closer towards Taupo in the Poronui area at the confluence of the Taharua River and flowing all the way down to the sea through some of the most spectacular country in New Zealand.  
It is rugged country. The Mohaka River has grade 5 rapids at the top and flows down to the sea. There is beautiful scenery surrounded by native bush through much of the river. It is a wonderful wonderful awa. The Mohaka Marae is just at the end of the river on the left-hand side where I have to say it was a privilege to be at the signing with Mr Finlayson of the initial deed that actually led to this process. You do not take these privileges lightly as a member of Parliament. They are one of those sorts of things that you touch on when you leave this place. That there are events like this which are markers and which have taken place while you have been here is something to be proud of for members from across the House—not just this side of the House not just on the Labour side or the Greens side or the New Zealand First side. For all of us to be moving forward in this way is something to genuinely be proud of.  
 I used that whakatauki at the start of this speech this korero because it goes to the heart of what we are doing here which is moving forward. To talk about that whakatauki in English it basically says: “Cease the winds from the west. Cease the winds from the south. Let the breezes blow over the land let the red-tipped dawn come with a sharpened ear a touch of frost a promise of a glorious new day.” and that is what is happening. We have got to a point where we have been through a settlement process. We have been through all the issues that many many speakers have spoken about today—the issues the grievances—but we have gone to a point now where a settlement has been reached and an apology has been given and accepted by Ngati Pahauwera where there has been redress through not only forestry some land and the handing back of sacred taonga of other land but also wider settlements which means that we can move forward. 
What I want to focus on is the going forward from here—not looking back over our shoulder but where we go to not only as Ngati Pahauwera but also as iwi throughout the country as we go through these settlement processes. I do not want to mark the ground about who has kind of achieved what in that space in a certain number of years. The point is that we are moving forward as a nation in settling these grievances. Some will take longer; I have no doubt about that. But the point is that we are moving forward and this sort of redress allows Ngati Pahauwera to be part of the economy in a way that they have not been previously. That is about building an economy of their own jobs creating wealth creating a future for their people. But it is not just Ngati Pahauwera. There are lots of other people in the Hawke’s Bay community and in the Waharoa area—Raupunga and all around that area. That is my challenge: how we use this settlement now to maximise the opportunity to go forward with it. I know that Craig Foss who is also an electorate member from my party from across the way here would join me in that particular mihi.  
So the future is important. I think the economy is amazing. I think with regard to some of the land that is at the end of the Mohaka River there there are some wonderful opportunities. It has fertile soil and the opportunity to invest in that and go forward has to be considered.  
I want to finish with another mihi that again looks to the future. But before doing that I just acknowledge the trustees Toro Waaka Tania Hodges Kuki Green Sissiel Henderson Charles Lambert Tureiti Moxon and Gerald Aranui. I just acknowledge the efforts and I know there have been a number of trustees who have passed away during the process as well and I want to mihi to them as well. I just say thank you on behalf of this Parliament for the work that you have done in seeing that settlement through. Like I said I just want to finish on that final whakatauki: “Whaia te pae tawhiti kia tata whaia te pae tata whakamaua kia u kia tina”.  
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“Seek the distant and near horizon so that it is closer. Firm it up and secure it”. 
] 
That mihi talks about us reaching for the stars going forward pulling our goals close to us and that is something we should do as an iwi with this settlement taking it forward. Ladies and gentlemen thank you. It has been a privilege to speak in this debate tonight. Thank you. 
Bill read a third time. 
Waiata; karanga