Prime Willow-JeanHon WILLOW-JEAN PRIME (Labour): E te Māngai o te Whare tēnā koe. E ngā mana e ngā reo e ngā hapū e ngā iwi tēnā koutou ngā iwi o Taranaki kua tae mai ki roto i te Whare Pāremata i tēnei rā mō te pānuitanga tuatahitanga o tō koutou pire mō te kāhui māunga ā mō te tupuna mō Taranaki. He hōnore tēnei mōku te tū ki mua i ō koutou aroaro ki te tautoko i te pānuitanga tuatahi o tēnei pire. Ka hoki ōku mahara ki te wā i a māua ko Andrew Little i te marae o Aotearoa i te marae o Ōwae hoki mō te hāinatanga o tēnei kawenata me tēnei pire kua uru mai ki te Whare Pāremata i tēnei rā. E rongo ana ahau i ngā waiata ngā karanga ngā kōrero i runga i te marae te poi. Wērā āhuatanga katoa i runga i ērā marae i aua wā. I au e whakarongo ana ki te Minita e āhua pōuri ana ahau nā te mea kei konei tātou i te rā nei ki te tutuki i tēnei kaupapa mō te maunga ēngari e rongo ana i te wā o te pātai ngā uiui i tēnei ahiahi tō koutou moana. Ka waiho tērā ki te taha nā te mea kei konei mō tēnei ēngari ko taku wero ki te Minita ki ngā Minita whakarongo ki ō ake kōrero i roto i te Whare i tēnei rā e pā ana ki tēnei nā te mea e takatakahi tonu ana i Te Tiriti o Waitangi i ngā iwi o Taranaki. [To the Speaker of the House thank you. To the mana to the languages to the nations to the people salutations to the people of Taranaki who have arrived here to the Parliament House today for the first reading of your bill about the mountains and in particular for the formidable Taranaki. This is an honour for me to stand before you to support the bill's first reading. I reminisce to the times I spent with Andrew Little on the marae of Aotearoa and Ōwae as well for the signing of this agreement and this bill that has been presented here at Parliament House today. I hear the songs the calls the speeches the poi on the marae. All those memories on the marae at that time. As I listened to the Minister I am quite saddened because we are here today to fulfil this kaupapa about the maunga but I hear during question time this afternoon queries about your moana. All that aside because we are here for this but my challenge to the Minister to the Ministers is to be mindful of what you say within the House today in regards to this because it is violating Te Tiriti o Waitangi and the people of Taranaki.] Taranaki maunga was first confiscated in 1865 by the Crown as a punishment for the so-called rebellion of Māori during the Land Wars. As I said in my introductory remarks it was one of the proudest moments for myself to stand alongside Minister Andrew Little at the initialling of the deed as well as the signing at Aotearoa Marae and Owae Marae. So I am grateful for the opportunity to speak to the first reading of this bill this afternoon and to offer our support for this. I want to acknowledge the iwi and the hapū of Taranaki who are in the audience and who are back home perhaps listening online—some people do tune into Parliament TV. To Ngaa Rauru Kiitahi Ngāti Mutunga Ngāti Tama Ngāti Maru Ngāruahine Ngāti Ruanui Taranaki Iwi and Te Atiawa—and I want to acknowledge the negotiators who are here in the gallery this afternoon. I won't name them in case I leave any out and I also want to acknowledge those who are not here but who were acknowledged and recognised when we had the ceremonies at Aotearoa Marae and Owae Marae—you know the auntie that I am referring to—as well as the other tūpuna whose photos were displayed.What we have in the redress today is unique: recognising the maunga as a legal personality having personhood and setting up a rōpū who will be responsible for its care and its administration. I'm really proud as the former Minister of Conservation who has put my signature to these redress arrangements. I want to acknowledge the long time it took to negotiate—over six years to get to it—and to come in I think I said at the last minute and put a signature on it but I'm also proud of the work of the negotiators of the iwi and of the Crown to come up with this unique arrangement.This national park is the first and only one in Aotearoa to have a full te reo Māori name and I hope that we will see more of that in the future. I said in my speech at the signing that actions are important so we now need to take what is in that agreement and put it into action—a great wero for Tama Potaka. Kia ora. Hon Tama Potaka: Kia ora.Hon WILLOW-JEAN PRIME: Anā! Tihei mauri ora!