Mooney JosephJOSEPH MOONEY (National—Southland): Thank you very much Mr Speaker. I rise on behalf of the National Party and as the National Party spokesperson for Treaty negotiations to speak in respect of the second reading of the Te Rohe o Rongokako Joint Redress Bill.This bill gives effect to cultural redress shared between Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa Tāmaki nui-a-Rua and Rangitāne o Wairarapa and Rangitāne o Tamaki nui-ā-Rua. Those are contained within the deed of settlement signed between Ngāti Kahungunu and the Crown on 29 October 2021 and the deed of settlement signed between Rangitāne and the Crown on 6 August 2016.This bill was referred to the Māori Affairs Committee on which I sit. It was a pleasure to travel to Papawai Marae in Greytown and be welcomed on to that marae to hear submissions. A total of 28 submissions were reviewed by the committee; 21 of those were oral submissions which we heard in one day at Papawai Marae in Greytown. I do vividly recall as we were welcomed on to the marae a large rainbow over the entrance to the marae and that rainbow stuck around for a while. I would say that we did hear some submissions and there were some strong feelings expressed on a variety of different issues—some which directly related to this bill; others which related to issues that are probably best addressed in another bill. But it is my sincere hope that that rainbow which was over Papawai Marae symbolises the intention to get the best for both Ngāti Kahungunu and for Rangitāne and their relationships with the Crown which is the primary objective of the Te Rohe o Rongokako Joint Redress Bill.This bill would give effect to cultural and other redress shared between those two iwi as I've mentioned. It recognises that while Ngāti Kahungunu and Rangitāne are separate groups and trace descent from different ancestors they are [also] closely interconnected." sharing "whakapapa throughout the Wairarapa and Tāmaki nui-a-Rua regions.""The bill does not aim to settle any historical claims for either Ngāti Kahungunu or for Rangitāne. Rangitāne's historical claims were settled through the Rangitāne Tū Mai Rā (Wairarapa Tamaki nui-ā-Rua) Claims Settlement Act 2017. Ngāti Kahungunu settlement legislation is currently going through the [House]"."Subpart 1 of Part 2 provides for an overlay classification over Castlepoint Scenic Reserve. This would require the reserve is a site of significance for both Ngāti Kahungunu and [for] Rangitāne through their traditional cultural spiritual and historical relationships with the reserve land." It also "provides for the making of regulations for the management of customary fishing in [the] Wairarapa Moana (which comprises Lake Wairarapa and Lake Ōnoke and adjacent wetlands and lagoons) [as well as] the Ruamahanga River catchment."This bill also "provides for the vesting of three cultural redress properties. Two would be vested jointly in the trustees of the trusts for Ngāti Kahungunu and Rangitāne [being] the Mataikona property [which] would be vested in fee simple in the trustees of the two trusts with a 50 percent share each [and] the Wairarapa Moana property [which] would be vested in fee simple in the trustees of the two trusts as a local purpose reserve. The Ngāti Kahungunu trust would have a 90 percent share and Rangitāne trust [would have] 10 percent. The third property the Mākirikiri Recreation and Scenic Reserves would be vested in the tipuna Te Rangiwhakaewa (also known as Te Rangiwhaka-ewa)"—sorry different spelling—"and administered by a joint management board."The bill also "provides for other joint redress known as the Wairarapa Moana framework. It would provide for the establishment of the Wairarapa Moana Statutory Board giving it certain functions and powers." comprising "four members appointed by the Ngāti Kahungunu governance entity one member appointed by the Rangitāne governance entity two members appointed by the Minister of Conservation two members appointed by Wellington Regional Council and one member appointed by [the] South Wairarapa District Council." That would "administer the Wairarapa Moana reserves while protecting and enhancing their cultural spiritual and ecological values" "manage the Wairarapa Moana marginal strips" "lead the sustainable management of Wairarapa Moana and the Ruamahanga River catchment" and "promote the restoration protection and enhancement of the social economic cultural environmental and spiritual health and wellbeing of Wairarapa Moana and the Ruamahanga River catchment relating to natural resources."The select committee took quite some considerable time considering all of the submissions which had been made considering the bill and the purpose of the bill which as I say does not aim to settle any historical claims but to give effect to cultural redress shared between Ngāti Kahungunu and Rangitāne and with some minor changes confirmed recommended that this bill be passed.So I am looking forward to the third and what will be the final reading of this bill when it passes into law. For now I would say that I commend this bill to the House."