Paraone PitaPITA PARAONE (NZ First): Tēnā koe Mr Deputy Speaker. Kei te tautoko i ngā mihi i mihingia ki Te Iwi o Taranaki kua tae mai nei i waenganui i a tātau i te rā nei ki te whakarongongia ngā kōrero e pā ana ki te pire i mua i te aroaro o tātau i te rā nei.[Thank you Mr Deputy Speaker. I endorse the tributes accorded to the Taranaki tribe who has arrived amongst us today to listen to the contributions relating to this bill before us this day.]I do not know why I must feel like the loneliest fella in this House at the moment but I just want to remind people that that is the effect of democracy: that people are allowed to have a different point of view. And I must acknowledge despite my party's different point of view that people have taken that on board and have not entered into the vitriol that normally arises on such occasions. I also want to remind members that those who have a different view also lie within the various iwi And although we have not settled in the North you can see that there is a large proportion of dissatisfaction just in appointing negotiators. We have not even got to the table and we are fighting. Kia ahatia![So what!]I digress. This bill is the culmination of a very long journey on the part of Taranaki iwi—in fact 30 years—and it goes some way to righting the wrongs of the past. And I hope that it augurs well as Taranaki iwi Te Atiawa and Ngāruahine look to the future to build a future that the following generations will gain the benefit of. And I make that reference because last week I had the privilege of attending Te Rangi Hīroa Day at Urenui. Yes I got a lecture—well I did not get a lecture; I was just part of the class that was there and we got a lecture from the Rev Tiki Raumati. As I travelled to that part of Taranaki I was wondering what sort of reception I would get knowing that I was the bearer on behalf of New Zealand First of a different point of view to the settlements. Might I add that I was really impressed and I hope that such days continue. I was similarly impressed with the 2 days each month of Parihaka. I just put out a hint that if you still love me after today I am quite happy to come but I will make sure that I lose weight because then you will not want to eat me. Kāti again. During the course of this debate the different view of New Zealand First—we have never said that this bill is about council representation. What we are saying is that there is a clause in the bill that we do not agree with because I think that we as Māori can do better. And if we look at for instance this House where we have the seven Māori seats and apart from two other Māori in this House who have won their general seats there are no more who hold seats in their own right. And the point is that unless you have more seats you are going to be restricted to that number. And the opportunity is for Māori to stand for general seats. All we are saying in New Zealand First is that the clause—and in this particular bill Taranaki Iwi Claims Settlement Bill it is clause 99(3)—where it says that the council must appoint" iwi representatives; we are asking why this is different to the Local Government Act which says that councils "may". I know why we have "must": so that it puts it on councils to have to make those appointments. But then the previous speaker made reference to the Resource Management Act amendments. We have not seen the final details and obviously they have been able to negotiate that there is iwi representation but what about those councils that do not have this clause? That is the question. But then we will debate that issue during the course of the Resource Management Act amendment legislation. Of course the passing of this legislation does not complete the claims of all Taranaki. There is the issue of the mountain. As we say with our maunga Hikurangi in Ngāti Hine—and I do not want you to confuse it with the Hikurangi in Tai Rāwhiti—we refer to our maunga as: Mō Tetau Tū Teao Tū Tepō [Our mountain].Mō Tetau Tū Teao Tū Tepō.And similarly I would like to make that same reference to Taranaki:Nā reira kore e tōroa tēnei tū nā te mea i whakatakoto wā mātau whakaaro kia mōhio mai koutou te āhua o ō mātau tū nā reira i tōku kōrero whakamutunga ngā mihi hoki ki a koutou. Ngā mihi ki tēnā Te Miringa nā te mea mahara ana au i a ia i te wā e ora ana ko ia tetahi i haere mai i waenganui i a mātau ia tau ia tau ā Te Rā o Waitangi ki te totohe ki a mātau o te hau kāinga. I muri mai i tana totohetanga hoki mai a ia ki raro i tana maunga a Taranaki. Mihi hoki ki a ia me koutou ngā kaikawe o tēnei kaupapa. Tino mīharo ana au ki a koutou kia kawe atu i tēnei kaupapa ki te rā nei. Nā reira ngā manaakitanga kei runga i a koutou kia haere koutou i runga i te rangimāria. Nā reira tēnā koutou tēnā koutou kia ora mai anō tātau.[Therefore I will not prolong this stand because we set our views so that you would know collectively the nature of our position and so in my closing remarks acknowledgments to you collectively as well. Thanks to that Te Miringa because I recall that person when he was alive he would come among us annually every Waitangi Day to argue with us the ones from back home. Soon after his argument he would come back to be beneath his Taranaki mountain. I pay a tribute to him and to you collectively the bearers of this matter. I really admire you as bearers of this matter to this day. May acts of kindness be upon you in order that you go harmoniously with peaceful intentions. Congratulations and well done to you collectively my appreciation to us all once again.]"