Henare Peeni: Te Atiawa Claims Settlement Bill — First ReadingText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeHenare Peeni: Te Atiawa Claims Settlement Bill — First Reading[Sitting date: 15 March 2016. Volume:712;Page:9749. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]PEENI HENARE (Labour—Tāmaki Makaurau): Hei whakakāingahia i tō tātou Whare i te rā nei e tika ana me tū au ki te tautoko i ngā kōrero kua pātere pai ki roto i a tātou i te rā nei. Ko ngā mihi ki a koutou e ōku tini whanaunga kua tae mai nei ki roto i tō tātou Whare. I a au e tamariki ana i tipu au ki roto i a koutou. I tīmata au ki roto i Te Kohanga Reo o koutou nā koutou te kākano o Te Reo Māori i whakatōngia ki roto i te wairua o tēnei e mihi atu nei.Ka tangi tonu ahau ki ō koutou tini aituā. E te tuakana e Whare kitenga atu i a koe ka hoki ngā mahara ka hoki ngā mahara ki ngā tini aituā kei roto i a koutou kei roto hoki i tō whānau. E tangi auē nei e tangi apakura tēnei ki a rātou kua ngaro atu ki te pō. Rātou i tūkinohia ai ki roto i ngā kōrero kua kōrerohia nei i Te Whare i te rā nei. Rātou kua roa rawa e kawea nei i te mamae nō te wā o ngā mātua o ngā tūpuna. Kāti e moe koutou okioki!Ki roto i ngā huihuinga Māori e te tuakana e Whare kua roa rawa au e mea atu ana ko Te Iwi Māori he iwi pōrangi! He aha te take ka tukuna atu ngā mate kia haere kātahi ka mihi atu me te tangi atu kia hoki wairua mai? I tēnei wā tonu ko ngā wairua ō rātou mā ki roto tonu i te ngako o wēnei kōrero e mihi atu ana ki a koutou! Kua kōrero nei tēnei Whare ki ngā mamaetanga ki ngā tūkinotanga o Te Karauna i a koutou! E kore rawa au e takaroa i wēnei kōrero!Hoi nō he tāpae atu i waku mihi ki a koutou ā tua atu i tērā ka tukuna atu aku mihi ki Te Hōnore Minita kua whakapau kaha ki te whakatutuki i ēnei tūāhuatanga arā ngā kerēme e pā ana ki ngā hapa i taka mai i Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Kāti e mihi atu ana au ki a ia ki āna āpiha ki ngā tāngata katoa! Nā rātou te nuinga o ngā mahi ā kia tae ake ki a tātou ki tēnei wāhanga o te rā nei!Kāti ka huri tū atu ki a koe e Te Pāpā e Mahara e Ngāti Hine mihi mai ki a Te Atiawa e mihi atu nei! Mihi atu ana au ki a koe tō reanga kawea nei i ngā mahi me ngā kōrero a Te Iwi Māori ki roto i tō tātou Whare. Ki te pire ēhara tēnei te takaroa i ngā kōrero. E hari koa ana kua tau mai tēnei pire ki roto i tō tātou Whare i te rā nei ā aianei ka tukuna atu ki Te Rōpū Whiriwhiri i ngā Take Māori. Ko reira ka āta wetewete i ngā kōrero ka haehae i te kiko o ngā kōrero. Ko reira he wāhi pai kia whakarongo tonu tātou ki ngā kōrero a Te Atiawa me ngā rōpū maha kai roto i ō rātou ake whenua. Kāti e Te Māngai o Te Whare ki a tātou katoa e hui ngātahi nei tēnā koutou tēnā koutou e tau ana ki raro.[In bringing a sense of homeliness to our House on this day it is only correct for me to rise in support of the speeches that have been delivered without restraint among us today. My acknowledgments to you my many relatives who have arrived here in our House. As a child I grew up among you and began in one of your Māori-language nursery schools. You sowed the seed of the Māori language in the spirit of this one here welcoming you.I still mourn the myriad of your dead. When I saw youelder sibling Whare my thoughts went back to the very many departed ones within you collectively and your very own family. I lament and grieve tearfully here for them lost into thevoid. They were the ones who were violated and alluded to by the House in the contributions today; and for too long bore the hurt from the time of their parents and ancestors. Enough—rest and sleep peacefully there.Whare my older brother I have often said at various Māori gatherings that Māoridom is a mad lot! Why do they let the dead go accord them a tribute and then ask them to come back spiritually? Indeed at this very moment the spirits are ingrained in these contributions and so I pay a tribute to you the spirits. This House has madereferences to the pains and violations incurred by the Crown upon you. I will not belabour the point in these sentiments.I will however lay my tributes to you upon those accorded already and furthermore commend the honourable Minister the Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations who has worked tirelessly to execute these situations—namely the claims relating to redress that dropped out of the Treaty of Waitangi. Enough I commend him his officials and everyone. They were the ones who did the bulk of the work that brought us to this part of the day.Before I conclude I turn to you the fatherly figure Mahara; Ngāti Hine acknowledge methis Te Atiawa bidding you welcome Te Atiawa!I thank you and your generation who carried this onerous task representing Māoridom in this our House. And in regard to the bill I do not wish to prolong my comments on it. I am pleased that this bill has arrived in our House today and shortly it will be referred to the Māori Affairs Committee where the essence of its contents will be scrutinised and analysed. That is a good place as well where we will continue to hear what Te Atiawa and the many groups in their own regions have to say. Enough. Mr Deputy Speakerand to us all assembled together congratulations and good luck to you collectively. I resume my seat.]