Davidson MaramaMARAMA DAVIDSON (Co-Leader—Green): E te Māngai o te Whare tēnā koe. Tēnā tātou ōku hoa kaimahi. Tēnā koutou Tūwharetoa me ngā hapū katoa kua tae mai ki tēnei Whare Pāremata. Kia ora.[Thank you Madam Deputy Speaker. Greetings to my work colleagues. Greetings to Tūwharetoa and the subtribes who grace this House. Good afternoon.]I'm very very pleased to be able to stand and make a short contribution to this second reading particularly to put on record my deep regret actually at not having been able to attend the hearings in Taupō with my Māori Affairs Committee especially after having spoken in the first reading which I had the honour of doing.For that reason I want to focus quite heavily on the submissions themselves. I was able to have a deep look into the submissions given that I wasn't able to hear the submissions kanohi kitea [in person] on the day but I made sure I went back and was able to consider the submissions—both written and on record—to keep being part of the deliberation kōrero at the Māori Affairs Committee. And my goodness as always there were issues that we needed and will continue to need to work through and there remain unresolved issues.Firstly I wanted to pick up on Motutere actually I think—is what we will go from here. The raru around the Motutere Scenic Reserve in particular jumped out at me because I remembered far too long ago as a university student I was part of a group of six people—and I was the only woman—to paddle from Wanganui Castlecliff Beach back to Auckland. Of course we crossed the entire Taupō lake as part of that journey—the whole trip took us four weeks—but we camped at Motutere and at various other points along the lakeside but absolutely at Motutere. It actually provided us with important refuge at that time because it was I think Cyclone Drena a long long time ago which was whipping up a frenzy up the whole countryside actually—up the whole North Island. So Motutere in particular jumped out at me. I regret as we constantly do as a House—certainly as a Māori Affairs Committee actually—that we weren't able to resolve the Tūwharetoa request that the bill include the Motutere reserve as cultural redress or as a mechanism for the reserve to be returned to Tūwharetoa simply because it falls outside the scope of the amendments to this bill that the committee could recommend.Now that in itself is part of the reason why the Greens fundamentally understand that we need to review the entire process of Treaty settlements—we've been very clear about that. Particularly scope in legislation has been a bit of a clumsy tool to try and serve any sort of justice. We know and I'm clear that these legislations unfortunately don't address justice entirely. They absolutely can offer and make do and make the best of the generations of colonisation and its impact and the injustice that has happened. But certainly the fact that that lay outside the scope of this bill just goes again to indicate how unfit these tools and this process is for seeking any sort of real justice.I did want to pick up on the submission of the Ngāti Te Rangiita hapū. I wanted to quote particularly what they said and what they included in their submission. Talking about the connection and why this is an unsolved issue it states in their submission: As Te Kanawa Pitiroi one of our kaumatua said recently: 'It is something that is close to all of Ngāti Tūwharetoa. Motutaiko is a focal point for all areas around the lake. No matter where you are around the lake you can see the Island. You cannot isolate the kōrero of Motutere. Motutere is a very special place. You cannot put a fence around the camping ground and say that's it.' " I wanted to make sure that Hansard would hold on to those words forever and that we in our hearts will be very mindful of the unresolved issues that remain.Similarly with the Waiteti Landcorp farm. Again Tūwharetoa would have liked to have seen this included as cultural redress or to negotiate a price for purchasing. We have to buy back our own justice. But we again were advised that this falls outside the scope.Lastly the Ōnekeneke property where the committee again was advised—oh my goodness no this was a thing actually when we found this out. The whole perpetual lease thing was super dodgy. Again we are advised that there are ongoing discussions to try and sort through that. I really look forward to all of us being kept to account on the DeBrett's Land Act 1948 lease. How am I going? OK. I haven't heard a bell yet. I said I was going to be short but the submissions are just too important—DEPUTY SPEAKER: Four minutes.MARAMA DAVIDSON: Thank you thank you Te Māngai. The submissions were just so important. I definitely want to pick up on Rotokawa. I understand deeply all the debates and all the views actually of all the hapū who have a valid mamae that the Rotokawa conservation land has not been included as cultural redress in this bill. I also have to thank the people who hosted me at the geothermal field and also allowed me to hear where they are coming from. I want to acknowledge everybody's connection and the outstanding issues that still remain. We in the Māori Affairs Committee kept the bill intact which meant that Rotokawa is still not included in this redress.Again I understand all of the sides and the connections. I also understand that whenever these overlapping interests happen in this process it's also people who are each other's people—it's actually whanaunga it's neighbours it's literally our own whanaunga who are having to deal with these issues. Again I ask this House and the Crown to stand up and take some responsibility for these processes that have often wedged many of our own whanaunga hapū against each other. I look forward to us playing whatever part we can to smooth ongoing korero to help that through. But I want to thank everyone for putting their views in front of me about Rotokawa.So to wrap up for my contribution today there are ongoing issues. We can't leave it there even though the bill will proceed and become an Act. In this House we need to be very mindful of the trail of further injustice and potential harm that we will need to really pick up and be accountable for. I also look forward to progressing Tūwharetoa's bill through the House and more importantly to support the visions and aspirations for going forward. Kia ora."