Ngatikahu ki Whangaroa Claims Settlement Bill — First ReadingText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeNgatikahu ki Whangaroa Claims Settlement Bill — First Reading[Sitting date: 13 April 2016. Volume:713;Page:10573. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]Ngatikahu ki Whangaroa Claims Settlement BillFirst ReadingHon CHRISTOPHER FINLAYSON (Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations): I move That the Ngatikahu ki Whangaroa Claims Settlement Bill be now read a first time. I nominate the Māori Affairs Committee to consider the bill.I want to begin by welcoming the representatives of Ngatikahu ki Whangaroa who are in Parliament today to attend this first reading and I want to set out some of the background to this very important deed of settlement. It was 18 December of last year when I signed the deed of settlement on behalf of the Crown with Ngatikahu ki Whangaroa. The deed and this Treaty settlement bill put to rest some very very longstanding grievances of this iwi.Ngatikahu ki Whangaroa are the descendants of Kahukuraariki. They describe their ancestral lands as being between the eastern side of the Mangonui Harbour and the Whangaroa Harbour. I have only been to their rohe a couple of times but it is a truly beautiful part of the country. The road to settlement has been very long and tortuous. It was as far back as 20 September 2001 that the Crown recognised the mandate of Ngatikahu ki Whangaroa Trust Board to negotiate on behalf of the iwi. On 19 October 2004 the Crown and the trust board signed terms of negotiation and on 22 December 2007 the Crown and the trust board signed an agreement in principle for the comprehensive settlement of the historical Treaty claims. Stony Creek assets which comprise approximately 3000 hectares including Stony Creek Station and the Thomson and Clarke Blocks stock and plant are Crown property. They are key features of the settlement package.Since the signing of the 2007 agreement in principle progress on the settlement was stalled because of an occupation of the station by some dissenting members of Ngāti Ōkiwa a hapū of Ngatikahu ki Whangaroa. Between 2007 and 2013 the Crown attempted to resolve the occupation of the station so as to facilitate an outcome that would lead to this settlement. On 7 June 2014 the Crown and Ngatikahu ki Whangaroa signed the 2014 refined Crown offer. On 5 June 2015 the Crown and Ngatikahu ki Whangaroa initialled the deed of settlement and after the initialling of course the iwi took the settlement package back to the wider community for ratification. Hui were held and following a vote 78 percent of those who voted indicated their support for the settlement. The Minister for Māori Development and I agreed that the ratification result demonstrated sufficient support from the claimant community given the very deep and longstanding internal divisions within Ngatikahu ki Whangaroa regarding Stony Creek Station. So it was great to be able to sign the deed of settlement after that very long and as I said tortuous history.The settlement assets will be administered by the Kahukuraariki Trust the post-settlement governance entity that was approved by iwi members. Given the length of time and the hard work that so many people have undertaken to get to this stage it is appropriate to acknowledge the perseverance of the lead negotiator Dr Ella Henry and kaumātua Pita Pāngari and Dave Hēnare. Through our negotiations we had to traverse a number of very hard issues. Ultimately we resolved them thanks to the work of the negotiators and I know that this will be to the benefit and the durability of the settlement. I also want to acknowledge those who have passed away and are not here today. Finally behind the negotiators have been the trustees of the trust board and I particularly acknowledge Dave Manuel and the trustees Roger Kīngi and Manaaki Poto who have really worked so very hard to see the iwi’s grievances addressed.The settlement addresses the historical grievances that the iwi has carried for so long including the Crown’s failure to properly investigate pre-Treaty land transactions its failure to adequately protect reserves set aside for Ngatikahu ki Whangaroa large-scale land purchases that did not take customary interests into account—once again the third time this morning—compulsory takings for public works and a scenic reserve and the impact of the surplus lands policy and the Native Land Court. The Crown’s actions and omissions have had a very severe impact on the well-being of Ngatikahu ki Whangaroa and have left them virtually landless with most iwi members now living outside the rohe. The settlement package includes an historical account the Crown acknowledgments and importantly the Crown apology. It also deals with the issue of Stony Creek Station. The station will be vested in the Kahukuraariki Trust and post-settlement the trust is going to run an open process to ensure that every adult member of Ngatikahu ki Whangaroa has an opportunity to take part in determining the future ownership of the station. This is very important as it empowers the iwi to decide who will ultimately own the land.The Crown will pay the post-settlement governance entity financial redress of $6.2 million in lieu of the Crown’s commitment in the 2007 agreement in principle to maintain the plant and stock of Stony Creek assets in substantially the same condition as they were at the date of the 2007 agreement in principle of which $3 million was paid on account to the post-settlement governance entity after signing the deed of settlement. Secondly there will be interest on the financial redress from 7 July 2014 to the day before settlement date and adjusted for any on-account payments. The settlement also provides for a cultural fund of $300000 for the development and the implementation of an historic reserve management plan for the Kōwhairoa Peninsula property.Cultural redress provided to Ngatikahu ki Whangaroa includes the vesting of 15 culturally significant sites totalling approximately 3400 hectares. The balance of the cultural redress package includes an overlay classification over Whakaangi Scenic Reserve statutory acknowledgments a deed of recognition 11 geographical name changes and other redress that is culturally significant to Ngatikahu ki Whangaroa.So I say on behalf of myself and I am sure on behalf of Dr Cullen who worked very hard to get to the agreement in principle stage how delighted we all are that this bill is having its first reading this morning and will hopefully be with the Māori Affairs Committee. I ask that committee and its excellent chair if it could get the bill back to the House just as quickly as it can. I commend the bill to the House.KELVIN DAVIS (Labour—Te Tai Tokerau):Kāti rā tātou mā ka huri ake ahau i te tuatahi ki a koutou o Ngātikahu ki Whangaroa nā koutou i takahi mai i Te Tuarā o Te Ika-ā-Māui ki a tātou i konei i Te Ūpoko nā reira nau mai haere mai ki roto i tēnei Te Whare o Te Motu. Nā reira Roger mā haere mai haere mai whakatau mai!Hari koa ana ahau ki te kōrero mō tēnei pire ēngari ko tāku e hiahia ana kia mea atu ki a koutou ko tēnei pire kua pūmauhia kua mau ki roto i te ture. Ko tēnā tāku tino hiahia ēngari i te wiki kua pahure ake nei kite ake mātou i tērā o ngā raruraru kei runga i te pouakawhakaata e pā ana ki Te Rangi Tāhuahua. Kua takahia te kirimana i whakapāhotia e Te Peremia ki tāwāhi i runga i te ture kua whakamanahia e tēnei Whare i te tau 1992 arā e pā ana ki ngā hī ika. I pōhēhē tātou katoa Te Māori he mea pūmau tēnā ture kore e neke mō āke tonu atu! Ēngari e kite ana mātou mehemea e hiahia ana te kāwanatanga kia tahuringia ai ngā ture ka taea e rātou!Takatakahia ai tīnihia ai ngā ture kua pahuretia! Nā reira e hiahia ana ahau kia mea atu kua mau tēnei ki roto i te kōhatu. Koia taku tino hiahia! Horekau ahau e hiahia ana kia kite i te 20 tau ka whakarite Te Kāwanatanga kia kāhorengia tēnei o ngā ture i te mea kua rongo mātou i ngā kōrero o Te Minita mō te roa o te wā e wānangahia ana tēnei tohetohe ana whawhai ana!Ngā mea i kī mai mō te rā 22 o Tīhema i te tau 2007 kua hainatia Te AIP i Taimārō i reira ahau i taua rangi kore rawa tērā e taea e au te warewaretia! Tērā i mua atu i te 21 o Tīhema ko taku rā mutunga hei Tumuaki o Te Kura o Kaitaia. Nā Shane Jones i mea mai ki ahau:“E hoa mena e hiahia ana ahau ki te tū mō Te Paremata haere mai i te mea ko ō kaipōti kei konei kei Taimārō.” Nā i runga i taku kūware nāku i haere atu ki Taimārō i te mea ka tae mai a Michael Cullen i taua rangi ki te haina iTe AIP. He rangi ātaahua e tū ana te tēneti tini ngā tāngata kei reira!Ēngari kīhai ahau i te mōhio te pukuriri o ētahi o Ngātikahu ki Whangaroa mō te hainatanga o taua AIP. I te mutunga i waenganui ahau mātou ko te tamaiti a Shane Jonesme wētahi atu e whakarārangitia ana kia haukotihia tētahi rōpū pukuriri o Ngātikahu ki Whangaroa kia tae atu ki a Dr Michael Cullen.Nā rātou i te hiahia kia tahuringia ite toparere i rere mai a Michael Cullen mā runga. Nā i runga i tēnā kua neke rātou kua haere a Michael Cullen ki Kerikeri ko taku whakaaro kua hainatia Te AIP ki reira nā reira koia taku rā tuatahi i roto i te ao tōrangapū ēngari pai ana tēnā i te mea i te mōhio ahau i taua rangi tuatahi ki te kaha o ngā whakaaro te kaha o te mamae o wēnei tūāhuatanga ki runga i a tātou Te Māori.Ka tahuri ahau ki wētahi o ngā kaupapa kei roto i te pire. Kite ana ahau i te tini te nui o te whenua kua murua koia te tuatahi. Me pēhea rā Te Māori e whai oranga mehemea horekau he whenua hei whakatipu i ōna māra. Hei whakatū i ōna whare! Pēhea Te Māori e tangi mō ōna mate mehemea kua murua ngā whenua kei reira ngā kōiwi ngā ana kōiwi ngā tōrere kōiwi ngā wāhi tapu. Pēhea Te Māori e tū hei Māori mehemea horekau he whenua? Ko te mutunga ko te pōharatanga te rawakoretanga o Te Iwi Māori nākua mea atu ki a koutou o Ngātikahu ki Whangaroa. Mōhio ana tātou i ēnei rangi e ruarua noaiho ngā mahi hei mahi mō te whānau. E memeha haere ana tēnā mō ngā tamariki e haere ana ki ngā kura i te mea horekau ō rātou mātua taea te whai mahi kei roto i Whangaroa. Mai rā anō tēnei āhuatanga i te mea nā ngā mahi a Te Karauna i wērā tau i mua.E kite ana ahau ko tērā wāhi whenua i tae mai a Lord Ranfurly ki roto i te Whangaroa i pikiniki a ia i tētahi pito whenua. I runga i tēnā whakaaro i te hiahia rātou i tētahi wāhi whenua hai whakamaumahara i tōna pikiniki.Nā i whakarite a Motukiwi Honetua kia hoatu e te 10 eka! Tekau eka noa iho! Ēngari i te mutunga e 706 ngā eka kua tangohia mō taua wāhi whenua! He wāhi whenua hai whakamauharatia i tētahi pikiniki mō taua rohe. He aha te take e hiahiatia ana te 706 eka mō tērā wāhi maumahara tērā wāhi whenua?Kite ana ahau te tini o ngā whenua kua murua i runga i te surplus lands neke atu i te11 mano eka kua murua i raro i tēnei āhuatanga ngā surplus lands. Ki te kore te motu i te mōhio he aha te surplus lands e meangia ana e te Pākehā ō 2 mano eka ki konei nā ka roherohengia ō neke atu i te e hia mano kē ngā eka? Ēngari kīhai rātou i whakahoki mai te excess o ngā whenua ā kua pupuritia e te kāwanatanga. Ēhara tēna e tika ana! Mehemea ka meangia ai ahau i ēnei rangi tērā āhuatanga ka whiua ahau ki roto i te whare herehere! Ēngari aua rangi pai ana mō te kāwanatanga kia pupuringia ngā surplus landsmō rātou anō hei hokohoko atu hei whai pūtea.Wēnei āhuatanga horekau e whakaakongia i roto i ngā kura. E pōhēhē ngā tamariki Māori e matapiko ana e hiahia ana mātou ki te kapohia ngā whenua ngā rawa katoa mō tātou anō nō tātou aua rawa! Nā Pita Paraone i kōrero i mua mō Ngāti Pūkenga i mea ai ko te wāriu o ngā mea e hoki mai ana ki a koutou e 2 paihēneti pea o te wāriu o ngā mea katoa kua tangohia kua murua kua raupatuhia kua tāhaengia!Tua atu i tēnā hei kupu mutunga nāku hoki i kōrero i roto i te kerēme o Ngāti Pūkenga mō te whakapāhatanga mō Te Reo Māori. Horekau te whakapāhatanga mō Te Reo Māori kei roto i tēnei pire. Nā te kāwanatanga i mea mai horekau ka whakapāhatia mō te wepuhia o ngā tamariki kino i roto i ngā kura pēra i a Dover Samuels mō te kōrero Māori i te mea kei roto taua whakapāhatanga i wēnei ture ēngari horekau kei roto i tēnei pire tēnā whakakapāhatanga!Nā reira koia tāku e whakapae ana me whakapāha te kāwanatanga Te Karauna ki ngā iwi katoa i te mea horekau i roto i tēnei pire he whakapāhatanga mō aua murunga o ngā whenua te tāhaetanga o ngā whenua. Koia hoki tētahi o ngā take kore ā tātau tamariki e taea ana te kōrero i Te Reo Māori i te mea kua pāhorohorongia ngā whenua ō tātou tikanga wērā āhuatanga katoa tae atu ki Te Reo! Nā reira i runga i tēnā ka mihi anō ahau ki a koutou tēnā rā koutou i Te Whare tēnā rā tātou katoa.[Well everyone I turn firstly to you Ngātikahu at Whangaroa who travelled over the back of Māui’s Fish to us here at the Head so welcome come hither welcome into this House of the nation. So to you Roger and others welcome come hither welcome.I am happy to talk about this bill but what I wanted to say to you is that this bill will be fixed firmly and permanently as an Act. That is what I really wanted to tell you but just recently in the week just past we noted on television a problem concerning Raoul Island. The Prime Minister has overridden the agreement that was announced overseas about a law that this House validated in 1992 about fisheries. We of Māoridom all thought that law was durable that it was permanent for ever. However what we are seeing is that whatever the Government wants to do in regard to overturning legislation it can do. Walk all over it and change laws which are exposed! So that is what I really wanted to say. I did not want to see the Government abolishing this Act because we heard the Minister saying how long it took to debate argue and fight over.Some stated that the agreement in principle was signed on 22 December 2007 at Taimārō.I was there that day and will never forget it because the day before 21 December was my last day as principal of KaitaiaIntermediate. Shane Jones said to me: “Hey mateif youwant to stand for Parliamentcome because your voters are here in Taimārō.” Because of my ignorance I went to Taimārō because Michael Cullen was to arrive that day to sign the agreement in principle. It was a beautiful day and the marquee was up and there were a lot of people there.But I was unaware that some of Ngātikahu at Whangaroa were angry about the signing of that agreement in principle. In the end there I was among them; we and Shane Jones’s son and others were lined up to intercept an angry group of Ngātikahu at Whangaroa trying to get to Dr Michael Cullen. Westoppedthe angry groupfrom overturningthe helicopter that Michael Cullen had arrived on. Because of that they moved and Michael Cullen went to Kerikeri. I think the agreement in principle was signed there. So that was my first day in the political world but that was fine because I knew on that first day just how powerfully the thoughts and hurt from these situations impinged on us the Māori people.I turn now to other matters in this bill. I note the vast amount of confiscated land—really huge—that is the first thing. How can Māori possibly survive without land for its gardens and to put up houses on? How can Māori mourn its dead if land with their skeletal remains burial and sacred grounds have been confiscated? How are Māori able to be Māori if there is no land to stand on? Eventually poverty and lack of resources will prevail amongst Māoridom and for you Ngātikahu at Whangaroa. We know these days there is not a lot of employment around for family and it is not getting any better for the children who are going to school because their parents are unable to find employment in Whangaroa. This situation has always been there because of Crown actions in former times.I note that the piece of land that Lord Ranfurly visited to picnic on was at Whangaroa. With that in mind they wanted a portion of land to memorialise his picnic. Now Motukiwi Honetua determined that 10 acres just 10 be granted. But in the end 706 acres was taken for that place to memorialise a picnic in that region. Why was 706 acres required for that memorial place? I note that very many lands were confiscated as surplus lands in excess of 11000 acres were confiscated under this surplus landsmechanism. If the country is unaware of what this surplus land being used by Pākehā is about or if 2000 acres is being subdivided here or how many more acres exceed expectations it should be noted that excess lands have not been returned by Government but retained. That is not right! If I did that sort of thing today I would be jailed! But in those times it was alright for Government to hold on to surplus lands for themselves so that they could sell it on later for financial benefit.These kinds of situations are never taught in schools. Māori children think mistakenly that we are being greedy grabbing the lands and all the resources solely for us—all those resources belong to us! Pita Paraone commented on this earlier on in regard to Ngāti Pūkenga and said that the value of everything coming back to you would about 2 percent of the value of everything taken possession of plundered and stolen.Further to that and in conclusion I commented on the Māori language apology in the Ngāti Pūkenga claim. There is no apology for the Māori language in this bill. Government said that it would not apologise for administering corporal punishment to bad children in schools like those that Dover Samuels attended for speaking Māori. So that indeed is why I am asserting that Government and the Crown must apologise to all tribes because there is no apology in this bill for those confiscations and thefts of land. That surely is one of the reasons why our children were not able to speak the Māori language because our lands customs all those things including the Māori language have fallen away. So on that note I acknowledge commend and congratulate you collectively the House and us all.]MARAMA FOX (Co-Leader—Māori Party):Ā tēnā koe e Te Mana Whakawā otirā e Te Whare tēnā koutou katoa. Ā tēnā koutou Ngātikahu ki Whangaroa anei te mihi ki a koutou.Ka tuku whakaaro ki a rātou kāre i konei rātou kua mate ngā mate kai runga i a koutou i tēnei wā i ngā tau kua hipa anei nā ētahi Taeporohēnui Day Selma Day Jerry Hēnare Ching Heta Kātera Manuera Heta Te Pānia Tūroa Te Pānia Hākopa Adams me Mere Kei atu i a rātau he maha kē atu.I i tuku text mai taku hoa a Peeni i te tīmatanga o te rangi nei. I mea mai ia kāre ia i te kōrero i runga i te tata whanaungatanga ki a koutou. I mea mai ia ō māua whanaunga ēnei nā he aha ai? Ā ko taku hononga ki a koutou i roto i te whānau Heta. Ko Connie Heta tēnā te tamāhine a Joe Heta i moe i a Ririwai Fox ka puta ko Ben Fox. I Ōpape te kuia e noho ana i haere atu te koroua ki reira. Nā reira koinā ia i kī mai ā ko tō māua whānau tēnā. Nā reira ka text atu au māua e noho kei ngā taha e rua o Te Whare text atu au me te kī: “Ina hiahia koe ki te whārikihia i tētahi kōrero ki ō māua whanaunga he aha tāu e kī nei?”. Māmā noa iho te whakautu nāna i kī mai: “Hoki wairua mai ngā mate hai ārahi i a tātau i ēnei rangi te hunga ora hai tutuki i ō rātou nā wawata.” Nā reira e aku whanaunga kai te mihi ki a koutou me taku hoa Whare a Peeni i runga i ngā āhuatanga ō tātou mā Te Māori tēnā koutou.Ā kai a koutou tētahi kōrero e pā ana ki tō koutou maunga ātaahua. I roto i ngā pukapuka o ngā kāpene o ngā waka Pākehā e hara mai ana ki Aotearoa i te tau 1822 te tūtakitanga tuatahi o koutou mā o Ngāti Kahu ki Whangaroa ki te Pākehā. Kai roto i ō rātou pukapuka o ngā kāpene e kī nei e whakahua nei i te ātaahua ō tō koutou wāhi te moana i reira o Whangaroa e pīataata mai me te tihi maunga o Taratara. Nā reira he kōrero tā koutou e pā ana ki a Taratara. Pīrangi au hai whakahuatu i tēnei wā ahakoa he rerekē ētahi ki ētahi koinei te mea ka mōhio nei au. E hiahia au te whakahua i tēnei pūrākau ki roto i Te Whare kia mau ki roto i ngā pukapuka mō āke tonu atu.Ā ko Taratara tēnā he Atua tūpuhi ā tāroa te āhua pūrotu he tangata ātaahua maha ōna pūkenga e rua hoki ōna hoa wahine. [Interruption] Hā kia ora! Kāre au i te kōrero ki tō hoa wahine ēngari anō nā tētahi atu e noho ana ki Ōtangaroa Valley ko Maungataniwha tēnā. Ā he Atua pukuriri te āhua harawene hoki. E kite atu ia i ngā hoa wahine a Taratara ko Ōkahahīria me Tūrou. I te hiahia ia ki tētahi hoa wahine ātaahua pēnā ki ngā wahine nei a Ngātikahu. Kātahi whakaaro ana ia kai te haere au ki te pātai atu ki a Taratara mō tētahi o āna hoa wahine. I a ia e hīkoi ana i runga i te ara rūrū ana te whenua. Haere atu ia ki reira i runga i te kaha kātahi ka karawhiu atu i te pātai. “E Taratara kai te pīrangi au i tētahi i o ō hoa wahine. E rua āu hoa wahine he raru kai te puta waiho tētahi māku!” Ā whakahē nei a Taratara ki a ia ka hoki pukuriri atu ki tōna whare.Ā wai rā i ngā marama kua hipa atu ā pahure ake e whakaaro ana ē kai te noho mokemoke tēnei kai te hoki anō au ki Taratara. Haere atu ia ki a Taratara anō na whakakorengia e Taratara i tana tono. Ēhe hoki atu rā pukuriri anō pupū ake te raru! Wā tuatoru haere atu ia me te kī: “Ē hōmai rā tētahi o ō hoa wahine mōku hai whakamahana i taku whare!” I runga i te whakahē me te katakata o Taratara i wēpua kahangia e Maungataniwha a ia tangohia tana māhunga kai reira taua māhunga e noho ana i tēnei wā ki Ōhākiri.I roto i taua kōrero e toru pea ngā āhuatanga i puta mai ā te kaha te māia o te tangata! I a koutou e whawhai ana mō te whenua e whārikihia ngā kerēme kua kite taua tūāhuatanga kai roto i a koutou te māia te kaha ki te whaiwhai atu i ngā hiahia ngā nawe ngā āwangawanga aua take katoa ki Te Karauna ā-kanohi kai mua i a rātau. Anō nā kai roto i te kōrero ō Taratara rāua ko Maungataniwha kua puta mai i tētahi atu whakaaro te ngākau māhaki te whakaiti i te wā tuatahi i haere a Maungataniwha i runga i te hiahia ēngari ma te whakaiti pātai atu. I kite anō mātou i tēnā kai roto i a koutou he aha ai? Kāre Te Karauna e taea te whakahokia te katoa ki a koutou! Ēngari i runga i tō whakaiti whakaae ana ki tēnei wā. Ā he koha tēnā ki te whenua o Aotearoa me maumaharatia! Kāre e taea rātau te utu i te katoa o ngā rawa kua tangohia kēngia mai ēngari i runga i tō whakaiti tō koutou whakaiti ā tākoha atu ki Aotearoa nei te toenga whenua kāre i whakahokia mai.Tuatoru te whakahīhī o te ngākau o Taratara me ana hoa wahine nāku wēnei! Ko ēnei te ātaahua o te tangata! Kāre au i te hoatu i tētahi ki a koe! Ā kua kite i taua whakahīhī kai roto i a koutou ēhara i te mea te whakahīhī ā hoatu manawa nei ēngari te whakahīhī o ngā tikanga kua mautia tonutia kai roto i a koutou Te Reo te kōrero ngā pakiwaitara o tō koutou wā hai aha? Hei tākoha atu ki ngā tamariki mokopuna o Ngātikahu ki Whangaroa. Ā ko ērā ngā pūkenga kua kite nei au i roto i te kōrero mō Taratara me Maungataniwha kua pupū ake kai roto i a koutou! He rangi whakahirahira tēnei anei te mihi atu ki a koutou kua tae a-tīnana mai! Kua kōrero kē nei Te Minita i ngā take kua kōrero kē nei a Kelvin i ngā tāke ēngari ngā pukenga kai roto i a koutou kai roto i a koutou mō āke tonu atu ā kai roto i ō koutou uri whakaheke! Nā reira tēnā koutou tēnā koutou kia ora mai tātou katoa.[I thank you Mr Assistant Speaker and at the same time my acknowledgments to us all in the House. I acknowledge and salute you Ngātikahu at Whangaroa.My thoughts go to those who are no longer here those who have passed away recently and in past years. Here are some: Taipoherenui Day Selma Day Jerry Hēnare Ching Heta Kātera Manuera Heta Te Pānia Tūroa Te Pānia Hākopa Adams Mere Kei and many others.At the beginning of this day my colleague Peeni texted me and stated that he would not be speaking due to his close connections to you. He mentioned our connections and why. My connection to you Ngātikahu is through the Heta family. Connie Heta is a daughter of Joe Heta who married Ririwai Fox who begat Ben Fox. The elderly woman was living at Ōpape and the old fella went there and met her. So that is why he mentioned it it is our family. So I texted him back as we sit on different sides of the House and said: “Do you want me to make a statement about our connection; what areyou implying?” The reply was simple. He said: “Ask the dead to come back in spirit to lead us the world of the living to fulfil their aspirations!” And so my kin and parliamentary colleague Peeni I greet and acknowledge you in regard to the circumstances that confront us of Māoridom.Now you have a tale about your beautiful mountain. In the records of the captains of early non-Māori sailing ships that travelled to New Zealand in 1822 are accounts about how you of Ngātikahu at Whangaroa first met non-Māori. It states in the captains logs how beautiful your place was how the sea there at Whangaroa reflected the peak of Taratara. You have a tale relating to Taratara that I want to tell even though it might differ from what others know. This is the version that I know. I want to relate this tale in the House so that it is recorded officially in the records for posterity.That Taratara was a deity; he was lean tall handsome admired talented and had two wives.[Interruption] Who was that? Thank you! I will not tell your wife you said that! However there was another deity living in Ōtangaroa Valley Maungataniwha. He was a hostile and envious deity. He saw Ōkahahīria and Tūrou Taratara’s wives and wanted a beautiful wife like these Ngātikahu women. Then he thought: “I will go and ask Taratara for one of his wives.” As he walked along the path the earth quaked. He went on his way boldly stumped up to Taratara and fired off his statement. “Taratara I want one of your wives! You have two wives there is a problem brewing and I want one of them!” Taratara turned him down so he returned home fuming.After many months had passed Maungataniwha thought: “I am getting lonely so I am going back to see Taratara.” Back he went again but Taratara declined his demand and told him to go away. Empty-handed once again Maungataniwha scuttled off enraged and the solution to his trouble came to him. On the third try he demanded: “Give me one of your wives to warm my house!”. Taratara refused and laughed at him. At that the enraged Maungataniwha struck him a fierce blow and knocked Taratara’s head off and it remains there still today at Ōhākiri.From within that tale three aspects perhaps emerge: intensity confidence and the individual. As you were fighting for the land and setting out the claims those qualities were seen in you in terms of the confidence intensity and the ability to follow up on aspirations grievances and concerns on all those matters with the Crown on a face-to-face basis. Also emerging from the tale of Taratara and Maungataniwha is another viewpoint about personal qualities and being mild-mannered and humble which Maungataniwha displayed because of his desire. We noted that quality in you as well and why? The Crown was not able to return everything to you but because of your humility you accepted it at this point in time. And that is a gift to the country of New Zealand that must be remembered! They cannot compensate all of the assets that were confiscated but because of your humility you have gifted to New Zealand the remainder of the land here that was not returned.]Thirdly the pride of the heart. Because of that Taratara was moved to say: “These are mine!”. An admirable quality indeed in an individual which prompted him to say: “I won’t give either of them to you!” I sense that quality within you not in the sense of giving the pride of the heart away but rather the pride relating to the customs that you have retained—the language tales legends of your times—and why? So you can gift it as a legacy to the children and grandchildren of Ngāti Kahu at Whangaroa. Those are the skills I have seen in the tale about Taratara and Maungataniwha thatare embodiedwithin you. This is indeed a magnificent day and I commend you for your presence here today! Minister Flavell and Kelvin Davis have commented on matters but the skills that you have within you are there for ever for your generations to come. Well done and congratulations to you collectively and my appreciation to us all.MARAMA DAVIDSON (Green):Tēnā koutou huri noa i Te Whare. Ka tū au ki te tautoko i tēnei pire he pire nā te iwi o Ngātikahu ki Whangaroa me tōna whakataunga Tiriti ā nō reira he mihi nui ki a koutou katoa.[Acknowledgments to you collectively throughout the House. I stand to support this bill belonging to Ngātikahu at Whangaroa and its Treaty settlement and so a huge greeting to you all.]It is right that we acknowledge this iwi and particularly all of the people who have struggled and negotiated their way through this settlement. It is right that I again acknowledge Dr Ella Henry Pita Pāngari and Dave Hēnare as some of the lead negotiators for this settlement. The Ngatikahu ki Whangaroa settlement has also given me the opportunity—I wanted to look back at some of the other beginnings from where this settlement came.I stand here as a neighbour—a Ngāpuhi mokopuna—to Ngatikahu so it was interesting for me to learn about how in the 1980s Pita learnt from his kaumātua and kuia about the specific grievances and specific land confiscations by the Crown and that these were longstanding. In the 1980s he learnt from his kaumātua and kuia exactly how that had impacted on their iwi on their people so that in 1983 the kaumātua and kuia came from the far north and actually held a hui in Auckland at Tūtahi Tonu the marae at Epsom Teachers College. Ngatikahu ki Whangaroa was the first group to have a hui at this marae which had only just been built. Our kuia from the far north came down to this hui and some of them I found out included Tom Thomas Haki Tātai Auntie Māta Wīroa Hēnare Tūroa Tepānia Hetā Tepānia Kātera Manuel and Sid Hōkai. I thought about our far north kuia and kaumātua coming down to have this hui in Tāmaki-makau-rau talking with the younger generations about the history and the absolute impact of whenua being cohenarenfiscated and what that meant. It went right back actually to Pita’s great-great-uncle Hēmi Rua Paeara who had consistently been taking grievances and drafting petitions to the Crown for redress.This is when I think about the beauty of the process. That is not something I often say about the process because the process was brought about by grievance and that is not beautiful at all.As an adult and as a mokopuna raised in Hokianga and learning about my own Treaty grievances from my own people I am also starting to understand that it is our people who have instilled the beauty of our history in these claims—and in the kōrero to talk about Pita’s great-great-uncle Hēmi Rua Paeara who embellished the fighting spirit of Māori by continually drafting and seeking redress and how that was then after his death taken up by Pita’s grandfather Hēmi Roha Paeara—and that the beauty of the strength that we can always see in these stories comes up through these processes.I am proud to stand for the Green Party in support of this bill and in support of the hard work of those still here and those gone. It is an honour. Also one thing that I have loved about my job as a member of Parliament as a spokesperson for Māori development and as our representative on the Māori Affairs Committee is the privilege of the depth and richness of what has actually happened in these negotiations—the rich history and the stories that have come out and the names that we honour here in this House today including the many names of the many people whom we may not honour specifically but who have been involved in this negotiation. It has been fraught—they are all fraught. By their very nature Treaty negotiations between iwi and the Crown due to the grievances and the generational impact they have had are always going to be fraught. But I want to acknowledge some of the specific fraught nature.Everybody recalls particularly Ngatikahu the protests that also happened around particular pieces of land. I think back to December 2004 for example to the occupations that happened over particular pieces of land that were up for negotiation. These create uncomfortable times during all of our iwi negotiation processes. We never fully agree on a nice soft simple process along the way—that is not how any of these negotiations happen. I want to acknowledge those difficulties. I want to acknowledge the hard raru that each iwi and hapū have to balance and contend with. I want to acknowledge that the Crown’s breaching of Te Tiriti partnership creates this faction creates the hardships and the raru that set hapū and iwi against each other in these very processes. I want to acknowledge the protesters but I also want to acknowledge how difficult that then made the negotiators’ jobs as well. I acknowledge all of that—all of it. We are dealing with the hardships of these negotiations as Māori not because of something that was in our control. That is the main thing that I want to acknowledge—all of our iwi and whānau who have come here to this House today to be a part of witnessing the first reading of their Treaty settlement bill.The Greens have always understood that this settlement is a deal. As my colleague Catherine Delahunty will have laid out for the previous Treaty bills on this occasion we are very clear about what this has done to Māori and about what it continues to do. We are very clear that those breaches continue. We are very clear that these are deals and not settlements. Like all of our Māori MPs in this honourable House we are in this predicament where although we acknowledge the incredibly hard and heartbreaking work that has gone into these negotiation journeys we also understand that it is never ever going to be what is rightful redress. It is my honour to stand here and feel really awkward about these Treaty deals—and I will continue to as some of my iwi in the north are coming up. I want to acknowledge my connection to this northern iwi—to Te Tai Tokerau. I want to acknowledge all of the raru. We cannot dress this process up but that is what makes this process what it is. I want to acknowledge all of the raru beforehand.I want to acknowledge some particular Crown acknowledgments like the 1863 Mangonui purchase and how we again see exactly how the Crown awarding individual title broke down our collective kaitiaki responsibilities and set us up against each other as Māori and as kaitiaki of those lands. I want to acknowledge the particular acknowledgments—and there are many—including the apologies as Kelvin Davis referred to that are not included that always should be.Te Reo is another thing that each of our iwi lost and underwent as well. But I want to acknowledge the apologies: what the Crown does own up to in these settlements is still important. It is still the Crown being able to say “We did wrong.” and that is important. But the real work as we all know is going to continue. For that I acknowledge our iwi who have come here to the House today. Kia ora koutou katoa. Thank you.NUK KORAKO (National):Tēnā koe e Te Mana Whakawā. Ngātikahu ki Whangaroa e mihi nei e tangi nei koutou ngā taoka whakahirahira koutou e tumanakohia koutou e hāpai iwi nei nau mai nau mai nau mai haere mai.[Thank you MrDeputy Speaker. I grieve and acknowledge you Ngātikahu at Whangaroa you wonderful and hopeful treasures who tribes find uplifting come forth draw hither welcome welcome.]I have only a short call to acknowledge the iwi the people of Ngatikahu ki Whangaroa. Particularly last December it was my honour to act as a witness at the signing of the Ngatikahu ki Whangaroa deed of settlement. I want to thank you for hosting me that day at your beautiful Ōtangaroa Marae. Maururu koe mō tō manaaki atawhai kia ora.[Your hospitality and kindness is appreciated thank you.]It is also my pleasure on behalf of the Māori Affairs Committee to welcome you here to Pōneke and to welcome you here to this place. I have always enjoyed the opportunity to visit your beautiful rohe and I look forward to being there again particularly at the fish and chip shop. Kia ora.I know this settlement has not been an easy one. I really do know that and it was reflected when we were at your marae. We saw this. We saw the rawness that reflected the negotiations but what I also saw there was the mana. When Pita Pāngari was there he said to us that “Once upon a time I was there also.” So I acknowledge you for the way that this settlement particularly has been on a very very difficult journey. But the journey is actually in some ways coming to an end particularly around the Treaty settlement process and then another really important journey will start also—probably the most important one—and that is the post-settlement situation and how you will actually deal with that.I think the important thing that I want to acknowledge is one thing that is in this deed of settlement and that is the fact that Ngatikahu ki Whangaroa have said they will forgo full compensation to contribute to New Zealand’s development. That is mana. Also we need to highlight that it is not about just that. As someone from an iwi who settled very early as someone who has seen Treaty settlements progress—almost all of our people particularly our kaumātua will tell you that it is not about the money. It is actually about the apology because that there enables us to move on. But it is not only about accepting less because less in some ways is more particularly when we look at the fact that this is legacy. You are actually the people the rangatira the whānau who are trying to ensure that there is a better legacy for your rangatahi. It is also about opportunity—commercial yes but also social opportunity. It is also about that opportunity cultural and social. So this has been a hallmark really of an iwi that has shown mana. When I travel around the far north there is I believe a desire particularly from the rangatahi that they want their settlement settled because they can see that there is another life after grievance.Finally our Ūpoko Rūnanga of Ngāi Tūahuriri Pita Te Hōri said once in 1861:“Kia atawhai ki te iwi.”—take care of the people. This Treaty settlement is the real essence of what these rangatira are doing here today and those who are at home listening. This is the essence of this settlement and I acknowledge you for that and I honour you and I commend your bill to the House. Kia ora.PITA PARAONE (NZ First):Tēnā koe Mr Deputy Speaker tēnā hoki koutou nō te hau kāinga. Ā he wāhi poto tēnei ki te tautoko i ngā mihi i mihingia e aku hoamahi i roto i Te Whare nei ki te whakatau i a koutou. Ā e tika ana hoki kia mihi atu ki a rātou i ngaro atu ki te tirohanga kanohi. Tēnā pea i karanga atu ēnei o aku hoa ko au te kaumātua ēngari tino tamariki noa iho au ēngari kia ahatia. E mahara ana au ki ēnā o ngā kaumātua o te kāinga pēnei i a Piri Mōkena Pita Tarawau ā tae atu ki a Tim Heta Hākopa Āro mā nā rātou i kawe atu ngā kaupapa i hangangia e Te Tari Māori i taua wā. Nā reira e tika ana kia tukuna atu te kaha o waku mihi ki a rātou. E kī nei te kōrero nā rātou ki a rātou ka hoki mai ki a tātou e te hunga ora nā reira tēnā koutou tēnā koutou tēnā koutou! Ā tēnā anō tātou koutou ngā kaikōrero i tū ake i mua i a au e pā ana ki te pire nei.Horekau e whakahē i ngā kōrero i puta mai ēngari ko te mea nui i whakawhiti mai i mua i a au. Ki tetahi o ngā kōrero i puta mai i te mema mō Te Tai Tokerau a Kelvin e pā ana ki aua moutere i Rangitāhuahua koinā tētahi o ngā kōrero i roto te pire nei he full and final wēnei take. Ēngari māku e pātai atu ki a tātou me pēhea te kaha o taua kōrero? Pēhea te kaha? Tika ana tēnā koinā te take i mea atu ki a tātou i tēnei wā. Tēnā pea mā te wā ka kite ana i a tātou ēngari māku e mea atu ki te hunga kāinga koinā tetahi o ngā whakaaro i roto i a au i tēnei wā. Ēngari ngā mihi hoki ki Te Karauna kia tukuna atu te whakapāha ki ngā uri o Kahukura-ariki me ērā atu o ngā hapū i rārangitia i roto te pire nei.I tēnei wā ka hoki taku mahara ki tērā tetahi o ngā tangata i te wā e ora ana ko Bully Peters. Ko ia tētahi tangata tū kaha ana ki te whawhai mō te whenua Stony Creek. Ahakoa ngā piki ngā heke ko ia te tangata i whakaū ki tōna kaupapa. Nā reira ēhara tēnā wāhanga he mea hōu i roto i ngā kerēme. Ko te pātai kē ahakoa mēnā e tika ana e hē rānei ēngari i tēnei wā koinā te kōrero. Mēnā e tika ana kua riro aua whenua ki tērā hapū tērā whānau me pēhea mēnā kei roto aua kerēme i runga i te kerēme whānui mō te iwi? Koinā te āwangawanga a Bully mā i taua wā. Nā reira koinā te take e tautokonatia ana te kaupapa a Te Minita kia tukuna atu tēnei pire ki Te Komiti Whakawhiriwhiri i ngā Take Māori kia wātea ki ngā hau kāinga mēnā e whakahē whakatautoko hoki i te pire nei kia whakatakoto mai i wā rātou kōrero kei mōhio mai i a mātou o Te Whare nei he aha ngā āhuatanga i waenganui i a koutou e pā ana ki te take nei.Ēngari e mihi kau ana ki tēnā o ngā tangata e kawe atu i tēnei kaupapa mai i te tīmatanga o tēnei kerēme tae noa ki tēnei. I whakahuangia te īngoa o Ella rāua ko Pita me ētahi atu ngā mihi hoki ki a rātou. Ēhara tēnā mahi he mahi māmā nā te mea mōhio ana i a tātou ahakoa me pēhea te kaha o tō mahi me pēhea tō aroha ana ki tō iwi whānui kei reira ētahi ki te amuamu hoki i tō mahi kia ahatia! Koinā te āhuatanga ki a tātou![Thank you Mr Deputy Speaker and acknowledgments to you from back home. This is a brief call to support the welcoming sentiments expressed by my parliamentary colleagues in this House to you. It is fitting indeed that I pay a tribute to those who are lost from view. While these of my collegues may have said that I am the elder member this is not so as I am very much younger by comparison but never mind. I think of those elders from back home like Piri Mōkena Pita Tarawau Tim Heta Hākopa Aro and those who were responsible for initiatives created by the Māori Affairs Department back then. Accordingly my tribute should be more in their direction. As the saying goes they the dead should remain there amongst themselves so I come back to us the living thereforegreetings acknowledgments and salutations to you collectively. I acknowledge us and those of you who addressed the bill before me.I do not oppose any of the statements made. The important thing is that they were made in my presence. One that caught my attention was made by the Te Tai Tokerau member Kelvin Davis about the Kermadec Islands—which is in this bill—about these matters being full and final. But what I pose to you is how powerful how strong can it be? That is right that is what I ask of us at this point in time. Perhaps time will tell us but nevertheless I will say to those back home that thought is in me right now. But I do commend the Crown for the apology to the descendants of Kahukura-ariki and other subtribes listed in this bill.At this stage I cast my mind back to one of the people who were alive back then Bully Peters. He fought hard for the land at Stony Creek. Despite the ups and downs he was committed to his cause. Therefore that aspect about claims is not a new thing. The question really regardless of whether it is right or wrong is that that is the situation right now. If it is correct that those lands have been taken by that other subtribe or family what happens if those claims are in an extensive tribal claim? That was the particular concern of Bully and others at that time. So that is the reason why I supported the Minister’s call that this bill be sent to the Māori Affairs Committee to enable those from back home to oppose or support this bill and to make their submissions to ensure that we of this House are informed of situations that you may have amongst you relating to this matter.But I really acknowledge those who took responsibility for this matter from the outset of this claim to where it is now. The names of Ella Pita and others were mentioned and so I commend them. That is not an easy task because we know that no matter howhard one works how much you love your extended tribe someone will always be there complaining about your work never mind. That is how it is with us.]I just want to say that the bill itself certainly articulates the reasons for the bill coming to the House. It also articulates those parties that are affected by the bill. And it outlines a way forward for the people of Ngatikahu ki Whangaroa to progress their claim. I should say that they have the advantage of sitting on the fence and I am talking about the iwi fence: the Ngāpuhi fence and the Ngatikahu fence. They are right in the middle and I can recall when this whole issue of the claims first came about there was a lot of debate. In fact there was dissension that Whangaroa should enjoy that privilege of having their own claim. But through hard work and perseverance the trust board—ahakoa ngā piki ngā heke e pā ana ki taua rōpū [in spite of the ups and downs relating to that organisation]—persevered and today we see the fruits of their efforts. And do not be surprised that perhaps next year we have another bill called the “Ngātikahu ki Whangaroa” as part of the Ngāpuhi claim. But that is something that the people will need to talk about. I just give signal to those who might be listening and wave the flag for Ngātikahu ki Whangaroa. Kei mōhio mai te iwi whānui ē horekau i mutungia tēnei mahi kia ahatia. [The extensive tribe might find out hey this job was never completed. So what?]But in respect of the land that they were entitled to and the return of land the last speaker from the Government benches Mr Korako talked about the fact that although land was being returned as part of this settlement it would not fully compensate the iwi. And again as I mentioned during the debate on the last bill these settlements can never be regarded as full knowing the history that has led to the bills’ coming before the House.I want to say also that the apologies that are being extended by the Crown I take those to be with sincerity. For the Minister to front the people at the time of the signing of the deed of settlement I think it is to his credit that he has done that. I think the people who are involved have really appreciated that fact given that during the negotiations—I do not know whether he was still in the House; he may have been a negotiator on behalf of the Crown—Dr Cullen attempted to attend one meeting and our relatives from Ngāti Aukiwa prevented that meeting from proceeding.I just want to notify the Minister that at the time part of the problem I think was that the bureaucrats involved were not taking advice from the local Te Puni Kōkiri office because the signs were certainly there and what needed to be done to avert that situation. That is part of the history—that becomes part of the history albeit colourful. The good thing about it was that no one was hurt. Perhaps pride may have taken a dive but never mind.Having said that I commend the bill to the House and look forward to receiving submissions from those interested in this bill when it comes before the Māori Affairs Committee. Tenā koe.Hon NANAIA MAHUTA (Labour—Hauraki-Waikato):Tēnā koe. Tēnei e tāpiri atu aku mihi ki a koutou Ngātikahu ki Whangaroa kua tae mai nei i waenganui i a tātau mō tēnei whiriwhiri kōrero mō tō koutou kerēme. Anei te tino mihi rawa atu ki a koutou katoa. I rongo au ki ngā kōrero o taku hoa a Kelvin me ngā āhuatanga e pā ana ki ā koutou kerēme ngā āhuatanga ki tō peka o te motu. Ka tika kei ngā whiti tuawaru atu ki te tekau o tō koutou tutukitanga ngā whakarāpopoto kōrero mō ngā hītori e pā ana ki te take tā koutou take ā me ngā whakaaetanga a Te Karauna.Kua mōhio pai koutou i roto i tēnei taupatupatu he whakaaro anō e pā ana ki ngā whakapāha atu a Te Karauna. Tēnā pea māku hei whakarāpopoto ētehi o aku nei whakaaro ki tērā ka tāpiri atu ki ngā kōrero a te mema a Nuk Kōrako. E tika ana ka tau ki tēnei wā ko te whakapāha atu te mea hei whakatōpū me kī ngā toimahatanga i roto i ngā kerēme pēnei i roto i ngā ture o te Pākehā kia kaua e wareware kia kaua e wareware! Atu ki tērā ko te mahi nunui hei whakatinanahia hei whakatinanhia kia kaua e noho he kōrero i runga i te pepa me whakahuatia ngā hua o ā koutou kerēme nō reira ka titiro ake ki ā koutou nei whakapāha i te whārangi 14 o ō koutou pire.Tēnā pea e Te Minita me whakatikatika te taitara i te tuatahi. Atu ki tērā tēnei te wairua o te kōrero. E hiahia ana au ki te pānui mō ngā tamariki mokopuna. Kei a rātau ngā mea nunui hei whakatōpū mai he aha ngā mahi a ngā mātua tūpuna kia haria mai tēnei kaupapa ki Te Pāremata anā! Tēnei te whakapāha atu a Te Karauna ki ngā whānau ngā hapū me te iwi o Ngāti Kahu ki Whangaroa ki ō koutou tūpuna me ō koutou mokopuna. E tuku whakapāha ana Te Karauna mō tāna kore whakatutuki i ōna herenga ki a Ngātikahu ki Whangaroa i raro i te Tiriti o Waitangi.He tino roa rawa te wā i pau eTe Karauna he whakatutuki i runga i te tika o ō koutou whakamau roa tino ngau kino hoki. E āhukahuka ana Te Karauna he kino te pānga o taua hapa ki ngā whakatupuranga maha o Ngātikahu ki Whangaroa. E kaha whakapāha ana Te Karauna mō te mamae me te whakamau haere tonu ki a Ngātikahu ki Whangaroa e pupū mai ana i tā Te Karauna tango i ngā whenua tūwhene me tāna whakatewhatewha auroa i ngā tauwhitinga whenua i mua i te Tiriti o Waitangi. E whakapāha hoki ana mō te pānga kino o ngā ture whenua Māori ki ngā whenua o Ngātikahu ki Whangaroa me tā Te Karauna tango whenua mai i a Ngātikahu ki Whangaroa mō ngā mahi nunui me te tohu i te tirohanga whenua. E kaha pōuri ana Te Karauna mō ngā pānga tāpiripiri o āna mahi tērā i tango i a Ngātikahu ki Whangaroa ōna pae hira ngā wāhi tapu me ngā urupā o ō koutou tūpuna ā ko te mutunga iho tata kore nei ō koutou whenua.I whakatūria e Te Karauna ngā ture me ngā kaupapa here taka kino i tukituki i te oranga o Ngātikahu ki Whangaroa. I tīkai hoki te rangatiratanga o Ngātikahu ki Whangaroa. E kaha pōuri ana anō hoki Te Karauna mō āna mahi tērā i whai tākoha atu ki te ngaromanga o te tino rangatiratanga o Ngātikahu ki Whangaroa. I tūkino rā hoki i ngā hangahanga ā iwi o Ngātikahu ki Whangaroa. Tēnei te mea nunui ki a au nei. I rīpenata ana Te Karauna mō āna tūkino ō mua i whakawhiua ki runga i a koutou. Mā tēnei whakataunga e tūmanako ana Te Karauna ki te whakaora i tōna hōnore me te hiki i te wairua whakamau tika o Ngātikahu ki Whangaroa. E tāria ana e Te Karauna te hanga i tētehi whanaungatanga hōu mau roa tonu ki a Ngātikahu ki Whangaroa. Ko te ngākau pono te wairua whakaute tētehi i tētehi te kōtuinga me ngā mātāpono o te Tiriti o Waitangi ngā pūtake.Nō reira kua kapohia ēnei kupu i roto i ngā pukapuka o Te Pāremata nei mō ō koutou tamariki mokopuna. Ka nui te mihi aroha ki a koutou. Ka tatari mātau ngā mema mō tēnei take kia haria mai ki mua i te aroaro o Te Komiti Whiriwhiri Māori kia āta titiro ki ngā wāhanga katoa o te pire nei. Nō reira tēnā tātau katoa.[Greetings. I add my acknowledgments to you Ngātikahu at Whangaroa who have arrived here amongst us for the debate about your claims. Here then are my profound congratulations to you. I heard the sentiments expressed by my colleague Kelvin Davis about the circumstances of your claim and those that relate to your part of the country. Quite correct! A summary of historical accounts relating to your issue as well as the acknowledgments by the Crown are in clauses 8 to 10.Of course you are very much awarethatthrough this debate there is another view about the Crown’s apology. Perhaps I should summarise some of my views and addthemto the contributionsmadeby the member Nuk Kōrako. It is appropriate that the apology is settled at this point in time as a mechanism to bring together burdens shall we say into claims and legislation like this so they are not overlooked and forgotten. Beyond that implementing it and making it a reality is the important thing so it doesnot remain as mere words on paper; make your claims bear fruit therefore examinetheapology to youon page 14 of your bill.Amending the title might be the first thing Minister. Beyond that this is the spirit of the statement. I want it for the children and grandchild to read. They have important things to bring together: what did parents and grandparents bring before Parliament about this matter? There you are! This apology by the Crown to families subtribes and people of Ngātikahu at Whangaroa to your ancestors and grand children. The Crown submits an apology for not fulfilling its obligations to Ngātikahu at Whangaroa under the Treaty of Waitangi.It has taken the Crown a very long time to address the situation because you have suffered and felt the hurt over a very long period. The Crown recognises how badly the omission impacts upon the many descendants of Ngātikahu at Whangaroa that welled up when the Crown took possession of surplus lands and held prolonged investigations of lands under the Treaty of Waitangi. It apologises also for how Māori land legislation has impacted badly on lands owned by Ngātikahu at Whangaroa and on how the Crown took land away from Ngātikahu at Whangaroa for important projects. The Crown is very remorseful for the roll-on effect caused by its acts of taking possession of Ngātikahu at Whangaroa’s significant sites the sacred places and burial lands of your ancestors that eventally left you virtually landless.The Crown establishedActs and policies that impacted badly on the well-being of Ngātikahu at Whangaroa. The Crown is also very remorseful that it contributed to Ngātikahu at Whangaroa’s loss of self-determinationwhich impacted badly on how Ngātikahu at Whangaroa could develop itself. This is something that I value greatly! The Crown records its past atrocities and casts these upon you. The Crown hopes that this settlement will restore its honour and in so doing fittingly uplift Ngātikahu at Whangaroa spiritually. The Crown plans to create a new and lasting relationship with Ngātikahu at Whangaroa with a sense of integrity and goodwill of one with the other interlaced with the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi.So these words have been captured in theHansard for your children and grandchildren. There is much empathy for you collectively. We the members await the arrival of this matter before the Māori Affairs Committee so that all parts of this bill can be examined. My appreciation to us all.]ADRIAN RURAWHE (Labour—Te Tai Hauāuru):Ā tēnā koe e Te Māngai o Te Whare otirā kei te mi’i ‘oki au ki a koutou ngā uri o Kahukura-Ariki ngā whānau katoa o Ngāti Aukiwa Te Hoia Ngāti Kaitangata Te Pohotiare Ngāti Rangimatamomoe Ngāti Roha Ngāti Rua arā Ngātikahu ki Whangaroa tēnā koutou katoa nau mai haere mai tēnā koutou.Otirā e tika hoki kia mi’i atu anō ki te ā’uatanga ki ō tātau tini mate rātau katoa i hinga mai nā puta noa i ngā moutere nei ngā pīwaiwaka tītakataka ngā reo whakaoriori otirā te iti me te rahi te rangatira me te rawakore. Haere atu rā ki tua o te ārai ki te kāinga tūturu mō tātau mō te tangata. Oti atu te wā ki a koutou e ‘oki e moe e moe ā kāti mō tēnā.[And so thank you Mr Deputy Speaker but at the same time I acknowledge you the descendants of Kahukura-Ariki all the families of Ngāti Aukiwa Te Hoia Ngāti Kaitangata Te Pohotiare Ngāti Rangimatamomoe Ngāti Roha Ngāti Rua in other words Ngātikahu at Whangaroa welcome come hither and greetings to you collectively.But at the same time it is fitting for me to pay a tribute once again to the circumstances of our very many deaths all of those who have fallen throughout these islands:the song birds the fantails the insignificant the outstanding the privilegedand the impoverished. Depart beyond the veil to the place destined for us for mankind. Your part is done depart sleep and rest so enough in regardto that.]It is always a great honour to speak on Treaty settlement bills and this is no exception. I too am a descendant of Kahukura Ariki on the side of my grandfather Paki Rurawhe. He comes from a small marae called Te Huia at Pupuke near Kaeō just south of the area of interest that we are speaking about today. I want to acknowledge aku whanaunga my relations who have come here today for this reading of this bill.Treaty settlements are always difficult and I want to focus in on the historical account the acknowledgments and the apology in so far as they all fit together. The historical account is an agreed historical account—negotiated. It would be interesting to know what was left out of this because the Crown did not want it in there. In that historical account—and Marama Davidson in her contribution mentioned the acknowledgments the Crown has made in this settlement—it talks about acknowledging the compulsory taking of 700 acres for a scenic reserve. There are acknowledgments around public works around the taking of 6 acres at Matakaraka for public works and other acknowledgments as well.Then we come on to the apology and I want to repeat some of the words that my colleague the Hon Nanaia Mahuta read out in Te Reo Māori. I want to in particular read this part of the apology: “The Crown has promoted injurious laws and policies that undermined Ngatikahu ki Whangaroa wellbeing and disrespected Ngatikahu ki Whangaroa rangatiratanga. For its acts which contributed to the loss of Ngatikahu ki Whangaroa autonomy and damaged Ngatikahu ki Whangaroa’s tribal structures the Crown is deeply sorry.” And so the Crown should be.We should be acknowledging this apology but the value of any apology is its sustainability. It says here: “The Crown has promoted injurious laws …”. The apology has value only if every single law from now on no longer injures Ngatikahu ki Whangaroa. That is the challenge for this House—to ensure that we scrutinise every single piece of legislation to make certain that laws are no longer passed that are injurious to Ngatikahu ki Whangaroa and indeed to every single iwi that has settled their claims through settlement Acts. I mention that and join with my other colleagues who have spoken about current issues which no doubt if passed through this House will be injurious to Ngatikahu ki Whangaroa and every other iwi. So I just want to make certain that this is recorded and that we make certain that this House passes laws that are good laws for all of us.I also want to talk about the process. It is an arduous process and like others I acknowledge the negotiators from Ngatikahu ki Whangaroa. I acknowledge the Crown negotiators as well and the officials who have worked on this settlement. The process is indeed another step towards reconciling those wrongs of the past. This bill will go to the Māori Affairs Committee and I encourage everyone who supports this bill to make a submission and to tell the select committee why they support this bill. Too often I think we make submissions only if we disagree with something and I think it is really important that the voices of those who support the bill are heard as well. It is an opportunity also for those who disagree with the bill to make their thoughts known to the select committee.I can assure Ngatikahu ki Whangaroa that from my experience the Māori Affairs Committee will look very carefully at all of the issues. Its members will ask the difficult questions and they will expect compelling answers from the officials and I am sure that those answers will come from the officials. That is really the final step in the process to be able to acknowledge those things that people have concerns about so I also encourage them to make their submissions.On a number of occasions I have said this and I am going to say it again: we are here today despite all of the difficulties of the horrendous history that is outlined in the historical account and despite the challenges faced by Ngatikahu ki Whangaroa. Despite all of this we find ourselves here today for the first reading of this bill and we are here today because Ngatikahu ki Whangaroa have performed an act of generosity to this country. They perform an act of generosity to this country because of the magnitude of what they lost in comparison with the settlement that they will receive. We should all be thankful to them for this act of generosity. But we should also always ask why you would do that. Why would you settle for much less than what you lost? You do that for the future generations. You do that to move on from being in that claimant phase into a development phase. Sotaku kōrero w’akamutunga ki a Ngātikahu ki Whangaroa tēnei ahau tuku mi’i atu ki a koutou e kaha ana kia tae mai ki tēnei wāhanga o tēnei whakahaerenga kia whakatau tō koutou kerēme ngā mi’i nui ki a koutou. Kāore e kore mai i ō koutou mahi ka whai hua ngā tamariki mokopuna o Ngātikahu ki Whangaroa nō reira koutou mā tēnā koutou otirā tātau o Te Whare nei tēnā tātau katoa.[So in my closing remarks to you Ngātikahu at Whangaroa I commend you for working so hard to get here for this part of the proceedings that settles your claim and does so greatly. Without a doubt your work will benefit the children and grandchildren of Ngātikahu at Whangaroa therefore well done to you collectively but at the same to us this House my appreciation to us all.]Dr SHANE RETI (National—Whangarei):Ā e rau rangatira mā tēnā koutou e ngā iwi katoa nau mai haere mai nō reirā kia ora mai tātou.[And so acknowledgments to you esteemed ones; welcome come hither all tribes; my appreciation therefore to us collectively.]It is a pleasure to speak to this the first reading of the Ngatikahu ki Whangaroa Claims Settlement Bill. I want to start by commending Minister Finlayson the Office of Treaty Settlements and ngā iwi katoa for getting this bill here today to its first reading. I have had the pleasure many times of enjoying the natural bounty that this settlement recognises primarily in the Whangaroa and Mangonui harbours. To that end I want to remind us of the area of geographical interest within which the overall settlement is located—the rohe area—and many of these placesare of course included in the settlement itself. We start at Taemaro an important starting place when one looks at the attention Taemaro gets in the settlement itself. You then move up the coast to Te Whata around the corner to Hīhī and then down into Mangonui Harbour. Then the boundary actually heads through Oruaiti the head of the stream there and passes inland bordering Ngāti Kahu and Ngāpuhi making its way past Maunga Taratara Otangaroa. Then it reaches back into Whangaroa Harbour at Waihapa Bay makes its way up past Totara North Taupo Bay and back to Taemaro.Within the overall settlement within this area the Minister has commented that the return of the Stony Creek Station 2275 hectares is a key part of this settlement. We know that this has been challenging but it is important and it comes now to a resolution. I want to observe that if one stands today on the ground of Stony Creek Station it could be considered that one is metaphorically standing on an island—an island of negotiation collaboration and leadership that is returning the land to iwi through the process of settlement. I use the metaphor somewhat as a segue to my colleague Pita Paraone who also raised this issue. I used the metaphor of an island because all around the rohe iwi land remains in limbo and it is our hope that others will observe the realness of Crown intent and the tangible benefits that will accrue to Ngatikahu ki Whangaroa and that they will also come to the table with pure intent. I commend the leadership of Ngatikahu ki Whangaroa for getting us again here today.In detailed documents like this I have particular interest in the final statements the closing statements in some of the major sections for the overall substance that they might convey to me and the guidance they might give me. The closing statement in the acknowledgments clause 9(8) reads thus: “The Crown acknowledges that the cumulative effect of its acts and omissions including Crown purchases public works takings and the operation and impact of the native land laws left Ngatikahu ki Whangaroa virtually landless. The Crown’s failure to ensure that Ngatikahu ki Whangaroa retained sufficient land for their present and future needs was a breach of Te Tiriti o Waitangi/the Treaty of Waitangi and its principles.” I think the closing statement under “Apology” clause 10(e) is also important: “The Crown seeks to atone for past injustices it has inflicted upon you. Through this settlement the Crown hopes to restore its honour and relieve Ngatikahu ki Whangaroa’s justified sense of grievance. The Crown looks forward to forging a new and enduring relationship with Ngatikahu ki Whangaroa based on good faith mutual respect partnership and the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi/the Treaty of Waitangi.” I have talked about the realness of Crown intent and I think in these statements that realness is laid bare.In this then the first reading I want to conclude as I basically started by commending the Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations the Office of Treaty Settlements and ngā iwi katoa for getting the settlement to its first reading. I look forward to its progress through this House. Thank you. Kia ora.Bill read a first time.Bill referred to the Māori Affairs Committee.Waiata