Andersen GinnyGINNY ANDERSEN (Labour—Hutt South):Tēnā koe e te Māngai o te Whare. E mihi ana ki a koutou kua tau mai nei i runga i te karanga o te kaupapa o te rā. E mihi ana ki te hunga mate haere haere haere atu rā. Ki a tātou te hunga ora tēnā tātou. Kia whakamānawatia ngā mana o ēnei whenua e tū āhuru nei. Nō reira tēnā koutou tēnā koutou tēnā tātou katoa.[Greetings Mr Speaker. Greetings to you all who have responded to the call of this issue to be here today. I acknowledge those who have passed may you rest in peace. And to us who remain welcome one and all. To pay tribute to these comfortable lands. Therefore greetings greetings greetings one and all.]It's my privilege to support the second reading of the Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa Tāmaki-nui-a-Rua bill and during the time I was lucky enough to sit on the Māori Affairs Committee and hear submissions it reminded me about what a hard and gruelling process the Treaty settlement process is. I'd like to first acknowledge the people which is what this bill is about—the people behind this legislation. Their grievances are not forgotten; in fact they are etched in this bill. Their desire to move forward with this bill is also not forgotten. I would hope to let Ngāti Kahungunu know that this Government is in full support of this bill and for them moving forward. I remember back to my first days working in the Office of Treaty Settlements and I remember a publication that we would refer to in the policy document called Healing the past building a future. I think now after a few years around the traps—I think how presumptuous that statement is because no one can assume to heal the past; those grievances are carried forward. But we can hope to build a future and I hope that that's exactly what this bill does. I would like to acknowledge the interest that we got on the bill: 173 submissions made in total. The submissions covered a wide range of topics and were varying in levels of support but the submissions illustrated a really common occurrence in Treaty settlements where there are different differing and sometimes irreconcilable points of view that must be balanced with the need to move forward. I'd like to acknowledge all of those people who gave their time energy and aroha through the submissions process.Some members of Rangitāne submitted on a claimant definition—they did not agree with the inclusion of the two hapū and it was really heart-wrenching to hear the views from both sides in and around that issue. I'd just like to state that we fully understand those views of Rangitāne in terms of their right to determine their own whakapapa. I'd like to just acknowledge also what my colleague Tāmati Coffey referred to in terms of the outrageous actions of the Crown. The lands at Pouākani are Raukawa and Ngāti Tūwharetoa rohe and the Crown gifted 20000 hectares of land at Pouākani to Ngāti Kahungunu from Wairarapa—miles away—in exchange for their land. In 1949 some of this land was then purchased by the Crown for the use of a power station. The gifting of the land at Pouākani to Ngāti Kahungunu is a source of great grievance for Raukawa. Parliament passed the Raukawa Claims Settlement Act back in 2014 which apologised to Raukawa for the Crown's past failures to acknowledge the mana and the rangatiratanga of Raukawa.This Crown's actions back in the early 1900s also left Wairarapa Māori with their own grievances. They lost their land their lakes; many were left alienated in another iwi's land—outrageous. The Crown is trying to make up for this through the settlement. It can never repair the damage done but let's hope that this paves the way forward for further generations of Ngāti Kahungunu to go forwards. I would like to conclude by saying that Treaty settlements are never easy; they are painful processes. I'm really hopeful that this bill is an opportunity for all of us to move forward to true partnership; one that's based on cooperation one that's based on respect and also some trust—I hope we're able to build that. I hope there's respect and trust built for Te Tiriti o Waitangi in its principles and I look forward to Ngāti Kahungunu coming back here for the third reading of their bill to see this finally passed and so we can move forward together. Nō reira tēnā koutou tēnā koutou tēnā tatou katoa.