Davis KelvinKELVIN DAVIS (Labour—Te Tai Tokerau): Tēnā koe Mr Assistant Speaker tērā tētahi kīanga kei roto i tō tātou Reo Rangatira tō tātou Reo ātaahua e pēnei ana: Kua taka te kapa". Ākuanei ahau e whakapākehātia wēnei kōrero kia mōhio te katoa ēngari i rongo ake ahau i ngā kōrero o te tuahine a Meka nāna i kī mai ko tōna whānau o ngā Rōpiha ka whakapapa atu ki tēnei wāhi whenua o Papawai. Kua rongo ahau i te ingoa Rōpiha kua taka te kapa i te mea he uri ahau hoki nō ngā Rōpiha nō roto i Ngāti Kahungunu. Ko tōku tupuna a Pānapa Tuari nā kua whiwhi tōku pāpā i taua ingoa. Nāna i moe i a Arapera Rōpiha ka puta ko Maora Pānapa. Ka moe a ia i a Uru Davis kua puta ko Walton. Ka moe a ia i a Maki kua puta ko Pānapa arā ko tōku pāpā kua moe i tōku māmā ā kua puta ko ahau. Tērā pea aku tamariki mā rātou hoki e whiwhi tētahi o ēnei karahipi nā kua taka te kapa![Thank you Mr Assistant Speaker. There is an expression in our esteemed language our beautiful language which goes like this: "The penny has dropped". I will provide an English translation of those words shortly so that the majority gets an understanding of what the term suggests but I heard the sentiments uttered by my sister colleague Meka. Her Rōpiha family have a genealogical connection to this Papawai piece of land. I heard her mention the Rōpiha name and the penny dropped because I am also a descendant of the Rōpihas from within Ngāti Kahungunu. My grandfather was Pānapa Tuari—my father got his name—he married Arapera Rōpiha and Maora Pānapa was born. She married Uru Davis and begat Walton who married Maki who begat Pānapa my dad who married my mum and I popped out. Perhaps my children will also be able to get one of these scholarships and therefore the penny has dropped!]I was just saying that in our beautiful Māori language there is a saying that says "Kua taka te kapa" which means "The penny has dropped". Obviously it is not a traditional saying from 500 years ago in that we did not have pennies in our currency. When I heard Meka stand and say that the Rōpiha whānau whakapapas to the Papawai Trust and that is a connection she has the penny dropped or the light bulb went on in my head and I said: "Oh crikey I am a descendant of the Rōpiha whānau as well through my Kahungunu side." I also just laid out that whakapapa: Arapera Rōpiha married a fulla called Pānapa Tuari who had Maora Pānapa who married Uru Davis my great grandfather who had obviously my grandfather Walton who married my grandmother who had my father whose name is also Pānapa from Kahungunu. Obviously I came from that union. Then I said: "Oh I guess now my children might be able to qualify for one of these scholarships from the Papawai and Kaikokirikiri Trusts Board." Actually there is another connection too—us Kahungunu—not many people know that Kahungunu although they are domiciled on the East Coast around Hawke's Bay Kahungunu was actually born in the very far north and we knew him as Kāhunuhunu. I was actually visiting a kaumātua in Te Hāpua right up the very far north a couple of miles south of North Cape and he said: "Come and stand here and look out my kitchen window. Do you see that maunga there? The maunga is called Wharerū and that is where Kāhunuhunu was born." So that was interesting because there is another story saying they he was born further south around Kaitaia but Kahungunu as we all know was born up in the north and moved down south. He was a bit of a womaniser—he had a number of wives—Hon Member: Henry VIIIKELVIN DAVIS: Henry VIII yes.Hon Member: Which bill are we on?KELVIN DAVIS: Getting back to the bill. Just a little bit of history there. Getting back to the bill and I would just like to acknowledge the member for Wairarapa Alastair Scott who has brought this bill on behalf of the Papawai and Kaikokirikiri Trusts Board. Just before I do that too we debated whether this bill should be in both languages and in the end it was just going to be too hard for various reasons but kei te hiahia ahau ki te kī atu ki te kaimātakitaki arā a Andrew Judd Te Koromatua o Ngāmotu e mihi atu ki a koe Andrew mō tō kaha tautoko i tō tātou Reo Māori ngā tikanga Māori wērā āhuatanga katoa.[I want to say to the audience namely to Andrew Judd the Mayor of New Plymouth I commend you Andrew in regard to your robust support of our Māori language Māori protocols and all those situations.]No doubt I am sure Andrew that you would agree. You would like to see bills written in both languages. That was something that we explored; it was just going to be a bit difficult. But in the future it is something that we should really in the Māori Affairs Committee look at: dual language bills right from the outset. The Papawai and Kaikokirikiri Trusts Amendment Bill as the member for Wairarapa started off by saying was set up on lands to establish a Māori school. The Māori school was there for a while. I think it was in the 1930s when the school burnt down. They were not able to re-establish the school but instead they used the funds for these scholarships which were to be distributed to descendants the Māori children of Ngāti Kahungunu descent in the first instance Māori children from the East Coast and then Māori children from throughout New Zealand. The new bill is now saying: "Let's not say Ngāti Kahungunu and Rangitāne; let's just talk about the children who descended from Wairarapa." I actually learnt the hard way about confusing or mentioning Ngāti Kahungunu and Rangitāne in the same breath when I got the boot from Parliament in 2011. Soon afterwards I went down to Dannevirke because my cousin was having a pōwhiri as the new police sergeant in Dannevirke. When I get got there I said to one of the people: "Gee just who exactly are the local people that I need to acknowledge? Is it Kahungunu?". Well I just about had my head bitten off. It was: "Don't you dare say Kahungunu here; it is Rangitāne you must acknowledge." So to avoid getting into any sort of conflict I think it is actually great that we just talk about children who descend from Wairarapa and not make that differentiation between Kahungunu and Rangitāne. I would hate to start another land war. The scholarships were to go towards children attending Anglican schools. We know that we have had a rich history of Anglican education through St Stephen's Queen Victoria Te Aute Hukarere—those schools—and sadly those schools have fallen off. So it is appropriate that actually the funds do not just go towards children who are attending Anglican schools or towards Anglican children but that they just go out to all Māori children to support education. Most people remember that I was an educator for 20-odd years. Funding and receiving financial assistance for education is a big thing—that whole poverty and lack of finance is actually a barrier to many children achieving in education as they should. It has also been mentioned that section 5 of the original Act was inconsistent with the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act and the language has been refined in new section 5 inserted by clause 5 to make sure that people who have mental health issues are not discriminated against. I believe that is just the right move to make. Just because somebody might have a mental health issue does not mean to say that they cannot function at a certain level and we need to remove steps that discriminate against people just because they are unwell in that way. For the term of office the trustees are going to be staggered so that some will have a term of 4 years some of 3 years some of 2 years and some of 1 year. That is sensible so that when the board turns over you do not lose all that institutional knowledge—that there is a rolling out of the old and in with the new although board members who have been voted out may still be able to come back in again in the next election. It has been a pleasure on the Māori Affairs Committee to go through this bill. I think it is going to help those children from the Wairarapa. It will help them access education and so we commend this bill. Kia ora."