Hauiti Claudette: Raukawa Claims Settlement Bill — Third ReadingText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeHauiti Claudette: Raukawa Claims Settlement Bill — Third Reading[Sitting date: 12 March 2014. Volume:697;Page:16665. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]CLAUDETTE HAUITI (National):Ka tū ake ahau ki te mihi ki a koutou katoa e te iwi o Raukawa me ō whānau e noho ana i te kāinga e mihi atu ki a koutou katoa. Haere mai ki tēnei Whare nau mai haere mai.[I rise to acknowledge you all the tribe of Raukawa and your families at home. I greet you all. Welcome to this House welcome welcome.]The purpose of the Raukawa Claims Settlement Bill is to give effect to the deed of settlement signed by the Crown and Raukawa. The Māori Affairs Committee examined the bill and recommended that it be passed. Te rohe o Raukawa is from Te Wairere Horohoro and Pōhaturoa. At Ongaroto is the house of the ancestor Whāita. The rohe is from Nukuhau to Taupō-nui-a-Tia and to Hurakia on the Hauhungaroa Range. From Titiraupenga maunga the horizon is the boundary of the district of Raukawa. From the maunga Wharepūhunga and the marae at Arowhena to the ranges of Whakamaru it extends to the region of Te Kaokaoroa-o-Pātetere to Maungatautari. It goes beyond Wharepūhunga to the ancestor Hoturoa to the marae at Pārāwera.Raukawa interests in this rohe are derived from discovery conquest gifting and whakapapa. Raukawa and the Crown acknowledge that other iwi also have interests in parts of these lands but Raukawa also claim association with Tauranga Tarukenga Ngongotahā Reporoa Kaingaroa Tahorakuri and in the Manawatū Kāpiti and Ōtaki.The Māori Affairs Committee heard opposition from Maniapoto to the inclusion in the settlement of specific land blocks at Waikeria for Raukawa. However the committee believed that the provisions in the bill offer sufficient protection of the Maniapoto Māori Trust Board’s interests and authority. The committee recommended amending clauses 110(1)(c) and 136 to include a definition of the “Maniapoto Maori Trust Board” and its successor to futureproof the legislation. Ngāti Koroki Kahukura also submitted and argued that the bill appears to recognise Raukawa interests in Ngāti Koroki Kahukura territory without acknowledging the dominant mana whenua status of Ngāti Koroki Kahukura. Engari the committee considered these matters carefully but did not propose any amendments to the bill regarding Ngāti Koroki Kahukura.The select committee amended schedule 1 and Part 2 of the bill by replacing the words “Lake Ōhakuri” with “Part Lake Ōhakuri” to make it clear that the statement of association would apply to only the Tatua West block of the lake.In terms of the Maungatautari Mountain Scenic Reserve the select committee inserted new clause 84A and acknowledged the significance of Maungatautari to Raukawa. Since the introduction of the bill the surveys of Te Tuki and Pureora sites have been completed so clause 63 clause 65 and schedule 4 were also amended to reflect land descriptions updated following these surveys. For Pureora clause 75 was amended to make it clear that the entire Pureora site would not be exempt from section 24 of the Conservation Act if the revocation and surrender is applied to parts of these sites.Raukawa kia mau kia ora. Raukawa tikanga kawa and mana of the whānau and hapū mana motuhake a Raukawa—determining their future for their whānau hapū and marae. Raukawa kia mau—preserving and cherishing their uniqueness and actively celebrating iwi virtues. Raukawa kia ora—underpins decision making and sustainable development in business practice. This settlement is necessary. The Crown failed to protect Raukawa from becoming landless. The lack of land resources undermined the ability of the iwi to participate in new economic opportunities in its rohe. This contributed to the economic social and cultural impoverishment of Raukawa.This settlement rights some of the wrongs of the past and allows Raukawa to build a stronger future for itself the rohe and Aotearoa. Raukawa will receive financial redress which includes value transferred under the central North Island settlement in 2008 and its estimated interest. With this interest Raukawa will further invest in its people through marae development grants and the education grants that currently support tauira study in medicine health and science Te Reo business and commerce.Commercial redress includes lands forestry and the opportunity to explore future commercial arrangements with Mighty River Power. Cultural redress recognises the traditional historical cultural and spiritual associations Raukawa has with places and sites within its rohe or area of interest. The settlement provides a deed of recognition over parts of a number of awa and reserves. Resilience is a quality that fortifies Raukawa in the face of challenge. Hope is the elixir that sustains the iwi. This settlement bill gives Raukawa much to be hopeful for providing not just an economic base but the freedom to determine without impediment mana motuhake. Raukawa kia mau kia ora. I commend this bill to the House.