Reti ShaneDr SHANE RETI (National—Whangarei): Ā e rau rangatira mā tēnā koutou whakatau mai ki tēnei Whare i tēnei rā mō tēnei mahi hirahira. Nō reira ko tēnei taku mihi atu ki a koutou katoa kia ora mai tātou![And so salutations to you collectively esteemed ones of a hundredfold pay homage to this House today in regard to this important task. I therefore acknowledge you and indeed us all greetings!]It is a pleasure to speak to this the second reading of the Ngatikahu ki Whangaroa Claims Settlement Bill. I would like firstly to acknowledge the Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations the Hon Christopher Finlayson; the Māori Affairs Committee; and the chair of the select committee my colleague and friend Nuk Korako for their excellent work in getting this bill to this stage. I would like to extend the dialogue that my colleague Nuk Korako introduced when he was making his contribution around the work of the select committee. The select committee had 18 submissions and it is fair to say a number were opposed on a number of issues. Those issues included hapū ownership versus iwi and the mandate in overlapping boundaries—issues that we have seen in other Treaty settlements. As my colleague commented questions were raised around the participation rate and others have also said the same—that at 30.9 percent is that a number that is valid? As it has been noted as we look across other deeds of settlements and other post-settlement governance entities (PSGE) it actually sits in that mid-range.I want to drill down a bit just to give some sense of depth as to how detailed the reach-out to the community was. There were 7 weeks of ratification process. There were four ratification hui. Voting was open for 10 weeks and 5 days. It was advertised in local papers major national papers local radios email lists and Facebook and as has been commented 2426 voting packs were sent out. The participation rate of 30.9 percent was across the deeds of settlement and PSGE.I think that what also came through and was part of the select committee hearings was the claimant definition which is jointly established by iwi and the Crown and that definition was retained from when the mandate was first established 15 years previously—that is the claimant definition is the descendants of Kahukuraariki or any other recognised ancestor of the group defined in Part 8 of the deed of settlement.To review Ngāti Kahu ki Whangaroa went through the tribunal process in the 1990s and the tribunal found that Ngāti Kahu ki Whangaroa's claims were well-founded claims and recommended a settlement negotiation. The Ngatikahu ki Whangaroa Trust Board sought and obtained a mandate from the Ngāti Kahu ki Whangaroa claimant community.What a beacon of light this iwi is in Northland. I will make no mileage of the discourse of the past 24 hours in this House. I will make no mileage of the confused major iwi at their boundary. The mileage this iwi wants to make is to move forward and I say to them: Keep moving." Which iwi will be the first to have settlement in the east coast of Northland? It will be Ngāti Kahu ki Whangaroa. Again please I say to ngā iwi katoa "Keep moving." and with our love and support that is exactly what will happen. Nō reira Mr Assistant Speaker tēnā koutou kia ora mai tātou."