Mahuta Nanaia: Maori Television Service (Te Aratuku Whakaata Irirangi Maori) Bill — Third Reading 
Mahuta Nanaia: Maori Television Service (Te Aratuku Whakaata Irirangi Maori) Bill — Third Reading 
[Volume:608;Page:5352] 
NANAIA MAHUTA (NZ Labour—Tainui) 
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Tenei ka tu au ki te korero mo tenei pire e kia nei ko te Aratuku Whakaata Irirangi Maori. Ahakoa te poto o tenei korero maku te wa e whakamaramatia te take ka tautoko ana matou i tenei pire. I rise to speak to the third reading of the Maori Television Service Bill. Although my contribution will be short it is really to outline some of the reasons that members on this side of the House who are part of the Government support the bill.  
No reira ka huri au ki te take i tukuna mai tenei pire kei waenga nui i a tatou. Mena ka huri ki nga korero whakataki i te timatanga o te pire nei me titiro tatou ki nga e rua o nga wahanga. Ko te wahanga tuatahi e kia nei kia kaha ake te utanga o te Karauna ki te tiaki i te reo Maori. Ka whakaae te Karauna ki enei whakatau. If we look to two paragraphs in the preamble to this bill we will have an appreciation of the context within which the bill sets out to establish the Maori Television Service. In the clause that I cited I referred to the findings of the tribunal which found that the Crown is obliged by the treaty to take active steps to protect the Maori language. The Crown accepted those findings. 
No reira me huri atu ki te wahanga tuarua. Ka whakaae te Karauna he here mutunga kore ta nga matapono o te Tiriti o Waitangi ki te pikau kia pumau tonu te manaaki i te reo Maori ma te whakamahia o nga mahi papaho reo irirangi whakaata irirangi ano hoki. In paragraph (2) of the preamble to the bill we read that “the Crown accepted that the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi impose a continuing obligation to take such steps as are reasonable to assist in the preservation of te reo Maori by the use of both radio and television broadcasting:”. 
No reira i te wa i haria mai tenei pire ki waenganui i a tatau ka tutu mai etehi ki te ki ehara tenei pire he pire pai mo tatau te iwi Maori. Ko taku nei he timatanga tenei he timatanga. Ko te mea nui kia rongo ai nga whanau katoa i to tatau nei reo me nga ngako korero. When this debate came into the House there was a lot of toing and froing with discussions about the virtues of the bill and what it will or will not achieve for Maori. I can say that it is really important that our people hear our language and the essence of the language as conveyed whether it be by radio or television. 
Ki ahau nei ahakoa te poto o toku nei korero mo te pire nei ko taku nei ko te wawata mo nga whakatipuranga hei whakarongo ki to tatau nei reo ahakoa torutoru noa iho i te timatanga a te wa ka whakawhanui atu ki tetehi atu ki te motu whanui kia mohiotia e ratau te ataahua o to tatau nei reo engari kia mohio ratau kei te ora tonu kei te ora tonu mo ake tonu atu. Tena koutou. Although mine is just a short contribution and a bilingual one it is important that this bill go ahead. At the outset only a small number of people will be exposed to programmes in te reo Maori via this bill but it is our aspiration that that exposure extend out in time. It can only be good to hear that ours is a living flourishing language that will live on in all our communities for ever. No reira tena koutou tena koutou kia ora mai tatau katoa.