Sharples Pita: Ngati Pahauwera Treaty Claims Settlement Bill — Third Reading 
Sharples Pita: Ngati Pahauwera Treaty Claims Settlement Bill — Third Reading 
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Hon Dr PITA SHARPLES (Minister of Maori Affairs) 
 on behalf of the Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations: I move  
That the Ngati Pahauwera Treaty Claims Settlement Bill be now read a third time 
. Kei taku iwi kua pa mai tenei honore ki a au mai i Minita Finlayson kia arahina tenei kaupapa te pepa tuatahi mo ta tatau kereme. Na reira e tika ana kia mihi ki a koutou kua tae pai ki tenei Whare Paremata. A na reira nau mai ki te kaupapa ewhakakotahi ai tatau i tenei ra tena koutou. Kei te tangi au ki a ratau kua ngaro atu ratau e mahi ana i te kereme me era katoa kua tukuna atu e koutou ki te kopu o te whaea Papatuanuku. Na reira tena koutou. Ko Tom Gemmell tetahi. Noho tahi maua i Te Aute i Te Runanga o Ngati Kahungunu i era wa na me okioki pai ratau i roto i te Kaihanga. Engari i tenei wa ka nui te hari te koa ki te mihi atu ki a koutou kua tae mai nei i tenei rangi tena koutou tena koutou nau mai hara mai ra. 
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My people the honour of leading this matter pertaining to our claims has been bestowed upon me by Minister Finlayson. Therefore it is appropriate that I greet you for arriving safely at Parliament. Welcome to the occasion that unites us today; greetings. I mourn those we have lost those who worked on the claims and all of those you have returned to the womb of mother Earth. And so greetings. Tom Gemmell was one. We lived together at Te Aute and worked together at Te Runanga o Ngati Kahungunu and so may they rest in peace with the Creator. Nonetheless at this moment I am delighted to greet you for coming here today. Thank you and welcome. 
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Although I was unable to participate in the policy decisions about the Ngati Pahauwera settlement due to a declared conflict of interest it is with great pleasure that I stand to speak today in the third reading of this bill the Ngati Pahauwera Treaty Claims Settlement Bill. I stand to acknowledge the children of Tamatea Arikinui mai Tawhiti Tureia Te Huki Puruaute. I pay tribute to those who have travelled from the brow of the sacred mountain Tawhiwhirangi from the ancestral waters of Mohaka. I also pay tribute to those who for years also travelled from the lands of our tipuna Te Kahu o Te Rangi bearing the grievances and aspirations of Ngati Pahauwera. Those who have passed live on in our history live on in our people and most important today live on in New Zealand law. I remember today Wikitoria Hapeta Aerial Aranui Te Awhi Winiata Raymond Joe—my cousin—Charlie Hirini George Hawkins Reay Paku and Tom Gemmell.  
Tangitu ki te moana 
Maungaharuru ki uta 
Mohaka te awa 
Ko Ngati Pahauwera te iwi. 
This whakatauki describes the essence of Ngati Pahauwera from the mountains to the sea from the river to the iwi. Maungaharuru forest lands provide food and resources; Tangitu our coastal territory and fisheries. The Mohaka River’s spiritual cultural and economic value to the people of Pahauwera is immeasurable.  
Te tapu o Irakewa.  
Mohaka tomairangi.  
Mohaka te waiora.  
Made sacred by Irakewa.  
Mohaka the unifier.  
Mohaka the life-giver.  
The people of Pahauwera comprise a confederation of hapu centred around Mohaka on the eastern coast of Te Ika-a-Maui. Ngati Pahauwera stretches from the Ohinepaka Stream south of Wairoa to the Waikari River inland to the Maungaharuru Ranges and north to the Waiau River. In 1994 the Maori Land Court appointed eight people to represent Ngati Pahauwera under section 30 of the Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993 for the prosecution and settlement of the Ngati Pahauwera Treaty claims against the Crown. On 8 May 2008 the Crown and the section 30 representatives signed terms of negotiation in Wellington. On 30 September 2008 the Crown and Ngati Pahauwera signed an agreement in principle which covered the foreshore and seabed interests of Ngati Pahauwera as well as their historical Treaty claims. Tom Gemmell one of the leading forces behind the Pahauwera claim died just weeks after signing that agreement in principle. Moe mai e te rangatira e te hoa. [ 
Rest there the leader and the friend. 
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On 5 November 2010 Ngati Pahauwera presented a deed of settlement detailing the historical Treaty settlement aspects of this agreement to their people. The deed received overwhelming support from the Ngati Pahauwera people and was ratified and signed on 17 December at Mohaka. Ngati Pahauwera were represented in their negotiations by the trustees of the Ngati Pahauwera Development Trust which took over responsibility from the section 30 representatives.  
The final reading of this bill today marks the fruition of many years of hard work. I would like to commend in particular the current and former trustees of the Ngati Pahauwera Development Trust—Toro Waaka Kuki Green Charles Lambert Gerald Aranui Sissiel Henderson Arthur Gemmell Tureiti Moxon and Tania Hodges—for all their hard work and diligence which has resulted in a very strong settlement. Ngati Pahauwera walked a long path to reach this point and can be proud of what they have negotiated—i-ha!  
I am pleased the settlement acknowledges Ngati Pahauwera’s relationship with their whenua as well as their relationship with their awa and moana. I believe that this settlement will support the healing of the relationship between Ngati Pahauwera and the Crown. I hope that the apology which forms part of the settlement will also assist with this healing. Ngati Pahauwera acknowledge that the Crown’s apology represents its commitment to build a positive relationship with Ngati Pahauwera and to honour its obligations under the Treaty for the good of this and future generations. The settlement will be a key step in allowing the iwi to move forward economically and culturally. The financial redress will provide Ngati Pahauwera with an ability to focus on and develop their future. Today we are celebrating the beginning of a new relationship between the Crown and Ngati Pahauwera. Ngati Pahauwera is demonstrating a spirit of cooperation and generosity in the relationship by gifting back to all people of New Zealand much of Te Heru o Tureia. I hope that the Crown is a worthy partner in this new relationship. I also hope that the people of Ngati Pahauwera benefit from an ongoing relationship between the Crown and Ngati Pahauwera as Treaty partners. 
Na reira koutou ma mohio ana au i te mamae o tenei mahi whakatakoto kereme whakawhiti korero i te Karauna era ahuatanga katoa. Nga mea kua mate i tera wa tae noa ki tenei rangi na reira ka nui nga mihi ki a koutou kua tae ki tenei rangi. Ahakoa kua oti nga mahi mo tenei kereme he wa hou mo to tatou iwi. He timatanga kia pakari ai to tatou iwi kia whakatokia nga whakaaro ataahua kia puawai to tatau iwi. Mehemea kei roto i te ohanga mehemea kei roto i te kotahitanga o nga hapu mehemea kia noho pakari ai i roto i nga tikanga o Ngati Pahauwera o Ngati Kahungungu. Na reira kare e roa aku korero ki a koutou heoi ano kei konei au te kaikorero tuatahi ki te mihi atu ki a koutou i tenei ra ki te tautoko i tenei mahi tenei kereme kua oti pai i a koutou. 
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I know the hurt associated with the Treaty claims process holding discussions with the Crown and those sorts of things. People have died during that period until this day and so I congratulate you for coming today. Although the work pertaining to this claim is complete it is a new era for our tribe. It is a start so that our people can be strong and be able to institute fascinating ideas for our tribe to flourish be it in the economy the collaboration of subtribes or a robust set of protocols for Ngati Pahauwera and Ngati Kahungunu. My address to you is about finished so here I am the first speaker to acknowledge you today and to endorse this role and this claim which you have completed well. 
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I am pleased and honoured to be here today to mark this momentous occasion and support the final reading of this bill. 
Ko Tawhirirangi te maunga 
Ko Mohaka te awa 
Ko Kahuoterangi te tangata 
Ko Ngati Pahauwera te iwi. 
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Tawhirirangi is the mountain Mohaka is the river Kahuoterangi is the chief and Ngati Pahauwera is the tribe. 
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I commend this bill to the House.