O'Connor SimonSIMON O'CONNOR (National—Tāmaki): It is a real pleasure to stand and rise to speak on this Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki Claims Settlement Bill at the third reading. I notice that—my colleague and friend Peeni Henare who sat down the MP for Tāmaki Makaurau; myself the MP for Tāmaki—royalties on that name have not been given as part of the cultural redress. But as one of the Auckland MPs in which your area your rohe extends it's a pleasure to stand and speak to welcome you in some ways to my home as a parliamentarian here but acknowledging that my home in Tāmaki sits within your rohe and a great proud strong people. And it's marvellous to see some—ha! [Points to visitors in the gallery] We'll talk later. We can add in a clause. I want to I suppose address the House but in doing so—to those in the gallery—to say thank you for the hard work that you have put in along with the Crown negotiators to be part of today. These journeys are hard and long but to reach this place comes I imagine with a high degree of pain but also a great sense of the future as well. And talking to some of you who I know and some who are not here today the journey has been hard. But we've heard from many speakers here of the great pride of this iwi and the great pride that I think has been put forward here today in this settlement.When I think of that part of your area your rohe—of course going right through to Maraetai but I think of the areas in Glen Innes obviously Maungarei—there is already some great work developing there as you clear some of those old manky trees and put up some good new native ones. These are great opportunities and I think a great sign of the future.When I look at the history the most egregious to me is when standing with the Crown the Crown ultimately stabbed you in the back. When we stand and fight together you expect that those you fight with stand with you and for me reflecting on elements of your history that is egregious and the saddest part. But if there's been one word—as I've reflected on what I was meant to say here today or wanted to say here today the word that came to mind for me was atonement" and the best way that I'd translate it in Māori is "rangimārie". "Atonement" by and large means to make amends and I mean that would make sense to us here today that this Treaty bill seeks to make amends to fix things as far as possible. But another way to look at the word "atonement"—and it comes from the original wording actually—is to be at one. To atone: at one; to be as one. Of course in Māori it is more kotahitanga—to be at one. I suppose that's both the opportunity and challenge today in this bill this moment of atonement; first and foremost to say sorry to apologise to try and make amends. But perhaps more importantly what these bills seek to do is create an atonement an "at one"—to be as one. I don't want to speak as of course I couldn't for your iwi but these processes are difficult and I know there have been tensions as these were negotiated—that your iwi strong and proud will be once again at one and atoned together; that we those who are not of your iwi come together as one to atone to be at one and to understand the history that we've shared with you and to grow a deeper appreciation of that but that then together we can be at one. Not to be the same—that's not what "at one" or atonement means—but to actually stand together as one and move forward.For me the atonement then is summed up in what my colleague Jo Hayes talked about. Footprints are a big part of your story and I know you talk about the larger footprints and the smaller footprints. I know now you're a smaller iwi but actually sometimes the smaller footprints get the furthest. They walk gently but it's the gentle smaller footsteps that often get further than the big heavy ones and I look forward to following the journey of Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki.Can I finish by evoking Matariki. It's an amazing time of year. It's about new hope it's about planting new seeds but we know in life too that sometimes to get to that point—that journey's been hard the soil has not been productive and you've been through difficult times. So I wish and pray in this time of Matariki this time as we atone as we make amends as we stand as one that this settlement may bring new hope to your iwi. I look forward to engaging with you all in my little part of the electorate in Tāmaki and we'll talk about using our electorate name as a royalty in the future. Thank you."