Korako NukNUK KORAKO (National): Kia ora e Te Mana Whakawā. Ko tēnei pire nā Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki Claims Settlement Bill. Nō reira tōku mihi ki ngā uri o Hui Kaiwaka o Tara Te Irirangi o ngā tūpuna katoa o Ngāi Tai e noho ana koutou ki te whenua tapu tōu whenua ātaahua hoki ki Maraetai tū mai te whare nunui mā runga o Te Marae o Umupuia. Nō reira e koutou rā o ngā rangatira o te iwi o Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki ngā mihi ngā mihi ngā mihi.[Thank you Madam Assistant Speaker. This bill is the Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki Claims Settlement Bill. Therefore I greet the descendants of Hui Kaiwaka of Tara Te Irirangi of all the ancestors of Ngāi Tai who live on the sacred land your beautiful land at Maraetai where the great house of Umupuia Marae stands. Therefore to you the chiefs of the people of Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki greetings greetings greetings.] We are now at the working end of the Treaty settlement process for Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki. I had the privilege actually of chairing the Māori Affairs Committee as we considered the settlement for Ngāi Tai. I also have the privilege to remain a member of that committee with the change of Government. On that note I'd like to acknowledge our chair of the Māori Affairs Committee Rino Tirikatene for his chairmanship of our committee and also to acknowledge the former Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations the Hon Christopher Finlayson who has been very much at the forefront of so many of the settlements.It was indeed a privilege to sit at the select committee hearings as we worked through the settlement with Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki. Just to reiterate again—particularly because the previous speaker the Hon Kelvin Davis actually gave us very much an overview of the journey of this particular settlement—I want to actually just put some more context into what he was actually saying. So first of all yes we did—we received and considered 13 submissions as well as hearing oral evidence from six submitters at the hearings in Tāmaki-makau-rau and also Te Whanga-nui-a-Tara.Now there are a number of critical features to this settlement that came up during the submission process. The first one—and it's so often the case in Treaty settlements—is actually around overlapping claims. The overlapping claim situation did actually obviously arise in this particular settlement. Ngāti Wai is concerned really that the settlements to Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki that fall within their shared area of interests may impact on Ngāti Wai discussions with the Crown at future dates.But can I first acknowledge the shared area of interest and Ngāti Wai's position because having had to deal with overlapping claims—we know them so well even within our own iwi of Kai Tahu—I'm well aware of the concerns that arise and the impact actually—the real impact—on actual relationships.In this particular settlement we actually saw that in some ways. We know that it's never easy for the Crown to manage these in Treaty negotiations. Indeed we often find ourselves looking at something like they call Solomon's choice". But accordingly I think we need to take reassurance though from the Office of Treaty Settlements with this particular settlement in that the agreements to amend the protocol areas could be implemented without an amendment to the bill in front of the House today. So can I also possibly suggest humbly that Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki and Ngāti Wai share a history of whakapapa that sees them in a really strong position to establish protocols amongst themselves that may not actually require the Crown. So instead of having the Crown being involved in trying to sort out these overlapping issues I think it's listening to the submitters. There is some real opportunity I believe—and particularly because of the whakapapa links between Ngāi Tai and also Ngāti Wai—that they could perhaps work them through in that wonderful process that we have of tikaka.The next part of it I want to come to—so we have overlapping claims which was an issue that came up. The next one is around the commercial redress. The commercial redress—there's been quite a bit of concern from Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki. We've had to consider a claim for damages from the Crown as a consequence of the two-year gap. So there's been a two-year gap actually between the signing of the deed of settlement and then the introduction of this bill into the House in August 2017.But what should be noted is that the value of the deferred selection procedure sale and the lease-back and the right of first refusal properties has actually exceeded the settlement quantum. In doing that that excess there cut through the settlement since day one. So equally the purchase of those properties by Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki—they will have a strategic and commercial advantage to the iwi that many other outsiders of Tāmaki-makau-rau will actually gaze at and look at in envy. So Ngāi Tai then have already shown themselves to be really astute commercial operators. We've actually seen that. I have no doubt that they will actually have the potential as joint-venture partners at their doorstep looking to assist the iwi in realising the opportunities that they had before.No doubt the advance—because there's been an advance actually on this particular settlement of $5.5 million of settlement funds which will have been put to good commercial use which we know and then also delivering the financial returns that should then offset the rise in the capital values of the commercial redress properties and that's pretty much relatively speaking. Equally I'm mindful of Musick Point or as it's called now Te Naupata. There is actually a big opportunity there as well.So this is an interesting offer that has been accepted by Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki in its settlement package. I acknowledge that there is this thing that always comes up again in Treaty settlements and it's called perpetual leases. These perpetual leases they really do present a challenge to all iwi not just Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki but all iwi. So the perpetual leases have been the bane of many iwi as I said—Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki is no different. So I have no doubt that Ngāi Tai will have a plan as to how to work with the leaseholder to realise the full value of the opportunity they have before them. When we look then at the Homestead Drive property on Maungarei that's very very challenging as we know but Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki acknowledges its whakawhanauka links to the Marutūāhu Collective and broadly works within them.So in looking at that particular issue and then also the concerns that have been raised around the quantum itself—now we know that in Treaty settlements you know looking through the history of Treaty settlements iwi would never ever receive the full compensation that they actually should get. It's more cents in the dollars as opposed to dollars. This particular claim I want to also note is no exception either. So what we need to acknowledge too is that this settlement is not the end but the beginning for this iwi and it's been a very very long road. Overlapping claims—there have been commercial quantums and perpetual leases but in saying that this particular claim I hope will be able to find its journey to the end the committee stage to the third reading.I wish Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki—and I see some of the rakatira actually in the gallery today. I wish you well particularly once we can continue this journey through to the end and the final settlement that you wholeheartedly deserve as an iwi. So on that note I really do take pleasure in saying to Ngāi Tai: "Kia kaha kia kaha kia maia. Nō reira e koutou rā e mihi atu ki a koutou katoa."["Stay strong stay strong be staunch. Therefore to all of you greetings one and all."]I commend this bill to the House."