Jones Shane: General Debate 
Jones Shane: General Debate 
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SHANE JONES (Labour) 
: 
 Kia ora Mr Assistant Speaker tenatatoui te Whare. It is interesting to follow the speaker who preceded me Allan Peachey. He came from the education area and I fear for the parents of the students who suffered his orations or presentations. For the few New Zealanders listening and still awake after that— 
Allan Peachey 
: I raise a point of order Mr Speaker. In no way do I think it is appropriate or consistent with the Standing Orders for that member to bring my previous career the previous school that I worked at and the pupils who attended it into this debate. 
The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (H V Ross Robertson) 
: I say to the member that that is a matter for debate. The honourable member’s time will start again. 
SHANE JONES 
: If we ever needed evidence of the correctness of what I just said we witnessed it there. We have just seen a brilliant time in New Zealand in relation to two signal events that advanced the quality of race relations in Aotearoa. Firstly we saw the results of the fantastic efforts of the Prime Minister Mr Goff and a host of other senior Labour politicians in securing recognition from the British Crown for the bravery— 
Pita Paraone 
: And New Zealand First. 
SHANE JONES 
: And New Zealand First—in particular my colleagues here. In fact I must acknowledge that at Rotorua to celebrate with the HaaneManahiwhanau was Mr Ron Mark who has had a distinguished career in the military. But more important the kaumatuaTamati Paraone from Ngati Hine was there the surviving old warhorse of the Maori Battalion. For how many years did Te Arawa go cap in hand requesting almost begging the National Government to stand up against the prejudices and the very difficult attitudes that persist in England as to how it would reward this fine brave man and his whanau? It took the qualities of leadership from the Prime Minister Mr Goff and a host of other people associated with Labour and their friends to do this. Long may they be friends. 
At least with these friends—the Maori in the New Zealand First Party—we can predict what they will do. As I said recently I enjoyed some kohanga reo fun with Dr Pita Sharples on Television One. We cannot predict what the other Maori in the Maori Party will do. They make it up as they go along. They are hoping they will be able to cuddle up and restore the fortunes they are losing because they tried to get a deal with National for the seabed and foreshore. The party was created supposedly on the problems to do with the seabed and foreshore. Its proposal was to restore all the seabed and foreshore back to the Crown and that proposal died at the feet of the very people it has been trying to cuddle—John Key and Gerry. Well nui te tinana a lot to cuddle there! 
The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (H V Ross Robertson) 
: The member will use the member’s full name. 
SHANE JONES 
: Gerry Brownlee. I will give an appropriate translation. The Maori Party has sought solace in both of those individuals. It is going nowhere. But let me continue. A brilliant announcement was made today. Whenuakite—the land that is now visible. Rangiputa emerging from a divine source. Two very important blocks of land located on the coastline of huge iconic importance to both Maori and Pakeha are not for sale—there is deferment which is a success for the brilliant lobbying of the Maori members of the Government. This is despite all the parroting and wandering around of our colleagues and whanaunga in the Maori Party who are wasting their parliamentary salaries and perching themselves in Rangiputa Hauraki and Te Tai Tokerau. The issue came back to the Government and caucus and we now have a very successful outcome. In fact I cannot wait to go back—hopefully with some colleagues from New Zealand First and Te Tai Tokerau—and tell the hapu and our old warhorse up there Sir Graham Latimer the great leader that he is that the land they feared might be lost will not be lost. It now lies available for utilisation in the Treaty of Waitangi estate. 
To show that we are very diverse in our view and approach the land also lies available to settle the problems relating to garden variety Kiwis wanting to celebrate that great New Zealand tradition of the summer holiday recreation and boating. Of course should the opportunity ever present itself for members on the other side of the House to control the process of what State-owned enterprises are to do with their assets there will be no coastline left; there will be nothing. The only accessible places left available would be those with the hapu and the whanau and they are fast diminishing. However this one will be restored back to a place of pride in the public estate—a brilliant decision today. 
So there are two things that show there has been great progress on the broad front of Treaty relations and race relations. No. 1 is the decision to defer the sale of these two sites thereby enabling us to address the concerns of our garden variety Kiwi voters who fear they cannot go on holiday during the summer because the access to the coast is no longer available. No. 2 is the brilliant leadership shown and the joy and the pleasure was evident on television. I am not talking now about the interview with Pita Sharples and Shane Jones; I am talking about the very brilliant account that was given for the whanau of HaaneManahi and Te Arawa iwi. 
 Of course Te Arawa do not want to hear much from the Maori Party. Te Arawa made the very hard decision to stand by their mandate and one of their own people comes to this House every day to undermine the decisions of his own kaumatua. That will come back to haunt them. The election will roll around very soon. One cannot hide behind arcane parliamentary procedure; at some point one must stand on the marae and give an account of why when one is meant to be the member for Waiariki and of Te Arawa one spends most of one’s time undermining the efforts of his kaumatua. Haere ra! Kia ora tatou. 
The debate having concluded the motion lapsed.