Korako NukNUK KORAKO (National): Ā tēnā koe e Te Mana Whakawā tīhei mauri ora huri noa i Te Whare nei e ngā mema o Te Pāremata ā e mihi atu ki a koutou katoa. Ā tēnei te mihi mō Ngāruahine koutou nā taoka whakahirahira koutou e tūmanako ake nei koutou e hāpai iwi nei. Nō reira e mihi atu ki a koutou katoa ā ki a koe e Kelvin Davis mō te whakamoemiti mō Te Whare. Ka hoki hoki ngā maumahara mō ngā rakatira o Te Tai Tokerau. Ka maumaharatia a Charlie Pētera me Tā Graham Latimer; nō reira e ngā rakatira e haere atu rā e haere atu rā ki Te Pā o Te Whakawairua takoto mai takoto mai takoto i raro i te rangimārie i runga i tō waka hoea atu tō waka ki tua o te ārai haere haere haere atu rā. Nō reira āpiti hōno tātai hōno rātou te hunga mate ki te hunga mate āpiti hōno tātai hōno tātou te hunga ora ki a tātou. [Thank you Mr Assistant Speaker behold the breath of life and acknowledgments to all you members throughout this House. And to Ngāruahine you who are treasures of significance are ever hopeful and support tribes. I commend you all and you as well Kelvin Davis in regard to the prayer for the House. Recollections of Northern leaders return as well and of Charlie Pētera and Sir Graham Latimer; therefore depart o leaders go forth to the gathering place of the spirits rest and lie there peacefully upon your canoe paddle it beyond the veil go forth journey on depart. Therefore the lines are joined the dead to the dead the living to ourselves.]It is indeed my pleasure and honour to be able to speak on the second reading of the Ngāruahine Claims Settlement Bill. In this second reading I want to focus on the work of the Māori Affairs Committee in relation to this bill. Our role on the select committee is to listen to submissions seek official advice and recommend any amendments that would improve the bill before us. We received quite a number of submissions on this bill many of those from Ngāruahine members and expressing strong support for the bill itself. I particularly noted the understanding that submitters showed in acknowledging the settlement that it would not and could not make up for everything that was lost in the past. We have seen this with many Treaty settlement bills that have come before this House but like the many bills before this one Ngāruahine also have a sense of optimism about the fact that what comes out of this settlement is the opportunity for Ngāruahine to build itself an economic base for the future that will allow it to provide greater opportunities for its people. I particularly want to—and my colleague Adrian Rurawhe actually quoted this in his speech. I want to acknowledge Mr Rurawhe as well because he is not a permanent member of the Māori Affairs Committee but during the early stages of this bill and particularly when we went to Hāwera to listen to the submissions Mr Rurawhe was there to assist the committee particularly from a local perspective. But I want to also mention Mr Peter Moeahu because Mr Moeahu who has been very active in Treaty settlements right across the area particularly in Taranaki will also be the chair of Te Korowai o Ngāruahine trust which is the organisation tasked with administering this settlement on behalf of Ngāruahine. Mr Moeahu has been involved as I said in Treaty claims for quite some time but I want to read from Mr Moeahu's written submission as I feel that these words are a reminder of how important this work of Treaty settlement negotiations is and the profound effect that a settlement has not just in the commercial redress but through the issuing of a formal apology from the Crown for its misdeeds. In Mr Moeahu's words when he was speaking during his appearance before the tribunal this is what he said: At that hearing I presented my 7 children and my first grand child to the Tribunal and said 'This is who the Crown steals from.' Today on behalf of my 7 children 14 grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren I say this is who the Crown settles with. I also said in 1990 'When I look at a map of Taranaki and trace the Confiscation Line it is an arrow piercing the heart of my people'. This Bill removes that arrow and the apology and small measure of redress contained therein will help heal the wound caused by the Crowns grievous actions." In the 1990 tribunal hearing this is what he said: "if the Crown chose the right path to the settlement peace would reign. The Ngaruahine Claims Settlement Bill is the right path." Not all submissions on the bill were positive though. Some individuals descending from Āraukuku hapū have raised their concerns in relation to this bill. Āraukuku has links to both Ngāti Ruanui and Ngāruahine. They were included in the claimant definition of the Ngāti Ruanui settlement based on their own decision to participate in the settlement itself. However some individuals disagree with the hapū decision to throw its lot in with Ngāti Ruanui and we heard from some who would like a discrete settlement for Āraukuku. As a result of these submissions the committee sought confirmation that Āraukuku individuals who whakapapa to Ngāruahine will be able to benefit from the settlement and we are assured that that will be. We were not satisfied that we were able to fully address the concerns of these individuals as part of this settlement bill but it is clear that Āraukuku hapū has already settled with the Crown as a part of Ngāti Ruanui. But one thing that the committee did resolve is that it will continue to monitor the situation through the Post Settlement Commitments Unit to ensure that individuals are treated fairly. The other amendments we have recommended are largely administrative matters concerning the reorganisation of the iwi's governance after the settlement. The mandated group Ngā Hapū o Ngāruahine Iwi Inc. will hand over its responsibilities assets and liabilities to the post-settlement entity Te Korowai o Ngāruahine Trust. Our recommended amendments ensure that this happens smoothly and we did spend a lot of time actually looking at that transition from one entity to the post-settlement entity. I want to acknowledge those of Ngāruahine who are here today and also those who cannot be here but who are actually watching live broadcasting from this House. I also want to acknowledge as Mr Rurawhe also did those who have passed on and did not actually see what is almost the final continuation—to this point rather; to the second reading—through the Committee stage and to the third final reading. I look forward to discussing this bill further in the Committee stage and the third reading. Again it reflects the pragmatic and principled way that I believe that my committee operates as the Māori Affairs Committee. On that note I would like to commend this bill to the House. Kia ora."