Paraone PitaPITA PARAONE (NZ First): Ā tēnā koe Mr Assistant Speaker tēnā hoki tātou i roto i Te Whare nei. E ai ki te kōrero ko Titi-ō-Kura Te Maunga ko Mōhaka Te Awa ko Mātaatua Te Waka ko Hineuru Te Iwi" nā reira koutou ngā pākeke ngā mātua ngā taiohi ngā kōhungahunga o Hineuru i tae mai nei i waenganui i a tātou i te rā nei hara mai hara mai hara mai! Tautoko ngā mihi i mihingia e ēnā o aku tuākana tuāhine i tū ake i mua i a au nā reira tino koa te hari o te ngākau ahakoa mā koutou nahe ēngari mō tātou o Te Whare Pāremata nei. I mua i te haere tonu o tōku kōrero i kite atu i a koutou taku rangatira i uru mai i Te Whare nei te take nei kore kau i 'hakapono ki a au kia tū kaha ki te tautoko i tēnei pire kia hakamana tā koutou kerēme. Nā reira kia mōhio mai koutou kei te pau te kaha i a mātou o Aotearoa Tuatahi ki te tautoko i a koutou i te rā nei nā reira tēnā koutou. Ahakoa i puta mai ngā kōrero hītori ahau nei nā horekau e hiahia ki te hoki atu ki wēnā tūmomo kōrero nā te mea kei te mōhio tātou ki ēnā tūāhuatanga ēngari i tēnei tū e āhua pūhaehae au ki a koutou Ahakoa i puta mai tēnei kōrero i roto i te wāhanga tuarua i te wā o tēnei pire ēngari i tū ake anō au ki te mea atu ki a koutou kei te pūhaehae tonu au nō Ngāti Hine i roto i Te Tai Tokerau ki a koutou nā te mea i kite atu i ngā kōrero i puta mai i tēnei kaupapa e hiahia ana koutou kia whai mana mai i Te Karauna kia tū hei iwi pēnei i a mātou o Ngāti Hine i roto i Te Tai Tokerau korekau i riro i a mātou he iwi ahakoa i roto i tō mātou whakaaro he iwi tonu mātou pēnei i a koutou. Nā reira ki a au nei he iwi koutou korekau he kōrero i tua atu i tēnā. Tua atu i tēnā i roto i ngā kōrero i kite atu ētāhi e pā ana ki ngā ika pēnei i a mātou i roto i a Ngāti Hine. Ahakoa e rapa ana tō mātou ingoa i roto i taua ture korekau i taka mai tetahi matenga ika ki a mātou mai i taua wā tae noa ki tēnei. Nā reira aroha ana ahau ki a koutou e pā ana ki taua kaupapa ēngari māku e mea atu kia koutou kaua e mutu te whawhai kia whawhai tonu.[Thank you Mr Assistant Speaker and acknowledgments to us as well in this House. According to the saying "Titi-ō-Kura is the mountain Mōhaka is the river Mātaatua is the canoe and Hineuru is the tribe" so to you elders parents young people and infants of Hineuru who have arrived here amongst us today; welcome come hither welcome! I endorse the words of welcome expressed by my sister and brother colleagues who stood up before me and as a consequence my heart is very happy not just for you but for us of this Parliament. Before I continue with my contribution I noted you and your people my esteemed one enter this House the reason being he did not believe that I would stand in an assured manner to support this bill and to validate your claim. Therefore I want you to know that we of New Zealand First expended a lot of energy to support you today so congratulations. Even though much historical evidence emerged I for one do not personally want to go back to those historical accounts because we already know about those circumstances. But I do stand somewhat envious of you as a collective despite the fact that this matter emerged in the second reading of this bill. I do rise once again to say to you that we of Ngātihine of the north remain envious of you. I saw the comments that came out of this proposal that you wanted the Crown to validate you so that you could be a tribe like us Ngātihine in the north but we were never given tribal status even though in our thoughts we are a tribe just like you. As I see it you are a tribe; there is nothing else to say about it. Beyond that I saw some reference in the commentary about fisheries just as we of Ngāti Hine did. Even though we searched for our name in that act not a single fish head at all dropped our way since that time right to this very moment. Therefore as far as that matter is concerned I sympathise with you all but I will say to you collectively do not stop fighting; continue fighting it.]I have said that I do not need to reiterate the comments regarding the historical background to this claim other than to reiterate my feeling of envy of them. Their iwi is similar to mine. I am of Ngāti Hine in the Tai Tokerau. We are still looking for recognition as an iwi; we are still looking for our share of the fish deal—they are yet to come. But my jealousy is at the fact that they have had their claims settled as part of this process. After today they can look forward to the future and to leading their people to where they want to go. People have made reference to the chairman Tūhuiao Kahukiwa but we all know that behind every successful man is not only his whānau but also his committee. I want to just mention their names: Karauna Brown as deputy chairman Ivy Kahukiwa-Smith Te Reo Spooner Tirohia Bridger Rēnata Bush and Toi Tāwhai. Today we extol the virtues of each and every one of them and of what they bring to the table. But can I tell you tomorrow most of your iwi will want to hang you because in their eyes you have probably made the wrong decision. But that comes with leadership—that comes with leadership. I say to you all support your leadership. Support them. They need all the help that they can get because history will define them on the basis of what they do for their people and without your help they cannot succeed. I can recall when I had the privilege of being chairman of my iwi rūnanga. That night when I went home my father called me to his room and he said: "Boy I just want to say one thing to you. Don't think that just because you're the chairman of the rūnanga that you have the final say. Don't think for one moment that now that you've been ensconced as chairman of the rūnanga that you are the leader of your iwi because if you perceive to be the leader then always remember to look behind you. Because if the people you purport to lead aren't there then you have to ask: who are you leading?".Nā reira e koutou i "hakamana te tūranga hei kaiarahi mō te iwi māku e mea atu ki a koutou kia kaha kia kaha ngā tiakitanga o Te Runga Rawa ki runga i a koutou mō ngā rā kei te heke mai."[Therefore to all of you collectively who validated the position as leader for the tribe I will say to you collectively: "Be strong and may the protective powers of the Almighty Above be upon you in the days ahead of you."]Before I take my seat I just want to thank the Māori Affairs Committee and those who made their submissions particularly those who made submissions contrary to those who support the bill because without them the committee could not give greater consideration to the bill. In conclusion I just want to thank the officers from the Office of Treaty Settlements because they—and it is beyond their control—are often criticised I believe sometimes quite harshly. In some instances I have been guilty of that. So I just want to take this opportunity to record that appreciation and to finally wish Hineuru all the best going into the future. Nā reira tēnā koutou."