Rurawhe AdrianADRIAN RURAWHE (Labour—Te Tai Hauāuru): Ā tēnā koe e Te Māngai o Te 'hare otirā e tika ana kia tuku mihi atu ki a koutou katoa ngā whānau ngā hapū o Rangitāne o Wairarapa o Rangitāne whānui anō hoki o Rangitāne o Tāmaki-nui-ā-Rua anei ahau e tuku mihi atu ki a koutou katoa nau mai haere mai whakatau mai! Ā otinoa e tika 'oki kia tuku mihi atu ki a koe e Te Heamana o Te Komiti Whiriwhiri Take Māori i tuku atu i Te Reo 'hakamoemiti i tēnei ata ā māku e tautoko taua whakamoemiti otirā ngā mi'i katoa i roto i Te Whare nei ā tēnā tātau katoa.[Thank you Mr Assistant Speaker but at the same time it is fitting that I greet you all the families and subtribes that belong to Rangitāne of Wairarapa and broadly as well and of Dannevirke. Here I am welcoming you all. Come hither come forth pay homage. Accordingly it is right as well that I acknowledge you the chairman of the Māori Affairs Committee who expressed words of praises this morning. I will endorse that expression of thanks but at the same time all those expressed in this House. Greetings to us all.]It is a real privilege to stand and speak to the third and final reading of this settlement bill. It is always great to come to the House and talk on settlement bills because of what they represent. It has been a long and arduous journey to get to this day and I want to acknowledge that. I too as I did in my second reading speech want to acknowledge all of the kuia koroua matua and the young people the rangatahi who are here today to witness this special occasion—and in particular the young people who inherit not a burden of carrying the breaches of the Treaty of Waitangi today but from today on now carry the legacy of the hard work of their tūpuna. I want to acknowledge you all because settling this bill today and these claims is all about the future as other colleagues in the House have said. It is a particularly special day for the young people and I am sure it is a day that you will all remember.I want to also mention taku kuia Te Haerenganoa Nanny Noa" who is amongst you all today—tēnei te mihi atu ki a koe e te kuia. I want to mention her because she was here 82 years ago on a very special day so she has returned here to see the passage of this bill. She was at the meeting between Michael Joseph Savage and Tahupōtiki Wīremu Rātana. That was a special day as well and I hope that the legacy she has carried for the last 82 years is exactly the same as what you all carry for the future generations as well so that the stories you tell your future generations are the same ones that she has told me and my generation. So mihi ana ki a koutou katoa.This is indeed a very special settlement as all settlements are and I want to in particular acknowledge the leaders of Rangitāne Tū Mai Rā to the post-settlement governance entity who will have the honour and privilege of taking this settlement forward. I want to acknowledge the chair of the settlement entity Mavis Mullins—tēnei ahau tuku mihi atu ki a koe—and also acknowledge that she is only the second Māori woman to be nominated and placed in the New Zealand Business Hall of Fame. I think that needs to be acknowledged. I also think that with that calibre of people on that entity the settlement and the settlement assets are in safe hands and I am certain that that asset will grow so that the legacy that will be carried by the future generations will indeed be a very strong one.I want to also acknowledge the wide range of cultural reconnection mechanisms within this Treaty settlement. I am bound to talk about the responsibility that the iwi will carry in terms of the rivers that are very important to Rangitāne and the important part that Rangitāne representatives will play in ensuring that their voice is heard when it comes to matters pertaining to the Manawatū River and other important cultural redress items within this settlement.One other thing that I want to endorse and to support was the sentiments expressed by the Minister about the apology. I think it is a very important aspect of every settlement that comes through the House. I think it is incumbent upon all future Governments to ensure that the apology is real and that we make certain that Rangitāne have the opportunity not only to be consulted on important things that come through this House but the opportunity for their voice to be heard in this House. I want to lay down my commitment to make sure that we do that and that we do that with rigour.I guess that is part of the legacy that will be carried forward by future generations—that it will be part of that legacy that they will have to uphold to make certain that this House that this Parliament makes certain that that apology is real by never ever breaching the Treaty again because without that that apology is diminished.Nō reira e tino tautoko ana ahau i ngā āhuatanga katoa kei roto i te pire nei.[Therefore I truly endorse all aspects that are in this.]I think that all of the aspects of the settlement are important and probably ought to be equally important to all citizens of New Zealand because as I have said before in this House I want to thank Rangitāne for their generosity in accepting this settlement because as we all know this settlement—like every other settlement—is redress not compensation. So that generosity needs to be acknowledged—that Rangitāne have accepted this package of redress mechanisms to move forward into the future despite the fact that the actual financial burden that has been carried by the iwi is not really reflected in the amount that has been paid out through this settlement. So I want to thank you all your generosity and I wish you all the best for the future so that that legacy will be carried by the future generation and they can stand tall and strong for their future generations.Nō reira koinā taku kōrero atu ki Te Whare nei i tēnei rā e pā ana ki tēnei pire nō reira tēnā tātau katoa.[So that indeed is my contribution today to this House on this day about this bill. Therefore greetings to us all.]"