Whaitiri MekaHon MEKA WHAITIRI (Labour—Ikaroa-Rāwhiti): Tēnā koe Madam Speaker. Tēnā tātou katoa ngā mema o Te Whare i te ahiahi nei.[Greetings Madam Speaker. Greetings to all of the members of the House this afternoon.]As the proud member for Ikaroa-Rāwhiti I'm exceptionally pleased to take a call in support of the New Zealand Māori Arts and Crafts Institute Vesting Bill. Can I acknowledge the mana whenua o Whakarewarewa Valley Wāhiao Tūhourangi and Ngāti Whakauē and the subsidiary management groups that have been part and parcel of the agreement that has been reached that has led to this second reading.It's always my ambition to try and get a hononga between the iwi that I represent of Ikaroa-Rāwhiti Tai Rāwhiti with the great people of Tūhourangi and Ngāti Whakauē and in particular of this institution Te Puia an iconic establishment in Aotearoa New Zealand. I want to acknowledge in the Minister's contribution the reference of another iconic leader from the mighty Ngati Porou Tai Rāwhiti Sir Apirana Ngata who in 1927 pushed forward the Māori renaissance of both our language our tikanga our arts and our culture. So I want to acknowledge the hononga between a great iconic Māori leader and this particular institution that has been gifted back to the rightful owners.I want to also acknowledge reference to my colleague Harete Hipango when she mentioned Pine and Hone Taiapa early carvers in the establishment of Te Puia who hailed again from Ngati Porou Tai Rāwhiti. And of course we have weavers and we've had other contributors to the establishment of this fantastic institution.I want to also acknowledge one of the guides I believe—Guide Rangi—who was a former pupil of Hukarere College. Now Hukarere chapel was also an institute that Sir Apirana Ngata with the old girls built on the hill at Mataruahau on the Napier Bluff Hill. And so it's timely that I just put in there that desire of the old girls of Hukarere to rebuild the chapel at their new residence at Eskdale. But back to the bill!ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Adrian Rurawhe): Ka pai.Hon MEKA WHAITIRI: It's really important that we acknowledge that in most Treaty readings—and this isn't a Treaty reading—we often see the gifting back of a maunga or an institution to the iwi only to have it re-gifted back to the public of New Zealand. So I'm really proud to stand here as a contributor to this New Zealand Māori Arts and Crafts Institute Vesting Bill to have that reversed to have an iconic institution like Te Puia gifted back to the rightful landowners the mana whenua of Wāhiao Tūhourangi and Ngāti Whakauē.I want to acknowledge those desires of both the iwi and respective members of Parliament—different Governments since the 1920s since the 1970s since the 1990s since the 2000s to where we are here today. There is acknowledgment of the Hon Te Ururoa Flavell. I also want to acknowledge the Hon Nanaia Mahuta for bringing this bill forward. She has laid out the recommendations of the select committee. As a member of the select committee I unfortunately didn't get to Rotorua to hear the submissions but I understand it was a very robust series of submitters and that's what you expect: the passion and the robustness when we are seeing the return of an iconic institution like in the New Zealand Māori Arts and Crafts Institute Vesting Bill.Can I add my acknowledgment to our hard-working colleague the member for Waiariki Tamati Coffey who was proactive and went beyond the call of duty to ensure that the Māori Affairs Committee was facilitated through the passions—the passion I would put it—of the people of Whakarewarewa. So I want to acknowledge him. I also want acknowledge all members of the Māori Affairs Committee.The Minister has canvassed the three amendments that she has accepted in the presenting of this bill at second reading. But I too in my last 30 seconds want to acknowledge the work of the officials. This is what I would consider a role model way in which officials work with iwi and with select committees to ensure we get everybody over the line. And I want to acknowledge the Te Puni Kōkiri officials who achieved that and served the Māori Affairs Committee well. I commend this bill to the House.