Henare PeeniHon PEENI HENARE (Labour): Thank you Mr Speaker. I'm going to start my contribution by talking about probably the biggest fish that got away and that is Ardie Savea leaving Wellington; a monumental shift in rugby. And why do I say that? It's a recognition of his whakapapa and going back to Moana rugby Moana Pasifika. It's the biggest shark the biggest fish that had got away from Te Whanganui-a-Tara and not a peep from a member from Wellington here in this House on that important matter. Why do I start with that? The reason I start with that is while peace has broken out across the House and we're in agreement on this particular bill and the Labour Party supports this in its third reading I want to just take a brief moment to share a little bit more of the history of how we've ended up here. My whanaunga my whaea Mariameno Kapa-Kingi knows this history well. When this bill first came into this House it was plagued with controversy because it was a bill that actually divided many tribes and hapū right around the country. In fact one of those tribes was my tribe and I can tell this House that my father actually remortgaged our family home in order to prosecute the Government and take them to the High Court for the recognition of my tribe's rights to the fisheries. Not only to the fisheries as the ocean as has been described on that side of the House but also to the water tributaries that feed the oceans of which my tribe is a big holder. When the bill progressed it divided our people. I'm going to be very upfront with you; it very much divided our people. My other colleague here Rawiri Waititi spoke about the urban allotment which is Te Putea Whakatupu which is covered in this bill. Why is that put there? Because once again it isolated our people. It tore us apart; it pit urban against iwi hapū against iwi iwi against iwi. That's just part of the history of this particular bill which is why it's really special that we are all in agreement as we look towards the possibility and the future for Māori fisheries ahead of us. When I think back to those times—and I'll share the story: when my father took that case and remortgaged our family home to pay for the legal bills to prosecute the Government through the High Court we received death threats—our family—bullets in the mailbox and my auntie Mariameno Kapa-Kingi was there and a part of our family during this particular incident. It was really devastating it was hard it was a time where a young—I would have been 15 at the time something that's just scarred into my memory that particular experience. So while I listen to the speeches across the House and I'm really glad that we've come to this point that's just a small bit of my story in the history of this piece of legislation. As we look towards the future and what that means I'm excited that Te Ohu Kai Moana is going to go around again and engage with iwi on a roadshow starting in August. In fact if you go onto their website you can RSVP and attend those sessions where no doubt this bill will come up that this bill has been passed and what does that mean for the opportunities for iwi. It's already been talked about with respect to the modernisation of the mechanisms within Te Ohu Kai Moana and the iwi mechanisms to be able to use the fisheries as an economic platform—a better economic platform—for the future. That's a good thing. What was only briefly mentioned but was actually spoken about a lot during the submissions and other engagements with respect to this piece of legislation was the environment. And it's all very well to talk towards the great economic benefits that might come towards Te Ohu Kai Moana Māori and New Zealand as a whole but what's very clear—and I think about a number of the projects that Māori are involved in—they also look towards the longevity the safety and of course the wellbeing of the Moana. If you read through their annual reports and you read through their vision statements and their mission statements in the annual plans you will see a clear play for protecting and restoring the health and wellbeing of the Moana. That can't be missed here. Yes this bill does great things to help with the administration but the role that Te Ohu Kai Moana can play to lead the fisheries industry into a far more sustainable setting a far more sustainable place I think can't be ignored here. Te Ohu Kai Moana want to do a great job. They want to do more. This bill will allow them to do that but also the support of this House can continue to allow them to do that as they look to protect our moana as they look to protect our seabed and of course all of the benefits that come with it. Mr. Speaker I want to mention Mr Maru Samuels. Mr Maru Samuels has been appointed to Te Ohu Kai Moana and my colleague Mr Rawiri Waititi spoke about kina barrens. Well Maru Samuels brings a huge amount of knowledge about kina barrens but also about how we can restore kelp across the shorelines around Aotearoa New Zealand and into the ocean. It's fantastic work that they're doing and I'm excited to see what that means for one the use of kina as a strong economic platform for Māori economic development into the future. I for one love kina and if we can harvest more and drive the price down and make availability right across the country a bit easier then I'm all for that. But two more importantly if you restore the kelp into the Moana it brings back so many more species; it means that the ocean is healthy. It means that the fish stocks and fish species that come back to kelp are stronger and far more numerous. I think that's something that's really exciting. I look forward to seeing Te Ohu Kai Moana do that work into the future. I for one will be going along to some of the hui that they'll be having with iwi because as a descendant of a number of iwi here with my whaea Mariameno Kapa-Kingi we'll be making sure that our aspirations at a very local level will continue to met by a national body and a national governing institution in the form of Te Ohu Kai Moana because what stands for Te Aupōuri in the Far North stands for Te Aupōuri in the Far North. The aspirations of Ngā Puhi across its domain of course are the aspirations of Ngā Puhi and should be supported. But it would be folly for this House to think that the aspirations of Te Aupōuri are the same as the aspirations of Ngāi Tahu at the other end of the country which is why these iwi hui are important. In order to support Te Ohu Kai Moana to do that properly we must make sure that this bill passes and that those iwi roadshows garner and continue to support the aspirations of iwi as they hear and reflect upon the passing of this bill but more importantly plan to its future. Mr Speaker we support this bill.