Penk Chris; Dean JacquiCHRIS PENK (National—Kaipara ki Mahurangi): Thank you very much Madam Speaker. It's a privilege to be able to stand in this House and join others across the House to speak to the Ahuriri Hapū Claims Settlement Bill. Other speakers have said much more eloquently I'm sure than I'll be able to—including in te reo Māori most recently by Willow-Jean Prime in very eloquent fashion—some of the issues surrounding the passage of this legislation; of course the historical context but not merely a description of that which has been in the past but also a road map into the future for the hapū and of course the Crown being partners on this journey.So I do want to start by acknowledging those who have spoken more particularly of course to those who are here in this building today notwithstanding that you're not seated in the usual place that would be available to you for COVID-19 related reasons. But please know that we do feel your presence in this place and know that you are very welcome here in this your House of Representatives.The legislation is interesting I think because it sets out a number of different associations that the hapū have had with the land the resources that were denied them and obviously some of these are of different kinds of natures and therefore the types of redress that are offered and agreed and encapsulated in the settlement bill reflect those different kinds of associations.So we see for example the apology redress the cultural redress and the financial and commercial redress. The dollar figures it always seems to me in these cases as other contributors to the debate have noted are relatively small compared with that which was confiscated oftentimes in these scenarios but nevertheless has been formulated in a way that does finally and comprehensively—to use the expression in the bill—deal with these matters as between the hapū and the Crown.The different associations give rise to a number of different forms of redress. One of those is the vesting of properties. So there are three different sites that we see—a couple to be vested in what lawyers would know as fee simple and the other as a reserve. But to me more interesting perhaps is the relationship protocol. This indicates that not only is there a record of where the parties have been historically but sets out the way ahead not merely to state an intention or a desire but actually to require in the legal sense an ongoing relationship. We move from the transactional to the relational by having these things in a settlement bill. And so I hope that all involved will view that as a matter of some importance and significance for the future of the people.Some of the detail of that is in relation to the Minister of Conservation and director-general to issue deeds of recognition. I think there are a number of different things going on. So we've got regard having to be paid to the statutory acknowledgment—that's the acknowledgment in this bill. So the Environment Court relevant consent authorities—presumably of a local government nature—and Heritage New Zealand must have such regard. And then there's also sort of going back the other way so to speak the right of the hapū to be informed of resource consent applications or notices of applications to be provided to them so that they have the ongoing ability to understand that which is being contemplated for their land. Obviously somewhat of a change from the historical context in which you know so little regard was paid to the property rights of hapū originally. So there's some effort to make right what was wrong in that regard as well. Also simply making a record of the association of Ahuriri Hapū with the statutory area. So that's putting in black and white in this law the fact of the historical record that acknowledgment and of course the apology that goes with that being so important as others have already recognised.So with that my time draws to an end. But suffice to say that I hope all others will join me in recognising the journey not only to this place and back to the land of these people but also the journey in time to this place and beyond. And so we commend this bill to the House.ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Jacqui Dean): Rawiri Waititi—five-minute call.