Rurawhe AdrianADRIAN RURAWHE (Labour—Te Tai Hauāuru): Korōria hareruia ki a Ihowa o ngā mano tūāuriuri whāioio; kī tonu te rangi me te whenua i te nui o tōna korōria tīhei mauriora. Kei te mihi atu anō i te āhuatanga ki ō tātou tini mate rātou katoa hinga mai nā puta noa i ngā moutere nei; nō reira e ngā mate maha o te wā hoki wairua atu ki a rātou mā. Āpiti hono tātai hono te hunga wairua ki te hunga wairua; āpiti hono tātai hono te hunga ora ki te hunga ora nō reira tēnā tātou katoa.Tēnā tātou katoa o Te Whare nei. Tēnā tātou ngā whānau me ngā hapū o Ngāti Rangi. Tēnei au tō koutou whanaunga e tuku mihi atu ki a koutou nau mai haramai. Haramai ki Te Whare Pāremata mō te pānuitanga tuatahi o te pire hei whakatau i ngā kerēme o Ngāti Rangi. Nō reira Ngāti Rangi tēnā koutou—tēnā koutou i runga i ngā kōrero mai rā anō otirā i runga i ngā kōrero i roto i te pire hei whakatau i ngā kerēme. Anei ētahi o ngā kōrero i roto i te pire. Ko te Whare Toka o Paerangi koia ko Ruapehu maunga e tū nei i te puku o te Ika-a-Māui hei poutokomanawa mō te Ika. Ko ngā āhuatanga o te poutokomanawa e hāngai pū ana ki tōna tūranga i waenga i te Kāhui Maunga tērā ko Matua te Mana. … Ko tēnei mana i ahu mai i te kōpū tonu o Papatūānuku ka kumea ake e Pikimai Rawea e Ranginui e tū iho nei hei whenua a nā wai rā hei maunga kōrero hei pātaka iringa mana mō te Ika-a-Māui tatū mai ki a tātau te kaupapa tangata."… Ko Ngāti Rangi ngā uri a Paerangi atua a Paerangi tipua a Paerangi tupuna e hono kau ana ki te mana tuku iho o ngā Atua o te pō heke iho ki a Matua te Mana. He hono tāngaengae i whakatōkia ki roto i te ira tangata taka iho ki a mātau ngā uri whakatupu o Ngāti Rangi mai i te wā i tapaina tō mātau maunga e Māui Tikitiki-a-Taranga e mea ana: 'Nāku te ika i hī nāku anō i whakatau.' "… Nō Matua te Mana te mana motuhake o Ngāti Rangi te iwi o Paerangi heke iho ki a mātau e hāpai ana e pupuru ana i te mana atua i te mana whenua i te mana tupuna urunga tomo ki hēnei rangi ki te mana kei te kaupapa tangata. Ko tōna mana e hono kau ana ki ngā maunga whakahī me ngā wai tuku kiri o te Ika nui. Nō reira me pēnei anō ko te mana motuhake o hāna uri o Ngāti Rangi e tū nei hei tohu hei whakaatu ki te ao."[Glory and hallelujah to Jehovah of the myriad hosts; heaven and earth are filled with his glory rejoice there is life. I acknowledge our dear departed those who have recently died throughout these islands; therefore to all the many recently deceased may your spirits return to those who have gone before. Let the connections be drawn and the departed spirits rest in peace together; let the connections be drawn and the living find the living I give greetings to one and all.I greet all of us here in this House. I greet the families and subtribes of Ngāti Rangi. Here I am your relation extending warm greetings to you all; welcome welcome. Welcome to Parliament for the first reading of the bill which will settle Ngāti Rangi claims. Therefore Ngāti Rangi greetings—greetings while we remember relevant stories from long ago stories which are now recorded in the bill seeking to settle the claims. Here are some of those things which have been included in the bill. "Mount Ruapehu the House of Stone of Paerangi stands in the middle of the North Island as the centre pillar of the Great Fish of Māui. The centre pillar metaphor complements his role as the central figure of the Mountain Clan the Absolute of Authority. … His mana has its origins in the depths of Papatūānuku drawn by Maui's Fishing Hook Pikimai Rawea it was drawn forth by Sky Father and turned the fish to land and into a mountain and this mana was then bestowed upon us as a people. "… Ngāti Rangi are the descendants of Paerangi the God of the Milky Way of the demi-god and ancestor and connect directly to the mana of the pantheon of Gods and of the mountain Ruapehu. This metaphysical connection comes from the beginning of time and flows in the veins of the descendants of Ngāti Rangi since the time that Māui Tikitiki-a-Taranga named and recorded its name in the following proverb: 'It was I who fished up and calmed the Great Fish.' The mana motuhake of Ngāti Rangi the descendants of Paerangi emanates from Ruapehu (Matua te Mana) and this responsibility has been carried from our origins as a people through to the present. Our mana motuhake connects to our mountains land and waterways. This responsibility that continues to be exercised stands as a testament to Ngāti Rangi as a tribal nation."]Thank you for allowing me to read these words directly from the deed of settlement before the House. They are I believe very important to Ngāti Rangi. As an uri as a descendant of Ngāti Rangi it's an honour and pleasure for me to take a call in this first reading debate of settlement claim. Can I acknowledge the many that have gathered here to hear the first reading—the many that are watching on television and listening to this debate. Can I in particular acknowledge as the Minister did also the negotiators for Ngāti Rangi: Che Wilson Shar Amner Kemp Dryden Cass Reid Toni Waho and Carl Wilson.As someone who has been a negotiator myself I quite understand the challenges that present themselves for negotiating. Can I say through you Madam Deputy Speaker that it is a difficult job but what I can see within this bill is that the kaupapa tuku iho those things that are passed down to the negotiators for Ngāti Rangi have permeated themselves through the framework of this legislation. I think that's a very important thing because the framework for Treaty settlement negotiations is such that they are not always friendly to the settlement iwi. It's a Crown construct that those iwi need to work within and so to be able to achieve where the settled iwi is able to include the way that they think and see the world within that framework is to be commended and I do so today. I also want to look to the future as my cousin Che Wilson did on the marae when the deed of settlement was signed. He spoke about what the future of Ngāti Rangi might look like. He spoke about the encapsulated hopes and aspiration for the future by talking about some young people that might exist in a few decades to come and what the world might be like for them. I think that this process—it needs to be acknowledged that this is about the future. This is not compensation; it is redress. And why would we accept redress in what is not a perfect framework for settling claims? We would do it for the future opportunities that it would present for future generations. And the Crown has its part to play. My colleague Nuk Korako talked about the apology and I join with him and acknowledge what he said. It's important to also acknowledge that an apology needs to mean something for the past for now and into the future. And focusing on the future what it needs to mean for the future is that the Crown never ever again puts Ngāti Rangi in the position that it has done so far. That's a very high bar. That's a very serious matter for the future because unless we uphold the apology that is in this bill then—I won't say it's meaningless but it would mean that that apology has been trampled on and we don't want that for the future. So all future legislation that comes through this House needs to ensure that it's mindful of the agreement with Ngāti Rangi that we do not pass laws in this House that impact negatively on Ngāti Rangi ever again and that the Crown never ever takes such actions against Ngāti Rangi.So my final point that I want to make is just to encourage every single whānau of Ngāti Rangi every hapū to make a submission to the Māori Affairs Committee on this piece of legislation. Whether one is for the bill or against it—I would imagine most will be very much for this legislation—it's really important that the Māori Affairs Committee hears that kōrero. And one more thing: I do want to acknowledge other uri other descendants of Ngāti Rangi in the House Jo Hayes and Harete Hipango. I'm sure we join together to acknowledge Ngāti Rangi today. Nō reira tēnei ahau e tuku mihi atu ki a tātou i tēnei rā whakahirahira; tēnā tātou katoa.[Therefore I acknowledge one and all on this important day; greetings.]"