Harawira Hone: Ngati Apa (North Island) Claims Settlement Bill — Third Reading 
Harawira Hone: Ngati Apa (North Island) Claims Settlement Bill — Third Reading 
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HONE HARAWIRA (Maori Party—Te Tai Tokerau) 
: 
 Kia ora. Tena koe Mr Assistant Speaker 
  
tena koe. Huri rauna tena tatou katoa e oku hoa o te Whare koutou ano ra e oku whanaunga o te waka o Kurahaupo tena koutou tena koutou kia ora tatou. Kia ora tatou mai i a maua ko Shane nga uri o Kurahaupo o Te Tokerau ki a koutou ano ra e Kurahaupo o Ngati Apa. E mea ana a Shane ko Shane te tuakana. Engari e mihi atu ki a koutou e whakarangatira ana i to tatou waka i tenei ra e Ngati Apa.  
Hara taku tu i te tu roa engari tu ana au ki te tautoko i taku rangatira a Tariana i korero tuatahi i teneki ra kia mihi atu ki a koutou mo nga take nunui e pa ana ki a koutou mai i te timatanga o tenei hikoi tae noa ki tenei ra. Me te mihi ano hoki i runga i te whakaaro kotahi te tahae whenua te takahi mana me ona ahuaranga katoa. Engari i tenei wa kei te ora tonu matou. Kei te ora tonu to tatou reo kei te ora tonu to tatou tino rangatiratanga. No reira kia kaha koutou kia kaha tatou. Kia kaha tatou i roto i tenei hikoi ahakoa kua rongo nei au i a ia e whakaae ana a Ngati Apa kia waihotia te 97 pai heneti o ta koutou kereme kia oti pai ai tenei raru. Tangi ana te ngakau ko tatou katoa ra ena. Hakoa ko tehea te iwi tera te ture o tenei Whare. 
Engari kua tae mai koutou i tenei ra me mihi atu ki a koutou. Mihi ano hoki i runga i te whakaaro o Ngapuhi i tae mai i tenei ra te korero atu ki te Minita i roto i tona tari kia timatangia i teneki hikoi. Tata ana ko te iwi mutunga tera a Ngapuhi te timatangia ai tenei hikoi. No reira kua kite au i a ratou korero ana ki te Minita i tenei ra i te ahiahi nei ko koutou ra wena e tata whakaoti nei i te kaupapa. No reira mihi atu ki a koutou mai i ta matou pati hei tautoko ano hoki i taku rangatira Tariana. No reira tena koutou tena koutou. Huri atu huri noa kia ora tatou katoa. 
[ 
Thank you 
.  
Greetings to you 
 
 Mr  
Assistant  
Speaker 
greetings. 
Greetings to my parliamentary colleagues throughout 
 
 and to you 
 
 as well 
 
 my relatives of the Kurahaupo  
C 
anoe. Salutations to us from Shane and I descendants from the  
n 
orth of Kurahaupo 
 
 and to you Kurahaupo ones also of  
Ngati Apa.  
Shane is saying that he is the elder one. Nonetheless congratulations to you 
 
 Ngati Apa 
 
 who are promoting our canoe today 
. 
It is not as though that I am going to address you at length 
 
 but  
I shall  
merely tak 
e  
a short call in support of my leader 
 
 Tariana Turia 
 
 who spoke first today 
 
 and also to commend you in respect  
of 
 matters of huge significance to you from the beginning of this journey to the present day 
. 
 I acknowledge the fact that you were all of the same view that the land was stolen control was tampered with and all that went with it. But at this point in time we have endured. Our language lives on and our sense of self-determination continues to survive. So you need to be resolute and we need to be as well. We must be strong in this journey even though I have heard him say that Ngati Apa agree to leaving 97 percent of their claim so that this settlement is resolved well. The heart weeps because that is all of us. Regardless which tribe it is that is the law of this House. 
But that aside you have  
arrived here today 
 
 and I must congratulate you. Indeed 
 
 I commend you 
 
 knowing full well that Ngapuhi arrived here today to have discussions with the Minister in his office that will set this journey off 
.  
The Ngapuhi tribe is nearly the last one to start this journey. I saw them today in discussions with the Minister 
 
 and now there you are this afternoon ab 
out to conclude the settlement. 
 So congratulations from our party 
 
 and  
on 
 your support of 
 my leader 
 
 Tariana 
  
as well 
. 
 Salutations twice over 
. 
 Than 
ks 
 to us all throughout the House. 
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