Flavell Te Ururoa: Maori Commercial Aquaculture Claims Settlement (Regional Agreements) Amendment Bill — Second Reading 
Flavell Te Ururoa: Maori Commercial Aquaculture Claims Settlement (Regional Agreements) Amendment Bill — Second Reading 
[Volume:659;Page:8362] 
TE URUROA FLAVELL (Maori Party—Waiariki) 
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 Tena koe Mr Assistant Speaker kia ora tatou katoa. E hoa ma tatou o te Ao Maori ka pai te rongo ake i te ahuatanga o to tatou reo e korerohia ana i roto i te Whare i te po nei. Te tikanga a te tau hou kua puta to tatou reo i runga i nga irirangi e rua no reira he pai tonu kia whakamatautau tatou i a tatou ano i roto i nga korero i tenei po a nga wiki e rua kai mua i te aroaro. 
Kei te ahua whakahihi tonu a te Pati Maori ki te tu ake ki mua i te aroaro o te Whare Paremata i tenei po ki te tautoko i tenei pire te Pire Whakatikatika Whakataunga Kereme Ahumoana Arumoni Maori (mo nga Whakaaetanga a-Rohe). Ka mutu ko tetahi ingoa e tika ana mo tenei pire ko te “Pire Kua Eke ki Tona Wa”. He pai tonu kia eke ki tenei wa i te mea kua roa te Ao Maori e tatari ana kia whakahonore te Kawanatanga i tona kirimana i wanangahia i te tau 2004. Kua eke tenei pire ki te wa kua whakatakotohia e te Kawanatanga ki runga i te tepu tetahi utu mo te wa kotahi nei ki a ngai Maori mo te wahanga a-pamu moana nei kaore i tukuna i nga tau kua hipa ake. Ka mutu ko te mahi a te pire he whakatikatika i te Ture Whakatikatika Whakataunga Kereme Ahumoana Arumoni Maori o te tau 2004. No reira he pai tonu ki a matou te tautoko i tenei. Kua roa matou e akiaki ana e panapana haere ana i tenei pire kia eke ki tenei taumata kia taea ai te pahi i tenei pire ki tona taumata i te po nei. 
Ara ano etahi paku korero o roto i te pire nei me korero au mo enei take tuatahi ko te whakaaetanga o nga iwi ki nga kirimana a-rohe na runga i te mea karekau he whenua hou hei mea wananga ma te motu. Ko te manukanuka nui ko tera e pa ana ae he pai tonu kia tukuna mai ai te moni hei whakatau i te kereme engari ko te take tino nui kare ano kia oti noa tera hiahia o te iwi Maori kia whai wahi ano tatou i roto i nga mahi pakihi pamu moana nei. I tukuna te putea kotahi nei mai i te Kawanatanga ki te whakatau i tera kirimana i nga tau kua hipa o te tau 2004. I raro i tera kirimana i whakaaetia e te Kawanatanga kia tukuna mai tata ki te 20 pai heneti o tera panga whenua i mua noa atu o te wa ka mutu he wahanga noa a muri ake ko tera 20 pai heneti ano. Na e penei i ta Tau Henare i korero nei ko tenei tetahi pire hei whakatinana ko nga kirimana a-rohe. Ko tana he whakatau i nga kereme o naia tonu nei i raro i te Tiriti o Waitangi mo nga take e pa ana ki nga pakihi pamu moana. Na reira ko ta te Kawanatanga he whakawhanake i te ture i naia tonu nei kia pakari tonu te ture mo nga mea penei i te pamu moana nei. 
No reira hei whakakopani i nga korero e rua pea nga take hai whakatakoto ki mua i te aroaro o te Whare Paremata. Tuatahi ahua rite ki te Ture Takutai Moana o te tau 2004 ko te tiaki i te ahuatanga o te moana ka mutu ko te ata titiro ano ki te panga o te iwi Maori nga kaipamu Maori nga mea hi ika i roto i nga mea takutai moana nei. No reira me mutu aku pea i konei kia taea ai te ki kua eke ki te taumata i te po nei a ka tukuna atu ki tangata ke. Ko te tikanga ia ana ka potingia a te po nei. Kia ora tatau. 
[An interpretation in English was given to the House.] 
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Thank you Mr Assistant Speaker and greetings to us all. Colleagues and indeed those of us of Maoridom it is good to hear our language being spoken in the House tonight. The situation next year is that our language will be heard simultaneously. So it is good that we test each other tonight and in the 2 weeks ahead.  
The Maori Party is proud to stand before the House tonight in support of the Maori Commercial Aquaculture Claims Settlement (Regional Agreements) Amendment Bill. And the “It’s About Time Bill” is a more suitable name for it because Maoridom have waited a long time since 2004 for the Government to honour it. It is about time for the Government to have come to the table with a one-off payment to Maoridom for aquaculture space for which compensation was never granted in the past. The bill amends the Maori Commercial Aquaculture Claims Settlement Act 2004. So we are quite comfortable supporting it. We have advocated for a long time that this bill progress to where it is tonight and be passed. 
There are minor aspects of this bill that I must comment on—namely on the tribes being seemingly in favour of regional agreements because there is no new space for the nation to debate. The great concern is that the use of cash payments as settlement does not resolve the desire by Maori tribes to participate in the aquaculture industry. This one-off payment from the Government settles the agreement reached in 2004 whereby the Government agreed to nearly 20 percent of pre-existing space and 20 percent of future space. As Tau Henare stated this bill develops regional agreements and settles current claims relating to commercial aquaculture under the Treaty of Waitangi. So the Government is immediately committed to developing a robust regulatory regime for things like aquaculture. 
To end this address there are just two matters to put before the House. Firstly this bill is quite like the Foreshore and Seabed Act 2004 in that it protects matters relating to the sea and examines Maori tribal interests Maori commercial aquaculture and Maori deep-sea fishing interests. So my contribution ends here. It has achieved what it set out to do tonight. Someone else has the call now. It will be put to the vote tonight that is for sure. Thank you all 
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