Young JonathanJONATHAN YOUNG (National—New Plymouth): Kia ora Mr Deputy Speaker. Can I just say again greetings to our iwi leaders who are here today. Kia ora Wayne—I saw you slip in before. It is good to see you and acknowledge Toka for your leadership within Taranaki iwi and also of course Jamie Hēmi and Mahara—an awesome negotiation team who I believe have done a fantastic job for Taranaki iwi.Can I just say a few words: here in Taranaki we not just have the most profound history of the incredible hardship and duress and the shocking actions of the Crown against a people but we see this amazing response that leads the world—as the previous speaker Catherine Delahunty was saying—in terms of a peaceful resistance which I believe is an international story. My hope and I am sure it is yours as well is that it becomes something that is increasingly recognised around the world as being something of tremendous forethought thinking depth of understanding and nobility and wanting to work through all the issues that all of that means. We think back to May 1879 when the followers of Te Whiti and Tohu began to plough across Taranaki as an assertion of their rights to the land. By the end of July just a few months later 182 ploughmen had been arrested. A number of years ago I went to Dunedin to look at the place of incarceration because as Catherine and others have said we have certainly from Taranaki wanted to know the story. I was shocked and appalled to see that place of incarceration that they were taken to many without trial—and what trial anyway would ever be considered to be righteous? It never was. So I think what we see here is an action and a series of actions against a people who sought to stand on their ground and who sought to oppose in a peaceful manner and yet were treated so poorly throughout the years that followed. Even the Crown's compensation courts continued to perpetrate the confiscations in many many regards. I want to say just a few more words because I think that there is right now this turning point between looking at the past understanding where we have come from—which is very very important—and then also being able to step forward into our future. When we have the third reading of this bill—and then from that comes the greater release of the redresses and the settlements—there comes the opportunity to rebuild the economic base that once was. I look at the tremendous example of Ngāi Tahu and my good friend and colleague Nuk Korako took us to Ngāi Tahu at the beginning of last year. We visited and met with them and learnt what they have done through their great skill and capacity and how back in 1998 18 years ago they received a settlement of $170 million. They then built that asset base as we know to well over a billion dollars. They are the most prolific tourism operators they have great holdings and they have an amazing way of supporting their iwi and I came away incredibly impressed at the industriousness and the great skill and strength that Ngāi Tahu bring not only to their people but also to the people of Canterbury and the South Island and to the whole country. I see and acknowledge what is able to be contributed to New Zealand through these settlements. First and foremost it is for our iwi to have that economic base so that they can fulfil their aspirations but we know that when you are strong we are strong. When you succeed we succeed. This is important because all of New Zealand should be celebrating these settlements because it is coming to an opportunity where we can see that dark and difficult past dissolve into a brighter and a greater future. I want to say as a member of the Taranaki community that particularly around Parihaka and the compact of trust you can count on me to work with you to ensure your success. That place is going to be remembered and strengthened and I believe it will be a place of great opportunity for the world to see what you have done in these difficult times. Kia ora.