Coffey TamatiTAMATI COFFEY (Labour—Waiariki): What an act to follow. Why would you do it? Whānau I've got five minutes to have my speech so I'm going to rip through it and I'm going to leave some of the formalities to the side.Ka tika me mihi ki a koe e te rangatira taku rangatira a Tumu ā tēnā koe. Aunty Georgina ā tēnā koe hoki ki a koe hoki Sir Michael Cullen. Tēnā koutou katoa. Nei ngā hapū maha i waenganui i a tātou tēnā koutou katoa.[It is right to acknowledge you the chief my chief Tumu greetings to you. Aunty Georgina greetings to you also and also to you Sir Michael Cullen. Greetings to you all. There are many subtribes amongst us greetings to you all.]Like The Drifters say they save the best for last—Save the Last Dance"; oh that's what it was. As a new MP this is all new to me. This is actually my first settlement from back home in the Waiariki so it's a big moment for me. Being a new MP it's all about looking and learning and listening. You know I'm a new MP—you put me here. Well most of you put me here.It's interesting to see the spectrum actually of settlements back home in the rohe. You've got Tūhoe on the one hand who settled a while ago and are on their feet and doing well. You've got other iwi like Tauranga Moana who are still waiting for that right outcome and for that deliberation to take place to reach that happy point. But you today are signing your settlement and I mihi to you for all of the hard work that has gone into today.I was there at the signing of the deed of settlement at Waitetoko. It was a big day. It was a momentous day. It was a milestone. That was the day that the apology was presented. I saw in the bill that the apology was there and it's just words on the paper but I wanted to in my short contribution today just read out a little bit of that apology and do it with a bit of meaning because that's why we're here. The whole purpose of today is basically the Crown us saying sorry to you to us Ngāti Tūwharetoa.The apology starts like this: "To the resilient iwi that is Ngāti Tūwharetoa to your Ariki your beloved tūpuna your hapū … your whānau the Crown offers this long overdue apology: the Crown unreservedly apologises for the ways [that] it has dishonoured its obligations to you under te Tiriti … and its principles.Ngāti Tūwharetoa's relationship with the Crown is one characterised by your iwi's generosity of spirit. Time and [time] again your hapū have shared taonga precious to you for the benefit of your fellow New Zealanders. At other times the Crown has taken your whenua and your resources from you. The Crown regrets profoundly its actions [its] omissions and policies that have debilitated Ngāti Tūwharetoa's social cultural spiritual political and economic structures. The Crown understands and is deeply remorseful that by removing the ability of your whānau and hapū to safeguard your whenua and taonga your ability to nurture yourselves has been hindered. …Through this settlement and with this apology the Crown recognises how your resilience as hapū and as an iwi depends upon your deep connection to the whenua and your desire to protect it. The Crown looks forward to building an enduring relationship of mutual trust and co-operation with Ngāti Tūwharetoa based on te Tiriti … and its principles and to support you in the revitalisation of ngā hapū o Ngāti Tūwharetoa."That's in there whānau. I encourage you to get that printed up and put it at your marae because the words are deep and they're incredibly meaningful.You are at the start of your journey but I can't stop telling my colleagues down here just how much you're kicking it in Tūwharetoa. I talk about Tuarōpaki and the awesome stuff that's happening there. Just last week I went to the signing—the Obayashi Corporation and Tuarōpaki about to build their hydrogen plant—cutting edge stuff. Tauhara North No. 2—I keep telling my auntie to pass her shares over; she won't do it. Her loss; I'll get there eventually.The new whare that's been built at Mōkai. I was there for the dawn ceremony. It is beautiful there. I'm trying to hustle our Māori caucus colleagues to come down to Tūwharetoa in the new year—namely to come and look at our marae down at Waitahanui down at Pākira. I know that a lot of love and a lot of work has gone into that. So hopefully we get that over the line and hopefully I can bring the Prime Minister with me when we make that journey. There you go. I just put her on notice.That's all I've got time for whānau. Thank you for coming here today. It warms my heart like you wouldn't believe. If I don't see you this afternoon I'll see you at Pā Wars in the uka tent. Kia ora.Bill read a third time.Waiata"