Coffey TamatiTAMATI COFFEY (Labour—Waiariki): Madam Speaker thank you very much. He Hōnore he korōria ki te atua he maungārongo ki runga i te mata o te whenua he whakaaro pai ki ngā tāngata katoa. Tēnā koutou Ngāti Hinem—Hinerangi nōku te Ngāti Hinemihi kē. Tēnā koutou Ngāti Hinerangi koutou kua tae-ā-tinana mai ki roto i tēnei Whare Pāremata i tēnei rā whakahirahira mō koutou. Nei rā te mihi ki a koutou. Tēnei Te mema mō Te Waiariki—mai i Ngā Kuri ā Whārei ki Tihirau mai i Maketū ki Tongariro e mihi atu nei ki a koutou. He uri ahau o Tauranga Moana o tērā waka hoki. Nō reira tēnā koutou tēnā koutou kia ora tātou katoa.[Honour glory to god and peace to the land may good thoughts come to all men. Greetings Ngāti Hinem—Hinerangi. Actually Hinemihi is mine. Greetings Ngāti Hinerangi you who have arrived at Parliament in person today on what for you is a very important day. I acknowledge you all. This is the Member for Waiariki—from the dogs of Whārei to Cape Runaway from Maketū to Tongariro I acknowledge you all. I am a descendant of Tauranga Moana of that other ancestral canoe. Therefore greetings to one and all.]Can I acknowledge your journey—your journey that you are still on that started some time ago. Unfortunately today is only the second reading. There's still a little bit more to go on this journey but we're doing it once and we're doing it right. So I want to acknowledge that long journey that you are still on. It's not a perfect process the Treaty settlement process. There will always be people that aren't happy with the settlement process. Unfortunately we still have to try and move forward and address some of the historical wrongs and I hope that as you move forward you will continue to be inclusive of those people who maybe at this time aren't all on the waka heading in the same direction. So can I mihi to you on that note. On this side of the House it sounds like everybody supports this bill. It's been through a process. Obviously there was the trip down to Matamata where the Māori Affairs Committee were able to go down there and look Ngāti Hinerangi in the eye and actually listen to some of the harrowing tales from days gone by. Through this settlement the Crown is looking to address those past injustices that it has inflicted upon Ngāti Hinerangi and provide opportunities for Ngāti Hinerangi and the Crown to move forward together. The historical claims relate to conflict with the Crown in Tauranga including the 1867 Tauranga bush campaign the Crown's confiscation of land in Tauranga and the operation of the Native Land Court from 1865. Ngāti Hinerangi were left virtually landless by these actions. This settlement lays the cultural and economic foundation for Ngāti Hinerangi rangatahi for mokopuna and also for generations to come. What does the bill do? Well it contains an agreed historical account first and foremost. Our Crown acknowledges the apology. There is cultural redress and there is also commercial redress contained in this package as well. The settlement package includes the vesting of 14 sites of significance to allow Ngāti Hinerangi to re-establish connections with various parts of the rohe and to strengthen their own identity. It also provides for relationship instruments with key Crown agencies. It also has a co-governance arrangement over the Upper Waihou - Piako catchments and a payment of $200000 for the cultural revitalisation of their people and also a fund in there to help rebuild marae. The commercial redress package also includes $8.1 million for transfer of five Crown-owned properties to Ngāti Hinerangi including the sale and lease-back of Manawaru School and the Matamata Police Station a right of first refusal over 51 other Crown properties and the transfer of part of the Waihou forest. This is a small part of what was lost back in the day but it is the part that has been agreed to. I just want to acknowledge again the Māori Affairs Committee the Minister who has overseen this and also the people who have been generous enough to be able to get around that table and try and hash this out so that they can create a better future. Before I resume my seat can I just respond to a comment from Matt King the previous speaker when he spoke about giving mana back to the people but at the same time putting a hole in the Kaimai Ranges to feed those members' insatiable need for roads. I would like to think that you are a big part of that discussion and can I just say beware that party and promises when it comes to our Kaimai Ranges. They are our environment they are our taonga and they must be looked after. I look forward to the third reading of this bill and the committee of the whole House so that we can put this issue to rest. Tēnā koutou tēnā koutou kia ora tātou katoa.