Finlayson Christopher: Ngā Mana Whenua o Tāmaki Makaurau Collective Redress Bill — Second ReadingText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeFinlayson Christopher: Ngā Mana Whenua o Tāmaki Makaurau Collective Redress Bill — Second Reading[Sitting date: 12 March 2014. Volume:697;Page:16631. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]Hon CHRISTOPHER FINLAYSON (Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations):I move That the Ngā Mana Whenua o Tāmaki Makaurau Collective Redress Bill be now read a second time. This bill is the result of very intensive negotiations between the Crown and 13 iwi and hapū of Auckland between 2009 and 2012. It differs from other Treaty bills in that it does not settle historical claims or provide financial redress. Rather it takes an innovative approach by providing to the iwi and the hapū in the Tāmaki region collective redress that recognises their complex interconnected interests.In this way the bill provides an important component to the settlement of the individual claims of the participating iwi who are at various stages of their negotiations with the Crown. Some iwi like Ngāti Whātua o Kaipara are now settled. Many will conclude their negotiations this year and for almost all other groups negotiations are under way and are progressing well.The bill provides collective redress to the 13 iwi and hapū of Ngā Mana Whenua o Tāmaki-makau-rau a body otherwise known as the Tāmaki Collective. Members of the collective are Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki Ngāti Maru Ngāti Paoa Ngāti Tamaoho Ngāti Tamaterā Ngāti Te Ata Ngāti Whanaunga Ngāti Whātua o Kaipara Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei Te Akitai Te Kawerau-a-Maki—with whom we signed just a couple of weeks ago—Te Patukirikiri and Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Whātua headed by that great New Zealander Naida Glavish.A key aspect of the redress provided in the bill is the transfer to the Tāmaki Collective of 14 of Auckland’s volcanic cones. These maunga will be held as reserves for the common benefit of the Tāmaki Collective and the people of Auckland. Third-party interests and public access over the reserves will be protected. The maunga will be governed by a body made up of representatives of the Tāmaki Collective and Auckland Council called the Tūpuna Maunga o Tāmaki Makaurau Authority or the Maunga Authority.If I could put on another hat as Minister for Arts Culture and Heritage I can say I have been working with Unesco over the last year to see whether it will be possible for the maunga to receive World Heritage recognition. It is a big project and it is one that will take some time to achieve if at all but we are under way on that as well.Other collective redress includes the vesting of four islands in the Tāmaki Collective and their subsequent vesting back in the Crown. A right of first refusal for 172 years over Crown-owned lands and certain Crown entity - owned land that becomes surplus is also provided for and that is a very very important aspect of the relief.Last year the Māori Affairs Committee considered the bill and the issues raised in the submissions. It received nine submissions which it heard in Auckland and it was very very encouraging that the overarching message of the submissions was one of support for the bill. I acknowledge the time that that committee spends on Treaty settlement legislation. In this bill as with other bills the committee has done an excellent job.Once again I want to acknowledge the hard work of the iwi leaders of the Tāmaki Collective and I particularly want to mention Paul Majurey who has a very busy legal practice but provides fantastic leadership to the Tāmaki Collective. I salute him for his contribution to his own iwi Ngāti Maru and also to the work of the Tāmaki Collective.I want to acknowledge the support of Mayor Len Brown and the Auckland Council. They have been very very supportive of the maunga relief and have worked hard with the Crown so that we could get to this stage. I want to thank Ministers my parliamentary colleagues and the departments and agencies that have contributed to this bill. Finally I acknowledge the tremendous work that was initiated by Sir Douglas Graham in 2009—things were a bit of a mess when we came into office in 2008; he is the one who brought the various iwi together and started to talk about the way in which we could plot a way forward—and more recently the chief Crown negotiator in the region Michael Dreaver who has done a phenomenal job over the last few years in working through both the collective redress and also working with the iwi and hapū not only of Tāmaki but also extending down right into Hauraki.This bill provides an important step towards addressing the historical claims of the iwi and the hapū of Tāmaki. I very much look forward to the bill progressing to its third reading to give effect to this innovative and ground-breaking redress. I commend the legislation to the House.