Tremain Chris: Ngati Pahauwera Treaty Claims Settlement Bill — Third Reading 
Tremain Chris: Ngati Pahauwera Treaty Claims Settlement Bill — Third Reading 
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Hon CHRIS TREMAIN (Minister of Civil Defence) 
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 Tihei mauri ora! 
Whakataka te hau ki te uru 
Whakataka te hau ki te tonga. 
Kia makinakina ki uta 
Kia mataratara ki tai. 
E hi ake ana te atakura 
He tio he huka he hauhunga. 
No reira tena koutou. Ki te Whare e tu nei tena koe. Ki a Papatuanuku ki waho tena koe. Ki nga mate o Ngati Pahauwaera haere haere haere. Ki nga kaumatua nga rangatira o Ngati Pahauwera tena koutou. Ki nga tangata o Ngati Pahauwera tena koutou. Tena koutou tena koutou tena tatou katoa. 
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Behold the sneeze of life! 
Cease the winds from the west 
Cease the winds from the south. 
Let the breezes blow over the land 
Let the breezes blow over the ocean 
With a sharpened air a touch of frost and a promise of a glorious day. 
So salutations to you collectively. Greetings to the House that stands before me and to mother Earth outside. Farewell the deaths of Ngati Pahauwera; depart depart. To you the elderly leaders and people of Ngati Pahauwera I salute you. And so acknowledgments and salutations to us all. 
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Kia ora. Can I say what an absolute privilege it is to be here today in one of the final speeches on the settlement for Ngati 
Pahauwera. It is a privilege for a number of reasons but principally that Ngati 
Pahauwera’s settlement is the first in the area of my rohe of Heretaunga in the area of my electorate which starts at the Tutaekuri River heads up to Mahia and Mahanga and out to the beautiful Lake Waikaremoana and comes down the Kaweka Ranges and back to the Tutaekuri. My stomping ground my turangawaewae is one of the most beautiful places in Aotearoa. At the heart of that electorate is the Mohaka River starting up closer towards Taupo in the Poronui area at the confluence of the Taharua River and flowing all the way down to the sea through some of the most spectacular country in New Zealand.  
It is rugged country. The Mohaka River has grade 5 rapids at the top and flows down to the sea. There is beautiful scenery surrounded by native bush through much of the river. It is a wonderful wonderful awa. The Mohaka Marae is just at the end of the river on the left-hand side where I have to say it was a privilege to be at the signing with Mr Finlayson of the initial deed that actually led to this process. You do not take these privileges lightly as a member of Parliament. They are one of those sorts of things that you touch on when you leave this place. That there are events like this which are markers and which have taken place while you have been here is something to be proud of for members from across the House—not just this side of the House not just on the Labour side or the Greens side or the New Zealand First side. For all of us to be moving forward in this way is something to genuinely be proud of.  
 I used that whakatauki at the start of this speech this korero because it goes to the heart of what we are doing here which is moving forward. To talk about that whakatauki in English it basically says: “Cease the winds from the west. Cease the winds from the south. Let the breezes blow over the land let the red-tipped dawn come with a sharpened ear a touch of frost a promise of a glorious new day.” and that is what is happening. We have got to a point where we have been through a settlement process. We have been through all the issues that many many speakers have spoken about today—the issues the grievances—but we have gone to a point now where a settlement has been reached and an apology has been given and accepted by Ngati Pahauwera where there has been redress through not only forestry some land and the handing back of sacred taonga of other land but also wider settlements which means that we can move forward. 
What I want to focus on is the going forward from here—not looking back over our shoulder but where we go to not only as Ngati Pahauwera but also as iwi throughout the country as we go through these settlement processes. I do not want to mark the ground about who has kind of achieved what in that space in a certain number of years. The point is that we are moving forward as a nation in settling these grievances. Some will take longer; I have no doubt about that. But the point is that we are moving forward and this sort of redress allows Ngati Pahauwera to be part of the economy in a way that they have not been previously. That is about building an economy of their own jobs creating wealth creating a future for their people. But it is not just Ngati Pahauwera. There are lots of other people in the Hawke’s Bay community and in the Waharoa area—Raupunga and all around that area. That is my challenge: how we use this settlement now to maximise the opportunity to go forward with it. I know that Craig Foss who is also an electorate member from my party from across the way here would join me in that particular mihi.  
So the future is important. I think the economy is amazing. I think with regard to some of the land that is at the end of the Mohaka River there there are some wonderful opportunities. It has fertile soil and the opportunity to invest in that and go forward has to be considered.  
I want to finish with another mihi that again looks to the future. But before doing that I just acknowledge the trustees Toro Waaka Tania Hodges Kuki Green Sissiel Henderson Charles Lambert Tureiti Moxon and Gerald Aranui. I just acknowledge the efforts and I know there have been a number of trustees who have passed away during the process as well and I want to mihi to them as well. I just say thank you on behalf of this Parliament for the work that you have done in seeing that settlement through. Like I said I just want to finish on that final whakatauki: “Whaia te pae tawhiti kia tata whaia te pae tata whakamaua kia u kia tina”.  
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“Seek the distant and near horizon so that it is closer. Firm it up and secure it”. 
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That mihi talks about us reaching for the stars going forward pulling our goals close to us and that is something we should do as an iwi with this settlement taking it forward. Ladies and gentlemen thank you. It has been a privilege to speak in this debate tonight. Thank you. 
Bill read a third time. 
Waiata; karanga