Mahuta Nanaia; Dyson RuthHon NANAIA MAHUTA (Minister for Māori Development): Ngāti Hinerangi koutou e whakatata mai nei mō te pānuitanga tuatahi a tō koutou pire tenei e tautoko ana ngā mihi kua mihia. Kia rere haere ngā whakaaro ki a rātou kua huri atu. Koutou katoa ngā mahuetanga iho tēnā koutou.[Ngāti Hinerangi you who have come here for the first reading of your bill I support those acknowledgments that have already been made. Our thoughts are with those who have passed on. To you the descendants of those who have passed on greetings.]I listened very carefully to all the contributions on the first reading of the Ngāti Hinerangi Claims Settlement Bill. Like members in this House I want to reflect on how significant it is to come to the House with a settlement with the greatest amount of consensus around resolving historical injustices and resolving to move forward.If you look around the House at the plaques that are here they demonstrate quite clearly the wars that New Zealand fought in around the world. But this time last week at 6 o'clock in the morning several of us gathered from across the House and were joined by iwi to unveil a plaque of our own and that was to recognise the significance of the New Zealand Wars and the impact that it had on shaping the history of this country. And why that is significant is because one would only have to look briefly through Ngāti Hinerangi's bill and understand the context which shapes much of the reason why a settlement is so necessary.Now my colleague Willie Jackson will understand this: it's not how big the tool is; it's how you use it. But the point of that is it wouldn't matter how big or small a settlement is; it's the purpose and the intent with which you want to utilise the settlement to achieve your aspirations. I really want to come to that because it was evident to me when I had a look at some of those aspirations for Ngāti Hinerangi that it wasn't about money. It was to restore the mana pride and identity of the iwi for Ngāti Hinerangi to become a leader in its own rohe and that is significant because it would be so easy to remain invisible just with the bordering iwi around you to remain invisible. This will not let it be the case.This will ensure that Ngāti Hinerangi's human potential development of whānau and expertise can continue to grow and sustain your future. This will ensure that you can restore your marae your traditional meeting grounds so that they can be the meeting places of the next generation. It will restore traditional knowledge systems and tikanga and again increasing and enhancing of the mana of Ngāti Hinerangi raising the educational social cultural and political aspirations of the iwi developing short- and long-term strategic goals and plans for the future and assisting in the development of your own commercial ventures of which you will decide what that will look like and how that will benefit your future aspirations. But here it is: establish a centre and knowledge of learning.I think there's a germane kind of sense of resilience in your future aspirations that we should draw confidence from and be encouraged by because again it's how you utilise the purpose of your settlement and it's evident here to me that the purpose is about the people restoring place and pride and connection to your cultural areas and wāhi tapu. This is difficult in this day and time because if you take the context of Ngāti Hinerangi you've got Tauranga Moana that's settled Raukawa that's settled Hauraki that's settled Ngāti Hauā Waikato that's settled and here is Ngāti Hinerangi fighting to ensure that their interests aren't lost in the ether. But the overlapping aspects impacting on Ngāti Hinerangi and how you've still retained a generosity of spirit I think is something you can't replicate by chance; it's within you. For that I recognise the ambition that you have for your people in being able to get to this point and this isn't the end of it.The first reading enables the House now to understand your aspirations for it to go to select committee for submissions to be heard and for people to really get a sense and an appreciation of what it will take to build confidence with the Crown with the Government in working alongside Ngāti Hinerangi and that is the opportunity that you have taken with both hands and said We are going to do this." and for that I too join with other members in this House and acknowledge your leadership because that would have had to have happened at every level. There were difficulties within the iwi—there is no doubt about it—but this is your time your moment and we're here to support you to move this forward to the next place so that we can get to the third reading and support with confidence your aspiration. Tēnā tātou katoa.Bill read a first time. ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Ruth Dyson): Members before I put the referral question I just advise members that straight after the vote permission has been granted for a waiata for our Ngāti Hinerangi visitors from the gallery and we look forward to that.Bill referred to the Māori Affairs Committee.Waiata"