Horomia Parekura: Mixed Ownership Model Bill — In Committee 
Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume 
Horomia Parekura: Mixed Ownership Model Bill — In Committee 
[Sitting date: 20 June 2012. Volume:681;Page:3162. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.] 
Hon PAREKURA HOROMIA (Labour—Ikaroa-Rawhiti) 
: 
 Mr Chair I apologise for deviating yesterday but can I say that I was about to give the Government a historical summary of how great this country has become. In relation to reconciliation over generations we have worked hard with those Pakehas who came along a lot of their tipuna and mine—the Rutherfords and the Buntings—and took the Maori land. We flash forward and we listen to this prattle by Mr Ryall trying to ensure that Fly Buys cards and being better off by $12 is something that is important. 
Let me tell you this and mark my words: this is one of the worst days for Maoridom in relation to the Treaty of Waitangi. The Government has undermined it. How on earth can you split between 51 percent and 49 percent and say that the Treaty is relevant here and it is not relevant there? This is exactly why Sir Graham Latimer went to London—because the Government was trying to flog off the assets before the settlements were done. There are seven settlements at the moment that rely on and are relevant to geothermal energy supply and water resources. How come all of a sudden it becomes an edict of this Government to decide that those resources are stripped out of a process that is legislated for in this country—the Treaty process? It is shocking and Government members should hang their heads in shame. 
It is noticeable that the Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations has not been involved in this discussion because he does not like it. I know he does not like it. He knows it is treacherous he knows it is traitorous and he knows that it is about undercutting the good work done by successive generations in this country both Maori and Pakeha. It is gutless. It is demeaning to the rights of the Treaty. The Maori Party has not shown up and thank goodness it saw sense at the end and created one of the closest voting margins in this Chamber: 61 to 60. And you are saying you have got the support of the people? Ninety-eight percent of the submissions on this matter said no. They said n-o. Craig Foss knows that. He knows living in Tukituki that Kahungunu are still trying to etch together their Treaty claim. He knows it is relevant to water and the Mohaka River. He knows full well that this Government is trying to pull a swiftie to ensure that the water right is diminished. This is unbelievable. To sell it on and to say that this is for mums and dads of this country—well there will not be many Maori mums and dads buying these shares and getting a kick out of it like the Minister for State Owned Enterprises Tony Ryall has suggested. 
Hon Dr Nick Smith 
: What about their KiwiSaver accounts? 
Hon PAREKURA HOROMIA 
: KiwiSaver which we had the common sense and the foresight to start is something that will benefit our people but where does this benefit the people of this nation in flogging off the assets that they already own? Guess what! I own a Ford car but I will sell it to somebody else and I will still own it. What a load of rubbish! What a load of rubbish! 
What you have opened up in undermining the Treaty settlement process is that anything that becomes involved with foreign ownership or investment now is not relevant or does not have any standing in relation to the Treaty settlement legislation in the country which is kosher. Trevor Mallard’s amendments and Grant Robertson’s amendments are very very important—very very important. I am overwhelmed with the support of the members of our party in relation to this Treaty of Waitangi clause. 
Go to Tuwharetoa. What did Tuwharetoa do for this country? They gifted to the nation the reserves. They gave them to it. They gifted them to this nation as a sign of goodwill in relation to nationhood and partnership. And this gutless lot over there— 
The CHAIRPERSON (H V Ross Robertson) 
: Order! Order! 
Hon PAREKURA HOROMIA 
: —this nonsensical lot who are culturalists are undermining it. 
Hon Maurice Williamson 
: No one can accuse this member of being gutless. 
Hon PAREKURA HOROMIA 
: Maurice Williamson is one of the ones who really know the truth about this. He was the one who agreed about broadband and those things being allocated to Maori. That was Maurice. He understood that bandwidth was important to Maoridom. But to exaggerate that the water and that is nothing is a rip-off.