Davidson Marama: Taranaki Iwi Claims Settlement Bill — First ReadingText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeDavidson Marama: Taranaki Iwi Claims Settlement Bill — First Reading[Sitting date: 15 March 2016. Volume:712;Page:9763. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]MARAMA DAVIDSON (Green):E Te Māngai: “Kōrihi ake ngā manu tākiri mai i te ata ka ao ka ao ka awatea tihei mauri ora.” kia ora! Ka tū au ki te kōrero i tēnei pānuitanga tuatahi o Te Pire Whakataunga i ngā Kerēme a Taranaki Iwi tēnā koutou. I te tuatahi ka mihi anō au ki a koutou o Taranaki Maunga kia ora. Kua tae mai i te ata nei mō tēnei rā whakahirahira mō Taranaki Iwi. Ka tautoko ahau i ngā mihi whakatau o ōku hoa mahi ki a koutou katoa nau mai haere mai whakatau mai ki roto i tō tātou Whare Pāremata.He āhua tauriterite ngā hītori i waenganui i a Taranaki Iwi me Te Karauna ki ngā hītori o Te Atiawa ōrite ki a Te Atiawa kua raupatutia te katoa o te whenua o Taranaki e Te Karauna. Kotahi miriona eka o ngā rohe o Taranaki i raupatuhia i te tau 1865. I waenganui i tērā te katoa o ngā whenua o Taranaki Iwi. Te mutunga kē mai te kino o tērā. E ai ki te kōrero o Taranaki tūturu kāore e pau he ika ūnahi nui. Nā tōku pānui i ngā hītori nei ka kite au i te tika o tērā kōrero. E pupuri tonu ana a Taranaki i tō rātau Taranakitanga arā Te Reo o Taranaki te tino rangatiratanga o ngā hapū o Taranaki me ngā tikanga me ngā kawa o kui mā o koro mā. E mihi kau ana ki a koutou e whawhai tonu ana mō te whakaoratanga o tō Iwi. Āe kua whārikihia ngā kōrero a Te Minita Finlayson i te tīmatanga o tēnei tautohetohe. He takahi he mamae mārama te kite. E mōhio ana ahau ko wai ka hua? Ko Te Karauna kua wini kē Te Karauna! Hoi anō ka tū kaha a Taranaki Maunga me Te Iwi hoki nō reira tēnā koutou.Ā mō te wā poto—mō te wā poto—ka huri au ki tōku tuakana a Metiria Turei te kaiārahi takirua o ngā Kākāriki i te mea nāna i tuku tēnei hōnore kia tū au hei māngai Take Māori mō ngā Kākāriki. Nōna te hōnore i tuku mai ki ahau ki te tū i tēnei Whare Pāremata ki te kōrero ki te tuku aroha ki ngā iwi mō ngā kerēme Tiriti o Waitangi ā nō reira e mihi ana ki a koe e tōku tuakana.He aha te kerēme o Te Tiriti o Waitangi ki ahau? Ko te mea tuatahi he wero i ahau kia tū ki te kōrero i tōku Reo Tupuna ki mua i ngā Māori katoa. Ki ahau nei ko tērā te tino patu o te Pākehā o Te Karauna i tōku whakapapa. Nō reira māmā noa iho te whakarite kupu hei pepa māku ki te pānui ki te kōrero ki roto i tēnei Whare ēngari he uaua te tuku kōrero tika kōrero tūpuna kia waiho mā te pepa kei mua i ahau. Ēngari mō ngā kerēme whakataunga mō ngā whakataunga o Te Tiriti ko tērā taku wero. Nō reira tērā pea ka piki haere tōku Reo i tēnei Whare Pāremata kia tū ai te hōnore ki te whakamana i te hōnore māku kia tū i tēnei Whare mō ngā kerēme katoa arā mō ngā kerēme a Taranaki i tēnei wā.Ēhara tēnei i tētahi mokopuna o Taranaki ēngari kai te mōhio ahau ki te hōhonu o te hītori o Parihaka mō tātau katoa Te Iwi Māori mō Aotearoa hoki. Nō reira he tino hōnore kia tū au ahakoa te wero ahakoa te mamae ahakoa te whakamā kia whiu atu te pepa ki te taha. Ko te mea nui ko tōku aroha ki a koutou kua tae mai nei tōku mamae i rongo au i te hītori i te patu a Te Karauna i a koutou. Ko te mea nui ahakoa te hapa o tōku Reo nei tonu tōku aroha mō Te Reo ki a koutou katoa tēnā koutou tēnā koutou kia ora mai tātau katoa. Mō te mutunga o tēnei kōrero anei tōku tohu aroha anō nāku i tito tēnei ruri tēnei kōrero paku i te 5 Nōema 2012.[Mr Assistant Speaker: “The birds sing at the break of dawn as daylight appears. Behold the breath of life.” greetings! I rise to speak in the first reading of the Taranaki Iwi Claims Settlement Bill. Acknowledgments to you who have arrived here on this great day for the Taranaki tribe. I endorse the expressions of welcome accorded by my colleagues to you all: welcome welcome and welcome into our House of Parliament.The history between the tribes of Taranaki and the Crown is similar to that of Te Atiawawhose lands were also confiscatedlike Taranakiby the Crown. One million acres of Taranaki’s landswereconfiscatedin 1865 which had a devastating effect. According to tribal lore Taranakiwill never be conquered;they are like fish with great thick scales. As I read the history I discovered how accurate that proverb is. Taranaki continues to maintain its heritage its language its traditions and protocols as well as the independence ofits hapū. I salute those of you who continue to fight for the survival of your people. Yes indeed Minister Finlayson delivered his speech at the outset of this debate describing the abuse and pain that you clearly endured. I recognise who will benefit—it is the Crown who wins!Nonetheless Mount Taranaki and its people will continue to stand strongand so I salute you.For a brief moment I would like to acknowledge my senior colleague Metiria Turei co-leader of the Green Party. She honoured me with the position as Māori affairs spokesperson for the Green Party. She also provided me with the privilege to speak passionately in this House of Parliament to the tribes about the Treaty of Waitangi claims. Therefore I want to thank youmy older sister.What do Treaty of Waitangi claims mean to me? Firstly it is challenging to stand and speak in my traditional language in front of all Māori. In my opinion that is the main weapon that Pākehāand the Crown used to attack my heritage. And so it is easy to put words to paper for me to read in this House. However itis difficult to express myself correctly about ancestral history and to leave the paper in front of me. But speaking on Treaty of Waitangi claims is a challenge to me. So perhaps during my time in Parliament I will become more proficient in the Māori language and live up to the honour of speaking in this House on the settlement of Taranaki’s claims.I am not a grandchild of Taranaki;howeverI know the complex history of Parihaka and its connection to the Māori people and also to New Zealand. It is a great honour to stand despite my painful shynessand throw the paper aside. What is important is thatI express my love for you. What is important is the pain that I felt as I heard the history of the Crown’s assault upon you. In spite of grammatical errors I still express my love for the language to you all. Thank you thank you salutations to you all. In conclusion here is another sign of my love. The following is a short poem that I composed on 5 November 2012.]To finish I remember a poem that I wrote on 5 November 2012 and I end my kōrero with it. It is called “Love for Parihaka”.Bear in mindWe are still digging you out of our tucked away memoriesa knowledge glazed overby the brush stroke of civilisation.Tupuna deedsfrom that time of Parihaka Powerare actions guiding a storyof sassy intelligent resistanceKāore au i te mōhio he aha i tangitangi ai! [I don’t know why I’m crying!]to settle the chroniclesin the genetic waters of Parihaka progenyNow let’s the rest of uspick up our hoepush through those Parihaka waterwayssmashing the flow of miseducationso all our nations mokopunacan recall Te Whiti and Tohu Kakahi …with the might and bang of a firecracker!Kia ora koutou katoa.