Potaka Tama; Parker DavidTAMA POTAKA (National—Hamilton West): Madam Chair thank you for allowing me to take this call on the Natural and Built Environment Bill. One of the items that we talked about last night was the reconciliation of iwi and hapū with the plethora—full of waka groups in the Māori political space. The Minister referred to the Federation of Māori Authorities and incorporations and trusts and other things. I just was mindful of clause 107 which are matters to which regional planning committees must have particular regard to any statement prepared by an iwi authority or groups that represent hapū in a region. I wonder how that can be reconciled on one hand through the National Māori Entity provisions the Minister talked about including a whole bunch of other groups that aren't iwi and hapū groups that don't have the ancestral responsibilities of upholding the kawa and tikanga unlike iwi members and making sure that those groups have participation representation; but on the other hand with clause 107(1)(d) actually we don't have any care or concern for those groups at all.So on one hand we've got iwi and hapū at the apex of the consideration—these would be clause 5 clause 6 clause 4 and then the National Māori Entity which seems to account for every man and his Māori—and then on the other side comes clause 107(1)(d). Actually those people—federation Māori authorities incorporations and trusts—that hold the ownership interests in these lands are again shunted and invisibilised. The other item that I thought I'd draw attention to is the various materials and provisions around customary marine titles and customary rights. We won't forget that mass confiscation that took place with the foreshore and seabed legislation many years ago but what we can say is that right now the assertion of the customary marine rights or customary marine titles has not necessarily been sealed through an award. So these provisions around customary marine titles marine rights are actually very premature to the assertion of those rights and the actual sealing or award of those rights through the Māori Land Court process.The last thing I heard in my former occupation when I came here was that some of those customary marine title marine rights applications would not be heard until 2045. I would like to know how we can reconcile that from the Minister. Thank you very much. Kia ora.Hon DAVID PARKER (Minister for the Environment): In respect of the first point under clause 107(1) iwi management plans or statements prepared by iwi authorities or groups that express their view is how te Oranga o te Taiao can be upheld. They effectively have to be in writing. This will actually improve the efficiency of the system. It is an outlet. It is one of the matters that needs to be taken into account. Iwi management plans are currently prepared and have some weight under the existing system as well. In respect of the issue about a marine and coastal area takutai moana Act rights I covered that in relation to the last part. The principle is the same here and that is that those rights prevail. Those rights already exist even if they sometimes have not already been elucidated.