Wall Louisa: Ngā Mana Whenua o Tāmaki Makaurau Collective Redress Bill — Second ReadingText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeWall Louisa: Ngā Mana Whenua o Tāmaki Makaurau Collective Redress Bill — Second Reading[Sitting date: 12 March 2014. Volume:697;Page:16641. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]LOUISA WALL (Labour—Manurewa):Kia ora Mr Speaker. E ngā mana e ngā reo rau rangatira mā tēnā koutou tēnā koutou tēnā koutou katoa. Ngā mihi aroha ngā mana whenua o Tāmaki Makaurau. Tēnā tātou.[To the authorities languages and the many esteemed leaders salutations greetings and acknowledgments to you all. Fond regards to you the local tribes of Auckland and greetings to us.]It is my pleasure on the second reading of the Ngā Mana Whenua o Tāmaki Makaurau Collective Redress Bill to stand in support of this piece of legislation which is an incredibly innovative piece of legislation. It will enable the mana whenua of Tāmaki-makau-rau to participate in processes that reaffirm their status. For me that is one of the major points of this piece of legislation—that in fact this bill will rightfully name the mana whenua across the Tāmaki-makau-rau sites of significance—the maunga and the motu. They will now have a formal role in the administration and management of those particular sites across Tāmaki-makau-rau.I want to acknowledge the goodwill of the mana whenua of Tāmaki-makau-rau to get to this point. I think it was an incredibly pragmatic move and I want to commend the Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations and all the officials involved. But first and foremost it is because of the mana whenua themselves that we come to this point in time where they can create a solution and then look positively to the future.What this bill also does is provide a tool for councils and the Crown to work together with the mana whenua in a manner that does recognise their special status. What it does is elevate Māori our iwi groups to the position that they rightfully have. So I do want to highlight the formation of a co-governance entity in recognition of that status and that co-governance entity is the Tūpuna Maunga o Tāmaki Makaurau Authority. The significance of the formation of that entity is that mana whenua across Tāmaki-makau-rau will sit at the decision-making table with the Crown with the Auckland Council and they will oversee the governance of maunga across Tāmaki-makau-rau. That recognition in legislation is incredibly important. For me it is the foundation for Māori going into the future playing a formal role in how Tāmaki-makau-rau will develop into the future.They will also have three seats on the Auckland Conservation Board. The collective itself will enter into a relationship agreement with the Minister of Conservation and the Director-General of Conservation. So this really is fulfilling the partnership that the Treaty guaranteed to Māori—that it guaranteed to the hapū and iwi who signed the Treaty. So again this is a very significant step in terms of the status that Māori have not only in Tāmaki-makau-rau but across Aotearoa New Zealand.I also want to highlight the vesting of four motu: Rangitoto Motutapu Motuihe and Tiritiri Mātangi. The collective will have a responsibility with the Department of Conservation to develop a management plan for how Aucklanders how New Zealanders can enjoy those motu. Again this is a very significant step. It is a status that we will have by right of being mana whenua. Standing side by side with the Crown is incredibly significant so I want to highlight that.I have got just two more points. In terms of these co-governance relationships what they really do is give effect to the Resource Management Act. I want to highlight section 8 of the Resource Management Act and the fact that we now know which iwi and hapū groups people across Tāmaki-makau-rau can consult. So the other importance of this piece of legislation is that it makes it crystal clear which iwi groups have mana whenua and which iwi groups should be consulted by right in respect of any developments in this particular instance around maunga and motu.With regard to other issues around the issues of effects there is quite a bit of talk at the moment about cultural impact assessments. Again what this piece of legislation does is be very clear who the mana whenua groups are. Sections 6(e) and 7(a) of the Resource Management Act ensure that it is mana whenua who will write these cultural impact assessments. This is not generic. It is not for Māori outside of Tāmaki-makau-rau to come into Tāmaki-makau-rau and say what the effects are. What this bill again reinforces is that is it for mana whenua to undertake that role.Finally what I want to highlight is that I hope this bill will now lead to councils the people of Tāmaki-makau-rau and the people of Aotearoa New Zealand actually fully understanding and accepting the role that mana whenua have in the future governance of our region. So for example in section 33 of the Resource Management Act there is an opportunity for our councils to transfer powers to hapū and iwi groups for us to become the decision makers in some of these resource management decisions. The opportunity for us is there within the legislation. I see this legislation as providing a clear pathway to that type of governance opportunity for mana whenua. To date barring a joint management agreement between the Tūwharetoa Trust Board and the Taupō District Council there has not been a transfer of this joint management with iwi and hapū but I see the opportunity that this piece of legislation provides. I see the opportunity for Māori to become a greater stakeholder in Tāmaki-makau-rau and in fact across Aotearoa New Zealand.I am happy to be part of this debate today. I wish the whānau and the mana whenua of Tāmaki-makau-rau all the best in terms of this legislation and I know that it is the beginning for the 13 mana whenua groups across Tāmaki-makau-rau. Some of them have settled Ngāti Whātua being one of them but there are in fact Treaty settlements that will take place progressively over the next few years. From my perspective this is a wonderful foundation for the enactment of mana whenua status for the mana whenua across Tāmaki-makau-rau. Nō reira tēnā koutou katoa.