Reti ShaneDr SHANE RETI (National—Whangarei): E rau rangatira mā e ngā iwi kia ora mai tātou. It is a pleasure to speak to this bill in its third reading a Treaty settlement bill that has all the features of a well-formed settlement bill: firstly the apologies and acknowledgment; secondly cultural redress; and thirdly commercial redress. There are also significant other components in the deed of settlement that are not in the bill because they do not require legislative authorisation. This includes cultural redress: a $500000 cultural revitalisation project and a $180000 marae revitalisation project component. Also commercial redress not in this bill includes a quantum of $7 million in interest in commercial redress of properties.These are some of the structural elements to the settlement but I want to briefly talk to the wider picture in a non-fiscal manner. I started off by saying that it is a pleasure to rise and speak to this bill—a generic pleasantry maybe to start a contribution but today it really is a pleasure a rare and very timely pleasure with 3 more sitting days before the House rises. To elaborate I am the elected MP for Whangarei and it has been a sadness to me and I know to others that in this parliamentary term no Treaty settlement has settled in the boundaries of my electorate. My electorate is also encompassed by the Te Tai Tokerau Māori seat held by my colleague Kelvin Davis but Kelvin has had the pleasure of many Treaty settlements across Tai Tokerau so his cup is not empty. In contrast with 3 sitting days to go my cupboard was looking very bare. The electoral cycle was going to come to an end and Treaty settlements in Whangarei would be unrequited and unfulfilled for another time—but Ngāti Pūkenga have saved the day. At the completion of this third reading Ngāti Pūkenga will settle and the electorate of Whangarei will have its first Treaty settlement.When I raised this with the wise heads of the Northland Regional Council a few weeks ago they asked But how can that be when Ngāti Pūkenga are a more southern presence around Tauranga Maketū and Manaia in the Coromandel?". Well as a colleague alluded to in a previous reading Ngāti Pūkenga have a historical presence in my electorate about 7 km out of Whangarei through Onerahi and along Whangarei Heads Road is that beautiful place colloquially known as Tamaterau which is also known as Pakikaikutu.The historical oral and website account describes a division of Ngāti Pūkenga led by venerated chief Moeroa on a mission to buy firearms and munitions from the European and American traders in and around Russell. On their journey they passed the entrance to Whangarei Harbour and one of the warriors expressed a desire to visit his sister Te Rore and so was let off and the flotilla continued on. Reaching a small river the young warrior stooped to partake of the crystal clear waters and soothe his parched throat when an assailant ambushed him and killed him.Back in the Bay of Islands word reached Moeroa and his army that their comrade had met a terrible fate. Now well armed and primed for battle the canoe sailed forth from the Bay of Islands to Whangarei. Te Tirarau and the other chiefs of Whangarei also heard the news of this treacherous act and that Ngāti Pūkenga were on the war path and none of them were safe. As it was one of their own who was the perpetrator they considered what the best course of action might be. Some advocated war preparations while others advocated caution as Ngāti Pūkenga's reputation as a warrior race preceded them. In fact these people had been called on previously by Whangarei iwi Te Parawhau to assist them in their battles in which they were victorious. They were not to be trifled with.Te Tirarau and other chiefs decided that because the reason for Pūkenga's advance was in fact just they must respond as rangatira and so they decided they would meet the war party at Pārua Bay en masse. Making quick time the majority of Whangarei chiefs made their way to await Ngāti Pūkenga. The two iwi met on the shores of Pārua Bay and prepared to engage in a war. Local chief Te Tirarau spoke of the killing as a treacherous deed that must be paid for and suggested that for the killing of their kinsman the local tribes would gift Ngāti Pūkenga the place where the man was felled. More than that the area would be larger so that they could remain on the land to become tangata whenua along with the other tribes of Whangarei. Moeroa contemplated this offer and finally said that he would accept the whenua as compensation that this action would wipe the slate clean and from that time on Ngāti Pūkenga would be equal in mana with the other tribes. Moeroa and his people settled the land known as Pakikaikutu. Moeroa died in his 90s and is buried at Pakikaikutu-Tamaterau.Ngāti Wai are my iwi in the large natural grouping of this area and speaking with them they are very pleased for Ngāti Pūkenga to be settling today. Settlement discussions went well and resolutions around boundaries out to the tidal margin and out to the heads also went well not only with Ngāti Wai but also with Te Waiariki and so today Ngāti Wai and other local iwi join with you in celebration. In conclusion I join with you in celebration a celebration that is of course much wider than my small area of electoral representation. This is a celebration of acknowledgment of the past and hope for the future for the people of Ngāti Pūkenga and history will record you as the first settling iwi of Whangarei. For that I both congratulate you and thank you. Nō reira tēnā koutou tēnā koutou kia ora mai tātou katoa."