Paraone PitaPITA PARAONE (NZ First): Te mea tuatahi e tika ana kia mihi kau ana ki tō tātau hoa a Tutehounuku nāna i whakarite tō tātou nohoanga mō te rā nei nā reira e kara tēnā koe. Koutou nō Ngāti Pūkenga koutou i tau mai nei i runga i te karanga o Te Whare nei kia whakamana tā koutou kerēme ki te taraipiunara nā reira nau mai haere mai! Haere mai pīkautia mai ngā tini aituā kei waenganui i a koutou ki te tūhonono ki tēnei o ngā mate kei waenganui i a mātau. Nā reira e tika ana kia whakahuangia e tōku tuakana a Kelvin a Wīremu rāua ko Te Awanuiārangi nā te mea i te wā e ora ana nā rāua i tū kaha ana ki te kawe atu i tēnei kaupapa engari i muri mai i tō rāua hingatanga nā ka taka mai wēnā kaupapa ki runga i a koutou nā reira e kore e mimiti te puna kōrero mō rātou engari e kī nei te kōrero haere haere hoki atu! Nā ka hoki mai ki a tātou te hunga ora nā reira tēnā koutou tēnā koutou tēnā koutou.[The first thing is it is apt that a compliment be accorded to our colleague Tutehounuku. He considered a prayer for our sitting on this day therefore well done. To you collectively of Ngāti Pūkenga who alighted here upon the call of this House to enact your claim to the tribunal welcome come hither! Come forth with the myriad of deaths that are amongst you to link to this one of the deaths within us. Therefore it is apt for my elder sibling Kelvin to mention Wīremu and Te Awanuiārangi because when they were alive they were resolute in bringing this proposal forth but when they passed away then these matters dropped upon you. And so the pool of talk about them will never run dry but the aphorism says this: depart go forth farewell! I come back now to us the living and so acknowledgments accolades and salutations to you collectively.]Like for all third readings of Treaty claims being from the North I stand and unashamedly say that I am jealous. I belong to allegedly the biggest tribe in New Zealand and yet we cannot get to this stage—in fact we cannot even get to the negotiating table. This is the second settlement bill that we have heard today and I must congratulate those who have been responsible for bringing this bill to this stage. I just wonder whether or not it is a message to Ngāpuhi that perhaps we should put a woman in charge of the negotiations. But then that should not be a surprise coming from someone who is descended from and whose tribe is named after a woman—Hineamaru.Nā reira e tika ana kia mihi kau ana ki a koutou e Ngāti Pūkenga engari i roto i te pire nei e tika ana kia whakahuangia ēnei o ngā hapū ō koutou ko Ngāti Pūkenga Te Tāwera me Ngāti Hā me Ngāti Kiorekino Ngāti Hinemotu Ngāti Rākau Ngāti Te Mātau Ngāi Tōwhare and Ngāti Whākina. Nā reira e rapa ana i ngā ingoa o aua hapū i roto i ngā ripoata o Te Whare nei.[Therefore it is apt that I should indeed acknowledge you collectively Ngāti Pūkenga but in this bill it is appropriate for these hapū of yours to be mentioned: Ngāti Pūkenga Te Tāwera Ngāti Hā Ngāti Kiorekino Ngāti Hinemotu Ngāti Rākau Ngāti Te Mātau Ngāi Tōwhare and Ngāti Whākina. So I am looking for the names of those hapū in the reports of this House.]I do not want to reiterate the history that has culminated in this bill coming before the House today. I think we are all quite clear on why this bill has come here and why this settlement is taking place. I think one of the good things that will come out of it is that discussions are already being had about having this history included in our curriculum. I have no doubts that the history of Ngāti Pūkenga will be one of those that will be recited throughout the country because of the historical nature of a peaceful iwi—well they certainly were regarded as peaceful at that time—but having paid the price the ultimate price of that stance that they took of not participating in that battle. It does contribute to the dark side of our history. I say our history" because whether we like it or not the Crown's activity is part of our history. To me to see the apology that has been given by the Crown while it is given with such sincerity it will never ever replace the damage that it has done to Ngāti Pūkenga.So I just want to reiterate my congratulations to those people who have been responsible for carrying this kaupapa on behalf of their people. I also want to say that in the previous bill that came before the House this morning my tuakana Peeni referred to the Scriptures—that there is a time for love and there is a time for hate talking of the different seasons. Today is part of that process that Ngāti Pūkenga have taken—ngā piki ngā heke.Can I say—and I want to take the liberty of saying this—that this is only a start of a new journey that they are going to take and there will be ups and downs but it will be incumbent on those whom the iwi put their faith in to determine how that journey takes place going into the future. I say this because I can recall my father giving me this word of advice after in my own hapū—or we call it an iwi; we are probably the only ones who refer to Ngāti Hine as an iwi—I was given the responsibility of chairing our rūnanga. He said: "Boy if you think you're a leader of your people never forget to look behind you because if there's no one there then ask the question 'Who are you leading?' ". That will be the challenge for those people who will be charged with carrying the future of Ngāti Pūkenga and its fortunes. No doubt the very people whom you serve will be the very ones who will give you the roughest time. I kī mai wētahi wēnā te āhuatanga o Te Māori wēnā te āhuatanga o wā rātou aroha ki a tātou.[Some have said that that is a Māori trait that is the feature of their empathy towards us.]We heard earlier on the connection to the North particularly of Pakikaikutu. As my tuakana also said in an earlier debate when people succeed then we are related to them but if they do not "Oh don't know that fulla." Well I want to just say that that connection between Ngāti Hine and Ngāti Pūkenga is already there. You just ask Bentham—Bentham knows. In terms of that relationship I hope that from time to time this mere mortal from Ngāti Hine might avail myself of your generosity.Kia ahatia! Engari e tika ana kia mihi tonu ki a koutou tōku whakaaro tōku mihi ki a koutou korekau e pau te kaha. Engari ngā kōrero whakamutunga ngā manaakitanga o Te Runga Rawa kei runga i a koutou ki ngā whānau me ērā atu o ngā tupuranga kei te heke mai nā reira tēnā koutou tēnā koutou kia ora mai anō tātou.[So what! But it is still fitting for you collectively to be acknowledged that is my view; my tribute to you will never lose its intensity. On the other hand the closing remarks: may the kindness of the Almighty Above be upon you collectively the families and those other generations to come therefore greetings and acknowledgments to you collectively and my appreciation once again to us.]"