Mahuta Nanaia: Ngāti Kōata Ngāti Rārua Ngāti Tama ki Te Tau Ihu and Te Ātiawa o Te Waka-a-Māui Claims Settlement Bill — Third ReadingText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeMahuta Nanaia: Ngāti Kōata Ngāti Rārua Ngāti Tama ki Te Tau Ihu and Te Ātiawa o Te Waka-a-Māui Claims Settlement Bill — Third Reading[Sitting date: 16 April 2014. Volume:698;Page:17426. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]Hon NANAIA MAHUTA (Labour—Hauraki-Waikato): Ā tēnei e tū ana anō ki te tuku aku mihi maioha ki a koutou. Tēnei he iti nāku hei tuitui atu ki ngā kōrero ō tō tātou mema a Rino e kawea nei i ngā kaupapa i mua i te aroaro o te Pāremata. Nō reira tēnā tātou katoa.[And so I rise once again to extend my fond accolades to you collectively. This small contribution of mine is merely to thread with those sentiments expressed by our member Rino on matters before the House. So congratulations to us all.]It gives me great pleasure to be able to make a contribution on this third and final reading of the Ngāti Kōata Ngāti Rārua Ngāti Tama ki Te Tau Ihu and Te Ātiawa o Te Waka-a-Māui Claims Settlement Bill and to endorse the comments of Rino Tirikatene the local member for Te Tai Tonga on this bill. It does take a lot of courage to apologise and I want to acknowledge the contribution of the Hon Nick Smith. It is for that reason that I want to take the unusual step—if people look at my Treaty settlement contributions—of recording inHansard the germane causes of each apology and then I will make clear how I think that relates to looking forward.Clause 199(3) the apology to Ngāti Kōata states: “The Crown regrets and apologises for its failure to properly respect the rangatiratanga of Ngāti Kōata. Crown actions moreover left Ngāti Kōata virtually landless in Te Tau Ihu and alienated them from many of their most sacred sites. For this too the Crown apologises. Their disconnection from their lands marginalised Ngāti Kōata in the economic development of Te Tau Ihu and had devastating consequences for the social cultural and spiritual well-being of Ngāti Kōata. Those consequences continue to be felt today.”Clause 202 the apology to Ngāti Rārua states: “(4) The Crown admits it did not include Ngāti Rārua in its purchase of the Wairau district in 1847 and only belatedly recognised Ngāti Rārua interests in its Te Waipounamou purchase. The Crown apologises for these failures to recognise the rangatiratanga of Ngāti Rārua and protecttheir interests. (5) The Crown is sorry that its actions rendered Ngāti Rārua virtually landless in their rohe. This had a devastating impact on the social and cultural well-being of the people of Ngāti Rārua that continues to be seen today. The Crown also accepts that the loss of their land and their restriction to inadequate reserves has significantly marginalised Ngāti Rārua from the benefits of economic development and limited the autonomy and ability of the iwi to exercise customary rights and responsibilities through the Ngāti Rārua rohe.”Clause 205 the apology to Ngāti Tama ki Te Tau Ihu reads: “(3) The Crown profoundly regrets and apologises for its cumulative acts and omissions which left Ngāti Tama virtually landless in Te Tau Ihu. The Crown deeply regrets and sincerely apologises that it did not adequately protect the interests of Ngāti Tama and appropriately respect Ngāti Tama rangatiratanga when purchasing their land. (4) The Crown is deeply remorseful for the significant damage that the alienation of Ngāti Tama from their whenua and customary resources in Golden and Tasman Bays has caused over many generations to the traditional social and cultural structures mana and well-being of Ngāti Tama.”Clause 208 the apology to Te Ātiawa o Te Waka-a-Maui states: “(2) The Crown is deeply sorry that it has failed to live up the obligations it accepted when more than twenty Te Ātiawa rangatira signed the Treaty of Waitangi at Totaranui (Queen Charlotte Sound) in May 1840. (3) The Crown profoundly regrets and apologises for its actions which left Te Ātiawa virtually landless in Te Tau Ihu. The Crown recognises that by 1860 Crown land purchases in Te Tau Ihu had largely restricted Te Ātiawa to isolated reserves and marginalised iwi from the new emerging economy. In particular the Crown regrets that when it arranged the purchase of Waitohi as the site of a town for settlers this meant Te Ātiawa had to forsake their principal settlement of Totaranui. (4) The Crown acknowledges that it has failed to appropriately respect Te Ātiawa rangatiratanga. It is greatly remorseful that over the generations to the present day Crown actions have undermined your social and traditional structures and your autonomy and ability to exercise your customary rights and responsibilities.”I too believe that it takes great courage to apologise. I too believe that the effort with which Ngāti Koata Ngāti Rārua Ngāti Tama ki Te Tau Ihu and Te Ātiawa o Te Waka-a-Māui have come towards the negotiations is such that they have given much already and compromised much already but they are wanting to go forward as captured in the nature of these apologies. The text of the apologies is a clear statement of the Crown’s admission of its wrongs. But the apology itself becomes a reference point for future interactions between each of your respective iwi and the Crown as it points to the original intent of the legislation in your settlement but also as to the post-settlement expectation of how the Crown can act honourably to uphold its part of the settlement.This really becomes important at this point after we have heard eight of the Te Tau Ihu claims being resolved through today’s presentations in the House and in the passing of your legislation. I reflect again on the relationship comment that I made in an earlier contribution. Ngāi Tahu is here as well. It is probably by no small and insignificant chance that the relationships that can now be forged will hold future Governments and certainly the Crown to account on how they deal with you in the South Island.I am reminded by the former honourable member for Te Tai Tonga Rahui Katene that it is significant also that the Whānau Ora commissioning agency comprises each of the eight Te Tau Ihu iwi as well as Ngāi Tahu. This again bodes well for how a post-settlement environment can uphold the recognition of what you have each respectively achieved in your Treaty settlements but also what you would like to achieve going forward in a range of interactions whether it be health education housing employment economic development. They are the whole raft of opportunities that nowexist. In part you have your Treaty settlement which recognises the extent of the historical injustice and the redress that has been reached but also the opportunity of a post-settlement landscape that now forges a new normal for the way in which a Government must extend its relationship in a more purposeful way with each and every one of you.It gives me great pride and pleasure to be able to be here today and witness I think a very significant step not just for Te Tau Ihu iwi but for New Zealand and for the opportunities that can be provided to ensure that this range of Treaty settlements that we have debated through the Māori Affairs Committee to today will remain durable and will uphold the intent of what was identified in the apologies in terms of what the expectation is in the future. Tēnā tātou katoa.