Henare Tau: Ngai Tamanuhiri Claims Settlement Bill — Second Reading In Committee 
Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume 
Henare Tau: Ngai Tamanuhiri Claims Settlement Bill — Second Reading In Committee 
[Sitting date: 18 July 2012. Volume:681;Page:3742. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.] 
Hon TAU HENARE (National) 
: 
 I have the honour and privilege of being what I think might be the last speaker on the Ngai Tamanuhiri Claims Settlement Bill. I echo my colleagues in the House about all of the claims settlement bills that we have done this morning—in particular the close relationship between Tamanuhiri and Rongowhakaata not only whakapapa-wise but geographically as well. 
I do echo the sentiments of the Hon Parekura Horomia who raised the issue of pollution and a sewage matter. Although not particularly a Government responsibility we almost certainly stand behind any local council moves to clean up what is their responsibility. We would stand behind the local council in having a look at any solutions. 
I want to echo also the sentiments of the Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations the Hon Chris Finlayson who in my mind is the best Minister that we have had in charge of Treaty negotiations for his foresight and for his ability to look ahead and get things rolling. I also echo his sentiments about the Green Party. If people think that the church of Scientology is bad they need only look at the Greens to see maybe that Scientology is OK. I tell you what my message to Kennedy Graham who is the most sane one in the Green Party is that maybe he would like to think about doing a Katie Holmes. 
On that note I know we should not use this opportunity to dis on each other but I suppose as a Maori and as a person who has been involved in Maori politics for a long time—and I am not saying I speak on behalf of other Maori politicians—to use some colloquial language of “O-town” 274 it really narks me how non-Maori get up and speak as if they know everything about it. That is one of the things that maybe we should not do— 
Catherine Delahunty 
: I think I said I wasn’t an expert. 
Hon TAU HENARE 
: —Catherine. Maybe what we should do is actually think about the big picture. Like I said earlier this morning about my theme about all of this in terms of the tapestry story that I have been trying to weave for the last couple of hours we miss so many opportunities to tell the story. I know my kids are all right because they are part of the story but what about the kids out there who are not part of the story? What about the kids out there who need to know about their country’s history right from even back before the time Captain Cook got the message that there was a nice plot of land that might look nice as a golf course one day? It is all of those things in our history that we need to be able to stand up in this House and talk about—the bad things as well as the good things. There is no point in telling a story with all good stuff in it. It actually has to contain all the bad stuff as well to see that whole picture of where the nation is. 
Like I said before—and I have said it in the House and I have said it outside—at least we do not throw bombs at each other. I am proud of the fact that we can have our issues. I am proud of the fact that there are no terrorist actions in this country. I am proud of the fact that we have a society that allows the intelligent and the non-intelligent to have a say about things that concern them. This bill and the bills that we have done this morning is just a little part of the great fantastic tapestry of New Zealand’s history which we should be damned proud of and should stand in this House and represent. So again I commend the Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations the Maori Affairs Committee and the House for their work on Treaty settlements. Kia ora. 
Bill read a second time.