Rurawhe AdrianRt Hon ADRIAN RURAWHE (Labour): Kāti rā tēnā rā tatou katoa. Whakapiri ana āku mihi ki te mihi o te Minita ki a koutou Whakatōhea kua tae mai ki tēnei Whare anō. Nō reira koutou katoa ngā whānau me ngā hapū. Ngāti Rua Ngāti Tamahaua Ngāti Patumoana Ngāti Ngāhere Ngāti Ira me Te Ūpokorehe. Tēnei ahau e tuku mihi atu nei ki a koutou tēnā rā koutou katoa.[Well then greetings everyone. I'd like to add my acknowledgments to the Minister's in regards to you Whakatōhea who have arrived here again to this House. And so greetings to you all and your whānau and people. Ngāti Rua Ngāti Tamahaua Ngāti Patumoana Ngāti Ngāhere Ngāti Ira me Te Ūpokorehe. I acknowledge you all sincerely thank you all.]I always think that the third reading of a claims settlement bill is a good opportunity to talk about the future and the Minister also spoke about the future. You ask yourself why do claimants do iwi go through this long process for redress not compensation. We've heard on many occasions in this House from members who say what the magnitude of the loss was compared to the relatively small redress that we get—it's not compensation—and ask ourselves Why would you do that?" I've been in the I was going to say fortunate position—maybe unfortunate position—of being a negotiator for a settlement and I have also sat on this side and seen the passage of legislation go through. I can speak for myself. I know why I did it; I know why my whānau hapū and iwi did it. It was for our future generations. We felt we were giving them the opportunity to move forward to a situation that gave them options and opportunities.We all know that by going through this process we don't have to pass the burden of carrying the historical breaches of the Treaty to the next generation. Don't be mistaken though—they'll have their own burdens to carry. I hope one of them is addressed by them coming back and relooking at what we have done. I sincerely hope that happens. I think for our collective future that must happen. We must look at how these Treaty settlements have been valued how we have progressed from them. Have they been good bad or indifferent? That's one for future generations to look at. They also need to look at relativity as well—relativity between the settlements—because some are a lot better than others one would have to say.I think it's also an opportunity to look at—well for me anyway—the apology and in third reading speeches I usually talk about the apology. On this apology and this settlement I want to focus particularly on the last paragraph of that apology and it says "Let us look forward to a future of prosperity for the people of Whakatōhea and move towards it together in a spirit of good faith partnership and respect for te Tiriti o Waitangi/the Treaty of Waitangi." which is lovely. It's really good. But it's only really good if this House makes sure that it upholds that apology and that this House does not do anything—does not pass any legislation—that impacts negatively on Whakatōhea. I say that today in an environment that we are all currently under of not really knowing what's going to happen in terms of Treaty clauses that exist in current legislation—the value of those principles whether you believe in them or not. That apology only means something for Whakatōhea if this House upholds its obligation to this apology.I mentioned before that your tamariki and mokopuna will have their own burdens to carry; let's hope that that's not one of them. I implore this House to make sure that when it's considering legislation on any issue to do with Te Tiriti o Waitangi—whether it is removing clauses from legislation minimising the value of those clauses minimising the value of Te Tiriti o Waitangi—they think twice about doing that and they remember this day that they voted for the third reading of the Whakatōhea Claims Settlement Bill and they know that that is in that bill. That's what I implore everyone to do.I really have nothing further to say except to say to all of Whakatōhea that I wish you all the best. It has been far too long for this day to come for you. You have seen other settled iwi doing really well growing their settlement assets. As I said in my second reading speech I admire the Whakatōhea Māori Trust Board for what they have done in growing the assets that they've had. Just imagine if they had had all of this as well. I'll leave it there. Nō reira huri rauna huri rauna. Kia ora mai tātou katoa."