Ririnui Mita: Local Government (Auckland Reorganisation) Bill — In Committee Speaker Recalled In Committee Speaker Recalled In Committee 
Ririnui Mita: Local Government (Auckland Reorganisation) Bill — In Committee Speaker Recalled In Committee Speaker Recalled In Committee 
[Volume:654;Page:3672] 
Hon MITA RIRINUI (Labour) 
: 
 A tena koe kai te Heamana. Tu noa iho tenei ki te tautoko ake i nga korero i te wero o taku hoa a Shane Jones tino Honore. Nana i tu ake i roto i te Whare nei ki te tautoko nei na i te kaupapa kei waenganui i a tatou. Nana i ki mai ra kua takahia te mana o te iwi Maori o Tamaki-makau-rau ki raro iho. Koi na e ahua tino raruraru ana matou ki tena kaupapa a te tangata e noho nei ki to taha te Minita mo nga Kaunihera-a-Rohe. No reira na runga i tena kai te Heamana e tika ana kia tuku wero ki tena taha o te Whare ki nga mema Maori o tena ropu o tena ropu otira nga ropu katoa e huihui nei i roto i tenei Whare kia tu ake ra ki te whakapuare o ratou whakaaro mo te kaupapa kai runga kai te tepu i te mea ra ko te mana o Ngati Whatua. 
Ko ahau tenei e tu atu nei kua takahia ki raro. Na ko te mana o Tainui o tenei kua tu ake nei kua takahia ki raro. Ko te mana o te Kawerau-a-Maki kua takahia ki raro. Pera ano i te mana o Pare Hauraki kua takahia ki raro. Kua takahia ki raro i te mea ra ko tenei pire e kia nei me wahangu kotou me wahangu ki tenei kaupapa. Korekau he mana kei waenganui i a koutou. Kua tuku atu te mana ki nga ropu paku ahua kiritea nga tangata ma ratou e tahaetia i nga taonga a Tamaki-makau-rau ka hoko atu ki tawahi. Koina te take e tu ake ai. 
Kua takahia hoki te mana o nga iwi o Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa nga whanaunga mai i Hamoa i Tonga i nga Kuki Airana i Whiti mai i era motu katoa. Kua takahia ki raro. No reira taku wero ano ki nga mema Maori o nga ropu torangapu katoa tu ake tu ake ki te whakahe i te kaupapa kei runga ki te tepu. Ki te Minita Poraka e noho nei ki to taha kua ahua hoha a Tamaki-makau-rau whanui tonu ki a ia. 
No reira mihi ana hoki ki nga ropu kua huihui nei i tenei Whare. Otira kia kaha ki te tu ki te korero i nga korero hohonu nga korero whanui e pa nei ki te mana motuhake a te iwi Maori. No reira e Hone tena koe. Otira ahua hoha ki to tumuaki ra ki a Tariana hara mai ki roto i te Whare i nanahi ka tuku i tana wero ki a matou ka ki mai ra e ahua taurekareka noa iho a kotou korero e Reipa. Kai te tino whakahe ki tena wero i te mea ra matou o tenei taha ka tuku wero ki te Kawanatanga kia ata whakaarohia kia ata whakarongo ki nga nawe ki nga porarurarutanga kua horahia nei i roto i te Whare. Kihai i te whakarongo. No reira nana na Tariana i ki ai e ahua taurekareka noa iho nga wero nga korero katoa o te Ropu Reipa. E kai te tu a Reipa ki te tautoko i nga iwi katoa o Tamaki-makau-rau. Ko wai a ia ki te ki mai kai te ahua korotake noa iho nga korero? 
Hon Trevor Mallard 
: I raise a point of order Mr Chairperson. We have not had the interpretation. 
The CHAIRPERSON (Lindsay Tisch) 
: Well I did pause. Is there to be a interpretation? 
[An interpretation in English was given to the House.] 
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Thank you Mr Chairman. I rise to endorse the statements and the challenge set down by my colleague the Hon Shane Jones. He stood up in this House to support the matter in our midst. He stated that the authority of the Maori people of Auckland has been trampled upon. We are troubled by that a matter that the person seated by you the Minister of Local Government created. Because of that it is right that we challenge that side of the House the Maori members of each party and indeed all parties gathered here in this House to stand up and express their views on the matter that is on the Table about the authority of Ngati Whatua. 
As a descendant of Ngati Whatua I say that the authority of this one standing before you has been trampled upon. As a descendant of Tainui as well my authority has been trampled upon again. Kawerau-a-Maki’s authority just like Pare Hauraki’s authority has been trampled upon because this bill states that in respect of this matter you collectively must remain silent. You have no authority at all. It has gone to smaller groups whose members are somewhat fair in colour and who will steal Auckland’s resources and sell them offshore. That is my reason for standing up. 
Trampled upon as well is the authority of the people of the Great Ocean of Kiwa of the Pacific those from Samoa Tonga the Cook Islands Fiji and all those islands. My challenge once again therefore is for Maori members of all political parties to stand up and oppose the matter on the Table. To the Minister seated at your side Mr Chairman Auckland at large is somewhat weary of him.  
And so I acknowledge the parties gathered here in this House. Be staunch and address us at length and in depth about Maori independence. Greetings to you Hone. I find your leader Tariana a bit of a bore. She came into the House yesterday and stung us by saying: “Labour all your challenges and talk amount to nothing.” We reject that taunt entirely because we on this side are challenging the Government to really consider and think through the complaints and concerns being presented in the House. The Government is not listening. So for Tariana to say that all of Labour’s talk and challenges amount to nothing is being somewhat extreme. Labour is actually standing up in support of all the people in Auckland. Who is she to tell us that what we have stated is pointless? 
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Hon MITA RIRINUI 
: I thank the interpreter for his very close description of what I said. 
I would like to summarise one particular point. I was very offended—and I have to say this while Hone Harawira is in this Chamber—by the comments made by the Hon Tariana Turia yesterday. She came to this Chamber and described as vexatious Labour’s efforts to have the Government recognise the needs of the Auckland people and allow them to have a say in this process. That is absolutely ridiculous. If that member cannot accept that this Parliament has a process that everybody including the general public has an opportunity to take part in then she is just as guilty of a dictatorial attitude as the Minister in the chair Rodney Hide and as the Leader of the House and as many of those members sitting on that side of the Chamber. The junior Government whip is waving the paper in the air. He knows I am right. There is a process issue at hand here. The people of Auckland have the right to have a say in what the Government has in mind for their future.