Tirikatene Rino: Greater Christchurch Regeneration Bill — Third ReadingText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeTirikatene Rino: Greater Christchurch Regeneration Bill — Third Reading[Sitting date: 31 March 2016. Volume:712;Page:10116. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]RINO TIRIKATENE (Labour—Te Tai Tonga): Tēnā koe Mr Deputy Speaker. It is a great pleasure to speak at the third reading of this bill and also to follow my whanaunga Tūtehounuku Korako and the eloquent speech he just delivered. To continue on the Māori flavour the Māori analogies I would like to start off by quoting a famous Māori proverb. This is probably a bit deeper than Mr Doocey’s saying but this famous Māori proverb is: “Ka mate kāinga tahi ka ora kāinga rua.” Basically what that signifies is: when one house ends a second one arrives—or something good emerges. I guess we can apply those sayings in many contexts in life but I believe that is particularly appropriate here because we are entering a new phase. This is a significant transition in the ongoing journey the ongoing progress of Christchurch. So I think that is most appropriate. Before Mr Brownlee rolls his eyes about all this Māori stuff I do—Hon Gerry Brownlee: That’s very unkind.RINO TIRIKATENE: Well no actually I do want to mihi to the Minister for Canterbury Earthquake Recovery for leading this piece of legislation and indeed to all of the partners in particular Her Worship the Hon Lianne Dalziel the Mayor of Christchurch and all of the strategic partners and everyone who has been involved in this including the cross-party participation that had led us to this point. But I do acknowledge the Minister because to adopt another nautical analogy that Tūtehounuku mentioned the leader of the waka is called the kaihautū. The meaning of that word is to stand in the breeze and not fall over. Mr Brownlee has been the kaihautū. He has been able to stand and lead this waka and not be blown over.Hon Gerry Brownlee: It would take a very big breeze.RINO TIRIKATENE: Exactly. It would take a big breeze but he has held the waka down and he has led this waka through to this next phase of we are hoping more calm waters. Christchurch has been through significant—significant—change and upheaval and trauma and all sorts over the past 5 years but we are entering into this step change whereby we are transitioning the ongoing regeneration work through to the local council and indeed through to the local community. So we do commend that.I would like—as the member for Te Tai Tonga obviously—to note and also endorse the provisions within this piece of legislation that affirm Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu as a strategic partner. I think it is wonderful that through Canterbury earthquake recovery legislation we are able to see a continuation of the evolving Treaty partnership and the roles that mana whenua can play as part of the whole community in the ongoing recovery and regeneration of Christchurch. So I do acknowledge those provisions and the fact that there is an opportunity for te rūnanga to appoint a board member to Regenerate Christchurch.There are other things. I am excited by what Ms Eugenie Sage mentioned about restoring the mahinga kai site of Te Ihutai. I do want to mention that again as a possibility for the redevelopment of the red zone area because Te Ihutai—for those who do not know there is a long history but it was land that was granted as a fishing reserve for specific landowners in Christchurch that was within easy access to the Heathcote and Avon estuary. That land was taken away under the Public Works Act in 1956 for a sewage treatment works which is still there today and provides a valuable service to the whole of Christchurch. There was never adequate compensation to the owners of Te Ihutai around that whole series of transactions so I would hope that with these new opportunities that are emerging some recognition can be given perhaps to restore a mahinga kai site but especially to grant the owners tūrangawaewae within the city to exercise their kaitiakitanga because that is in a sense all Te Ihutai are asking for: to have that opportunity within the city for those lands that are obviously now used for other purposes and have long been so.Can I also mention my colleague Megan Woods for the great work that she has done in particular the protection for Hagley Park—reaffirming those protections and I acknowledge the Government for supporting that amendment. I think that is very important but we also know that actually North Hagley Park was a Māori reserve back in the day. The Christchurch provincial government—when it was that back in those days—granted that as a Māori reserve there but subsequent Crown actions turned it into the Hagley Park that we know today and that we all enjoy and we all love. You could not have got a better location for a big marae than right there on North Hagley Park but alas it is protected so it might not happen. We do know there was a magnanimous gesture from the Christchurch City Council back in the 1970s where they said “We need to have a national marae. We need to acknowledge and have a marae for all the community and make it a national marae.” and the great council of that day said “Yes let’s do it.”. Guess where it put it? It put it right by the sewage ponds on the land that was taken away from Te Ihutai. That is what it did. But we still value that important asset today which is Ngā Hau e Whā marae and the great service that it provides to the community of Christchurch and in particular the east of Christchurch.I would like to sort of add a little bit of flavour from a Māori perspective particularly from a hau kāinga perspective to the wonderful array of different views and local views that are all part of the great city of Christchurch. I am very proud as the member for Te Tai Tonga to see all the progress that is being made. It is a bit slower in some areas than others but I am sure that with Regenerate Christchurch and with Ōtākaro—oh that is another matter. I would like to acknowledge the members for their efforts in the pronunciation of Ōtākaro in particular the Minister for Canterbury Earthquake Recovery and various other members for at least having a mental probing to at least attempt to make a proper pronunciation of that name.And I have actually inquired as to the meaning of Ōtākaro. It is a very secret name so secret that we were not actually able to determine its origins but I am sure it will come out in some korero. I do acknowledge all the members for supporting the use of Te Reo and the pronunciation of Ōtākaro—just like Pūtaringamotu which is the centre of the Ilam electorate of Mr Brownlee over there. He does a pretty good job on that one as well. I do support this bill. We look forward to the next 5 years and beyond to see the future development for the great city of Christchurch. I can only endorse this bill and commend it to the house. Kia ora tātou.