Mahuta NanaiaHon NANAIA MAHUTA (Labour—Hauraki-Waikato): Tēnā koutou katoa. Ko Mōkau ki runga ko Tāmaki ki raro ko Pare Hauraki ko Pare Waikato te kaokao o Pātetere ko Mangatoatoa ki waenganui hoki ake mai ki Te Nehenehenui. Tēnei ka tū ake ki te mihi atu ki a Ngāti Tamaoho i tēnei rā.Ka hoki ngā mahara ki tērā o ngā kuikuia i noho mai i waenganui i a koutou tērā ki a Mere Taka. I te wā e kaha ana a ia ki te kohi i ngā kōrero o Ngāti Tamaoho i roto i tōna oranga kia mōhio pai ai ngā whakatipuranga ngā āhuatanga kei waenganui i a koutou anā ka tū mai ki tēnei rā. Ka whakaaro ake ki tērā o ngā mea o Mangatangi ko Toko Pompey tērā tērā kaiwhakangahau me kī te manawa ki ngā āhuatanga o tōna kāinga a Mangatangi. Ka nui te mahara ki a rāua ki a rātou katoa i huri ki tua o te ārai.Nō reira i tēnei wā ka whakaaro ake me pēwhea pai te tīmata i tēnei kōrero. He maha ngā whakaaro i roto i a koutou nei tutukitanga tērā ki tō mātou nei kuia rongonui a Nāneko Minhinnick me tōna hari ki te kaupapa nui ngā take Tiriti e pā ana ki Te Mānukanuka o Hoturoa ki mua i Te Taraipiunara. Ka whakaaro ake ki tōna āhuatanga hei whakatīnanahia i ngā whakaaro o te painga o Te Iwi o Tainui kia tū motuhake tātou ki Tāmaki Makaurau ki ngā peka katoa o tērā rohe i kīia nei ko Tainui waka.Nō reira ko rātou ngā kaihautū me kī o te whakaaro. Nā rātou anō i whakatō te kākano kia kore ai e ngaro ō mātou nei hiahia ki te tutuki i ēnei o ngā āhuatanga nō reira ka nui te mahara ki a rātou katoa i hikihia mai ki a tātou. Tēnā koutou.[Greetings everyone. Mōkau is above Tāmaki is below Pare Hauraki Pare Waikato the armpits of Pātetere and Mangatoatoa are in the middle and then back up to te Nehenehenui. I rise on this day to accord a welcome to Ngāti Tamaoho.Thoughts go back to that one of the elderly womenfolk living there amongst you to that Mere Taka. During the time that she was capable and healthy she gathered up stories about Ngāti Tamaoho so that generations would be better informed about aspects within you and eventually rise up on this day. I reflect upon that one of the ones of Mangatangi that Toko Pompey that entertainer shall we say the heart in regard to aspects about his settlement Mangatangi. Recollections about those two are much; in fact about all of those who have about-turned and ended up beyond the veil.So at this moment I am thinking about a good way to start this contribution. Within your conclusions are many ideas and in particular that one about our famous elderly matriarch Ngāneko Minhinnick and her joy in regard to the important proposal concerning Treaty matters with respect to Te Mānukanuka o Hoturoa before the Tribunal. I think about its situation in terms of implementing the thoughts of those back home and those of the Tainui tribe as a stand-alone to those ideas at Auckland and at all the branches of that area called the canoe Tainui. Therefore they are the ones in control of the thought let us say. They indeed planted the seed so that our aspirations to fulfil these ones of the circumstances will be lost therefore the recollection of all of them is huge now that it has been lifted over to us. My appreciation to you collectively.]Minister Finlayson and members I want to stand and support the first reading of the Ngāti Tamaoho Claims Settlement Bill. On a number of fronts it causes me to reflect on a number of things. I was there at Makaurau Marae at Ihumātao in around about the mid-1980s—1984 I think—when the Wai 8 Treaty claim was held. I was just a teenager. All we did was make the cups of tea and make sure the kaumātua were OK. But in doing so I witnessed rangatira such as Hēnare Tūwhāngai and one of the things that he said at the time—it stands out—as he gave his presentation before the Waitangi Tribunal was: E kore tātou e ngaro he tāhere waka nui."—we will never be lost because we come from the hull of a great canoe. At that time when Ngāneko Minhinnick brought the Wai 8 claim and gave evidence to the tribunal a lot of work had happened within the tribe and from across the tribe—all quarters—to be able to take supporting submissions and present them in what was then a very new process.The hīkoi to Waitangi had happened. Koro Wētere was Minister at the time. There was a law change to make the hearing of evidence retrospective—in 1985 that was imminent—and we were just kids witnessing this kind of a process. There are two people I mentioned previously Mere Taka and Toko Pompey. At the time Toko Pompey was considered a rangatahi—he presented evidence on that basis—and Mere Taka was a local historian who provided much of the evidence for the raupatu claim but significantly was a major contributor and submitter to the Wai 8 claim.Why do I mention this in relation to the Ngāti Tamaoho settlement? Much of the historical record in relation to the natural resource environment was sourced from the Wai 8 claim. You need not look too far in terms of a number of interests within Tainui waka then to the Wai 8 claim to understand the genesis and the emerging thoughts that were falling out from the Wai 8 claim across the iwi about how we could consolidate our interests as kaitiaki in the first instance but to ensure that when development happens within the rohe we have a critical ability to have a say. The genesis really was within the Wai 8 claim and I note that it is one of the claims that is mentioned here.I want to acknowledge all those who have worked tirelessly and hard on behalf of Ngāti Tamaoho—Dennis Kirkwood Te Roto Jenkins Gordon Katipa Nicholas Maaka Tori Ngātaki Panetuku Rae Lynette Taka George Wheatley and Kiri Wilson—because they have really tried to do as much as they can. The Minister made a comment about the time that it has taken to bring this together. Again there was a lot of eagerness when Doug Graham in around about 2008 or so went up to Auckland to try to consolidate those interests in Tāmaki that were not settled in the Waikato raupatu 1995 claim and primarily extended into Auckland because there was still residual non-raupatu interests across that area certainly within the Tainui consolidation of hapū and iwi up there. So there was a lot of optimism that there would be a way of working through this.Ngāti Tamaoho have continued with their aspirations. It is clear in terms of the redress that they have expressed in relation to Hunua significantly that they held on to the relationship—which they wanted to express again—to the rohe but importantly to their waterways. I read with interest in schedule 1 about the range of connections and associations that they wanted clearly expressed and it is of no surprise to the extent that Ngāti Tamaoho have always maintained mana whenua where they have existed in Papakura right down into Mangatangi. They are very accommodating in the way in which they work with local government business stakeholders people coming into the rohe and horticulturists as well because we know Pukekohe is a food basket for Auckland. Ngāti Tamaoho has such relationships across the Pukekohe area and I am sure the local member would agree that they are quite immersed very strongly into the community.It is pleasing to see that they have got to this point where they can bring their settlement into the House and think about how they organise for the whānau. Where they have expressed their interests there are already things happening that I am aware of. They are wanting to ensure that they can not only express their cultural connection to the area but I think be a part of a future consideration around opportunities. The Hunua Falls in particular is a well-travelled place and it is a place that is loved. Some of these other smaller places are renowned locally within the iwi for food-gathering places and also recreational and resting places.It is a real pleasure to see Ngāti Tamaoho get to this point. They are a part of the Waikato raupatu settlement that was achieved in 1995. There are a lot of challenges within Waikato around managing those Treaty settlement interests that are beyond the raupatu settlement. But as time goes by and as people mature I think that there will be a stronger way of ensuring that there is an and/and capability that has been built up through the Treaty settlement space and within larger collectives of iwi. I know that that is a vision of Ngāti Tamaoho and it is certainly an opportunity for the descendants across all of Waikato.So without too much more I want to wholeheartedly support this bill. I want to ensure that as the select committee—and I hope that I am on the select committee to consider it—goes through the process of considering the Ngāti Tamaoho legislation the context of those discrete but smaller bits of claims that exist within Auckland need to be resolved in some shape or form and they are such that it may require more discrete approaches. It may be something that you have given a bit of thought to Minister.I mention Ngāneko Minhinnick in the last few seconds I have. Her passion was to ensure that those interests of Ngāti Te Ata and Maioro and the protection of the wāhi tapu there could be advanced. That is a great hope still of her family and I hope that that is an opportunity that can be taken up in the years to come. Kia ora."