Fleming Greg; Pugh MaureenGREG FLEMING (National—Maungakiekie): Whāia whāia te ara matua. Whāia whāia te ara atua. Whakatikaia whakatika. Whakamāramatia kia ora whakamāramatia kia tau. Īhoa o ngā mano atua Kotahi he rākau whakaora he tokotoko whakahaumaru he rau oriwa. Ko te mauri o te rangi ka hono ko te mauri o te papa ka tau. Tau mai te mauri whakamanamana. Tau mai te mauri whakamōemiti. Āmine. Ae. Āmine.Ki ngā hapū e ono o Whakatōhea e huihui mai nei mō tēnei rangi tīno whakahirahira tēnā koutou. I tērā wiki i kōrero ahau e pā ana ki ngā wāhi e toru o ia pire whakatau. Ko te tuatahi ko te hītori tuarua mō te whakapāha tuatoru ko te puretumutanga. Tēnei te pānui tuatoru nā reira ka kōrero i tēnei rā e pā ana ki te wāhi tuatoru. Ki te hua o tēnei whakaaetanga. Ko te tūmanako. Ka huri ināianei ki te reo Pākehā kia mārama ai ōku whakaaro ki ngā tāngata katoa. Kei te mutunga o taku kōrero ka hoki ki te reo o te whenua nei. Ki te reo o te rongopai.[Pursue the right pathway. Pursue the pathway to god. Be it with righteousness. Be it with good health and enlightenment. Almighty god the one ruler a tree of life a tokotoko of shelter an oriwa leaf. The power of the skies unite with the powers of the land. Bestow upon thee power of strength. Conjure the power of god. Amen.To the six nations of Whakatōhea who are here on this special day greetings to you all. Last week I spoke to the three parts of the settlement bill. The first is the history the second is the apology and the third is the redress. This is the third reading and so I will speak today about the third part to the benefits of this settlement. I hope. I now speak in English so that you can all understand my thoughts. At the end of my speech I will return to the language of this land. To the language of peace.]I said last week that the primary reason that I sought to come to this House was to advocate for the flourishing of communities and none more so than iwi and hapū. I've spent my life doing everything I can to help people and families navigate the obstacles that life has thrown at them and there are none in this land that have endured as much for as long as have our very first communities which is why I so delight in what we are doing today.I've seen firsthand the impact of Treaty settlements the ability they bring for iwi to build homes to start businesses to fashion schools to deliver medical services to directly assist their whānau and to see language and tikanga flourish anew; the ability the space the resources to genuinely pursue tino rangatiratanga.Over this past summer I read Dr Ned Fletcher's book titled The English Text of the Treaty of Waitangi. It's an astonishing piece of work one that I would urge every member of this House to thoughtfully engage with—as I would Dr Sam Carpenter's many articles over the past decade. These researchers and others have done the painstaking work to help us understand the context the complexities and the beautiful simplicity of what our ancestors signed that sun-drenched day in 1840 and in the months that followed including your tūpuna.What is I believe incredibly clear is that tino rangatiratanga was the very essence of what was agreed to and that tino rangatiratanga the ability and the authority for every iwi to pursue its own flourishing to care and provide for its own people remains as it was then the very best hope of those communities today. And that is the hope that permeates that drives and that emerges from a Treaty settlement.There was a fantastic picture this morning at the mihi whakatau of what might come after a Treaty claim is settled. Whakatōhea occupied most of the room and there were just two rows of Government officials and we were facing them. Behind the Government was another large space and that was filled with all the waiting food. Our kaumātua Kura finished the proceedings by thanking Whakatōhea for their grace and love and then said Well the food's ready over there so can I just ask the Crown to get out of the way?"This is the first settlement I've had the privilege of working on and I still can't believe it's Whakatōhea. Ten years ago next month I was in Vancouver Canada with my then 13-year-old daughter. It was Canada's national holiday and Annabelle and I biked through Stanley Park to where wagons of fruit were loaded with every kind of summer berry you could imagine. We collected what seemed like several tonnes and for the next hour gorged ourselves. But there was something even sweeter than the berries; beside our picnic was a group of young adults swapping continuously between French and English. They were effortlessly bilingual. I don't think they were even conscious of what they were doing. It just emanated from them. A dream was planted in my heart that day that has grown ever since. And when I think of what that could look like in New Zealand of where that could be my imagination turns to Ōpōtiki.That March weekend when we as a select committee visited you I got a glimpse of vision of what could be. You see my own journey with the reo has been most skilfully watered and most graciously tended by one of your own: Anameka Paenga. Go easy on her husband next week doctor. And right now at Te Wānanga Ihorangi she is doing the same for my son. Imagine an Ōpōtiki where the reo sings in every home and every school and on every farm. I know it already does but imagine if it was everywhere where it rolled like a river and flowed like a never-ending stream. And imagine an Ōpōtiki where every family flourishes in its identity where your businesses and farms on both land and sea abound so that every family prospers where your schools are the envy of the country your community is marked by grace and peace. I know this is your vision. I've heard the ache in each of your kōrero.Uncle Robert returned home 21 years ago to retire. Instead he was called to bring together the people of Whakatōhea that their community might thrive again. Today that first part of that vision is realised and that's why this is such an extraordinary moment for after generations of struggle Whakatōhea enter a new season. Last week I read to you in the language of our land and heavens the Government's apology for the pain inflicted. That apology and the history it addresses are now written for ever into the records of this House and they will never be forgotten. And now we get to look forward. That's the beauty of reconciliation of forgiveness of hope. None of us need to be bound by the past. We are formed by it. But by the grace of Atua we get to choose our tomorrow and that's what Whakatōhea have done. You've chosen to craft a new future.This morning Te Kahautu called for the lament the loss the suffering to be brought forward. And then he said this: "Kua tae mai te wā. Tēnei te wā o te whakapono o te tūmanako o te rangimārie." The time has arrived. Now is the time for faith for hope for peace.In last week's second reading Shane Jones spoke of the centrality of your Ringatū faith to the strength and identity of Whakatōhea. He's right. It emanates from you. It is the foundation of who you are and it is why you have such capacity to forgive to believe and to hope.Last night as I was praying for you my heart's thoughts turned to the prophet Joel to the words he spoke from his God to the people in their sadness. They are a promise to you: "ā ka meinga e ia te ua tō mua ua me tō muri ua kia heke iho mā koutou i te marama tuatahi. Ā ka kapi ngā patunga witi i te witi; ko te wāina anō me te hinu o ngā waka pūrena tonu. Ā ka whakahokia mai e ahau ki a koutou ngā tau i kāinga e te māwhitiwhiti ... Ka kai noa atu anō koutou ka mākona ka whakamoemiti hoki ki te ingoa o Ihowā o tō koutou Atua mō tana mahi whakamīharo ki a koutou: e kore anō tāku iwi e whakamā ā ake ake." He sends you abundant showers both autumn and spring rains as before. The threshing floors will be filled with grain. The vats will overflow with new wine and oil and milk and mussels. I will repay you for the years the locusts have eaten. You will have plenty to eat until you are full and you will praise the name of your God who has worked wonders for you. Never again will my people be shamed.Whakamoemiti ki te Atua o te tino rangimārie. Korōria ki tōna ingoa tapu. Āmene.ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Maureen Pugh): This is a split call."