Mahuta Nanaia: Tauranga Moana Iwi Collective Redress and Ngā Hapū o Ngāti Ranginui Claims Settlement Bill — First ReadingText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeMahuta Nanaia: Tauranga Moana Iwi Collective Redress and Ngā Hapū o Ngāti Ranginui Claims Settlement Bill — First Reading[Sitting date: 13 April 2016. Volume:713;Page:10553. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]Hon NANAIA MAHUTA (Labour—Hauraki-Waikato):Ā tēnā tātau katoa. Ka tika ka tāpiri atu aku mihi ki a koutou nō Tauranga Moana kua tau mai nei i roto i tēnei Whare ki te whakarongo ki tēnei wāhanga o ngā tutukitanga. Nō reira Ngāti Ranginui tēnei te mihi atu ki a koutou kātahi anō tātau i mutu i te kaupapa o Te Poukai i runga i Te Marae o Tūtereinga nō reira nui te mihi nui te aroha i tēnei wā.I rongo ake ki ngā kōrero i whakaaro au me whai wāhi ki te whakahua i ngā hapū i raro i te maru o Ngāti Ranginui me aua marae. Nō reira ka mihi atu rā ki a koutou Ngāi Tamarāwaho Ngāi Te Ahi Ngāti Hangarau Ngāti Kahu Ngāti Ruahine Ngāti Te Wai Pirirākau tēnā me ō koutou nei marae a Hūria a Hairini a Hangarau a Wairoa a Waimapu a Tūtereinga Poutūterangi a Paparoa ā a Tawhitinui. Ko te take ka whakahuahua i roto i te tīmatatanga o taku kōrero kia mōhio pai ai tēnei Whare kua kawea mai a Ngāti Ranginui me ngā momo kei waenganui i a koutou mō tēnei kaupapa. Kāre mātau i te tino mōhio ki ngā toimahatanga kei waenganui i a koutou kia tae pai mai koutou ki tēnei wā.Nō reira i whai wāhi anō ki te whakahoki mahara ki ngā hononga kei waenganui i a tātau ngā pakanga ō mua me tērā hiahia o ngā mātua tūpuna kia pupuru i ngā whenua ki waenganui i a tātau anō. Nō reira ki ngā āhuatanga o Pukehinahina Te Ranga e kore e wareware ngā āhuatanga o aua wā. He aha ai? Kia kaua e wareware tēnei motu o Aotearoa ko ngā pakanga ō mua kei runga i te mata o tō tātau nei whenua he mea nunui kia tū māia te iwi Māori i runga i ō rātau nei ake whenua. He aha ai? Kia anga whakamua tātau. Me kaua e wareware ēngari me anga whakamua.[Acknowledgments to us all. It is fitting that I add my welcome tributes to you Tauranga Moana who have arrived here in this House to listen to this part of the settlement bills therefore I welcome you collectively Ngāti Ranginui even though we have just completed Te Poukai on the marae of Tūtereinga. So a huge acknowledgment and love to you at this point in time.I listened to the contributions and decided to find time to mention the subtribes and those marae under the protective cloak of Ngāti Ranginui. Therefore I acknowledge you Ngāi Tamarāwaho Ngāi Te Ahi Ngāti Hangarau Ngāti Kahu Ngāti Ruahine Ngāti Te Wai and Pirirākau and your respective marae Hūria Hairini Hangarau Wairoa Waimapu Tūtereinga Poutūterangi Paparoa and Tawhitinui. The reason for mentioning them at the beginning of my address was for this House to be well informed that Ngāti Ranginui and whom it represents have been brought here to be amongst you for this matter. We really do not know what difficulties there are amongst you to get you here safely at this point in time.However we do have the opportunity to reflect upon the connections that exist amongst us in relation to the wars of former times and that desire of the ancestral forefathers to keep the land amongst ourselves. So in terms of Pukehinahina and Te Ranga the circumstances of those times will never be forgotten and for what reason? So that this country of New Zealand will never ever forget the wars of former times on the face of this land of ours here and so that Māoridom stands on land that really belongs to them with confidence so that we can move forward; never forget that for us to move forward.]I just want to endorse many of the statements that have been made with regard to the settlement bill before the House today. It is in two parts that I would like to comment. The Tauranga Moana Iwi Collective Redress and Ngā Hapū o Ngāti Ranginui Claims Settlement Bill primarily has two parts which the select committee will be looking at. As I said in my brief introduction we really do not know the challenges within Tauranga Moana to have a combined collective redress mechanism as well as specific remedies for the interests of Ngāti Ranginui Ngāi Te Rangi and Ngāti Pūkenga. The mere fact that Ngāi Te Rangi has not been able to proceed as one today indicates that there have been some significant and challenging moments. Also the fact that in 2014 in the Ngāti Ranginui settlement there was an amendment to the extent of redress to be included indicates to members in the House and certainly to the Māori members of the Māori Affairs Committee that there were substantial matters that still needed to be addressed if this was to get over the line.So I expect that when we as a select committee go to hearings within Tauranga Moana we will get the total summary of some of the issues in regard to the nature of redress—the mechanisms to enable rights of first refusal for example and other aspects of redress to be successfully implemented. And there it is.In order for any Treaty settlement legislation to be useful and I think gain the advantage that iwi like Ngāti Ranginui would want it to gain our role as a select committee will be to ensure that the redress mechanisms that are available to Ngāti Ranginui can be successfully implemented.I want to comment briefly on the nature of the history of Tauranga Moana and whether or not the reduced mechanisms were sufficient. I will come to that Minister as I allude to some of the historical facts. Tauranga like Auckland is considered a significant regional economic hub to the detriment of the confiscations that occurred there.We could not even begin to fathom the lost opportunity for the iwi in Tauranga Moana as a result of raupatu and people being disenfranchised from their lands and their moana but also as a result of the growing expansionism that occurred there in terms of the development of the port infrastructure to ensure that Tauranga was connected to the rest of New Zealand as a growing and emerging economy that is now significant in the space of horticulture and power generation. It is no wonder that over time the people of Tauranga Moana have soughtvociferously and led the way to achieve representation on local government. In fact I can remember my former colleague Mita Ririnui bringing the local bill to the House to ensure that the Bay of Plenty Regional Council had two dedicated members on the council.Once you understand the extent of the history and the impact of lost opportunity for Māori and the way in which local government severely imprinted the way in which that city grew it will be a no-brainerto ensure that Tauranga Moana will continue down this road and that Parliament will support its aspirations to have greater local government representation because where the rubber hits the road is actually at the local government level. The mere fact that many of the public works lands transferred to local government are not available for settlement remains a matter of contention for a number of iwi and I expect that it could still be an ongoing issue for people in Tauranga Moana.The other point I would like to make is that in this instance the land and sea are synonymous with the people of Tauranga Moana and certainly from what I have read of the Ngāti Ranginui interests synonymous with the interests that they would like to see in their ongoing role not only as kaitiaki but also as good custodians of positive development in the Tauranga Moana area. I would watch with interesttoo the way that the Tauranga Moana management framework will develop and come back into the House. Potentially there is an opportunity for the select committee to pursue questions in that space so that we are a bit more informed when that does come back into the House as a separate piece of legislation. When I read the Waitangi Tribunal report I was very mindful that the land and sea are synonymous for the people of Tauranga Moana and in this instance for the Ngāti Ranginui interests.A comment was made by Des Tata. He said: “Some impact on the natural environment is inevitable when development occurs but what I really object to is the thoughtless and irresponsible development that has taken place. Local bodies have a habit of putting rubbish dumps and oxidation ponds and sewerage plants by waterways.” That really sums it up for me. The ongoing test of implementation of Treaty settlements is actually the way in which local government accepts its responsibility to work alongside iwi to be able to ensure responsible decisions are being made about everyday things. Once a settlement goes through and the iwi can continue to do what they do at the coalface it will still be local government where much of the responsibility for implementing some very practical things will continue. I just raise a flag there that it is an opportunity for us as a Parliament to consider how we could better support the implementation of Treaty settlements such as that in the Ngāti Ranginui settlement.He poto te wā māku tēnei te mihi atu ki a koutou tēnā koutou katoa.[This is but a brief one from me well done and congratulations to you all.]