Korako Nuk: Hineuru Claims Settlement Bill — Second ReadingText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeKorako Nuk: Hineuru Claims Settlement Bill — Second Reading[Sitting date: 24 May 2016. Volume:714;Page:11196. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]NUK KORAKO (National):Tēnā koe e Te Māngai o Te Whare e mihi atu ki a koutou ngā mema o Te Whare Pāremata. Nō reira e ngā uri o Rangihīroa Ngāti Hineuru Mātaatua Waka Mōhaka Awa Tītīōkura Mauka e mihi nei e tangi nei e mihi atu ki a koutou katoa. Mauria mai he whakaako ki te kaupapa nunui ā ko tēnei rā e mihi atu ki a koutou.[Thank you Mr Assistant Speaker and I acknowledge you members of Parliament. To you the descendants of Rangihīroa Ngāti Hineuru Mātaatua Canoe Mōhaka River and Tītīōkura Mountain grieving and mourning here I acknowledge you all. Bring forth a learning of huge significance which is this day; I salute you.]I want to also first of all acknowledge the Māori Affairs Committee as its chair and say that it has actually presented here today a lot of the background to the Hineuru Claims Settlement Bill. So as the chair of the Māori Affairs Committee I say there are just two important points that I would like to make and they concern actually the progress to the second reading. In the first reading we covered very much the historical aspects of this claim this settlement. In this one it came down to the Māori Affairs Committee and then from there we heard the 13 submissions. I think the important thing is that in those submissions we heard for and against.So the first one I want to talk about is one that was actually for—one of the many that was for—the Hineuru Claims Settlement Bill. This one came from Karauna Brown who is also one of the co - lead negotiators. Karauna spoke of the mamae and the pain that is being carried to this day by Ngāti Hineuru particularly around the Crown confiscations. Karauna also highlighted the way the settlement provides recognition for Hineuru as an iwi as a people. Hineuru have often been listed as a hapū of other iwi such as Kahungunu or Tūwharetoa. Hineuru members have been reminded every 4 years during the census that they are not actually seen as being a listed iwi for them to select but the members of Hineuru have continued to consider themselves to be an iwi in their own right despite the Crown’s actions to undermine their status. This settlement recognises the mana of Hineuru as a distinct iwi and restores them to the place of relativity with other iwi in partnership with the Crown so that to me is one of the real highlights of this Treaty settlement bill.The next one is again from a party from the other side which did not agree with this settlement. The Māori Affairs Committee actually hears—one of the great things about this is it is an opportunity for those who are involved in that whakapapa in the particular iwi to actually come and address the Māori Affairs Committee. The one I am talking about is from the representatives from Ngāi Tahu ki Waikare. These were ancestral owners as they said who submitted before the committee and they have interests in the Mōhaka-Waikare block which has been highlighted here a number of times today.I think the important thing though with the Māori Affairs Committee is that we did give this a very very good hearing and particularly it was a very very long discussion as well. We took into account the historical interests and then also one of the important parts as to the whakapapa and all of that but at the end of the day it was a consensus of the committee that we found no reason to disagree with the Crown’s conclusion. So they are the two important submissions I believe in this process in which we confirmed we would move this bill to the second reading.I look forward again to this particular Treaty settlement coming back so that it can go through its Committee stage and then into its third reading. You will notice that we have only a very very short time on this side of the House to actually kōrero but on that note hopefully I have highlighted those two most important points. Nō reira I commend this bill to the House. Kia ora.