Sharples Pita: Second Readings 
Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume 
Sharples Pita: Second Readings 
[Sitting date: 16 February 2012. Volume:677;Page:556. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.] 
Hon Dr PITA SHARPLES (Minister of Maori Affairs) 
: 
 As the lead speaker on these cognate bills covering five iwi I seek leave for an extension of 2 minutes on my time. 
The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Lindsay Tisch) 
: Leave is sought for that purpose. Is there any objection? There is no objection. I shall ring the bell at 10 minutes with 2 minutes to go. 
Hon Dr PITA SHARPLES 
: Tena koe. I move  
That the Ngati Manawa and Ngati Whare Claims Settlement Bill Nga Wai o Maniapoto (Waipa River) Bill Ngati Pahauwera Treaty Claims Settlement Bill and Ngati Porou Claims Settlement Bill be now read a second time. 
Na reira tuatahi kei te mihi atu ki a koutou kua hara mai nei i tenei po me nga mea kare ano kia tae mai. E tika ana kia mihi atu ki enei iwi a kua hikoi i te hikoi te roroanga mai i te timatanga tae noa ki tenei rangi na reira tena koutou e kaha akina. Tena koutou i o koutou tini aitua. Ka hoki aku mahara ki a tatou e tu kaha ana ki te tautoko i enei ahuatanga kai roto i o koutou iwi. Ko Bill Bird tetahi ko te papa Whatumoana ko Ta Henare Ngata ko Meagan Joe ko ratau me nga mate o te wa nei. Haere koutou okioki mai.  
Na reira ka hoki au ki tenei korero ka mihi atu ki a koutou kua rauika i te po nei. Kare e roa aku korero mo enei pire na te mea he panuitanga tuarua tenei a waiho mo te panui whakamutunga te panui tuatoru kia tu motuhake enei pire a e ata korero ai tatau i konei i roto i te Whare Paremata. Heoi ano tena koutou tena koutou tena koutou.  
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Firstly I wish to acknowledge those of you who came this evening and also those who have not yet arrived. It is appropriate that I pay tribute to these tribes who have been on this long journey since the beginning to this day. Congratulations on your resilience. I acknowledge you and your many dead. My thoughts go back to when we stood staunch in support of these circumstances within your tribes. Bill Bird was one our father-figure Whatumoana Sir Henare Ngata and Meagan Joe were others and the deaths of the day. Depart rest there.  
So I go back to this comment: welcome to you collectively who have assembled here tonight. I will not spend too long on these bills because it is the second reading. Wait for the final and third reading when these bills stand independently and when we can address them here at length in the Chamber. So greetings to you greetings to you and greetings to you 
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Ngati Manawa: the area of interest for Ngati Manawa is based around Murupara and the Kaingaroa Plains in the inland Bay of Plenty. The claims of Ngati Manawa relate primarily to the consequences of its loyalty to the Crown during the New Zealand Wars Crown actions and omissions in respect of the operation and impact of the native land laws and the Crown’s land purchasing techniques particularly in respect of land Ngati Manawa. This settlement is intended to recognise the traditional historical cultural and spiritual interests of Ngati Manawa. The key aspects of Ngati Manawa’s cultural redress package aim to reinvigorate the relationship between Ngati Manawa and sites of significance. It is the intention of this settlement that this will be done through the vesting of sites of particular significance to Ngati Manawa the erection of pou rahui to mark traditional iwi boundaries the creation of a body to restore Ngati Manawa’s and Ngati Whare’s mana over their ancestral river and their relationship with tuna and the transfer and gift back of the ancestral maunga Tawhiuau to Ngati Manawa.  
Mo Ngati Whare: the claims of Ngati Whare primarily relate to the Crown’s actions during the New Zealand Wars specifically the impact of the Native Land Court and subsequent land alienation the enactment of the Urewera District Native Reserve Act 1896 which disenfranchised Ngati Whare from its land and the return of Minginui Village by the Crown without providing Ngati Whare with sufficient resources to bring the village infrastructure up to the standards of the Government. Ngati Whare’s settlement acknowledges the Whirinaki Te Pua-a-Tane Conservation Park as a special place to both Ngati Whare as kaitiaki and the people of New Zealand. It also establishes a renewed and enduring partnership between Ngati Whare and the Crown. In particular the settlement provides for a joint governance of the Whirinaki Te Pua-a-Tane Conservation Park by Ngati Whare and the Crown. The settlement also provides Ngati Whare with assistance to regenerate indigenous matai rimu and kahikatea in areas of pine forest within the Whirinaki Crown forest licensed land.  
The Nga Wai o Maniapoto (Waipa River) Bill: ano ka mihi au ki a koutou o Maniapoto. I acknowledge the work carried out by the Maori Affairs Committee and thank committee members for their support and guidance on the Nga Wai o Maniapoto (Waipa River) Bill. The relationship between Ngati Maniapoto and the Waipa River is significant and enduring based on a deep-felt respect that the people of Ngati Maniapoto have for the river Waipa. This gives rise to their responsibility to protect te mana o te wai and to exercise kaitiakitanga in accordance with their tikanga. Ngati Maniapoto and Waikato-Tainui share a strong relationship through the Tainui waka which is manifested in the support they each give to the Kingitanga. In a similar way their sacred awa Waikato and Waipa are inextricably linked. From Ngaruawahia the pathways of these rivers join and their waters flow together as one. The overarching purpose of the co-governance and co-management arrangements is to restore and maintain the quality and integrity of the waters that flow into and from and form part of the Waipa River for present and future generations. The co-governance arrangements within the bill extend towards the headwaters of the Waipa River at Pekepeke Springs in the Rangitoto ranges supporting the ongoing aspirations and responsibilities shared by Ngati Maniapoto and the Crown to protect and nurture the Waipa River. Extending the co-governance framework to include the whole of the Waipa River will contribute significantly to achieving an integrated holistic and coordinated approach to the management of both the Waipa River and the Waikato River to the implementation of the vision and strategy and to river rehabilitation and clean-up initiatives. The Nga Wai o Maniapoto (Waipa River) Bill complements the Waikato River settlement and the Waikato River co-management deeds with Ngati Tuwharetoa Raukawa and Te Arawa River Iwi. These arrangements are similar and contribute to establishing a single unified co-governance framework for both the Waipa River and the Waikato River.  
The Ngati Porou Claims Settlement Bill: the grievances of Ngati Porou are longstanding. This bill recognises and addresses those grievances and settles the historical Treaty of Waitangi claims of Ngati Porou. The area of interest for Ngati Porou is on the East Coast of the North Island. The historical grievances of Ngati Porou relate primarily to the Crown’s failure to honour its Treaty promise to respect Ngati Porou rangatiratanga over its own affairs. The Crown imposed land tenure reform on Ngati Porou which deprived iwi members of collective control over their land and made it difficult to utilise their land for economic development. Although it is not possible to fully compensate Ngati Porou or any claimant group for the loss that people have suffered the redress in this bill seeks to recognise the longstanding cultural and spiritual association that Ngati Porou has within the region. It gives effect to the undertakings by the Crown in the deed of settlement by offering reconciliation redress including an agreed historical account Crown acknowledgments and an apology; cultural redress that vests sites of cultural and historic significance; and a number of arrangements designed to facilitate good working relationships between Ngati Porou and the Crown. The financial and commercial redress of the settlement comprises $90 million in financial and commercial redress $20 million in cultural and historical redress and redress over Crown properties including licensed forest land. I am confident that the Ngati Porou Claims Settlement Bill will settle the claims of Ngati Porou in a full and final manner and set the foundation for a productive future relationship with the Crown.  
Finally I will speak on the Ngati Pahauwera Treaty Claims Settlement Bill. Although I was unable to participate in the policy decisions about the Ngati Pahauwera settlement due to a declared conflict of interest—yeah—it is with great interest that I stand to speak today in the second reading of the bill. Ngati Pahauwera is a confederation of hapu with historical interests in northern Hawke’s Bay. The core area of interest extends from south of Wairoa along the coastline to the Waikari River inland from these areas towards the Maungaharuru Range and north towards the Waiau River. The claims of Ngati Pahauwera include the failure of the Crown to make sure that Ngati Pahauwera had sufficient lands for its future needs during the process of the land alienation that began in the 1850s. By the mid - 20th century Ngati Pahauwera was virtually landless and ever since has suffered economic social and cultural impoverishment. During the New Zealand Wars the Crown ignored warnings of a possible attack on Ngati Pahauwera communities at Mohaka. When the attack occurred the Crown provided minimum assistance to help Ngati Pahauwera recover from the attack on the pa and kainga even though the area had been left virtually defenceless because the warriors from Ngati Pahauwera were away with the Crown’s forces.  
This bill seeks to right the wrongs of the past by recognising what has happened through an agreed historical account Crown acknowledgments and an apology by the Crown to Ngati Pahauwera and an acceptance by Ngati Pahauwera of that apology. This bill seeks to recognise the longstanding cultural and spiritual association that Ngati Pahauwera has in the region through vesting Te Heru o Tureia in Ngati Pahauwera and the subsequent gift of a major portion of that area to the people of New Zealand as a historic reserve. Ngati Pahauwera will also retain Nakunaku as a historic reserve and 14 other cultural redress properties will be invested in the iwi.  
The bill also provides for some aspects of commercial redress to compensate Ngati Pahauwera for what has been lost including authorising the transfer of five former Wairoa District Council properties to Ngati Pahauwera and licensed land within Mohaka Forest as well as a right of first refusal over Crown properties in the core area. I am confident that the Ngati Pahauwera Treaty Claims Settlement Bill will settle the iwi’s Treaty claims in a full and final manner. The redress provided to Ngati Pahauwera can never compensate it for what has been lost. I trust that the agreement reached with Ngati Pahauwera that is embodied in this bill will enhance the relationship between the Crown and Ngati Pahauwera in the future.  
I look forward to all these bills proceeding to the Committee stage without delay. Nga mihi ki a koutou kua hara mai nei i te po nei a tena koutou tena koutou kei raro. 
The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (H V Ross Robertson) 
: Before I call the next speaker I wish to advise the House that it is a split call between the Hon Shane Jones and the Hon Parekura Horomia.