that we've undertaken to bring the bill to this point and without
further ado I commend the bill to
the house. Thank you. Andrew
Bayly. Thank you, Madam Speaker. It
is a pleasure to be
talking on the Ngati Tamaho Claims Settlement Bill,
reading number 2. Of course, this
relates to an area in my electorate
but much more pertinent to me, the
marae for the
people of Ngati Tamaoho. It is very close
to where I live. I
Tamaoho. It is very close to where I live. I just want to
acknowledge Denis Cooper, the chief
negotiator, and a great person, and
also Hiru Patini who I see regularly. I
know there are many others involved and
I do pay homage to them. This a great
position to be in,
that the House is bringing this bill and progressing
it through, because as the
previous speaker noted, it's not
a huge iwi, but important nonetheless. And, of
course, this bill seeks to address
a wrong that we've heard so many times
before. I always find it rather
heartbreaking reading
heartbreaking reading the stories about what went on with the
various iwis around New Zealand where we
are trying to come to a peaceful era or
end to those pieces of
history that many of us do not want to think
about and consider. But in
particular with the Ngati
Tamaoho area, it's interesting. This was
an iwi that was very supportive
of the Crown. Actually undertook a
lot of commercial development with the
Crown prior to the 1840s and as
part of that sold a lot of their
land. In fact, it came to
an agreement with the Crown that
fact, it came to an agreement with
400 acres that would be protected for them, and for
public purposes. And then it went through a process
after the signing of the Treaty
of Waitangi, the iwi sold land and
part of that was
Waitangi, the iwi sold land and part
or some of the land that they owned was to be held back for the benefit
of the iwi. But it also came to a
head in 1863 when the Crown
of the iwi. But it also came to a
Tamaoho to actually sign or swear an Oath of Allegiance. And without
sufficient time the iwi did
not comply with that request, and
from then on were deemed to be
against the Crown. Which from all accounts,
was not actually the case.
the Crown. Which from all accounts, was not actually the case. And
after the wars they were then deemed to
be ineligible for compensation. So,
as a result by the early
ineligible for compensation. So, as
1900, roughly, they were virtually landless. I've watched this iwi over
the years that I have lived in
that area and obviously they have
been working through a very long process
of redress, and it's interesting
to note some of the areas
that they will be given some control over,
which are very familiar to me it,
the opinions, the Drury area, which
is just north of Kai stream where
I live. All the areas, and of course,
significantly the falls, which are
going to be comanaged and again a
huge scenic place of interest
in my electorate, but also significant for
many people in many
other ways. Also, the settlement around the
Papakura defence land which
is obviously very
commercial opportunity which they have been given joint
custody or stewardship over that area. I would
just like to say that I'm
very appreciative of the work that
the Maori select committee have done. I
acknowledge the iwi and I am glad to
see the bill progressing through
the House as quickly as it may do.
see the bill progressing through the House as quickly as it may do. Jenny
Marcroft. Kia ora.
Marcroft. Kia ora.
leaders and people assembled, greetings. I wish to express my
sympathies to the families of
Ngati Tamaoho. Welcome. I want to