recognise Mavis Mullins, the chair of Rangitane Tu Mai and all
of, the officers
officers of that trust. I wish them all the best
settlement. SPEAKS TE REO MAORI
Nuk Korako, tena koe.
SPEAKS TE REO MAORI
Mr Speaker,
Rangitane Tu Mai Wairarapa Tamaki
it is my pleasure to be able to do this
it is my pleasure to be able to do this also as the chair of the
Maori Affairs select committee.
Sir, Rangitane Tu Mai is a
significant iwi hailing from
Rangitane Tu Mai is a significant iwi hailing from the central
Nord Island.
iwi hailing from the central Nord
despite being small in number, the Rangitane tribal covers an area.
It went without recognition. In an
early Crown
early Crown consensus, their identity, sir, was subsumed. Into
other local iwi of
the area. And despite claimants, sir,
to the Native Land
Native Land Court making claims on the basis of
their Rangitane identity. Even today, it is
that many Rangitane Tu Mai don't realise that they are descendants of
the iwi. Despite
being small in number, Rangitane
a settlement. And only behind the vast
Speaker, it is good to hear there has been a recent resurgence,
actually, in Rangitane identity, which I'm sure can only
be boosted by the passing of this bill.
I want to turn
to turn to some of the things that we discussed in
we discussed in the Maori Affairs select
select committee process of this particular bill. And particularly
during the
during the submission stages and the hekoi
hekoi or the journey to this second reading
reading here today. Sir, one issue that was raised was the place
of Tahika, or Papa humma, which
is recognised as a settlement.
Te Hika o Papauma
o Papauma submitted, sir, that they should
should be recognised separately as a large
large natural grouping for the purposes of settlement regulations.
Sir, when
Sir, when looking at this, though, this situation, we saw there was
a distinct identity separate
from actually both Rangitane and Ngati
Konunu. The Crown prefers not to
negotiate at hapu or
preferring the large natural groupings, and believes that
that the committee considered very, very seriously. We have no desire,
sir, to
sir, to undermine the basis on which the
the Crown negotiates with large natural groupings. However, we
recognise that Te Hikao Papauma does
have a distinct identity
within Rangitane. Our conclusion was that
the most
would be to attach an index to the deed of settlement which refers
to instances
instances where Te Hika o Papauma is mentioned
mentioned in the deed. We also had similar issues, sir, raised by
the Wai 1950 claimants, the hapu
of Ehetere
Wai 1950 claimants, the hapu of Ehetere Kawemata. This is therefore,
sir, included in the
claimant definition for this
Again, we considered this issue very, very
very, very seriously. We considered this issue very seriously. However,
in the end, we had to conclude that
because of the Wai
in the end, we had to conclude that
there wassu of Rangitane, it was appropriate, sir, they be included
in this
in this final settlement. Moving on to
to the redress included in the deed of
of settlement, we had submitters suggest that the redress, including
the Nomu
the Nomu Crown forest land and the former
former Lands Down School should be reclassified from cultural
commercial redress. These submitters have a point which was made
very, very well. However, I do not think
it is
it is the role of the Maori Affairs select committee
specifics of redress, which has already been negotiated, agreed and
ultimately approved by the
claimant community. We were asked to
give Rangitane one further seat on the
board, where they currently hold one. This would
board, where they currently hold one. This would ensure that
Rangitane's cultural footprint, in
Pukaha, Mount Bruce, would never be lost. This was raised
in negotiations with the Crown prior to
the bill's introduction. And it is not
not something, sir, that would be appropriate
appropriate for us to then insert at this stage. We did encourage
this stage. We did encourage Rangitane to take this up with
the Pukaha Board. Mr
Rangitane to take this up with the Pukaha Board. Mr Speaker, lwant to
thank everyone here from
Rangitane who submitted to the select
committee. And also for the manaki
that was shown to our committee
when we
we went for the submissions hearings. And acknowledge that there
hearings. And acknowledge that there was, indeed, a very, very, we
believe, compared to a number of
other treaty settlements,s manaki
that was shown reflected in some
ways the kohaitaka that has taken
place in regards to
this bill. Sir, it
it was an honourto be involved in the
the process and I look fonNard to speaking again on
the remaining parts of
parts of this particular bill. I wish Rangitane well. And to
assure you that we do have a
very, very succinct
succinct and direct process, and every
every bill, every settlement bill that comes before us is, in some
ways, a lot of commonality with
others, but in some ways quite different. On that
note, sir, I commend
commend this bill to the House. Kia ora. Tena koe. Tena koe.
SPEAKS TE REO MAORI Mr Speaker, it's indeed an honourto
supportthe
Mr Speaker, it's indeed an honourto support the second reading of the