like to do is talk in more detail at the third reading,
fully. Until then, Mr Speaker, I commend the bill to the House.
The question
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SPEAKS TE REO MAORI
Mr Speaker, as always, it's a great pleasure to stand to speak on
claims settlement bills. And here we
are today for the second reading
of Rangitane Tu Mai (Wairarapa Tamaki
It has been a long journey and I suspect an arduous journey, and
suspect an arduousjourney, and I want to acknowledge, first of
all, those who are still with us, but
those who have passed on, who
had the vision to
ensure that the stories and the korero of the past
are being told in the context of what has happened to Rangitane
Tu Mai
what has happened to Rangitane Tu
bring their ranitahi for these occasion us. Iwant
bring their ranitahi for these occasion us. lwant to acknowledge
those who have the vision from
the past and for
those who have the vision from the past and fortoday, but
those who have the vision from the past and for today, but for those
past and for today, but for those who will carry on the legacy
into the future. Because, it is without
a doubt that moving fonivard with
settlement claims
doubt that moving fonivard with
settlement is really about the future. And I'll
come to that later on in my speech, but I do want
to acknowledge that Rangi
tahi are present,
present, because ifl can speak direct directly to
the Rangitahi here,
here, this settlement is for you and all
all iwi of Rangitane Tu Mai 0f the future.
future. Sir, there's a number of parts to this
future. Sir, there's a number of
parts to this bill, and I wanted to touch on the very first part first
of all. The part which I think is
most important,
most important, because it has, in part
part one there, is the historical account,
account, the Crown acknowledgement and the apology. So, the
historical account, which is an agreed
account between
between the iwi and the Crown, so it's
it's a negotiated one. And as always,
what is. And I want to just acknowledge that that is the
basis, the historical
the historical account, the interaction between the Crown
and the iwi over
interaction between the Crown and
forms the basis for the acknowledgements
acknowledgements that talk about what
has breached the treaty. And then an apology.
apology. And so in the acknowledgement
acknowledgement you have things
the Rangitane experience of
century, urbanisation in the 20th century,
century, and the state education system that discouraged the use of
struggling to maintain their traditional
becoming alienated from their own
And I wanted to mention that particular one, and
several acknowledgements. But I wanted to acknowledge
that one, because the actions that have
happened to hapu, and iwi since
1840 has created a
legacy which, through this process, we
are trying to leave behind. Because the historical and
intergenerational trauma that is transferred
transferred from one generation to another, at some point
needs to stop. So, I wanted to talk
about that particular one, because of
the impact
that particular one, because of the
Rangitane Tu Mai. The next part, of course, is that the
formal apology from the Crown. And the
Crown is deeply sorry for its many breaches of the Treaty
of Waitangi and
and its principles. The Crown profoundly regrets that it failed
to actively protect
actively protect tribal structures of Rangitane or Wairarapa, and
Rangitaner Tamaki
is very good. It's great to have the historical
historical account, the acknowledgement
acknowledgement of what went wrong, and then the apology.
But
But that apology needs to be real. And I'm notjust talking about
the current Government. It's
future, all governments, now and in the future. That we must
always remember that the Crown
has breached the
the treaty and it apologises and it says
Never. BELL RUNG
BELL RUNG So, in the instance
where legislation comes to this House,
it must never ever
legislation comes to this House, it must never ever not consult
properly with
with Rangitane, ever. That's what it's
it's undertaking to do. That's part one. I agree with the
it's undertaking to do. That's part
moving forward, there is a lot in this settlement. And
this settlement. And I wanted to just
just briefly touch on the cultural redress as well. l was interested to
see that there are
statutory acknowledgements and deeds
of recognition,
recognition, and that there were five properties that have both.
And I think having those two layers
over those five properties gives
a huge opportunity for the reconnection of
Rangitane to the whenua back to the land. I remember when l
Rangitane to the whenua back to the land. I remember when lwas a
negotiator for
negotiator for Ngatiapa, that was one
one of the key things that our people always talked
about, was the loss
loss of land and reconnecting with the land. So, that's one part of it.
Another part
Another part is, of course, the commercial redress, because
reconnecting to the land in a cultural sense is
fine, but we also need
need to have an economic base. The economic
economic base that we lost. So, I just want, in the remaining
few seconds that l have, to recognise Mavis
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,