that is our mantra leading into this. And I
Mr Speaker, I commend this bill to the House. Kia ora. Peeni Henare.
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thank you, Mr Speaker.
Iwill stay in the Maori
Maori language for most of my disuation.
Maori language for most of my
the keeper in front and the bearer of food behind, so I want
to acknowledge for opening our session
this morning.
thanks to the Lord and I want to acknowledge our visitors that have
arrived in Parliament today.
And acknowledge our creator. May He
extend his wishes to us as there are
stars in the heavens, as the
many people on the
stars in the heavens, as the many people on the Earth will
disappear, I
people on the Earth will disappear, Ijust want to gather
people on the Earth will disappear,
have passed on and grieve and lament those that have passed
those that have passed on, I say farewell. We celebrate
Maori at the beginning ofthe
farewell. We celebrate Maori at the beginning of the Maori New
Year, Puanga is the star. And so we
say standing there. Although, I might
mention the things of today and
the many stars of Matariki, there is a
time for good and there is
a time for
for dark moments, and so I want to come
come back to us, to Mr Speaker, I want
want to acknowledge you and greetings to everybody. Mr Speaker,
the beginning of this part of the bill this morning. He
spoke about many of the aspects of this bill in
regards to the movement of bills like this. It settles the
treaty matters and those
matters and those concerns of the Maori
Maori people over the years from the time of the arrival of
the Pakeha. The
The Minister has talked about some of
of those things that affect us. So, to
some of those thoughts that the Minister has mentioned. When he
talks about genealogy of the Maori,
I have
I have been saying for a long time that the problem
with the laws that we seem to enclose
things within the law. Here's Maori here, with
his friends around him, and he with his
friends around him, do not come together, be friendly. This is
one of
of our common problems. It's a common
particular tribe, you can't dodge the genealogy of your mother, of
your father, and it sometimes causes problems. But never mind about
the problems of relationships
of genealogical relationships, and
the blood itself, but
it's our genealogy to the land, to the waters, to
the seas, to the mountains.
So, if we ever think about
genealogy, that it relates to man only
ever think about genealogy, that it
this problem does arise and it arises many times. And so I want
to acknowledge the Minister and the
Maori select committee, because
it has been the Minister and
the select committee,
committee, the greatest work to listen to all
committee, the greatest work to listen to all the discussions,
to go through all the information and
establish who has relationships
establish who has relationships with the land with this bill,
and it's not an easyjob. I think about
the words that
words that Rangitane brought when they
they stood before the tribunal. I was there. We realised the mana
was there. We realised the mana of genealogy
genealogy and the cure for some of these problems. It's all in the
words of our elders. Who were
faced with these words and had
presented them to the
tribunal in their time. And so I
want to say to you all, my elders and to us in the House, just to
give it a Maori
focus, and say that we can realise the difference between
Maori bills and other
bills. Mr Speaker,
other bills similar to this that we have
have seen in this House. One thing I want to say that the
Minister mentioned
mentioned was the mandate, the mandate, the authority, and it was
there that some problems were seen,
that applied to this issue, whether
the Crown would agree
to talk to this
this group but not this other group, speak with this hapu but
not with that hapu. Subtribe. So, that was a
problem. And
the first part ofthe bill, Mr Speaker, it speaks about the
history and the breaches
Speaker, it speaks about the history and the breaches of the Crown over
the years. We shouldn't think that
those breaches relate only to the
killing of people, but it relates
to the effect on the mana
and the modi of the people, and so part one
talks about these things. I've seen
in bills like this, similarto this, in
the first part,... The Treaty of
Waitangi Act 1975... It's
Waitangi Act 1975... It's very important that you be considered
under part three of
important that you be considered
is nearly out for me now. I need to turn to part
two of the bill. And this part talks about the
cultural redress. The things that are good to
me, you will be able to decide how
the resources
the resources BELL RUNG
BELL RUNG ..and the other benefits that
have come to you, the minerals and in
respect of the minerals
under the ground and the minerals
above the ground.
ground. I do see in that section that you will be able to be
on the board that oversees this, that is
the awa, the river Manawa too,
I've talked about the
minerals. I think it's a good
thing to work in partnership
partnership with the boards and the Crown in respect of
these matters. What
will be able to change the names, the English names in your area so
that it's clearer as
to the history and
in your area. So, I acknowledge that. And in the last part of
the bill, one of the other
troubles that comes
comes up is the right of first refusal. So, this
would be up to you to
to look at this and consider this, Mr Speaker. And in the
few seconds I have
Mr Speaker. And in the few seconds I
have left, I want to acknowledge us all. And I am happy to
see that these
these things are coming to fruition and that we are dealing with them in
this House in front of the
children, the elders of
Rangitane, and sol just stand and
say I commend this bill.
just stand and say I commend this bill. And I
greetings. The question
The question is that the motion be agreed
agreed to. Those of that opinion will say Aye. To the
contrary, No. . The Ayes have it. Rangitane Tu
Mai (Wairarapa
The Ayes have it. Rangitane Tu Mai
bill is set down for committee stage next sitting day. I call on
Government Order of the Day No. 5.
Ngati Pukenga Claims Settlement Bill second
second reading. Mr Speaker. The Hon Christopher Finlayson. Mr
Speaker, I move that the Ngati
Settlement Bill be now read a second time. In April last year, I stood