"\u003C!DOCTYPE html\u003E\u003Chtml xmlns:xlink=\u0022http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink\u0022 xmlns:xsi=\u0022http://www.w3.org/2007/XMLSchema-instance\u0022 xmlns:mml=\u0022http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML\u0022\u003E\n  \u003Chead\u003E\n    \u003CMETA http-equiv=\u0022Content-Type\u0022 content=\u0022text/html; charset=utf-16\u0022\u003E\n    \u003Cmeta name=\u0022viewport\u0022 content=\u0022width=device-width, initial-scale=1\u0022\u003E\n  \u003C/head\u003E\n  \u003Cbody style=\u0022font-family:sans-serif; font-size:100%;\u0022\u003E\n    \u003Cdiv class=\u0022HpsHansard\u0022\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000001\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsProceedingHeading\u0022 id=\u002212d202f40dd94641a0f153163afe13d4\u0022\u003ETHURSDAY, 22 SEPTEMBER 2016\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000003\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubjectHeading\u0022 id=\u0022e2e03f60327241f7993e1e2628a37fd1\u0022\u003ETHURSDAY, 22 SEPTEMBER 2016\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000002\u0022\u003EMr Speaker took the Chair at 2 p.m.\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000004\u0022\u003EPrayers.\u003C/p\u003E\n    \u003C/div\u003E\n    \u003Cdiv class=\u0022HpsHansard\u0022\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000005\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsProceedingHeading\u0022 id=\u002233498e19bff547ce80b5b7a941a2f09f\u0022\u003EVisitors\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000006\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubjectHeading\u0022 id=\u002204f7fe394f69415c8b4ad94be6d0b47b\u0022\u003EKuwait\u2014Kuwait - New Zealand Parliamentary Friendship Group\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022e4b09a29-dfd3-42c0-8585-11463bd6077b\u0022 data-id=\u002277816600746b4bb5a35903bf606f5556\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000007\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e4b09a29-dfd3-42c0-8585-11463bd6077b\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u002277816600746b4bb5a35903bf606f5556\u0022\u003EMr SPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: I am sure that members would wish to welcome members of the Kuwait - New Zealand Parliamentary Friendship Group, led by Dr Khalil Abdullah Ali, who are present in the gallery.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n    \u003C/div\u003E\n    \u003Cdiv class=\u0022HpsHansard\u0022\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000008\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsProceedingHeading\u0022 id=\u0022e26c0d53f52247bc8c37c5b947f24e9f\u0022\u003EBusiness Statement\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000010\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubjectHeading\u0022 id=\u002249474d541085449a8d7958fbfeb96ed4\u0022\u003EBusiness Statement\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022badb0a39-849c-462a-b32f-77fc017c9fc2\u0022 data-id=\u0022669263da25ef40f4801c5e53546224ef\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000009\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022badb0a39-849c-462a-b32f-77fc017c9fc2\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022669263da25ef40f4801c5e53546224ef\u0022\u003EHon SIMON BRIDGES (Deputy Leader of the House):\u003C/span\u003E When the House resumes on Tuesday, 11 October the Government will look to complete the Committee stages of a number of bills on the Order Paper and the third reading of the bills that were formerly the Judicature Modernisation Bill, presently on the Order Paper as items 24 to 46, starting with the Senior Courts Bill.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u00221dbd2811-8e58-4ffb-848d-31c0eaa9690a\u0022 data-id=\u0022aaa5846b37824142934a57d22760e9cf\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000011\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00221dbd2811-8e58-4ffb-848d-31c0eaa9690a\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022aaa5846b37824142934a57d22760e9cf\u0022\u003ECHRIS HIPKINS (Senior Whip\u2014Labour):\u003C/span\u003E I wonder whether the Deputy Leader of the House can confirm that the Government intends to take urgency to deal with the critical issue of the electrifying carpet that seems to be bedevilling the Minister of Energy and Resources in his office.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022badb0a39-849c-462a-b32f-77fc017c9fc2\u0022 data-id=\u0022c23e0ec8a28e4a10a516cc953c9da3ba\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000012\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022badb0a39-849c-462a-b32f-77fc017c9fc2\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022c23e0ec8a28e4a10a516cc953c9da3ba\u0022\u003EHon SIMON BRIDGES (Deputy Leader of the House):\u003C/span\u003E How very droll. No, no, we are not doing that.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n    \u003C/div\u003E\n    \u003Cdiv class=\u0022HpsHansard\u0022\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000013\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsProceedingHeading\u0022 id=\u00225d492f4a1f484fdb88baf13faab58b6c\u0022\u003EOral Questions\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000014\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubjectHeading\u0022 id=\u0022114386a93d23491aa5c1e303b902015e\u0022\u003EQuestions to Ministers\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000015\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubjectHeading\u0022 id=\u002213f84f5f0c74449e8ffb7e4916b0367e\u0022\u003EElectricity Industry\u2014Asset Sales, Outcome\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022a6c42c44-3622-4c9c-98b8-793fb5ec15cc\u0022 data-id=\u00224f36a80b145f4543972aea575a460aa4\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000016\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a6c42c44-3622-4c9c-98b8-793fb5ec15cc\u0022\u003E1. \u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00224f36a80b145f4543972aea575a460aa4\u0022\u003EIAN McKELVIE (National\u2014Rangit\u012Bkei)\u003C/span\u003E to the Minister of Finance: What reports has he received on the performance of mixed-ownership electricity companies since their partial sale?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022bb158206-360b-4757-8d72-f7d0994e1fb3\u0022 data-id=\u0022813405d4c8984b52b97e0c359ac2c99f\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000017\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bb158206-360b-4757-8d72-f7d0994e1fb3\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022813405d4c8984b52b97e0c359ac2c99f\u0022\u003EHon BILL ENGLISH (Minister of Finance):\u003C/span\u003E Treasury advises me that in the 5 years before the Government sold a minority stake in three State-owned electricity companies\u2014Mighty River Power, Meridian Energy, and Genesis\u2014the combined dividends averaged $365 million a year. In the 3 years since, the average is $442 million a year. In other words, the Crown has received more in dividends, owning 49 percent of the companies, than it did when it owned 100 percent of the companies.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000018\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a6c42c44-3622-4c9c-98b8-793fb5ec15cc\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022c41b6b7a070d490c96d8f5b4f86d0e70\u0022\u003EIan McKelvie\u003C/span\u003E: What other benefits has the partial sale of State-owned electricity companies delivered for New Zealanders?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000019\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bb158206-360b-4757-8d72-f7d0994e1fb3\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00228461e1bd30c648e7bbac882b94b868c9\u0022\u003EHon BILL ENGLISH\u003C/span\u003E: The part sale raised $4.3 billion. This money has been invested in schools, hospitals, the Canterbury rebuild, delivering better education, healthcare, and transport infrastructure. Because we have been able to finance those things out of the proceeds of the sale, we have been able to reduce New Zealand\u2019s indebtedness.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000020\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a6c42c44-3622-4c9c-98b8-793fb5ec15cc\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00223ddf500b12d543b7bc24b1fe403f252c\u0022\u003EIan McKelvie\u003C/span\u003E: Has the part sale of State-owned electricity companies led to an escalation in power prices?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000021\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bb158206-360b-4757-8d72-f7d0994e1fb3\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00220babdc4690bd43a3a427ae422630e124\u0022\u003EHon BILL ENGLISH\u003C/span\u003E: That is a very good question. At the time, there were assertions that the sale of the companies would drive prices up. In fact, since the first company was listed, in May 2013, the energy component of electricity prices has increased by less than the rate of inflation\u2014that is, the prices increased by 2 percent when inflation was 2.5 percent. In fact, in the year to March the average cost of electricity paid by consumers fell for the first time\u2014fell for the first time\u2014in 15 years. That is in sharp contrast to the situation under the previous Government, when prices rose around 70 percent.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000022\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a6c42c44-3622-4c9c-98b8-793fb5ec15cc\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022fdd04e73f063448ba4db5aa39c176f9b\u0022\u003EIan McKelvie\u003C/span\u003E: What safeguards are in place to protect the public interest in power companies?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000023\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bb158206-360b-4757-8d72-f7d0994e1fb3\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022f928337b98bd4bd88bc1ab02e7ce0b23\u0022\u003EHon BILL ENGLISH\u003C/span\u003E: The conditions on which the sale was made were set in order to protect the public interest, and they are that the Government maintain a majority shareholding, that New Zealand investors would be at the front of the queue for buying shares, and that the capital freed up would be used to fund new public assets and enable the Government to build infrastructure without increasing debt. Those conditions have been met.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000024\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubjectHeading\u0022 id=\u00220b64dc9556e94172bd34f688da7e232d\u0022\u003EEconomic Growth\u2014Real Disposable Income Per Capita and Wages\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u00226007dc96-f459-4cdd-9972-4fde2c994088\u0022 data-id=\u00220ec2e64b492f40d894c43fc3c12a0969\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000025\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226007dc96-f459-4cdd-9972-4fde2c994088\u0022\u003E2. \u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00220ec2e64b492f40d894c43fc3c12a0969\u0022\u003EGRANT ROBERTSON (Labour\u2014Wellington Central)\u003C/span\u003E to the Minister of Finance: Is it correct that real disposable income per capita grew by 0.5 percent on average in the last year according to the latest Statistics NZ data, and does he think this represents working New Zealanders getting a fair share of economic growth?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022bb158206-360b-4757-8d72-f7d0994e1fb3\u0022 data-id=\u00224aa48b57f7394e09ab818a15cf04ebce\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000026\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bb158206-360b-4757-8d72-f7d0994e1fb3\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00224aa48b57f7394e09ab818a15cf04ebce\u0022\u003EHon BILL ENGLISH (Minister of Finance):\u003C/span\u003E The answer to the first part of the question is yes. The answer to the second part of the question is that that does not measure whether workers are getting a fair share of economic growth. Real disposable income includes returns on capital, international transfers, and is subject to changes in the terms of trade. What is more important for workers is a different measure, and that is wages\u2014it is called wages. On these measures, families are getting a fair share of economic growth. In the last year wages increased 2 percent, compared with inflation of just 0.4 percent. In fact, under this Government, real take-home pay for workers is increasing at four times the rate that it did under the previous Government.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000027\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226007dc96-f459-4cdd-9972-4fde2c994088\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00221756df150911485db8e5be92d3b12a6c\u0022\u003EGrant Robertson\u003C/span\u003E: How can it be fair on working New Zealanders, if economic growth really is tracking along at about 3 percent, that average wage rises have in fact been between 1.5 and 2 percent over the last year?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000028\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bb158206-360b-4757-8d72-f7d0994e1fb3\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00223835fe74674041cdb68e2203ea0080ac\u0022\u003EHon BILL ENGLISH\u003C/span\u003E: GDP is measuring something different from wages, and wages are just a component of what makes up economic growth. In fact, real wages have been rising. I know that the member finds that hard to believe, but even coming out of a recession in 2009-10, New Zealand households have enjoyed the benefits of moderate but consistent increases in their real incomes.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000029\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226007dc96-f459-4cdd-9972-4fde2c994088\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022aab3313688c44d15809f563d9a5d3401\u0022\u003EGrant Robertson\u003C/span\u003E: In light of that answer, can he confirm that low wage rises are in fact a trend, with average wage rises in New Zealand below 2 percent for the last 4 years?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000030\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bb158206-360b-4757-8d72-f7d0994e1fb3\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00229040e53d82df44af9b74dea092fead54\u0022\u003EHon BILL ENGLISH\u003C/span\u003E: Of course, the question is: low relative to what? In fact, relative to inflation, wage increases now are higher than when inflation was 5 percent under the previous Government. Wages were going up at 5 percent then, and so was inflation. So, in fact, there were zero real wage increases, and now real wages are going up somewhere between 1 and 2 percent.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000031\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00228a1cb04e-8a86-44d1-9004-6e158e220339\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022cac4fe99998f463d9e78887af6fafb0c\u0022\u003ETim Macindoe\u003C/span\u003E: What trends can the Minister report on on increasing wages earned by workers, and by how much are wages increasing ahead of inflation?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000032\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bb158206-360b-4757-8d72-f7d0994e1fb3\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002271e06d0b78184a148820f58743710caa\u0022\u003EHon BILL ENGLISH\u003C/span\u003E: As I said earlier, wages are a pretty good measure\u2014in fact, they are a better measure of what wages households are getting than per capita real national disposable income. Since the Government was elected in 2008 wages have increased 25 percent. Inflation over that period has been just 12 percent. Wages are set to continue rising, with Treasury forecasting a further 8 percent increase over the next 4 years and for the average wage to go to around $63,000. An economy that is growing around 2.5 to 3 percent with relatively low inflation will continue to deliver real wage increases.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000033\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226007dc96-f459-4cdd-9972-4fde2c994088\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00221247724ffa8d48b2b1f697f3586c7fe9\u0022\u003EGrant Robertson\u003C/span\u003E: Why does he continue to deny the reality for many New Zealanders, which is that they have had very modest wage increases alongside massively increased housing costs, today described by the Reserve Bank Governor as excessive, and a New Zealand Income Survey that shows that 28 percent of New Zealanders\u2014the highest percentage ever\u2014are paying more than a third of their income in housing costs?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000034\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bb158206-360b-4757-8d72-f7d0994e1fb3\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00225c57938597d345d7b6460dbca83dba08\u0022\u003EHon BILL ENGLISH\u003C/span\u003E: There is a debate to be had about the proportion of household incomes that are now spent on housing. It stands to reason that if house prices are going up and some households are borrowing heavily, then the proportion that they spend on housing is rising. I might point out two things: on average, servicing costs for household debt are pretty similar, if not a bit lower, than they were 4 or 5 years ago, and, somewhat surprisingly, recent data about rents in Auckland say that rents in Auckland are not rising.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000035\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00228a1cb04e-8a86-44d1-9004-6e158e220339\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00227334ce9adc704434a2d828945d7cc573\u0022\u003ETim Macindoe\u003C/span\u003E: How does New Zealand\u2019s growth in real disposable income per capita compare with Australia\u2019s?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000036\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bb158206-360b-4757-8d72-f7d0994e1fb3\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00227b6b9e25a6c841d187369383bb4ff28c\u0022\u003EHon BILL ENGLISH\u003C/span\u003E: In so far as real disposable income is a measure that shows us what is happening in an economy, growth in New Zealand\u2019s real disposable income has exceeded that of Australia since 2012. If we look at growth in real disposable incomes, we can see the effects of Australia\u2019s mining boom between 2010 and 2013 and New Zealand\u2019s dairy boom between 2012 and 2015. But, in fact, on average, New Zealand\u2019s has risen faster.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000037\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226007dc96-f459-4cdd-9972-4fde2c994088\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00227dd6fe8676e94edca56639a0a48d8508\u0022\u003EGrant Robertson\u003C/span\u003E: Will he listen to the economic commentator who said \u201CStrong GDP growth will make little difference to average earners.\u201D and get on with addressing the housing costs that New Zealanders are facing and review the immigration settings, which are holding down wage growth, or has he stopped listening to himself?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000038\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bb158206-360b-4757-8d72-f7d0994e1fb3\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022397133c1597a41aca750573b1afcf259\u0022\u003EHon BILL ENGLISH\u003C/span\u003E: It would certainly be more intellectually uplifting than listening to the member. Occasionally, I do have to listen to myself because sometimes other people do not always agree. But the fact is that underlying the member\u2019s anxiety is the data that consistently shows New Zealand has an economy growing at 2.5 to 3 percent\u2014in fact, currently it is at 3.5 percent. That puts it in the top two or three of the developed world for growth rates right now. Although the member is worried that that is not enough, the Government is certainly not complacent, and we have a programme of ongoing microeconomic reform to underpin further growth.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000039\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226007dc96-f459-4cdd-9972-4fde2c994088\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002298fcc7ea31e64b70bd20c77f89e21548\u0022\u003EGrant Robertson\u003C/span\u003E: Does he not get it that the problem here is that working New Zealanders are not getting a fair share of that growth, especially when they are facing the kinds of housing cost increases that they are and when debt-to-income ratios in households are the highest that they have ever been, and why will he not get on the side of working New Zealanders and help lift their wages?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000040\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bb158206-360b-4757-8d72-f7d0994e1fb3\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00228e66a0f0df38444585d5515e91e92db8\u0022\u003EHon BILL ENGLISH\u003C/span\u003E: Where I agree with the member is that among any number of measures of economic growth, what actually happens to household wages is a very important one. The fact is, by historical standards, our households are seeing moderate and consistent increases. There is no data the member has referred to today that even measures whether it is the distribution of income across the economy or whether it is fair. The member is just randomly picking statistics and trying to tell us that that tells us what is happening to workers. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000041\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00228a1cb04e-8a86-44d1-9004-6e158e220339\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002244253d4887544a1599855526cb9bc0fa\u0022\u003ETim Macindoe\u003C/span\u003E: How does New Zealand\u2019s growth in GDP per capita under this Government compare with growth in other OECD countries?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000042\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bb158206-360b-4757-8d72-f7d0994e1fb3\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00223f976db906194fa49be9010d45156599\u0022\u003EHon BILL ENGLISH\u003C/span\u003E: This is yet another measure, along with measures of real wages, that shows progress in the economy. The OECD data shows that since 2008, growth in New Zealand\u2019s GDP per capita is the seventh fastest among 35 countries. That is higher than GDP per capita growth in Australia, the US, the UK, Germany, Japan, and the OECD average. By comparison\u2014just to pick a random period\u2014from 1999 to 2008, instead of being seventh fastest among 35 OECD countries, New Zealand over that period was 20th fastest. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000043\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubjectHeading\u0022 id=\u002210002dee262b45bfac6d144c9d183a68\u0022\u003EClimate Change\u2014Government Measures to Address\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u002261720d2e-5b1d-4742-b4f0-30424316ccc1\u0022 data-id=\u002268eccfc4bed74b80918c883dbdfed82a\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000044\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002261720d2e-5b1d-4742-b4f0-30424316ccc1\u0022\u003E3. \u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u002268eccfc4bed74b80918c883dbdfed82a\u0022\u003EBARBARA KURIGER (National\u2014Taranaki - King Country)\u003C/span\u003E to the Minister for Climate Change Issues: How is the Government helping New Zealanders better understand what action New Zealand is taking to tackle climate change?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u002263776108-58dc-4cab-baf1-95282c61d0de\u0022 data-id=\u0022f5dd6b624b2d4a3081bbeedf115bf1dd\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000045\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002263776108-58dc-4cab-baf1-95282c61d0de\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022f5dd6b624b2d4a3081bbeedf115bf1dd\u0022\u003EHon PAULA BENNETT (Minister for Climate Change Issues):\u003C/span\u003E Today I released this snapshot\u2014New Zealand\u2019s Action on Climate Change\u2014outlining all the action New Zealand is taking to tackle climate change. It highlights the significant work going on across central and local government, as well as in the private sector. For example, we have programmes in place to encourage foresters to plant 17 million trees by 2020 and to double the number of electric vehicles each year. Last year we invested $31 million into understanding climate change and its impacts. New Zealanders should be proud of what we have done and confident that we are up to the challenges ahead. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000046\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002261720d2e-5b1d-4742-b4f0-30424316ccc1\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022c8db7bbbf28f4fb99e5a0089ee6633d5\u0022\u003EBarbara Kuriger\u003C/span\u003E: What is New Zealand contributing to the efforts to reduce emissions from agriculture?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000047\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002263776108-58dc-4cab-baf1-95282c61d0de\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00224cf01a6aeb904cceba5e126506df96e2\u0022\u003EHon PAULA BENNETT\u003C/span\u003E: Emissions from agriculture are a challenge for New Zealand, but that also means we have a fantastic opportunity to be world leaders in finding a scientific solution. We are a key player in the 46-country-strong Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases, which is leading research about how to increase food production without growing emissions. Our farmers are already changing, and without some of the efficiency improvements that they have made, our agricultural emissions would have increased by 40 percent since 1990. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000048\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002261720d2e-5b1d-4742-b4f0-30424316ccc1\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022523507893f71438582aca28191df1539\u0022\u003EBarbara Kuriger\u003C/span\u003E: What are the next steps for our action on climate change?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000049\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002263776108-58dc-4cab-baf1-95282c61d0de\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00226fe51b8ea4c04dde933ae11a786bcec6\u0022\u003EHon PAULA BENNETT\u003C/span\u003E: As I have said, we have got a lot to be proud of, but, equally, I think we have got a lot of work to do. In the next few weeks we will ratify the Paris Agreement with the agreement of the House, locking in our ambitious targets for 2030. We are also working internationally to phase down the use of hydrofluorocarbons, which could cut our greenhouse gas emissions by 2 percent and which are known to be really dangerous to the environment. Domestically, we have established, or are about to establish, technical advisory groups on adaptation forestry and agricultural emissions. New Zealand is up for the challenge. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000050\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00227c215736-b512-41de-8f0c-6c5543fcfce7\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00222a81d265a5fe4defade3223d8049c4bd\u0022\u003EJames Shaw\u003C/span\u003E: Why does the pamphlet entitled New Zealand\u2019s Action on Climate Change fail to mention that New Zealand\u2019s emissions have increased 19 percent on her Government\u2019s watch?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000051\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002263776108-58dc-4cab-baf1-95282c61d0de\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00229c0ae9b5ec7e40d3a5abe7be533d18a4\u0022\u003EHon PAULA BENNETT\u003C/span\u003E: As I clearly said in my answer to other questions, we have got challenges ahead and we want to see ourselves reducing those emissions. On per head of population measure, of course, that has reduced, and it would have gone up a lot higher if we had not been making the changes that we have.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000052\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00227c215736-b512-41de-8f0c-6c5543fcfce7\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00225df581cd8a20417092dae5ae6a2a0d33\u0022\u003EJames Shaw\u003C/span\u003E: Why does the pamphlet entitled New Zealand\u2019s Action on Climate Change fail to mention that the most recent Ministry for the Environment projection of our future emissions is that they will increase 96 percent if her Government\u2019s policies remain unchanged?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000053\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002263776108-58dc-4cab-baf1-95282c61d0de\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00226c9b4ff4541246ff950ff69ddad422d7\u0022\u003EHon PAULA BENNETT\u003C/span\u003E: It is because, as the pamphlet\u2019s back page clearly says, we are going to change. We need to do more, we are up for the challenge, and we are going to bend that curve.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000054\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubjectHeading\u0022 id=\u00227eaf3dc25df04b9c9e33700a146ff5f5\u0022\u003EFisheries\u2014Heron Report on Fish Dumping\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u00227c215736-b512-41de-8f0c-6c5543fcfce7\u0022 data-id=\u0022ae1e93b923bb4c668429a621f2d9e795\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000055\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00227c215736-b512-41de-8f0c-6c5543fcfce7\u0022\u003E4. \u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022ae1e93b923bb4c668429a621f2d9e795\u0022\u003EJAMES SHAW (Co-Leader\u2014Green)\u003C/span\u003E to the Minister for Primary Industries: Does he stand by his statement that there is no \u201Chard evidence\u201D to support the Director of Fisheries Management\u2019s claim that fish discarding is a systemic failure of the current system?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u002260200136-9d63-4a82-b4f5-c00411adb1fd\u0022 data-id=\u0022e4cb3125af624bf88ef8e57799d20ab5\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000056\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002260200136-9d63-4a82-b4f5-c00411adb1fd\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022e4cb3125af624bf88ef8e57799d20ab5\u0022\u003EHon JO GOODHEW (Associate Minister for Primary Industries)\u003C/span\u003E on behalf of the Minister for Primary Industries: What the Minister actually said in the House earlier this week regarding that comment by the Director of Fisheries Management is that \u201CDumping and discarding is an issue that successive Governments have been trying to deal with and grapple with over a period of time.\u201D He added that\u2014[Interruption]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000057\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e4b09a29-dfd3-42c0-8585-11463bd6077b\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00221887350727af453fb7ae4fbc54fe90c3\u0022\u003EMr SPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: Order! [Interruption] Order! This is a question that is on notice. It is an important issue, and I do not want a continual barrage coming from the Hon David Cunliffe.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000058\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002260200136-9d63-4a82-b4f5-c00411adb1fd\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022b19baae110824996927698498cb3cab7\u0022\u003EHon JO GOODHEW\u003C/span\u003E: He added: \u201CThe [quota management system] is now 30 years old. We have the operational review under way, and I am sure that through that process the necessary changes will be made.\u201D \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000059\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00227c215736-b512-41de-8f0c-6c5543fcfce7\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022f4e950a228f84f2fb184c7c7e81da087\u0022\u003EJames Shaw\u003C/span\u003E: Were Ministers aware of the extent and seriousness of fish dumping before the Simmons report, which showed that more than double the amount of fish caught are dumped at sea; if not, why not?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000060\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002260200136-9d63-4a82-b4f5-c00411adb1fd\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022e31219e4e85e49b484cab36cdf45e9a1\u0022\u003EHon JO GOODHEW\u003C/span\u003E: What I can say is that an independent review was commissioned into three fisheries compliance investigations, because of concerns. The Heron report has given us a pathway forward, and I am unable to speculate as to what was known or not.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000061\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00227c215736-b512-41de-8f0c-6c5543fcfce7\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00224e0573fbb33940a3a4581528a9404d32\u0022\u003EJames Shaw\u003C/span\u003E: I raise a point of order, Mr Speaker. My question was whether Ministers were aware of the extent of fish dumping before the Simmons report, and that is quite a specific question. The Minister did not answer that.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000062\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e4b09a29-dfd3-42c0-8585-11463bd6077b\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022f2c30f239a0a42689833beb064ade5d9\u0022\u003EMr SPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: Then, I might add, the member went on and added something else to his question, so he actually asked two supplementary questions. But forgiving him for a minute on that, the Minister has then answered that there were three reports that were made available, so they knew of the issue. She then went on to say that she was unable to specifically answer the question you have asked, and, I think, on an occasion when we acknowledge it is a Minister acting on behalf of another Minister, that is satisfactory.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000063\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00229dc203b3-21b0-4d4a-a530-746504e05f20\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022724b474f9d4c410caea049d2ca170665\u0022\u003ERichard Prosser\u003C/span\u003E: When will the Government act on a commission of inquiry into fisheries management, which was called for by New Zealand First 3 months ago?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000064\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002260200136-9d63-4a82-b4f5-c00411adb1fd\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002226ce87a9a6714a3dbd8a8f7abb0e0d88\u0022\u003EHon JO GOODHEW\u003C/span\u003E: I am able to report that back in August last year The Future of our Fisheries review was undertaken, and we know that that will address many issues in relation to this and the quota management system.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000065\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00229dc203b3-21b0-4d4a-a530-746504e05f20\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00224616864b81924a8a885838fb10ca5d4c\u0022\u003ERichard Prosser\u003C/span\u003E: How can he trust a fisheries monitoring agency that is owned by commercial fishing companies to monitor itself?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000066\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002260200136-9d63-4a82-b4f5-c00411adb1fd\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00227c35fb5a518b463e9af931d6a42ef443\u0022\u003EHon JO GOODHEW\u003C/span\u003E: There is currently a contract out for just 15 vessels under Snapper 1, and, in fact, the fisheries compliance people look at the evidence taken from the cameras on those vessels.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000067\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00227c215736-b512-41de-8f0c-6c5543fcfce7\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00224de30c981e2d477cb1d6aeecf6fb4fb0\u0022\u003EJames Shaw\u003C/span\u003E: How does the Minister think that the preliminary Operation Achilles report in July 2013 \u201Cfound its way into the hands of industry\u201D, and how many other investigation reports have found their way into the hands of industry?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000068\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e4b09a29-dfd3-42c0-8585-11463bd6077b\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00222257cf95752e4698b51892d47a989cf9\u0022\u003EMr SPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: Again, there are two supplementary questions. The Minister can address either one.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000069\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002260200136-9d63-4a82-b4f5-c00411adb1fd\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00221d238d74f8144f14b200e7852d215690\u0022\u003EHon JO GOODHEW\u003C/span\u003E: I personally have no knowledge of the answer to the first question, and therefore cannot answer that.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000070\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00227c215736-b512-41de-8f0c-6c5543fcfce7\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022726e2da2424b41778b87013ce21712f3\u0022\u003EJames Shaw\u003C/span\u003E: Will the Minister commit to an independent review of the quota management system in light of the recommendations of the revelations made in the Heron report?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000071\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002260200136-9d63-4a82-b4f5-c00411adb1fd\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00221c439da5ccbf4931ba75fed6abc77f68\u0022\u003EHon JO GOODHEW\u003C/span\u003E: I think it is important that we understand that what we have within the Mike Heron QC report, which was an independent report, was a look at some compliance investigations to determine whether the processes were heading in the right direction. In fact, this report showed that in some cases they were flawed. The Ministry for Primary Industries Director-General, Martyn Dunne, has said that changes will be happening. It is regrettable that they were flawed, but changes will be happening. At the same time, our quota management system is now 30 years old. It is time for a review, and we will be doing that review in good faith.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000072\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubjectHeading\u0022 id=\u00224ca881040b36428fac2cf00e46d63387\u0022\u003EYouth Unemployment\u2014Youth Guarantee Scheme\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u00221dbd2811-8e58-4ffb-848d-31c0eaa9690a\u0022 data-id=\u002249e867af6020455d9fd38870f3e9fa88\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000073\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00221dbd2811-8e58-4ffb-848d-31c0eaa9690a\u0022\u003E5. \u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u002249e867af6020455d9fd38870f3e9fa88\u0022\u003ECHRIS HIPKINS (Labour\u2014Rimutaka)\u003C/span\u003E to the Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment: Does he agree with John Key, who said when announcing the Youth Guarantees policy that \u201Cthe bottom line is this\u2014the days of 16- and-17-year-olds being able to leave school and drift along aimlessly while being financially supported by the Government are at an end?\u201D.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u00224a244152-977c-48d2-bf53-4f3a369a27a9\u0022 data-id=\u002252289a1200894a429bdea497a18516e9\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000074\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00224a244152-977c-48d2-bf53-4f3a369a27a9\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u002252289a1200894a429bdea497a18516e9\u0022\u003EHon STEVEN JOYCE (Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment):\u003C/span\u003E Absolutely yes. The Youth Guarantee scheme was introduced, commencing in 2010, to address the problem of young people leaving school with low achievement and destined to be \u201Cneet\u201D and in receipt of a benefit from age 18. It was significantly expanded in 2012, when the ineffective Youth Training programme was absorbed into the scheme. The purpose of that change was to give the Youth Training students a stronger focus on educational achievement, as well. It has been very effective in improving educational achievement at National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA) level 2. It is also, along with other programmes, improving employment outcomes. More young people are achieving NCEA level 2 than ever before, while young people aged 15 to 19 and not in education, employment, or training are at the lowest levels on record. \u201CNeets\u201D overall are back to pre - global financial crisis levels.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000075\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002236c8c596-d890-4cca-9767-1eeb5c9ce710\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00222e3874052a744fce915c8f5c42fdf7a0\u0022\u003EDarroch Ball\u003C/span\u003E: Not pre-2008 levels. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000076\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00224a244152-977c-48d2-bf53-4f3a369a27a9\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00224d402dae4b244b0895a58a6daf342d32\u0022\u003EHon STEVEN JOYCE\u003C/span\u003E: Yes\u2014September 2008, actually. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000077\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00221dbd2811-8e58-4ffb-848d-31c0eaa9690a\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022fd1845ce069546d1af4ff9aebc5af030\u0022\u003EChris Hipkins\u003C/span\u003E: Did the latest monitoring report of the policy find that participants in the Fees-free scheme are more likely to end up on benefits after completing the programme; if so, does he think that the days referred to by the Prime Minister over 8 years ago are now at an end?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000078\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00224a244152-977c-48d2-bf53-4f3a369a27a9\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002213e1ce05af37458f8320d982673c099a\u0022\u003EHon STEVEN JOYCE\u003C/span\u003E: No. In terms of the Fees-free side there has not been a big increase in terms of employment of that 2012 cohort, but it is important to note that that report was done in 2014 and only takes into account the employment considerations for the 2012 cohort, which was the first year that it was transferred from Youth Training to Youth Guarantee. In terms of the educational achievement, we have seen a significant lift in that. In terms of the employment achievement, it is probably a little bit early, but we also want to see that lift over time.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000079\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00221dbd2811-8e58-4ffb-848d-31c0eaa9690a\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022b64213e81f704656a8fefd1c2f4c73e6\u0022\u003EChris Hipkins\u003C/span\u003E: Did the evaluation find that the young people participating in the programme were more\u2014or less\u2014likely to end up on a benefit as a result of participating in the programme?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000080\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00224a244152-977c-48d2-bf53-4f3a369a27a9\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022b223343d6e8145bc8f35acdfc1f9b57d\u0022\u003EHon STEVEN JOYCE\u003C/span\u003E: I understand that it was about the same. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000081\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00221dbd2811-8e58-4ffb-848d-31c0eaa9690a\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022d081dbbc77c342968ebdebd04dd28661\u0022\u003EChris Hipkins\u003C/span\u003E: Has he read the line in the report that states that \u201Cany difference in outcomes between these groups can be attributed to the programme\u201D; if so, does he think that an additional 2,020 young people receiving benefits, 869 more \u201Cneets\u201D, and 440 fewer people in full employment are good outcomes?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000082\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e4b09a29-dfd3-42c0-8585-11463bd6077b\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002221f2c2b6be9844d2a8b01cee8bc458b5\u0022\u003EMr SPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: Again, there are two supplementary questions there\u2014the Minister can address either. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000083\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00224a244152-977c-48d2-bf53-4f3a369a27a9\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022d3526785691745be8dc3ce96e6e6a2f1\u0022\u003EHon STEVEN JOYCE\u003C/span\u003E: What I know about that report is that it actually underlines the increase in educational achievement at NCEA level 2. The member can try to ignore that if he wishes, but that is the primary aspiration of that scheme\u2014to lift NCEA level 2 achievement\u2014because we all know that if you get at least NCEA level 2, you can do better in the future. In terms of employment, frankly, the member is way too early, because it relates only to the first year of Youth Training. He should wait and see how it goes\u2014and anyway, \u201Cneets\u201D are now at their lowest level for 15- to 19-year-olds that they have ever been.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000084\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022656487fe-e0a2-485c-8dc2-fe61b9aec128\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022885a55dfa48042458be2075f0d39dd29\u0022\u003EDr Jian Yang\u003C/span\u003E: What new steps is the Government taking to ensure more young people\u2014[Interruption] Sorry, I will start again.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000085\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e4b09a29-dfd3-42c0-8585-11463bd6077b\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022a947ece4f8c34151a2aa93f0ce35bf1b\u0022\u003EMr SPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: Order! Every member has a right to ask a question.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000086\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022656487fe-e0a2-485c-8dc2-fe61b9aec128\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022765dc9b2668042179a2db2cdc8d7c3b0\u0022\u003EDr Jian Yang\u003C/span\u003E: What new steps is the Government taking to ensure more young people are engaged in education and training?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000087\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00224a244152-977c-48d2-bf53-4f3a369a27a9\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00220f9ac1e2784c4f4085751662d65c6401\u0022\u003EHon STEVEN JOYCE\u003C/span\u003E: Well, as indicated in the primary answer to this question, the Government is making good progress in reducing the number of disengaged young people, with more young people achieving NCEA level 2 than ever before, and \u201Cneet\u201D rates, particularly of 15- to 19-year-olds, at the lowest percentage levels that we have ever had\u2014right back to 1989. So we now see an opportunity to do more, and this week education Minister Hekia Parata and I announced a new Youth Guarantee programme, a secondary-tertiary programme called DualPathways, alongside the other programmes. This will allow students to be enrolled part-time both in secondary school at years 12 and 13, and part-time in either tertiary education or industry training. That will allow more young people to fully explore career options while they are still enrolled at school and get a head start on the skills employers are looking for. It is the latest in a number of programmes that are serving to bring \u201Cneet\u201D levels to record lows.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000088\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00221dbd2811-8e58-4ffb-848d-31c0eaa9690a\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00226a8ad815cbde44aab2221f35b8e87ca0\u0022\u003EChris Hipkins\u003C/span\u003E: So is the Minister seriously arguing that if participation in the Fees-free scheme increases a young person\u2019s likelihood of achieving NCEA level 2 but also increases their likelihood of ending up on a benefit, that is a successful outcome?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000089\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00224a244152-977c-48d2-bf53-4f3a369a27a9\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002248c39aca9d7e43b5afe5fa4ea5f65dea\u0022\u003EHon STEVEN JOYCE\u003C/span\u003E: Well, again, for the member\u2019s benefit, let me take him through the cohorts that are measured in that report. Those cohorts relate to 2010, 2011, and 2012. The 2012 cohort for the first time picked up the failing Youth Training programme, which was not even delivering educational outcomes; it was delivering nothing. That programme came into Youth Guarantee in 2012. We now have the educational achievement to show for it and we are also, through the \u201Cneet\u201D numbers, seeing the lowest numbers of 15- to 19-year-old \u201Cneets\u201D that we have ever seen since the series began in 1989.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000090\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00221dbd2811-8e58-4ffb-848d-31c0eaa9690a\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022bee1f370f7394e33b65bec109242e15e\u0022\u003EChris Hipkins\u003C/span\u003E: So is he seriously arguing that students are better off having participated in a programme\u2014being forced to participate in a programme by the Government\u2014that makes them more likely to end up on a benefit at the end of it?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000091\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00224a244152-977c-48d2-bf53-4f3a369a27a9\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00221ea28f6f39fa4f2687bb9cd25d02267e\u0022\u003EHon STEVEN JOYCE\u003C/span\u003E: Firstly, nobody is forced to participate in the scheme. They are not forced to participate.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000092\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00221c88b1a53226471ea176397fa3b06be3\u0022\u003EHon Members\u003C/span\u003E: They are!\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000093\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00224a244152-977c-48d2-bf53-4f3a369a27a9\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022f66f8a679bbe4a45baa444890e7906d6\u0022\u003EHon STEVEN JOYCE\u003C/span\u003E: Nobody is forced to participate in Youth Guarantee\u2019s Fees-free programme, but they are achieving educational outcomes at NCEA level 2 that will last their entire lives. I think that is an excellent outcome for those young people. The member can pooh-pooh it if he likes, but I know young people who are very proud of achieving level 2 NCEA when they dropped out of school at 14, turned up at Fees-free Youth Guarantee, and now have their NCEA level 2. To me that is worth a lot for those students.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000094\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubjectHeading\u0022 id=\u0022fb19e52a849a48fca676e33ba12f4384\u0022\u003EVulnerable Children, Oranga Tamariki, Ministry\u2014Establishment and Principles\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022ee649aea-c6fa-4610-9fcf-5c4bb2d3cd33\u0022 data-id=\u0022ae8eebca0a3346d8bbe2e03ae9914ec6\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000095\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ee649aea-c6fa-4610-9fcf-5c4bb2d3cd33\u0022\u003E6. \u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022ae8eebca0a3346d8bbe2e03ae9914ec6\u0022\u003EMATT DOOCEY (National\u2014Waimakariri)\u003C/span\u003E to the Minister for Social Development: What recent announcements has she made regarding support for children and young people in care or at risk of going into care?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022977cccaf-581d-4f48-924e-32bf6c54a93d\u0022 data-id=\u0022a3733a0e736744e4977cefd53bebf7f2\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000096\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022977cccaf-581d-4f48-924e-32bf6c54a93d\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022a3733a0e736744e4977cefd53bebf7f2\u0022\u003EHon ANNE TOLLEY (Minister for Social Development):\u003C/span\u003E This morning I announced that legislation will be introduced to Parliament by the end of the year that will propose new and amended principles to the Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Act 1989 in the critical areas of intensive intervention and care support services. These new principles will ensure better support for children and young people in care or at risk of going into care, and will also increase support for families and caregivers. The current care and protection system is not meeting the needs of vulnerable children, and this new legislation will underpin two important aspects of the new operating model of the Ministry for Vulnerable Children, Oranga Tamariki.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000097\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ee649aea-c6fa-4610-9fcf-5c4bb2d3cd33\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002217c34833cdc34b52843a79696ce75c13\u0022\u003EMatt Doocey\u003C/span\u003E: How do these new principles differ from the current principles in the Act?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000098\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022977cccaf-581d-4f48-924e-32bf6c54a93d\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022aa65d422b8ba4c039dc3fc1b3c911467\u0022\u003EHon ANNE TOLLEY\u003C/span\u003E: We know that the current principles do not place enough focus on intervening early with the right level and type of response to address the impact of harm on a child, and the future risk of harm, so the new principles support an early intervention response, with a focus on safe, stable, and loving care. It will also ensure that decisions made about the child or young person should reflect their views and input. The new principles will make it clear that where a child is removed and cannot be returned to their immediate family, decisions should be centred on the child\u2019s or young person\u2019s best interests, understanding their views and needs. These changes to the fundamental principles of the Act are an integral part of the biggest overhaul of care and protection that this country has ever seen.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000099\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022aa2209f1-1889-4c24-b51d-cb2aedc7aa93\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022653c62f676d448b7b8755d318dad3a5f\u0022\u003EJacinda Ardern\u003C/span\u003E: If Oranga Tamariki, the Ministry for Vulnerable Children, has no responsibility for reducing child poverty, does she genuinely believe it is instead the role of Work and Income, as she stated in her press statement last night?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000100\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022977cccaf-581d-4f48-924e-32bf6c54a93d\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022dbeb1390fee14e24bff629c837c79e4b\u0022\u003EHon ANNE TOLLEY\u003C/span\u003E: I have made it very clear for over a year and a half now\u2014I do not know where that member has been; maybe under a rock somewhere\u2014that the role of the new Ministry for Vulnerable Children, Oranga Tamariki, is to focus on the care and protection of those children who either are in State care or are at risk of going into State care. The hardship and difficulties faced by many other New Zealand children are the responsibility of all of Government.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000101\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ee649aea-c6fa-4610-9fcf-5c4bb2d3cd33\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022a0d0cfcba38b4e55905a80581bb9858f\u0022\u003EMatt Doocey\u003C/span\u003E: How were these new principles developed?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000102\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022977cccaf-581d-4f48-924e-32bf6c54a93d\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022ad451cdc5d804b0ea2efa247f63bbb0e\u0022\u003EHon ANNE TOLLEY\u003C/span\u003E: The new Ministry for Vulnerable Children, Oranga Tamariki, will be completely child-centred, and this has been reflected in the development of these principles. The revised principles reflect and incorporate feedback from the Youth Advisory Panel. This panel worked closely with the Expert Advisory Panel on its report and business case last year, and I want to acknowledge the valuable contribution of these young people. These amended principles also largely reflect feedback from the Children\u2019s Commissioner. The youth panel told me, and told Parliament, that we need to stop experimenting with their lives and, wherever possible, we need to get it right first time. This Government is committed to seeing this happen.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000103\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubjectHeading\u0022 id=\u00224a70f8ae21544ef499fb03a4a4982ed7\u0022\u003ERoading, Auckland\u2014East-West Link\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u002258f935f1-6646-40ab-9d99-17029396850c\u0022 data-id=\u002203f84db11c764591b7e3a5c24d1a9fc5\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000104\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002258f935f1-6646-40ab-9d99-17029396850c\u0022\u003E7. \u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u002203f84db11c764591b7e3a5c24d1a9fc5\u0022\u003EJULIE ANNE GENTER (Green)\u003C/span\u003E to the Minister of Transport: Does he stand by his statement that \u201Cthere will come a point of time where you can\u2019t just keep adding lanes to the motorway\u201D; and does he think that time has come for Auckland?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022badb0a39-849c-462a-b32f-77fc017c9fc2\u0022 data-id=\u00222a82c1ac566a437995765867616c30fe\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000105\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022badb0a39-849c-462a-b32f-77fc017c9fc2\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00222a82c1ac566a437995765867616c30fe\u0022\u003EHon SIMON BRIDGES (Minister of Transport):\u003C/span\u003E Yes; and no.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000106\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002258f935f1-6646-40ab-9d99-17029396850c\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00226b2e496afcdc4e5aaadf7bdc99a7a93d\u0022\u003EJulie Anne Genter\u003C/span\u003E: Given that 50 years of motorway building has not fixed congestion in Auckland, why is his Government still proposing to spend another $6.5 billion adding more lanes to Auckland motorways in the next 10 years, rather than building the rapid transit network that Aucklanders would like?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000107\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022badb0a39-849c-462a-b32f-77fc017c9fc2\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002233402183c06043ce8f7ccd0592532d7e\u0022\u003EHon SIMON BRIDGES\u003C/span\u003E: Well, I think the member will find it was not me; in fact, it was officials from across both central government and local government and people with independent expertise who determined that, indicatively, these are the sorts of projects that will really get Auckland moving.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000108\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002258f935f1-6646-40ab-9d99-17029396850c\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022927c4c18350a4c4ea7bb551edbf5de92\u0022\u003EJulie Anne Genter\u003C/span\u003E: So can he confirm whether a detailed business case was completed for the $1.85 billion East-West Link motorway when he announced it would be fast tracked in January last year?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000109\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022badb0a39-849c-462a-b32f-77fc017c9fc2\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00220e06514f0f7746038e364fe00c6744fc\u0022\u003EHon SIMON BRIDGES\u003C/span\u003E: Yes, well, that is a project that the Government feels strongly needs to be done, and the reason for that is that that is a message we are getting consistently from across the spectrum in Auckland as a project that will really get Auckland moving and, in particular, freight and industry moving in the biggest, busiest industrial area within New Zealand.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000110\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002258f935f1-6646-40ab-9d99-17029396850c\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00226e94e956f55142dab2f86768c63325af\u0022\u003EJulie Anne Genter\u003C/span\u003E: I raise a point of order, Mr Speaker. My question was pretty straight. It asked whether he could confirm whether a detailed business case was completed for this project.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000111\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e4b09a29-dfd3-42c0-8585-11463bd6077b\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00222a9a59da97d0415cab68c086dc6263e2\u0022\u003EMr SPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: No. It then went on to mention the fact that the project was \u201Cfast tracked\u201D\u2014they were the words that the member used\u2014so I could accept that the member has addressed that. I think when I consider the first part of your question, \u201CWas there a detailed business case?\u201D, the Minister has not addressed that. I will allow the member to repeat the question.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000112\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00229dc203b3-21b0-4d4a-a530-746504e05f20\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022401767cffe1b44a993ae5f6597206027\u0022\u003ERichard Prosser\u003C/span\u003E: I raise a point of order, Mr Speaker. To assist the order of the House, I think if you look at the Hansard, the Minister\u2019s first word was \u201CYes\u201D, so he did answer that question. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000113\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e4b09a29-dfd3-42c0-8585-11463bd6077b\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022086282e9b46c400b892587c326a55b49\u0022\u003EMr SPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: Order! I do not need that sort of help from Mr Prosser.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000114\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002258f935f1-6646-40ab-9d99-17029396850c\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022f308358c68144ec68fbf81e8a91e8e9f\u0022\u003EJulie Anne Genter\u003C/span\u003E: Can the Minister confirm whether a detailed business case was completed for the East-West Link motorway when he announced it would be fast tracked?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000115\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022badb0a39-849c-462a-b32f-77fc017c9fc2\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022bf2515487cab4eec963def1677dbc8c1\u0022\u003EHon SIMON BRIDGES\u003C/span\u003E: Yes, as I think the member knows, because she has sent in about 50,000 Official Information Act requests on this issue. We have done very detailed investigations on this issue. We have gone through a range of options in great detail, and we feel very confident we have come out with the best long-term project here.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000116\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002258f935f1-6646-40ab-9d99-17029396850c\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022a898a2458df643549bf624356b6e5f2f\u0022\u003EJulie Anne Genter\u003C/span\u003E: Given that a detailed business case has not been completed for the East-West Link, is the Government now admitting that it is not using objective expertise to inform which projects are going to be prioritised in the next 10 years in Auckland? \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000117\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022badb0a39-849c-462a-b32f-77fc017c9fc2\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00225aed239bb1924467a8ccb681ccb51527\u0022\u003EHon SIMON BRIDGES\u003C/span\u003E: I think the member has missed the tenor of my last answer. As I say, the New Zealand Transport Agency has done very detailed investigations in relation to the East-West Link project, and we feel very confident that it is the right project\u2014it is a project that Auckland wants. I will also make quite clear that we have many other plans in place to keep Auckland moving.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000118\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002258f935f1-6646-40ab-9d99-17029396850c\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00223519614d36b94fb38f85958cb302f3e2\u0022\u003EJulie Anne Genter\u003C/span\u003E: Does the Minister understand that there is an opportunity cost to spending billions of dollars on additional motorway lanes, and that if that money was used on high-capacity busways and railways first, it would actually help more Aucklanders get around, not only on public transport but on the roads that already exist?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000119\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022badb0a39-849c-462a-b32f-77fc017c9fc2\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022cb4b9de796404fc7bd1839c45b9f18f7\u0022\u003EHon SIMON BRIDGES\u003C/span\u003E: I think the member is exactly right. That is why we have set up the Auckland Transport Alignment Project, so that in an evidence-based way we are going through and determining the projects that represent the best value for money to deal with congestion. That includes a wide range of projects in public transport, but also in arterial roads, motorways, and the like, because they all, combined, represent the best value to deal with Auckland\u2019s transport issues.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000120\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubjectHeading\u0022 id=\u0022c84bcddb21e7465e99673c3a1fd9411d\u0022\u003EM\u0101ori Development\u2014Housing and Wh\u0101nau Ora Spending\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022802874a3-deca-48b7-9d33-9087058892f5\u0022 data-id=\u002238f81b52b07d40efab699fe04dec7584\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000121\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022802874a3-deca-48b7-9d33-9087058892f5\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u002238f81b52b07d40efab699fe04dec7584\u0022\u003EKELVIN DAVIS (Labour\u2014Te Tai Tokerau):\u003C/span\u003E I seek leave to hold my question over until the Minister for M\u0101ori Development is available to answer.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022e4b09a29-dfd3-42c0-8585-11463bd6077b\u0022 data-id=\u0022f6aac825d96042eb9d088d87d97076c8\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000122\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e4b09a29-dfd3-42c0-8585-11463bd6077b\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022f6aac825d96042eb9d088d87d97076c8\u0022\u003EMr SPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: Leave is sought for that course of action. Is there any objection? There is objection. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022802874a3-deca-48b7-9d33-9087058892f5\u0022 data-id=\u0022506dabfd59fc456e8e03538bbbda5215\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000123\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022802874a3-deca-48b7-9d33-9087058892f5\u0022\u003E8. \u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022506dabfd59fc456e8e03538bbbda5215\u0022\u003EKELVIN DAVIS (Labour\u2014Te Tai Tokerau)\u003C/span\u003E to the Minister for M\u0101ori Development: Does he believe that the lives of M\u0101ori have improved during his time as Minister for M\u0101ori Development?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u002263776108-58dc-4cab-baf1-95282c61d0de\u0022 data-id=\u0022cbe21e20275549699b0f2f8892125047\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000124\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002263776108-58dc-4cab-baf1-95282c61d0de\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022cbe21e20275549699b0f2f8892125047\u0022\u003EHon PAULA BENNETT (Minister for Social Housing):\u003C/span\u003E on behalf of the Minister for M\u0101ori Development: Yes.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000125\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022802874a3-deca-48b7-9d33-9087058892f5\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002262e3497042cb420ab113eeace21e3f9b\u0022\u003EKelvin Davis\u003C/span\u003E: How have M\u0101ori lives improved, with the M\u0101ori homeownership rate plummeting to just 28 percent under his watch, and with M\u0101ori facing a rate of homelessness more than five times greater than the European population?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000126\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002263776108-58dc-4cab-baf1-95282c61d0de\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022f3834cfc7d3940c9a4550207ab254298\u0022\u003EHon PAULA BENNETT\u003C/span\u003E: The M\u0101ori Housing Network provides funding of approximately $17.6 million per annum for housing projects aimed at improving the quality and affordability of homes, as well as increasing the number of whare available. The M\u0101ori Housing Network is supporting 87 projects around the motu. These projects include helping to repair 243 wh\u0101nau homes, building 42 new affordable homes, supporting provision of emergency housing facilities, and providing infrastructure for 116 houses. This is making a difference, and that is what the focus is on.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000127\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022802874a3-deca-48b7-9d33-9087058892f5\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002285861d7936544778bbb21670dcb970ab\u0022\u003EKelvin Davis\u003C/span\u003E: Why has his K\u0101inga Whenua Loan Scheme failed so dramatically to build houses, given fewer than five loans have been given out each year?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000128\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002263776108-58dc-4cab-baf1-95282c61d0de\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002294086c383ddd41b181cf1412bdf99632\u0022\u003EHon PAULA BENNETT\u003C/span\u003E: They are currently running projects throughout the country and going around and speaking at different events to make sure that they are talking to people about how they might be working. We will be seeing that number increase.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000129\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022802874a3-deca-48b7-9d33-9087058892f5\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00221457bcdaa6b44feebfcf3e2fa16cca5a\u0022\u003EKelvin Davis\u003C/span\u003E: Does he think his M\u0101ori Housing Network is really going to help M\u0101ori into homes, when it organised more workshops last year than it built houses?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000130\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002263776108-58dc-4cab-baf1-95282c61d0de\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022ac4fe0bad5c94a08be88f001d2c2ea53\u0022\u003EHon PAULA BENNETT\u003C/span\u003E: The whole idea is to be talking to people and making sure that the projects do fit with what they want locally and what they need. The answer to that question is a definite yes.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000131\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022802874a3-deca-48b7-9d33-9087058892f5\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00225b81f5067447455bb93c9b2d7649da45\u0022\u003EKelvin Davis\u003C/span\u003E: Does he accept that he has overseen some of the worst declines for M\u0101ori homeownership, that there are children living in cars, and that he is a Minister in a Government that his co-leader called a \u201Cslum lord\u201D?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000132\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002263776108-58dc-4cab-baf1-95282c61d0de\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022def7454b52c24ae38bf1ac624236f08d\u0022\u003EHon PAULA BENNETT\u003C/span\u003E: I think that the Minister for M\u0101ori Development is making huge inroads when it comes to M\u0101ori housing and how that can be done, from Te Ture Whenua M\u0101ori land to how they are actually pulling that together, to the loans that are available to making sure that our young people do have access. I think it is making progress.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000133\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002236c8c596-d890-4cca-9767-1eeb5c9ce710\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00220f21c38fa7e24d499fbee12f744049d9\u0022\u003EDarroch Ball\u003C/span\u003E: How have the lives of M\u0101ori improved if Te Puni K\u014Dkiri and Wh\u0101nau Ora commissioning agencies\u2014[Interruption] \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000134\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e4b09a29-dfd3-42c0-8585-11463bd6077b\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022e338e4c025a1480c9acbda71f753f958\u0022\u003EMr SPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: Order! I will require substantially less interference from my right-hand side. The member can start his question again.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000135\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002236c8c596-d890-4cca-9767-1eeb5c9ce710\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002280349dc6a4394857bc1e3445ad15614c\u0022\u003EDarroch Ball\u003C/span\u003E: How have the lives of M\u0101ori improved if Te Puni K\u014Dkiri and Wh\u0101nau Ora commissioning agencies have exited almost 30 of the 50 contracts nationwide that were transferred from the Ministry of Social Development, while he keeps the funding and enjoys a slush fund of almost $3 million?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000136\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002263776108-58dc-4cab-baf1-95282c61d0de\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00221da5ad813240453bb3e33df7f047b5c8\u0022\u003EHon PAULA BENNETT\u003C/span\u003E: That member has made his views pretty clear in this House many times on how he sees Wh\u0101nau Ora operating. The reality is that it has showed that more than 11,500 wh\u0101nau are being supported to improve and achieve things across their lives. This is about working alongside M\u0101ori in their homes, in their communities, and seeing them be aspirational and working towards success, not about actually holding funds close to them and not making a difference.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000137\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubjectHeading\u0022 id=\u0022e955a0caa63742bbb37752b01444a2ed\u0022\u003EPacific Peoples\u2014Pacific Employment Support Services and Youth Outcomes\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022695678cf-542a-4616-9e0a-86990caec192\u0022 data-id=\u00225736f96c7c4d4c54995667a05379c47c\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000138\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022695678cf-542a-4616-9e0a-86990caec192\u0022\u003E9. \u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00225736f96c7c4d4c54995667a05379c47c\u0022\u003EALFRED NGARO (National)\u003C/span\u003E to the Minister for Pacific Peoples: What recent announcement has he made about supporting young Pacific people into sustainable employment, education, and training?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u002219bcf2ff-a193-4361-9072-813a4e36683c\u0022 data-id=\u0022f86908410bd0493e91198c8e9a9e2769\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000139\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002219bcf2ff-a193-4361-9072-813a4e36683c\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022f86908410bd0493e91198c8e9a9e2769\u0022\u003EHon Peseta SAM LOTU-IIGA (Minister for Pacific Peoples):\u003C/span\u003E Last Friday I relaunched the Pacific Employment Support Services scheme in Manukau. This scheme focuses on getting young Pacific people into employment, education, and training. I am delighted that a further $4.6 million has been allocated to run the programme for the next 4 years. Four providers will work together across Auckland and Hamilton, and the programme expects to provide essential support to get 2,000 young Pacific people into work or training over the next 4 years.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000140\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022695678cf-542a-4616-9e0a-86990caec192\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00220408a90f21b6487d906a01068cfbc0a7\u0022\u003EAlfred Ngaro\u003C/span\u003E: What evidence is there that the scheme is truly making a difference?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000141\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002219bcf2ff-a193-4361-9072-813a4e36683c\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00228527748403c7479e8d1a41ca982e5177\u0022\u003EHon Peseta SAM LOTU-IIGA\u003C/span\u003E: The evaluation of the pilot programme showed that over 1,400 young Pacific people have already benefited from the scheme since it began as a pilot. Of those, over 81 percent were placed into work or training schemes. It was clearly evident from speakers last Friday that this programme makes a real difference to these young Pacific people and their families. It does this by motivating, matching, and training young people to give them the support and the confidence that they need to succeed in the workplace and in their training programmes.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000142\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022b398827c-6bf5-403e-90dc-ff03205302a5\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002278ac5e8bda5248f99800b1e540b822a2\u0022\u003ESu\u2019a William Sio\u003C/span\u003E: Are Pacific parents correct that his Government promised a brighter future, but instead what they got was high youth unemployment and that \u201CAlmost a quarter of Pacific students reported that their parents worry about not having enough food, and 36 percent said someone at home sleeps in a room not designated for sleeping (e.g., a garage or living room),\u201D, as highlighted in the health and well-being of Pacific youth report released today?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000143\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002219bcf2ff-a193-4361-9072-813a4e36683c\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022b90007d443b8427da9900da7d293bab0\u0022\u003EHon Peseta SAM LOTU-IIGA\u003C/span\u003E: The report by Auckland UniServices showed that Pacific young people are actually making good progress. Recent results show that they have improved family and school relationships, significant reductions in substance abuse, and improved educational goals.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000144\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubjectHeading\u0022 id=\u0022b0cacf78b0a6424898b476b99b4407d2\u0022\u003ETaranaki Regional Council\u2014Iwi Representation\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u002236c8c596-d890-4cca-9767-1eeb5c9ce710\u0022 data-id=\u0022534e06c1d29543cebb0ec9992de233e2\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000145\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002236c8c596-d890-4cca-9767-1eeb5c9ce710\u0022\u003E10. \u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022534e06c1d29543cebb0ec9992de233e2\u0022\u003EDARROCH BALL (NZ First)\u003C/span\u003E to the Minister of Local Government: Does he stand by all his statements?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u002219bcf2ff-a193-4361-9072-813a4e36683c\u0022 data-id=\u00224cc7c9b19ed6478dae6e1f34258b0ab4\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000146\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002219bcf2ff-a193-4361-9072-813a4e36683c\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00224cc7c9b19ed6478dae6e1f34258b0ab4\u0022\u003EHon Peseta SAM LOTU-IIGA (Minister of Local Government):\u003C/span\u003E Yes, in the context in which they were made.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000147\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002236c8c596-d890-4cca-9767-1eeb5c9ce710\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00226007d32e3ab740a6991d41c1055499eb\u0022\u003EDarroch Ball\u003C/span\u003E: Does he stand by his statement to the Local Government Commission in March this year that \u201CWhat you\u2019re going to get is models that are appropriate for the individual regions, we\u2019re not going to impose this from Wellington, there\u2019s no \u2018one size fits all\u2019 \u2026\u201D?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000148\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002219bcf2ff-a193-4361-9072-813a4e36683c\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00228f54b9cb3cca46c68ee0636b0d743384\u0022\u003EHon Peseta SAM LOTU-IIGA\u003C/span\u003E: Yes, I do.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000149\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002236c8c596-d890-4cca-9767-1eeb5c9ce710\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00220068a33964be4e7c808452cac01420da\u0022\u003EDarroch Ball\u003C/span\u003E: If that is the case, will he now amend the Local Government Act 2002 to reflect the race-based appointments incorporated into the Taranaki Iwi Claims Settlement Bill, which will force the Taranaki Regional Council to include six unelected iwi representatives?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000150\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002219bcf2ff-a193-4361-9072-813a4e36683c\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002288153a925ce84b528bcffb7c972da262\u0022\u003EHon Peseta SAM LOTU-IIGA\u003C/span\u003E: I have not made any announcements on that bill, nor am I responsible for that bill.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000151\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002236c8c596-d890-4cca-9767-1eeb5c9ce710\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022f01b9911407c435e8fc9256f42215f0f\u0022\u003EDarroch Ball\u003C/span\u003E: Would he agree that it is fair and democratic to force a council that was democratically elected to include six members based on race who hold the same status and remuneration and expenses; if so, why?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000152\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002219bcf2ff-a193-4361-9072-813a4e36683c\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00224128e0d86b2f494db68dd1a8c5cf6bbd\u0022\u003EHon Peseta SAM LOTU-IIGA\u003C/span\u003E: That is a hypothetical question. That is a hypothetical question; I do not have to answer.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000153\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002236c8c596-d890-4cca-9767-1eeb5c9ce710\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00226d92d14f514c47d7890bea14f70012fc\u0022\u003EDarroch Ball\u003C/span\u003E: I raise a point of order, Mr Speaker. This is hardly\u2014[Interruption]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000154\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e4b09a29-dfd3-42c0-8585-11463bd6077b\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00220b0d9c57ff1a4bb2aea4b32af5e73c64\u0022\u003EMr SPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: Order! I cannot hear the point of order.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000155\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002236c8c596-d890-4cca-9767-1eeb5c9ce710\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022bee38f58211547669e9f7b2de0d0de45\u0022\u003EDarroch Ball\u003C/span\u003E: This is hardly a hypothetical question. I can ask\u2014\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000156\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e4b09a29-dfd3-42c0-8585-11463bd6077b\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00228297782ee9a6406184c01cd26c7641c8\u0022\u003EMr SPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: Order! The Minister has interpreted it as a hypothetical question. It was a difficult question\u2014[Interruption] The member will resume his seat. It was a difficult question for me to write down because it was a fairly lengthy question, but that is the answer the Minister has given, and when I consider the generality of the primary question, we will move forward.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000157\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002236c8c596-d890-4cca-9767-1eeb5c9ce710\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022cc0de25272a949e7bd760d749e57b517\u0022\u003EDarroch Ball\u003C/span\u003E: Why is the Government ignoring a referendum in the New Plymouth area last May, when 83 percent opposed race-based appointments to local government, by now ramming six non-elected appointments down Taranakians\u2019 throats?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000158\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002219bcf2ff-a193-4361-9072-813a4e36683c\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022601cca1b670f4c91a81d69d62dbb0851\u0022\u003EHon Peseta SAM LOTU-IIGA\u003C/span\u003E: I would note that we are not ignoring that referendum held last year. That is not true.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000159\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002236c8c596-d890-4cca-9767-1eeb5c9ce710\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022a764417ad9a0461199affd306415afae\u0022\u003EDarroch Ball\u003C/span\u003E: You are.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000160\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002219bcf2ff-a193-4361-9072-813a4e36683c\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022307ef747277c497abc8d033f029e5afd\u0022\u003EHon Peseta SAM LOTU-IIGA\u003C/span\u003E: No, we are not.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000161\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubjectHeading\u0022 id=\u002227e5f944aa744814bb155645678c08a9\u0022\u003ESmall Businesses\u2014Online Business Surveys\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u002258eae615-ef83-4df5-bace-6749bdd312a8\u0022 data-id=\u0022862e0b760b2f4a809b0d5f3aadfffaaf\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000162\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002258eae615-ef83-4df5-bace-6749bdd312a8\u0022\u003E11. \u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022862e0b760b2f4a809b0d5f3aadfffaaf\u0022\u003EDr PARMJEET PARMAR (National)\u003C/span\u003E to the Minister for Small Business: How will small businesses benefit from this Government\u2019s move to reduce the time it takes to complete business surveys?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022659f6556-09a1-4ead-bc52-05cbdb4eaab8\u0022 data-id=\u0022cbd009dc0c624c4180622cc7a6cdb72e\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000163\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022659f6556-09a1-4ead-bc52-05cbdb4eaab8\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022cbd009dc0c624c4180622cc7a6cdb72e\u0022\u003EHon CRAIG FOSS (Minister for Small Business):\u003C/span\u003E Under this Government Statistics New Zealand has taken yet another step towards being digital by default and open by default by moving three more business surveys online. Small businesses will now save time by completing four surveys\u2014the Agricultural Production Survey, the Economic Survey of Manufacturing, the quarterly Wholesale Trade Survey, and the Quarterly Business Survey\u2014online. An additional 15 business surveys will be available to be completed online by mid-2017, and our aim is to have all business surveys online in 2018. Small businesses will continue to benefit from the reduced time taken to fill out these surveys while also contributing their data to create more information for more informed markets across New Zealand.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000164\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002258eae615-ef83-4df5-bace-6749bdd312a8\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00223101c2ad211e41e2a6539b0480b33169\u0022\u003EDr Parmjeet Parmar\u003C/span\u003E: As well as making it easier to complete business surveys, what steps is the Government taking to reduce the number of small businesses that have to complete a business survey?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000165\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022659f6556-09a1-4ead-bc52-05cbdb4eaab8\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022a83bfda953884524bde01f32aa242472\u0022\u003EHon CRAIG FOSS\u003C/span\u003E: The number of businesses surveyed over recent years has reduced from 268,000 businesses to 72,000 businesses. The biggest reductions have been amongst small businesses. This has been made possible as Statistics New Zealand has made better use of administrative data collected by other organisations across Government. I expect Statistics New Zealand to look for further opportunities for further reductions. This is great news for many small business owners across New Zealand, and for operators, who, of course, can now spend less time on administration and more time on their business.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000166\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubjectHeading\u0022 id=\u0022b068ee8aa2c7404d9a5856bde2d5026f\u0022\u003EFisheries\u2014Fish Dumping, Oversight\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022471dee54-f59e-4497-b3d3-c39044ce7169\u0022 data-id=\u0022e30a89729d7d4693861b13f6ec8cfb69\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000167\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022471dee54-f59e-4497-b3d3-c39044ce7169\u0022\u003E12. \u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022e30a89729d7d4693861b13f6ec8cfb69\u0022\u003EHon DAMIEN O\u2019CONNOR (Labour\u2014West Coast - Tasman)\u003C/span\u003E to the Minister for Primary Industries: Does he stand by all his statements?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u002260200136-9d63-4a82-b4f5-c00411adb1fd\u0022 data-id=\u002214eafd4ad730463593418e7cf6e25fca\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000168\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002260200136-9d63-4a82-b4f5-c00411adb1fd\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u002214eafd4ad730463593418e7cf6e25fca\u0022\u003EHon JO GOODHEW (Associate Minister for Primary Industries)\u003C/span\u003E on behalf of the Minister for Primary Industries: Yes, in the context they were given. In particular, the Minister stands by his statement that yesterday\u2019s announcement was \u201Cgreat news for dairy farmers\u201D, with Fonterra raising its forecast payout to well above break even for most farmers. The Minister notes that this statement contrasts with the statements of some members, who have previously expressed more dire forecasts for that industry.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000169\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022471dee54-f59e-4497-b3d3-c39044ce7169\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022fcc51cf12f8b488a82b385cfba07c842\u0022\u003EHon Damien O\u2019Connor\u003C/span\u003E: Does he stand by his statement that the tender process for monitoring commercial fishing was a \u201Cvery open and transparent process\u201D; if so, what is open or transparent about letting the commercial fishing industry, which is about to be monitored, veto any firm it did not like?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000170\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002260200136-9d63-4a82-b4f5-c00411adb1fd\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002295e592d50d404423af924b8c57402eb3\u0022\u003EHon JO GOODHEW\u003C/span\u003E: The Minister stands by his statement on that issue.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000171\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022471dee54-f59e-4497-b3d3-c39044ce7169\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002266cdca70dfb64abeae088f1bc6ea96e4\u0022\u003EHon Damien O\u2019Connor\u003C/span\u003E: Who does the Minister think is more likely to get vetoed by the commercial fishing industry\u2014(a) a company owned by the commercial fishing industry, or (b) the firm that discovered systemic fish dumping by commercial fishing companies?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000172\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002260200136-9d63-4a82-b4f5-c00411adb1fd\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022713a8dc2ca9f4320a1d84da26efcab30\u0022\u003EHon JO GOODHEW\u003C/span\u003E: If you are asking the Minister to second-guess something the commercial fishing industry would do, why does the member not ask them himself?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000173\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022471dee54-f59e-4497-b3d3-c39044ce7169\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022a465f2b138b6418eac5f3aa42f162f33\u0022\u003EHon Damien O\u2019Connor\u003C/span\u003E: Why did the Minister\u2019s officials try to stitch up the tender process so the commercial fishing industry would be monitoring itself?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000174\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002260200136-9d63-4a82-b4f5-c00411adb1fd\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002259c41999856242188cb5bb626878db3f\u0022\u003EHon JO GOODHEW\u003C/span\u003E: I reject the assertion in the member\u2019s question.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000175\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022471dee54-f59e-4497-b3d3-c39044ce7169\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002295bdfe7b42be4835b9c4d4cf41f22775\u0022\u003EHon Damien O\u2019Connor\u003C/span\u003E: Does the Minister think New Zealand\u2019s international export reputation is at risk when the integrity of the Ministry for Primary Industries and the fishing industry is under question?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000176\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002260200136-9d63-4a82-b4f5-c00411adb1fd\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022c7fc4c0163114f9a9ae3349cdcc7d4fb\u0022\u003EHon JO GOODHEW\u003C/span\u003E: Quite the contrary. I think what the international industry will see is that we have had an independent inquiry into our fisheries compliance investigations, that we have taken on the chin that in the case of one of them it was flawed, that we have said we have a total commitment to changing the internal processes that have brought this about, and that in fact we are not hiding the fact that there have been mistakes made.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000177\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002260200136-9d63-4a82-b4f5-c00411adb1fd\u0022\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n    \u003C/div\u003E\n    \u003Cdiv class=\u0022HpsHansard\u0022\u003E\n      \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsProceedingHeading\u0022\u003EBills\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000178\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubjectHeading\u0022 id=\u0022819d31b53cb548219aff87666da4956e\u0022\u003ERangit\u0101ne o Manawatu Claims Settlement Bill\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000179\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubproceedingHeading\u0022 id=\u0022d83770934f1e473580bec358273cce82\u0022\u003ESecond Reading\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000180\u0022\u003EDebate resumed from 21 September.\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022a434482b-7ac1-4862-9ce7-13e63289dee3\u0022 data-id=\u0022b35edebde7394d538929b5991faa0657\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000181\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a434482b-7ac1-4862-9ce7-13e63289dee3\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022b35edebde7394d538929b5991faa0657\u0022\u003EADRIAN RURAWHE (Labour\u2014Te Tai Hau\u0101uru):\u003C/span\u003E T\u0113n\u0101 t\u0101tou, e Te Whare nei. Before the lunch break, I was talking about the disappointment that Rangit\u0101ne will be feeling about not having their settlement bill read for a third time tomorrow. I also spoke about the whare, the house, that stands on Te Hotu Manawa o Rangitaane o Manawatu marae, the name of which is T\u016Bturu P\u016Bmau. Within T\u016Bturu P\u016Bmau is a carving representing gifts that were given from Tahup\u014Dtiki W\u012Bremu R\u0101tana to Michael Joseph Savage. Within\u2014aroha mai koutou m\u0101 e k\u014Drero ana i t\u0113nei w\u0101 [excuse me, and my apologies to those of you engaged in conversation right now]. That carving is incomplete because it was the view of the people of Rangit\u0101ne that the addressing of their Treaty settlement\u2014the breaches of the Treaty\u2014has not yet been settled. So they will be immensely\u2014[Interruption]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000182\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e4b09a29-dfd3-42c0-8585-11463bd6077b\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00228be06d4c4d4f4a6799586c78cb94efb6\u0022\u003EMr SPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: Order! I apologise for interrupting the member. Can I ask for substantially fewer conversations to take place. This is important legislation, certainly of interest to a large number of people in the gallery, and I expect more respect to be shown by members. If they want conversations to occur, they should move to the lobbies. I apologise for interrupting the member.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000183\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a434482b-7ac1-4862-9ce7-13e63289dee3\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022a0fe41d9406f42ee837f9e545b445e87\u0022\u003EADRIAN RURAWHE\u003C/span\u003E: Thank you, Mr Speaker. As I was saying, within T\u016Bturu P\u016Bmau there is an unfinished carving. It represents unfinished business about the breaches of the Treaty that Rangit\u0101ne o Manawatu have suffered. The delaying of the third reading will delay the completion of those taonga within that whare. I want to acknowledge the presence of those from Rangit\u0101ne o Manawatu and thank them for their patience. The delay has nothing to do with any action that Rangit\u0101ne o Manawatu have taken\u2014in fact, quite the contrary. I do not want to take up any more of the House\u2019s time, except to say that this is long overdue. It is another step towards the completion of those taonga in that house.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000184\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a434482b-7ac1-4862-9ce7-13e63289dee3\u0022\u003EN\u014D reira, anei an\u014D te mihi ake ki ng\u0101 uri o Rangit\u0101ne o Manawat\u016B. T\u0113nei ahau t\u014D koutou whanaunga e tuku mihi atu ana ki a koutou. Kia kaha, kia m\u0101ia i roto i \u0113nei \u0101huatanga, te whakatau i t\u014D koutou ker\u0113me, n\u014D reira, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou katoa.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000185\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a434482b-7ac1-4862-9ce7-13e63289dee3\u0022\u003E[Therefore, I acknowledge you once again, the descendants of Rangit\u0101ne of Manawat\u016B. Here I am, your relation, according you a tribute. Be strong and courageous in these circumstances relating to the settlement of your claim, I salute you all.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022c3d9fd88-4715-419d-be08-e1c4eda7d09e\u0022 data-id=\u0022e1ca85034de0420d8d951cce474bf957\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000186\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c3d9fd88-4715-419d-be08-e1c4eda7d09e\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022e1ca85034de0420d8d951cce474bf957\u0022\u003EMARAMA FOX (Co-Leader\u2014M\u0101ori Party):\u003C/span\u003E T\u0113n\u0101 koe, e Te Mana Whakaw\u0101, nei te mihi atu ki a koe, otir\u0101, ki Te Whare. Ki a koutou \u014Dku whanaunga e noho nei, e m\u0101takitaki nei i ng\u0101 nekehanga o P\u0101remata, mai i te w\u0101 p\u0101taitai, mai i te p\u014Dhiri i te ata, tae noa atu ki te mutunga o t\u0113nei w\u0101hanga m\u0101 koutou, nei te mihi atu ki a koutou, aku pou, aku rahi e hui \u0101-kanohi nei, t\u0113nei te mihi atu ki a koutou. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000187\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c3d9fd88-4715-419d-be08-e1c4eda7d09e\u0022\u003EKai te tuku whakaaro ki a r\u0101tou kua mate mai i ng\u0101 tau kua hipa atu, r\u0101tou i t\u012Bmata te kawe i t\u0113nei haerenga, r\u0101tou i t\u012Bmata te whawhai m\u014D te whenua. \u0112hara i te mea n\u0101 r\u0101tou anake engari, kei te pirangi au ki te mihi atu ki a Matua Rangiharuru Fitzgerald, Matua T\u0101nenui\u0101rangi Te Aweawe, whaea Kura Te Rangi Baker, whaea Ruth Harris, and whaea Kararaina Tait. I te t\u012Bmatatanga o t\u0113nei mahi, ora katoa r\u0101tou, ora katoa r\u0101tou, tae noa atu ki t\u0113nei rangi. Ko t\u0101tau te hunga ora nei, ko t\u0101tau te hunga e tutuki nei i \u014D r\u0101tou n\u0101 wawata, \u0101 te whawhai tonu, te kawe tonu i t\u0113nei o ng\u0101 take, n\u0101 reira, kai te mihi.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000188\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c3d9fd88-4715-419d-be08-e1c4eda7d09e\u0022\u003EHe uri t\u0113nei o Rangit\u0101ne ki te Wairarapa, he uri t\u0113nei o Ng\u0101ti Kahungunu hoki, k\u0101ore e taea te whakawehe! E ai ki t\u014Dku kaum\u0101tua, t\u014D t\u0101tau whanaunga a Uncle Kuki, koir\u0101 t\u0101na ki a au: \u201CHe waewae t\u014Du, Marama, kai roto i ng\u0101 waka e rua, k\u0101ore e taea te p\u0113hea.\u201D N\u0101 reira, kai te p\u012Brangi au ki te tuku mihi atu ki a ia i t\u0113nei w\u0101, ahakoa ko Te Manawatu t\u0113n\u0101, he whanaunga katoa t\u0101tau ki t\u0101 Te Wairarapa, n\u0101 reira ka mihi! T\u0113nei rohe o Manawat\u016B, ka t\u012Bmata ki te awa, e whaiwhai haere i te awa, tae noa ki Rangit\u012Bkei, Tararua, Ruahine, tae atu ki Te Tai Hau\u0101uru, me Te Ngutu Awa o Manawat\u016B.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000189\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c3d9fd88-4715-419d-be08-e1c4eda7d09e\u0022\u003EKa huri pea ki te reo par\u0101oa m\u0101 t\u0101tou katoa, kia marama ai t\u0101tau.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000190\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c3d9fd88-4715-419d-be08-e1c4eda7d09e\u0022\u003E[Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker, I acknowledge you but at the same time, the House. To my relations seated here and observing Parliament procedures from question time and the formal welcome this morning, including the conclusion of this session for you, I truly commend you collectively, my pillars, my vast number gathered here face to face, I applaud you.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000191\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c3d9fd88-4715-419d-be08-e1c4eda7d09e\u0022\u003EI think about those who have passed away in years past who began this journey, who began the battle for the land. It is not as though they were the only ones, but I do want to pay a tribute to Mr Matua Rangiharuru Fitzgerald, Mr T\u0101nenui\u0101rangi Te Aweawe, Auntie Kura Te Rangi Baker, Ruth Harris, and Kararaina Tait. At the beginning of this task they were all alive, all of them, right to this day. We are the ones alive now, we are the ones that are fulfilling their aspirations, still fighting and still carrying this one of the matters, therefore I salute you.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000192\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c3d9fd88-4715-419d-be08-e1c4eda7d09e\u0022\u003EThis one is a descendant of Rangit\u0101ne at Wairarapa and also of Ng\u0101ti Kahungunu, both are inseparable. According to my elder and our relation Uncle Kuki, that is what he said to me: \u201CM\u0101rama, you have a leg in both waka, nothing can be done about it.\u201D Therefore, I want to pay a tribute to him at this time; even though that is Manawat\u016B, we are all relations to the Wairarapa, and so I acknowledge it. This region of Manawat\u016B starts at the river and follows it until it reaches Rangit\u012Bkei, Tararua, Ruahine, until it reaches the mouth of the Manawat\u016B River on the west coast.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000193\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c3d9fd88-4715-419d-be08-e1c4eda7d09e\u0022\u003EPerhaps I should revert to the flour language for all of us, so we can understand.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000194\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c3d9fd88-4715-419d-be08-e1c4eda7d09e\u0022\u003EAs with many Treaty settlements, those who begin the journey are not always the ones who end the journey. Those who begin the journey to right the wrongs of the past and dedicate their lives to ensuring that their people have a better future\u2014our wh\u0101nau who take up this struggle and the whawhai do so not for themselves but for their descendants, for those who are still yet to come, for their tamariki, for their mokopuna, ng\u0101 uri whakaheke [the descendants].\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000195\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c3d9fd88-4715-419d-be08-e1c4eda7d09e\u0022\u003EWe have already acknowledged those who have lost the struggle along the way and are not here \u0101-kanohi, but are here \u0101-wairua t\u0113nei r\u0101 [not here in person, but are here spiritually today]. In the submission from Rangit\u0101ne o Manawatu Settlement Trust, it acknowledged the recent passing as well of Ng\u0101ti Mairehau hap\u016B representative P\u014Dtaka T\u0101ite in April of this year. His loss is undoubtedly felt the most by his beloved wife and children, and we read how P\u014Dtaka was a man steeped in his tikanga and cultural practices, which were part of his daily life. Like many others, he was active in the affairs of his hap\u016B from a very early age. His mother Kararaina T\u0101ite was a founding member of T\u0101nenuiarangi Manawat\u016B Inc. and a negotiator for the Rangit\u0101ne o Manawatu Treaty claims until her passing in 2012. P\u014Dtaka, a speaker at the Rangit\u0101ne o Manawatu deed of settlement signing was there and was genuinely looking forward to the future of Rangit\u0101ne o Manawatu, and he brought his own sense of passion. His loss, like the others, is still keenly felt. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000196\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c3d9fd88-4715-419d-be08-e1c4eda7d09e\u0022\u003ERangit\u0101ne o Manawatu has been working towards settlement with the Crown since 1998\u20141998\u2014when T\u0101nenuiarangi Manawat\u016B Inc. gained a mandate to represent the iwi in negotiations. From 1859 to 1866 a Crown purchase of over 500,000 acres of land, in which Rangit\u0101ne o Manawatu had customary interest, was made. In July 1998 the Crown and Rangit\u0101ne o Manawatu signed terms of negotiation, which brings us to this point. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000197\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c3d9fd88-4715-419d-be08-e1c4eda7d09e\u0022\u003EIt is with a heavy heart, again, today that we acknowledge that we are unable to succeed or to progress to the third reading, which would have happened tomorrow. It has been well canvassed. We are well aware of the political game playing that has ensued, which has put this on hold. I apologise on behalf of this House to our wh\u0101nau that the game playing of this House has interrupted what has been a long and determined struggle to come to your final day\u2014your final day, iwi o Rangit\u0101ne o Manawatu\u2014when we could put these things aside and start to move on. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000198\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c3d9fd88-4715-419d-be08-e1c4eda7d09e\u0022\u003EOne of the things we discussed at length and heard submissions on was around the Tangimoana Crown Forest Licensed Land and 113 to 117 Fitzherbert Avenue, Palmerston North, which will now be transferred to Rangit\u0101ne o Manawatu on the settlement date. We heard people making cross-claims in the area, and some of the debate that ensued was about who lives there now, who lived there when, and where is ahi k\u0101? It reminded me, in fact, of the debate that happened often from settlers and the Crown when they came and settled this land: \u201CIf you do not live on it, it cannot be yours. If it does not surround your house, then it is free for us to have.\u201D That was the similar debate that happened for the Crown forest area.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000199\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c3d9fd88-4715-419d-be08-e1c4eda7d09e\u0022\u003EOn settlement, Rangit\u0101ne o Manawatu will have the option to\u2014we will get that\u2014purchase, with a deferred selection period of 2 years from the settlement date, 10 sites within the Rangit\u0101ne o Manawatu area of interest. That, again, is somewhat dismaying to me, that, actually, the Crown can gift land for next to nothing to a university, an education institution, or a charity, but yet when it comes to settlement, when negotiations ensue, we have to pay for that land to get it back after it was taken unjustly in the first place. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000200\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c3d9fd88-4715-419d-be08-e1c4eda7d09e\u0022\u003ESo we come to this point, and in the spirit of trying to move on\u2014in the spirit of trying to move on\u2014Rangit\u0101ne o Manawatu have taken up the challenge to settle now and to progress into the future and do all the things, all the dreams, and fulfil the aspirations of those who have not made it to this point, who have passed on in the struggle and the fight, and left it to those \u0101-kanohi [here in person]. Koutou kai te ora tonu, ka tutuki t\u0113nei ki roto i \u014D koutou n\u0101 ringa, kai roto i \u014D koutou ringa te tutuki o \u014D r\u0101tou n\u0101 wawata. N\u0101 reira, \u014Dku whanaunga hari koa taku ng\u0101kau te kite atu i a koutou katoa e noho nei ki runga i ng\u0101 t\u016Bri o Te Whare, kei te mihi atu ki a koutou. Hihiko te hinengaro, hihiko te wairua, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou, kia ora mai t\u0101tou katoa.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000201\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c3d9fd88-4715-419d-be08-e1c4eda7d09e\u0022\u003E[To those of you who are still alive, this will be fulfilled through your hands, the fulfilment of their aspirations are therefore in your hands. And so, my relations, I am delighted to see you all sitting on the seats of the House and congratulate you. The mind and spirit are inspired, so well done and accolades to you collectively, my appreciation to us all.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022fc8ab326-1806-41d3-8c41-cd58c95dcb45\u0022 data-id=\u00222e44ff0177ac42008b923a62cd753c7d\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000202\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022fc8ab326-1806-41d3-8c41-cd58c95dcb45\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00222e44ff0177ac42008b923a62cd753c7d\u0022\u003EMETIRIA TUREI (Co-Leader\u2014Green):\u003C/span\u003E T\u0113n\u0101 koe e Te M\u0101ngai o Te Whare. Ki a koutou huri noa i Te Whare, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou katoa. Tuatahi ka mihi au ki a Rangit\u0101ne o Manawatu, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou katoa. Ka t\u016B au m\u014D ng\u0101 K\u0101k\u0101riki ki te k\u014Drero i te p\u0101nuitanga tuarua o t\u0113nei pire ng\u0101 ker\u0113me a Rangit\u0101ne o Manawatu. N\u014D Ng\u0101ti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa, \u0100ti Haunui-a-P\u0101p\u0101rangi, me Rangit\u0101ne au, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou katoa. Ko Richard T\u016Brei t\u014Dku matua \u0113ngari kua hinga ia ki roto i ng\u0101 ringaringa o ng\u0101 atua i n\u0101ianei. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000203\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022fc8ab326-1806-41d3-8c41-cd58c95dcb45\u0022\u003E[Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker, and acknowledgments to you all throughout the House, greetings. First of all, I acknowledge Rangit\u0101ne o Manawatu, greetings to you all. I stand to speak on behalf of the Greens in the second reading of this bill about the claims of Rangit\u0101ne o Manawatu. I belong to Ng\u0101ti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa, \u0100ti Haunui-a-P\u0101p\u0101rangi, and Rangit\u0101ne; salutations to you all. My father is Richard T\u016Brei, but he has fallen and is in the arms of the gods now.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000204\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022fc8ab326-1806-41d3-8c41-cd58c95dcb45\u0022\u003EMy dad, Richard, was a farm labourer who was born and raised as a young man in Papawai but lived his adult life in Palmerston North. For his whole life, he was a farm labourer, so he did everything from deer hunting to farm labouring, working all over the Manawat\u016B. He worked all the way from Marton down to \u014Cpiki, from Tangimoana to Pohangina. We, as a wh\u0101nau, as a small family\u2014a small, working-class, M\u0101ori family\u2014lived all over the Manawat\u016B area our whole lives. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000205\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022fc8ab326-1806-41d3-8c41-cd58c95dcb45\u0022\u003EThis was a place where there was great wealth all around us\u2014there was great wealth. None of it belonged to anybody whom we ever knew. We could see it; we were working the land from which that wealth and privilege was generated. None of it ever belonged to anybody whom we ever knew\u2014not to our wh\u0101nau, not to our hap\u016B\u2014we did not know. It really is difficult, I think, to describe\u2014although people do try, and some, perhaps more eloquently than me, will be able to\u2014what it is like to grow up in a place where you belong in your bones, you know that when you walk on the ground, that ground is in your blood, but for some reason you are totally disassociated from it. You have been dispossessed from it. You can feel that dispossession in your life, and you can see the effects of that dispossession, but you cannot describe it. You cannot explain why you feel that way\u2014you just know that there is this strange screen between you and the land that you belong to. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000206\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022fc8ab326-1806-41d3-8c41-cd58c95dcb45\u0022\u003EIn an environment like that, and with the description of the dispossession of Rangit\u0101ne from their land, you can see why it is so difficult to describe. There are no people who you can say did you wrong. You cannot say this person or that person hurt your wh\u0101nau or took this from you. You cannot describe it in terms of warfare and violence, because, as we know in this case in particular and elsewhere around the country, the dispossession occurred as a matter of law and a matter of economics, and proved to us all that old adage that the pen truly is mightier than the sword. It was through the pen that half a million acres was taken from Rangit\u0101ne\u2014half a million acres taken from this people, over a long period of time, with deal after deal and a little bit of trading here and a little bit of misinformation there, all done over years and years and generations with the stroke of a pen. What it does, then, is it leaves those at the end of that in a world feeling like there is no place to stand. That is kind of what it feels like. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000207\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022fc8ab326-1806-41d3-8c41-cd58c95dcb45\u0022\u003ESo I am very pleased to stand here and support this settlement bill, because I know how that feels, to be so disassociated from this land that is being talked about tonight. We are disappointed that, as has been said before, it is reparation not compensation for the half a million acres taken. We are overwhelmed by the generosity of the iwi in accepting this settlement, knowing how much was lost and how little is being returned. We are enormously proud of those who have fought for this settlement for decades to have some resolution of the loss that was felt. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000208\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022fc8ab326-1806-41d3-8c41-cd58c95dcb45\u0022\u003EI do not want to speak for too long, because we need to get the settlements done so that people can get on. But it is really important that, perhaps after this, the people of Manawat\u016B\u2014of Palmerston North and all the surrounding rural towns in the area\u2014really get to understand the settlement and the history of the settlement, so they understand the ground that they are standing on. That might make it easier for the kids like me in the future, who will really, truly believe that they belong there; really, truly understand that this is the land that they belong to, and feel that they truly have a place to stand. Kia ora koutou.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u002229c236aa-2283-4690-9a84-aa865404bb61\u0022 data-id=\u0022a8b964341263462288ebc181fbbad891\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000209\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002229c236aa-2283-4690-9a84-aa865404bb61\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022a8b964341263462288ebc181fbbad891\u0022\u003ENUK KORAKO (National):\u003C/span\u003E T\u0113n\u0101 koe e Te Mana Whakaw\u0101, t\u0113n\u0101 r\u0101 koutou ng\u0101 pou waitaka o t\u014D t\u0101tou matua t\u012Bpuna, e ng\u0101 manuhiri t\u016B\u0101raki o Kurahaup\u014D Waka, Ruahine o Tararua mauka, Rangit\u0101ne o Manawatu, \u0101, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou, mauria mai he whakaako ki te kaupapa nunui, n\u014D reira, nau mai, haere mai, whakatau mai ki Te Whare P\u0101remata, n\u014D reira, e mihi atu ana ki a koutou katoa.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000210\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002229c236aa-2283-4690-9a84-aa865404bb61\u0022\u003E[Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker, and to you collectively, esteemed pillars of our ancestral forefather. And so acknowledgments and greetings to you, visitors from afar of the Kurahaup\u014D waka, of the mountain range of Ruahine, and of Rangit\u0101ne o Manawatu. Bring forth a learning in regard to the matter of huge significance, so come hither, come forth and pay homage to Parliament House. Therefore, I commend you all.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000211\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002229c236aa-2283-4690-9a84-aa865404bb61\u0022\u003EIt is indeed my pleasure to take this call for the second reading of the Rangit\u0101ne o Manawatu Claims Settlement Bill. It is also a privilege to stand, as the chair of the M\u0101ori Affairs Committee, and to have this opportunity to contribute to the second reading of this Rangit\u0101ne o Manawatu Treaty settlement bill. What I would like to do is go through a number of the processes and a number of the take, actually, that were discussed at the M\u0101ori Affairs Committee following the first reading, when moving it through to scrutinising the bill and then seeking information from iwi and also non-M\u0101ori as well.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000212\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002229c236aa-2283-4690-9a84-aa865404bb61\u0022\u003EWhat I want to highlight\u2014one part of it\u2014is that we received submissions on this bill. There were nine of them. We went to Palmerston North to hear five of the submissions. The majority of the submissions were in support of the deed of settlement. We note, though, that there were a couple that actually did not agree with the settlement. However, I think one of their concerns was about the inclusion of Ng\u0101ti Tauira hap\u016B in the claimant definition. Although the reconfirmed mandate in 2007 clarified that Ng\u0101ti Tauira members were included in the settlement if they descended from T\u0101nenui\u0101rangi, Ng\u0101ti Apa submitted that they should not be included as they are Ng\u0101ti Apa hap\u016B. The select committee took a view that although Ng\u0101ti Tauira\u2019s strongest links were definitely with Ng\u0101ti Apa, they have whakapapa and they have social and political links to both. We agreed that it is appropriate that participation of Ng\u0101ti Tauira in the Rangit\u0101ne o Manawatu settlement is dependent on their having descended from a Rangit\u0101ne o Manawatu ancestor. So that was where we actually discussed that, looked at that, and agreed that that should be the case moving forward. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000213\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002229c236aa-2283-4690-9a84-aa865404bb61\u0022\u003EWe also considered concerns from two overlapping groups: Rangit\u0101ne o Wairarapa and Rangit\u0101ne o T\u0101maki nui-\u0101-Rua. They expressed their opposition to the area of interest defined by Rangit\u0101ne o Manawatu. Although we recognise that the other two groups may have interests in the same area, we also noted that it is not an exclusive area of claim and it is not unusual for iwi to have overlapping interests in different areas. Also, the other part of this was that there was no exclusive redress provided in the contested area. So that was really what came out of that actual submission. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000214\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002229c236aa-2283-4690-9a84-aa865404bb61\u0022\u003EAnother area of disagreement between the iwi was the Tangimoana Crown Forest Licensed Land, which is included in this settlement as a commercial redress. Ng\u0101ti Kauwhata claim that this forest is part of their ancestral rohe. This settlement would remove any possibility of Ng\u0101ti Kauwhata claiming Tangimoana Forest in the future. So we noted that this area is the only Crown forest land within the area of interest for this settlement. However, other iwi with overlapping interests have other Crown forest land available for the settlement and within that area of interest. The primary purpose of commercial redress is to re-establish an iwi\u2019s economic base, so we were satisfied that enough Crown land actually remains available for the future settlements in that particular area. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000215\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002229c236aa-2283-4690-9a84-aa865404bb61\u0022\u003EFinally, some of the submitters from Ng\u0101ti Raukawa submitted that their interests overlapped with Rangit\u0101ne o Manawatu, and that they would be prejudiced by the exclusive redress provided to Rangit\u0101ne o Manawatu. But we understand that there is already in place an amendment to the settlement to address the concerns of Ng\u0101ti Raukawa ki Te Tonga. There is also sufficient land remaining, again, to provide that actual commercial redress. The only other amendment we made was that we recommended, as a result of surveys of the redress sites, updates to the legal descriptions contained in the bill. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000216\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002229c236aa-2283-4690-9a84-aa865404bb61\u0022\u003EI just want to take this opportunity to again acknowledge the iwi of Rangit\u0101ne o Manawatu and to mihi to you for coming here today to hear your bill\u2019s second reading. I am looking forward to working through\u2014with the M\u0101ori Affairs Committee, which is a very pragmatic and very principled committee. We actually work with what we have, and at the end of the day, we actually assist your journey until the end, until the third reading, when this becomes an Act of Parliament. So, kia ora to you, and I look forward to again welcoming you here to Parliament for the third reading. N\u014D reira e koutou r\u0101, e mihi atu ana ki a koutou katoa, kia ora.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000217\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002229c236aa-2283-4690-9a84-aa865404bb61\u0022\u003E[And so to you collectively, I acknowledge you all, thank you.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022 data-id=\u00221cd389041d46494d9d1b1fb8af6db20e\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000218\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00221cd389041d46494d9d1b1fb8af6db20e\u0022\u003EPITA PARAONE (NZ First):\u003C/span\u003E T\u0113n\u0101 koe, Mr Deputy Speaker, t\u0113n\u0101 hoki t\u0101tou i Te Whare, he t\u016B w\u0101hi poto t\u0113nei ki te tautoko i ng\u0101 mihi i mihingia e koutou ng\u0101 kaik\u014Drero i t\u016B ake i mua i a au, ki w\u0101 t\u0101tou manuhiri mai i a Rangit\u0101ne o Manawatu. N\u0101 reira koutou, ng\u0101 kaikawe o t\u0113nei kaupapa t\u0113n\u0101 koutou. T\u0113n\u0101 hoki koutou i ng\u0101 tini mate i waenganui i a koutou, kei te t\u016Bhonohono ki t\u0113n\u0101 o ng\u0101 mate kei waenganui i a m\u0101tou i roto i Te Whare nei \u0113ngari i t\u0113nei w\u0101, e tika ana, e mihi kau ana ki \u0113n\u0101 o ng\u0101 kaikawe o t\u0113nei kaupapa, k\u0101ore r\u0101tou i waenganui i a t\u0101tou i te r\u0101 nei ahakoa, m\u014Dhio ana i a t\u0101tou, kei konei r\u0101tou i roto i te wairuatanga. N\u0101 reira e tika ana, kia mihi kau ki a r\u0101tou. N\u0101 reira kua ea te w\u0101hi m\u0101 r\u0101tou, ka hoki mai ki a t\u0101tou e te hunga ora, \u0101, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou, \u0101, kia ora mai an\u014D t\u0101tou.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000219\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003E[Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker, and to us as well in the House. I rise to make this short call to endorse the tributes accorded by the speakers who stood before to our visitors from Rangit\u0101ne of Manawatu. And so to you, the bearers of this matter, I commend you. Commiserations to you also in regard to the many, many deaths amongst you that link up to that one of the deaths amongst us in this House, but for now, it is fitting that I acknowledge those bearers of this matter who are no longer amongst us today, even though we know they are here spiritually. It is therefore appropriate that we acknowledge them, so the part in regard to them has now been satisfied. Now I come back once again to us, the living, and commend and congratulate you collectively; my appreciation once again to all of us.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000220\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003EI stand on behalf of New Zealand First to support this bill and to recognise that this bill, by way of the Crown acknowledging unfortunate episodes in our country\u2019s history, tries to rectify the situation by way of redress as is articulated in the bill. As the previous speaker, Nuk Korako, alluded to, this bill was referred to the M\u0101ori Affairs Committee and the committee recommended that the bill pass with some amendments, which include some resulting from surveys of the redress sites, and these amendments would update the legal descriptions of a number of land provisions. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000221\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003EWe received nine submissions, and, as previously alluded to, not all of the submitters supported the passing of the bill, and that was one of the issues that the committee had to consider before making its recommendation back to this House. Like all settlements, it does not please everyone, but the attempt has been made to try to offer redress for the actions of the Crown, which have, in this case, left Rangit\u0101ne o Manawatu almost landless. This bill is intended to protect what land they have left and ensure that the land that is being offered in this bill helps to secure the long-term future of this iwi. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000222\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003EThe bill was introduced in December last year. It was referred to the M\u0101ori Affairs Committee in March of this year, and we reported back to this House at the beginning of this month. Although the physical journey may be regarded as a long one, in terms of the processes of this House, I think it has been fairly quick compared with other settlement bills, and so I want to acknowledge this House for at least giving some urgency to this claim. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000223\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003EPrior to this bill being presented in the House, some comments were made, and I just want to quote some of the words that were articulated in earlier readings of this bill: \u201CThe people of Rangit\u0101ne o Manawat\u016B were subjected to legislative prejudice which made their land more susceptible to partition, fragmentation, and alienation. This was enacted in the hope that M\u0101ori would abandon their tribal and communal structures of traditional land holdings.\u201D It goes on further to say: \u201CBy the end of 1880, Rangit\u0101ne o Manawat\u016B held about 20,000 acres of land.\u201D Fifty years later, this iwi\u2019s landholdings had reduced to 2,903 acres, so you can see why this particular bill is very important to the long-term future\u2014particularly the economic future\u2014of Rangit\u0101ne o Manawatu. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000224\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003EWhen this bill is enacted, it will give effect to the deed of settlement signed between Rangit\u0101ne o Manawatu and the Crown in November last year, which, again, signals the rapid progress of this bill through the parliamentary process today. Again, I think that is a reflection of the commitment made by those people who are responsible for this bill, and also on the work that the M\u0101ori Affairs Committee did in ensuring that the bill got to this stage. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000225\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003EJust in closing, I heard the Minister make reference to the lady who has led this charge, Danielle Harris, and everyone has been talking about their whakapapa. I just want to remind this House, and I might have to remind Danielle as well, that she has connections to the north\u2014very strong connections to the north. Perhaps, Danielle, we may need to have you come home and help us with our particular settlement process. Be that as it may, I just make reference to Danielle because I worked with her grandmother\u2014her maternal grandmother\u2014and I will never forget that lady, because she was one of my early mentors when I started with the M\u0101ori Affairs department in Auckland. Danielle spent some time working in the office of the M\u0101ori Trustee when I was working there, so I have a lot of regard for her. Can I say, Danielle, that I do feel sorry for you\u2014sorry for the fact that it does not matter how much you may have worked to get the settlement to this stage, there will always be people within your iwi who will criticise you and not thank you for the work that you have done.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000226\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003EHei aha, koin\u0101 te \u0101huatanga o t\u0101tou Te Ao M\u0101ori, n\u0101 reira e te tuahine, koutou ng\u0101 kaitautoko i a ia, koutou i h\u0101paihia t\u0113nei kaupapa, i mau mai ki konei i roto i Te Whare nei, ng\u0101 mihi hoki ki a koutou. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000227\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003E[Never mind, that is how it is with us of M\u0101oridom, so to you, sister colleague, and to those of you who supported her, who elevated this matter, who brought it here into this House, my acknowledgments as well to you collectively.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000228\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003EN\u0101 reira, I just want to conclude by saying that I commend this bill to the House.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022073496a0-73b7-426f-97f8-916bd542b0fa\u0022 data-id=\u0022ecd7dd7029c94cb0bd450881764e9c21\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000229\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022073496a0-73b7-426f-97f8-916bd542b0fa\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022ecd7dd7029c94cb0bd450881764e9c21\u0022\u003EMEKA WHAITIRI (Labour\u2014Ikaroa-R\u0101whiti):\u003C/span\u003E \u0100, e Te M\u0101ngai o Te Whare, t\u0113n\u0101 koe, e ng\u0101 mema o Te Whare nei, t\u0113n\u0101 t\u0101tou katoa. \u014Cku rau rangatira m\u0101, e kui m\u0101, e koro m\u0101, e te iwi kua tae mai, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou, t\u0113n\u0101 t\u0101tou katoa. T\u0113n\u0101 koutou i runga i te kaupapa whakahirahira, he p\u0101nui tuarua o t\u014D koutou pire, te pire whakataunga i ng\u0101 ker\u0113me o Rangit\u0101ne o Manawat\u016B n\u014D reira, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou, nau mai, hoki mai.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000230\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022073496a0-73b7-426f-97f8-916bd542b0fa\u0022\u003E[Greetings to you, Mr Deputy Speaker, and to members of this House, so acknowledgments to us all. To my esteemed ones of a hundredfold, elderly women and menfolk, to the people who have arrived, accolades, compliments, and acknowledgments to all of us. I congratulate you collectively on the matter of significance, it is a second reading of your bill, the settlement bill for the claims of Rangit\u0101ne of Manawat\u016B, and so, congratulations to you collectively, come hither, welcome back.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000231\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022073496a0-73b7-426f-97f8-916bd542b0fa\u0022\u003EIt is indeed my privilege to take a call on the second reading of the Rangit\u0101ne o Manawatu Claims Settlement Bill. Before I kick off and talk about the bill, can I stand here in all humility, on behalf of the people I represent in this House\u2014the iwi I represent in this House; from Te Tai R\u0101whiti, from Kahungunu, from Rangit\u0101ne to Te Atiawa ki Awanui\u0101rangi a Te Awakairangi\u2014to offer my disappointment that the people of Rangit\u0101ne o Manawatu have to wait to see their bill read a third time. Through no doing of yourselves, you have found yourselves subject to yet another delay. So I just want to go on record, on behalf of the people I represent, of Ikaroa-R\u0101whiti, and acknowledge your tolerance, as this is of no doing of your own. So ng\u0101 mihi ki a koutou. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000232\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022073496a0-73b7-426f-97f8-916bd542b0fa\u0022\u003EIn the process of checking and researching this bill\u2014I just want to note that the terms of reference were signed way back on 27 July 1998 with Sir Douglas Graham. The heads of agreement, which was a precursor to the agreement in principle, was signed on 25 November 1999. Then this claim went into a 10-year hiatus and the deed of settlement was initialled in this Whare in the Matangireia room on 1 May 2015. With our colleague Adrian Rurawhe, the member for Te Tai Hau\u0101uru, we joined with the wh\u0101nau to celebrate that initial signing in the Matangireia room. Then the deed of settlement was finally signed on 14 November 2015, and, of course, we had the first reading on 15 March 2016.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000233\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022073496a0-73b7-426f-97f8-916bd542b0fa\u0022\u003EAt the second reading, it is important that we reflect back to the House what transpired through the select committee process, and there are two particular comments I want to make in that regard. I am not a member of the M\u0101ori Affairs Committee, but I do have a passion for Treaty settlements and land retention, in terms of staying in the hands of M\u0101ori. I do want to acknowledge the work of the very hard-working M\u0101ori Affairs Committee, ably chaired by the honourable member Nuk Korako, and, of course, all the members in the House who have participated in dealing with this claim. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000234\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022073496a0-73b7-426f-97f8-916bd542b0fa\u0022\u003ELike all claims, each and every one is unique. After reading this claim, particularly the historical account, I want to just take the opportunity to reflect a couple of passages, because they, for me, summarised just some of the hurt and humiliation that the Rangit\u0101ne o Manawatu people suffered. Part 1, clause 8(3) states: \u201CIn 1864 the Crown purchased approximately 250 000 acres in the Te Ahuaturanga block from Rangit\u0101ne o Manawatu for \u00A312,000. The Crown urged Rangit\u0101ne o Manawatu to sell as much land as possible and succeeded in reducing the size of the reserves to be made from the sale for Rangit\u0101ne o Manawatu from 5 000 acres to 2 570 acres. The reserves that were made did not include several areas of great cultural significance. After the Crown declined requests from Rangit\u0101ne o Manawatu to change the reserves, the iwi repurchased several of their kainga in the block. In 1867 the Crown gave 71 acres of the block to another iwi without consulting Rangit\u0101ne o Manawatu. The land is now central Palmerston North and valuable commercial and residential real estate.\u201D \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000235\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022073496a0-73b7-426f-97f8-916bd542b0fa\u0022\u003EHere we have, yet again, a dispossession of more land of the hau k\u0101inga and gifted to another iwi. In all Treaty settlements, there are pockets where this has occurred, and I just reference that because this is taking land that definitely belonged to Rangit\u0101ne o Manawatu and giving it to another iwi. All I can say is that the iwi who has got this land has probably had an injustice done to them. So we have two wrongs that do not equal a right. But I wanted to raise that because it is in the historical account of this bill. So I just wanted to mention that.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000236\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022073496a0-73b7-426f-97f8-916bd542b0fa\u0022\u003EThen I turn to the apology in the bill. This is again Part 1, clause 10(e), which states: \u201CThe Crown deeply regrets its failure to appropriately acknowledge the mana and rangatiratanga of Rangit\u0101ne o Manawatu. Through this apology and by this settlement the Crown seeks to atone for its wrongs and begin the process of healing. The Crown looks forward to re-establishing its relationship with Rangit\u0101ne o Manawatu based on mutual trust, co-operation, and respect for the Treaty of Waitangi and its principles.\u201D \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000237\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022073496a0-73b7-426f-97f8-916bd542b0fa\u0022\u003EYou might ask why I am making reference to that particular clause in the bill. It is because, over recent times in this House, I have seen legislation passed under urgency by a majority that actually goes completely against that statement\u2014completely against that statement. The Public Works Act is an example. We are currently trying to deal with the Kermadecs, which is a Treaty settlement. So when I read statements like this, it is incumbent on the Crown to uphold this when it is dealing with other pieces of legislation, otherwise it makes clauses like this untrue. If we are going to re-establish \u201Cmutual trust, co-operation, and respect for the Treaty of Waitangi and its principles.\u201D, then that covers everything we do in this House, not just for this particular iwi\u2019s Treaty settlement but for all New Zealanders, and I think you get my point on that. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000238\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022073496a0-73b7-426f-97f8-916bd542b0fa\u0022\u003ESo, like I said earlier, I want to turn to the contributions and the work of the hard-working M\u0101ori Affairs Committee. There are two submissions\u2014I notice there were nine made, but I just want to reference two particularly. One was submitted by Ng\u0101ti Apa, and the reason why I want to raise this is that many of our people do not see any value in the select committee process. I wanted to reference these two particular submissions because of the way they were received but also the way in which the committee considered them and has, in a considered way, reported back to the House. So if we, as M\u0101ori, are going to have an impact or influence on how legislation is made, then the select committee process\u2014I cannot speak highly enough of it. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000239\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022073496a0-73b7-426f-97f8-916bd542b0fa\u0022\u003ESo the two that I want to highlight are the Ng\u0101ti Apa submission\u2014and, of course, this is about the Ng\u0101ti Apa hap\u016B of Ng\u0101ti Tauira. The issue here was that the hap\u016B of Ng\u0101ti Tauira is currently in the Ng\u0101ti Apa settlement, and, essentially, their submission was that Ng\u0101ti Tauira was in Ng\u0101ti Apa, but they are also reflected in this bill here, which we are talking about today. What I do notice, and when I read the M\u0101ori Affairs Committee response to that\u2014and I think it was a very valid response\u2014is that it was around saying that there are no exclusive rights to a hap\u016B. So although it appears in this bill, it does not mean that everyone has to come under Rangit\u0101ne o Manawatu; likewise with Ng\u0101ti Apa. I thought that that was a well-considered response to, obviously, Ng\u0101ti Apa\u2019s concerns. The other one was the one put in by the Rangit\u0101ne Settlement Negotiations Trust. In its submission, it talked about the kind of shared area of interests with Rangit\u0101ne o Manawatu, and\u2014oh, my time is up. Oh, my gosh, that has been wonderful. I commend this bill to the House. Thank you very much. Aroha mai, kia ora t\u0101tau e te wh\u0101nau.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000240\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022073496a0-73b7-426f-97f8-916bd542b0fa\u0022\u003E[Apologies and my appreciation to us, the family.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022e77494a0-1be1-432f-b492-fd160f4c119d\u0022 data-id=\u0022ee56fda703b546e6b9920d6e5d0afe64\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000241\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e77494a0-1be1-432f-b492-fd160f4c119d\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022ee56fda703b546e6b9920d6e5d0afe64\u0022\u003EPEENI HENARE (Labour\u2014T\u0101maki Makaurau):\u003C/span\u003E T\u0113n\u0101 koe e Te M\u0101ngai o Te Whare, ka noho tonu ahau ki roto i Te Reo M\u0101ori m\u014D te roanga ake o taku k\u014Drero i te r\u0101 nei, \u0101, ka huri tua atu ki a koutou e ng\u0101 tini whanaunga, koutou kua takahia nei i te ara wh\u0101nui ki ng\u0101 poutama o Te Whare P\u0101remata e t\u016B nei, haere mai, haere mai, haere mai! Ka t\u0101pae atu aku mihi ki ng\u0101 mihi kua tukuna e Te M\u0101ngai o Te Whare, otir\u0101, e ng\u0101 mema o t\u0113nei Whare ki a koutou, me te \u012Bnoi atu kia t\u0101pae \u014D koutou tini aitu\u0101 ki runga i te t\u0101huhu o t\u0113nei Whare. Ka tukuna e ng\u0101 kaik\u014Drero me ng\u0101 p\u0101t\u016B o t\u0113nei Whare te tangi atu, te mihi atu, te poroporoaki atu ki ng\u0101 hunga mate i roto i a koutou, otir\u0101, ki roto i a m\u0101tau kia kotahi ai te k\u014Drero, haere mai, haere e ng\u0101 mate! Kia whakahokia mai ng\u0101 r\u0101rangi k\u014Drero ki a t\u0101tou e Te Whare, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou, e Rangit\u0101ne, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou katoa. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000242\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e77494a0-1be1-432f-b492-fd160f4c119d\u0022\u003EKa t\u016B au ki te k\u014Drero ki t\u0113nei pire, Rangit\u0101ne o Manawatu Claims Settlement Bill. Ka k\u014Drero ahau m\u014D \u0113tahi o ng\u0101 w\u0101hanga me te hiahia kia tautoko i \u0113tahi o ng\u0101 k\u014Drero kua k\u014Drerotia maitia e ng\u0101 mema o Te Whare i te r\u0101 nei. Ka t\u012Bmata ake ahau ki ng\u0101 mihi ki Te Heamana o Te R\u014Dp\u016B Whiriwhiri i ng\u0101 Take M\u0101ori, ar\u0101, ko Tutehounuku Korako, ka mihi atu ahau ki a ia me Te R\u014Dp\u016B Whiriwhiri i ng\u0101 Take M\u0101ori, n\u0101 r\u0101tou te mahi nui ki te \u0101ta whakarongo ki ng\u0101 mamae, ki ng\u0101 k\u014Drero i puta mai i t\u0113nei pire hei whiriwhiri, hei totohe, k\u0101tahi ka whakaritea mai te pire ki roto i tana p\u0101nuitanga tuarua ki roto i Te Whare nei. Ka t\u0101pae hoki aku mihi ki Te Minita, kua whakapau werawera m\u014D t\u0113nei take, e mihi atu ana au ki a ia. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000243\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e77494a0-1be1-432f-b492-fd160f4c119d\u0022\u003EKa whakaaro ake ahau m\u014D t\u0113nei ker\u0113me, m\u014D t\u0113nei pire, i t\u012Bmata ai ki roto i ng\u0101 tau tekau iwa tekau. E hia nei ng\u0101 Minita m\u014D ng\u0101 Take Tiriti kua mau i taua mana, ar\u0101, Te Minita m\u014D ng\u0101 Take Tiriti, mai i te t\u0101ima i r\u0113hitatia tuatahitia t\u0113nei pire tae noa mai ki t\u0113nei w\u0101. I rukuhia atu e ahau ng\u0101 puna mahara, an\u0101, ka kimi ake i ng\u0101 Minita e rima kua mahi ng\u0101tahi me t\u0113nei iwi me t\u0113nei karangatanga a Rangit\u0101ne ki Manawat\u016B\u2014tokorima! N\u014D reira, kaua e p\u0101p\u014Duri mai e Rangit\u0101ne, \u0113hara n\u014D koutou te h\u0113. Ko ng\u0101 nekehanga o t\u0113nei Whare ko reira tonu te h\u0113, e h\u0113 nei, e takahi nei i a koutou me t\u014D koutou taenga mai i te r\u0101 nei. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000244\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e77494a0-1be1-432f-b492-fd160f4c119d\u0022\u003EK\u0101ti, ki roto i te roanga ake o ng\u0101 pire i te r\u0101 nei ka k\u014Drero ahau m\u014D t\u0113nei, ki a au nei, he mahi nanakia ki roto i ng\u0101 pire. Mehemea e hiahia ana te pire ki te whakataiapa i tetahi iwi, i tetahi hap\u016B r\u0101nei, e hoa, ka raruraru, ka raruraru n\u0101 te mea ka whakapapa te tini o ng\u0101 hap\u016B, te tini o ng\u0101 iwi ki \u0113tahi w\u0101hi. Koir\u0101 ahau i mea ai i roto i te pire e p\u0101 ana ki \u014Dku whanaunga o Ngatikahu ki Whangaroa, ka raru mehemea ka whakaritea ko Kahukuraariki te tupuna rongonui o Ng\u0101ti Kahu. N\u0101, ka kite atu t\u0101tau ki roto o Rangit\u0101ne \u0113tahi o ng\u0101 raruraru e p\u0101 ana ki ng\u0101 whenua. Ko wai m\u0101 te mana whenua? Ko wai m\u0101 te hap\u016B ka whai p\u0101nga ki \u0113nei w\u0101hi? \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000245\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e77494a0-1be1-432f-b492-fd160f4c119d\u0022\u003EKa whakaaro ake ahau m\u014D \u0113tahi o ng\u0101 w\u0101hanga kai roto i te pire, ar\u0101, ko Te Ngahere o Tangimoana. \u0112hia nei ng\u0101 hap\u016B? \u0112hia nei ng\u0101 iwi, ka whai p\u0101nga ki taua ngahere? \u0112ngari, ko te whakaritea nei i t\u0113nei pire me te ture a te K\u0101wanatanga, \u0101, kahore! Anei ko ng\u0101 kaiwhakahaere o te ngahere, an\u0101, ka poroa \u0113tahi, ko \u0113tahi o ng\u0101 hap\u016B ka mahue ki muri, ko \u0113tahi o ng\u0101 hap\u016B kua peia ki waho. Koin\u0101 te raruraru, mehemea ka tukuna m\u0101 te ture P\u0101keh\u0101 ng\u0101 whakapapa me ng\u0101 whakaritenga ki roto i Te \u0100o M\u0101ori me te whakamana. Koin\u0101 taku whakatau i t\u0113nei w\u0101. Koin\u0101 tetahi o ng\u0101 raruraru ki roto i t\u0113nei pire, h\u0101unga r\u0101 ko t\u0113r\u0101, ka kite atu ahau i roto i t\u0113nei pire, ka \u0101ta totohe, ka \u0101ta whakarite ng\u0101 \u0101piha a Te Minita i \u0113tahi huarahi ka \u0101hei ng\u0101 hap\u016B kua poroa, ka \u0101hei ng\u0101 hap\u016B kua peia, te whai p\u0101nga ki roto i ng\u0101 whenua kua whakahokia atu ki a Rangit\u0101ne o Manawatu. N\u014D reira, he wero nui t\u0113n\u0101, kai roto. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000246\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e77494a0-1be1-432f-b492-fd160f4c119d\u0022\u003EKa kapohia ake e ahau ng\u0101 k\u014Drero o t\u014Dku tuahine, a Meka Whaitiri, me tana k\u012B, \u0101e m\u0101rika kua taka te kapa ki t\u0113nei K\u0101wanatanga, me kaua te p\u014Dh\u0113h\u0113 m\u0101 ng\u0101 iwi anahe te mana o Te Iwi M\u0101ori, k\u0101hore. Kua roa rawa m\u0101tau me ng\u0101 hap\u016B puta noa e k\u012B atu ana, e, kaua e wareware ki a m\u0101tou ng\u0101 hap\u016B. Kai a m\u0101tau w\u0101 m\u0101tau ake mana! Ka whakaaro ake ahau ki roto i a m\u0101ua ko Pita Paraone, e k\u014Drero ana m\u014D Ng\u0101ti Hine ki roto i a au o Ng\u0101puhi, an\u0101, e p\u0113ra ana\u2014e p\u0113ra ana. N\u014D reira ng\u0101 mihi nui ki Te Minita kua whai whakaaro ki ng\u0101 hap\u016B ki roto i ng\u0101 pire nei. Ahakoa, kua whakaritea ki raro i te maru o Rangit\u0101ne o Manawatu, an\u0101, ko \u014Dna hap\u016B katoa ka whakar\u0101rangihia mai ki raro. N\u014D reira, ka mihi atu ahau ki t\u0113r\u0101 whakaaro nui. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000247\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e77494a0-1be1-432f-b492-fd160f4c119d\u0022\u003EKa p\u0101nui ahau i te whakap\u0101ha a Te K\u0101wanatanga ki a Rangit\u0101ne o Manawatu, i rongo atu ahau ki te aroha i roto i taua whakap\u0101ha. I kite atu ahau i te ng\u0101kau whakapono o Te K\u0101wanatanga i roto i taua whakap\u0101ha \u0113ngari i a au e p\u0101nui ana i te whakap\u0101ha, k\u0101ore an\u014D au i kite i t\u0113tahi paku whakap\u0101ha, t\u0113tahi paku whakaaro m\u014D te p\u014Dharatanga o Rangit\u0101ne o Manawatu. E ai ki te pire ka k\u014Drero m\u014D ng\u0101 \u201Csocial structures\u201D, ka k\u014Drero m\u014D te \u201Cwrongdoing of the law\u201D. \u0112ngari n\u0101 te mea kua wh\u0101nakohia ai ng\u0101 whenua o Rangit\u0101ne o Manawatu n\u014D reira ka p\u014Dhara Te Iwi M\u0101ori, ka p\u014Dhara ng\u0101 hap\u016B me ng\u0101 iwi o Rangit\u0101ne \u0113ngari, k\u0101ore an\u014D au i kite i tetahi whakap\u0101ha e p\u0101 ana ki te w\u0101hanga \u014Dhanga, ki te w\u0101hanga p\u016Btea i roto i t\u0113nei pire. Hoi n\u014D, he whakaaro t\u0113nei m\u0101 Te Minita, \u0101 taihoa ake noa e whakaarohia. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000248\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e77494a0-1be1-432f-b492-fd160f4c119d\u0022\u003EKa huri atu ki \u0113tahi atu w\u0101hanga o te pire e mea atu ana, ka mahi ng\u0101tahi a Rangit\u0101ne o Manawatu me Te Papa Atawhai, me Te Tari Whakahaere K\u014Dhuke, an\u0101, ka waiho n\u0101 atu taua kupu ki mua i a t\u0101tau, ko te k\u014Dhuke, ar\u0101, ko te \u201Cmineral\u201D t\u0113r\u0101! N\u014D reira ka mahi ng\u0101tahi a Rangit\u0101ne me ng\u0101 tari K\u0101wanatanga r\u0101 ki te whakarite i t\u014D r\u0101tou ake whanaungatanga, ka p\u0113hea r\u0101tou e mahi ng\u0101tahi ana ki roto i ng\u0101 marama, me ng\u0101 tau kei mua i te aroaro. Ka waiho n\u0101 atu taua whakaritenga ki a Rangit\u0101ne o Manawatu me ng\u0101 tari K\u0101wanatanga. He whakaaro pai t\u0113n\u0101. He whakaaro pai t\u0113n\u0101, ka whakahaere i ng\u0101 whenua, i ng\u0101 taonga ka whakahokia atu ki a Rangit\u0101ne o Manawatu. An\u0101, ka whai whakaaro ake ahau m\u014D te w\u0101hi whenua o Awapuni, m\u014D Te Tihi o Mairehau, aua whenua katoa ka \u0101hei a Rangit\u0101ne, me ng\u0101 \u0101piha, me ng\u0101 tari K\u0101wanatanga, ki te hanga mahere ka p\u0113hea \u0101 taihoa ake nei. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000249\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e77494a0-1be1-432f-b492-fd160f4c119d\u0022\u003EK\u0101ti, hei whakakapi ake ki roto i te meneti kotahi e toe ana, ka mutu ake taku k\u014Drero i Te W\u0101hanga 3 o te pire, ar\u0101, Part 3, te rara 110, clause 110, e k\u014Drero ana m\u014D t\u0113nei mea te right of first refusal\u2014aroha mai, I am not sure of the M\u0101ori phrase for \u201Cright of first refusal\u201D, \u0101, ka k\u014Drero au \u201Cright of first refusal\u201D i t\u0113nei rangi. Ka whakaaro ake ahau ki t\u0113r\u0101 kupu i roto ki t\u0113nei pire, an\u0101 ka kite atu i te wh\u0101nui, i te wh\u0101roa o ng\u0101 k\u014Drero e p\u0101 ana ki t\u0113n\u0101 w\u0101hanga. He mea pai t\u0113n\u0101 kia tiakina te mana o Rangit\u0101ne o Manawatu. K\u0101ti ake i konei, ka waiho n\u0101 atu ng\u0101 k\u014Drero i t\u0113nei w\u0101, ka mihi atu ki a Rangit\u0101ne o Manawatu kua haere mai nei ki roto i Te Whare P\u0101remata i te r\u0101 nei. Ko te manako, m\u0101 Te Atua koutou e tiaki i t\u014D koutou hokinga atu ki te k\u0101inga, \u0101, k\u0101ti t\u0113n\u0101 koutou, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou, kia ora t\u0101tou katoa.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000250\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e77494a0-1be1-432f-b492-fd160f4c119d\u0022\u003E[Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker, I will remain speaking in the M\u0101ori language for the duration of my contribution today and turn to address you, the vast number of relations who have traversed the broad path to the stepped panel patterns of Parliament House standing here\u2014welcome, come hither, welcome! I submit my congratulatory remarks alongside those expressed by the Deputy Speaker, and, indeed, by members of this House, to you collectively, with the plea that you lay out your many, many mishaps upon the ridge pole of this House to allow the speakers and walls of this House to grieve, to pay a tribute and to farewell the dead within you, but at the same time within us, so that we can say as one, welcome, the dead, and depart! And so to the House, as a means of bringing the focus of the contributions back upon us, I acknowledge and greet you collectively, and you, too, Rangit\u0101ne. Salutations to you all.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000251\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e77494a0-1be1-432f-b492-fd160f4c119d\u0022\u003EI rise to speak on the Rangit\u0101ne o Manawatu Claims Settlement Bill. I will address some parts of the bill with the hope that some of the sentiments expressed by members of the House today will be supported by me. I begin with my thanks to the chair of the M\u0101ori Affairs Committee, Tutehounuku Korako there, and to the M\u0101ori Affairs Committee, which has an important role in terms of listening very intently to the hurts, to the submissions that emerge about this bill, deliberating and debating over it, and then preparing the bill for its second reading in this House. I also express my thanks to the Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations, who has worked hard on this issue. I commend him. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000252\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e77494a0-1be1-432f-b492-fd160f4c119d\u0022\u003EI have really thought about this claim, this bill that began in the 1990s. There have been a number of Treaty negotiations Ministers that have held that role there\u2014Ministers for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations\u2014from this bill\u2019s inception right down to this moment. I delved into the records and searched for the five Ministers, the five who worked in unison with this broad grouping of Rangit\u0101ne at Manawat\u016B\u2014five! Therefore, do not be upset, Rangit\u0101ne; the fault is not yours! Procedures of this House are where the fault is really located. It is undermining you and your arrival here today. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000253\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e77494a0-1be1-432f-b492-fd160f4c119d\u0022\u003EEnough, I will speak at length about this aspect of the bills, but, to me, I believe it is a deceitful tactic in the bills. If a bill wants to partition off an iwi or hap\u016B, colleague, there will be a problem, and a real one at that, because vast numbers of iwi and hap\u016B will have a genealogical connection to some places. That is why I said in the debate on the bill about my relations of Ngatikahu ki Whangaroa that a problem will arise if Kahukuraariki is considered to be the eponymous ancestor of Ng\u0101ti Kahu. We will find then that within Rangit\u0101ne there will be some problems relating to the land. Who, indeed, has the mandate over the land? Which hap\u016B has interests in these places? \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000254\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e77494a0-1be1-432f-b492-fd160f4c119d\u0022\u003EI think about some parts that are in the bill, namely the Tangimoana Forest. How many hap\u016B are there? How many iwi are there that have interests in that forest? According to the provision in this bill and the local government legislation, none at all! In terms of the administrators of the forest, some have been axed, some have been ejected. That is the problem if P\u0101keh\u0101 law is allowed to make provisions and genealogy in M\u0101oridom and mandate them. That is my take on it at this point in time. That aside, that is one of the problems in this bill that I perceive officials of the Minister can debate and determine avenues carefully through which hap\u016B that have been axed and ejected have their interests in the land returned to Rangit\u0101ne o Manawatu. So that is a huge challenge within the bill. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000255\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e77494a0-1be1-432f-b492-fd160f4c119d\u0022\u003EI take up the sentiments expressed by my colleague Meka Whaitiri, who stated, yes, the penny has indeed dropped to this Government, and it must not assume that M\u0101oridom\u2019s mandate is solely with iwi\u2014no, not at all! We and hap\u016B throughout the country have long asserted that we the hap\u016B must never be overlooked. We have our own mana! I have thought to myself and jointly with Pita Paraone in regard to Ng\u0101ti Hine and the Ng\u0101puhi in me\u2014the problem is the same for me. Therefore, I commend the Minister greatly for giving due consideration to hap\u016B in this bill. Given that provisions have been made under the authority of Rangit\u0101ne o Manawatu, all its hap\u016B are listed below. And so I acknowledge that significant gesture. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000256\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e77494a0-1be1-432f-b492-fd160f4c119d\u0022\u003EI read the Government\u2019s apology to Rangit\u0101ne o Manawatu and could feel the empathy and the Government\u2019s belief in that apology, but while I was reading it I did not see any single apology or thought about Rangit\u0101ne o Manawatu\u2019s poverty. According to the bill, it talked about \u201Csocial structures\u201D and the \u201Cwrongdoing of the law\u201D. Because the lands of Rangit\u0101ne o Manawatu had been stolen, the M\u0101ori people are impoverished, the hap\u016B and the iwi of Rangit\u0101ne o Manawatu are poorer, but I have not seen any apology relating to the impact on the economy or funding in this bill. Accordingly, this is something for the Minister to consider in the future. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000257\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e77494a0-1be1-432f-b492-fd160f4c119d\u0022\u003EI turn to some other parts of the bill, which state that Rangit\u0101ne o Manawatu will work collaboratively with the Department of Conservation and New Zealand Petroleum and Minerals, and I leave that word k\u014Dhuke, \u201Cmineral\u201D, there before us. Therefore, Rangit\u0101ne o Manawatu and Government departments will work together to consider their own relationship with each other and how to work collaboratively in the months and years ahead of them. I will leave that provision to Rangit\u0101ne o Manawatu and the Government departments. That is a good idea, a really fruitful one in terms of managing lands and resources that will be returned to Rangit\u0101ne o Manawatu. I reflect on the Awapuni parcel, the summit of Mairehau, those lands that Rangit\u0101ne, officials, and Government departments are able to create an administrative plan to manage and execute effectively. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000258\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e77494a0-1be1-432f-b492-fd160f4c119d\u0022\u003ETo cover the remaining minute I end my contribution with the third part of the bill, namely, Part 3, clause 110 of the bill, which talks about this thing called the right of first refusal\u2014apologies, I am not sure of the M\u0101ori phrase for \u201Cright of first refusal\u201D, and will leave it as the \u201Cright of first refusal\u201D today. I mull over that phrase in this bill and note its extent and broadness as it relates to that part. That is a great tool in terms of protecting Rangit\u0101ne o Manawatu\u2019s autonomy. That is sufficient, I leave the sentiments there at this point in time and acknowledge Rangit\u0101ne o Manawatu who came into this House today. The hope is that God looks after you collectively as you return home, and so enough, I commend and congratulate you, and my appreciation to us all.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022758dcaf3-9976-43ac-8593-79f66ee4da22\u0022 data-id=\u0022872861d4dcdd49309abdf8ea7a1d66c3\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000259\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022758dcaf3-9976-43ac-8593-79f66ee4da22\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022872861d4dcdd49309abdf8ea7a1d66c3\u0022\u003EJOANNE HAYES (National):\u003C/span\u003E Kia ora, e koro m\u0101, e kui m\u0101, e rau rangatira m\u0101, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou, nau mai haere mai, i runga i te r\u0101 whakahirahira, kia ora.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000260\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022758dcaf3-9976-43ac-8593-79f66ee4da22\u0022\u003E[Greetings to you, the elderly men and womenfolk and esteemed ones of a hundredfold, welcome, come hither on this important day, greetings.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000261\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022758dcaf3-9976-43ac-8593-79f66ee4da22\u0022\u003EI stand to take this final call in the Rangit\u0101ne o Manawatu Claims Settlement Bill, and I am very proud to do this. My contribution is actually going to concentrate on some key figures who have worked behind the scenes to actually get this bill here to the House. First of all, I want to pay tribute to the formidable Ruth Harris\u2014and she was a formidable person. She rubbed a lot of people up the wrong way, but she was formidable in the fact that she drove this particular process for the iwi o Manawat\u016B all the way to this point here today. As I said, her staunch approach did get up the noses of people at times, but I can tell you that during her time it was she who took the head office of T\u0101nenui\u0101rangi from Main Street in Palmerston North and established it at Awapuni Hospital. She needed some funding and she went to seek it not from a M\u0101ori, not even from a P\u0101keh\u0101\u2014she went to an Asian, a Chinese investor who actually helped to establish the head office of Rangit\u0101ne o Manawatu at the Awapuni Hospital. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000262\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022758dcaf3-9976-43ac-8593-79f66ee4da22\u0022\u003EI also want to acknowledge the Fitzgerald wh\u0101nau: Rangi Fitzgerald, his daughter Lorene, who passed this year and who did a lot of work in behind the scenes\u2014along with Ruth and the Harris wh\u0101nau. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000263\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022758dcaf3-9976-43ac-8593-79f66ee4da22\u0022\u003EFinally, I would like to acknowledge T\u0101nenui\u0101rangi Te Awe Awe. The Te Awe Awe wh\u0101nau make up the third branch of the wh\u0101nau Rangit\u0101ne o Manawatu. They make up a big portion of how this bill came here to the House, and along the way there were also the rangatira Te Rangi Baker and Auntie Ka Taite and her son, Kim P\u014Dtaka Taite, who were mentioned in the House today. I remember meeting Auntie Ka for the very first time, and I thought that she was a bit grumpy, but she actually held her place in everything that she did. I take my hat off to those women and those men, our t\u016Bpuna, who worked diligently to this day. It is a shame that we cannot finish the whole thing off over the next few days, but that is how it is, and today is a celebration for Rangit\u0101ne o Manawatu. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000264\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022758dcaf3-9976-43ac-8593-79f66ee4da22\u0022\u003EToday we also see the tamariki and mokopuna of those very people whom I have mentioned, who have picked up the baton, picked up where their t\u016Bpuna have left off, and they have carried, and continue to carry, the mantle of their forebears as the Post Settlement Governance Entity (PSGE) group, including the daughter of Ruth Harris, another formidable Harris, Danielle. And no, Pita, you cannot have Danielle up north; she is staying with us. She is ours and always has been ours. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000265\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022758dcaf3-9976-43ac-8593-79f66ee4da22\u0022\u003EI want to also mention Chris Whaiap\u016B. Chris is the son of Lorene Fitzgerald and the mokopuna of Rangi Fitzgerald, and he is also on the PSGE group, along with H\u014Dhepa Sharland, Tina K\u0101wana, and Terry Hapi. Although everybody looks at that group and thinks that this is an amazing group together, they carry a load of responsibility for Rangit\u0101ne o Manawatu into the future. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000266\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022758dcaf3-9976-43ac-8593-79f66ee4da22\u0022\u003EWe have heard about the commercial redress of the Tangimoana Forest. Just recently we heard and read in the newspapers about the farms that are coming up for sale through Landcorp\u2014six in the South Island and three in the North Island. Two of those farms are actually in Rangit\u0101ne o Manawatu and Rangit\u0101ne T\u016B Mai R\u0101. In the newspapers, there was a discussion around the iwi, the settled iwi, who will have the right of first refusal when those farms come up for sale. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000267\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022758dcaf3-9976-43ac-8593-79f66ee4da22\u0022\u003EIn closing, I just want to say that Tangimoana Forest is one, the other one is the future of Tangimoana station, the Landcorp station. They are going to be the heavyweights of that PSGE group on the way forward for the economic development future of Rangit\u0101ne o Manawatu. I stand proudly to commend the bill to the House in this second reading. Kia ora.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000268\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022758dcaf3-9976-43ac-8593-79f66ee4da22\u0022\u003EBill read a second time.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000269\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022758dcaf3-9976-43ac-8593-79f66ee4da22\u0022\u003EWaiata\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n    \u003C/div\u003E\n    \u003Cdiv class=\u0022HpsHansard\u0022\u003E\n      \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsProceedingHeading\u0022\u003EBills\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000270\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubjectHeading\u0022 id=\u0022f477666907d244a79eab7a7db93e7db1\u0022\u003ETaranaki Iwi Claims Settlement Bill\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000271\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubproceedingHeading\u0022 id=\u00225f2c94493ec1456091566484f24b17f5\u0022\u003EIn Committee\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022163d0b68-eb0e-4094-9bed-99e184f063e1\u0022 data-id=\u0022d93f29af5b4b4148b4f0925081fdf06a\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000272\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022163d0b68-eb0e-4094-9bed-99e184f063e1\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022d93f29af5b4b4148b4f0925081fdf06a\u0022\u003EJAMI-LEE ROSS (Junior Whip\u2014National):\u003C/span\u003E I seek leave for the Taranaki Iwi Claims Settlement Bill to be debated as one question, and separately, afterwards, for the Te Atiawa Claims Settlement Bill to also be debated as one question.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022893adc11-ce4e-419c-a079-08f04b3d75f5\u0022 data-id=\u0022a1695bb90b4f4a559f771708b0f17f08\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000273\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022893adc11-ce4e-419c-a079-08f04b3d75f5\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022a1695bb90b4f4a559f771708b0f17f08\u0022\u003EThe CHAIRPERSON (Lindsay Tisch)\u003C/span\u003E: Leave is sought for that purpose. Is there any objection? There is no objection.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000274\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubproceedingHeading\u0022 id=\u002237cf03995f8f4156b56aeb738c9a407b\u0022\u003EParts 1 to 4, schedules 1 to 3, and clauses 1 and 2\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u002241146229-4d11-415b-a4ac-f4e2b923e95d\u0022 data-id=\u00225f7c4fca9c9045d9ada3f4c9c5d44fe2\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000275\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002241146229-4d11-415b-a4ac-f4e2b923e95d\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00225f7c4fca9c9045d9ada3f4c9c5d44fe2\u0022\u003EHon CHRISTOPHER FINLAYSON (Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations):\u003C/span\u003E Just very briefly, as I mentioned in my second reading speech, the M\u0101ori Affairs Committee reported the Taranaki Iwi Claims Settlement Bill back to the House on 2 September and recommended it be passed with a couple of technical amendments. Supplementary Order Paper (SOP) 215 is in my name, and it provides two technical amendments to ensure that particular third-party interests are protected through the bill. The SOP amends the Taranaki Iwi Claims Settlement Bill by inserting a new clause 53(3), recording an easement in favour of the South Taranaki District Council, and making a corresponding amendment to schedule 2. That is the only real issue that arises. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000276\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002241146229-4d11-415b-a4ac-f4e2b923e95d\u0022\u003EThere has been a little bit of a debate today about Part 2, Subpart 5, dealing with regional council representation. This is not imposed on the council. It has been drawn up as a result of discussions with the council, and it is very happy with what has transpired. It is exactly the same as the proposal set out\u2014and I will come to it when we deal with it\u2014in Part 2, Subpart 6 of the Te Atiawa Claims Settlement Bill, where there was no objection. It is also in similar form in the Ng\u0101ruahine Claims Settlement Bill. So we have selective concern about race-based policy. I foreshadow that there could be a bit of excitement. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000277\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002241146229-4d11-415b-a4ac-f4e2b923e95d\u0022\u003EThere has been no opposition to the Rangit\u0101ne o Manawatu Claims Settlement Bill; Subpart 3 of Part 2, of course, provided for the establishment of the Manawat\u016B River catchment advisory board, a body set up involving Rangit\u0101ne o Manawatu, and also Rangit\u0101ne in the Wairarapa, to advise the Manawatu-Wanganui Regional Council in relation to freshwater issues. So we do have selective concern, but the fact of the matter is that this body is as a result of discussions between the various iwi, the Crown, and the Taranaki Regional Council. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000278\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002241146229-4d11-415b-a4ac-f4e2b923e95d\u0022\u003EThere was some comment made about a referendum that was held in New Plymouth city last year. That dealt with a completely separate issue, which was the establishment of a M\u0101ori ward for the New Plymouth District Council. It was a completely different issue, and attempts to conflate them are, with respect\u2014well, actually, with no respect\u2014totally misleading.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000279\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002241146229-4d11-415b-a4ac-f4e2b923e95d\u0022\u003EThe question was put that the amendments set out on Supplementary Order Paper 215 in the name of the Hon Christopher Finlayson to clause 53 be agreed to.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca id=\u00228f341681904b4b6d885cdd709f0879e0\u0022 name=\u0022division\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022HpsDivision\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsItem\u0022\u003EA party vote was called for on the question, That the amendments be agreed to.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp class=\u0022HpsDivision\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsItem\u0022\u003EAyes 107\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp class=\u0022HpsDivision\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsItem\u0022\u003ENew Zealand National 59; New Zealand Labour 32; Green Party 12; M\u0101ori Party 2; ACT New Zealand 1; United Future 1.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp class=\u0022HpsDivision\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsItem\u0022\u003ENoes 12\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp class=\u0022HpsDivision\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsItem\u0022\u003ENew Zealand First 12.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp class=\u0022HpsDivision\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsItem\u0022\u003EAmendments agreed to.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000280\u0022\u003EParts 1 to 4, schedules 1 to 3, and clauses 1 and 2 as amended agreed to.\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000281\u0022\u003EBill to be reported with amendment presently.\u003C/p\u003E\n    \u003C/div\u003E\n    \u003Cdiv class=\u0022HpsHansard\u0022\u003E\n      \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsProceedingHeading\u0022\u003EBills\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000282\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubjectHeading\u0022 id=\u0022f161876e5b7f4ee0b77bb9b2fedbdd68\u0022\u003ETe Atiawa Claims Settlement Bill\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000283\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubproceedingHeading\u0022 id=\u0022f7c1249a608c42fd953825a2c30298bb\u0022\u003EIn Committee\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022893adc11-ce4e-419c-a079-08f04b3d75f5\u0022 data-id=\u0022d1297576fc634edcba44e6a914a04f2f\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000284\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022893adc11-ce4e-419c-a079-08f04b3d75f5\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022d1297576fc634edcba44e6a914a04f2f\u0022\u003EThe ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Lindsay Tisch)\u003C/span\u003E: Leave has been granted for this bill to be taken as one question.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000285\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubproceedingHeading\u0022 id=\u00228be703f60f664093bd8dbf1ed6120569\u0022\u003EParts 1 to 4, schedules 1 to 4, and clauses 1 and 2\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u002241146229-4d11-415b-a4ac-f4e2b923e95d\u0022 data-id=\u002247731f29efe94b7196112c1b22b00170\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000286\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002241146229-4d11-415b-a4ac-f4e2b923e95d\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u002247731f29efe94b7196112c1b22b00170\u0022\u003EHon CHRISTOPHER FINLAYSON (Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations):\u003C/span\u003E The M\u0101ori Affairs Committee has recommended that the Te Atiawa Claims Settlement Bill be passed with a couple of technical amendments. I have proposed a technical Supplementary Order Paper (SOP), SOP 224. This is going to make two technical amendments to clause 63 to ensure that certain properties to be exchanged as part of the vesting of the Taumata property, which is a cultural redress property, are able to be vested as intended by the deed of settlement. The changes ensure that the land exchanged for the Taumata property will, in specific circumstances, be treated as cultural redress property. That means, for example, that certain provisions of the Reserves Act will not apply when the reservation as a historic reserve is revoked, and requirements under the Resource Management Act in relation to the subdivision will not be required.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000287\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002241146229-4d11-415b-a4ac-f4e2b923e95d\u0022\u003EI commend the bill to the House with the minor technical amendments proposed by SOP 224, and again invite honourable members to read Part 2, Subpart 6, dealing with Taranaki Regional Council representation. If it is not word-for-word exactly the same as in the Taranaki Iwi Claims Settlement Bill, it is, quite frankly, pretty close.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022 data-id=\u0022bc1512a493364a24930df444740bc75d\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000288\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022bc1512a493364a24930df444740bc75d\u0022\u003EPITA PARAONE (NZ First):\u003C/span\u003E I realise that I was a bit slow in standing to take the opportunity of talking in the Committee stage of the last bill, but I will certainly take the opportunity of making reference to the issue of representation.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000289\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003EI know that there is already some discussion as to why we have not opposed all the other Taranaki bills, and I just wanted to explain to the Committee that the clauses in the Taranaki Iwi Claims Settlement Bill that refer to the membership of the council are very specific. They articulate the names of the various tribes; they are to be referred to as Taranaki iwi. That is No. 1.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000290\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003ENo. 2\u2014in opposing that part and supporting that reference here in the Te Atiawa Claims Settlement Bill, we were led to believe that it was a duplication of the Local Government Act. Then, on discovery, we found that in the Local Government Act reference is made to the word \u201Cmay\u201D, whereas in the Taranaki Iwi Claims Settlement Bill\u2014and again I am connecting that bill to this bill\u2014the word that is used is \u201Cmust\u201D. So there is, in our mind, a big difference.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000291\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c3d9fd88-4715-419d-be08-e1c4eda7d09e\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00226afcdeb1011f45e98fc66ab05db6a523\u0022\u003EMarama Fox\u003C/span\u003E: You got it wrong. It\u2019s wrong.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000292\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00223f183bc6ce9446abbca6938bcc120ef1\u0022\u003EPITA PARAONE\u003C/span\u003E: I just want to make that point, irrespective of the view that some voice on the other side might have. Thank you.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u002241146229-4d11-415b-a4ac-f4e2b923e95d\u0022 data-id=\u002246931a395ba945e3b8f72aa7d07bab60\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000293\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002241146229-4d11-415b-a4ac-f4e2b923e95d\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u002246931a395ba945e3b8f72aa7d07bab60\u0022\u003EHon CHRISTOPHER FINLAYSON (Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations):\u003C/span\u003E Out of my respect and affection for the honourable member, I will respond. I do say this with the greatest of respect and affection, but what he said is wrong in relation to the definition of the iwi of Taranaki. I refer him to clause 97 of the Taranaki Iwi Claims Settlement Bill and I also refer him to clause 75 of the Te Atiawa Claims Settlement Bill\u2014they look pretty much the same to me.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000294\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002241146229-4d11-415b-a4ac-f4e2b923e95d\u0022\u003EThen I refer the honourable member to \u201CIwi representation on the committee\u201D, as provided by clause 77 of the Te Atiawa Claims Settlement Bill. The iwi of Taranaki may nominate three people each for these positions. The council must appoint the members nominated to the appropriate committee. Then one goes across to clause 99 in the Taranaki Iwi Claims Settlement Bill, which is exactly the same. If he goes to the Ng\u0101ruahine Claims Settlement Bill, it is exactly the same.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000295\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002241146229-4d11-415b-a4ac-f4e2b923e95d\u0022\u003EI am not going to belabour the point, because we have had a good old stoush about this in the course of the second reading speeches. I certainly do not blame the member, because he is an honourable member and a very hard-working member of the Committee. I value his advice on a number of matters, particularly on that iwi to the North, so I am not going to say what I would otherwise say, were another person in the Chamber.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022 data-id=\u0022cb14f913b2814f3bad1d7defa942235a\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000296\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022cb14f913b2814f3bad1d7defa942235a\u0022\u003EPITA PARAONE (NZ First):\u003C/span\u003E If that is the case, Minister Finlayson, the position of New Zealand First is that we will need to oppose that Supplementary Order Paper 224.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000297\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022893adc11-ce4e-419c-a079-08f04b3d75f5\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00228b042c4e1c5b4ce2b6e0c86631073193\u0022\u003EThe CHAIRPERSON (Lindsay Tisch)\u003C/span\u003E: We have not come to the votes yet.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000298\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00223e41cdfd64204017acba26bc10fe5a8d\u0022\u003EPITA PARAONE\u003C/span\u003E: No.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022893adc11-ce4e-419c-a079-08f04b3d75f5\u0022 data-id=\u00224d60cb263ad44a7cb09992c749d5fc45\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000299\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022893adc11-ce4e-419c-a079-08f04b3d75f5\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00224d60cb263ad44a7cb09992c749d5fc45\u0022\u003EThe CHAIRPERSON (Lindsay Tisch)\u003C/span\u003E: All right. We are coming to the vote now, so we have the Minister\u2019s\u2014[Interruption] Order! We are going to have a vote.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000300\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022893adc11-ce4e-419c-a079-08f04b3d75f5\u0022\u003EThe question was put that the amendments set out on Supplementary Order Paper 224 in the name of the Hon Christopher Finlayson to clause 63 be agreed to.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca id=\u0022feea4a3691e24b52ba5aec07b80a774d\u0022 name=\u0022division\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022HpsDivision\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsItem\u0022\u003EA party vote was called for on the question, That the amendments be agreed to.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp class=\u0022HpsDivision\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsItem\u0022\u003EAyes 107\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp class=\u0022HpsDivision\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsItem\u0022\u003ENew Zealand National 59; New Zealand Labour 32; Green Party 12; M\u0101ori Party 2; ACT New Zealand 1; United Future 1.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp class=\u0022HpsDivision\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsItem\u0022\u003ENoes 12\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp class=\u0022HpsDivision\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsItem\u0022\u003ENew Zealand First 12.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp class=\u0022HpsDivision\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsItem\u0022\u003EAmendments agreed to.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000301\u0022\u003EThe question was put that Parts 1 to 4, schedules 1 to 4, and clauses 1 and 2 as amended be agreed to.\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca id=\u0022f7332b4bb07b49e0ab1383c1d4520b40\u0022 name=\u0022division\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022HpsDivision\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsItem\u0022\u003EA party vote was called for on the question, That Parts 1 to 4, schedules 1 to 4, and clauses 1 and 2 as amended be agreed to.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp class=\u0022HpsDivision\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsItem\u0022\u003EAyes 107\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp class=\u0022HpsDivision\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsItem\u0022\u003ENew Zealand National 59; New Zealand Labour 32; Green Party 12; M\u0101ori Party 2; ACT New Zealand 1; United Future 1.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp class=\u0022HpsDivision\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsItem\u0022\u003ENoes 12\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp class=\u0022HpsDivision\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsItem\u0022\u003ENew Zealand First 12.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp class=\u0022HpsDivision\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsItem\u0022\u003EParts 1 to 4, schedules 1 to 4, and clauses 1 and 2 as amended agreed to.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000302\u0022\u003EBill to be reported with amendment presently.\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000303\u0022\u003EHouse resumed.\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000304\u0022\u003EThe Chairperson reported the Taranaki Iwi Claims Settlement Bill with amendment and the Te Atiawa Claims Settlement Bill with amendment.\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022893adc11-ce4e-419c-a079-08f04b3d75f5\u0022 data-id=\u0022a189ac483a6d44c695ae678c196172c9\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000305\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022893adc11-ce4e-419c-a079-08f04b3d75f5\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022a189ac483a6d44c695ae678c196172c9\u0022\u003EThe CHAIRPERSON (Lindsay Tisch)\u003C/span\u003E: I move, That the report be adopted.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca id=\u00224f9437e98346489aab0608498207b2a9\u0022 name=\u0022division\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022HpsDivision\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsItem\u0022\u003EA party vote was called for on the question, That the report be adopted.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp class=\u0022HpsDivision\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsItem\u0022\u003EAyes 107\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp class=\u0022HpsDivision\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsItem\u0022\u003ENew Zealand National 59; New Zealand Labour 32; Green Party 12; M\u0101ori Party 2; ACT New Zealand 1; United Future 1.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp class=\u0022HpsDivision\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsItem\u0022\u003ENoes 12\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp class=\u0022HpsDivision\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsItem\u0022\u003ENew Zealand First 12.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp class=\u0022HpsDivision\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsItem\u0022\u003EReport adopted.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n    \u003C/div\u003E\n    \u003Cdiv class=\u0022HpsHansard\u0022\u003E\n      \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsProceedingHeading\u0022\u003EBills\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000306\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubjectHeading\u0022 id=\u0022a1b12d3ec65744b780969e99be5011cc\u0022\u003ERangit\u0101ne T\u016B Mai R\u0101 (Wairarapa T\u0101maki nui-\u0101-Rua) Claims Settlement Bill\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000307\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubproceedingHeading\u0022 id=\u00222a713ebfef6f41baa3ccc8eade33e385\u0022\u003EFirst Reading\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u002241146229-4d11-415b-a4ac-f4e2b923e95d\u0022 data-id=\u00224bb6f05e10694656b5b631573d506bd5\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000308\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002241146229-4d11-415b-a4ac-f4e2b923e95d\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00224bb6f05e10694656b5b631573d506bd5\u0022\u003EHon CHRISTOPHER FINLAYSON (Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations):\u003C/span\u003E I move, That the Rangit\u0101ne T\u016B Mai R\u0101 (Wairarapa T\u0101maki nui-\u0101-Rua) Claims Settlement Bill be now read a first time. I nominate the M\u0101ori Affairs Committee to consider the bill. A month ago\u2014only a month ago\u2014I was welcomed on to M\u0101kirikiri Marae in Dannevirke to sign the deed of settlement with Rangit\u0101ne o Wairarapa and Rangit\u0101ne o Tamaki nui a Rua.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000309\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002241146229-4d11-415b-a4ac-f4e2b923e95d\u0022\u003EI am so very pleased to extend a warm welcome to the members of Rangit\u0101ne who have travelled to be here in Parliament for the first reading of the bill. I am delighted you are here, and I am delighted that you were able to listen to the second reading of the Rangit\u0101ne o Manawatu Claims Settlement Bill. I am sure there are some representatives there, and next week I shall be reporting to Rangit\u0101ne in Blenheim, in the Wairau, that their relations are well on the way and, frankly, that some of them should have been here today as well. So thank you very much for coming. It is great to see you here, especially only 1 month after that wonderful signing at M\u0101kirikiri Marae. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000310\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002241146229-4d11-415b-a4ac-f4e2b923e95d\u0022\u003EAt this time my thoughts go to those members of Rangit\u0101ne who have suffered the grievances addressed through this bill and those who began this journey and yet are no longer here to experience this point in the history of their great iwi. They are in our thoughts today. I also acknowledge those who are with us\u2014some of whom are sitting in the gallery today\u2014particularly M\u0101nahi Paewai and Jim R\u012Bmene and Mavis Mullins. The earlier two\u2014although Mavis is everywhere\u2014started this process so many years ago and provided support and guidance to the iwi negotiators as the settlement has progressed. Rangit\u0101ne have been served over the years by very devoted negotiators and advisers, and I acknowledge the huge amount of work over many years by the negotiating team. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000311\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002241146229-4d11-415b-a4ac-f4e2b923e95d\u0022\u003EIt is always dangerous and, indeed, inappropriate, probably, to name individuals, but I do want to acknowledge T\u012Bpene Chrisp in the gallery. Most of the time he is on my side because he works for the Office of Treaty Settlements, but the call of the wh\u0101nau was too great, and he has been on the other side for this negotiation, as one would expect. Can I acknowledge the chief Crown negotiator Rick Barker for the tremendous work that he has done on this settlement. I am sure he would like to be here today, but I have a feeling he is up in Hauraki. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000312\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002241146229-4d11-415b-a4ac-f4e2b923e95d\u0022\u003EI also acknowledge the various Crown agencies and the regional and district councils for their work. And that is not pro forma thanks, because, for example, the Tararua District Council has been very, very helpful as we have dealt with a couple of issues on the way through, and I acknowledge it and its retiring mayor. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000313\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002241146229-4d11-415b-a4ac-f4e2b923e95d\u0022\u003EThe journey to settlement for Rangit\u0101ne stretches back many years. Claims on behalf of the iwi were lodged in the 1980s. Tribunal hearings were held in 2004 and 2005, and the great Wairarapa ki Tararua report was released in June 2010. In October 2011 the Crown recognised the mandate of the Rangit\u0101ne Settlement Negotiations Trust to negotiate the settlement of the Treaty claims. Negotiations commenced following the signing of terms of negotiation in 2012. On 28 March 2014 I signed an agreement in principle that set out the settlement package, and, as I said, last month I signed the deed of settlement after it had been ratified by members of Rangit\u0101ne. The warmth and the energy of the Rangit\u0101ne tamariki radiated on what was otherwise a very cold Dannevirke day. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000314\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002241146229-4d11-415b-a4ac-f4e2b923e95d\u0022\u003EThe Rangit\u0101ne T\u016B Mai R\u0101 (Wairarapa T\u0101maki nui-\u0101-Rua) Claims Settlement Bill is being considered today and it is going to give legislative effect to the redress that Rangit\u0101ne will receive. I want to take a moment to reflect on the history that sits behind the settlement legislation. This came through so strongly at the signing ceremony\u2014and I would love some people who say \u201COh, the iwi are only interested in the money.\u201D to have been at M\u0101kirikiri Marae, because they would have seen that the history and the cultural redress were at the heart of what iwi members were seeking. It was really a beautiful ceremony. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000315\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002241146229-4d11-415b-a4ac-f4e2b923e95d\u0022\u003ERangit\u0101ne welcomed P\u0101keh\u0101 settlers to their rohe from the mid-1840s. Rangit\u0101ne enjoyed considerable benefits from leasing land to these settlers and trading with them. The Crown then applied pressure on Wairarapa M\u0101ori to end the leases and sell their land to the Crown. By the mid-1850s the Crown had acquired about three-fifths of the traditional rohe of Rangit\u0101ne. When purchasing land, the Crown led this iwi to expect substantial educational, health, and economic benefits. In the course of time, however, Rangit\u0101ne did not experience many of these benefits, nor the prosperity that they could reasonably have expected to receive from settlement in their region; nor did they receive the reserves the Crown had promised to set aside for iwi. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000316\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002241146229-4d11-415b-a4ac-f4e2b923e95d\u0022\u003EIn the 1860s, through the native land court legislation, the Crown introduced a new land tenure system that was simply inconsistent with Rangit\u0101ne traditional customs. In 1871 the Crown acquired considerable areas of Rangit\u0101ne land in Te Tapere-nui-o-Wh\u0101tonga, including 60,000 acres of the Mangatainoka Block, despite the express opposition of Rangit\u0101ne leaders. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000317\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002241146229-4d11-415b-a4ac-f4e2b923e95d\u0022\u003ETheir communities resisted land sales. They attempted to maintain tribal structures through a number of initiatives, including the various Parliaments and the longstanding fight of Nireaha T\u0101maki, who took his case to the Privy Council. In a landmark decision, the Privy Council reversed the decision of the Court of Appeal and acknowledged that a system of customary M\u0101ori land tenure did exist and deserved recognition in court decisions. It is one of those interesting items of history that when the Supreme Court Bill was going through in the early 2000s, everyone said that we needed a Supreme Court that would be more sensitive to the resolution of Treaty of Waitangi claims\u2014but the Privy Council actually understood this stuff very well indeed. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000318\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002241146229-4d11-415b-a4ac-f4e2b923e95d\u0022\u003EThe Crown lost more often than it won when dealing with these issues\u2014in fact, so much so that at one stage, one Saturday morning in the early 1900s, there was a gathering of all the judges and the lawyers in Wellington and they had what was called a \u201Cprotest of the bench and bar\u201D, grumbling about a Privy Council decision that had been favourable to M\u0101ori. But I digress, so back to the bill. The Government\u2019s response to the Privy Council decision was to limit the right of M\u0101ori to investigate the Government\u2019s land purchases through the courts.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000319\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002241146229-4d11-415b-a4ac-f4e2b923e95d\u0022\u003EIn 1896, Rangit\u0101ne leaders were involved in gifting ownership of the Wairarapa lakes to the Crown. Instead of providing ample reserves in the vicinity of the lakes, as agreed, the Crown provided reserves several hundred kilometres away in the King Country\u2014unbelievable today, but that is what happened. By the early 20th century, it was the same sad story. Rangit\u0101ne were virtually landless and their communities struggled to maintain their customary homes, their knowledge, and their language\u2014and then came urbanisation in the 20th century. So it is a grim background and it is one that I invite everyone in the rohe of Rangit\u0101ne to read and understand, because they will understand exactly why we are doing what we are doing today. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000320\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002241146229-4d11-415b-a4ac-f4e2b923e95d\u0022\u003ELast month at M\u0101kirikiri Marae I presented the Crown apology to Rangit\u0101ne, who graciously accepted it, and it was said that it would go a long way to helping Rangit\u0101ne people understand who they are. So there is a big settlement package here. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000321\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002241146229-4d11-415b-a4ac-f4e2b923e95d\u0022\u003EI am almost out of time, and what I want now is to commend the bill to the House. If it passes it will go to the M\u0101ori Affairs Committee, and I know that it is going to do a very good job and get the bill back to the House very, very quickly. I say this all the time, but it is heartfelt every time I say it: it is not possible to compensate Rangit\u0101ne fully for the loss and prejudice suffered. I acknowledge the generosity in accepting the apology, and I believe the settlement outlined in this bill is going to help Rangit\u0101ne realise their further endeavours and their aspirations. I consider that the bill should proceed without delay to the M\u0101ori Affairs Committee. I commend the bill to the House.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022073496a0-73b7-426f-97f8-916bd542b0fa\u0022 data-id=\u0022661660de7f6b4c8dbcd2289310185a99\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000322\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022073496a0-73b7-426f-97f8-916bd542b0fa\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022661660de7f6b4c8dbcd2289310185a99\u0022\u003EMEKA WHAITIRI (Labour\u2014Ikaroa-R\u0101whiti):\u003C/span\u003E T\u0113n\u0101 koe, Mr Assistant Speaker. Greetings to you, fellow members of the House. E te iwi o Rangit\u0101ne ki Wairarapa T\u0101maki nui-\u0101-Rua, t\u0113n\u0101 t\u0101tou katoa. I want to apologise that I had to abruptly end my last speech\u2014that is what you get when you sit in the House for, what, 6 hours before you get a call on these Treaty bills. So I do apologise, and I do want to acknowledge Danielle and all the negotiators of Rangit\u0101ne o Manawatu for a fabulous job. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000323\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022073496a0-73b7-426f-97f8-916bd542b0fa\u0022\u003EIt is the first reading of the Rangit\u0101ne T\u016B Mai R\u0101 (Wairarapa T\u0101maki nui-\u0101-Rua) Claims Settlement Bill, and we, no doubt, support it entirely so that we can help facilitate it going off to the M\u0101ori Affairs Committee. Then we can have the bill back and get into the second reading and then the third reading so we can ensure that the people, the iwi here, can get on with their affairs. Can I just please acknowledge all those who have come down here and who are in the gallery. You have made mention, Hon Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations, of M\u0101nahi Paewai. I see Jim R\u012Bmene and, of course, Mavis and Koro Mullins. Ng\u0101 mihi ki a koutou katoa te wh\u0101nau kua tae mai. [Greetings to you, all the family that have arrived.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000324\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022073496a0-73b7-426f-97f8-916bd542b0fa\u0022\u003ERangit\u0101ne trace their descent from the explorers of Kupe and Wh\u0101tonga, rangatira of the mighty waka of Kurahaup\u014D, and the grandfather of the eponymous ancestor, Rangit\u0101ne. The traditions record that for centuries the Rangit\u0101ne people settled in Wairarapa and T\u0101maki nui-\u0101-Rua before 1840, and they have a special association with many places, including the Wairarapa lakes, the eastern coast, and Tapere-nui-a-Wh\u0101tonga, known by others as Seventy Mile Bush. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000325\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022073496a0-73b7-426f-97f8-916bd542b0fa\u0022\u003EThis bill acknowledges the grievances of the Rangit\u0101ne people, including the Crown\u2019s acquisition of vast areas of land; its failure to properly survey or protect from alienation a number of reserves; its failure to protect Rangit\u0101ne from virtual landlessness and from the disintegration of their tribal structures, and the social deprivation that resulted; and, of course, the loss of Te Reo M\u0101ori.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000326\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022073496a0-73b7-426f-97f8-916bd542b0fa\u0022\u003EI want to take the time\u2014hopefully, staying within my 10 minutes\u2014to acknowledge that this bill has three parts, and the Minister has outlined, of course, that the important, critical part is the historical account and the apology that form Part 1. Of course, we go into the cultural redress in Part 2, and the Minister touched on the protocols, the statutory acknowledgments and the deed of recognition, the Manuwat\u016B River catchment advisory board, some classification, changes of geographical names, some vesting of cultural redress properties, and, of course, vesting and gifting back of properties. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000327\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022073496a0-73b7-426f-97f8-916bd542b0fa\u0022\u003EIn Part 3 we talk about commercial redress, and I want to acknowledge Subpart 1, \u201CTransfer of commercial redress properties and deferred selection properties\u201D, Subpart 2, \u201CLicensed land\u201D, Subpart 3, \u201CAccess to protected sites\u201D, and, of course, a topic of debate that has been swirling round this House this week\u2014and for weeks to come\u2014is Subpart 4, \u201CRight of first refusal over RFR land\u201D. I just want to say to members of this House, regarding the right of first refusal of land taken under the Public Works Act, that for many iwi who have not settled, or, in the case of this particular iwi, who are in the process of getting legislation through, those mechanisms of reclaiming land are so critical. They are so critical because we have lost so much. We have lost so much, and the ability to ensure that land that was taken under the Public Works Act and is no longer needed for the reason for which it was taken must be offered, uninhibited, back to the original owners. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000328\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022073496a0-73b7-426f-97f8-916bd542b0fa\u0022\u003EYet in recent times in this House we have passed legislation that nullifies land taken for housing purposes. We have made that call in this House, and I just want it to go on the record that this side of the House put up an amendment to protect iwi interests for future settlements. I must acknowledge the legislation that we passed under urgency\u2014so it did not even go to a select committee. It acknowledges existing Treaty settlements, but for the rest of us who have not got to the starting block, you have missed out through this Act in Parliament. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000329\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022073496a0-73b7-426f-97f8-916bd542b0fa\u0022\u003ESo it is very dear to me that every inch of land that is geared towards Treaty settlement\u2014we as parliamentarians must think twice before we move legislation that removes that ability for iwi to get that land that is so critical to them. I wanted to just acknowledge that. In reference to Subpart 4 of Part 3, on the right of first refusal, we do hope that when we scrutinise it in the M\u0101ori Affairs Committee\u2014I understand they have been briefed by officials on what right of first refusal actually means, so maybe that will come up in their deliberations. [Interruption] Yes, I will be on time. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000330\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022073496a0-73b7-426f-97f8-916bd542b0fa\u0022\u003EI want to acknowledge the hard work of all the negotiators. As a former Treaty settlement negotiator myself\u2014for my father\u2019s iwi of Rongowhakaata\u2014the sacrifice that you put into Treaty claims is immeasurable. The sacrifice you have to make, in terms of where you are yourself\u2014and on your family. You never ever please everybody in the iwi. You never ever please everybody in the iwi, but you are driven to get the absolute best deal. I have no doubt that your negotiators have achieved that. They achieved that on behalf of your iwi members\u2014the best possible deal with the resources and the timing that you have available. So I want to acknowledge you all for the hard work, the perseverance, the compromises, the ear-ringing, and the back-stabbing; that has happened to us all. I just want to acknowledge that, and I want to thank you on behalf of Rangit\u0101ne. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000331\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022073496a0-73b7-426f-97f8-916bd542b0fa\u0022\u003EI also want to acknowledge the officials who support the Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations, the Hon Chris Finlayson. I know his heart is in the right place when he moves to settle Treaty settlements, and so I want to acknowledge and thank the Minister and all those officials who support him. Sometimes we disagree, but I definitely know that the honourable Minister is committed to ensuring that we have settlements that are not just expedient and quick, but are fair. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000332\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022073496a0-73b7-426f-97f8-916bd542b0fa\u0022\u003EBut having said that, we also have a responsibility in this House that when we are passing legislation that cuts across not just existing Treaty settlements but, potentially, future Treaty settlements, we need to pause. We need to pause, and that is where I believe that when it comes to our honouring the Treaty\u2014actually, the rubber hits the road. When we are considering legislation that is going to alienate M\u0101ori from whenua, then we need to be very, very careful, because our people have lost too much already. I do not want to be part of a Parliament that says: \u201CWe\u2019ve done that Treaty settlement; let\u2019s carry on.\u201D Everything we do in this House interrelates. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000333\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022073496a0-73b7-426f-97f8-916bd542b0fa\u0022\u003EAs I reflect, in Rangit\u0101ne\u2019s own historical account, they gave land and they sold land in the hope that they would get the benefits in return. The benefits around health, education, and the Reo maintenance were never ever met by the Crown. So that is why I make this point: it is incumbent on everybody in this House that when passing legislation that is going to impact on iwi rights going forward, then all I say is be very considered\u2014kick it back to the select committee process and allow iwi to have their say. Kia ora t\u0101tou. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022c3d9fd88-4715-419d-be08-e1c4eda7d09e\u0022 data-id=\u00229783de37d9f547839b26b9f49ca215e4\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000334\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c3d9fd88-4715-419d-be08-e1c4eda7d09e\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00229783de37d9f547839b26b9f49ca215e4\u0022\u003EMARAMA FOX (Co-Leader\u2014M\u0101ori Party): \u003C/span\u003ET\u0113n\u0101 koe, e Te Mana Whakaw\u0101, nei te mihi atu ki a koe, otir\u0101, ki Te Whare. Hoi \u0101no ki a koutou m\u0101 i tae \u0101-tinana mai, te w\u0101 tuatahi i hara mai au ki t\u0113nei Whare ki te whakarongo ki ng\u0101 k\u014Drero o Te Tiriti e whakawhiti ana, man, tangi hotuhotu ahau, t\u0101ngi hotuhotu manawa, noho ana te whakarongo ki te t\u0101hae whenua, ki te mate tangata, \u0101, ki ng\u0101 tau kua whakapau werawera, whakapau kaha ki te t\u016Btuki i ng\u0101 wawata, ng\u0101 hiahia, man, noho au ki te tangi hotuhotu; \u0113hara n\u014Dku te wh\u0101nau! \u0112ngari te whakarongo ki t\u0113n\u0101 k\u014Drero ki roto i t\u0113nei Whare, ki roto i Te K\u0101wanatanga nei, hika!\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000335\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c3d9fd88-4715-419d-be08-e1c4eda7d09e\u0022\u003E\u0112ngari an\u014D m\u014D t\u0113nei rangi, ka titiro atu au ki a koutou, p\u0101 mai ki runga i te manawa te p\u014Duri, te harikoa, ka kite \u0101-kanohi i a koutou. Ka hoki ng\u0101 mahara ki a r\u0101tou m\u0101 kua wehe atu, k\u0101re tonu i konei te kite i te hua o \u014D r\u0101tou n\u0101 mahi, ka tangi. N\u0101 reira, kai te hiahia au ki te k\u014Drero, hoi an\u014D r\u0101, mehemea ka tangi, hika! Kua pau katoa taku korokoro, whango haere te reo o t\u0113nei n\u0101 i te whaiwhai ki aku hoa, t\u014D t\u0101ua whanaunga a Ron\u2014Mr Mark.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000336\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c3d9fd88-4715-419d-be08-e1c4eda7d09e\u0022\u003E\u0112ngari, kai konei m\u0101tou, kai konei t\u0101tou ki te tutuki i ng\u0101 k\u014Drero m\u014D t\u0113nei p\u0101nuitanga tuatahi a Rangit\u0101ne: \u201CTini whet\u016B ki te rangi, Rangit\u0101ne ki te whenua.\u201D Ka tuku aku whakaaro, \u0101, ki a Uncle Kuki i t\u0113nei w\u0101. K\u0101re e kore k\u0101re a Uncle Jim i reira, n\u0113 h\u0101? Kai te k\u0101inga, t\u014Dna kaha m\u0101uiui, \u0101, ka tuku whakaaro ki taku wh\u0101ea t\u014Dna hoa wahine, ng\u0101 rangatira katoa kua mate atu. Ka hoki aku m\u0101hara ki a r\u0101tau, \u0101e, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou \u014Dku pou, \u014Dku rahi.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000337\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c3d9fd88-4715-419d-be08-e1c4eda7d09e\u0022\u003EI tupu ake au i \u014Ctautahi \u0113ngari, i a au e hoki atu ki te k\u0101inga, ki Te Wairarapa \u0101 1988, I think, i t\u012Bmata ai \u0113nei k\u014Drero. Kai te p\u012Brangi m\u0101tou te haere ki Te Taripiunara! Tekau tau, 20 tau pup\u016B ake te whawhai: \u201C\u0112, n\u014D Ng\u0101ti Kahungunu m\u0101tau!\u201D. \u201C\u0112, kai te h\u0113, n\u014D Rangit\u0101ne, titiro ki te whakapapa!\u201D. An\u0101 kua rangona au ki ng\u0101 k\u014Drero katoa kua whakawhiti nei i roto i te k\u0101inga, haere tonu nei ki \u0113nei rangi k\u0101re e kore. \u0112ngari kua tae ki t\u0113nei w\u0101, kei konei au ki te k\u012B atu, kei te tautoko au i a koutou, kai te tautoko au i te whawhai kia t\u016B rangatira te iwi o Rangit\u0101ne i runga i te whenua, i runga i te mata o te whenua o Wairarapa, o T\u0101maki nui-\u0101-Rua i reira koutou. K\u0101re e taea te w\u0101w\u0101hi i te taura whakapapa, \u0113ngari an\u014D m\u014D te taura harakeke, ko te taura whakapapa, ka hono t\u0101tau ki a t\u0101tau ki te whenua Rangit\u0101ne, n\u0101 reira, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000338\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c3d9fd88-4715-419d-be08-e1c4eda7d09e\u0022\u003E[I acknowledge you, Mr Assistant Speaker, and, at the same time, the House. And so to you, my relations who have arrived here physically, the first time I came into this House to listen to the exchanges on the Treaty, man, I sobbed, my heart sobbed as I sat there listening to accounts about the theft of land, loss of life, the sweat and energy spent over the years to fulfil the hopes and aspirations, man, did I sit down and sob away; the family was not even mine! But to listen to that contribution in this House and from within this Government, heavens above!\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000339\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c3d9fd88-4715-419d-be08-e1c4eda7d09e\u0022\u003EBut as for this day in particular, when I look at you collectively, remorse and joy touches the heart as I see you face to face. The thoughts go back to those who have passed away and are not here to see the product of their work, and so I grieve. And so I want to speak, but, should I cry, heck. My throat is completely spent, this voice of mine has become hoarse as a consequence of quarrelling with my colleagues and that relative of ours, Ron\u2014Mr Mark.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000340\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c3d9fd88-4715-419d-be08-e1c4eda7d09e\u0022\u003EBut we, all of us, are here to complete the contributions for this first reading of Rangit\u0101ne: \u201CLike the multitude of stars in the sky, so is Rangit\u0101ne upon the land.\u201D I offer my thoughts to Uncle Kuki at this point in time. Without a doubt Uncle Jim is not here, is he? He is at home with his serious ailment, so I think about my auntie, his wife, and all the esteemed ones who have died. My thoughts go back to them and, yes, I acknowledge and salute you, my pillars and my numerous ones.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000341\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c3d9fd88-4715-419d-be08-e1c4eda7d09e\u0022\u003EI grew up in Christchurch, but while I was heading back home to the Wairarapa in 1988, I think, these talks began. We wanted to go to the tribunal. The quarrel \u201CHey, we are from Ng\u0101ti Kahungunu!\u201D welled up 10, 20 years as a consequence. \u201CHey, that\u2019s wrong, you are from Rangit\u0101ne, look at the genealogy!\u201D. And so I heard all the talk exchanged in the home that goes on to these days, without a doubt. But this moment has been reached, and I am here to say that I support you collectively. I endorse the fight for the iwi of Rangit\u0101ne to be well off on the land at Wairarapa and T\u0101maki nui-\u0101-Rua, where you are. The genealogical cord cannot be breached, but as far as the flax cord is concerned, it is the genealogical cord that links us with each other, Rangit\u0101ne, to the land, therefore, greetings to you collectively.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000342\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c3d9fd88-4715-419d-be08-e1c4eda7d09e\u0022\u003EAs the multitude of stars are in the sky, so are the people of Rangit\u0101ne on the land. I support this bill coming to the House, and long the journey has been to bring it here. Many have passed, but many remain and the struggle continues. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000343\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c3d9fd88-4715-419d-be08-e1c4eda7d09e\u0022\u003EThis claim concerns Rangit\u0101ne taonga\u2014whenua, yes, but in particular, identity, language, and culture. I could talk a lot about the place of the land from \u014Cwhanga to Akitio, Mangatainoka\u2014famous for Tui\u2014Whakataki, Rangiwhakaoma, Whareama, \u014Ct\u016Bwairaka, Tunuunu, Ngaw\u012B tae noa atu ki Te Ngutu Awa o Awakairangi, koir\u0101 te whenua mai i Te Manawat\u016B, te katoa o taua rohe, \u0113ngari, m\u014D te tikanga, m\u014D ng\u0101 k\u014Drero whakapapa, m\u014D ng\u0101 hononga ki taua whenua, ka tangi.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000344\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c3d9fd88-4715-419d-be08-e1c4eda7d09e\u0022\u003EKei Te Oreore te pou e k\u012B nei, \u0101, ko t\u014D t\u0101tou tupuna t\u0113n\u0101 o Ng\u0101ti Kahungunu. Maumahara au ki te w\u0101, kai t\u0113r\u0101 taha o te \u0101tea te pae e noho ana, me ng\u0101 whawhai nui kua puta mai \u0113ngari, kua kite an\u014D au i te m\u0101ia, i te kaha o te ng\u0101kaunui ki te whakapapa, kia m\u014Dhio, ko wai au e t\u016B ake nei. Ko wai au e t\u016B ake nei ki runga i t\u0113nei rohe o Wairarapa, o T\u0101maki nui-\u0101-Rua?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000345\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c3d9fd88-4715-419d-be08-e1c4eda7d09e\u0022\u003EI a koutou i haere ki te kura kotahi k\u0113 te karanga: n\u014D Ng\u0101ti Kahungunu koe. \u0112ngari, i te raputanga o te hononga whakapapa, hika m\u0101! Ko wai t\u0113nei, Ng\u0101ti H\u0101mua? Ko wai t\u0113nei, Niriaha? Ko wai \u0113nei t\u016Bpuna o t\u0101tau? He aha te take k\u0101re m\u0101tau i te m\u014Dhio? I runga i te ngarohanga o Te Reo M\u0101ori, i runga i te t\u016Btuki o te \u014Dh\u0101k\u012B o Paora P\u014Dtangaroa, k\u0101re m\u0101tau i paku m\u014Dhio. Ko wai m\u0101tau! He aha ai? Kua ngaro k\u0113 Te Reo!\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000346\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c3d9fd88-4715-419d-be08-e1c4eda7d09e\u0022\u003EI waiho m\u0101 iwi k\u0113 atu hei wh\u0101ngai! Rawe\u2014you know, rawe. Rawe ki a r\u0101tou te hara mai ki te \u0101whina. A Ng\u0101puhi, ka mihi! Ng\u0101ti Porou, ka mihi! T\u016Bhoe, ka mihi ka tika! \u0112ngari, k\u0101re an\u014D r\u0101tau i m\u014Dhio ki te katoa \u014D t\u0101tau, me \u014D t\u0101tau mate, o t\u0101tau nawe, \u014D t\u0101tau k\u014Drero h\u014Dhonu, tupuna. N\u0101 reira, i ngaro te hononga whakapapa, te k\u014Drero e hono ai t\u0101tau. K\u0101re e taea te p\u0113hea. Kai t\u0113tahi waka t\u0113tahi waewae, kai t\u0113r\u0101 waka t\u0113tahi waewae, t\u0101tau, t\u0101tau e. Tika! Kai te m\u014Dhio koutou ko wai t\u0113nei n\u0101 e t\u016B ake kei mua i a koutou.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000347\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c3d9fd88-4715-419d-be08-e1c4eda7d09e\u0022\u003EKo taku karanga ki ng\u0101 uri whakaheke, ki ng\u0101 tamariki, mokopuna o te k\u0101inga: me rapua te huarahi hei haere ng\u0101tahi t\u0101tau katoa. M\u0101 t\u0101tau t\u0113n\u0101, m\u0101 t\u0101tau. Rangit\u0101ne m\u0101, Kahungunu m\u0101, koinei ng\u0101 taha e rua. K\u0101re au i te whakah\u0113 t\u0113tahi i runga i t\u0113tahi \u0113ngari, me h\u0101pai, me maumahara i te k\u014Drero, hei paku whakaaro ki te whenua, ki t\u0101 te reo tauiwi pea e k\u012B nei, in 1 minute, 20 seconds.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000348\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c3d9fd88-4715-419d-be08-e1c4eda7d09e\u0022\u003E[\u2014Whakataki, Rangiwhakaoma, Whareama, \u014Ct\u016Bwairaka, Tunuunu, Ngaw\u012B, including the river mouth of Awakairangi, that is the land from the Manawat\u016B, the whole of that region, but as far as the lore, stories about genealogy, and links to that land are concerned, I grieve over it.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000349\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c3d9fd88-4715-419d-be08-e1c4eda7d09e\u0022\u003EThere is a pillar at Te Oreore that says it is our ancestor of Ng\u0101ti Kahungunu. I recall the time when the orator\u2019s bench was located on that side of the courtyard, and all the really big disputes that emerged over that, but I have also seen the confidence, intensity, and commitment to genealogy so that I would know who I am, standing here. Who am I, standing on this region of Wairarapa and T\u0101maki nui-\u0101-Rua?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000350\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c3d9fd88-4715-419d-be08-e1c4eda7d09e\u0022\u003EIn terms of those of you who were going to school, there was really only one call: you were from Ng\u0101ti Kahungunu. But upon researching genealogy, good heavens! Who is this, Ng\u0101ti H\u0101mua? Who is this, Niriaha? Who are these ancestors of ours? What is the reason for us not knowing? Because of the loss of the M\u0101ori language, and because we stumbled over Paora P\u014Dtangaroa\u2019s deathbed speech, we did not know who we were. Not one bit! Why? We had lost the M\u0101ori language!\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000351\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c3d9fd88-4715-419d-be08-e1c4eda7d09e\u0022\u003EIt was left for other tribes to feed it to us. It was fine\u2014you know, nice. It was good of them to come and help. Ng\u0101puhi, they are acknowledged! Ng\u0101ti Porou, they are commended! T\u016Bhoe, without a doubt, they are thanked! But they did not know everything about us, about our deaths, imperfections, esoteric stories, and those about our ancestors. So the depth of the genealogy and the stories that bind us were lost. Nothing can be done about that. One canoe has a leg and another canoe has another leg of ours, and that is us, indeed. It is true! You know who this is standing before you.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000352\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c3d9fd88-4715-419d-be08-e1c4eda7d09e\u0022\u003EMy call to the descendants, to the children and grandchildren of home: find a way that enables us to go together in unison. That is for us to do, no one else. These are indeed the two sides, Rangit\u0101ne and Kahungunu. I do not find fault with one above the other, but we must support each other and reminisce the talk as a small consideration to the land in accordance with what is stated here in English, in 1 minute, 20 seconds.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000353\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c3d9fd88-4715-419d-be08-e1c4eda7d09e\u0022\u003EWairarapa lands and T\u0101maki nui-\u0101-Rua lands are 2,421,543 acres. In the 1840s to 1850s the Crown started to acquire land, but in one year, from June 1853 to January 1854, 1.2 million acres had gone. In the next 10 years, another 400,000-odd acres, and by the turn of the century, another 500,000 acres\u201484 percent of the whenua was no longer in the hands of our people, and they have less than 1 percent today. It goes right to the heart of the issue. When you are landless, how do you support your wh\u0101nau? Driven into the pits of poverty, how do we aspire to overcome all of the issues that keep us oppressed? Today is a monumental day to turn the tide.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000354\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c3d9fd88-4715-419d-be08-e1c4eda7d09e\u0022\u003EKi a koutou \u014Dku whanaunga, ka tuku t\u0113nei pire ki Te Whare. Tautoko m\u0101rika m\u0101tau Te P\u0101ti M\u0101ori, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou katoa.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000355\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c3d9fd88-4715-419d-be08-e1c4eda7d09e\u0022\u003E[To you collectively, my kin, I commend this bill to the House. We the M\u0101ori Party support it unequivocally, congratulations to you all.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022fc8ab326-1806-41d3-8c41-cd58c95dcb45\u0022 data-id=\u0022aa27211074ae4e6a8c1faf68a6479fee\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000356\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022fc8ab326-1806-41d3-8c41-cd58c95dcb45\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022aa27211074ae4e6a8c1faf68a6479fee\u0022\u003EMETIRIA TUREI (Co-Leader\u2014Green):\u003C/span\u003E T\u0113n\u0101 koutou, e Te Whare. I te tuatahi ka mihi au ki a Rangit\u0101ne T\u016B Mai R\u0101, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou katoa.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000357\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022fc8ab326-1806-41d3-8c41-cd58c95dcb45\u0022\u003E[Greetings to the House. First of all, I acknowledge Rangit\u0101ne T\u016B Mai R\u0101, accolades to you all.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000358\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022fc8ab326-1806-41d3-8c41-cd58c95dcb45\u0022\u003EThe Green Party supports this bill, and we are looking forward to it going through all its stages quickly and progressing quickly. There has been a lot of talk already from members about the redress and the history. One of the things I am really pleased to see in the bill\u2014just to take a slightly different tack\u2014is the redress, the provision for Rangit\u0101ne to have positions on the management of the Manawat\u016B River. I know, it is the Green Party; we are talking about this. Ha, ha! I say: yes, please\u2014more M\u0101oris in the management of our rivers, please. That is a great first step in the protection of our awa. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000359\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022fc8ab326-1806-41d3-8c41-cd58c95dcb45\u0022\u003EI am a river kid. This is how we grew up: my dad, when we were living in Ashhurst, would come home from work, and he had this really great Kingswood station wagon. He would pick us up and pick up the soap, and we would be able to ride down to either the Pohangina River on one side of the Manawat\u016B River on the other side of Ashhurst, sitting on the back of the Kingswood doors. You know how you used to be able to put the door of the station wagon down, you could sit on the back of it, and let your little legs dangle over the side. Yes, he would drive slowly down the hill to Pohangina or around to Ashhurst Domain to the Manawat\u016B, and we would swim and wash and just have this fabulous time. We spent summer after summer after summer in those rivers. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000360\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022fc8ab326-1806-41d3-8c41-cd58c95dcb45\u0022\u003ESo we know that these rivers at times have been devastated. Manawat\u016B was one of the most polluted rivers in our country for a period there, as a result of run-off from farms and from towns, from these constant sources of pollution. But it was also where dad took us eeling. You know, we were down there all the time getting food as well as swimming and having a wash. These were the ways we lived our lives. We were not posh M\u0101ori whanau; we were just ordinary working-class M\u0101ori living on the land that we belonged to, swimming in the waters that we belonged to, and taking sustenance from both when we needed to. That was just how you did stuff. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000361\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022fc8ab326-1806-41d3-8c41-cd58c95dcb45\u0022\u003EBut we had no control over what was going on, and now at least one step towards that in this bill is Rangit\u0101ne having much more involvement in the protection of those awa\u2014the awa that give us life, the awa that were such a joy for ourselves in the past, and for our kids and grandkids well into the future. It is a small part of the bill. There is a lot of description in the bill about the cost to Rangit\u0101ne of the confiscations, of the sales, of the failure to deal with the reserves effectively\u2014all of those things. But there are good things as well that will prove enormously beneficial for Rangit\u0101ne themselves and for the wider community and for the environment. So I just wanted to highlight that. There are some great things that are going on with this too. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000362\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022fc8ab326-1806-41d3-8c41-cd58c95dcb45\u0022\u003EFinally, I just want to acknowledge H\u0113nare Kani, who was involved in the negotiations\u2014an absolutely lovely man with a big, big heart, who just puts a huge amount of work into this and also into environmental protection. It is a real passion for him: taking care of our kids and taking care of our environment. Wh\u0101nau and whenua\u2014that is what it is all about. So, finally, I just want to say congratulations to those who have negotiated to this point. There is a little bit more work to go, but it is the last end of the process and I am looking forward to our participation on the M\u0101ori Affairs Committee as we see this bill through. Kia ora koutou katoa.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022758dcaf3-9976-43ac-8593-79f66ee4da22\u0022 data-id=\u00222d604997d29d45eb92efe9a2b9b58a53\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000363\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022758dcaf3-9976-43ac-8593-79f66ee4da22\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00222d604997d29d45eb92efe9a2b9b58a53\u0022\u003EJOANNE HAYES (National):\u003C/span\u003E T\u0113n\u0101 koe, e Te Mana Whakaw\u0101. Ka nui te mihi atu ki a koutou o te wh\u0101nau n\u014D Wairarapa r\u0101ua k\u014D T\u0101maki nui-\u0101-Rua, kia ora.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000364\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022758dcaf3-9976-43ac-8593-79f66ee4da22\u0022\u003E[Greetings, Mr Assistant Speaker. I greatly acknowledge you of the family from Wairarapa and T\u0101maki nui-\u0101-Rua, hello there.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000365\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022758dcaf3-9976-43ac-8593-79f66ee4da22\u0022\u003EI want to carry on with the theme that I had started with my previous speech for Rangit\u0101ne o Manawatu and I want to acknowledge some key people who, it is said, without their mahi, without their kaha, we would not be here today. I want to acknowledge Uncle Jim R\u012Bmene and M\u0101nahi Paewai. They were the ones who lodged the claim for both iwi. It was their work behind the scenes that has got us got here today. I want to acknowledge Uncle Dubby Power and his wife, Takoto, from Te Hika o P\u0101p\u0101uma. He supported the process right through to his passing. I want to acknowledge\u2014and I can see the photos of our t\u016Bpuna up there in the gallery\u2014my Uncle Kuki R\u012Bmene. Uncle Kuki was a paramount chief for us in Wairarapa. And his wife, Auntie Hoagy. Everyone knew her as \u201CAuntie Hoagy\u201D; some people knew her as Auntie Helen, and some people\u2014my mother knew her as \u201CAuntie Grumpy\u201D. But, anyway, she was lovely, my auntie, and together she supported Uncle Kuki all the way for all his mahi in behind this bill.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000366\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022758dcaf3-9976-43ac-8593-79f66ee4da22\u0022\u003EI want to turn to the living. I want to acknowledge\u2014again, another formidable Rangit\u0101ne wahine too\u2014Mavis Mullins, who has done some amazing work, not just for Rangit\u0101ne but Te \u0100ti-Haunui-a-P\u0101p\u0101rangi has also benefited from her expertise within the governance area and her expertise here as an iwi negotiator along with Richard Jones and Jason Kerehi and T\u012Bpene Chrisp from Wairarapa. The four of you have done an amazing job working with, or sometimes against, our Crown negotiator, Rick Barker. But anyway, with all the ups and downs we have managed to get here today, and Rick has also done an amazing job.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000367\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022758dcaf3-9976-43ac-8593-79f66ee4da22\u0022\u003EI want to acknowledge Mike K\u0101wana. Mike has been like our kaum\u0101tua for Wairarapa. He has stepped up into the breach when our kaum\u0101tua have passed away. He is like the person that we look to when we go back to Masterton, who is there to keep our marae and our pae warm. Also to Maria R\u012Bmene, who continues to keep the wheels turning for Wairarapa and Masterton. On the Tamaki nui-\u0101-Rua side I want to acknowledge the chief executive officer of T\u0101maki nui-\u0101-Rua, who is Oriana Paewai. Oriana and I go back many years: from our university days right through to our future. Last night I hosted her and another friend of ours up in Bellamy\u2019s for dinner. We celebrated our birthdays; our birthdays are only a few days apart and so we celebrated that there last night. But I want to acknowledge Oriana because it has been Oriana who has been keeping me up to speed with what has been going on with the negotiation process for Rangit\u0101ne T\u016B Mai R\u0101 settlement bill.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000368\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022758dcaf3-9976-43ac-8593-79f66ee4da22\u0022\u003EFinally, and most importantly, I want to acknowledge my mother. My mother is sitting up there in the gallery. She is in the front row there. I am not sure which photo you are holding, Mum, but I just want to acknowledge you, Te Arorangi Kate Karaitiana Apanui. She married a Ng\u0101ti Porou\u2014my dad. He took her away from Masterton, and kept her away for some years\u2014about 30 or 40 years\u2014and when he passed in 1997, he chose to be buried at \u0100kura urup\u0101. So he took her away and he brought her back, and on her arrival back at Masterton, Uncle Kuki and Auntie Hoagy grabbed her and said: \u201CYou\u2019re going to be part and parcel of this now.\u201D\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000369\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022758dcaf3-9976-43ac-8593-79f66ee4da22\u0022\u003EI want to also acknowledge Sandra Edmonds\u2014my cousin sitting up in that part of the gallery over there. She came along with Mum this morning\u2014and good luck to you for that, Tom, because sometimes Mum can get a bit hard to handle, but no doubt you can handle it. Ha, ha!\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000370\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022758dcaf3-9976-43ac-8593-79f66ee4da22\u0022\u003EFinally, I would like to acknowledge another kuia from Masterton, Hinerau Te Tau, who is also in the gallery up here. Together, her and mum are the oldest kuia from the Wairarapa contingent here and in Masterton.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000371\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022758dcaf3-9976-43ac-8593-79f66ee4da22\u0022\u003EI now want to turn and thank Rangit\u0101ne for hosting us at M\u0101kirikiri Marae recently with the signing of the deed, when I accompanied the Minister. Yes, it was wet, it was windy, but it was warm inside and the day was a great day, no matter what. I figured that the wet was the tears of our t\u016Bpuna and the wind was the gentle breeze from our t\u016Bpuna as well, blessing the day.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000372\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022758dcaf3-9976-43ac-8593-79f66ee4da22\u0022\u003EAs previous speakers have said, confiscation is dreadful. It is a horrible, horrible thing that our people have suffered over the many years, but, you know, we have kind of turned a corner here. The Minister has said many times, in many of his speeches, that the financial redress is never ever going to be the big bulk of money that people think it is going to be. But, you know, for me, it is never ever about the how much you get; it is actually what you do with it, and I think that $32.5 million is a pretty good start for Rangit\u0101ne T\u016B Mai R\u0101. I think it is a pretty good start because there are so many things that you can invest in into the future. As a member of the M\u0101ori Affairs Committee, I look forward to having this bill come to us. I look forward to hearing all the k\u014Drero that is going to come through all the submissions\u2014might be only one, yet\u2014that we will hear. I do not want to take up any more time of the House, or your time, wh\u0101nau, so I stand and I proudly support this bill and commend it to the House. Kia ora.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022 data-id=\u00221d9b93ac28b5486c8092675e76eed4ef\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000373\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00221d9b93ac28b5486c8092675e76eed4ef\u0022\u003EPITA PARAONE (NZ First):\u003C/span\u003E T\u0113n\u0101 koe, Mr Assistant Speaker, t\u0113n\u0101 an\u014D t\u0101tou e Te Whare. Ten\u0101 hoki koutou ng\u0101 manuhiri i tae mai nei ki te tautoko i te pire. Kite atu i a koutou, harakau e m\u014Dhio ana noa te nuinga i a koutou \u0113ngari, ng\u0101 hunga e m\u014Dhio ana au a Koro me tana hoa rangatira a Mavis, n\u0101 reira t\u0113n\u0101 koutou. T\u0113n\u0101 hoki koutou i h\u0101paingia i te kaupapa o te pire nei kia whakawhiriwhiringia e t\u0101tou i roto i Te Whare P\u0101remata i te r\u0101 nei, n\u0101 reira t\u0113n\u0101 koutou. T\u0113n\u0101 hoki e te whaea, te tuahine o Joe, ng\u0101 mihi hoki ki a koe. \u0112ngari, aroha ana au ki t\u014D tam\u0101hine e noho ana i t\u0113r\u0101 taha, ko tana taha tika kei t\u0113nei taha, kia ahatia? \u0112ngari, ng\u0101 mihi hoki ki a koe, e te whaea.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000374\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003E[I thank you, Mr Assistant Speaker, and greetings to us once again, the House. Salutations also to you who have arrived to support the bill. I see you collectively but do not recognise the majority, but of the ones I do, like Koro and his wife, Mavis, therefore I acknowledge you collectively. Accolades as well to you who endorse the purpose of this bill for us to consider in the House of Parliament today, so well done. Hello to you too, auntie colleague and Joe\u2019s sister, compliments to you as well. But I do feel sorry for your daughter, sitting on that side; her proper place is on this side, so what? But I do empathise with you as well, Auntie.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000375\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003EI want to first of all congratulate the people of Rangit\u0101ne T\u016B Mai R\u0101\u2014Wairarapa Tamaki nui-\u0101-Rua claimants\u2014on bringing their claim to this stage. Although we have some way to go before everything is completed, I think it is worth acknowledging those who have made the effort\u2014and, I am sure, against some strong criticism within their own iwi\u2014to bring forward this settlement.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000376\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003EI also want to reiterate the point that was made by the Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations that this settlement will not fully compensate the iwi. It is no different from all other settlements that have been concluded in this House, and, for whatever reason, that is the reality of Treaty claims. I just wanted to have that put on the record, given that there are members of the wider community who are very critical of these settlements. They think that M\u0101ori are getting more than what they are entitled to, and yet if they read the history of the claims and the reasons for making those claims, then I am sure their own opinion would change. But then there will be others within the community, and it does not matter how many facts you present them with, they will still have a contrary view. So I support the notion of this bill being referred to a select committee, because it will give the opportunity for members of the iwi, particularly those who might not support the settlement in its present form\u2014it will give the committee the opportunity to hear the background for their dissent, if any, and the rationale for it, and to decide whether or not those concerns can be addressed.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000377\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003EI just want to run over some of the details of the settlement itself. In so doing, I note that in terms of the area of interest this is the second-largest land area, behind that of Ng\u0101i Tahu. It just goes to show the responsibility that those who have carried this bill to this stage\u2014the size of the load that they have had to bear. Just by way of explanation, the area that is covered in this settlement extends from the north of Dannevirke to M\u0101karamu, near Porangahau, down to Turakirae, which is Cape Palliser, and it encompasses the wider Wairarapa and Tamaki nui-\u0101-Rua regions. That in itself gives you an indication of the land mass that this iwi is, certainly, responsible for.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000378\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003EThe settlement summary describes a series of land transactions, including public work takings, by which Rangit\u0101ne T\u016B Mai R\u0101, who had initially encouraged European settlement and enjoyed considerable benefits from rents and trade, became virtually landless. Today approximately 2 percent of the region is owned under a M\u0101ori land title. The settlement includes the vesting of eight sites in Rangit\u0101ne and, under other arrangements, the vesting of another five sites, one of which, P\u016Bkaha, or Mount Bruce, is to be gifted back to the Crown. Again, I want to remind the wider public of New Zealand that this is just a mere example of the generosity of iwi claimants to our community. The settlement also includes the establishment of and provisions for participation in the Manawat\u016B River catchment advisory board and the Wairarapa Moana statutory board.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000379\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003EI just want to extend the comments made by the member for the Green Party, Metiria Turei, in terms of M\u0101ori contribution to our environment. I have no doubt that, as part of this settlement, the contribution of the iwi to the care of the Manawat\u016B River and any of its tributaries will certainly be an asset to the wider community.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000380\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003EThe financial redress is not too bad, but it could have been better, although it includes interest less any on-account payments and commercial redress values. I will not go into detail as to what those on-account payments were, but suffice to say they were included in the overall quantum to meet the financial redress under this claim.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000381\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003EThere was also a right to purchase some Ngaumu forest land and some commercial sites in the Treaty settlement land bank, and right of first refusal over some properties for 174 years. I know that there has been some discussion about that length of time, particularly within the M\u0101ori Affairs Committee. I am sure that if we as M\u0101ori continue our oral tradition, then you can rest assured that the M\u0101ori partner in this Treaty settlement will certainly not forget this commitment, even after 174 years. It is important that it becomes a topic of discussion within iwi circles, but it would certainly be helpful if the wider community also kept a record of that commitment.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000382\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003ELike all other iwi, there have been trials and tribulations that the negotiators have had to endure in negotiating this settlement. I am sure that both parties know that it could have been more. They would have liked to increase the value, the quantum, of the settlement, but for various reasons have not been able to do so. In that respect, we have to acknowledge the generosity of the iwi in accepting the terms that have been offered them.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000383\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003EI commend the bill to this House. Kia ora.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022b4a597dd-ed8b-42b8-975b-40c6e0cdaee1\u0022 data-id=\u002268be324f108f47f886e41f6136e641a0\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000384\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022b4a597dd-ed8b-42b8-975b-40c6e0cdaee1\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u002268be324f108f47f886e41f6136e641a0\u0022\u003ELOUISA WALL (Labour\u2014Manurewa):\u003C/span\u003E E ng\u0101 mana, e ng\u0101 reo, rau rangatira m\u0101, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou, t\u0113na koutou, t\u0113n\u0101 t\u0101tou katoa. Ng\u0101 uri o Rangit\u0101ne T\u016B Mai R\u0101 (Wairarapa, T\u0101maki nui-\u0101-Rua), ng\u0101 hap\u016B Ng\u0101ti H\u0101mua, Ng\u0101ti Te Rangi Whakaingoa, Ng\u0101ti Mutuahi, Ng\u0101ti Pakapaka, Ng\u0101ti Parakiore, Ng\u0101i Tamahou, Ng\u0101ti Te Reitia, Hinetea\u014Drangi, Ng\u0101ti Te Noti, Ng\u0101ti Te Wh\u0101tui, Ng\u0101ti Tangata Hou, Ng\u0101ti M\u0101tangiuru, Ng\u0101ti Te Hina o Ng\u0101ti te Hina Ariki, Ng\u0101ti Te Koro o Ng\u0101 Whenua, Ng\u0101ti Te Rangitotohu, Ng\u0101ti Ruat\u014Dtara, Te Kapuarangi, Ng\u0101ti Matutapu, Ng\u0101ti Whakawehe, Ng\u0101ti Taimahu, Ng\u0101ti T\u016Bpoko, Ng\u0101ti Te Atawhai, Ng\u0101ti Te Whakamana, Ng\u0101ti M\u012Broiti, Ng\u0101ti Hinetauira, Ng\u0101ti Tauiao, Ng\u0101ti Moe, Ng\u0101i Tahu o Ng\u0101i Tahu M\u0101kakanui, Te Hika o Papauma, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou, t\u0113n\u0101 t\u0101tou katoa.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000385\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022b4a597dd-ed8b-42b8-975b-40c6e0cdaee1\u0022\u003E[To the authorities, languages, and esteemed ones of a hundredfold, acknowledgments, accolades, and salutations to you collectively and to us all. To you, the relatives of R\u0101ngit\u0101ne T\u016B Mai R\u0101 (of Wairarapa and T\u0101maki nui-\u0101-Rua) and the hap\u016B Ng\u0101ti H\u0101mua, Ng\u0101ti Te Rangi Whakaingoa, Ng\u0101ti Mutuahi, Ng\u0101ti Pakapaka, Ng\u0101ti Parakiore, Ng\u0101i Tamahou, Ng\u0101ti Te Reitia, Hineteaorangi, Ng\u0101ti Te Noti, Ng\u0101ti Te Wh\u0101tui, Ng\u0101ti Tangata Hou, Ng\u0101ti M\u0101tangiuru, Ng\u0101ti Te Hina o Ng\u0101ti Te Hina Ariki, Ng\u0101ti Te Koro o Ng\u0101 Whenua, Ng\u0101ti Te Rangitotohu, Ng\u0101ti Ruat\u014Dtara, Te Kapuarangi, Ng\u0101ti Matutapu, Ng\u0101ti Whakawehe, Ng\u0101ti Taimahu, Ng\u0101ti T\u016Bpoko, Ng\u0101ti Te Atawhai, Ng\u0101ti Te Whakamana, Ng\u0101ti M\u012Broiti, Ng\u0101ti Hinetauira, Ng\u0101ti Tauiao, Ng\u0101ti Moe, Ng\u0101i Tahu o Ng\u0101i Tahu M\u0101kakanui, Te Hika o Papauna, acknowledgments, accolades, and salutations to you collectively and to us all.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000386\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022b4a597dd-ed8b-42b8-975b-40c6e0cdaee1\u0022\u003EI would also like to acknowledge the origins of this Treaty settlement. When we think about the 1975 Treaty of Waitangi Act and the 1985 amendment Act that enabled us then to go back to 1840, there are some Wai claimants that I would also like to acknowledge. Those people are: Wai 166, M\u0101nahi Paewai on behalf of Rangit\u0101ne o T\u0101maki-nui-\u0101-Rua Incorporated Society; Wai 171, H\u0113nare Matua Kani on behalf of descendants of H\u0113nare Matua; Wai 175, James R\u012Bmene and Pirinihia Te Tau on behalf of Rangit\u0101ne o Wairarapa Incorporated Society; Wai 943, Lance Tui\u0101rangi R\u0101tima on behalf of the descendants of Horomona R\u0101tima; Wai 1008, Kerylee Jan \u0100naru on behalf of the descendants of P\u0101hia \u0100naru; Wai 1634, Hepa T\u0101tere, M\u0101nahi Paewai, and Lui Paewai; and Wai 1950 under the name of Jocelyn Pattison. I acknowledge these people because they started this process so many years ago. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000387\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022b4a597dd-ed8b-42b8-975b-40c6e0cdaee1\u0022\u003EIn addition to these Wai claimants, we also have some overlapping claims that relate to Rangit\u0101ne o Wairarapa and Rangit\u0101ne o T\u0101maki-nui-\u0101-Rua, and they are Wai 97, Wai 161, Wai 420, Wai 657, Wai 741, Wai 770, Wai 1568, Wai 1928, Wai 2211, Wai 2213, Wai 2225, Wai 2241, and Wai 2269. The wh\u0101nau have, through these Wai claims, created an opportunity to negotiate with the Crown. This bill gives effect to the deed of settlement signed on 6 August 2016 in which the Crown and Rangit\u0101ne o Wairarapa and Rangit\u0101ne o Tamaki-nui-\u0101-Rua agreed to the final settlement of the historic Treaty of Waitangi claims. So today is an incredibly special day. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000388\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022b4a597dd-ed8b-42b8-975b-40c6e0cdaee1\u0022\u003EI would like to acknowledge all the wh\u0101nau here in the House and all the wh\u0101nau that are not here. I know at times like these we remember the past, as we always focus on the future, and there will be people who are not here anymore. I have probably made a few people cry, because I feel like crying myself as we remember our t\u016Bpuna who fought so hard and so long for this day. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000389\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022b4a597dd-ed8b-42b8-975b-40c6e0cdaee1\u0022\u003EIn preparing for today, I got a piece of research, and I want to refer to an extract of a letter that Judge Wainwright wrote about the Wairarapa ki Tararua report. She wrote this to the Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations, and these were the key points from her perspective: that this is a historically complex and difficult relationship between Ng\u0101ti Kahungunu and Rangit\u0101ne, that the severe loss of Te Reo M\u0101ori in the district needed to be highlighted, that there was vulnerability of many important M\u0101ori heritage sites, that it was important to recognise M\u0101ori rights in and around the Wairarapa Moana, that the rapid pace at which the Crown purchased the significant tracks of M\u0101ori land left the claimants landless, and the ongoing struggles the claimants have in terms of being able to meaningfully engage in, and to have any influence on, what goes on in their rohe. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000390\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022b4a597dd-ed8b-42b8-975b-40c6e0cdaee1\u0022\u003EI would also like to highlight that the issue of becoming virtually landless meant that we could not maintain our tradition. We could not live communally. As a result of that, we lost our traditional homes, our customary knowledge, and our language.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000391\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022b4a597dd-ed8b-42b8-975b-40c6e0cdaee1\u0022\u003EWhat I want to highlight about this bill that is before us today is that if you read through it, it is intermixed with Te Reo M\u0101ori and te reo P\u0101keh\u0101\u2014English. I am not sure whether the wh\u0101nau have seen it, but all throughout the bill you have the M\u0101ori text and then you have the P\u0101keh\u0101 text. So I want to acknowledge that this is a bilingual bill, and it really is quite significant in terms of the prioritisation, I think, of Rangit\u0101ne T\u016B Mai R\u0101 that impacts on our cultural identity. So having a piece of legislation that is both in Te Reo and in P\u0101keh\u0101, I think, is incredibly important, and it is an incredibly symbolic sign in terms of how you see yourselves going forward. Would it not be wonderful if we could all read this in Te Reo and in English? Maybe that is the aspiration for the future that we can have texts like this in our schools and our babies, our tamariki, can read it. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000392\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022b4a597dd-ed8b-42b8-975b-40c6e0cdaee1\u0022\u003EI have not really got much more to add other than that this piece of legislation is universally supported across the House. I hope, Minister Finlayson, that we can have another expedited session where we can have some second readings, Committee stages, and third readings. I do think that it is really important, the work that you are doing. I do want to acknowledge you, because the leadership that you have shown in prioritising these bills is something that I think not only the iwi appreciate but we appreciate too. So we stand with you 100 percent in the full resolution of all our Treaty grievances. So, n\u014D reira, safe travels home, wh\u0101nau. N\u014D reira, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou, t\u0113n\u0101 t\u0101tou katoa.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022758dcaf3-9976-43ac-8593-79f66ee4da22\u0022 data-id=\u0022c27f4e01550b4d68a69e5d0cb71d2809\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000393\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022758dcaf3-9976-43ac-8593-79f66ee4da22\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022c27f4e01550b4d68a69e5d0cb71d2809\u0022\u003EJOANNE HAYES (Third Whip\u2014National):\u003C/span\u003E I seek the leave of the House that once the speeches are completed for the Rangit\u0101ne T\u016B Mai R\u0101 (Wairarapa T\u0101maki nui-\u0101-Rua) Claims Settlement Bill and the waiata is sung, we adjourn the House.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u002279db8b64-1f9b-4416-9b81-a12963db9cbf\u0022 data-id=\u0022f256afc55a75479db759643db6e44e39\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000394\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002279db8b64-1f9b-4416-9b81-a12963db9cbf\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022f256afc55a75479db759643db6e44e39\u0022\u003EThe ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Trevor Mallard)\u003C/span\u003E: The question is that at the completion of the voting on this bill and the associated waiata, the House rises. Is there any objection to that? There appears to be none.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022802874a3-deca-48b7-9d33-9087058892f5\u0022 data-id=\u00222c82598744f7479696f9b9cf5d48d611\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000395\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022802874a3-deca-48b7-9d33-9087058892f5\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00222c82598744f7479696f9b9cf5d48d611\u0022\u003EKELVIN DAVIS (Labour\u2014Te Tai Tokerau):\u003C/span\u003E Rangit\u0101ne, t\u0113n\u0101 r\u0101 koutou. T\u0113n\u0101 r\u0101 koutou, nau mai, haere mai ki roto i t\u0113nei Te Whare o Te Motu, \u0101, hari koa ana m\u0101tou ki te kite i a koutou kei raro i te tuanui, n\u0101 reira, nau mai, haere mai, whakatau mai.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000396\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022802874a3-deca-48b7-9d33-9087058892f5\u0022\u003EE M\u0101nahi, t\u0113nei hau mihi atu ana ki a koe. Mahara ake ahau te t\u0101ima i kawe atu ahau i t\u014Dku kaihana, a Nathan Davis, ki waenganui i a koutou hei pirihimana m\u014D te t\u0101one o Dannevirke. \u0100, horekau i te m\u014Dhio mehemea he pirihimana pai, koretake r\u0101nei, mehemea kei te ora tonu, kua kaingatia e koutou r\u0101nei \u0113ngari, kua pai taku taenga atu ki waenganui i a koutou, n\u0101 reira, t\u0113n\u0101 r\u0101 koe, e M\u0101nahi.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000397\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022802874a3-deca-48b7-9d33-9087058892f5\u0022\u003E[Greetings to you, Rangit\u0101ne. Acknowledgments to you collectively, welcome, come hither into this House of the nation; we are pleased to see you under the roof, so welcome, come hither, pay homage.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000398\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022802874a3-deca-48b7-9d33-9087058892f5\u0022\u003EM\u0101nahi, this is a privilege for me to extend a welcome to you. I recall the time when I brought a cousin of mine, Nathan Davis, to be a policeman amongst you for the town of Dannevirke. I am unsure whether he was a good or useless one, or whether he is still alive or you ate him, but it was good to be among you, therefore I acknowledge you, M\u0101nahi.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000399\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022802874a3-deca-48b7-9d33-9087058892f5\u0022\u003EI would just like to acknowledge Rangit\u0101ne for being here today in the House of the people, and I would just like to acknowledge M\u0101nahi Paewai up there. When I got booted out of Parliament in 2011 and had a bit of spare time on my hands, my cousin Nathan Davis was appointed the police sergeant, I think, in Dannevirke. So I, with others of the wh\u0101nau, went down and had the pleasure of being hosted by Rangit\u0101ne in Dannevirke, and, as I said, I would not know whether he was a good cop or a bad cop, or whether he is still alive, or whether they ate him! But so be it; he is your guys\u2019 problem now. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000400\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022802874a3-deca-48b7-9d33-9087058892f5\u0022\u003EI just want to go over a bit of the history of the claim. I see that in 2004 things really started around the Waitangi Tribunal. There was a series of meetings and a report was written. In March of 2004 this process kicked off, and now we are in 2016. We have to acknowledge the length of time that it took to get to this stage now when Rangit\u0101ne are almost at the finishing line. I would just like you all to consider this\u2014and I appreciate that this process has probably worn you out, and there are people who have started the journey and are not here to finish the journey. But just in those evenings when you are exhausted and tired, and thinking \u201CWe\u2019re almost at the end of the process.\u201D, just to lift your spirits, all you need to say is \u201CThank God, we\u2019re not Ng\u0101puhi.\u201D Our journey has been just as long and difficult and fraught\u2014\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000401\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226007dc96-f459-4cdd-9972-4fde2c994088\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00228dba7b1b2d684d0b8b0caef439d0c44a\u0022\u003EGrant Robertson\u003C/span\u003E: And you\u2019re not even at the start line.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000402\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022802874a3-deca-48b7-9d33-9087058892f5\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022d218b8b58b554874ae8eb7dde078df8d\u0022\u003EKELVIN DAVIS\u003C/span\u003E: And we are not even at the starting line. We are about 2 inches from the starting line. We have been running the race for 8 years, and we are just 2 inches from the starting line, but we could be putting the car into reverse and going backwards if things do not work out in the next 24 hours or so, Minister Finlayson. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000403\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022802874a3-deca-48b7-9d33-9087058892f5\u0022\u003EWhat a different place New Zealand was in 2004. Helen Clark was the Prime Minister, the English were the Rugby World Cup champions, and I had dark hair.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000404\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002279db8b64-1f9b-4416-9b81-a12963db9cbf\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022332cb62118454227b031a08239ff9960\u0022\u003EThe ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Trevor Mallard)\u003C/span\u003E: And you were skinny.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000405\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022802874a3-deca-48b7-9d33-9087058892f5\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022adc9ba19b03047d6b1900c5298db40a4\u0022\u003EKELVIN DAVIS\u003C/span\u003E: And I was skinny. Ha, ha! I thought the Assistant Speaker was not allowed to be brought into the debate, but he could not help himself there. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000406\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022802874a3-deca-48b7-9d33-9087058892f5\u0022\u003EEveryone has traversed\u2014I will not say transgressed, as Nathan Guy said yesterday\u2014the issues around Rangit\u0101ne\u2019s settlement. Reading through the bill, what strikes me again\u2014and it strikes me in just about every bill\u2014is the significant land loss that occurred. When I say \u201Csignificant\u201D, it was the Mangatainoka Block in particular, not because of the landmark there that I see when I drive past Mangatainoka, but because at Mangatainoka there were significant land holdings\u2014over 60,000 acres. \u201C[T]he Crown applied pressure to purchase this land even though recognised leaders of Rangit\u0101ne opposed sale. By 1890,\u201D\u2014sorry, between 1877 and 1890\u2014\u201Cthe Crown had acquired over 85 percent of the Mangatainoka Block. Today, less than 1 percent of the original block remains in M\u0101ori land title.\u201D \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000407\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022802874a3-deca-48b7-9d33-9087058892f5\u0022\u003EWe should never ever underestimate the impact\u2014the cultural impact, the economic impact, the impact in just about every facet of the people\u2019s lives\u2014that landlessness has had on them. It has happened all around New Zealand. Again, that is why these settlements are so significant and why they are so important. We need to start turning that around and reversing those impacts. Again, any quantum is just going to be a fraction of what is owed. It is going to be only a fraction of what is lost, and we need to keep that in the forefront of our minds, because again there will be people out there in the country saying: \u201COh, look at what all these M\u0101oris are getting. They\u2019ve got their hands out and they\u2019re going to get all these millions of dollars, and it\u2019s all a waste of money.\u201D We have got to stop focusing on what has been returned; we have got to look at how much was lost and keep that in perspective. It is so important. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000408\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022802874a3-deca-48b7-9d33-9087058892f5\u0022\u003ERangit\u0101ne back in the day, around the mid-1840s, \u201Cenjoyed considerable benefits from the annual rents and trade with the new arrivals, who leased large areas of land. The Crown applied pressure on Wairarapa M\u0101ori to end the leases and instead sell their land \u2026\u201D. So here they were: they had leases, they were leasing out the land, they were basically being businessmen and entrepreneurs, and doing what people do in a strong economy, but through the pressure of the Crown that all went. Between 1853 and 1854 \u201Cthe Crown acquired about 1.5 million acres of land\u201D. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000409\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022802874a3-deca-48b7-9d33-9087058892f5\u0022\u003EEarlier today I was talking about how much land Taranaki lost\u20141.2 million acres. I said in the earlier debate that in 1.2 million acres, if we just divided that into quarter acre sections, there would be enough quarter acre sections to have a house for every man, woman, and child in New Zealand. Yet Rangit\u0101ne lost more than Taranaki\u20141.5 million acres. So just today we have been talking about close to 3 million acres of M\u0101ori land that has been confiscated or removed from M\u0101ori possession. Imagine what M\u0101ori could be achieving if we had those 3 million acres now in our possession. That 1.5 million acres was 60 percent of all Rangit\u0101ne land. We need to let these figures sink in and just realise and appreciate the enormity of the loss for Rangit\u0101ne. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000410\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022802874a3-deca-48b7-9d33-9087058892f5\u0022\u003EI would again just like to acknowledge the people in the gallery and all the other tribes that have been here today. The hope is that all of these bills move through the House quickly, so that the people can get on with actually creating the success that we should have had over the last 170-odd years. Might I say that I will get down on my hands and knees tonight and pray that my whanaunga up in Ng\u0101puhi do the right thing, follow the lead that the tribes have given today, and just get on with the process of settling their claims and being successful M\u0101ori, taking care and taking charge of our own destinies. N\u0101 reira, t\u0101tou m\u0101 huri rauna i Te Whare, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou, t\u0113n\u0101 t\u0101tou katoa.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000411\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022802874a3-deca-48b7-9d33-9087058892f5\u0022\u003E[And so, to all of us throughout the House, accolades and congratulations to you collectively and to us all.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u00225e6b7aaa-8157-4d5e-9940-1bdbcd61ae95\u0022 data-id=\u00222b40eb9c359c46f88a181923c871d37d\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000412\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00225e6b7aaa-8157-4d5e-9940-1bdbcd61ae95\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00222b40eb9c359c46f88a181923c871d37d\u0022\u003EALASTAIR SCOTT (National\u2014Wairarapa):\u003C/span\u003E There is an advantage in being the last speaker in the House, because one has heard much of the story. So I do not want to repeat much of what was said, but I will repeat some stuff. First of all I would like to acknowledge the people of Rangit\u0101ne, particularly these people who have arrived today. I note the photographs of those who have passed, those who started the process who are not able to be here. I acknowledge you here today. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000413\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00225e6b7aaa-8157-4d5e-9940-1bdbcd61ae95\u0022\u003EI would also like to acknowledge the people of the M\u0101kirikiri Marae. Minister Finlayson mentioned the auspicious occasion when we were on the marae and signed the agreement. I was extremely honoured to be a witness to the Minister\u2019s signature, and I really appreciated your invitation, your hospitality, and your heartfelt involvement in, and commitment to, the process. I could see at that marae, on the day, as some have already said, the relief that came off your shoulders when the signatures were inevitably signed. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000414\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00225e6b7aaa-8157-4d5e-9940-1bdbcd61ae95\u0022\u003EBeing one of the last speakers gives me an opportunity to correct a few things that have been said in the House. Katy Apanui, mother of Jo Hayes, you have done a fantastic job. No matter what Pita Paraone says about being on the right side and the wrong side of the House, I say she is definitely on the right side of the House. So thank you for bringing up such a fantastic lady. She does a great job on this side of the House. Congratulations. You should be proud of your daughter. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000415\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00225e6b7aaa-8157-4d5e-9940-1bdbcd61ae95\u0022\u003ESome of the history has been laid out very eloquently by the Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations. Kelvin Davis has given a little more of the history. But at the end of the day these people were ripped off. That is the bottom line. They were ripped off. When people ask what we are doing, giving M\u0101ori more money\u2014\u201CThey\u2019ve got their hand out. They\u2019ve always got their bloody hand out.\u201D\u2014I say: \u201CWell, come on. Think about the story. Think about the history.\u201D Think about the reality. Think about the facts behind this settlement that we are talking about today, and other settlements that we have talked about today. Think about what would happen if your mother, your grandmother, your great-grandmother\u2014think about your great-grandmother. Let us just say she is in a rest home right now, and someone stole everything that she had. Someone stole everything\u2014everything\u2014not just a little bit, not just half, but everything. That is what happened for these people when they became virtually landless. The properties that they had, 3 million - odd acres, with 1\u00BD million acres disappearing in one hit\u2014these people were ripped off. They became landless. They had nothing. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000416\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00225e6b7aaa-8157-4d5e-9940-1bdbcd61ae95\u0022\u003EIt is amazing, the generosity and the spirit that I have witnessed on the M\u0101kirikiri Marae, and in other places, from these people. They are demonstrating their generosity, their determination to get through this process, and their graciousness in accepting this settlement. As has been mentioned before, the numbers just do not do any justice to the rip-off that occurred; it is a symbol. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000417\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00225e6b7aaa-8157-4d5e-9940-1bdbcd61ae95\u0022\u003ECan I acknowledge the symbolism of P\u016Bkaha Mount Bruce. Part of the settlement involves 900 hectares of a fantastic conservation area, known as P\u016Bkaha Mount Bruce. It is a large piece of land. But it is with huge generosity and sacrifice and graciousness, I would say, that Rangit\u0101ne have gifted it back to the Crown, instantly\u2014without thought. That is a very significant contribution, culturally and spiritually, but not economically. The numbers do not matter, the dollars do not count, because more important is the restoration of mana for Rangit\u0101ne around P\u016Bkaha Mount Bruce as being their place, their t\u016Brangawaewae, their place where they can rest their feet\u2014to say that this is our place. So that is much more important than dollars and cents. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000418\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00225e6b7aaa-8157-4d5e-9940-1bdbcd61ae95\u0022\u003EOK, we have got some money involved. We are going to invest that wisely and sensibly. Can I say that having heard some of the next generation, some of the younger people who were involved on the marae on the day, Rangit\u0101ne can only look forward to a very positive future, because the young people who spoke on that day\u2014you should be very proud of those young people. They are committed. They have the same spirit, the same drive, that you and the people before you have demonstrated. People talk about young people being, you know, young and hopeless and wayward and useless\u2014some people. But these people whom I saw on the marae were very proud to be Rangit\u0101ne and clearly were very capable and very committed. Those who have passed will of course understand that it is about the future, and I can absolutely suggest and commend your youth, your young people, your rangatahi, who will drive the future of Rangit\u0101ne well into the future. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000419\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00225e6b7aaa-8157-4d5e-9940-1bdbcd61ae95\u0022\u003EI do not have too much more to say, except that I would like, on behalf of the Wairarapa people, Rangit\u0101ne\u2014and Louisa Wall has already acknowledged you, Minister Finlayson, and your contribution to getting this settlement through; your innovative approach. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000420\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00225e6b7aaa-8157-4d5e-9940-1bdbcd61ae95\u0022\u003EI know, with Rangit\u0101ne and Ng\u0101ti Kahungunu, there was a lot of innovation that had to take place to enable these settlements to come to the House. So, again, it is all about thinking outside the box, outside the square. I congratulate Rangit\u0101ne on collaborating with Ng\u0101ti Kahungunu to ensure that these settlements are before the House and that they will become done and dusted, as they say. Here, in the first reading, it is part of the journey, but we can be confident, as you have heard through the House today, that we will progress quickly and effectively. Be assured that that will be the case. So congratulations on your collaboration with Ng\u0101ti Kahungunu. That is very important. It is an honour and a pleasure to be the last speaker in the House to speak on this bill, and I commend it to the House.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000421\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00225e6b7aaa-8157-4d5e-9940-1bdbcd61ae95\u0022\u003EBill read a first time. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000422\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00225e6b7aaa-8157-4d5e-9940-1bdbcd61ae95\u0022\u003EBill referred to the M\u0101ori Affairs Committee.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000423\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00225e6b7aaa-8157-4d5e-9940-1bdbcd61ae95\u0022\u003EWaiata\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n    \u003C/div\u003E\n    \u003Cdiv class=\u0022HpsHansard\u0022\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000424\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsProceedingHeading\u0022 id=\u0022954ab6287f9d451780c20a2bd07840be\u0022\u003ESpeaker\u2019s Observations\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000425\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubjectHeading\u0022 id=\u0022e19515981b3b44588db60be0d6b02120\u0022\u003EKevin Hague\u2014Resignation\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u002279db8b64-1f9b-4416-9b81-a12963db9cbf\u0022 data-id=\u002259758fa7c0d64d0c86cb01ae0e5c4778\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000426\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002279db8b64-1f9b-4416-9b81-a12963db9cbf\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u002259758fa7c0d64d0c86cb01ae0e5c4778\u0022\u003EThe ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Trevor Mallard)\u003C/span\u003E: Thank you. Before I adjourn the House, pursuant to the leave that was taken previously, I do just want to acknowledge that this will be the last time that Kevin Hague is with us. I want to acknowledge him and thank him for making this Parliament a better place. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000427\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002279db8b64-1f9b-4416-9b81-a12963db9cbf\u0022\u003E[Applause]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000428\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002279db8b64-1f9b-4416-9b81-a12963db9cbf\u0022\u003EThe House adjourned at 5.32 p.m.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20160922a4b5ac6af6504f6f91b9ca1a1e1544bc000429\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002279db8b64-1f9b-4416-9b81-a12963db9cbf\u0022\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n    \u003C/div\u003E\n  \u003C/body\u003E\n\u003C/html\u003E"