"\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=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000001\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsProceedingHeading\u0022 id=\u0022dd8df3c81063445e9e2b8bb1d53eac74\u0022\u003ETHURSDAY, 17 AUGUST 2023\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000003\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubjectHeading\u0022 id=\u0022d05c7aa699c74d7f9e405c2263e54070\u0022\u003ETHURSDAY, 17 AUGUST 2023\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000002\u0022\u003EThe Speaker took the Chair at 2 p.m.\u003C/p\u003E\n    \u003C/div\u003E\n    \u003Cdiv class=\u0022HpsHansard\u0022\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000004\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsProceedingHeading\u0022 id=\u00220157750cb20b44a0a66b663c76cf8791\u0022\u003EKarakia/Prayers\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000006\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubjectHeading\u0022 id=\u002237e6cc11303a4ef4a174d1e5ec27d981\u0022\u003EKarakia/Prayers\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u002202e74c40-9529-4e15-adc2-c032eadc2205\u0022 data-id=\u0022ee24783bae484eb8a19665318c60c239\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000005\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002202e74c40-9529-4e15-adc2-c032eadc2205\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022ee24783bae484eb8a19665318c60c239\u0022\u003EGREG O\u2019CONNOR (Deputy Speaker):\u003C/span\u003E Almighty God, we give thanks for the blessings which have been bestowed on us. Laying aside all personal interests, we acknowledge the King and pray for guidance in our deliberations, that we may conduct the affairs of this House with wisdom, justice, mercy, and humility for the welfare and peace of New Zealand. Amen.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n    \u003C/div\u003E\n    \u003Cdiv class=\u0022HpsHansard\u0022\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000007\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsProceedingHeading\u0022 id=\u0022ba777f188f8641dfa197a6dba662301e\u0022\u003EBusiness Statement\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000009\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubjectHeading\u0022 id=\u00226557e0940dd244fca1581779d2c10244\u0022\u003EBusiness Statement\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u00226007dc96-f459-4cdd-9972-4fde2c994088\u0022 data-id=\u002247c8384e5c45478fb3c6608b5fb7053f\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000008\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226007dc96-f459-4cdd-9972-4fde2c994088\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u002247c8384e5c45478fb3c6608b5fb7053f\u0022\u003EHon GRANT ROBERTSON (Leader of the House):\u003C/span\u003E Next week, the Appropriation (2023/24 Estimates) Bill will receive a third reading. Other legislation to be considered will include further stages of the Crown Minerals Amendment Bill, the Fuel Industry (Improving Fuel Resilience) Amendment Bill, the Land Transport Management (Regulation of Public Transport) Amendment Bill, the Land Transport (Road Safety) Amendment Bill, the Legal Services Amendment Bill, the Local Government Electoral Legislation Bill, the Resale Right for Visual Artists Bill, the Sale and Supply of Alcohol (Community Participation) Amendment Bill, the Taxation Principles Reporting Bill, the Water Services Legislation Bill, and the Water Services Economic Efficiency and Consumer Protection Bill. There will also be 11 valedictory statements next week.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u002255d0b7a4-a2c9-4c38-9b77-475311a48a89\u0022 data-id=\u002202a2dd9be1714fcaa0e685a81b24d22d\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000010\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002255d0b7a4-a2c9-4c38-9b77-475311a48a89\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u002202a2dd9be1714fcaa0e685a81b24d22d\u0022\u003ESIMEON BROWN (National\u2014Pakuranga):\u003C/span\u003E Will the House be in urgency again all of next week?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u00226007dc96-f459-4cdd-9972-4fde2c994088\u0022 data-id=\u0022c78d35a3764344bbb244b88c0a327dce\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000011\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226007dc96-f459-4cdd-9972-4fde2c994088\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022c78d35a3764344bbb244b88c0a327dce\u0022\u003EHon GRANT ROBERTSON (Leader of the House):\u003C/span\u003E Oh, well, the Government, as I\u2019ve just outlined, has a very busy programme of work, and we\u2019ll make decisions about those matters as we go. 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The reports of the Controller and Auditor-General, the inquiry, and the long-term insights briefing are set down for consideration. The Clerk has been informed of the introduction of a bill.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022\u0022 data-id=\u00224f87aa1a27bd44558b22d8deb36371b8\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000028\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00224f87aa1a27bd44558b22d8deb36371b8\u0022\u003ECLERK\u003C/span\u003E: Fair Digital News Bargaining Bill, introduction.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022a434482b-7ac1-4862-9ce7-13e63289dee3\u0022 data-id=\u0022f1d31fc8c4524a7183e43bfb49ea94c8\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000029\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a434482b-7ac1-4862-9ce7-13e63289dee3\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022f1d31fc8c4524a7183e43bfb49ea94c8\u0022\u003ESPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: That bill is set down for first reading.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n    \u003C/div\u003E\n    \u003Cdiv class=\u0022HpsHansard\u0022\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000030\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsProceedingHeading\u0022 id=\u00228625f373f83046f5bcbab0b7bad0b24c\u0022\u003EOral Questions\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000031\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubjectHeading\u0022 id=\u00229109685a16584f2db75b8092377a8913\u0022\u003EQuestions to Ministers\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000032\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubjectHeading\u0022 id=\u0022777c61ea3cf649e997504952fdf28feb\u0022\u003EQuestion No. 1\u2014Education (M\u0101ori Education)\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u00229c069cdb-968c-4f11-b126-92f9c655148b\u0022 data-id=\u00223b5986f649a14d8cbf0121e79d76265e\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000033\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00229c069cdb-968c-4f11-b126-92f9c655148b\u0022\u003E1. \u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00223b5986f649a14d8cbf0121e79d76265e\u0022\u003ESHANAN HALBERT (Labour\u2014Northcote)\u003C/span\u003E to the Associate Minister of Education (M\u0101ori Education): What recent changes has the Government made for M\u0101ori tertiary institutions?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022802874a3-deca-48b7-9d33-9087058892f5\u0022 data-id=\u00223b6c191ba9ac4d13ab4a379a7c6e106d\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000034\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022802874a3-deca-48b7-9d33-9087058892f5\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00223b6c191ba9ac4d13ab4a379a7c6e106d\u0022\u003EHon KELVIN DAVIS (Associate Minister of Education (M\u0101ori Education)):\u003C/span\u003E Yesterday, we passed a bill which included a historic change for w\u0101nanga, who are now able to work with the Crown to agree bespoke governance and accountability arrangements that better reflect their whakapapa, their mana, and their rangatiratanga. We were pleased to welcome representatives from Te W\u0101nanga o Aotearoa, Te W\u0101nanga o Raukawa, and Te Whare W\u0101nanga o Awanui\u0101rangi here at Parliament to commemorate this occasion. The key principle in this change is the ability for w\u0101nanga to define the characteristics of their institutions, and decide who they\u2019re accountable to and how they operate. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000035\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00229c069cdb-968c-4f11-b126-92f9c655148b\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00228b36dcae4cea49709ddc2a8bc3e59c97\u0022\u003EShanan Halbert\u003C/span\u003E: What do these changes look like? \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000036\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022802874a3-deca-48b7-9d33-9087058892f5\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002206f5e6d5a8b249e5ae3c1490fecd0d4b\u0022\u003EHon KELVIN DAVIS\u003C/span\u003E: The legislative changes developed in collaboration with the w\u0101nanga enable a move from imposing barriers for w\u0101nanga to enabling success. W\u0101nanga will now be able to choose to remain as they are, reconstitute as a bespoke Crown entity w\u0101nanga, or convert to a non - Crown entity w\u0101nanga, in which they will be accountable to iwi, hap\u016B, or another M\u0101ori organisation while retaining some Crown accountability. The legislation clearly articulates the characteristics that define w\u0101nanga, sets out provisions for establishment and disestablishment, and provides non - Crown entity w\u0101nanga with new accountability monitoring arrangements. In delivering fit for purpose legislation, the Government recognises the important educational contribution that w\u0101nanga make for \u0101kona, kaimahi, and their founding iwi. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000037\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00229c069cdb-968c-4f11-b126-92f9c655148b\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00224c2aaf0650e04134976de426fe25c5c3\u0022\u003EShanan Halbert\u003C/span\u003E: What does this mean for w\u0101nanga? \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000038\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022802874a3-deca-48b7-9d33-9087058892f5\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00229652d682bbca4bf8ae365bd3f3e71d57\u0022\u003EHon KELVIN DAVIS\u003C/span\u003E: These changes are the culmination of decades of work from the w\u0101nanga. While w\u0101nanga were established to protect and revitalise te reo, tikanga, and m\u0101tauranga M\u0101ori, they remained a tertiary option for all New Zealanders. W\u0101nanga make a huge contribution to the tertiary sector and to the community, and we are recognising them by enabling them to operate in a way that works best for them. These changes better recognise the values, principles, unique role, and collective mana of the w\u0101nanga and their communities. It also ensures that individually, w\u0101nanga can exercise their rangatiratanga by determining their own futures. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000039\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00229c069cdb-968c-4f11-b126-92f9c655148b\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00224ed3a3e29f93474ab852439ea7d14082\u0022\u003EShanan Halbert\u003C/span\u003E: What\u2019s the significance of these changes? \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000040\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022802874a3-deca-48b7-9d33-9087058892f5\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022a2698e35900448a395265b60dcacd03b\u0022\u003EHon KELVIN DAVIS\u003C/span\u003E: This Government made a commitment to not only recognise the vital contribution of m\u0101tauranga M\u0101ori but we also committed to growing the numbers of M\u0101ori learners in Aotearoa. This is just one part to achieving these commitments, but I am pleased to see these changes through after meeting with the w\u0101nanga five years ago to discuss the possibility of them achieving greater autonomy. As I said in my speech yesterday, what we are seeing with this legislation is rangatiratanga and k\u0101wanatanga coming together; and when they come together, that\u2019s when the magic happens. These changes are not the end of the road; rather, they are just the beginning. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000041\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubjectHeading\u0022 id=\u00221ffa1112c1c34b96a10315113942b1ce\u0022\u003EQuestion No. 2\u2014Social Development and Employment\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022a5f0fe84-01e8-4eb3-a590-0025017c4243\u0022 data-id=\u00223b5cc7a575de4c298e93890d56c6a63d\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000042\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a5f0fe84-01e8-4eb3-a590-0025017c4243\u0022\u003E2. \u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00223b5cc7a575de4c298e93890d56c6a63d\u0022\u003EHon MARAMA DAVIDSON (Co-Leader\u2014Green)\u003C/span\u003E to the Minister for Social Development and Employment: Does she agree with the recent Working for Families review that it presents \u201Cthe best opportunity in the coming years to achieve substantial reductions in measured child poverty and to make significant \u2018headway\u2019 towards achieving the ten-year targets\u201D?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022c3a88c42-f60b-4cf9-8065-8bfb80a020eb\u0022 data-id=\u00223a546ab800b94c8aa61a8b6c472dfaae\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000043\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c3a88c42-f60b-4cf9-8065-8bfb80a020eb\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00223a546ab800b94c8aa61a8b6c472dfaae\u0022\u003EHon CARMEL SEPULONI (Minister for Social Development and Employment):\u003C/span\u003E Yes. This Government has consistently increased Working for Families to make everyday life more affordable for Kiwi families. Our Families Package increased the family tax credit and introduced the Best Start payment, dedicated to supporting parents with extra costs in a child\u2019s first three years. We have expanded access to the in-work tax credit to ensure more families receive this support. Our increases to the Best Start payment and family tax credit in 2022 meant 346,000 families are better off by an average of $20 per week and an estimated 6,000 children have been lifted out of poverty. And, on 1\u00A0April, we adjusted Working for Families tax credits in line with inflation, supporting Kiwi families with the cost of living. Is there more to do? There certainly is.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000044\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a5f0fe84-01e8-4eb3-a590-0025017c4243\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022b0c490c50cf14d12b06b231984db4f51\u0022\u003EHon Marama Davidson\u003C/span\u003E: When will her Government stop discriminating against children of parents on a benefit, who are left in poverty while awarding extra support to working families?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000045\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c3a88c42-f60b-4cf9-8065-8bfb80a020eb\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00221e324d2bae0a4ae19b3e71653e227c66\u0022\u003EHon CARMEL SEPULONI\u003C/span\u003E: It\u2019s not discrimination. Fifty percent of children living in poverty are living in households that are working. They are low-income households. They have expenses associated with working, whether it be getting to work, the travel associated; whether it be childcare costs. We want to ensure that those families are looked after. That doesn\u2019t mean that we have neglected our responsibility to those that are on benefit. We have significantly increased benefits during our time. When we lifted main benefits, we\u2019re estimated to have lifted between 19,000 and 33,000 children out of poverty. By doing things like child support pass-on, we also have lifted children out of poverty\u2014for that particular initiative, between 6,000 to 14,000 children lifted out of poverty. We are focused on families that are on benefit but also low-income families that are working and trying to get ahead.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000046\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a5f0fe84-01e8-4eb3-a590-0025017c4243\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022d9f186bcf75a4e30856b7fadee6dce9f\u0022\u003EHon Marama Davidson\u003C/span\u003E: That is good, but is it fair that single parents who are caregivers don\u2019t get the in-work tax credit despite caregiving for children being essential unpaid work to households?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000047\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c3a88c42-f60b-4cf9-8065-8bfb80a020eb\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022cf30118f6ad649fcb04dd0f53a698bfc\u0022\u003EHon CARMEL SEPULONI\u003C/span\u003E: We absolutely respect the role of parents that are staying home, including those that are on sole parent support. As I said, one of the things that we did do was change the discriminatory policy where sole parent beneficiary recipients were not getting the child support passed on to them. That will make a significant difference to them and their children, and I\u2019m very proud that we as a Government have been able to do that.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000048\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a5f0fe84-01e8-4eb3-a590-0025017c4243\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00227c759463908b423296cacfb1cf6deef4\u0022\u003EHon Marama Davidson\u003C/span\u003E: Will tweaking the Working for Families abatement threshold and the in-work tax credit have any impact on child poverty targets when half of children in poverty are in households in receipt of a benefit?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000049\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c3a88c42-f60b-4cf9-8065-8bfb80a020eb\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002223e45bab8a39468db017317504e34cee\u0022\u003EHon CARMEL SEPULONI\u003C/span\u003E: We are expecting that the report-back to Cabinet for the Working for Families review will occur at the end of this year, and at that point more consideration can be given to Working for Families and any potential changes.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000050\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a5f0fe84-01e8-4eb3-a590-0025017c4243\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022e9410e1864834f04ac9f8ae9aff5a320\u0022\u003EHon Marama Davidson\u003C/span\u003E: Does she agree with advice given to her by her own officials that \u201Cthere are significant issues with the design of in-work assistance, particularly with the minimum family tax credit but also to a lesser extent the in-work tax credit.\u201D, and, if so, will she simplify Working for Families and create one child-centric payment which goes to all struggling households?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000051\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c3a88c42-f60b-4cf9-8065-8bfb80a020eb\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00224c91512ca3f84871a659eab0a1d11ff5\u0022\u003EHon CARMEL SEPULONI\u003C/span\u003E: I do believe that there needs to be structural reform with Working for Families, and that report-back will go to Cabinet at the end of this year.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000052\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubjectHeading\u0022 id=\u0022927675b083934e9aa8169bed50862c2d\u0022\u003EQuestion No. 3\u2014Finance\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022f12da0af-dc73-4870-8f77-1d50a75eb44c\u0022 data-id=\u0022de4d0f40b49d41a98ba0c3fe9a418dec\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000053\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f12da0af-dc73-4870-8f77-1d50a75eb44c\u0022\u003E3. \u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022de4d0f40b49d41a98ba0c3fe9a418dec\u0022\u003ENICOLA WILLIS (Deputy Leader\u2014National)\u003C/span\u003E to the Minister of Finance: Does he stand by all of his statements and actions related to Government tax and spending decisions?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u00226007dc96-f459-4cdd-9972-4fde2c994088\u0022 data-id=\u0022ae5c10b470fc45cfb809cfc389b1e829\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000054\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226007dc96-f459-4cdd-9972-4fde2c994088\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022ae5c10b470fc45cfb809cfc389b1e829\u0022\u003EHon GRANT ROBERTSON (Minister of Finance):\u003C/span\u003E Yes, in the context in which they were made and undertaken, acknowledging that contexts can change and sometimes require\u2014to quote the member\u2014\u201Ca step forward\u201D.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000055\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f12da0af-dc73-4870-8f77-1d50a75eb44c\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002233297aa85249432abe635cba150debf3\u0022\u003ENicola Willis\u003C/span\u003E: Does he think it\u2019s appropriate for the Government to increase petrol tax in the midst of a cost of living crisis?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000056\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226007dc96-f459-4cdd-9972-4fde2c994088\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00224619613961414b0688185ec56e4c30b5\u0022\u003EHon GRANT ROBERTSON\u003C/span\u003E: Two points in response to that: firstly, the announcement of the Government policy statement on transport today indicates that, from 1 July next year, there will be a 2c increase, six months later followed by another 2c increase, in recognition of the fact that inflation is starting to come down but is not where any of us would be comfortable with it. Secondly, when it comes to transport, it is important to be able to say how one will pay for what one is doing. Every cent of fuel excise duty (FED) and road-user charges (RUC) goes into our transport network. Governments have always increased it, up until the COVID period, in order to pay for transport. It is simply not on to have a $10 billion gap in a transport policy, as the member does.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000057\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f12da0af-dc73-4870-8f77-1d50a75eb44c\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022ca2f2d2684974978a57e152d10774712\u0022\u003ENicola Willis\u003C/span\u003E: Is he aware that, in July next year, the Reserve Bank forecasts that inflation will remain out of control, out of its target band, so New Zealanders will be paying higher prices across the economy; and why, in that context, does he also want to increase the amount of tax on their petrol?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000058\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226007dc96-f459-4cdd-9972-4fde2c994088\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002244d9972944834225b32098b855f6ed97\u0022\u003EHon GRANT ROBERTSON\u003C/span\u003E: To reiterate the answer that I have just given: this is how we pay for roads, rail, public transport, walking, and cycling in New Zealand. If political parties don\u2019t want to do this, they then have to come up with a way of explaining how they will pay for it, and all we\u2019ve seen from the Opposition is a $10 billion hole in their transport plan.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000059\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f12da0af-dc73-4870-8f77-1d50a75eb44c\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00223a26958245a8481bb6fc4ccc6cc65bf3\u0022\u003ENicola Willis\u003C/span\u003E: Is the Minister of Finance aware that the New Zealand Superannuation Fund, KiwiSaver fund providers, and iwi want to invest their funds in infrastructure; and why would he prefer to tax New Zealanders more to deliver it?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000060\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226007dc96-f459-4cdd-9972-4fde2c994088\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002241e26f4b4d9941e185f58eb39fb33975\u0022\u003EHon GRANT ROBERTSON\u003C/span\u003E: Because it\u2019s not a magic money tree. At some point, the consumers of New Zealand pay. Now, I know that the National Party\u2019s record on this means that they think it is a free lunch\u2014that\u2019s why they costed Transmission Gully at $850 million and it cost $1.2 billion. We\u2019ve been upfront about how we\u2019ll pay for New Zealand\u2019s transport needs. That\u2019s not what New Zealanders are getting from National.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000061\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f12da0af-dc73-4870-8f77-1d50a75eb44c\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022208afd6757614d9694c5e9d6e725e06f\u0022\u003ENicola Willis\u003C/span\u003E: Does he recall the Government committing that the increase in the Auckland regional fuel tax would help deliver Auckland light rail, and how\u2019s that going?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000062\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226007dc96-f459-4cdd-9972-4fde2c994088\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002207dd2d092bb946f4b8cc85e3c1c1bfd6\u0022\u003EHon GRANT ROBERTSON\u003C/span\u003E: The Auckland regional fuel tax has been able to deliver a range of transport projects across Auckland\u2014Mr Brown has been at the opening of some of them. On this side of the House, I reiterate for the member: if we\u2019re going to build roads, if we\u2019re going to build rail, if we\u2019re going to have public transport, it has to be paid for. That\u2019s come through FED and RUC. At the moment, all New Zealanders have got from the National Party is a $10 billion gap in their transport plan.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000063\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f12da0af-dc73-4870-8f77-1d50a75eb44c\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00229075b560f06b44a6bdcd967eaeb5c17a\u0022\u003ENicola Willis\u003C/span\u003E: Does he recall, a few months ago, standing next to the Prime Minister as he reduced the fuel excise tax and saying that that was necessary due to the cost of living crisis; and why has he completely flip-flopped by saying he\u2019ll now increase petrol tax despite the cost of living crisis persisting?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000064\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226007dc96-f459-4cdd-9972-4fde2c994088\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022ae431a3122ff4c58aa16ae81086e47e0\u0022\u003EHon GRANT ROBERTSON\u003C/span\u003E: The rate of inflation in New Zealand has been coming down. It is now down to 6 percent. It is forecast to keep coming down. We are staging the increase in the fuel excise duty and RUC to take that into account. What we\u2019re also doing is being responsible with the Government\u2019s finances, and we\u2019re saying to New Zealanders: this is how we pay\u201444c a week for the average motorist to help pay for this transport. On the other side of the House, we\u2019ve got a $10 billion gap in their plan. It\u2019s a fiction, and New Zealanders will see through it.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000065\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f12da0af-dc73-4870-8f77-1d50a75eb44c\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002266bc87e29259469399186af1978740cc\u0022\u003ENicola Willis\u003C/span\u003E: What does he think would have more impact on the typical family budget: having to pay $7 more every time they fill up, as would be the case under his excise tax plan, or the proposals of some political parties that they would give more money to supermarkets for a GST reduction that might reduce the cost of apples by a few cents?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000066\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226007dc96-f459-4cdd-9972-4fde2c994088\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022af81e7edcbb741eb86f94347ac31ce3c\u0022\u003EHon GRANT ROBERTSON\u003C/span\u003E: What I think will have a big impact on New Zealand households is a Government that would give unfunded tax cuts and then have to cut health spending, education spending, spending on housing. It would see more kids in poverty. It would see fewer people getting apprenticeships. They\u2019re the things that\u2019ll impact on a household. It\u2019s about a balance, it\u2019s about a responsible approach, and all we\u2019re seeing from National are unfunded promises.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000067\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f12da0af-dc73-4870-8f77-1d50a75eb44c\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022efa531d4c8cf406ba1ea82f72af4bc04\u0022\u003ENicola Willis\u003C/span\u003E: Why would New Zealanders trust that more dollars paid by them at the pump, to pad his tax revenues, would actually deliver a single road when his Government has been so deficient in the delivery of any major transport project?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000068\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226007dc96-f459-4cdd-9972-4fde2c994088\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022a76e838b27f7429da997eb67bb3b3b29\u0022\u003EHon GRANT ROBERTSON\u003C/span\u003E: The member needs to be really careful here. Every single cent of fuel excise duty and road-user charges goes directly to public transport, to roads, to rail\u2014that\u2019s how we fund the system. It\u2019s what Gerry Brownlee did. It\u2019s what other Ministers of Transport have done. They increased FED and RUC to make sure the money was there. Instead, what we\u2019re going to see here now from National is a $10 billion gap and a repeat of what they did: where they didn\u2019t fund road maintenance properly, where they didn\u2019t look after the transport network. We put out a funded plan; all we\u2019ve got from National are unfunded promises.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000069\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubjectHeading\u0022 id=\u0022341a090533634c9194cf6332c43ff4ac\u0022\u003EQuestion No. 4\u2014Finance\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u002296f5f6b7-c116-477e-88a9-ea17aa616886\u0022 data-id=\u0022ab43339ecac74dbe8731d3f7acae4a41\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000070\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002296f5f6b7-c116-477e-88a9-ea17aa616886\u0022\u003E4. \u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022ab43339ecac74dbe8731d3f7acae4a41\u0022\u003EINGRID LEARY (Labour\u2014Taieri)\u003C/span\u003E to the Minister of Finance: What recent reports has he seen on the New Zealand economy?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u00226007dc96-f459-4cdd-9972-4fde2c994088\u0022 data-id=\u00222b91368d6bb5447985f37adf01ab47ab\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000071\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226007dc96-f459-4cdd-9972-4fde2c994088\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00222b91368d6bb5447985f37adf01ab47ab\u0022\u003EHon GRANT ROBERTSON (Minister of Finance):\u003C/span\u003E Workers are continuing to benefit from a resilient economy with wages rising faster than inflation. Statistics New Zealand reported that median weekly earnings from wages and salaries jumped by 7.1\u00A0percent in the June 2023 year, the second-largest annual increase since records began in 1998, surpassed only by the previous year\u2019s annual increase. We know that many Kiwi families are doing it tough in the face of cost of living pressures and a deteriorating global economy, but they are doing so while in paid work and with wages rising above inflation.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000072\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002296f5f6b7-c116-477e-88a9-ea17aa616886\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022f3226ce502ad44aba6c376f44a772f6b\u0022\u003EIngrid Leary\u003C/span\u003E: What did the Statistics New Zealand report say about median weekly earnings for women?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000073\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226007dc96-f459-4cdd-9972-4fde2c994088\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022bc236b5cb3504e9eaad18b846e07a1e8\u0022\u003EHon GRANT ROBERTSON\u003C/span\u003E: Women\u2019s median weekly earnings increased by 8.1\u00A0percent for the June year, also the second-highest annual percentage increase on record. This is a positive result and shows the Government\u2019s plan for the economy is continuing to keep New Zealand moving in the right direction.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000074\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002296f5f6b7-c116-477e-88a9-ea17aa616886\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00227050e2b0581a4a17aab44da07562c55e\u0022\u003EIngrid Leary\u003C/span\u003E: What did the report say about median hourly earnings?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000075\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226007dc96-f459-4cdd-9972-4fde2c994088\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00221ea682501e5f4fcab7ce213669918a31\u0022\u003EHon GRANT ROBERTSON\u003C/span\u003E: Median hourly earnings from wages and salaries rose 6.6 percent in the year to June 2023. This was the second-largest annual percentage increase in median hourly earnings. Strong hourly earnings growth is also seen in average ordinary time hourly earnings, as measured by the quarterly employment survey, which rose 6.9 percent in the year to the June 2023 quarter and ahead of inflation.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000076\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002296f5f6b7-c116-477e-88a9-ea17aa616886\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022ba560e86bfc9404ba38cdcb9173002d8\u0022\u003EIngrid Leary\u003C/span\u003E: What does this report reflect about the resilience of the New Zealand economy?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000077\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226007dc96-f459-4cdd-9972-4fde2c994088\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022b638553b35214019bac486f2b6af97c1\u0022\u003EHon GRANT ROBERTSON\u003C/span\u003E: We do know that New Zealanders are doing it tough right now, and that\u2019s why we\u2019ve taken action to ease pressure on their budgets with cheaper childcare, free prescriptions, and half-price public transport for young Kiwis. It\u2019s also why we\u2019ve significantly lifted the incomes of seniors, families, workers, and students, with the winter energy payment also providing cost of living relief for those eligible for it. We need to do this because Kiwis are doing it tough. We also know that we have to do our bit, and real Government consumption is forecast to fall by 5 percent by the beginning of 2025. New Zealand is in good shape to weather difficult global conditions. We\u2019ve got record numbers of people in work, wages are rising faster than inflation, tourists are returning in greater numbers, and overseas workers are filling vacancies. Our public debt levels remain among the lowest in the world. Our job is keeping the economy moving in the right direction and creating conditions to support people in work and drive higher wages.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000078\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubjectHeading\u0022 id=\u002217ffa66af3cc4c968c1a71628c72f409\u0022\u003EQuestion No. 5\u2014Justice\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u002258baa209-edaf-42a5-92d6-b2613c144bfb\u0022 data-id=\u0022d2945adca7354ff0b0db0d7a54fe65cb\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000079\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002258baa209-edaf-42a5-92d6-b2613c144bfb\u0022\u003E5. \u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022d2945adca7354ff0b0db0d7a54fe65cb\u0022\u003ENICOLE McKEE (ACT)\u003C/span\u003E to the Minister of Justice: Does she stand by her statement, \u201CMy focus is a justice system where victims feel safe, heard, and empowered\u201D?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022c21f4beb-20c4-4b12-bc6f-fdc931e2dc96\u0022 data-id=\u0022ec33b27056934b40b7ed105da7f730a8\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000080\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c21f4beb-20c4-4b12-bc6f-fdc931e2dc96\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022ec33b27056934b40b7ed105da7f730a8\u0022\u003EHon GINNY ANDERSEN (Minister of Justice):\u003C/span\u003E Yes, I am proud of our track record on supporting victims. Since National left office, our Government has tripled the amount of funding to the Victim Assistance Scheme and doubled the funding for Victim Support. We\u2019ve passed the Sexual Violence Legislation Act, established Te Aorerekura for family violence, and have introduced a bill to give greater protections to the rights of those who\u2019ve been through family violence and sexual violence. We are also establishing three new pilots in the courts to improve victim safety and to ensure they\u2019re heard in bail decisions, and strengthen the support for child victims of sexual violence.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000081\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002258baa209-edaf-42a5-92d6-b2613c144bfb\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00224306e6df4ad04385962933b20d4c455e\u0022\u003ENicole McKee\u003C/span\u003E: Will her Government adopt ACT\u2019s policy to ensure judges during sentencing consider the risk to the victim, the historical impacts of the offending on the victim, and whether there is a disproportionate risk to the community, and, if not, how is this consistent with her focus on a justice system where victims feel \u201Csafe, heard, and empowered\u201D?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000082\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c21f4beb-20c4-4b12-bc6f-fdc931e2dc96\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022134cde5707f84742a7d51405e3564045\u0022\u003EHon GINNY ANDERSEN\u003C/span\u003E: I have read the member\u2019s policy, and I found it confusing. Currently, under section 7 of the Sentencing Act, \u201Cpurposes [for] sentencing\u201D specifically provide for the interests of the victim of the offence, and also to protect the community from the offender.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000083\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002258baa209-edaf-42a5-92d6-b2613c144bfb\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022acb86da93021423b8b860b8ca647fd9e\u0022\u003ENicole McKee\u003C/span\u003E: Does she believe that victims feel \u201Csafe, heard, and empowered\u201D when violent offenders like Matu Reid are given home detention and are allowed to reoffend, and, if not, why does she continue to prioritise policies such as reducing the prison population over policies that prioritises the safety of victims, such as ACT\u2019s sentencing policy?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000084\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c21f4beb-20c4-4b12-bc6f-fdc931e2dc96\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00228300106e1fd64c79bc3e87235f5e7e80\u0022\u003EHon GINNY ANDERSEN\u003C/span\u003E: It is not appropriate for me as Minister of Justice to comment on the sentencing decisions made by the courts. The penalties available to judges for serious offending can be severe. There has been no reductions in individual penalties under this Government. Judges are required to impose the maximum penalty for any offence if the offending is at the most serious end of the spectrum, unless this would be inappropriate.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000085\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002253f86481-33c1-48b2-893b-c11cc0bd673d\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022483e756f766149df8716b8c44812b417\u0022\u003EHon Paul Goldsmith\u003C/span\u003E: Does she think the victims of serious sexual crimes feel empowered when the people convicted of their crimes routinely receive home detention sentences, and, if not, will she support National\u2019s policy to restrict the ability of judges to massively reduce sentences?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000086\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c21f4beb-20c4-4b12-bc6f-fdc931e2dc96\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022ab10c514c38b4357b94c3875c94f0cf6\u0022\u003EHon GINNY ANDERSEN\u003C/span\u003E: Again, that is a confused policy as I\u2019m not clear on where that would be impacted. As I\u2019ve already stated, it is not appropriate for me to comment on the sentencing decisions made by the courts. That is because in order to maintain the integrity of our justice system, the courts need to be able to undertake their work without political interference or influence.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000087\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002253f86481-33c1-48b2-893b-c11cc0bd673d\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00228c832c1243fa420eab21a697e2c27979\u0022\u003EHon Paul Goldsmith\u003C/span\u003E: Does she not understand that Parliament sets the sentencing framework in this country through the Sentencing Act, and, if Parliament does not think home detention is generally a suitable sentence for serious sexual and violent offences, then it can adjust the Sentencing Act accordingly; and why doesn\u2019t she?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000088\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c21f4beb-20c4-4b12-bc6f-fdc931e2dc96\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00228894722c607c4f0ebf945d5af923b055\u0022\u003EHon GINNY ANDERSEN\u003C/span\u003E: I remain focused on making sure the rights of victims are protected, and that is the best way to help those in our justice system. I am committed to looking at how we can better support victims of sexual violence, and I do want to acknowledge those young women who have come forward, and anyone who comes forward to share their story of sexual violence.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000089\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubjectHeading\u0022 id=\u0022bbcc4bbb055a46b9a3d791dc301dda4c\u0022\u003EQuestion No. 6\u2014Transport\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u002255d0b7a4-a2c9-4c38-9b77-475311a48a89\u0022 data-id=\u002200ca6e69fd414d6480c3fa8fcfa1b212\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000090\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002255d0b7a4-a2c9-4c38-9b77-475311a48a89\u0022\u003E6. \u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u002200ca6e69fd414d6480c3fa8fcfa1b212\u0022\u003ESIMEON BROWN (National\u2014Pakuranga)\u003C/span\u003E to the Minister of Transport: Does he agree with the former Minister of Transport Hon Phil Twyford\u2019s statement that New Zealand has \u201Cover-invested in roads\u201D; if not, why not?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022471dee54-f59e-4497-b3d3-c39044ce7169\u0022 data-id=\u00225f6fb21d48164bbe8bad1689d06e865a\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000091\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022471dee54-f59e-4497-b3d3-c39044ce7169\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00225f6fb21d48164bbe8bad1689d06e865a\u0022\u003EHon DAMIEN O\u2019CONNOR (Associate Minister of Transport)\u003C/span\u003E on behalf of the Minister of Transport: If the former Minister was implying that insufficient resource had been invested in public transport and alternative modes of transport, I would agree with him. But this Government has shown clearly that the roading system also needs more investment, because the previous National Government froze road maintenance. This Government does not skimp on both road maintenance and improvement, unlike that member\u2019s party.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000092\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002255d0b7a4-a2c9-4c38-9b77-475311a48a89\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022977fff07e231464dbb1bb8cb60bf07c2\u0022\u003ESimeon Brown\u003C/span\u003E: Did the Government cancel the Cambridge to Piarere motorway upgrade and the Woodend bypass projects because New Zealand had \u201Cover-invested in roads\u201D, and what exactly has changed since then for the Government to suddenly re-announce these two cancelled roads?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000093\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022471dee54-f59e-4497-b3d3-c39044ce7169\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022cae1ce31a4a649ceb85698008691bf65\u0022\u003EHon DAMIEN O\u2019CONNOR\u003C/span\u003E: I have to say that I\u2019m very proud that today we announced the Government policy statement that clearly shows this Government\u2019s commitment to increase funding by 25 percent. The catch-up necessary\u2014not just through the projects that are necessary across this country\u2014is 25 percent in this Government policy statement announcement and the previous increases in investment, because under the previous National government\u2019s programme of \u201Csweat the assets\u201D, they did two things. Firstly, they increased the weight of the trucks on our roads, and at the same time froze the maintenance funding and road improvement funding across this country. That\u2019s why we are having to put huge amounts of additional funding in.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000094\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002255d0b7a4-a2c9-4c38-9b77-475311a48a89\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022ac7a504a32a446b092c21315dd5ab25d\u0022\u003ESimeon Brown\u003C/span\u003E: Why did the Government cancel the Cambridge-Piarere motorway upgrade, and what has changed for the Government to re-announce it today?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000095\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022471dee54-f59e-4497-b3d3-c39044ce7169\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00223d31727953614b1cb759f2e8573fb71b\u0022\u003EHon DAMIEN O\u2019CONNOR\u003C/span\u003E: One thing that this Labour Government will do is commit to projects that are fully funded. What we had in the past\u2014and I can speak to two projects: one, the Arahura Bridge in my patch. Great fanfare on the West Coast about it when we announced it, but when we got into Government we found that there was not a cent; not one cent had been allocated to that project. There were a whole range of projects promised by National that had no funding, just as this National Party\u2014in Opposition\u2014is promising a lot and has yet to show how it will fund their programme. I ask the member over there to explain: the foreign money that his leader indicated would be coming into the roading system\u2014where would that foreign money come from?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000096\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002255d0b7a4-a2c9-4c38-9b77-475311a48a89\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002230ccac13a2c4408d8eabd7591abd40d7\u0022\u003ESimeon Brown\u003C/span\u003E: Can the Minister name one single major new roading infrastructure project started and completed under this Government?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000097\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022471dee54-f59e-4497-b3d3-c39044ce7169\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022d2791c51521445b9906695e8792b9c6d\u0022\u003EHon DAMIEN O\u2019CONNOR\u003C/span\u003E: If you just give me a moment here, I\u2019ll go to the 17, in fact\u201417, if you like! Mr Speaker, this may take a little longer than a normal reply. State Highway 12; Matakohe bridges in Northland, Glen Innes to T\u0101maki Drive Shared Path, Pakowhai/Links Road roundabout, State Highway 10, Taip\u0101 Bridge, Edendale Realignment, Hawke\u2019s Bay Expressway, Waimakariri Bridge safety and reliability improvements, Arahura Bridge\u2014oh, yeah: a number of these projects were not fully funded. They were started, as the member asked, when this Government came in, and they have been completed.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000098\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002255d0b7a4-a2c9-4c38-9b77-475311a48a89\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00229284aff3ba7745e0b113164061fe406f\u0022\u003ESimeon Brown\u003C/span\u003E: How does he expect New Zealanders to trust a single word from this Government on transport when all it has achieved to do is cancel a pipeline of infrastructure projects that has caused congestion and the state of our roads to worsen, and all they\u2019ve done is build a couple of roundabouts?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000099\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022471dee54-f59e-4497-b3d3-c39044ce7169\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002275ded7d9d82d4c658cb37e67b88830b0\u0022\u003EHon DAMIEN O\u2019CONNOR\u003C/span\u003E: The Government policy statement announced today is fully budgeted. As the Minister of Finance explained, it will include a small increase in excise\u2014it will cost the average person 44 cents a week\u2014but we will have fully funded and budgeted roading projects, unlike the previous Government. Can I say to the member and to the wider public: if you\u2014or if anyone; not you, Mr Speaker\u2014if anyone is to promise you more for less, they\u2019re usually a con artist. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000100\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubjectHeading\u0022 id=\u00223cda3dea270d431eb426db39f28ff723\u0022\u003EQuestion No. 7\u2014Defence\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022acf78260-1a45-46a5-bc98-1a34a13ec1d1\u0022 data-id=\u0022c32cc6865cf147548d1852d0ca97563f\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000101\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022acf78260-1a45-46a5-bc98-1a34a13ec1d1\u0022\u003E7. \u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022c32cc6865cf147548d1852d0ca97563f\u0022\u003EDAN ROSEWARNE (Labour)\u003C/span\u003E to the Minister of Defence: What recent announcements has he made about strengthening New Zealand\u2019s defence?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022106966ef-8cc3-434a-9dbe-dd76b708c2a1\u0022 data-id=\u0022a77ef862ff2541fba1052f5beefc6c0d\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000102\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022106966ef-8cc3-434a-9dbe-dd76b708c2a1\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022a77ef862ff2541fba1052f5beefc6c0d\u0022\u003EHon ANDREW LITTLE (Minister of Defence):\u003C/span\u003E A year ago, we commissioned the Defence Policy Review to provide a road map for the future of defence as part of the national security of New Zealand and to do so in the context of the rapidly changing conditions we see around us. On 4 August, I was privileged to release the first of two documents as part of that review. The Defence Policy and Strategy Statement\u2014the first of the documents\u2014sets out New Zealand\u2019s defence goals and how we seek to achieve them, now and into the future. The Future Force Design Principles\u2014the second of the documents\u2014is a bridge between the new defence strategy and the options for the investment required to deliver it. Alongside these documents, I also released the first National Security Strategy, Secure Together\u2014T\u014D T\u0101tou Korowai Manaaki, this Government\u2019s direction to the wider national security community on how to navigate the changed environment.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000103\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022acf78260-1a45-46a5-bc98-1a34a13ec1d1\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00220b67e5638f2446fa8185341a812d8f69\u0022\u003EDan Rosewarne\u003C/span\u003E: What is the Defence Policy and Strategy Statement?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000104\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022106966ef-8cc3-434a-9dbe-dd76b708c2a1\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022987c6d6c8ad4426982fa11d43ee00bf2\u0022\u003EHon ANDREW LITTLE\u003C/span\u003E: The strategy statement assesses the world as it is now from a defence perspective and identifies the principal challenges: climate change and strategic competition. Because we have a proudly independent foreign policy, we will pursue our interests in our own Kiwi way. The strategy statement is underpinned by four principles that represent some of the core of what it means to be a New Zealander: mana and pono, which is to be true or sincere and to act with integrity; kotahitanga, or unity or solidarity; kaitiakitanga, or guardianship for our whenua, our taonga, our region, our allies, partners, and friends, and for the climate and the natural environment; and then, fourthly, angitu, striving or success, meaning having a combat-capable and -ready force that protects New Zealand and our interests.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000105\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022acf78260-1a45-46a5-bc98-1a34a13ec1d1\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022821ca5207d27477babc42c7d0f8362c6\u0022\u003EDan Rosewarne\u003C/span\u003E: What are the Future Force Design Principles?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000106\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022106966ef-8cc3-434a-9dbe-dd76b708c2a1\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022064be9bd9a824ec6b1dd6f45f55c1f1c\u0022\u003EHon ANDREW LITTLE\u003C/span\u003E: The Future Force Design Principles are a guide for investment planning over the next 15 years. It lays out 11 guiding principles that need to be considered when deciding what defence capability is needed when making investment decisions and that are to be applied with varying degrees of priority. These principles include the extent of our combat capability, our resilience in the face of changing circumstances, our ability to expand or reduce our capacity, the strength and nature of our partnerships, and our embrace of leading technology.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000107\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022acf78260-1a45-46a5-bc98-1a34a13ec1d1\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022a5b6992565774179a75be1f2355e7f61\u0022\u003EDan Rosewarne\u003C/span\u003E: What are the next steps in the review following the release of these documents?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000108\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022106966ef-8cc3-434a-9dbe-dd76b708c2a1\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022965814c5b66d46ca94d9b8d7113127dd\u0022\u003EHon ANDREW LITTLE\u003C/span\u003E: The Defence Policy and Strategy Statement will be used alongside the Future Force Design Principles to commence work on a new Defence Capability Plan\u2014the last plan was completed in 2019. The new plan will align with the other strategic documents and will outline what resources, people, and capability are required to meet the challenges ahead.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000109\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022acf78260-1a45-46a5-bc98-1a34a13ec1d1\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00224397bce510ca494694158a49c91c319f\u0022\u003EDan Rosewarne\u003C/span\u003E: How were the strategy and design principles put together?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000110\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022106966ef-8cc3-434a-9dbe-dd76b708c2a1\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00228ac45ed173bc4cbaa76dac50fccc75f3\u0022\u003EHon ANDREW LITTLE\u003C/span\u003E: The development of the Defence Policy Review has included engagement across a broad array of stakeholder groups. This includes the public, defence industry, academia, Government agencies, and international partners including Fiji, Tonga, and Australia. I should add there were over 8,500 public survey responses that were received and fed into the documents. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000111\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubjectHeading\u0022 id=\u002220f8c44247d74065805f6e85b8e8db5a\u0022\u003EQuestion No. 8\u2014Police\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u002248a02a21-c1ac-4159-8789-485ad614bd01\u0022 data-id=\u002255675f1ef96743d094d22ded6926ed74\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000112\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002248a02a21-c1ac-4159-8789-485ad614bd01\u0022\u003E8. \u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u002255675f1ef96743d094d22ded6926ed74\u0022\u003EHon MARK MITCHELL (National\u2014Whangapar\u0101oa)\u003C/span\u003E to the Minister of Police: Does she stand by her statement, \u201CIt is my view that New Zealanders feel safer\u201D; if so, why?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022c21f4beb-20c4-4b12-bc6f-fdc931e2dc96\u0022 data-id=\u0022f1991865450446e4b7e2b0fe38b99b1a\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000113\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c21f4beb-20c4-4b12-bc6f-fdc931e2dc96\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022f1991865450446e4b7e2b0fe38b99b1a\u0022\u003EHon GINNY ANDERSEN (Minister of Police):\u003C/span\u003E Again, I stand by my full statement at that time it was given. It is my view that New Zealanders feel safer with a Government on track to deliver 1,800 extra police. We have now delivered on that commitment. I further stand by my commitments today that gang members and associates committing burglary, theft, fraud, breaches of bail, reckless driving, driving while disqualified, careless driving, drink-driving, or offences under the Search and Surveillance Act, criminal investigations Act, child protection Act, and the sentencing and parole Act are not minor infringements. It\u2019s a shame that that member thinks that they are.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000114\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002248a02a21-c1ac-4159-8789-485ad614bd01\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00226fdd25249cd4450b91267daa5436c234\u0022\u003EHon Mark Mitchell\u003C/span\u003E: Should Mongrel Mob gang members be able to wear their patches in public spaces?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000115\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c21f4beb-20c4-4b12-bc6f-fdc931e2dc96\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022351d1542ada34d1eb3e193da5e42bfb9\u0022\u003EHon GINNY ANDERSEN\u003C/span\u003E: If that member is referring to the law that was passed in Whanganui and then later on not implemented, it was proven to be unsuccessful and the former member, now passed away, from that team, the Hon Chester Borrows, also openly spoke that that was not an effective way of controlling gangs.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000116\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002248a02a21-c1ac-4159-8789-485ad614bd01\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022692e22523e7b409ea36df93588a8b1cf\u0022\u003EHon Mark Mitchell\u003C/span\u003E: Does the Minister think that Mongrel Mob members should be able to wear their patches in public?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000117\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c21f4beb-20c4-4b12-bc6f-fdc931e2dc96\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002293c9b860b5504b9a9d7305526cfef24f\u0022\u003EHon GINNY ANDERSEN\u003C/span\u003E: I believe I answered that question.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000118\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002248a02a21-c1ac-4159-8789-485ad614bd01\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00227b92b9e8bea44a9e8d071e079805c897\u0022\u003EHon Mark Mitchell\u003C/span\u003E: Is the Minister aware of legislation that I took through this House in 2013 that banned gang patches in schools and hospitals and public buildings has been a very effective tool for the police to apply pressure on gangs and stop gang patches from appearing in our schools and our hospitals?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000119\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c21f4beb-20c4-4b12-bc6f-fdc931e2dc96\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022b77e6c3b881146b9826c34336319354a\u0022\u003EHon GINNY ANDERSEN\u003C/span\u003E: Yes, I am aware of that legislation. I\u2019m also aware of an even more successful operation called Cobalt, which has brought 47,000 charges against gang members. I consider that to be a far more effective way of controlling gangs and it\u2019s a shame that that member undermines our front line by saying those offences are minor.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000120\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002248a02a21-c1ac-4159-8789-485ad614bd01\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022e77d2976f04f4a56a9d090a722cb2caa\u0022\u003EHon Mark Mitchell\u003C/span\u003E: So if the Police Minister is aware of that legislation and she\u2019s aware that it\u2019s been very successful for the police as a tool and it\u2019s made the public feel safer, then why does she continue to defend the Mongrel Mob and other gangs rights to wear their patches in public?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000121\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c21f4beb-20c4-4b12-bc6f-fdc931e2dc96\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00225ff63f9056b94092b905378e19cb00cd\u0022\u003EHon GINNY ANDERSEN\u003C/span\u003E: I did not defend that. All I stated was, a far more effective tool than the one the member had spoken about is law enforcement, with operations such as Cobalt, which, effectively, cripple organised criminal networks. I believe that taking guns off gangs and charging them with offences is a far more effective tool than giving them a ticket to hang out together and taking their jacket off them.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000122\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubjectHeading\u0022 id=\u0022d6eb4b2a493c47199c42e4e53990711e\u0022\u003EQuestion No. 9\u2014Police\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u002217bfa49a-da49-4001-9466-0b4bfd70b3f3\u0022 data-id=\u0022bad872dab5bc4fc4b8fe7f7a49261bbe\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000123\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002217bfa49a-da49-4001-9466-0b4bfd70b3f3\u0022\u003E9. \u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022bad872dab5bc4fc4b8fe7f7a49261bbe\u0022\u003EDr EMILY HENDERSON (Labour\u2014Whang\u0101rei)\u003C/span\u003E to the Minister of Police: What progress has been made on delivering the firearms registry?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022c21f4beb-20c4-4b12-bc6f-fdc931e2dc96\u0022 data-id=\u00223709a35ef812409b83bdf57c44b3a0b1\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000124\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c21f4beb-20c4-4b12-bc6f-fdc931e2dc96\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00223709a35ef812409b83bdf57c44b3a0b1\u0022\u003EHon GINNY ANDERSEN (Minister of Police):\u003C/span\u003E This Government is delivering on its commitment to implement the firearms register in response to the recommendation made by the royal commission of inquiry following the terrorist attacks on 15 March. Since launching 55 days ago, 5,862 licence holders have registered 25,653 firearms and 1,044 firearms parts to the new register. Firearms dealers are also showing excellent engagement in the system and have so far submitted 6,396 sales and transactions. Given most firearms holders will have five years to register their firearms, this progress just over 55 days demonstrates an excellent start to the new register. I\u2019m really happy with how police and licensed firearm holders are demonstrating the seriousness with which they take their responsibilities.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000125\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002217bfa49a-da49-4001-9466-0b4bfd70b3f3\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00223dff85ce40e44e26a106de60a8d55364\u0022\u003EDr Emily Henderson\u003C/span\u003E: What support are police providing firearms licence holders to register their firearms?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000126\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c21f4beb-20c4-4b12-bc6f-fdc931e2dc96\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00222df3c8bc9c6f48e687471d0f7d16bbc2\u0022\u003EHon GINNY ANDERSEN\u003C/span\u003E: Nearly 60 percent of the registrations so far have come through the online portal MyFirearms, which is a safe, secure, and effective way for licensed firearms holders to register their firearms. The other 40 percent have registered their firearms through the call centre, which is currently averaging only 12 seconds for a call to be answered. I understand from Te Tari P\u016Breke and the Firearms Safety Authority that those firearms licence holders have a positive experience when they call and deal with the registry team directly. Te Tari P\u016Breke are also available to talk to firearm licence holders and discuss their obligations and support them through these changes.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000127\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002217bfa49a-da49-4001-9466-0b4bfd70b3f3\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00222c124fcbc0be40d0be5b9d530cab4296\u0022\u003EDr Emily Henderson\u003C/span\u003E: How does the registry help keep police and the community safer?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000128\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c21f4beb-20c4-4b12-bc6f-fdc931e2dc96\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002248586a0577d645df9504993e85b8fe25\u0022\u003EHon GINNY ANDERSEN\u003C/span\u003E: The registry is about making our community safer by stemming the flow of firearms to criminals, gangs, and terrorists. The new registry will make it easier for us to identify those who would seek to be in the possession of or diverting firearms for unlawful or criminal purposes. While many of the benefits of the registry will take some time, the registry has already stopped at least two suspended or revoked licence holders from purchasing firearms, where previously they would have done so unlawfully. In one example, the person suspended from their licence tried to purchase a firearm later in the day but failed due to the registry alerting the dealer.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000129\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002217bfa49a-da49-4001-9466-0b4bfd70b3f3\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022a1568bb2f3b540faa4c78d24f6747a5d\u0022\u003EDr Emily Henderson\u003C/span\u003E: What further reports has she seen on police targeting organised crime?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000130\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c21f4beb-20c4-4b12-bc6f-fdc931e2dc96\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022617aabbfbe374e698a56208c25b962e8\u0022\u003EHon GINNY ANDERSEN\u003C/span\u003E: A recent survey commissioned by Gun Control NZ, as undertaken by Horizon Research, demonstrated overwhelming support for the gun register in New Zealand. The survey found that support from 71 percent of New Zealand adults, including a majority of ACT Party voters. Licensed firearm holders are also on board too, with only 22 percent of gun owners opposing the registry. Given the gun register has overwhelming support from the public, from the licensed firearm holders community, from the Police Association, and even some majority of ACT Party voters, I remain surprised the Opposition won\u2019t make retaining it a bottom line in their policy. It\u2019s very clear that the firearms register is only safe with a Labour-led Government.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000131\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubjectHeading\u0022 id=\u0022d8a014b110f1416abbc7cbca7ec9f05b\u0022\u003EQuestion No. 10\u2014Cyclone Recovery\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022f96cdca1-b63c-4602-b2b3-276f58ebb518\u0022 data-id=\u0022c14641fc9cd448bba535b1479dc31455\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000132\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f96cdca1-b63c-4602-b2b3-276f58ebb518\u0022\u003E10. \u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022c14641fc9cd448bba535b1479dc31455\u0022\u003ECHRIS PENK (National\u2014Kaipara ki Mahurangi)\u003C/span\u003E to the Minister for Cyclone Recovery: Does he stand by all of his actions in relation to the Government\u2019s response to Cyclone Gabrielle?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u00226007dc96-f459-4cdd-9972-4fde2c994088\u0022 data-id=\u002286d14e20eb1840c283ab391e4267c025\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000133\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226007dc96-f459-4cdd-9972-4fde2c994088\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u002286d14e20eb1840c283ab391e4267c025\u0022\u003EHon GRANT ROBERTSON (Minister for Cyclone Recovery):\u003C/span\u003E Yes, I do stand by my actions in relation to the response to Cyclone Gabrielle, in the context of a complex and challenging environment. We\u2019ve allocated close to $2 billion in support to cyclone-affected areas for everything ranging from roads and rail to sediment and debris removal, small business grants, housing assistance, mental health support, and support for our schools. I do acknowledge that this is a very challenging and difficult time for those who have been impacted, and we are moving as quickly as we possibly can to provide them with support, and we will continue to do so.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000134\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f96cdca1-b63c-4602-b2b3-276f58ebb518\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002227647839b6644743ad5cbfa10c7642fb\u0022\u003EChris Penk\u003C/span\u003E: What response did the Minister give to local delivery partners tasked with distributing cyclone recovery funding when allegations of fraud were raised by them with the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) several months ago?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000135\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226007dc96-f459-4cdd-9972-4fde2c994088\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022eb3cc7e30bad4496a3242963381dca38\u0022\u003EHon GRANT ROBERTSON\u003C/span\u003E: MBIE stayed in contact with the local delivery partners throughout the small business grant process. Many local delivery partners had their own systems in place, which, in fact, saw many people\u2019s applications denied because they weren\u2019t appropriate. It\u2019s the nature of a locally led response in order to get the money out the door quickly. We provided that money to those local delivery partners and then MBIE continued to support them.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000136\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f96cdca1-b63c-4602-b2b3-276f58ebb518\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022e935bea63b0242129f88535757246607\u0022\u003EChris Penk\u003C/span\u003E: In the light of those allegations of fraud now having translated into Serious Fraud Office prosecutions, does the Minister stand by the hands-off approach taken in relation to the so-called locally led response?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000137\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226007dc96-f459-4cdd-9972-4fde2c994088\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022d507a6bb454f4958ba9eed42f30ae057\u0022\u003EHon GRANT ROBERTSON\u003C/span\u003E: Well, the Serious Fraud Office, of course, undertakes a range of investigations that neither the member nor I actually are fully aware of or whether they even exist. What I would say is that the Serious Fraud Office, working alongside local delivery partners, is actually a useful thing in order to make sure that if any fraud is found, they can stamp down on it. Without prejudging any investigations that may or may not be taking place, the reality is that in these kinds of systems there will be people\u2014only a few\u2014who will attempt to defraud a system. We expect that to be cracked down on.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000138\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f96cdca1-b63c-4602-b2b3-276f58ebb518\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002206d53641be514812926314d042747df7\u0022\u003EChris Penk\u003C/span\u003E: How does the Minister think that businesses under-compensated by the scheme now feel?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000139\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226007dc96-f459-4cdd-9972-4fde2c994088\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00228e01fe20e8514b36bc8d0f38458b8612\u0022\u003EHon GRANT ROBERTSON\u003C/span\u003E: I don\u2019t agree with the assertion in that question.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000140\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f96cdca1-b63c-4602-b2b3-276f58ebb518\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00222c4de5abfad1428b9e4dc901e15fb123\u0022\u003EChris Penk\u003C/span\u003E: Point of order. I seek the leave of the House to table Official Information Act responses in relation to possible fraud allegations that were made and advised to MBIE which are not, to the best of my knowledge, publicly available.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000141\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a434482b-7ac1-4862-9ce7-13e63289dee3\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00225e4d58f07d1b4352bd9dba51588381bf\u0022\u003ESPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: Leave is sought for that purpose. Is there any objection? Appears to be none.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000142\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a434482b-7ac1-4862-9ce7-13e63289dee3\u0022\u003EDocument, by leave, laid on the Table of the House.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000143\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f96cdca1-b63c-4602-b2b3-276f58ebb518\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022ed2954ab6e7942c98ff082554399bb38\u0022\u003EChris Penk\u003C/span\u003E: Why is it that more than six months since Cyclone Gabrielle hit, zero buy-out offers have been made, no time line given for these, there are still properties yet to be categorised, and homeowners are yet to be advised how much they will be compensated to leave their unlivable properties?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000144\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226007dc96-f459-4cdd-9972-4fde2c994088\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002276279f3d66954e18ba5522a30d7e969a\u0022\u003EHon GRANT ROBERTSON\u003C/span\u003E: As I indicated in my primary answer, this is a complex and difficult environment and it\u2019s one where this Government has taken a very clear decision that this should be a locally led recovery, on the basis of the feedback we\u2019ve had from local regions, supported centrally. We do, of course, have an agreement in Hawke\u2019s Bay, and they expect to be making their buy-outs within about a month or so from now. We\u2019re in negotiations with Tair\u0101whiti and the Auckland areas, and those are progressing well. As I noted, again, in my primary answer, this is a really difficult and challenging time for people involved. We\u2019ve been supporting them in the meantime while we get to that final buy-out place. We are getting very close to that in all regions.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000145\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubjectHeading\u0022 id=\u0022a80b5d12ea2c4733ac7015e4c9a367ab\u0022\u003EQuestion No. 11\u2014Justice\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u00220f7d126e-c18d-4466-9ebe-d424ae5c4bf6\u0022 data-id=\u0022dfe8246d60de4ec39c710c1cb0b0cc49\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000146\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220f7d126e-c18d-4466-9ebe-d424ae5c4bf6\u0022\u003E11. \u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022dfe8246d60de4ec39c710c1cb0b0cc49\u0022\u003ERAWIRI WAITITI (Co-Leader\u2014Te Paati M\u0101ori)\u003C/span\u003E to the Minister of Justice: Does she stand by all her Government\u2019s actions and policies?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022c21f4beb-20c4-4b12-bc6f-fdc931e2dc96\u0022 data-id=\u00224a60ec10d446438aa37ac82efd64f80d\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000147\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c21f4beb-20c4-4b12-bc6f-fdc931e2dc96\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00224a60ec10d446438aa37ac82efd64f80d\u0022\u003EHon GINNY ANDERSEN (Minister of Justice):\u003C/span\u003E Yes, in their full context.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000148\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220f7d126e-c18d-4466-9ebe-d424ae5c4bf6\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00229ee4f523d5224fd683441831b009719a\u0022\u003ERawiri Waititi\u003C/span\u003E: What evidence has the Minister seen that heavy sentences or the removal of evidence that allows a judge to waive sentence options, such as cultural assessment reports, will act as a deterrent to crime?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000149\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c21f4beb-20c4-4b12-bc6f-fdc931e2dc96\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00224bca681a8ab844aebd5c364e3b41f89f\u0022\u003EHon GINNY ANDERSEN\u003C/span\u003E: I have already spoken in this House regarding the section\u00A027 cultural reports. These have been around since 2002, when the Sentencing Act was first enacted. I have undertaken to take a look at these, as it seems to be, currently, a cottage industry around those who are generating them. I stand by the view that my goal as a Minister of Justice is to make sure that there are good plans in place to make sure that there is equitable access to M\u0101ori.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000150\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220f7d126e-c18d-4466-9ebe-d424ae5c4bf6\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022b3cc23e2c7bd4696a52cb2d46c7d3548\u0022\u003ERawiri Waititi\u003C/span\u003E: Point of order, Mr. Speaker. I specifically talked about cultural assessment reports. I just want clarification, just for my own understanding, what the difference is between a cultural assessment report and a cottage industry.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000151\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a434482b-7ac1-4862-9ce7-13e63289dee3\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002289748c4f419e44b5b460f3c17c1b7ab0\u0022\u003ESPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: Yeah, the member\u2019s got further supplementaries, I understand. The question that he asked was addressed. So you have to think really carefully about what question you\u2019re going to put and the answer that you\u2019re likely to get.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000152\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220f7d126e-c18d-4466-9ebe-d424ae5c4bf6\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002224c3525861ee4552a85e143ef9e896ce\u0022\u003ERawiri Waititi\u003C/span\u003E: Is the Minister aware that tax evasion costs this country up to $7\u00A0billion a year, and, if so, will she set up a task force, like Operation Tauwhiro and Operation Cobalt, to target white-collar crime, or is she too preoccupied with crimes of poverty such as theft and drug use?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000153\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c21f4beb-20c4-4b12-bc6f-fdc931e2dc96\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00224af8ea778a1241c2a0fd52bdf4d207da\u0022\u003EHon GINNY ANDERSEN\u003C/span\u003E: Tax evasion is a serious case indeed\u2014however, that is the responsibility for the Minister of Revenue.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000154\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220f7d126e-c18d-4466-9ebe-d424ae5c4bf6\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002218841906e3f0430bb974136b489bc248\u0022\u003ERawiri Waititi\u003C/span\u003E: Is the Minister aware that Aotearoa\u2014sorry, not Aotearoa; New Zealand\u2014has the highest rate of incarceration for indigenous women in the world, and, if so, what is she doing to reduce that number?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000155\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c21f4beb-20c4-4b12-bc6f-fdc931e2dc96\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022f7af195b5f4e4da09e25229da9374f8e\u0022\u003EHon GINNY ANDERSEN\u003C/span\u003E: I am aware of that statistic, and there are a number of initiatives in place and practical examples of where the justice system attempts to address that inequity in our systems. Te Huringa o Te Tai, led by New Zealand Police, focuses on the root causes of repeat offending, and police\u2019s reframed strategy aims to improve front-line practices, to keep our people out of court and prison, and to address the underlying causes of offending, through co-design and joint delivery with initiatives with M\u0101ori. H\u014Dkai Rangi is a five-year programme of concrete actions to help eliminate overrepresentation of M\u0101ori in the criminal justice system, led by Ara Poutama Aotearoa, the Department of Corrections. The District Court\u2019s Te Ao M\u0101rama kaupapa, which is supported by the Ministry of Justice, incorporates best-practice approaches from existing specialist courts, including involving iwi in decision making at a local level.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000156\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220f7d126e-c18d-4466-9ebe-d424ae5c4bf6\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00222ebd10fbd07640289ed63eca2a0badc3\u0022\u003ERawiri Waititi\u003C/span\u003E: Will the Minister support Te Paati M\u0101ori policy to establish an independent M\u0101ori justice authority to deal with the systemic racism of the justice system against M\u0101ori, and, if not, why not?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000157\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c21f4beb-20c4-4b12-bc6f-fdc931e2dc96\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022d1c243cd9d51438ca66ad5efff22f622\u0022\u003EHon GINNY ANDERSEN\u003C/span\u003E: The Government has no current plans to progress a M\u0101ori justice authority. The three wide initiatives I\u2019ve already spoken to are good examples of where our justice system is addressing the current inequities with M\u0101ori within our criminal justice system.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000158\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubjectHeading\u0022 id=\u00227e0bc0ac67534e4193b8641ca7ed9a85\u0022\u003EQuestion No. 12\u2014M\u0101ori Development\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u00227ec53e32-05ab-4c6b-a080-4024e72a9099\u0022 data-id=\u0022bbd7312133d445838eb5deadd624b6c2\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000159\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00227ec53e32-05ab-4c6b-a080-4024e72a9099\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022bbd7312133d445838eb5deadd624b6c2\u0022\u003EDr ELIZABETH KEREKERE:\u003C/span\u003E T\u0113n\u0101 koe e te M\u0101ngai o te Whare. Ko t\u0113nei te r\u0101 whakamutunga ka k\u014Drero i t\u0113nei Whare, ko te r\u0101 wh\u0101nau hoki o t\u014Dku matua kua whet\u016Brangitia.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000160\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00227ec53e32-05ab-4c6b-a080-4024e72a9099\u0022\u003E[Thank you, Mr Speaker. This is the last day that I will speak in this House; it is also the birthday of my late father.] \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000161\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00227ec53e32-05ab-4c6b-a080-4024e72a9099\u0022\u003ESo, on this last day speaking in this House, I acknowledge the birthday of my late father, Karauria Tarao \u201CBison\u201D Kerekere.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u00227ec53e32-05ab-4c6b-a080-4024e72a9099\u0022 data-id=\u002253c100afb9214c538c06ca6ee68c7962\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000162\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00227ec53e32-05ab-4c6b-a080-4024e72a9099\u0022\u003E12. \u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u002253c100afb9214c538c06ca6ee68c7962\u0022\u003EDr ELIZABETH KEREKERE\u003C/span\u003E to the Minister for M\u0101ori Development: Does he support the principles contained within the preamble of Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993; if so, does he believe M\u0101ori should have control over M\u0101ori land?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022f317ee7d-f040-44ec-8f2f-ad0a9f206d75\u0022 data-id=\u0022d79bb33adec7464596fef7f494f5330d\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000163\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f317ee7d-f040-44ec-8f2f-ad0a9f206d75\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022d79bb33adec7464596fef7f494f5330d\u0022\u003EHon WILLIE JACKSON (Minister for M\u0101ori Development):\u003C/span\u003E Tuatahi, me mihi ki a koe, e te whanaunga, m\u014D t\u014D k\u014Drero ataahua inanahi, t\u0113nei te mihi ki a koe. With respect to your p\u0101tai, yes, absolutely, tautoko.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000164\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f317ee7d-f040-44ec-8f2f-ad0a9f206d75\u0022\u003E[Firstly, I acknowledge you, my relative, for your beautiful speech yesterday, I acknowledge you. With respect to your question, yes, absolutely, I support.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000165\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00227ec53e32-05ab-4c6b-a080-4024e72a9099\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00226b43bcc62f574e708b63f8139edba519\u0022\u003EDr Elizabeth Kerekere\u003C/span\u003E: Does he agree that ending perpetual leases on M\u0101ori land, like that of Tina Olsen-Ratana and her wh\u0101nau in Tokomaru Bay, would reaffirm the protection of rangatiratanga embodied in Te Tiriti o Waitangi?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000166\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f317ee7d-f040-44ec-8f2f-ad0a9f206d75\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00225be113988d224bcea52fded96f81e053\u0022\u003EHon WILLIE JACKSON\u003C/span\u003E: Yes, I think I agree with that too. Perpetual leases are a complex issue that has been ongoing for many years. Many of the M\u0101ori members have been\u2014and I think some of the Opposition, too\u2014involved in this. Perpetual leases, which make up M\u0101ori reserve lands, have been the subject of much scrutiny and debate over their more-than-120-year existence.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000167\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e6b4dc55-3561-49a8-a871-ae005354ef90\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022f5895212c3eb4db0b26697befc854c1d\u0022\u003EHon Gerry Brownlee\u003C/span\u003E: Labour and the Greens blocked reforms.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000168\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f317ee7d-f040-44ec-8f2f-ad0a9f206d75\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022e38de320132a4e6fb18205d77800ee04\u0022\u003EHon WILLIE JACKSON\u003C/span\u003E: Shush up, Gerry. M\u0101ori reserve lands were created by legislation from the late 19th century. Under legislation, these lands have been subject to conditions that were imposed without the agreement of the M\u0101ori owners. In \u201997 and \u201998, significant reforms were made which saw the owners of M\u0101ori reserve land leases receive compensation for their past losses and also changed the arrangements on leases to move them to a more commercial arrangement. I acknowledge this kaupapa. It\u2019s a very heavy kaupapa and something that I think we do have to deal with, but, unfortunately, there are so many other kaupapa that this Government has dealt with over the last six years, like increasing the funding for M\u0101ori. We had a National Party who gave M\u0101ori crumbs, we\u2019ve made record investment in terms of Wh\u0101nau Ora, setting up a M\u0101ori Health Authority, and doing so much for the M\u0101ori nation. But I mihi to my whanaunga over there for this p\u0101tai. It\u2019s certainly a challenge we need to take up.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000169\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00227ec53e32-05ab-4c6b-a080-4024e72a9099\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00223df899d259064f19bb09045f4bc8930b\u0022\u003EDr Elizabeth Kerekere\u003C/span\u003E: Does he agree that supporting the collective vision of Te Waimana Kaaku o T\u016Bhoe to put houses on their whenua would represent protecting rangatiratanga of hap\u016B as identified in Te Ture Whenua Maori?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000170\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f317ee7d-f040-44ec-8f2f-ad0a9f206d75\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022b6c656fb3ab946fba4d919fa7c7e54e6\u0022\u003EHon WILLIE JACKSON\u003C/span\u003E: Well, again, I have to agree with the member there. Minister Peeni Henare, I think, has managed that situation very well over the last year or two, after the member herself had brought the kaupapa in front of the House. We mihi to her for her challenge to us, because that\u2019s what it\u2019s all about, and the member has done it in a very good way. We are aware that some of the parties in Waimana Valley are seeking to develop their land. I understand that there are matters that are being worked through relating to representation between the respective governance entities and representative bodies present in that area. I would expect those matters would be best resolved amongst themselves, because you have whanaunga, I suppose, working and competing against each other. But I know Minister Henare, as I said, handled this and managed this well with Matt Te Pou at the time.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000171\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00227ec53e32-05ab-4c6b-a080-4024e72a9099\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00228138a60afa40477090acc758a076d23b\u0022\u003EDr Elizabeth Kerekere\u003C/span\u003E: What does he say to M\u0101ori land owners who want to put houses or build businesses on their whenua but are prevented from doing so when Te Ture Whenua Maori does not require ahu whenua trustees to abide by the will of M\u0101ori land owners?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000172\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f317ee7d-f040-44ec-8f2f-ad0a9f206d75\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00222a5aa12d904249889a66f3dab1705289\u0022\u003EHon WILLIE JACKSON\u003C/span\u003E: Ahu whenua trusts are established to govern land, and they\u2019re usually established to operate for the benefit of their beneficiaries, which would comprise the broader M\u0101ori owner group. I understand that ahu whenua trustees are required to abide by the terms of the trusts, which are set by the M\u0101ori Land Court on behalf of beneficiaries. Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993 provides processes to change the terms of the trust and the trustees through the M\u0101ori Land Court at the beneficiaries\u2019 request.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000173\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00227ec53e32-05ab-4c6b-a080-4024e72a9099\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022165067815c244f78acac5e0c7b6024f4\u0022\u003EDr Elizabeth Kerekere\u003C/span\u003E: Will the Minister agree to\u2014and I quote\u2014\u201Cprovide urgent resourcing to the M\u0101ori Land Court to enable the court to deliver their full purpose to provide service to owners of M\u0101ori land as set out in Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993, as recommended in Outrage to optimism: Report of the Ministerial Inquiry into land uses associated with the mobilisation of woody debris (including forestry slash) and sediment in Tairawhiti/Gisborne District and Wairoa District\u201D, and, if so, when?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000174\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f317ee7d-f040-44ec-8f2f-ad0a9f206d75\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002272a0aa41d635464b885dfe41a9c512bf\u0022\u003EHon WILLIE JACKSON\u003C/span\u003E: Again, I understand the p\u0101tai\u2014a very appropriate one. I\u2019m aware of some anecdotal indications that the M\u0101ori Land Court may require more resourcing, and I understand that the matter has been considered recently. However, with respect to the member, I\u2019m not the Minister responsible for that\u2014that responsibility actually comes under the Minister for Courts. But, again, I thank the member for that p\u0101tai. Kia ora.\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=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000175\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubjectHeading\u0022 id=\u002243d1f363d233497e9728ffa4b69e908a\u0022\u003EWhakat\u014Dhea Claims Settlement Bill\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000176\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubproceedingHeading\u0022 id=\u0022f34fe3651e884cba849d03d9679c6e3d\u0022\u003EFirst Reading\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022a434482b-7ac1-4862-9ce7-13e63289dee3\u0022 data-id=\u002247aff5121818405cb1fdbe3cd9eb1e11\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000177\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a434482b-7ac1-4862-9ce7-13e63289dee3\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u002247aff5121818405cb1fdbe3cd9eb1e11\u0022\u003ESPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: Before I call the Hon Andrew Little, can I ask members leaving the Chamber to do so quickly and quietly, thank you.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022106966ef-8cc3-434a-9dbe-dd76b708c2a1\u0022 data-id=\u0022b8ed4f3c4dec409e8bd25f8a46f4b783\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000178\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022106966ef-8cc3-434a-9dbe-dd76b708c2a1\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022b8ed4f3c4dec409e8bd25f8a46f4b783\u0022\u003EHon ANDREW LITTLE (Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations):\u003C/span\u003E I present a legislative statement on the Whakat\u014Dhea Claims Settlement Bill.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000179\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a434482b-7ac1-4862-9ce7-13e63289dee3\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022087318aa595f4fa38486dd5f0b6aa9ca\u0022\u003ESPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: That legislative statement is published under the authority of the House and can be found on the Parliament website.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000180\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022106966ef-8cc3-434a-9dbe-dd76b708c2a1\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022cb8d462768b94300b18ed80ca59ead52\u0022\u003EHon ANDREW LITTLE\u003C/span\u003E: I move, That the Whakat\u014Dhea Claims Settlement Bill be now read a first time. I nominate the M\u0101ori Affairs Committee to consider the bill.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000181\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022106966ef-8cc3-434a-9dbe-dd76b708c2a1\u0022\u003ET\u0101kiri mai ana te ata ki runga o ng\u0101kau m\u0101rohirohi, k\u014Drihi ana te manu kaupapa, ka ao, ka ao, ka awatea. Tihei mauri ora.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000182\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022106966ef-8cc3-434a-9dbe-dd76b708c2a1\u0022\u003EE mihi ana ki a koutou kua tau mai nei i runga i te karanga o te kaupapa o te r\u0101, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou katoa. E mihi ana ki te hunga mate, haere, haere, haere atu r\u0101. T\u0101tou te hunga ora, t\u0113n\u0101 t\u0101tou.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000183\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022106966ef-8cc3-434a-9dbe-dd76b708c2a1\u0022\u003EKia whakam\u0101nawatia te mana o \u0113nei whenua, Te \u0100tiawa, ko Toa Rangatira, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou katoa.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000184\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022106966ef-8cc3-434a-9dbe-dd76b708c2a1\u0022\u003ET\u0113nei au, otir\u0101 m\u0101tou te K\u0101wanatanga e mihi ana ki te kaupapa o te w\u0101. Te Whakat\u014Dhea, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou, t\u0113n\u0101 t\u0101tou katoa.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000185\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022106966ef-8cc3-434a-9dbe-dd76b708c2a1\u0022\u003E[Dawn breaks upon a resolute heart, the bird chorus of this issue now sings, a new dawn leads to the full light of day. Vitality and health to all.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000186\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022106966ef-8cc3-434a-9dbe-dd76b708c2a1\u0022\u003EThanks and greetings to you all who have responded to the call of this issue to be here today. I acknowledge those who have passed, may you rest in peace. Us the living, welcome one and all.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000187\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022106966ef-8cc3-434a-9dbe-dd76b708c2a1\u0022\u003ELet the authority of these lands be acknowledged; Te \u0100tiawa, Toa Rangatira, greetings to you all.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000188\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022106966ef-8cc3-434a-9dbe-dd76b708c2a1\u0022\u003EI, indeed we the Government, acknowledge the present issue. Te Whakat\u014Dhea, greetings and thanks to you, indeed to us all.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000189\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022106966ef-8cc3-434a-9dbe-dd76b708c2a1\u0022\u003EIt\u2019s my honour and privilege to be here today to support the Whakat\u014Dhea Claims Settlement Bill for its first reading. Again, in te reo P\u0101keh\u0101, I welcome Whakat\u014Dhea. I enjoyed some kai with them at Pipitea Marae at lunchtime today, enjoyed some k\u014Drero, and, as you often do, even after engaging with an iwi over some years, I still learn new things.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000190\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022106966ef-8cc3-434a-9dbe-dd76b708c2a1\u0022\u003EOne of those things is that with this long journey, this lengthy journey that goes back 30 or more years\u2014the agreement in principle that underpins the redress contained in this bill was signed exactly six years ago today. Of course, the Crown representative signing it was my predecessor, the Hon Chris Finlayson. It just tells you how difficult and challenging and lengthy sometimes these journeys can be.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000191\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022106966ef-8cc3-434a-9dbe-dd76b708c2a1\u0022\u003EBut I know that for Whakat\u014Dhea this journey has been a long one and, as we mark this milestone, because that\u2019s what it is at this point, we pay tribute to Whakat\u014Dhea leaders and the many wh\u0101nau members who have passed on before they could witness this milestone. All who have passed are in our thoughts and their spirits are felt with us today. I particularly want to acknowledge Ruka Hudson, a Vietnam veteran and beloved member of Whakat\u014Dhea, who passed away in June: moe mai r\u0101.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000192\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022106966ef-8cc3-434a-9dbe-dd76b708c2a1\u0022\u003ETo those members who\u2019ve travelled down to Wellington to join us here in Parliament and be in the gallery, and to those who haven\u2019t been able to be here in person but are listening remotely, I welcome you to this House, to your House. As I said to you at lunchtime, right now, for this bill, this is Whakat\u014Dhea\u2019s House, this is Whakat\u014Dhea\u2019s day. To Whakat\u014Dhea: you have shown strength and determination in reaching this point.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000193\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022106966ef-8cc3-434a-9dbe-dd76b708c2a1\u0022\u003EWhakat\u014Dhea have been served over the years by courageous and committed negotiators and advisers. To Robert Edwards, Graeme Riesterer, and the Whakat\u014Dhea Pre Settlement Claims Trust, I thank you all for your hard work as you represented Whakat\u014Dhea throughout these negotiations. Robert\u2014again learning new things, even this far into the process\u2014I want to acknowledge the marking of your 90th birthday just a short while ago, indeed not long after we signed the deed of settlement. So congratulations and happy birthday. I want to acknowledge also Vaughan Payne, chair of Te T\u0101wharau o Whakat\u014Dhea, the Whakat\u014Dhea Post Settlement Governance Entity. I wish you and the initial trustees well as you guide Whakat\u014Dhea to the trustee elections later this year. I acknowledge the negotiators Maui Hudson and Jason Pou and their support team led by Arihia Tuoro and Gina Smith for their significant contributions to this settlement.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000194\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022106966ef-8cc3-434a-9dbe-dd76b708c2a1\u0022\u003EOn the Crown side, I acknowledge the work of my predecessor, the Hon Chris Finlayson, who, as I said, reached the agreement in principle. I thank also the Chief Crown Negotiator Glen Webber, my ministerial colleagues, Crown agencies, and local authorities for their support to achieve the settlement.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000195\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022106966ef-8cc3-434a-9dbe-dd76b708c2a1\u0022\u003EWhakat\u014Dhea have been seeking justice from the Crown for generations. They first petitioned this House in 1914 for the Crown to inquire into and provide compensation for the confiscation of Whakat\u014Dhea lands. That petition was unsuccessful. However, Whakat\u014Dhea continued to petition the Crown, with many members contributing to those efforts. In 1946, Whakat\u014Dhea received a small amount of compensation for those confiscations. However, much harm had already been done and the real effects of the Crown\u2019s actions were never addressed.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000196\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022106966ef-8cc3-434a-9dbe-dd76b708c2a1\u0022\u003EIn the 1990s, Whakat\u014Dhea were among the first iwi to enter settlement negotiations with the Crown, and in 1996 they initialled a deed of settlement. That deed of settlement was never put to ratification, because of concerns about the scope and sufficiency of the settlement, and I\u2019m pleased that many of those who took part in the 1990s process, no matter their view at the time, are here in support today. The current settlement negotiations began in 2016, more than 100 years on from that initial petition and 30 years on from initial negotiations. It\u2019s right that the Crown acknowledges and apologises for its wrongs and honours its commitments.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000197\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022106966ef-8cc3-434a-9dbe-dd76b708c2a1\u0022\u003EThis settlement is grounded in the Crown\u2019s acknowledgment and apology for its many breaches of Te Tiriti. I formally delivered the Crown apology to Whakat\u014Dhea at the deed signing in May this year, during a ceremony where the enduring hurt of Whakat\u014Dhea was felt by all present. That day emphasised the real importance of the Crown recognising and acknowledging its wrongdoing. During that ceremony, I also recounted the Crown breach acknowledgments recorded in the deed of settlement. These breaches were some of the worst committed by the Crown.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000198\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022106966ef-8cc3-434a-9dbe-dd76b708c2a1\u0022\u003EIn 1865, the Crown invaded \u014Cp\u014Dtiki and waged war on Whakat\u014Dhea. Crown troops killed many members of Whakat\u014Dhea, including non-combatants, and adopted a scorched earth policy destroying homes, crops, livestock, and taonga. The Crown failed to return the body of Tio Te K\u0101hikahika after he had been killed and desecrated by Crown troops. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000199\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022106966ef-8cc3-434a-9dbe-dd76b708c2a1\u0022\u003EThe Crown did not act in good faith in its treatment and execution of Mokomoko, causing the stigmatisation of Te Wh\u0101nau a Mokomoko. I acknowledge the k\u014Drero and mamae that Te Wh\u0101nau a Mokomoko expressed during the deed signing ceremony, and I confirm again that I remain committed to a tangible tribute in honour of Mokomoko.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000200\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022106966ef-8cc3-434a-9dbe-dd76b708c2a1\u0022\u003EThe Crown confiscated most of Whakat\u014Dhea\u2019s productive lands and forced hap\u016B into insufficient reserves. The Crown\u2019s actions caused Whakat\u014Dhea to live with economic, cultural, and spiritual loss and created divisions between wh\u0101nau and hap\u016B. The Crown alone was responsible for these Treaty breaches and it is only right for the Crown to apologise to Te Whakat\u014Dhea.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000201\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022106966ef-8cc3-434a-9dbe-dd76b708c2a1\u0022\u003EIn recognising the harm caused by the Crown, we have worked with Whakat\u014Dhea to build a redress package that addresses these grievances and recognises the strong spiritual and ancestral connection that Te Whakat\u014Dhea has to their whenua and moana.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000202\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022106966ef-8cc3-434a-9dbe-dd76b708c2a1\u0022\u003EThe settlement redress package includes the transfer of 33 sites of cultural significance and 18 commercial properties; the reservation of 5,000 hectares of sea space to be reserved in the coastal marine area in which only Whakat\u014Dhea may apply for permits for aquaculture activities. This redress is a first in Treaty settlements and it will complement the Whakat\u014Dhea aquaculture strategy, which is already bringing benefits to Whakat\u014Dhea and \u014Cp\u014Dtiki.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000203\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022106966ef-8cc3-434a-9dbe-dd76b708c2a1\u0022\u003EThe package also includes financial, commercial, and cultural redress funds of $100\u00A0million; bespoke arrangements for conservation and natural resource management; and relationship agreements with core Crown agencies.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000204\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022106966ef-8cc3-434a-9dbe-dd76b708c2a1\u0022\u003EToday is about looking forward to the future while acknowledging the past and the long and difficult journey it has taken to get here. No settlement can fully compensate for the wrongdoing of the Crown or compensate Whakat\u014Dhea for the hurt they have endured. But it is my hope that the redress contained in this bill will mark the beginning of a strengthened relationship between Whakat\u014Dhea and the Crown and support Whakat\u014Dhea\u2019s aspirations for a prosperous future for their people.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000205\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022106966ef-8cc3-434a-9dbe-dd76b708c2a1\u0022\u003EI propose that the bill should proceed without delay to the M\u0101ori Affairs Committee. I commend this bill to the House. 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=\u002202e74c40-9529-4e15-adc2-c032eadc2205\u0022 data-id=\u0022da71b40bbc1a41a0964bf607abc0cdb9\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000206\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002202e74c40-9529-4e15-adc2-c032eadc2205\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022da71b40bbc1a41a0964bf607abc0cdb9\u0022\u003EDEPUTY SPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: The question is that the motion be agreed to.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u00222170b5bd-171f-4d9f-bfa6-cab72178f108\u0022 data-id=\u0022854b03c417cd44b388b4ef0302160467\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000207\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00222170b5bd-171f-4d9f-bfa6-cab72178f108\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022854b03c417cd44b388b4ef0302160467\u0022\u003EJOSEPH MOONEY (National\u2014Southland):\u003C/span\u003E Thank you, Mr Speaker. T\u0113n\u0101 koe e te M\u0101ngai o te Whare. Huri noa i te Whare nei, e mihi atu ki a koutou katoa. T\u0113nei te mihi, nau mai, haere mai e te iwi o Whakat\u014Dhea.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000208\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00222170b5bd-171f-4d9f-bfa6-cab72178f108\u0022\u003EN\u014D reira mauria mai \u014D whakaakoranga e whakahuihui ai t\u0101tou. E mihi atu ki koutou katoa.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000209\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00222170b5bd-171f-4d9f-bfa6-cab72178f108\u0022\u003E[Thank you to the Speaker. All around this House, greetings to all of you. Greetings, welcome, welcome to the iwi of Whakat\u014Dhea.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000210\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00222170b5bd-171f-4d9f-bfa6-cab72178f108\u0022\u003EThus bring with you your teachings that bring us together. Greetings to you all.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000211\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00222170b5bd-171f-4d9f-bfa6-cab72178f108\u0022\u003EThank you, Mr Speaker, and salutations to all throughout this House. I greet you, and I bid you welcome, whether here in person or watching remotely. Welcome, to the people of Whakat\u014Dhea, and we welcome you bringing forth the teachings on the matter that brings people together, and we acknowledge you all here today.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000212\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00222170b5bd-171f-4d9f-bfa6-cab72178f108\u0022\u003ETo the elders, leaders, and members of Whakat\u014Dhea who are witnessing this auspicious moment, I extend a very warm welcome and echo the words of the Minister in recognising the very, very long process that it has taken to get here, to this reading here today. This settlement, this bill, and this process is ultimately about you, your t\u016Bpuna, and your uri. This settlement is testament to the hard work and negotiations between you and between Crown negotiators, the work that has been done\u2014and I acknowledge the Hon Chris Finlayson, who was the Minister before, and the Hon Andrew Little, who has brought the process through to today, and to everyone who has been involved. This signifies the beginning of a new relationship between both parties, based on trust, cooperation, and respect for Te Tiriti o Waitangi - the Treaty of Waitangi.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000213\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00222170b5bd-171f-4d9f-bfa6-cab72178f108\u0022\u003EThe Crown failed to uphold its obligations under Te Tiriti o Waitangi - the Treaty of Waitangi and caused physical and spiritual hardship that is deeply felt by Whakat\u014Dhea today. No settlement can ever compensate for the mamae that has endured for many generations, and no redress can fully compensate for the past injustices against Whakat\u014Dhea. The redress in this settlement does provide a foundation for the economic future of Whakat\u014Dhea to build upon and ensures the cultural relationship between Whakat\u014Dhea and sites of cultural significance we recognise for generations to come.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000214\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00222170b5bd-171f-4d9f-bfa6-cab72178f108\u0022\u003EI\u2019ll just touch a little on the history of Whakat\u014Dhea, comprising Ng\u0101i Tamahaua, Ng\u0101ti Ira, Ng\u0101ti Ng\u0101here, Ng\u0101ti Patumoana, Ng\u0101ti Ruat\u0101kena and \u016Apokorehe, and an area of interest covering around 200,000 hectares in the eastern Bay of Plenty: \u201CIn May 1840 seven Whakat\u014Dhea rangatira signed Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Whakat\u014Dhea had, by 1864, developed a thriving agricultural economy; constructing a shipping fleet and trading extensively with the growing Auckland settlement. Whakat\u014Dhea embraced technology, built infrastructure, and developed political organisations to deal with economic and social change. After Crown forces landed at Tauranga in early 1864, Whakat\u014Dhea joined other iwi in an expedition to support the K\u012Bngitanga. The iwi expedition was defeated and Whakat\u014Dhea rangatira Te \u0100porotanga, Apanui, T\u016Btakahiao and Mikaere Pihipihi were killed, creating a considerable leadership vacuum for Whakat\u014Dhea [at that time]. Carl V\u00F6lkner, of the Church Missionary Society, was hanged at \u014Cp\u014Dtiki in March 1865, after a meeting called by visiting Pai M\u0101rire emissaries had demanded his death. Whakat\u014Dhea rangatira unsuccessfully argued [that he] should be spared [but] The Crown held Whakat\u014Dhea responsible for [his] death. Crown forces invaded the Whakat\u014Dhea rohe in September 1865, following a declaration of martial law. The military killed many Whakat\u014Dhea, including non-combatants such as Tio Te K\u0101hika. After the battle at Te Tarata, Crown troops buried the Whakat\u014Dhea dead in an unmarked mass grave. Whakat\u014Dhea casualties amounted to approximately ten percent of the iwi population.\u201D \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000215\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00222170b5bd-171f-4d9f-bfa6-cab72178f108\u0022\u003EAs the Minister, the Hon Andrew Little, said before me, it was one of the worst actions in our history. \u201CCrown troops adopted a scorched earth approach; looting, plundering and destroying crops, animals, houses, equipment and taonga. The Whakat\u014Dhea economy and its infrastructure were destroyed. \u2026 The Crown confiscated most of the Whakat\u014Dhea productive lands in 1866. [and] established the \u014Cpape Native Reserve on land confiscated from Ng\u0101ti Rua, forcing members of other Whakat\u014Dhea hap\u016B to relocate there. Most Whakat\u014Dhea were forcibly removed from their whenua, awa, maunga, and w\u0101hi tapu, resulting in the loss of traditional knowledge.\u201D\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000216\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00222170b5bd-171f-4d9f-bfa6-cab72178f108\u0022\u003E\u201CIn 1866 Mokomoko, a Whakat\u014Dhea rangatira, was convicted and executed for V\u00F6lkner\u2019s murder. Mokomoko maintained his innocence to the end and questions were raised over the prosecution evidence. [His] body was buried within prison grounds and only returned to his family in 1989. In 1992 the Governor-General granted Mokomoko a free pardon, but the Crown\u2019s failure to consult the Mokomoko descendants on the wording of the pardon caused the wh\u0101nau further pain. \u2026 The Compensation Court, sitting in \u014Cp\u014Dtiki in 1867, granted successful claimants individual titles to Whakat\u014Dhea land. A Special Commissioner made out-of-court settlements with some Whakat\u014Dhea individuals and groups. These processes eroded Whakat\u014Dhea traditional land ownership, social structures, mana and rangatiratanga. \u2026 The Native Land Court individualised the titles to the remaining Whakat\u014Dhea lands, while imposing survey and court costs. The Crown purchased most of this land, while Whakat\u014Dhea owners sold land to cover expenses and provide for their families. The Crown then acquired more of the remaining land through public works takings. Whakat\u014Dhea were left virtually landless, with most of their economic base removed, along with traditional sites that were sources of m\u0101tauranga and wellbeing. \u2026 With insufficient arable land and limited work opportunities, Whakat\u014Dhea struggled to survive economically. [and] endured the impacts of poverty, including sub-standard housing and poor health \u2026 [suffering] disease outbreaks [and] having little access to adequate healthcare. \u2026 The lack of employment in \u014Cp\u014Dtiki forced Whakat\u014Dhea into urban migration in the mid-twentieth century. Ninety percent of Whakat\u014Dhea lived outside their traditional rohe by 2020, with many disconnected from their whanaunga, reo, tikanga and whenua.\u201D\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000217\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00222170b5bd-171f-4d9f-bfa6-cab72178f108\u0022\u003EIt\u2019s clear that the people of Whakat\u014Dhea have suffered enormous losses, and what we\u2019re seeking to do here today is to restore as best we can with this process. I acknowledge everyone who has helped make that happen. This bill has redress addressing the losses suffered by Whakat\u014Dhea, including financial redress of $85 million plus interest in recognition of historical claims. Whakat\u014Dhea will also receive $5 million for the purpose of a reserve land development fund, $2 million for the purpose of marine and harbour development, $5 million for a cultural revitalisation fund, $1 million for a te reo revitalisation fund, and $2 million for an education endowment fund. The settlement will also provide for natural resource arrangements over rivers and catchments in the Whakat\u014Dhea area of interest, with the establishment of a non-regulatory Whakat\u014Dhea Kaitiaki Forum, which will operate as a permanent joint committee of the Bay of Plenty Regional Council, and the ability to enter into one or more joint management agreements with the \u014Cp\u014Dtiki District Council or Bay of Plenty District Regional Council. There\u2019s also conservation redress in there, and there\u2019s an aquaculture and fisheries redress, with the legislation reserving 5,000 hectares of space in the coastal marine area in which only Whakat\u014Dhea may apply for permits for aquaculture activities. Whakat\u014Dhea will receive a right of first refusal over fisheries quota under the Fisheries Act 1996. The settlement provides for the Whakat\u014Dhea post-settlement governance entity\u2019s appointment as an advisory committee to the Minister for Oceans and Fisheries. The committee will provide input on fisheries management matters in relation to areas of special significance to Whakat\u014Dhea.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000218\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00222170b5bd-171f-4d9f-bfa6-cab72178f108\u0022\u003EThe National Party is supporting this bill, through the first reading, to select committee. We do want to hear just a little bit more about this new aquaculture arrangement, as this is a new process and a new redress in a Treaty settlement bill. So we do want to hear a little bit more about how that\u2019s going to operate and how it will be managed, etc. We consider it important to fully explore just how that arrangement will work in practice. But I\u2019d like to close just by once again acknowledging the people who are present here today, acknowledging the significant mamae and the pain and suffering that has been experienced for many years and has reverberated down through generations. This is, ultimately, about seeking to reset that, recognising that this is ultimately about those who come after us and the children of tomorrow and the opportunities that will be available to them. So I\u2019ll thank everyone who\u2019s worked hard to get to this point to provide opportunities for those who come after us.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022f317ee7d-f040-44ec-8f2f-ad0a9f206d75\u0022 data-id=\u002255628270990144cc90c7950eeedb17fa\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000219\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f317ee7d-f040-44ec-8f2f-ad0a9f206d75\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u002255628270990144cc90c7950eeedb17fa\u0022\u003EHon WILLIE JACKSON (Minister for M\u0101ori Development):\u003C/span\u003E Mr Speaker\u2014[Interruption]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000220\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002202e74c40-9529-4e15-adc2-c032eadc2205\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002203241b5dbe3e49f2982b4b4268802304\u0022\u003EDEPUTY SPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: Can I just remind those in the gallery to observe the tikanga of the House, which is that those in the galleries do not participate in the debate. I\u2019d appreciate that, thank you.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000221\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f317ee7d-f040-44ec-8f2f-ad0a9f206d75\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022b6d45c86213b49b1802d99c9e0bbf1ff\u0022\u003EHon WILLIE JACKSON\u003C/span\u003E: E mihi ana ki a koutou, Whakat\u014Dhea, i tae mai nei ki te whakarangatira i te kaupapa ataahua i t\u0113nei w\u0101, t\u0113nei te mihi ki koutou. N\u014D reira t\u0113n\u0101 koutou, haramai, haramai, nau mai.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000222\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f317ee7d-f040-44ec-8f2f-ad0a9f206d75\u0022\u003E[I greet you, Whakat\u014Dhea, who have arrived here to honour the beautiful topic at this time. I acknowledge you. So thank you, welcome, welcome, welcome.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000223\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f317ee7d-f040-44ec-8f2f-ad0a9f206d75\u0022\u003ECan I say, first of all, it\u2019s wonderful to see so many Labour Party members in the House today. It really is good to have you along to tautoko the Labour Party. Thank you very much for your attendance here today.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000224\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f317ee7d-f040-44ec-8f2f-ad0a9f206d75\u0022\u003EI want to acknowledge some of our representatives, in particular Jason Pou and Maui Hudson for their mahi. No doubt about it, we all know that the mahi that has been put into k\u014Dkiri this kaupapa. E mihi ana ki a koutou. And our koroua there, Robert Edwards. No doubt about it, without your mahi, your support, this wouldn\u2019t have got there.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000225\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f317ee7d-f040-44ec-8f2f-ad0a9f206d75\u0022\u003EWe\u2019ve heard all the figures and the history, and, no doubt, there\u2019ll be some more good k\u014Drero coming, but I was thinking about this and I was looking up there and I saw our mate Dudu Te K\u0101haut\u016B Maxwell. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000226\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f317ee7d-f040-44ec-8f2f-ad0a9f206d75\u0022\u003EI wanted to say to him kei konei a Peeni, Te K\u0101haut\u016B, your ir\u0101mutu. Kei konei ia ki te whakam\u0101rama i te k\u014Drero ki koe. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000227\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f317ee7d-f040-44ec-8f2f-ad0a9f206d75\u0022\u003E[I wanted to say Peeni is here, Te K\u0101haut\u016B, your nephew. He is here to explain the narrative to you.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000228\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f317ee7d-f040-44ec-8f2f-ad0a9f206d75\u0022\u003EI wanted to acknowledge Te K\u0101haut\u016B because he\u2019s a very supportive man of the Crown and Government, as we all know. I was looking at one of his statements and he said this: \u201CWe all know the Crown is the thief, and the Crown is the judge, and the Crown is the juror, so it works in the Crown\u2019s favour.\u201D But we\u2019re very, very grateful for the hundred million. So I want to thank you there, whanaunga, for all your support. I think that\u2019s what it\u2019s about for us; in Te Ao M\u0101ori, we understand the process, and the process is not fair, as he quite rightly said. But we do these deals because we have to move ahead. And I talk about this all the time, and we all know. You know, we can go back to the start of this kaupapa when Tame Iti was talking about not settling because, you know, it was just crumbs. I think that was about 1997, 1998\u2014oh no, sorry. That was about 1995, 1996, when him and Annette Sykes, eh, were going around and having a hui. I remember those times vividly. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000229\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f317ee7d-f040-44ec-8f2f-ad0a9f206d75\u0022\u003EBut our leaders made decisions, and I mihi to those leaders, because they were not silly. The Mahutas and the O\u2019Regans were not silly. They knew their $170 million settlements were just crumbs, but from those crumbs they built goldmines and they\u2019ve got empires. So that\u2019s where our leaders are at. We have brilliant leaders. So I always defend that leadership, even against some of my own whanaunga who said, \u201COh, they blinkin\u2019 went and sold out. They went and got crumbs.\u201D They had foresight, those types of leaders, and I mihi to them. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000230\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f317ee7d-f040-44ec-8f2f-ad0a9f206d75\u0022\u003EAnd I mihi to your whanaunga Ranginui Walker today. I mihi to him because of his bravery, because of his courage. In my former life, as some of you know, I was an interviewer, and I did a lot of mahi in M\u0101ori media. I interviewed someone some day and talked about Whakat\u014Dhea. I said, \u201CDid Ranginui make a mistake, in terms of not settling?\u201D It was a big debate on ng\u0101 reo irirangi. Some said he did and some said he didn\u2019t, but the reality was, the unfairness of the Treaty settlement process put your tribe back many, many years. It wasn\u2019t Ranginui who put the settlement back; it was the process. And I think it\u2019s one of the saddest stories to go up in 1986, 1987 and put forward the principles and say that this settlement is unfair, and then to go to the back of the queue\u2014terrible. That\u2019s the unfairness of the process. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000231\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f317ee7d-f040-44ec-8f2f-ad0a9f206d75\u0022\u003ESo here we are settling 25, 28 years later. It haunted Ranginui. He rang me and we had a hui. He was riri with me for bringing this k\u014Drero up. I felt it was my obligation as the interviewer to bring it up, but I took it from the koroua, because he was close to my father and it was only right that I just took it from him. But I\u2019ll never forget how upset he was because he wanted that settlement. And I said, \u201CKei te pai, matua. I take your criticism. I\u2019m just asking the question.\u201D But the point that I was trying to make was that the process was unfair. At the end of it we were fine. But he said he thought about Whakat\u014Dhea in that process. Every week\u2014it was always on his mind. This is what our people have to go through. So I mihi to that koroua. He was a great koroua, not just for Whakat\u014Dhea but for Te Ao M\u0101ori. And that is the reality that the House needs to hear about this settlement process. This is what our people go through. It\u2019s not just about the unfairness of the p\u016Btea; it\u2019s about balancing what you have to do with your iwi, thinking about the future, thinking if you\u2019re a sell-out\u2014all that sort of stuff. It\u2019s tough, in terms of M\u0101ori leadership. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000232\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f317ee7d-f040-44ec-8f2f-ad0a9f206d75\u0022\u003ESo that\u2019s really my k\u014Drero today. I just wanted to put that out there, because we\u2019re only going to have one reading on this. Although I do expect to come back after the election for a second and third reading\u2014don\u2019t we, Labour? \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000233\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220f7d126e-c18d-4466-9ebe-d424ae5c4bf6\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022ddb71f01002249e9a5ce8452df22bb61\u0022\u003ERawiri Waititi\u003C/span\u003E: When you start being nice to us.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000234\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f317ee7d-f040-44ec-8f2f-ad0a9f206d75\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00229fa15a2cdae44c6bb5cdf607b14b0074\u0022\u003EHon WILLIE JACKSON\u003C/span\u003E: I\u2019ll try and be nice to you. We\u2019ve got these M\u0101ori Party characters in the House, you know\u2014no respect for the House, but I\u2019m sure we\u2019ll get some whakangahau a little bit later on from my whanaunga over there.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000235\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f317ee7d-f040-44ec-8f2f-ad0a9f206d75\u0022\u003EI wanted to make that point to wh\u0101nau who came here today because you\u2019ll hear all the intricacies of this, but I\u2019m sure we\u2019re going to hear some good k\u014Drero. But it\u2019s taumaha for our people. So I mihi to our rangatira who are here. Thank you for your service to your people. You\u2019re a great example. No one gets rich being a Treaty\u2014well, you get two or three who get rich. We won\u2019t mention their names, but\u2014yeah, yeah, there might be more than two or three, I bet. But I know\u2014I\u2019ve been watching the process. My wife was a negotiator for the Te Arawa Lakes. I watched what she went through for years, and I\u2019ve seen wh\u0101nau and friends\u2014you know, it\u2019s a sacrifice. So I salute the sacrifice. I salute Ranginui. I salute you too, Dudu Te K\u0101haut\u016B, for your mahi ataahua [beautiful work].\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000236\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f317ee7d-f040-44ec-8f2f-ad0a9f206d75\u0022\u003EKoutou katoa i tae mai nei i t\u0113nei w\u0101, t\u0113nei te mihi ki a koutou, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou, t\u0113n\u0101 an\u014D t\u0101tou katoa.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000237\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f317ee7d-f040-44ec-8f2f-ad0a9f206d75\u0022\u003E[All of you who have arrived here at this time, I acknowledge you, thanks and greetings to all of you.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022868f3a11-6a23-474f-a25e-6bc1d4c6e93f\u0022 data-id=\u00220d2c75f1c3a8424199074918159ed923\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000238\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022868f3a11-6a23-474f-a25e-6bc1d4c6e93f\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00220d2c75f1c3a8424199074918159ed923\u0022\u003EHARETE HIPANGO (National):\u003C/span\u003E E te iwi, ng\u0101 uri o Whakat\u014Dhea e huihui mai nei i t\u0113nei w\u0101, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou m\u014D te p\u0101nuitanga tuatahi o te pire, Whakat\u014Dhea Claims Settlement Bill.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000239\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022868f3a11-6a23-474f-a25e-6bc1d4c6e93f\u0022\u003E[To the iwi, the descendants of Whakat\u014Dhea that have assembled here at this time, congratulations on the first reading of this bill, the Whakat\u014Dhea Claims Settlement Bill.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000240\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022868f3a11-6a23-474f-a25e-6bc1d4c6e93f\u0022\u003EAs a list MP for the National Party, but also as uri of Whanganui Ng\u0101ti Apa, Ng\u0101 Rauru, I greet and I welcome Whakat\u014Dhea to this Whare this afternoon on this very important and significant occasion. These M\u0101ori members of Parliament seated here in this Whare, we know what it\u2019s like to be seated up where you are today. We have been with our own people when legislation has been passed through this House for the settlement of the long journey\u2014the grievance, the mamae, the hope, and the aspiration that, with the progression of legislation through this House, we move from and we move forward into the future. So I welcome you all here today.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000241\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022868f3a11-6a23-474f-a25e-6bc1d4c6e93f\u0022\u003EI seize the opportunity also to address New Zealanders who are listening in from afar. I acknowledge Whakat\u014Dhea gathered here in this Whare, but also those further afield not able to be here today, but also New Zealanders listening to the story. Whakat\u014Dhea has journeyed generations of the mamae towards fulfilling the hope and aspirations within this claims settlement bill.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000242\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022868f3a11-6a23-474f-a25e-6bc1d4c6e93f\u0022\u003EThe process that it takes in order to arrive into the future is by way of addressing, within this bill to be made into law at the third reading, what is outlined in clause 8, the history, which my colleague Joseph Mooney has addressed in part, and Minister Little also, and others will. In clause 9, there\u2019s the Crown\u2019s acknowledgment to Whakat\u014Dhea of its abysmal breaches and conduct through generations which has carried from generations past, present, to the future, but should be addressed within, hopefully, this claims settlement. In clause 10 is the apology, which, should I have the opportunity and privilege again to rise at the third reading, I will speak to.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000243\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022868f3a11-6a23-474f-a25e-6bc1d4c6e93f\u0022\u003EIt\u2019s important that New Zealanders do know the history of Whakat\u014Dhea. I invite New Zealanders to read the bill. It is detailed there at clause 8. Just to canvass that briefly, on 27 May 1840, seven Whakat\u014Dhea rangatira signed the Treaty of Waitangi. On that same day 183 years later, the deed of settlement was signed. Clause 8 details much of the mamae and the histories and the herstories of these grievances. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000244\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022868f3a11-6a23-474f-a25e-6bc1d4c6e93f\u0022\u003EA significant part of the mamae has been the killings, the murders of our t\u016Bpuna, and they are named within this bill. They are etched within the hearts and the memories that are carried through the generations. Crown forces invaded Whakat\u014Dhea rohe in September 1865. Crown troops adopted a scorched earth approach. We\u2019ve heard this on occasions, when Parihaka was in the Whare with their bill, and here we are, yet again, today, hearing the story that many New Zealanders turn a deaf ear to and a blind eye away from. We need to be reminded of the facts of the history and the herstory and the mamae that is carried, to be able to address that and move forward.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000245\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022868f3a11-6a23-474f-a25e-6bc1d4c6e93f\u0022\u003EI remember as a law student at Auckland University\u2014and I had the privilege of being a student of Professor Ranginui Walker\u2014and hearing the story and the mamae of Mokomoko, who in 1866, a Whakat\u014Dhea rangatira, was convicted and executed for V\u00F6lkner\u2019s murder. I remember, as a law student, going past Mount Eden on my bike to netball practice, at the netball courts, knowing the story of Mokomoko and the wairua and the k\u0113hua at that place\u2014and for the Crown finally to acknowledge the return of the tupuna to the wh\u0101nau in 1989, with a free pardon in 1992. New Zealanders need to know the history to realise and appreciate what it is we come from and we carry, and what needs to be addressed and redressed within these settlement bills. The detail is there and is to be inscribed and captured in law, and it will be there not only in Hansard but in legislation.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000246\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022868f3a11-6a23-474f-a25e-6bc1d4c6e93f\u0022\u003EClause 9 details the acknowledgment. As I\u2019ve said, the apology will be addressed in detail at clause 10, which Minister Little did when he went to your lands for that formal apology.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000247\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022868f3a11-6a23-474f-a25e-6bc1d4c6e93f\u0022\u003EI acknowledge my parliamentary colleague Rawiri Waititi, member of Parliament for Waiariki. I make that acknowledgment because, as part of the process after this first reading, this bill will come to we who have the privilege of sitting on the M\u0101ori Affairs Committee, to listen further to the evidence of the submitters, to listen to the evidence of uri of Whakat\u014Dhea, and for us to work collaboratively and collectively as members across this House from all political parties, recognising the importance of ensuring that if this bill needs to be improved for the benefit of Whakat\u014Dhea and the uri that that is done.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000248\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022868f3a11-6a23-474f-a25e-6bc1d4c6e93f\u0022\u003EMy colleague Joseph Mooney made mention that, as part of the settlement, there is the innovation of aquaculture and fisheries. That is something that we will listen to with interest, in terms of the future opportunity and potentials to be seized and to maximise and to gain moving forward.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000249\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022868f3a11-6a23-474f-a25e-6bc1d4c6e93f\u0022\u003EIn closing, I turn to the bill to note that the purpose of this Act, when it is passed into law\u2014and it will\u2014is to record the acknowledgments and apology given by the Crown to Whakat\u014Dhea in the deed of settlement and to give effect to certain provisions of the deed of settlement that settles the historical claims of Whakat\u014Dhea.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000250\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022868f3a11-6a23-474f-a25e-6bc1d4c6e93f\u0022\u003EThose of us who sit on the M\u0101ori Affairs Committee are cognisant of the duty, the responsibility, and the care that we will give to the examination of this legislation, but importantly, that we will listen further to the stories and the evidence of those many of you seated in the gallery who may well share with us in enhancing what we have to address in this legislation.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000251\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022868f3a11-6a23-474f-a25e-6bc1d4c6e93f\u0022\u003EBefore I close, I turn to some notes that have been made in terms of commentaries that have been recorded about the process, where it can be divisive and where there are differences of views and opinions, but, importantly, it is how we focus forward into the future, moving from the grievance and the mamae, and maximising the potential that is there.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000252\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022868f3a11-6a23-474f-a25e-6bc1d4c6e93f\u0022\u003EMinister Jackson noted a comment from Te K\u0101haut\u016B Maxwell: \u201CWe all know the Crown is the thief, and the Crown is the Judge, and the Crown is the juror, so it works in the Crown\u2019s favour. But we are very, very grateful because $100 million dollars will allow us to forge new frontiers and heal our people\u201D.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000253\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022868f3a11-6a23-474f-a25e-6bc1d4c6e93f\u0022\u003ESo, as I look up into the gallery, I see the future generation with our young ones. It is with hope and it is with aspiration that this bill is commended to the House.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022e77494a0-1be1-432f-b492-fd160f4c119d\u0022 data-id=\u00227be3b1a3fb7f48e4936c64398594a0e3\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000254\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e77494a0-1be1-432f-b492-fd160f4c119d\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00227be3b1a3fb7f48e4936c64398594a0e3\u0022\u003EHon PEENI HENARE (Minister for ACC):\u003C/span\u003E K\u0101ti e taku p\u0101p\u0101, e Te K\u0101haut\u016B, me t\u012Bmata p\u0113nei au ki roto i t\u014D t\u0101tou Whare i te r\u0101 nei. Ko \u014Cmarumutu te marae; an\u0101 ko Ng\u0101ti Rua ki runga; n\u0101 ko Te Whakat\u014Dhea te iwi; n\u0101 ko Te \u0100porotanga, n\u0101na i waitohu ai te Tiriti o Waitangi, ki runga. An\u0101 ka t\u012Bmata ake ki roto i taku whakapapa ki a Te P\u0101puni, n\u0101na i moe i a T\u0101peka Jones, an\u0101 ka puta ki waho ko Te Aro P\u0101puni. N\u0101na i moe i a Harata, n\u0101 ka puta ki waho ko Te Mokotua P\u0101puni. N\u0101na i moe i a Te Kapo Davis, tupuna o m\u0101ua ko t\u014Dku tuakana, a Kelvin Davis. Ka puta ki waho ko Matiu Davis, n\u0101na i moe i a Merekiri Honihana, ka puta ki waho ko T\u0101peka Davis. N\u0101na i moe a Taipari Heta, ka puta ki waho ko t\u014Dku m\u0101m\u0101, a Te Hemoata Henare. An\u0101, ko t\u0113nei uri o Te Whakat\u014Dhea e mihi atu nei ki \u014Dku rahi, ki \u014Dku tini whanaunga huri noa, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000255\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e77494a0-1be1-432f-b492-fd160f4c119d\u0022\u003EE te p\u0101p\u0101, e Te K\u0101haut\u016B, i noho tahi m\u0101ua ko taku matua nei, a Wiri Hakihana, kia k\u014Drerohia t\u014D k\u014Drero ki runga i te marae i te Mei kua pahure ake nei i taku korenga ki runga i t\u014D t\u0101ua whenua. Hei t\u0101na, \u201Ckaua e pukuriri, e Peeni.\u201D Ko t\u0101ku atu ki taku matua, ki a Wiri Hakihana, \u201Cehara i te mea he pukuriri, kahore. Me kaua t\u0101tou e p\u014Dh\u0113h\u0113 ka t\u016B mana motuhake a Te Whakat\u014Dhea ki runga i te pokowhiwhi o te kotahi, kahore. Ka t\u016B ki runga i te pokowhiwhi o te tokomaha.\u201D\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000256\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e77494a0-1be1-432f-b492-fd160f4c119d\u0022\u003EN\u014D reira e Te Whakat\u014Dhea kua tau mai ki raro i te tuanui o t\u014D t\u0101tou Whare e t\u016B nei, haere mai, haere mai, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou. Haere mai, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou kia pikauria mai ng\u0101 aitu\u0101 maha o te w\u0101 o te k\u0101inga, kia t\u0101pae ake ki te t\u0101huhu k\u014Drero o t\u014D t\u0101tou Whare e t\u016B nei, kia tangihia e t\u0101tou \u014D t\u0101tou mate, kia k\u012Bia ai e t\u014D t\u0101tou Whare, \u201Ce ng\u0101 mate, haere mai, haere\u201D.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000257\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e77494a0-1be1-432f-b492-fd160f4c119d\u0022\u003EAn\u0101 ka whakahokia mai ng\u0101 r\u0101rangi k\u014Drero, e te M\u0101ngai o te Whare, ki te pire e totohe nei te Whare i te r\u0101 nei. Me totohe ka tika. Me kaua t\u0101tou e p\u014Dh\u0113h\u0113, an\u0101 kua oti ki roto i te kaponga kotahi, kahore. Engari ki runga i te ng\u0101kau o Te Whakat\u014Dhea e k\u012B ana, kahore t\u0113nei whawhai i ea, kahore t\u0113nei whawhai i mutu noa.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000258\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e77494a0-1be1-432f-b492-fd160f4c119d\u0022\u003EN\u014D reira e harikoa ana ahau kia t\u016B ki roto i te Whare i te r\u0101 nei ki te tautoko i ng\u0101 k\u014Drero katoa kua k\u014Drerohia, me ng\u0101 take katoa kua wh\u0101rikihia ki roto i t\u0101 t\u0101tou pire i te r\u0101 nei. Kua rongo atu ahau i te ahuatanga kua p\u0101 ki t\u014D t\u0101tou tupuna, ki a Te Mokomoko. An\u0101 i te taima i mauherehia a Te Mokomoko ki roto o T\u0101maki Makaurau, i reira an\u014D \u0113tahi o \u014Dku whanaunga o Ng\u0101puhi. Ko t\u0113tahi o ng\u0101 rangatira rongonui i taua taima i mauherehia ki roto o T\u0101maki Makaurau, an\u0101 ko t\u014Dku tupuna a Heremia Te Wake.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000259\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e77494a0-1be1-432f-b492-fd160f4c119d\u0022\u003EI te putanga mai o Heremia i te whare herehere, ka hoki atu ia ki te Hokianga, ki roto o \u014Dna whanaunga o Panguru. I reira ka tuhi ia i \u0113tahi o ng\u0101 k\u014Drero o tana t\u016Btatakitanga ki t\u014D t\u0101tou tupuna, ki a Te Mokomoko. Ki roto i w\u0101na k\u014Drero, ka k\u012Bia he rangatira, ka k\u012Bia he toa, ka k\u012Bia ko te manawa o Te Whakat\u014Dhea. Koin\u0101 t\u0101ku e hari nei kia kite atu ki roto i te pire, te aronga atu ki t\u014D t\u0101tou tupuna, ki a Te Mokomoko, kia kaua \u014Dna k\u014Drero, kia kaua \u014Dna tapuwae e ngaro noa.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000260\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e77494a0-1be1-432f-b492-fd160f4c119d\u0022\u003EHe maha ng\u0101 p\u0101tanga, e te p\u0101p\u0101, e Te K\u0101haut\u016B, e kapo ake ana i taku whakapapa e h\u0101ngai p\u016B ana ki t\u0101 t\u0101tou pire i te r\u0101 nei. Kua k\u014Drero mai taku matua, a Wiri Hakihana, i te \u0101huatanga o t\u014D t\u0101tou p\u0101p\u0101, a Ranginui, kura m\u0101hita ki roto o Pipiwai, Ng\u0101ti Hine. Tangata i noho ai ki runga i te taraipiunara ki te whakarongo ake ki ng\u0101 nawe me te ker\u0113me a Te Paparahi o te Raki, Ng\u0101puhi. He aha te take ka w\u0101w\u0101hia nei tana ingoa ki roto i ng\u0101 mahi o Ng\u0101puhi e p\u0101kau atu ana ki te pire o Te Whakat\u014Dhea? K\u012Bhai m\u0101tou o Ng\u0101puhi e wareware ki ng\u0101 hononga ki waenga i a t\u0101tou katoa. Kia kotahi ai te aronga, an\u0101, ki te Karauna. Kia kaua t\u0101tou e wehe ki roto i ng\u0101 whawhai, kia aro p\u016B atu ki te hoariri kotahi, ar\u0101 ko te Karauna e whakatau ana i ng\u0101 ker\u0113me a t\u014D t\u0101tou iwi.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000261\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e77494a0-1be1-432f-b492-fd160f4c119d\u0022\u003EN\u014D reira ka hoki aku mahara ki te p\u0101p\u0101, ki a Ranginui, me taku k\u012B atu ki Te Whakat\u014Dhea i te r\u0101 nei, me kaua t\u0101tou e tuku kia oti katoa ng\u0101 mahi a Te Whakat\u014Dhea ki roto i t\u0113nei pire, kahore. Engari kia tirohia te k\u014Drero a t\u014Dku tuahine nei, a Harete Hipango, kia tiro ake ki te \u0101p\u014Dp\u014D o Te Whakat\u014Dhea. Koir\u0101 t\u0101ku e hari ana ki runga i ng\u0101 t\u016Bru a te K\u0101wanatanga i t\u0113nei taha o te Whare, he maha ng\u0101 mahi i oti i a m\u0101tou hei tautoko ake i a Te Whakat\u014Dhea ki roto i ng\u0101 tau kua pahure ake nei, kaua ko t\u0113nei pire anake. He maha ng\u0101 whare kua huakina nei ng\u0101 tatau o te whare ki roto o Te Whakat\u014Dhea ki roto i ng\u0101 tau kua pahure ake nei. I tae atu ahau, kuti r\u012Bpene te mahi, e te p\u0101p\u0101, e Te K\u0101haut\u016B. He maha ng\u0101 mahi hei tautoko ake i ng\u0101 wh\u0101inga motuhake a Te Whakat\u014Dhea. N\u014D reira me kaua t\u0101tou e p\u014Dh\u0113h\u0113 ka oti katoa ng\u0101 mahi ki roto i t\u0113nei pire i te r\u0101 nei.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000262\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e77494a0-1be1-432f-b492-fd160f4c119d\u0022\u003EE \u014Dku rangatira, e harikoa ana ka tukuna atu t\u0113nei pire ki te komiti whiriwhiri kia \u0101ta tirohia ki ng\u0101 k\u014Drero kei roto i te pire, ng\u0101 k\u014Drero a te iwi o Whakat\u014Dhea. Kia anga t\u014Dtika atu ki te w\u0101 kia oti ai ng\u0101 mahi katoa ki roto i t\u0113nei pire. An\u0101 ko ng\u0101 mahi kei roto i \u0113nei pire, an\u0101 ko te whakahoki i ng\u0101 whenua ki a Te Whakat\u014Dhea, kia whakahokia mai an\u014D ng\u0101 ingoa taketake o te w\u0101hi o Te Whakat\u014Dhea, kia whakapakari ake i ng\u0101 t\u016B\u0101kiritanga o Te Whakat\u014Dhea ki roto i ng\u0101 tau maha kei mua i a t\u0101tou, k\u0101ti ko te w\u0101hanga whakamutunga ka tirohia e au ko te rahi p\u016Btea kua k\u014Drerohia mai n\u0101 e te Whare.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000263\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e77494a0-1be1-432f-b492-fd160f4c119d\u0022\u003E\u0100e, he kongakonga. \u0100e, e kore \u0113nei p\u016Btea e whakangao ake i ng\u0101 mamaetanga ki runga i a Te Whakat\u014Dhea, kahore. Engari koin\u0101 t\u0101ku e mea atu ana, kia tiro ake ki te \u0101p\u014Dp\u014Dtanga o Te Whakat\u014Dhea me \u014Dna kare-\u0101-roto kia p\u016B\u0101wai mai ai ko ng\u0101 manako nui, ko ng\u0101 hiahia, an\u0101 ko ng\u0101 moemoe\u0101 o Te Whakat\u014Dhea \u0101 taihoa ake nei.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000264\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e77494a0-1be1-432f-b492-fd160f4c119d\u0022\u003EKi roto an\u014D hoki i te pire ko te whakap\u0101ha a te Karauna. An\u0101, kua p\u0101nui atu ahau i ng\u0101 k\u014Drero kei roto. \u0100e, kua kapo ake i te ngako o ng\u0101 k\u014Drero, engari e m\u014Dhio ana ahau he nui k\u0113 ake ng\u0101 k\u014Drero kua kapohia e te pire nei. Me taku hiahia kia rangona ki roto i ng\u0101 waiata, ki roto i ng\u0101 haka, ki roto i ng\u0101 mahi katoa a Te Whakat\u014Dhea ki roto i ng\u0101 tau kei mua i a t\u0101tou.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000265\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e77494a0-1be1-432f-b492-fd160f4c119d\u0022\u003EN\u014D reira e te p\u0101p\u0101, e Te K\u0101haut\u016B, e mihi atu ana ki a koutou katoa, e ng\u0101 whanaunga o Whakat\u014Dhea kua tat\u016B iho mai nei ki runga i t\u0113nei kaupapa, me te m\u014Dhio an\u014D hoki kia kaua e tutuki noa ki roto i te whare o te P\u0101keh\u0101 nei n\u0101, engari kia tutuki m\u0101rika ki runga i t\u014D t\u0101tou marae ki te w\u0101 k\u0101inga.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000266\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e77494a0-1be1-432f-b492-fd160f4c119d\u0022\u003EN\u014D reira \u0101 taihoa ake, e \u014Dku rangatira, e \u014Dku tini whanaunga, an\u0101 ka t\u016Btataki an\u014D t\u0101tou kia kite atu mehemea ka \u016B tonu te Karauna ki ng\u0101 whakap\u0101hatanga ka k\u014Drerohia nei ki roto i te pire ki roto i ng\u0101 tau kei mua i a t\u0101tou. E \u014Dku rangatira, ko te manako kia pai ai t\u014D koutou hokinga atu ki te w\u0101 k\u0101inga. M\u0101 te Atua koutou, t\u0101tou e manaaki, e tiaki. T\u0113n\u0101 koutou, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou, kia ora t\u0101tou katoa.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000267\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e77494a0-1be1-432f-b492-fd160f4c119d\u0022\u003E[So, to my uncle, Te K\u0101haut\u016B, I should begin like this in our House today. \u014Cmarumutu is my marae; Ng\u0101ti Rua is on it; Te Whakat\u014Dhea is my iwi; Te \u0100porotanga, who signed the treaty of Waitangi, on high. I\u2019ll begin with my genealogical links to Te P\u0101puni, who married T\u0101peka Jones, and they had Te Ao P\u0101puni. He married Harata, and they had Te Mokotua P\u0101puni. He married Te Kapo Davis, ancestor of myself and my senior, Kelvin Davis. They had Matiu Davis, who married Merekiri Honihana, who had T\u0101peka Davis. She married Taipari Heta, and they had my mother, Te Hemoata Henare. And so this descendant of Te Whakat\u014Dhea acknowledges my great and many relatives all around, thanks, greetings, and acknowledgements.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000268\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e77494a0-1be1-432f-b492-fd160f4c119d\u0022\u003ETo my uncle, Te K\u0101haut\u016B, my uncle, Willie Jackson, and I sat together to talk about your statement on the marae this previous May concerning my absence from our land. He said, \u201CDon\u2019t be angry, Peeni.\u201D I said to my uncle, to Willie Jackson, \u201CIt\u2019s not anger, not at all. We should not hold the mistaken belief that Te Whakat\u014Dhea will stand with its own mana on the shoulders of one person, not at all. It will stand on the shoulders of the many.\u201D\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000269\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e77494a0-1be1-432f-b492-fd160f4c119d\u0022\u003ESo, Te Whakat\u014Dhea who have come here beneath the roof of our House that stands here, welcome, welcome, greetings. Welcome, greetings to you who have conveyed the many recently deceased from home, to lay on the flow of speeches of our House that stands here, so that we may grieve for our deceased, so that our House may say, \u201Cdearly departed, welcome, rest in peace\u201D.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000270\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e77494a0-1be1-432f-b492-fd160f4c119d\u0022\u003EAnd the lines of discourse, Mr Speaker, are now returned to the bill that the House is debating today. It\u2019s appropriate that it be debated. We should not be mistaken that it is all done in the first go, not at all. But instead with the heart of Te Whakat\u014Dhea that says, this fight is not yet done, this fight has not yet ended.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000271\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e77494a0-1be1-432f-b492-fd160f4c119d\u0022\u003ESo I am happy to stand in the House today to support all of the statements that have been made, and all of the issues that have been laid out inside our bill today. I have heard the circumstances surrounding our ancestor, Te Mokomoko. And at the time that Te Mokomoko was incarcerated in Auckland, another one of my ancestors of Ng\u0101puhi was also there. One of the famous leaders of that time was incarcerated in Auckland, that is my ancestor Heremia Te Wake.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000272\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e77494a0-1be1-432f-b492-fd160f4c119d\u0022\u003EUpon Heremia\u2019s release from prison, he returned to the Hokianga, to his relatives from Panguru. While there, he wrote about some of his encounters with our ancestor, with Te Mokomoko. In his writings, he said he was a noble leader, he said he was a warrior, he said he was the heart of Te Whakat\u014Dhea. That is what I am happy to see in the bill, the attention given to our ancestor, to Te Mokomoko, so that his stories, so that his footprints are not merely lost.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000273\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e77494a0-1be1-432f-b492-fd160f4c119d\u0022\u003EThere are a lot of connections, uncle, Te K\u0101haut\u016B, that are captured in my genealogy that relates to our bill today. My uncle, Willie Jackson, spoke to me about the attributes of our patriarch, of Ranginui, school teacher in Pipiwai, Ng\u0101ti Hine. A man who sat on the tribunal to listen to the grievances and the claim of Northland, Ng\u0101puhi. What is the reason that his name is being invoked within the activities of Ng\u0101puhi that are peripheral to the bill of Te Whakat\u014Dhea? We, Ng\u0101puhi, will not forget the connections between all of us. Let there be one focus of attention, ie. the Crown. Let us not be divided by infighting, let the focus solely be on one adversary, and that is the Crown that is settling the claims of our people.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000274\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e77494a0-1be1-432f-b492-fd160f4c119d\u0022\u003EAnd so my memories return to our patriarch, to Ranginui, and I say to Te Whakat\u014Dhea today, me should not allow all of Te Whakat\u014Dhea\u2019s actions and activities be completed within this bill, not at all. But instead examine the statement of my sister here, Harete Hipango, that we look to the future of Te Whakat\u014Dhea. That is why I am content here on the chairs of the Government on this side of the House, we have completed a lot of work to support Te Whakat\u014Dhea in recent years, not just this bill. Many buildings have had their doors opened in Te Whakat\u014Dhea in recent years. I went there, cutting ribbons was the job, uncle, Te K\u0101haut\u016B. There were many activities to support the particular goals of Te Whakat\u014Dhea. So let us not mistakenly think that everything will be done in this bill today.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000275\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e77494a0-1be1-432f-b492-fd160f4c119d\u0022\u003EMy noble leaders, I am happy that this bill will be referred to select committee to look in detail at the statements within the bill, the narratives of the iwi of Whakat\u014Dhea. To face directly the time that all the work within the bill may be completed. The work within the bill is the return of the lands of Te Whakat\u014Dhea, the return of the original names of the place of Te Whakat\u014Dhea, to strengthen the identity of Te Whakat\u014Dhea in the many years ahead of us, indeed the final section that I will look at will be the magnitude of funds that have been mentioned by the House.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000276\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e77494a0-1be1-432f-b492-fd160f4c119d\u0022\u003EYes, it is mere crumbs. Yes, these funds will not relieve the hurt upon Te Whakat\u014Dhea, no. But that is what I am saying, to look to the future of Te Whakat\u014Dhea and its emotional state so that the great hopes, the desires, indeed the dreams of Te Whakat\u014Dhea flourish in the near future.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000277\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e77494a0-1be1-432f-b492-fd160f4c119d\u0022\u003EAlso in the bill is the apology of the Crown. I have read the statements made within it. Yes, it captures the essence of the narrative, but I know that the narrative captured in the bill is greater still. And my desire is that it be heard in the songs, in the haka, in all of the activities of Te Whakat\u014Dhea in the years before us.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000278\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e77494a0-1be1-432f-b492-fd160f4c119d\u0022\u003EAnd so, uncle, Te K\u0101haut\u016B, I acknowledge all of you, my relations of Whakat\u014Dhea who have come here on this journey, and also in the knowledge that it will not be realised in this house of the P\u0101keh\u0101, but it will be fully realised on our marae at home.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000279\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e77494a0-1be1-432f-b492-fd160f4c119d\u0022\u003ESo, soon, my noble leaders, my many relatives, we will meet again and see whether the Crown will comply with the apologies that are spoken about within the bill in the years before us. My noble leaders, I hope your journey home is good. May God care for and protect you, indeed all of us. My thanks and greetings to us all.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u002258baa209-edaf-42a5-92d6-b2613c144bfb\u0022 data-id=\u0022377ddecede304ee0afd10800e9e360b3\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000280\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002258baa209-edaf-42a5-92d6-b2613c144bfb\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022377ddecede304ee0afd10800e9e360b3\u0022\u003ENICOLE McKEE (ACT):\u003C/span\u003E Thank you, Mr Speaker. I\u2019d like to stand on behalf of the ACT Party to speak to the Whakat\u014Dhea Claims Settlement Bill and begin my address by welcoming everybody to this Whare. To the Whakat\u014Dhea wh\u0101nau, iwi, hap\u016B, the negotiators, and the supporters\u2014welcome to this place, which is your place. The journalists, when we first started here, told us, \u201CWelcome to Hogwarts.\u201D I wouldn\u2019t want to say that to you, I\u2019d rather say, \u201CWelcome to this place, which is the start of your final journey\u2014your final journey\u2014to be able to get some redress.\u201D And what a journey you have had to get just to this point.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000281\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002258baa209-edaf-42a5-92d6-b2613c144bfb\u0022\u003EA settlement was on the horizon almost 30 years ago. While the deed was initialled, iwi didn\u2019t agree with the settlement offer made back in 1996; instead, negotiating in a determined way for the last 30 years. I acknowledge those who have passed on from this world to join our t\u012Bpuna during those long decades of negotiation.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000282\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002258baa209-edaf-42a5-92d6-b2613c144bfb\u0022\u003ETo put into context, Whakat\u014Dhea is an iwi with, currently, over 16,000 members, and they have suffered multiple breaches of the Treaty by the Crown. Egregiously, in the 1860s, Government confiscated 144,000 acres of Whakat\u014Dhea land. Much was returned through a commission, but in private title, which was then alienated. In the 1880s, most of the rest of their land was acquired by the Government through aggressive purchasing. Because of the relative lack of lands, Whakat\u014Dhea were unable to benefit from schemes that were established in the early 20th century, such as the scheme that was designed to try and bring M\u0101ori into farming. In 1946, a settlement was made between the Government and Whakat\u014Dhea for \u00A320,000, and this helped preserve at least some of Whakat\u014Dhea\u2019s land and an entity. Most t\u0101ngata of Whakat\u014Dhea left the rohe in the great urban migration of the 1950s and 1960s, which has led to many losing their strong connections to their iwi.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000283\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002258baa209-edaf-42a5-92d6-b2613c144bfb\u0022\u003ESince the 1990s, it\u2019s been a long slog. Initial settlement offers from Government in 1996 were considered inadequate, so negotiations continued even though Whakat\u014Dhea\u2019s settlement claims were pushed to the back of the queue. In August 2017, the Crown and Whakat\u014Dhea signed an agreement in principle. In December 2021, a deed of settlement was initialled. It was ratified in 2022, and then signed in May 2023. The redress package includes, first and foremost, an apology from the Crown\u2014an apology for some of the heinous acts that had occurred back then\u2014an agreed acknowledgment of the historical accounts of those grievances, and the restoration of 33 important cultural sites and 18 commercial properties. Whakat\u014Dhea\u2019s role in environmental management is also recognised\u2014land in \u014Cp\u014Dtiki and marine rights to enable a commercial base in their rohe have been allocated, and $100 million of financial and commercial redress to enable economic and social development for the future.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000284\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002258baa209-edaf-42a5-92d6-b2613c144bfb\u0022\u003EToday, with this bill passing its first reading and heading to the M\u0101ori Affairs Committee, the new relationship between the Crown and Whakat\u014Dhea, founded on trust, cooperation, and partnership, as agreed to in the deed of settlement, begins its next leg of the redress journey. ACT consistently supports Treaty settlement Acts. They are practical ways to make restitution. ACT supports the property rights and self-determination, and ACT looks forward to Whakat\u014Dhea having the self-determination to develop socially and economically. We wish Whakat\u014Dhea hap\u016B and iwi well. ACT supports this bill.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u002269dfdffa-4227-42b6-875a-fc8033bc25cc\u0022 data-id=\u002233286a8b80fa47e8addc2f5340548008\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000285\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002269dfdffa-4227-42b6-875a-fc8033bc25cc\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u002233286a8b80fa47e8addc2f5340548008\u0022\u003EJAN LOGIE (Green):\u003C/span\u003E Thank you, Mr Speaker. It\u2019s a real privilege to get to stand on behalf of the Green Party as our Te Tiriti spokesperson to acknowledge Whakat\u014Dhea wh\u0101nau in the House today and to support this first reading and the step towards at least some kind of a chance to move forward. We managed to attend the p\u014Dhiri at Pipitea Marae and noted the k\u014Drero from the paepae reflecting on how close Whakat\u014Dhea were to getting to this point with Chris Finlayson, and yet here we are six years later.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000286\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002269dfdffa-4227-42b6-875a-fc8033bc25cc\u0022\u003EI really do want to acknowledge the patience of the iwi and to acknowledge their sheer survival and resilience despite the deeply vicious practices of the Crown and colonisation. The culmination of Crown actions, including confiscations, land acquisition\u2014that\u2019s what they called it in those days\u2014and discriminatory policies left Whakat\u014Dhea with profound challenges. These included landlessness, economic hardship, disrupted social structures, the erosion of cultural identity. The Crown\u2019s disregard for the Treaty promises has resulted in extensive harm and suffering for Whakat\u014Dhea and were clearly serious breaches of Te Tiriti o Waitangi, and it is important that this bill addresses those generational harms.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000287\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002269dfdffa-4227-42b6-875a-fc8033bc25cc\u0022\u003EThe Greens don\u2019t believe that we can ever compensate for those harms, and we also acknowledge\u2014and I think it was in Minister Henare\u2019s k\u014Drero as well, in acknowledging that there is more to the history than what is on these pages\u2014that actually, with the importance of acknowledging what happened, we also have to acknowledge that this is not the full truth. The language is not the language you would use to describe what happened. It is a language that is able to be agreed with by the Crown, and the breaches of Te Tiriti continue even in this process. We acknowledge you for standing and persevering for your children and the future.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000288\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002269dfdffa-4227-42b6-875a-fc8033bc25cc\u0022\u003EFor the Green Party, Te Tiriti is not about property rights; it\u2019s about an enduring relationship between iwi, hap\u016B, and the Crown. For us, it\u2019s essential to recognise that we do not believe Te Tiriti can be settled as if it were a mere transaction. It is more than that. For us, Te Tiriti o Waitangi is the founding document of this country and recognises M\u0101ori as tangata whenua in Aotearoa New Zealand.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000289\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002269dfdffa-4227-42b6-875a-fc8033bc25cc\u0022\u003EThese settlements are the culmination of considerable sacrifices made by numerous kaum\u0101tua who dedicated themselves to the cause and painstakingly collected ancestral narratives. This endeavour is especially poignant for those who championed the settlements but passed away prior to the witnessing of their fulfilment, and I want to acknowledge them in this House today. Within the fabric of settlements, we uncover those poignant narratives that weave together our shared history. These narratives stand as powerful chronicles of our past, forming a historical repository that resonates deeply with those involved, be they kuia, kaum\u0101tua, or rangatahi. The journey of unearthing these stories, I know, can become a path to personal liberation, and I hope that has been so for many of your young ones and more to come.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000290\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002269dfdffa-4227-42b6-875a-fc8033bc25cc\u0022\u003EMoreover, the settlement process also gives us the opportunity to provide an avenue for the Government to foster open dialogues within communities, engaging in a collective exploration of our national history. This dialogue holds immense significance, acting as a bedrock for achieving harmony and justice within Aotearoa, if we would only take up that opportunity. It\u2019s noteworthy that these settlements offer insights into local history that often remain absent from our education system.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000291\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002269dfdffa-4227-42b6-875a-fc8033bc25cc\u0022\u003EThe inherently divisive nature of settlements I do need to acknowledge. I\u2019ve yet to stand here in this process and experience unanimous agreement. There is always tension, and that is not as it should be. That is a result of the processes continuing to be forced by the Crown. But the process that goes through this House, I hope, at least offers an opportunity for that to be heard, and I hope that that mamae rests with the people here to enable there to be resolution in the homelands.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000292\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002269dfdffa-4227-42b6-875a-fc8033bc25cc\u0022\u003EI do just want to briefly\u2014and we\u2019ve heard the history repeated, some of the key points from the settlement, in this House already; I will do it again. I feel a little bit bad for doing that, because repeatedly hearing this trauma, I can\u2019t even imagine how that is when it is personal to you, I want to acknowledge that, but I want to speak to particularly P\u0101keh\u0101 in this country to understand the depth of the wrong and the harm that has been done to Whakat\u014Dhea. So, acknowledging that in 1840, seven Whakat\u014Dhea rangatira signed Te Tiriti, and there was a brief period of glory, building on, you know, the community that was already there, where Whakat\u014Dhea embraced technology and built infrastructure, developed political organisations to deal with economic and social change, and were thriving, is how I understand it.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000293\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002269dfdffa-4227-42b6-875a-fc8033bc25cc\u0022\u003EThen, the Crown\u2014dun dun!\u2014landed at Tauranga in 1864, and Whakat\u014Dhea joined other iwi in an expedition to support the K\u012Bngitanga. At that point, several key leaders were killed in that confrontation defending the land, and that created a leadership vacuum.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000294\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002269dfdffa-4227-42b6-875a-fc8033bc25cc\u0022\u003EThen, if I skip through\u2014inappropriately, I will acknowledge, but through to 1865, where Crown forces invaded the Whakat\u014Dhea rohe following a declaration of martial law, the military killed many Whakat\u014Dhea, including non-combatants: 10 percent of the population. If I think about that for in the context of modern-day New Zealand, that\u2019s as if the entire population of Christchurch and Wellington were all killed, and the impact that that would have on us as a country would be profound and huge. And that is what happened. That is what the Crown did to Whakat\u014Dhea and they are still living with today.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000295\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002269dfdffa-4227-42b6-875a-fc8033bc25cc\u0022\u003EThen, we saw Crown troops adopting a scorched earth approach of looting, plundering, destroying crops, animals, houses, equipment, and taonga, destroying the possibility of rebuilding; absolute devastation and cruelty, and then\u2014and then\u2014confiscating most of the land, most of the productive land, after that. And then, only three years later, Crown forces pursuing Te Kooti and followers through the Whakat\u014Dhea rohe, looting crops, burning houses, and executing Whakat\u014Dhea prisoners. Again and again and again with the murder and the theft and the brutality.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000296\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002269dfdffa-4227-42b6-875a-fc8033bc25cc\u0022\u003EI just want P\u0101keh\u0101 to hear that, to get it, and that when anybody is talking about Treaty settlements as if it\u2019s some gift to M\u0101ori, I want them to get that there can never be a compensation for that degree of harm done in the name and decisions of this place, and that the $100 million which has been mentioned today\u2014you know, that\u2019s equivalent to money that was given post-COVID to the redeployment of forestry workers. It\u2019s equivalent to one mental health facility. It\u2019s equivalent to international support given to the Cook Islands and Fiji to help with their COVID response. It\u2019s equivalent to one amount to the green investment fund. When I\u2019m saying this, I am not undermining the efforts to get that money; I\u2019m putting it in the context, and the shame on the Crown, that it is not enough\u2014it will never be enough.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u00226590faa0-f76b-4386-84f3-9b06296cc772\u0022 data-id=\u0022a9317318f22c42cd8dc0da57b29a03e4\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000297\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226590faa0-f76b-4386-84f3-9b06296cc772\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022a9317318f22c42cd8dc0da57b29a03e4\u0022\u003ET\u0100MATI COFFEY (Labour): \u003C/span\u003ET\u0113n\u0101 koe e te M\u0101ngai o t\u0113nei Whare. Ko wai r\u0101, ko wai r\u0101 te tangata nei? Ko T\u016B pea, ko Rongo pea. Aku mataara, tahia te k\u012B, tahia te w\u0101nanga, he aro m\u0101kite, he aro m\u0101whiti. Ko m\u0101whiti kura, ko m\u0101whiti ora. Ko te wehi ki te whare, he whare m\u0101tahi, e Hui-te-rangiora e t\u016B ake nei ki runga. Uhi, wero, haramai te toki. Haumi e, hui e, t\u0101iki e.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000298\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226590faa0-f76b-4386-84f3-9b06296cc772\u0022\u003ETe Whakat\u014Dhea kei runga r\u0101, t\u0113n\u0101 rawa atu koutou. Koutou kua tae \u0101-tinana mai, kua tae i tawhiti, kua tae i tata, nei r\u0101 te mihi ki koutou katoa.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000299\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226590faa0-f76b-4386-84f3-9b06296cc772\u0022\u003E[Thank you to the Speaker of this House. Who, who is this person? Perhaps it is T\u016B, perhaps it is Rongo. With vigilance, I sweep clear the statements made, I sweep clear the place of learning, a perceptive insight, a transcendent understanding. It is noble transcendence, it is transcendent wellbeing. The respect to the hall, a hall like no other, Hui-te-rangiora that\u2019s tall. Safeguard, challenge, the adze comes forward. It coalesces, it assembles, it is bound.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000300\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226590faa0-f76b-4386-84f3-9b06296cc772\u0022\u003ETe Whakat\u014Dhea who are up there, many greetings to you. You who have come here in person, come from afar, come from near, I greet all of you.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000301\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226590faa0-f76b-4386-84f3-9b06296cc772\u0022\u003EI had a colleague say to me on the way into the House today, \u201CWhere\u2019s Te Whakat\u014Dhea from?\u201D I said, \u201C\u014Cp\u014Dtiki\u201D! And do you know what, it just made me realise that your story is still needing to be told. Amongst those that know \u014Cp\u014Dtiki, amongst those that know the injustices of the past, amongst those from the Eastern Bay\u2014the Waiariki rohe\u2014we know those injustices. Today, we\u2019ve got a document which is going to pass into legislation which is going to tell your stories. And your stories will be shared in the kura all around Aotearoa so that they know exactly what happened to your iwi. They will know the impact that the Crown had in stifling and putting a spanner in the works of the development of Te Whakat\u014Dhea. And that\u2019s a great thing, because it\u2019s only through information\u2014as my colleague from the Green Party Jan Logie said previously, it\u2019s only through talking about it out loud that we will get a bit of better understanding, around Aotearoa, for the plight of Ng\u0101i M\u0101ori katoa puta noa i Aotearoa. So I encourage you to get out there and start telling your story, because it\u2019s a doozy, and it\u2019s sad\u2014and as you sit here today and you think about 20, 30 years ago, your koroua, your kuia that started this journey who are no longer here because they\u2019ve passed on: we need to honour them and the decisions that they made. Willie was right when he talked about it before. They made some big bold decisions to step out, at the time to challenge the deed that was on the table that the Crown had put up, and rightly so. Look at the offer that\u2019s there now; they have been vindicated in that decision. Some of them aren\u2019t here to tell that story, but the right thing was done and, for better or worse, you\u2019re here today, telling that story. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000302\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226590faa0-f76b-4386-84f3-9b06296cc772\u0022\u003EWe\u2019re all sharing the story, too, because we will all go out into our communities\u2014and some colleagues will be better off, because they\u2019ll know where \u014Cp\u014Dtiki is\u2014but we will all be there to share in this journey. While the work will be done by the M\u0101ori Affairs Committee in the new Parliament, actually the fine-tooth combing of this legislation will occur\u2014and some wh\u0101nau who are out there, who maybe don\u2019t support this settlement, they will come forward and they will have their voices heard, too, because we owe it to the process to be able to try and make this the best piece of legislation that it can be. I heard today at Pipitea Marae, Te K\u0101haut\u016B jumped up and talked about hei r\u0101 rongo\u0101, and I really like that, and that\u2019s stuck in my head, because this is a day of healing for you as the tribe, as the iwi, as the mana whenua in \u014Cp\u014Dtiki; it is a day of healing for you, and I think that\u2019s really, really appropriate. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000303\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226590faa0-f76b-4386-84f3-9b06296cc772\u0022\u003EI love seeing some of our babies up there in the gallery and some of our young ones, our tamariki\u2014and you, Nan, and you, and you. I love seeing some of our young ones here because I see some of our older ones here, and I think, what will this journey look like in another 20 or 30 years\u2019 time? And some that are sitting here in this gallery might not be around then, and the baton will be passed on to some of these younger ones that are sitting here. And you think that you\u2019ve just got a free ride to Wellington? No, there\u2019s a little hook in that invite for you, rangatahi m\u0101, that actually, you are on this journey officially\u2014your ticket into here today hooks you into that process. So may you look and learn and listen and understand this place, because it\u2019s really important that you do. The sooner you wrap your head around how this place operates and how it ticks and how it works, the sooner you can start outsmarting the system. I\u2019d like to think that at the start of this Treaty settlement process, for all of our iwi, there was a lot of good faith and a lot of aspiration in their heart for this process, and you will carry those aspirations as well as you travel into the future. And aspiration is what it\u2019s all about, because it was your rangatira that signed Te Tiriti o Waitangi. It was your rangatira that signed up to the hope and the aspiration that was contained in that document. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000304\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226590faa0-f76b-4386-84f3-9b06296cc772\u0022\u003EAnd yeah, it\u2019s the Crown\u2019s bad for what happened then. The Crown did a disservice to M\u0101ori all around Aotearoa by not fulfilling the promises in Te Tiriti. I truly believe that our rangatira that signed that Treaty went into it in good faith and thought that good things would come. Well, it\u2019s taken a while, but good things are coming, and you\u2019re here today and we just need to never forget what happened there\u2014but we need to start charting a pathway into the future. And our young ones that are here: you are the key to that. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000305\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226590faa0-f76b-4386-84f3-9b06296cc772\u0022\u003EOur old ones that are here today\u2014older ones that are here today\u2014it\u2019s your job to pass on some of that; some of those stories, the stories of hurt; the stories of pain, but lift our young ones up so that they can carry on the journey, over and above today. This is just the start, though. Even after the third reading in the House, when you\u2019re all released and the legislation becomes Government law, it will just be the start. So to you, Vaughan, the new chair of Te T\u0101wharau o Te Whakat\u014Dhea, good luck. Your people are there. You\u2019ve been on the journey; you\u2019ve been put into that position, so kia kaha, e hoa. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000306\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226590faa0-f76b-4386-84f3-9b06296cc772\u0022\u003EI think about the good things since I came into Parliament in 2017, the amount of times as a member of Parliament around our rohe that I\u2019ve been up to \u014Cp\u014Dtiki to hustle for the mussel factory, to hustle for the harbour development, to cut the ribbon on the mussel factory, to watch the progress of the harbour development, the houses that have been built up there, just the goodwill that\u2019s been shown by our Government\u2014I feel as though I can stand here proudly. Whether it was with New Zealand First as that coalition Government or whether it\u2019s now as part of our Labour Government, I feel as though I can stand here proudly and I can go to the Caltex to fill up my car in \u014Cp\u014Dtiki, and go to the bakehouse and get my scone, and feel as though I can look wh\u0101nau in the eye and actually say that we\u2019ve done as well as we could have done in the short time that we\u2019ve been in Government, for the good people of \u014Cp\u014Dtiki, for Te Whakat\u014Dhea. And the settlement is another part of that process, and another one of the wins, because we should also not allow ourselves to get dragged down into the negative stuff, because there\u2019s a lot of negative stuff and you can go down into that negative whirlpool if you choose to\u2014but you owe it to your t\u016Bpuna, you owe it to the rangatira who signed Te Tiriti on your behalf. You owe it to our kuia and kaum\u0101tua who aren\u2019t here and our kuia and kaum\u0101tua who are here, to be able to move forward with positivity in your heart and do the best job with the tools that you\u2019ve got. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000307\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226590faa0-f76b-4386-84f3-9b06296cc772\u0022\u003EThis is a big day for you, and I want to acknowledge you. I love the quote that was given earlier at Pipitea as well: \u201CMay this be the start of an honest relationship\u201D. Te Whakat\u014Dhea me te Karauna, mahi tahi.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000308\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226590faa0-f76b-4386-84f3-9b06296cc772\u0022\u003EKi a koutou katoa kua tae mai nei ki te tautoko i t\u0113nei kaupapa whakahirahira rawa atu, nei r\u0101 te mihi ki a koutou. T\u0113n\u0101 koutou, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou, t\u0101wharautia Te Whakat\u014Dhea.  \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000309\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226590faa0-f76b-4386-84f3-9b06296cc772\u0022\u003E[Te Whakat\u014Dhea and the Crown, working together.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000310\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226590faa0-f76b-4386-84f3-9b06296cc772\u0022\u003ETo those of you who have arrived here to support this very important work, I acknowledge you. Thanks and greetings, protect Te Whakat\u014Dhea.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022d14b1afe-2069-41e4-96fa-c8dc81a991a4\u0022 data-id=\u0022b326b2924e164c3e8f6f43a5774d0ff1\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000311\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022d14b1afe-2069-41e4-96fa-c8dc81a991a4\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022b326b2924e164c3e8f6f43a5774d0ff1\u0022\u003EASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Jenny Salesa)\u003C/span\u003E: The next call is a split call. I call on the Hon Gerry Brownlee for five minutes. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022e6b4dc55-3561-49a8-a871-ae005354ef90\u0022 data-id=\u0022f040823ad7a649d781ba0f22812f4ac8\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000312\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e6b4dc55-3561-49a8-a871-ae005354ef90\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022f040823ad7a649d781ba0f22812f4ac8\u0022\u003EHon GERRY BROWNLEE (National):\u003C/span\u003E Thank you, Madam Speaker. Can I begin by acknowledging those who have come from Whakat\u014Dhea today to be here for this first reading. Your presence here shows great honour for this House. Might I also say that I don\u2019t have sufficient command of te reo M\u0101ori to say anything in that beautiful language that might be in any way coherent, so I apologise for that; it\u2019s something that I need to work a little bit more on.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000313\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e6b4dc55-3561-49a8-a871-ae005354ef90\u0022\u003EI might, as a third point, just let you know that while I\u2019ve been in this House for a long time, and I think there is only one Treaty settlement that I haven\u2019t been in the Parliament for, there has never been a time when my party has seen the monetary side of the settlements or the cultural side of the settlements as being in any way a gift to those who have generously chosen to accept the settlement; they are simply expressions of a desire to recognise the wrongs of the past and to set forward on a better journey in the future. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000314\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e6b4dc55-3561-49a8-a871-ae005354ef90\u0022\u003EI want to acknowledge the generosity of Whakat\u014Dhea in getting to this point today. I know that there are perhaps some who don\u2019t agree with it, but that\u2019s going to be the way life tends to be. I think, having known some of the early leaders working on this claim, their intentions will, ultimately, come through, and I\u2019m sure there will be a very bright future as a result of this acceptance, and the rest of the country can be, I think, very much delighted to see that progress.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000315\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e6b4dc55-3561-49a8-a871-ae005354ef90\u0022\u003EMight I also say that the only reason I got to speak today is because it\u2019s my duty session in the House and someone else didn\u2019t turn up. So I don\u2019t have a prepared speech as such and only have a short call, but I do want to echo some of the thoughts that have been expressed by speakers who have gone before me. It\u2019s not often\u2014or it certainly hasn\u2019t been the case very much in the past, if ever, and probably won\u2019t be in the future\u2014that I would show any degree of generosity to anything that Willie Jackson has to say. However, I do very much appreciate the commentary that he offered in his speech today, as with Peeni as well. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000316\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e6b4dc55-3561-49a8-a871-ae005354ef90\u0022\u003EI think those who have called for more of this country to understand its own history, and those who perhaps even rail against that, need to read what\u2019s in this short commentary prepared as a sort of a highlight or a bit of a helping hand towards the bill, to understand just what it was for people to go through; essentially, the Crown turning on them back in that 1865-odd period. It\u2019s interesting for me to note that on both sides of my family, my predecessors were arriving in New Zealand or had arrived not long before that. It makes you think for a minute\u2014more than a minute, actually\u2014about the extraordinary willingness of tangata whenua to accept those who were coming in from somewhere different, trying to build something better.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000317\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e6b4dc55-3561-49a8-a871-ae005354ef90\u0022\u003EThese failings, essentially, are pretty hard to look at, to read, and even harder to begin to understand how the intergenerational hurt has been so much kept alive by the people who are here today, who are listening today, and who are going to benefit from this settlement in the many years to come.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000318\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e6b4dc55-3561-49a8-a871-ae005354ef90\u0022\u003ESo can I just conclude my very short time this afternoon by reiterating my thanks on behalf of the people that I represent to those who have generously accepted this settlement, and express the desire that this is the start of new things, of great things for Whakat\u014Dhea and the rest of this country.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u00220f7d126e-c18d-4466-9ebe-d424ae5c4bf6\u0022 data-id=\u00221b52340c22ab469f9835c909be4d3d49\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000319\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220f7d126e-c18d-4466-9ebe-d424ae5c4bf6\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00221b52340c22ab469f9835c909be4d3d49\u0022\u003ERAWIRI WAITITI (Co-Leader\u2014Te Paati M\u0101ori):\u003C/span\u003E Point of order, Madam Speaker. I take into consideration that my people have travelled nine hours to get here today, and I ask this House for an extra five minutes because I think it\u2019s taken a long time for them to travel here to only hear me speak for five minutes. I take leave from the House to ask for an extra five minutes. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000320\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022d14b1afe-2069-41e4-96fa-c8dc81a991a4\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00223d8f466910ec44b6bbfe9e8381a425b3\u0022\u003EASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Jenny Salesa)\u003C/span\u003E: I seek leave for that motion. Is there any disagreement? No objections. Rawiri Waititi will have an extra five minutes. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000321\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220f7d126e-c18d-4466-9ebe-d424ae5c4bf6\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022a86988797d78439689e0f0d1ce005138\u0022\u003ERAWIRI WAITITI\u003C/span\u003E: \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000322\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220f7d126e-c18d-4466-9ebe-d424ae5c4bf6\u0022\u003EHaramai tonu r\u0101 te manuhiri\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000323\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220f7d126e-c18d-4466-9ebe-d424ae5c4bf6\u0022\u003EI runga i te \u016Bpoko hau, i te p\u014D marangai, \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000324\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220f7d126e-c18d-4466-9ebe-d424ae5c4bf6\u0022\u003EI te puehutanga mai o te aroha\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000325\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220f7d126e-c18d-4466-9ebe-d424ae5c4bf6\u0022\u003EI \u0101haha\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000326\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220f7d126e-c18d-4466-9ebe-d424ae5c4bf6\u0022\u003EKia kite au te whare o te manuhiri\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000327\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220f7d126e-c18d-4466-9ebe-d424ae5c4bf6\u0022\u003E\u016Ahia mai, \u016Bhia mai o kanohi\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000328\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220f7d126e-c18d-4466-9ebe-d424ae5c4bf6\u0022\u003EI te rau o te aroha\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000329\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220f7d126e-c18d-4466-9ebe-d424ae5c4bf6\u0022\u003EI\u0101haha!\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000330\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220f7d126e-c18d-4466-9ebe-d424ae5c4bf6\u0022\u003ET\u0113n\u0101 t\u0101tou Te Whakat\u014Dhea, nau mai, haramai ki t\u014D Whare. N\u0101hau te Whare nei i t\u0113nei r\u0101. E t\u0101, kua rongo atu au i ng\u0101 pahupahu \u0101 \u0113tahi, me te mea hoki i te w\u0101 he hiahiatanga a Te Whakat\u014Dhea i roto i ng\u0101 r\u0101 tata nei, kia tautoko mai t\u0113nei Whare, k\u0101re i kitea, k\u0101re i kitea.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000331\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220f7d126e-c18d-4466-9ebe-d424ae5c4bf6\u0022\u003EI te w\u0101 i heip\u016B t\u0113r\u0101 tangihanga nui ki runga i a t\u0101tou, \u0101, i konei k\u0113 ng\u0101 ngutu a ng\u0101 rangatira o ng\u0101 p\u0101ti nei e werowero nei i t\u0101 t\u0101tou iwi. Ng\u0101 Kir\u012Bhi e rua, a David Seymour hoki, e k\u012Bia nei ko ng\u0101 mahi ki roto o Te Whakat\u014Dhea, he \u201Csubhuman\u201D.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000332\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220f7d126e-c18d-4466-9ebe-d424ae5c4bf6\u0022\u003EKa rongo atu awahau i t\u0113nei Whare e ngaua kino nei i a t\u0101tou, \u0101, ka tae ki te hainatanga o t\u0101 t\u0101tou mea, kimihia, rangahaua, kei hea r\u0101tou kua ngaro nei? K\u0101re i kitea.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000333\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220f7d126e-c18d-4466-9ebe-d424ae5c4bf6\u0022\u003E\u0100, ka p\u014Dhiringia koutou ki runga i te marae, i taikareh\u0101, k\u0101re i kitea. Mehemea p\u012Brangi koutou te kite i ng\u0101 t\u0101ngata o t\u0113nei Whare, hika, kua haramai te toka ki te p\u0101ua, k\u0101ore te p\u0101ua e haere ki te toka. N\u014D reira, e hika m\u0101, t\u0113n\u0101 t\u0101tou i t\u0113nei r\u0101, t\u0113n\u0101 t\u0101tou i t\u0113nei r\u0101.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000334\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220f7d126e-c18d-4466-9ebe-d424ae5c4bf6\u0022\u003EMai i te tau tahi mano waru tekau [rau], wh\u0101 tekau, takatakahia nei i a t\u0101tou me t\u0101 t\u0101tou mana. Kei te takahia tonu i t\u0113nei r\u0101ngi tonu. Me te mea hoki, ka k\u012Bia nei t\u0113nei Whare n\u0101 r\u0101tou te mussel farm, n\u0101 r\u0101tou ng\u0101 Whare, whakamutua atu, n\u0101 t\u0101tou k\u0113. N\u0101 ng\u0101 ringa raup\u0101 a Te Whakat\u014Dhea, n\u0101 ng\u0101 pakeke kua riro atu ki te p\u014D, ng\u0101 mahi kait\u0101 kia ora ai t\u0101tou, ehara n\u0101 te K\u0101wanatanga, ehara n\u0101 te K\u0101wanatanga. Kaua t\u0101tou e\u2014ar\u0101 kei runga te k\u014Drero kei raro te rahurahu. Kaua t\u0101tou e p\u014Dh\u0113h\u0113 kei a r\u0101tou te nui o te oranga m\u014D t\u0101tou.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000335\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220f7d126e-c18d-4466-9ebe-d424ae5c4bf6\u0022\u003EN\u014D reira kei te mihi atu r\u0101 ki ng\u0101 pakeke kua tae mai nei i t\u0113nei r\u0101. \u0100rahi mai t\u0101 t\u0101tou iwi, \u0101rahi mai ng\u0101 mokopuna, me te hoki atu ng\u0101 mahara ki a r\u0101tou kua riro atu ki te p\u014D, ng\u0101 pakeke i te t\u0101ima tuatahi i whakaarohia kia h\u012Bkoi a Te Whakat\u014Dhea i roto i \u0113nei t\u016B\u0101huatanga. Kia kauaka t\u0101tou e wareware he nui ng\u0101 mamae i t\u0113r\u0101 taima. Me te mea hoki, tika tonu ng\u0101 k\u014Drero o taku kaihana, a Dudu, ko Te Whakat\u014Dhea ka noho maitai nei i roto i \u014Dku h\u012Bkoinga katoa i roto i \u0113nei mahi. Kei te mihi. Koia hoki te take ka t\u016B t\u0113nei ki te whawhai m\u014D t\u014D t\u0101tou iwi a Te Whakat\u014Dhea. In\u0101 aku k\u014Drero ki ng\u0101 rangatira nei, ng\u0101 rangatira o ng\u0101 p\u0101ti nei. In\u0101 a r\u0101tou k\u014Drero whiu ki runga i a Te Whakat\u014Dhea i te w\u0101 o te tangihanga. N\u0101ku an\u014D hoki i k\u012Bia nei, me tangohia te ingoa o taku iwi i t\u014D waha.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000336\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220f7d126e-c18d-4466-9ebe-d424ae5c4bf6\u0022\u003EN\u014D te mea ka roa nei t\u0113nei iwi e takatakahia nei i t\u0113nei Whare i te Karauna. Kei te takahia tonu. Kei te ker\u0113mehia i ng\u0101 raup\u0101 kei runga i \u014D ringa, i ng\u0101 mamae ki roto i t\u014D tinana kia korou kore, i ng\u0101 mamae e herea tonu nei i \u014D t\u0101tou kak\u012B. N\u014D reira i t\u0113nei r\u0101, ehara t\u0113nei i te whakaotinga, koinei hoki te t\u012Bmatanga. Kia kauaka e p\u014Dh\u0113h\u0113, \u0101, ka oti \u0113nei mahi, \u0101, kua pai.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000337\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220f7d126e-c18d-4466-9ebe-d424ae5c4bf6\u0022\u003EMe haere tonu te whakah\u014Dnore i Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Ko Te Tiriti o Waitangi ehara m\u014D n\u0101ia tonu nei, m\u014D \u0101p\u014Dp\u014D mo taikareh\u0101, m\u014D ng\u0101 tau e haere ake nei hei oranga m\u014D \u0101 t\u0101tou tamariki mokopuna. Koia hoki te take k\u0101re m\u0101tou e whakaaetia kia h\u014Dmaihia kotahi paih\u0113neti noa iho, ko \u201Cfull and final\u201D k\u0113 t\u0113nei. Kei hea te iwa tekau m\u0101 iwa paih\u0113neti e toe ana? Me waiho ake m\u0101 \u0101 t\u0101tou tamariki mokopuna t\u0113r\u0101 t\u016B\u0101huatanga e whawhai. Kia riro i a t\u0101tou i te mana motuhake i waihotia e \u014D t\u0101tou m\u0101tua t\u012Bpuna i hainatia Te Tiriti o Waitangi.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000338\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220f7d126e-c18d-4466-9ebe-d424ae5c4bf6\u0022\u003EMe te mea hoki, e hika m\u0101, t\u0113nei h\u012Bkoi, he hikoinga wehewehe tangata, wehewehe wh\u0101nau, wehewehe hap\u016B, wehewehe iwi. Ehara n\u0101 t\u0101tou t\u0113nei o ng\u0101 whakaritenga, n\u0101 te Karauna. I whakaritea te t\u016B\u0101huatanga o ng\u0101 ker\u0113me Tiriti a Te Whakat\u014Dhea ki ng\u0101 awa e rua o te t\u0101one nunui o \u014Cp\u014Dtiki. Ko \u014Ctara t\u0113tahi, ko Waioeka kei t\u0113tahi, engari kotahi te waha o t\u0113r\u0101 awa. Ahakoa kei t\u0113hea taha o te awa ka tutuki, ka tutuki t\u0101tou katoa.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000339\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220f7d126e-c18d-4466-9ebe-d424ae5c4bf6\u0022\u003EN\u014D reira kia kaha t\u0101tou ki te whakawh\u0101iti i a t\u0101tou. Kia kaha t\u0101tou ki te whakatutuki i ng\u0101 k\u014Drero i waihotia e te Matua Tangata, tawharautia. Koia hoki te h\u012Bkoinga nui. Pai noa te wero atu ki te K\u0101wanatanga. Ko te k\u0101wantanga he \u0101hua \u014Drite ki te haka a Te Rauparaha, i ia toru tau ka mate, ka mate, ka ora, ka ora, ka mate, ka mate, ka ora, ka ora. Engari t\u0101 t\u0101tou iwi, ka haere tonu, ka haere tonu, ka haere tonu. N\u014D reira kia kaha t\u0101tou ki te whakawh\u0101iti i a t\u0101tou. Kia kaha t\u0101tou ki te whakaarohia i te oranga o Te Whakat\u014Dhea ki roto i \u014D t\u0101tou tamariki mokopuna, m\u014D r\u0101tou te take o t\u0113nei kaupapa. Waiho ko ng\u0101 tauira o ng\u0101 m\u0101tua t\u012Bpuna e \u0101rahi nei i a t\u0101tou, engari ko te oranga o ng\u0101 mokopuna, \u0101, koin\u0101 te mea nui. Ko te Ng\u0101ti \u0100p\u014Dp\u014D, ko te Ng\u0101ti Taikareh\u0101 hei ng\u0101 r\u0101 e haere ake nei. N\u014D reira kia kaha ki a t\u0101tou.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000340\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220f7d126e-c18d-4466-9ebe-d424ae5c4bf6\u0022\u003EAroha mai ki \u0113nei k\u014Drero, engari kei te k\u014Drero i ng\u0101 k\u014Drero kei mua i taku ng\u0101kau, n\u014D te mea ka roa nei i roto i te toru tau ka whakarongo nei ki t\u0113nei wh\u0101re e h\u0101mene tonu i a t\u0101tou, e h\u0101mene tonu i a t\u0101tou. Kaua e p\u014Dh\u0113h\u0113 i te w\u0101 o Mokomoko noa iho. Engari, e ta, i t\u0113nei r\u0101ngi tonu, kei te h\u0101mene tonu, kei te whakaiti tonu i a t\u0101tou. N\u014D reira kia kaha koutou. Kei p\u014Dh\u0113h\u0113 te Whare nei n\u014D Te Wh\u0101nau-a-Apanui noa t\u0113nei tangata, e k\u0101o. Ar\u0101 \u014Dku m\u0101tua, t\u0113tahi he Ng\u0101ti Rua, t\u0113tahi he Ng\u0101ti Ira. \u014Cku tamariki, t\u014D r\u0101tou m\u0101m\u0101, ar\u0101, he Ng\u0101ti Rua, he Ng\u0101i Tama. N\u014D reira anei t\u014D koutou mokopuna e t\u016B nei, anei t\u014D koutou mokopuna e t\u016B nei, t\u014D koutou tangata k\u0101ore e mataku ki te k\u014Drero i ng\u0101 k\u014Drero, te k\u014Drero i ng\u0101 k\u014Drero m\u014D t\u014D t\u0101tou iwi hara kore.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000341\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220f7d126e-c18d-4466-9ebe-d424ae5c4bf6\u0022\u003E\u0100, ka waiho ake m\u0101 ng\u0101 k\u014Drero a Mokomoko hei wh\u0101riki m\u014D \u014Dku haerenga katoa i roto i t\u0113nei Whare, \u201CTangohia mai te taura i taku kak\u012B kia waiata au i taku waiata\u201D.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000342\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220f7d126e-c18d-4466-9ebe-d424ae5c4bf6\u0022\u003EAkuni t\u0101tou ka waiata i t\u0101 t\u0101tou waiata. \u0100kuni t\u0101tou ka kite i te oranga m\u014D t\u0101tou. M\u0101 t\u0101tou an\u014D t\u0101tou e k\u014Drero, m\u0101 t\u0101tou an\u014D t\u0101tou e rangatira kia tangohia mai te here a te Karauna i \u0101 t\u0101tou kak\u012B. Ahakoa ko Mokomoko t\u0113r\u0101 i h\u0101menetia n\u0101 runga i tana hara kore, ko ng\u0101 h\u0101mene whai muri ake i runga i a Te Whakat\u014Dhea katoa t\u0101tou, t\u0101 t\u0101tou whenua, apo whenua, apo tangata, apo mahara.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000343\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220f7d126e-c18d-4466-9ebe-d424ae5c4bf6\u0022\u003EN\u014D reira kei te mihi atu r\u0101 ki a t\u0101tou. Koinei hoki te r\u0101 tuatahi, ar\u0101, kua tae mai koutou, kua tae mai t\u0101tou ki te whakatutuki i t\u0113nei t\u016B\u0101huatanga. He h\u012Bkoinga noa iho t\u0113nei i roto i te taha K\u0101wanatanga, i roto i t\u014D t\u0101tou taha mana motuhake. Kei a t\u0101tou te mana 100\u00A0percent.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000344\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220f7d126e-c18d-4466-9ebe-d424ae5c4bf6\u0022\u003EN\u014D reira kua oti te w\u0101hanga ki a au. Waimarie k\u0113 au kua riro i a au he rima meneti. One hundred million dollars in five minutes, kua riro i a t\u0101tou i t\u0113nei r\u0101. N\u014D reira, e hika m\u0101, k\u0101ore t\u0113nei e whakat\u014Droa i ng\u0101 k\u014Drero, Uncle Robert, koutou ng\u0101 pakeke kua tae mai nei i t\u0113nei r\u0101, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou, kia ora t\u0101tou katoa.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000345\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220f7d126e-c18d-4466-9ebe-d424ae5c4bf6\u0022\u003E[Greetings to all on this day. Greetings, Te Whakat\u014Dhea, welcome to your House. This is your House today. Well, I\u2019ve heard the ravings of some, and at the time Te Whakat\u014Dhea wanted the support of this House, just recently, but there was nothing to be seen.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000346\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220f7d126e-c18d-4466-9ebe-d424ae5c4bf6\u0022\u003EAt the time of the great bereavement that befell us, the leaders of the parties were here challenging our tribe. The two Chrises, and David Seymour, saying that things that happened within Te Whakat\u014Dhea were \u201Csubhuman\u201D.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000347\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220f7d126e-c18d-4466-9ebe-d424ae5c4bf6\u0022\u003EI heard this House tormenting us, and now we\u2019ve come to the signing of our deed, I search and search but where are they? They are nowhere to be seen.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000348\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220f7d126e-c18d-4466-9ebe-d424ae5c4bf6\u0022\u003EThen, you were welcomed onto the marae, the day before yesterday, and they were nowhere to be seen. If you want to see the people of this House, gosh, the rock has come to the p\u0101ua, the p\u0101ua doesn\u2019t come to the rock. So, my friends, thank you.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000349\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220f7d126e-c18d-4466-9ebe-d424ae5c4bf6\u0022\u003ESince 1840, they have been trampling on us and our mana. They are still trampling on us today. Furthermore, this House says that the mussel farm is theirs, the buildings are theirs, their houses\u2014nonsense, they belong to everyone. They belong to the hard workers of Te Whakat\u014Dhea, the elders that have passed on, who did great work so that the tribe will flourish; they are not the Government\u2019s. Let\u2019s not\u2014see, soothing words above, but meddling below. Let\u2019s not be mistaken that our wellbeing lies with them.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000350\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220f7d126e-c18d-4466-9ebe-d424ae5c4bf6\u0022\u003ETherefore, I acknowledge the elders who have come here today. Lead our tribe, lead our grandchildren, while also remembering those who have passed, the elders who first contemplated Te Whakat\u014Dhea taking this path in these matters. Let\u2019s not forget there were many painful issues at that time. Also, my cousin, Dudu, was correct in expressing that Te Whakat\u014Dhea will steadfastly support me in all my endeavours in this work. I thank you. This is the reason I stand to fight for our tribe, Te Whakat\u014Dhea. I\u2019ve spoken many words to the leaders of these parties. And they chastised Te Whakat\u014Dhea at the time of the funeral. I also stated, remove the name of my tribe from your mouth.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000351\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220f7d126e-c18d-4466-9ebe-d424ae5c4bf6\u0022\u003EBecause for a long time this tribe has been trampled upon in this House by the Crown. They are still being trampled upon. They are claiming the callouses on your hands and the pain in your body to quell your spirit, the hurt that is still bound around our necks. So, today this is not the end, this is the beginning. Let\u2019s not be mistaken in thinking that once this is finished, all is well.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000352\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220f7d126e-c18d-4466-9ebe-d424ae5c4bf6\u0022\u003EThe Treaty of Waitangi must still be honoured. The Treaty of Waitangi is not for right now, but for tomorrow and the next day, and for years to come for the wellbeing of our descendants. This is why we didn\u2019t agree to receive just 1 percent as \u201Cfull and final\u201D. Where is the remaining 99 percent? We\u2019ll leave that for our children and grandchildren to fight for. So that we can attain the self-determination endowed to us by our ancestors who signed the Treaty of Waitangi.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000353\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220f7d126e-c18d-4466-9ebe-d424ae5c4bf6\u0022\u003EFurther, friends, this journey is a divisive one, dividing families, subtribes and tribes. This isn\u2019t our doing, it is the Crown\u2019s. Te Whakat\u014Dhea\u2019s Treaty claims can been likened to the two rivers of the huge town of \u014Cp\u014Dtiki. Otara being one, and Waioeka the other, however there is only one river mouth. Regardless of which side of the river, it will be realised.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000354\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220f7d126e-c18d-4466-9ebe-d424ae5c4bf6\u0022\u003ESo let\u2019s come together. Let\u2019s strive to attain the words imparted by Te Kooti, be sheltered. This is the most important journey. It\u2019s easy to challenge the Government. The Government is akin to Te Rauparaha\u2019s haka, every three years it dwindles and then renews. But our iwi continues on. Therefore we need to come together. We need to consider the wellbeing of Te Whakat\u014Dhea through our children and grandchildren, they are the reason for this claim. Leave the examples of our ancestors to guide us, however, the wellbeing of our grandchildren is of utmost importance. They are our future, our tomorrow, in days to come. Therefore we must be strong.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000355\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220f7d126e-c18d-4466-9ebe-d424ae5c4bf6\u0022\u003EForgive my words, however I am just expressing what is in my heart, as in these three years, for so long I have had to listen to this House denouncing us. Don\u2019t be mistaken in thinking this was only in Mokomoko\u2019s time. However, to this day, they still censure and belittle us. So you need to be strong. This House may think I am just from Te Wh\u0101nau-a-Apanui, but they are mistaken. There are my parents, one is from Ng\u0101ti Rua, one is from Ng\u0101ti Ira. My children\u2019s mother is from Ng\u0101ti Rua and Ng\u0101i Tama. So here stands your descendant, your man who isn\u2019t afraid to speak his mind, to speak about our iwi who has done no wrong. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000356\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220f7d126e-c18d-4466-9ebe-d424ae5c4bf6\u0022\u003EAnd I leave the words of Mokomoko as a base for all my endeavours in this House, \u201CRemove the rope from my neck so that I may sing my song\u201D.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000357\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220f7d126e-c18d-4466-9ebe-d424ae5c4bf6\u0022\u003ESoon we will sing our song. Soon we will realise our own wellbeing. We will speak for ourselves, we will our determine our own value when the Crown removes the ties fastened around our necks. Even though it was Mokomoko who was charged for no wrong doing, after that it was Te Whakat\u014Dhea who was penalised, all of us, our land, our land, our people and our memories were appropriated.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000358\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220f7d126e-c18d-4466-9ebe-d424ae5c4bf6\u0022\u003EAs such, I acknowledge us all. This is the first day, and you have come here, we have come here to complete this process. It is but a journey into the workings of the Government, and into our own self determination. We have the authority, 100 percent.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000359\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220f7d126e-c18d-4466-9ebe-d424ae5c4bf6\u0022\u003EAccordingly, my part is finished. I am fortunate that I have five minutes of speaking time. One hundred million dollars in five minutes, we\u2019ve acquired today. So, my friends, I won\u2019t speak for too long, Uncle Robert, the elders who have come here today, greetings to you all, greetings everyone.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022b464a62e-d900-452a-b842-e3cf4ccc6149\u0022 data-id=\u00228953affefeab48a7ae5d9bfdc5845f28\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000360\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022b464a62e-d900-452a-b842-e3cf4ccc6149\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00228953affefeab48a7ae5d9bfdc5845f28\u0022\u003EARENA WILLIAMS (Labour\u2014Manurewa):\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000361\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022b464a62e-d900-452a-b842-e3cf4ccc6149\u0022\u003EP\u014Dp\u014D! E tangi ana tama ki te kai m\u0101na\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000362\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022b464a62e-d900-452a-b842-e3cf4ccc6149\u0022\u003EWaiho me tiki ake ki te Pouahaokai,\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000363\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022b464a62e-d900-452a-b842-e3cf4ccc6149\u0022\u003EMe \u0101 mai te pakake ki uta r\u0101 \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000364\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022b464a62e-d900-452a-b842-e3cf4ccc6149\u0022\u003EHei wai\u016B m\u014D tama! \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000365\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022b464a62e-d900-452a-b842-e3cf4ccc6149\u0022\u003EKia h\u014Dmai e t\u014D tipuna, e Uenuku! \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000366\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022b464a62e-d900-452a-b842-e3cf4ccc6149\u0022\u003EWhakarongo! Ko te k\u016Bmara ko Parinuiter\u0101. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000367\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022b464a62e-d900-452a-b842-e3cf4ccc6149\u0022\u003EKa hikimata te tapuae o Tangaroa,\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000368\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022b464a62e-d900-452a-b842-e3cf4ccc6149\u0022\u003EKa whaimata te tapuae o Tangaroa. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000369\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022b464a62e-d900-452a-b842-e3cf4ccc6149\u0022\u003ETangaroa!\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000370\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022b464a62e-d900-452a-b842-e3cf4ccc6149\u0022\u003ET\u0113n\u0101 koe, Madam Speaker, and me mihi ki a koutou katoa ng\u0101 uri o Te Whakat\u014Dhea.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000371\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022b464a62e-d900-452a-b842-e3cf4ccc6149\u0022\u003E[Greetings, Madam Speaker, and I greet you all, descendants of Te Whakat\u014Dhea.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000372\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022b464a62e-d900-452a-b842-e3cf4ccc6149\u0022\u003EI began with that waiata because it recognises the place of the tender child in our histories and it is a history itself told as a lullaby to young children who grew up in the tender embrace of those stories which make us special. It is a song that was taught to me by my father, Haare Mahanga Te Wehinga Williams, who grew up on the shores of the \u014Chiwa Harbour and learnt it from his grandmother Patutoro Wairemana. She was the daughter of Whiuwhiu, who was the daughter of T\u016Btakangahau of T\u016Bhoe. And that connection between the \u014Chiwa Harbour, the people of Te Whakat\u014Dhea, Te \u016Apokorehe, and T\u016Bhoe lives on in him and in the generations to follow.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000373\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022b464a62e-d900-452a-b842-e3cf4ccc6149\u0022\u003EAs the chair of the M\u0101ori Affairs Committee, it\u2019s an honour and a privilege to stand here today and be a part of this very significant day for Te Whakat\u014Dhea and to acknowledge my colleagues around the House would only be right and those negotiators who have taken part in what has been a very long and difficult process of finding common ground.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000374\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022b464a62e-d900-452a-b842-e3cf4ccc6149\u0022\u003EYou know, many of my colleagues around the House and members of the M\u0101ori Affairs Committee have spoken today about how these processes divide us, and you can see it that way. There is that, in this, but there is also a process of finding common ground, of doing the work that it takes in a democracy to find those things that we can all agree on. The Treaty settlement process in Aotearoa is something that we do agree on and I\u2019m proud to be a part of a Government that is continuing a legacy of successive Governments of many colours, honouring and upholding the Treaty in that way, to give our history the important place in our history books, and to recognise the hara of the Crown and the mamae that it has caused.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000375\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022b464a62e-d900-452a-b842-e3cf4ccc6149\u0022\u003ESo in light of that bipartisanship, I had the work of the Hon Chris Finlayson in my House box, because I like to read it in question time. The Te Whakat\u014Dhea settlement is something that he speaks about a lot in this book. I honour his work in advancing that settlement. And though he did not get to sign it, as the Treaty settlements Minister, may I acknowledge the heavy place in his heart, which I think it had. He writes in the book \u201CMandate problems will be inevitable when dealing with longstanding grievances. Neither the Crown nor iwi will always get things right. Some decisions will not prove to be the right ones. The alternative is to sit back and not try anything. Some groups have made that choice. At times, so has the Crown.\u201D And he wished for Te Whakat\u014Dhea to be here this day where we are moving forward and acknowledging those things which have been negotiated by the Crown in Te Whakat\u014Dhea.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000376\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022b464a62e-d900-452a-b842-e3cf4ccc6149\u0022\u003EI also want to acknowledge the Minister, Andrew Little. He said in his opening remarks today that today is Te Whakat\u014Dhea\u2019s day, and it truly is\u2014a day for that tender child p\u014Dp\u014D, a day for the children and the young people in the gallery, and a day for my children of Te Whakat\u014Dhea, my three-year-old Waioeka, who bears the name of our river and the spirit; not only the serene, the calm, the life giving but the force, the haruru, the extreme power of that river which connects so much of our rohe and informs so many of our t\u016Bpuna stories.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000377\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022b464a62e-d900-452a-b842-e3cf4ccc6149\u0022\u003EAs the chair of the M\u0101ori Affairs Committee, it would be my duty, if we continued indefinitely in this Parliament, to consider the details of this legislation and to hear the submissions on it. I\u2019m under no illusion that that committee will hear forceful submissions from not only the people in the gallery today but also people who oppose it, people who find reason and flaws\u2014whether it\u2019s the process or the words here in the deed. And I want to speak to some of those things which I think the select committee should consider in its work on this bill before we come again to the second and third readings.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000378\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022b464a62e-d900-452a-b842-e3cf4ccc6149\u0022\u003EIf you\u2019ll allow me, Madam Speaker, this, for me, comes back to a day in 2015 when I attended the 150th commemorations of the siege of Te Tarata with Te Whakat\u014Dhea and my father. Minister Willie Jackson spoke of that day too. He talked about Dr Ranginui Walker\u2019s speech where he chastised the Minister for the lack of progress on Te Whakat\u014Dhea\u2019s claims. I remember that really well, because I was working at the time with Dr Ranginui Walker as an expert providing evidence on Ng\u0101ti Whatua o \u014Cr\u0101kei\u2019s claims in Auckland. He remains one of our foremost historians in Te Ao M\u0101ori and he spoke with such passion that day about how he wished for a settlement, because of the opportunity for Te Whakat\u014Dhea, which he saw as languishing, and the need for New Zealanders to appreciate the deep and dark history that is being told in this deed of settlement and in the many other histories which this brings to light. It\u2019s a real honour to be here to celebrate his legacy and his contribution to history in New Zealand, but also to remember that day when I have no doubt that he and the other rangatira who spoke spurred the Crown forward and made sure that we got here today.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000379\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022b464a62e-d900-452a-b842-e3cf4ccc6149\u0022\u003EI want to talk about Mokomoko and the further education and research needed here. For me, the story of Mokomoko does feel personal. It reminds me of the trial of Hetariki Te Oikau, who is my t\u016Bpuna, alongside Rewi Tamanui Totitoti and Martene te Karo, in 1869. They were also tried for crimes against the Crown, which resulted in one of New Zealand\u2019s hangings. Mokomoko is a figure in our history who should be examined by legal historians and New Zealand historians. His story is a clear way to understand how the Crown used our judicial system to not only take land but to take our mana.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000380\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022b464a62e-d900-452a-b842-e3cf4ccc6149\u0022\u003EIn the Crown apology, my colleague Jan Logie, in her speech, acknowledged that these words are negotiated words. They are words that we can come to a common understanding about. But let me say, for the words of the Crown apology to do with Mokomoko, that where it says \u201CWhakat\u014Dhea know the Crown used V\u00F6lkner\u2019s death as an excuse to invade Te Whakat\u014Dhea rohe.\u201D, I know that. I know that Whakat\u014Dhea was used by the Crown and used Mokomoko\u2019s conviction to justify confiscating Whakat\u014Dhea land. This caused blame to be placed on Mokomoko wh\u0101nau rather than the Crown for the suffering of Te Whakat\u014Dhea, and such a misunderstanding led over time to acts of retribution from some members of Whakat\u014Dhea towards the Mokomoko wh\u0101nau. This is a history that we know, that we share amongst ourselves, that we teach to our children, and it\u2019s right that we continue to do so and that all New Zealanders know that.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000381\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022b464a62e-d900-452a-b842-e3cf4ccc6149\u0022\u003EI also want to talk about the \u014Chiwa Harbour, which is important to me, and I\u2019m proud that this deed of settlement outlines the way that the Whakat\u014Dhea Kaitiaki Forum will work with the local council to continue to protect it. It\u2019s right that there is so much in the deed of settlement and such a focus on the environmental protections, which are the true role of iwi in this. We must act as kaitiaki and we must have that kaitiaki-ship enshrined in our law at the highest level. This is such an important piece of work, because it looks after a fishery which, for me, sustained my father. He was given to his grandparents as a child who had been breastfed. If he had not been able to eat the cockles, eat the penupenu that they fed to him on those shores, then he would not have survived. Those fisheries have been degraded over time. They were cleared out in the 1970s. It is our job to protect them and it\u2019s right that the iwi would lead that.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000382\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022b464a62e-d900-452a-b842-e3cf4ccc6149\u0022\u003EThe last thing I want to talk about is the name Waioeka. My father, Haare, sits between two great Waioekas: my little girl Waioeka and his grandmother Waioeka Brown, the matriarch of Te Aitangi-a-M\u0101haki. It is an important name. It is a name that we share in the rohe and it is a name that I look forward to hearing about more in the select committee and the histories, because I would say it Wai-o-weka\u2014ha, ha!\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000383\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022b464a62e-d900-452a-b842-e3cf4ccc6149\u0022\u003EMadam Speaker, it\u2019s been a privilege and an honour to speak here today. Thank you for the opportunity and thank you, ng\u0101 uri o Te Whakat\u014Dhea.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022071f7800-2755-41b6-83df-07ebaf867ae2\u0022 data-id=\u002257431914786a43639c8cc3083d9b4663\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000384\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022071f7800-2755-41b6-83df-07ebaf867ae2\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u002257431914786a43639c8cc3083d9b4663\u0022\u003ETIM VAN DE MOLEN (National\u2014Waikato):\u003C/span\u003E Thank you, Madam Speaker. It\u2019s a privilege to rise as the second to last speaker in this debate. The debate has been, I think, a very fulsome one. Can I start by acknowledging all those who have travelled here today from the Whakat\u014Dhea iwi to be a part of this momentous next step in the journey. It has been a long one, and I think it\u2019s important to acknowledge\u2014and we\u2019ve heard from a number of speakers in this debate already\u2014some of the challenges that have led to us being here today to be able to take this next step. It has been a difficult period, and I think, when we reflect back to the issue, the brutal killing of Carl V\u00F6lkner, the brutal and devastating response from the Crown, that had a crippling impact on Whakat\u014Dhea.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000385\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022071f7800-2755-41b6-83df-07ebaf867ae2\u0022\u003EThese things have been a significant part of some of the most challenging periods in this country\u2019s history, and it is appropriate that we address it. Whilst we can never fully compensate for that, and there will always be difficulties and frustrations and upset and pain, this can be seen as an opportunity to take the next step. That doesn\u2019t mean forgetting what has happened, of course, but indeed using that as a platform to help build the success for Whakat\u014Dhea into the future. I think that\u2019s what excites me the most about seeing the journey of these settlement bills, as they come through the House; it\u2019s the opportunity that can provide, to restore in part, to help rebuild, to help develop and create a better future for those iwi. Indeed, in this situation, in a beautiful part of the country, I look forward to seeing that play out over the coming years. Of course, we\u2019re going through this stage now, the first reading here; we still have some way to go through the legislative process, but we will be engaging in that in a collegial fashion. We will be looking to work together to get the best outcome possible.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000386\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022071f7800-2755-41b6-83df-07ebaf867ae2\u0022\u003ENow, there are some aspects\u2014one aspect in particular\u2014that we will be examining more closely, which is around the aquaculture aspect of the settlement, which is a unique piece that we haven\u2019t seen before. It will be precedent setting, so it will be important to make sure that we consider that and what the impacts of that will be and how that will play out in this situation. But we will do that in good faith and see how that aligns for the benefit of Whakat\u014Dhea and for everyone in that area. This is an important stage and we need to make sure we get it as best we can, acknowledging, of course, as I myself and other speakers have said, that it will never be perfect, but there is an opportunity inherent in this, and that, I think, puts the onus on us, through all the challenge that has come before, to now take up that opportunity and make it the best it possibly can be.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000387\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022071f7800-2755-41b6-83df-07ebaf867ae2\u0022\u003ESo, look, we are looking forward to celebrating the passing of this at its first reading\u2014that acknowledgment, I suppose; a significant milestone of coming before this House, as we take the next step on the journey to passing this legislation. We are very much engaged in that process. So, Madam Speaker, on that basis, I commend this bill to the House. Thank you.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022ed9f7e2a-8a0b-4bd9-a526-13450770b2db\u0022 data-id=\u0022247a7d3b098d4d62a1eb12dd4d1ad919\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000388\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ed9f7e2a-8a0b-4bd9-a526-13450770b2db\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022247a7d3b098d4d62a1eb12dd4d1ad919\u0022\u003ESORAYA PEKE-MASON (Labour):\u003C/span\u003E Mihi ana ki a koutou ng\u0101 kaum\u0101tua, ng\u0101 kuia, ng\u0101 rangatira, ng\u0101 uri o Whakat\u014Dhea.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000389\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ed9f7e2a-8a0b-4bd9-a526-13450770b2db\u0022\u003E[Greetings to you the elders, the esteemed guests, the descendants of Whakat\u014Dhea.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000390\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ed9f7e2a-8a0b-4bd9-a526-13450770b2db\u0022\u003EIt is a privilege indeed to be able to stand here and take this call on the first reading of the Whakat\u014Dhea Claims Settlement Bill. I stand with humility as a list MP based in Te Tai Hau\u0101uru, who entered Parliament in October last year.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000391\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ed9f7e2a-8a0b-4bd9-a526-13450770b2db\u0022\u003EI acknowledge the passing of time before this bill, and those that have gone before. It is said that there is no such thing as time; it takes the time it needs. The people of Whakat\u014Dhea, ko koutou, t\u0101tou katoa [you, all of us]\u2014this is your time. In reading about your history, I feel the mamae, the trials, the tribulations, the sacrifices, the loss, taking your people on this journey\u2014a journey that dates back to the first petition in this House in 1914, which, sadly, was unsuccessful. Your people never gave up and continued to petition the Crown. There are great sacrifices. There is great mamae that I feel in between all that to get you here today, never giving up. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000392\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ed9f7e2a-8a0b-4bd9-a526-13450770b2db\u0022\u003EWe have heard the detail of your deed of settlement from previous speakers, and I reflect on the settlement of my own tribe, Ng\u0101ti Rangi. I\u2019m reminded that these settlements are less than 2 percent of what has been taken. What is important to me today is to see that the Crown upholds their responsibilities in these settlements, their words of each and every settlement that passes through this House, and, in saying that, we as settled tribes do our bit to ensure the Crown honours those Treaty settlements and that I know, Whakat\u014Dhea, you will do that and make sure.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000393\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ed9f7e2a-8a0b-4bd9-a526-13450770b2db\u0022\u003EWhen asked to speak on our settlements, words do not give justice to how I feel inside my puku, speaking in the lion\u2019s den, a place that I was reminded of through the history of my tribe and my h\u0101hi, Te R\u0101tana. Whilst it is a privilege, it is a mamae that we must learn from and never forget the story and the history of Whakat\u014Dhea. Whilst you can tick this milestone, we must never forget the mamae, the history, but now it\u2019s important to celebrate the beginning of a new journey for you today and the generations to come.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000394\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ed9f7e2a-8a0b-4bd9-a526-13450770b2db\u0022\u003EWhakat\u014Dhea, I am not on the M\u0101ori Affairs Committee where the bill takes its next step in its journey, but what I do want to do is to acknowledge the hap\u016B, and I apologise now if I err in terms of the ingoa, and if I may have left someone out, you will tell me\u2014Ng\u0101i Tamahaua, Ng\u0101ti Ira, Ng\u0101ti Ng\u0101here, Ng\u0101ti Patumoana, Ng\u0101ti Ruat\u0101kena, and \u016Apokorehe.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000395\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ed9f7e2a-8a0b-4bd9-a526-13450770b2db\u0022\u003EWhakat\u014Dhea, I am reminded of the kupu \u014D T W R\u0101tana in 1918 when he tirelessly worked to unite the M\u0101ori people and to restore Te Tiriti o Waitangi to its rightful place as the founding document of this nation, Aotearoa: kei runga i te maru o Ihow\u0101-o-ng\u0101-mano, hei manaaki, hei tiaki, me te aroha ki a koutou, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou, t\u0113n\u0101 t\u0101tou katoa.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000396\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ed9f7e2a-8a0b-4bd9-a526-13450770b2db\u0022\u003E[This nation, Aotearoa, is sheltered by God of the multitudes, who takes care of, protects and loves you, greetings to you all.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000397\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ed9f7e2a-8a0b-4bd9-a526-13450770b2db\u0022\u003EI commend this bill to the House. Kia ora.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000398\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ed9f7e2a-8a0b-4bd9-a526-13450770b2db\u0022\u003EMotion agreed to.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000399\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ed9f7e2a-8a0b-4bd9-a526-13450770b2db\u0022\u003EBill read a first time.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022d14b1afe-2069-41e4-96fa-c8dc81a991a4\u0022 data-id=\u002292c70f0701e74fada4f2086decb455f6\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000400\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022d14b1afe-2069-41e4-96fa-c8dc81a991a4\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u002292c70f0701e74fada4f2086decb455f6\u0022\u003EASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Jenny Salesa)\u003C/span\u003E: The question is, That the Whakat\u014Dhea Claims Settlement Bill be considered by the M\u0101ori Affairs Committee.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000401\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022d14b1afe-2069-41e4-96fa-c8dc81a991a4\u0022\u003EMotion agreed to.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000402\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022d14b1afe-2069-41e4-96fa-c8dc81a991a4\u0022\u003EBill referred to the M\u0101ori Affairs Committee.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000403\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022d14b1afe-2069-41e4-96fa-c8dc81a991a4\u0022\u003EWaiata\u2014E kore au e ngaro\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000404\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022d14b1afe-2069-41e4-96fa-c8dc81a991a4\u0022\u003EKarakia\u2014Whakamutunga\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022d14b1afe-2069-41e4-96fa-c8dc81a991a4\u0022 data-id=\u0022577937a2c95340038f47ba57060666c4\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000405\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022d14b1afe-2069-41e4-96fa-c8dc81a991a4\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022577937a2c95340038f47ba57060666c4\u0022\u003EASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Jenny Salesa)\u003C/span\u003E: Ng\u0101 mihi nui ki a koutou katoa.\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=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000406\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubjectHeading\u0022 id=\u00224f39ad490ebc40edb6adce18149e3108\u0022\u003EResale Right for Visual Artists Bill\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000407\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubproceedingHeading\u0022 id=\u0022b74bedeb8b224e9b934e988d02f51149\u0022\u003ESecond Reading\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022c3a88c42-f60b-4cf9-8065-8bfb80a020eb\u0022 data-id=\u00226669f00ed995442ebe34018ad01554b4\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000408\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c3a88c42-f60b-4cf9-8065-8bfb80a020eb\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00226669f00ed995442ebe34018ad01554b4\u0022\u003EHon CARMEL SEPULONI (Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage):\u003C/span\u003E I move, That the Resale Right for Visual Artists Bill be now read a second time. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000409\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c3a88c42-f60b-4cf9-8065-8bfb80a020eb\u0022\u003EThis bill will establish an Artist Resale Royalty scheme in New Zealand, providing eligible visual artists with a resale right to benefit from their work. The arts are integral to the fabric of our country, they contribute to our unique culture and identity, and help to foster community wellbeing. However, our visual artists have some of the lowest medium incomes in New Zealand and have limited opportunities to benefit from their work on an ongoing basis. Unlike some of our other creative sectors, our visual artists\u2019 primary incomes are often limited to the one-off initial sale of their work. When the price of a visual artwork increases on the secondary market, often due to the hard work the artist has put in during their career, the artist will not share in this monetary success, likely receiving nothing. Under this bill, this will change. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000410\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c3a88c42-f60b-4cf9-8065-8bfb80a020eb\u0022\u003EThe bill will establish an Artist Resale Royalty scheme in New Zealand, providing eligible visual artists with a resale right to benefit from their work. In contrast to copyright, the resale right is unable to be wavered or transferred away from the artist while they are living, and so the right remains with the artist for their whole life. The resale right means a 5 percent royalty payment will be collected each time an artist\u2019s eligible work is resold. For a sale to be eligible for a royalty, it must meet the bill\u2019s definition of visual art, be created by or under the authority of a New Zealand citizen or resident, involve an art market professional, or be a resale to or from a publicly funded gallery, museum, archive, or library. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000411\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c3a88c42-f60b-4cf9-8065-8bfb80a020eb\u0022\u003EThe bill also provides the option for those involved in private resales to pay a royalty voluntarily if they want to. The threshold at which artworks will become eligible will be set between $500 and $5,000, with the exact figure to be set in the supporting regulations to the bill. As well as receiving royalties when their artwork is sold in New Zealand, visual artists will also be able to receive royalties when their eligible artworks are sold in countries which have reciprocating Artist Resale Royalty schemes.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000412\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c3a88c42-f60b-4cf9-8065-8bfb80a020eb\u0022\u003EThe scheme will benefit others as well as the artists themselves. Artists\u2019 successors or beneficiaries can receive royalty payments for up to 50 years after the artist\u2019s death. As is common overseas, the Artist Resale Royalty scheme will be managed by a non-government collection agency, which can deduct a percentage of the royalty in return for the service provided.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000413\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c3a88c42-f60b-4cf9-8065-8bfb80a020eb\u0022\u003EThe Social Services and Community Committee has finished its consideration of the bill and reported back to the House on 31 July. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Social Services and Community Committee for their hard work while considering this bill, and to thank the Parliamentary Counsel Office for their work to draft the bill. I would also like to acknowledge everyone who made a submission on the bill during the select committee phase; the input has been invaluable.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000414\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c3a88c42-f60b-4cf9-8065-8bfb80a020eb\u0022\u003EThe committee has recommended amendments that make the scheme more inclusive, strengthen accountability mechanisms, and improve the clarity of the drafting. Of the recommendations made by the committee, I would like to briefly speak to three of these changes. Firstly, three key definitions within the bill have been amended. In response to feedback on the bill, the definition of \u201Cvisual artwork\u201D has been expanded to include multimedia artworks and video artworks, which will enable the scheme to better capture the full spectrum of visual art. The definition of \u201Cprofessional resale\u201D has also been amended to include public archives and libraries. Like public museums and galleries, archives and libraries often purchase work for their collections as part of their function and purpose. This amendment ensures these organisations will be included in the scheme. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000415\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c3a88c42-f60b-4cf9-8065-8bfb80a020eb\u0022\u003EThe definition of \u201Cart market professional\u201D has been amended to explicitly include commercial galleries. Although these galleries were always covered by the definition, this amendment makes it clear that the resale scheme is applicable to these types of businesses and the artists who sell these works through them. These amendments broaden the range of visual artists that will benefit from the scheme, and provide greater clarity around the types of sales that qualify for the resale royalty.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000416\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c3a88c42-f60b-4cf9-8065-8bfb80a020eb\u0022\u003ESecondly, the select committee recommended that the collection agency be subject to the Official Information Act, the Ombudsman Act, and the Public Records Act in respect of its public functions under the bill. This is necessary, because, although the collection agency will be an NGO, it will be enforcing a public right and performing public functions. It will also be receiving Crown funding during the initial years of the scheme\u2019s operation. There is an emerging precedent for NGOs delivering Government functions in New Zealand to be subject to this type of legislation. This amendment will add an important additional layer of accountability to the scheme. Manat\u016B Taonga will work with the appointed collection agency to ensure it is able to meet its obligations under these Acts.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000417\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c3a88c42-f60b-4cf9-8065-8bfb80a020eb\u0022\u003EFinally, the select committee has recommended that the eligibility requirements put on an artist\u2019s successor should be consistent with the requirements on the artist. Without this amendment, the collection agency would have to track down successors with no connection to Aotearoa New Zealand, creating a significant administrative burden for the agency. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000418\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c3a88c42-f60b-4cf9-8065-8bfb80a020eb\u0022\u003EThe Resale Right for Visual Artists Bill is an important piece of legislation that will build on this Government\u2019s strong record of making careers in the creative sector more sustainable and more equitable. Over the past three years, we have invested in our creative sector to make the arts in New Zealand more resilient and sustainable. This bill recognises the contribution that artists make to our society, but it also strikes an important balance that will allow our valuable secondary art market to flourish. The select committee process has led to a better bill. I thank the select committee for that, and I commend this bill to the House.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022d14b1afe-2069-41e4-96fa-c8dc81a991a4\u0022 data-id=\u0022b1892af975394bae852036f1e32105ec\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000419\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022d14b1afe-2069-41e4-96fa-c8dc81a991a4\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022b1892af975394bae852036f1e32105ec\u0022\u003EASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Jenny Salesa)\u003C/span\u003E: The question is that the motion be agreed to.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022f96cdca1-b63c-4602-b2b3-276f58ebb518\u0022 data-id=\u0022da69a211a8544c2595d179d6438c2290\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000420\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f96cdca1-b63c-4602-b2b3-276f58ebb518\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022da69a211a8544c2595d179d6438c2290\u0022\u003ECHRIS PENK (National\u2014Kaipara ki Mahurangi):\u003C/span\u003E Thank you very much, Madam Speaker. So I rise on behalf of the National Party to speak at this, the second reading of the Resale Right for Visual Artists Bill. I acknowledge the comments made by the Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage, the Hon Carmel Sepuloni, and, as she has done, the work of the Social Services and Community Committee. I was not a member of the select committee at the time, but I\u2019ve read its report\u2014obviously, in conjunction with the bill itself. It seems to me that, from the discussion at the first reading and the work of the select committee, some significant thought has gone into ensuring that a regime will exist that is as robust and as clear and accessible as possible. So I confirm to the House that National will continue to support the bill, and I\u2019ll explain some of the reasons for that in the remainder of my contribution.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000421\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f96cdca1-b63c-4602-b2b3-276f58ebb518\u0022\u003EYou might be wondering what I\u2019m going to say for another nine minutes about this bill, Madam Speaker. I\u2019m wondering the same thing, so let\u2019s enjoy discovering that together as best we can. I might not speak for a full nine minutes\u2014I won\u2019t exceed my knowledge on this one, so it could be quite a short speech, in fact.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000422\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f96cdca1-b63c-4602-b2b3-276f58ebb518\u0022\u003EActually, I thought the first interesting thing was that it is a new Act\u2014or is a bill to create a new Act; it\u2019s not an amendment. That\u2019s significant in the sense that this is a new kind of mechanism that we have in New Zealand. I\u2019m not aware of any equivalent regime within this country to treat any other objects\u2014\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000423\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002218f9e3ea-81c5-4414-af48-d6bb843a9227\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00222113f1c019244af99644fb2d63fc9d76\u0022\u003EMelissa Lee\u003C/span\u003E: Collectables.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000424\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f96cdca1-b63c-4602-b2b3-276f58ebb518\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022a6e95be0a8414b2c978af4c04a0b0113\u0022\u003ECHRIS PENK\u003C/span\u003E: \u2014or goods or collectables, as my colleague and friend Melissa Lee has said. But the point\u2019s been well made, I think, throughout the legislative process so far, that equivalent regimes do exist overseas. The legislative statement at the first reading pointed out that some 80\u2014eight, zero\u2014other countries have such a scheme in place. I think we shouldn\u2019t be so persuaded by the existence of other schemes in other countries that we would do it automatically, therefore\u2014not least of all because there must be, logically speaking, 120 or so other nation States that don\u2019t have a regime. However, I think it\u2019s indicative that this is something that has been at least somewhat tested overseas\u2014there is precedent in that sense.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000425\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f96cdca1-b63c-4602-b2b3-276f58ebb518\u0022\u003EThat\u2019s actually helpful when we think about aspects such as the impact of the scheme on the secondary art market and in considering what that impact might be. In the absence of information in a domestic New Zealand context, we can look overseas to the UK and Australia where reports published in 2014 and 2019 respectively, outlined the way that those regimes have been operating in those different countries. Seeing as I\u2019m on the subject, it seems that there\u2019s been relatively low administrative costs to art market professionals in those countries. So, with some degree of confidence based on that overseas experience, we say in this country that\u2014or at least in this Parliament; certainly from the National Party side of things, supporting the comments of the Minister\u2014we think that the regime will not be overly onerous or burdensome and out of proportion with the intended aims of the bill.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000426\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f96cdca1-b63c-4602-b2b3-276f58ebb518\u0022\u003ESo what are the aims of the bill? Well, basically, the whole thrust of it, of course, is to provide value to artists who create visual artwork\u2014and we can talk in a moment what that that might actually mean\u2014such that would encourage them in their work and provide a degree of fairness when on-sale takes place, such that they would be able to capture some of that increased value. As one would hope that they could over time, if for no other reason than the outrageous level of inflation that we have in this country at the moment.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000427\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f96cdca1-b63c-4602-b2b3-276f58ebb518\u0022\u003EAlso, there\u2019s sort of another layer of purpose to the bill, which is so that we can meet our international obligations. It\u2019s a bit of a quirk of our constitution, I suppose, that the Government of the day can enter into international treaties and express a commitment in that the country\u2014you know, our own country, New Zealand\u2014will legislate in support of that. So Parliament, sort of, has a moral obligation to follow through what the executive Government has done. Of course, it would be unusual for an international treaty to be entered into by one side of politics or the other, such that it wouldn\u2019t be supported on the other side of the House. Certainly, we don\u2019t find any difficulty here in saying that with the UK FTA and the EU FTA\u2014being the Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and, of course, European free-trade agreement. We support those themselves and we also support the mechanism within those, whereby those free-trade agreements indicated that New Zealand would enter into such a scheme or look to enter into such a scheme within two years\u2014that we do so now. So it\u2019s a reciprocal scheme. It applies equally, I understand, on those foreign jurisdictions, as it does to New Zealand.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000428\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f96cdca1-b63c-4602-b2b3-276f58ebb518\u0022\u003EThe other element, I think, that\u2019s worth commenting on is just how it will work in practical terms. The Minister\u2019s given a bit of a flavour of that already, so I don\u2019t intend to repeat her comments\u2014there\u2019d be no value in doing that holus-bolus. But, in terms of the threshold, the Minister has mentioned that there will be regulations made to support, in terms of the detail. I actually think it\u2019s quite sensible to have regulations that set out some of the detail of the scheme. I\u2019m receiving some support for that idea. In my mind, it\u2019s a good idea because, if we\u2019re talking about particular monetary value and, you know, through inflation, effectively\u2014whether a significant degree of inflation or just throughout the passage of time\u2014if the dollar amounts become less meaningful or, frankly, inappropriate, then regulations can be made from time to time by the relevant Minister or Government agency that align it more realistically with the economy at that time. Of course, if we were to have these dollar figures in primary legislation\u2014the bill that we are engaged in passing now\u2014then it would be necessary to come back to Parliament on each occasion to change those dollar numbers and thresholds, and that probably would not be a good use of the House\u2019s time.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000429\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f96cdca1-b63c-4602-b2b3-276f58ebb518\u0022\u003ESo we see, further in the detail, and, again, as discussed at the select committee, the resale right will be inalienable, which is to say it can\u2019t be alienated from the person who it belongs to, it can\u2019t be separated, and it can\u2019t be sold or transferred except on the death of the artist. So the estate of the artist will be able to receive the benefit of this resale right. So it\u2019s quite a special kind of property right in that sense\u2014possibly not unique but certainly slightly unusual. It can be held jointly or individually\u2014that is to say, you know, by one natural person or, perhaps, more than one together.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000430\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f96cdca1-b63c-4602-b2b3-276f58ebb518\u0022\u003EOne interesting feature\u2014and, again, I think, it\u2019s quite an astute mechanism\u2014is to say that the duration of the resale right will be the same as the copyright period. It makes sense to align those. They are both, in a way, intellectual property rights associated with the artwork. Actually it\u2019s smarter, even, than saying the current copyright duration is the death of the artist plus 50 years\u2014we say it\u2019s going to be the same as the copyright period. So if the copyright increases, as is currently mooted, to 70 years\u2014seven, zero years\u2014then this would likewise extend. So they\u2019ll always be matched. I think that\u2019s a good bit of drafting. A good bit of thought has gone into that from those proposing the bill in the first instance and, as I say, with the approval, the green light, from the select committee on that point.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000431\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f96cdca1-b63c-4602-b2b3-276f58ebb518\u0022\u003EAs for what is included in the definition of a \u201Cvisual artwork\u201D, it\u2019s famously said that art is very subjective. It\u2019s a point that might be confirmed if one spills one\u2019s coffee in the cafe at an art gallery and finds that one has accidentally won a modern-art prize, for example. But, anyway, there\u2019s no accounting for taste\u2014taste of the coffee either, I suppose. But if one spills it, one can\u2019t taste it in that way.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000432\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f96cdca1-b63c-4602-b2b3-276f58ebb518\u0022\u003ESo I\u2019ll move on and only to note that, obviously, we\u2019re not interested in the subjective value of this so-called art, as it probably is in many cases, but, really, what the nature of it is. That\u2019s defined as well as can be hoped in the bill, and in quite a broad and inclusive way. We don\u2019t want to be too restrictive in that way. That would defeat the purpose, and the Minister\u2019s given some discussion on that.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000433\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f96cdca1-b63c-4602-b2b3-276f58ebb518\u0022\u003ESo my final comments are really just to note that there\u2019s a certain amount of enforcement that will be allowable, mostly through civil proceedings as opposed to criminal. A person would have the right to go to court to enforce their rights under the regime, in accordance with the Act, but also in a more general kind of way\u2014it might be something contractual or it might be, you know, a general right to go to a court of law and to say that one has been done wrong. So interesting stuff, sort of, in an economic kind of way, in a legal way, and it\u2019s a very fascinating idea, relatively unique\u2014or unique, in fact, I should say. National does continue to support it for the reasons that I\u2019ve said.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022e60c1237-5e2d-4d0a-9678-ab10db67d1b7\u0022 data-id=\u0022521ff49235d14f9caf54e3e403595d54\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000434\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e60c1237-5e2d-4d0a-9678-ab10db67d1b7\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022521ff49235d14f9caf54e3e403595d54\u0022\u003EANGIE WARREN-CLARK (Labour):\u003C/span\u003E Thank you, Madam Speaker. It\u2019s a real pleasure to speak on this bill, the Retail Right for Visual Artists Bill. It came to the Social Services and Community Committee, and we had a lot of interest from the community. We had 54 submissions and six oral submissions. That doesn\u2019t sound like a lot, but actually they were fascinating submissions, and I just want to start my contribution with a quote from Huia Hamon, the daughter of the late Rei Hamon, \u201CIt is absolutely criminal that everyone else, except the artist and their families, make money from their artworks forever. With no mention, no record keeping, and the artist brunts all the taxes! I love this and it gives a lot of mana back to people that create and spread good vibes around the world through their artwork.\u201D I think that sums up a lot of the submissions we had, although they were incredibly thoughtful as well and there were a lot of legal definitions. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000435\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e60c1237-5e2d-4d0a-9678-ab10db67d1b7\u0022\u003EThis bill does three things very simply, and we have traversed this, but I will very quickly say it establishes a scheme to ensure artists receive a royalty payment of 5 percent on resale of visual artwork. It authorises a ministerially appointed non-Government, not-for-profit collection agency to manage and enforce the scheme, and they can take a small admin fee for that service. The third thing it does is create a new source of income for visual artists. It\u2019s another way that this Government is supporting people with the cost of living.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000436\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e60c1237-5e2d-4d0a-9678-ab10db67d1b7\u0022\u003EArtists in New Zealand have some of the lowest median incomes, and we heard the Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage speak about that. In 2008, we had the opportunity for this piece of legislation, or a similar piece, to be passed. The Hon Judith Tizard introduced a bill. It was voted down, or it didn\u2019t proceed in the next Parliament when the National Party chose not to support it and continue it on. So this bill today at its second reading\u2014and we have made some significant and sensible changes\u2014brings us back in line with the 80-something countries out there and the rest of the world doing this work.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000437\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e60c1237-5e2d-4d0a-9678-ab10db67d1b7\u0022\u003EMy time is quite short. I\u2019m mindful that we have a valedictory today, but I would just like to acknowledge the support of the select committee\u2014all members were incredibly engaged in this process\u2014the submissions, and our officials who helped us with some very curly questions. We got into all sorts of questions, particularly about where people might live, and how long these rights would last for, and who might get the benefit of them etc. So with that, I commend this bill to the House.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u002218f9e3ea-81c5-4414-af48-d6bb843a9227\u0022 data-id=\u0022e632a848ba0048c7adbc5af9d81e8a18\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000438\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002218f9e3ea-81c5-4414-af48-d6bb843a9227\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022e632a848ba0048c7adbc5af9d81e8a18\u0022\u003EMELISSA LEE (National):\u003C/span\u003E Thank you very much, Madam Speaker. I won\u2019t be labouring lots on this one, because I think it\u2019s actually a really good idea. Artists who work in this sector to provide visual arts often do it for very little money when they first sell. Having said that, this is, as my colleague Chris Penk has said, a bit of a precedent in the sense that in this country, where other collectables, things like even company shares that people buy to resell or even vehicles that they do up to resell to make a profit\u2014they don\u2019t actually have resale rights, where they get a cut from the resale. But for the artists, I believe that we\u2019re doing the right thing here in this instance, particularly because it is to meet the terms of both the New Zealand - UK free-trade agreement (FTA) and the New Zealand - EU FTA. The National Party supports our free-trade agreements, and we respect that. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000439\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002218f9e3ea-81c5-4414-af48-d6bb843a9227\u0022\u003EThe only concern that I have in regards to this bill is that because the FTA was signed in February last year and we need to implement this scheme within two years\u2014which means by February 2024\u2014I just wonder whether it will actually be implemented. I hope the officials and everyone involved in this\u2014because this is only a second reading. I\u2019m guessing we\u2019re going to go into the committee stage and third reading next week, but who knows? We shall see what happens. But, as the Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage has laid out, and as other colleagues have said, this is to provide an additional 5 percent on the resale price before any additional costs such as GST and buyer\u2019s premium are added so that that can be passed on to the artist. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000440\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002218f9e3ea-81c5-4414-af48-d6bb843a9227\u0022\u003EThe one aspect that I\u2019m slightly concerned about is the recommendation that came back from the select committee, which was the additional amendment that they are asking for in relation to \u201CThe artist\u2019s successor who holds the resale right should meet residency requirements\u201D, it says. I understand that the Minister was mentioning that if they were living outside of New Zealand, it would be very difficult to actually track them down. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000441\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002218f9e3ea-81c5-4414-af48-d6bb843a9227\u0022\u003EI\u2019m left wondering whether, if I am the artist and I happen not to have any children and I bequeath all of my assets, including the resale rights on the arts that I have created, to a nephew who is in the United States\u2014I have a couple of nephews in the United States. OK, maybe that\u2019s the wrong one, because they have New Zealand citizenship. But if I happen to bequeath it to a cousin in Korea, for example, because they don\u2019t actually have residency in New Zealand, they don\u2019t actually benefit from my leaving them my assets\u2014my resale rights for the art that I have created\u2014which they could actually benefit from. In this day and age, where internet and email addresses are available, I would have thought that, when you have a register, it would be easier to track down those successors of the resale rights, and I\u2019m wondering whether that could be looked at, potentially, in the committee stage. I would hate for those people who may not have children to not be able to bequeath their assets to their family members who potentially could benefit as a result of that. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000442\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002218f9e3ea-81c5-4414-af48-d6bb843a9227\u0022\u003EI collect art, not very expensive art\u2014I can\u2019t afford it, obviously. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000443\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022094b0ff4-e404-451b-b4a9-ad12bd4dee56\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00228cb7444e81fc44a5bdca157dea88411b\u0022\u003EStuart Smith\u003C/span\u003E: Picasso? \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000444\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002218f9e3ea-81c5-4414-af48-d6bb843a9227\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022d5f005a96fe04179b97fee024ac720f9\u0022\u003EMELISSA LEE\u003C/span\u003E: No. I collect student art, and I make it a point that every time Mount Albert Grammar School (MAGS) holds their art auction, I turn up and I buy student art. Although the value of the student art doesn\u2019t quite meet the threshold for this bill, I\u2019m guessing that to make it\u2014\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000445\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f7fc7ac3-5ce1-43ca-8cd6-dbb0941bf3ae\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022b68699a2f4ff49e4893f20de9af610c9\u0022\u003EHon Dr Duncan Webb\u003C/span\u003E: One day. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000446\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002218f9e3ea-81c5-4414-af48-d6bb843a9227\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002203ff1e5182a0462d8f420224d866fe60\u0022\u003EMELISSA LEE\u003C/span\u003E: To put it on record, I don\u2019t buy those artworks to resell. They are our pride and joy because I love seeing young people\u2019s art and how creative they are. But, eventually, their art could be worth quite a lot, and it will fall under this. If I choose to sell it, I believe that the student that I have supported at MAGS would collect the 5 percent resale value as a benefit for their hard work that they did in high school. I hope that actually happens\u2014and I won\u2019t sell it, by the way. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000447\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002218f9e3ea-81c5-4414-af48-d6bb843a9227\u0022\u003EThe duration of the resale right will be the same as the duration of copyright, which is currently the life of the artist plus 50 years after death. But it actually excludes private resale between two individuals, and the resale has to happen with a proper art dealer, I\u2019m guessing. I think that that is only right, and if Stuart Smith and I decide to agree that I was going to sell him my student art when it\u2019s valued a lot higher and he pays me a price, it doesn\u2019t actually incur this. I\u2019m not so sure if that\u2019s fair. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000448\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022094b0ff4-e404-451b-b4a9-ad12bd4dee56\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00229fc231dde82f4dd788ff05dfb34acda3\u0022\u003EStuart Smith\u003C/span\u003E: Well, I\u2019m quite discerning. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000449\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002218f9e3ea-81c5-4414-af48-d6bb843a9227\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022cdf73e0f5e264b1fbc0c09dda0647855\u0022\u003EMELISSA LEE\u003C/span\u003E: Ha, ha! Anyway, I won\u2019t actually labour the point any further. I think it is a great thing that we\u2019re supporting the element of a free-trade agreement that has needed this Parliament\u2019s attention. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000450\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002218f9e3ea-81c5-4414-af48-d6bb843a9227\u0022\u003EHaving said that, I just am slightly concerned about the way that the free-trade agreement provision, effectively, actually forces Parliament to pass specific items in the legislation beyond the simple ratification of the deal\u2014the FTA itself\u2014and often in this situation, if people comment about a particular aspect of that bill, people who listen to this debate could potentially judge or think that we are opposed to the FTA. That is not the case, and I do worry somewhat\u2014you know, I do have some concern about some of that aspect of the FTA requiring us to actually pass these elements within the context of the agreement of the FTA, where we have to pass this bill when it\u2019s not just the usual ratification of the FTA. I commend the bill to the House. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u002295945ace-51e8-4dbc-a0e3-c19f4ed99ed9\u0022 data-id=\u0022fdca5fa4519b47f7b3d8dac233518be6\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000451\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002295945ace-51e8-4dbc-a0e3-c19f4ed99ed9\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022fdca5fa4519b47f7b3d8dac233518be6\u0022\u003EANAHILA KANONGATA\u2019A (Labour):\u003C/span\u003E Kia ora e te Mana Whakaw\u0101. It\u2019s always an honour and a privilege to make a contribution\u2014a short one today, on the Resale Right for Visual Artists Bill. This is a fair bill\u2014this is a fair bill. The bill is really fair in terms of artists\u2019 royalty rights; it entitles visual artists to benefit from the resale of their artwork, and, if they do pass on from this life, their descendants actually get that 5 percent.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000452\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002295945ace-51e8-4dbc-a0e3-c19f4ed99ed9\u0022\u003ESo, what it does, as we heard from everybody: it establishes a scheme to collect the 5\u00A0percent royalty. It also meets our free-trade agreement with the EU, with the UK, and, of course, Australia. There is an example where Australia had these resale rights for artists in 2010, and since, from 2010 to 2022, it\u2019s actually earned $11 million, so that\u2019s a lot of money that our artists and their descendants actually miss out on.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000453\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002295945ace-51e8-4dbc-a0e3-c19f4ed99ed9\u0022\u003EI want to acknowledge the concerns that the last speaker spoke about in terms of the descendants\u2014if the artist dies, what happens to the resale with their descendants. The committee had talked about that in clause 14 of the bill, and where we came down to was that the same citizens\u2019 or residents\u2019 rights to artists must also apply to the resale for their descendant if they pass away. But the difference is that the resale right will be available to New Zealand citizens and individuals domiciled in New Zealand\u2014because we asked about the Pacific. We all know that the countries of the Realm, they\u2019re eligible as New Zealand citizens. Of course, it also applies the resale right to hold jointly all countries that we have agreement with\u2014like the EU, like the UK, and like Australia. So if their descendants live in those countries, they are also entitled to receive the royalty.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000454\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002295945ace-51e8-4dbc-a0e3-c19f4ed99ed9\u0022\u003EThis is a fair bill and it\u2019s about time that we get to this stage. I commend this bill to the House. M\u0101l\u014D \u2018aupito.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022ff1ad5a3-e02a-4ffe-a961-ef69bdaee1c9\u0022 data-id=\u00222aaf246a34a747e6aa210fd120248180\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000455\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ff1ad5a3-e02a-4ffe-a961-ef69bdaee1c9\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00222aaf246a34a747e6aa210fd120248180\u0022\u003EDr JAMES McDOWALL (ACT):\u003C/span\u003E Thank you, Madam Speaker. I rise on behalf of ACT to continue to support the Resale Right for Visual Artists Bill, but I will note a few comments and highlight some concerns along the way. As Melissa Lee has pointed out, Parliament\u2019s hands are somewhat tied with legislation like this and hence, as a party that supports free trade, we continue to support this. But it does put us in a bit of a tricky situation, and I do think, with a bill like this, if it was coming into this House in isolation and not having to support a free-trade agreement, the outcome might be slightly different.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000456\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ff1ad5a3-e02a-4ffe-a961-ef69bdaee1c9\u0022\u003EOne comment on, or reflection on, something the Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage, the Hon Carmel Sepuloni, said in her first speech\u2014that this will do great things and it will benefit artists on an ongoing basis\u2014I would question that, as to how much of an impact this will have, because a lot of art is not sold very often, and a lot of artists don\u2019t produce a wide range of work. So, on an individual basis, I do question whether this will have a significant monetary benefit for those artists. I don\u2019t think it\u2019s going to be as great as it\u2019s perhaps touted to be. We feel this law is going to be complex, more complex than people are possibly saying, because, even though there are models overseas, with any new bureaucracy\u2014an agency like this, with all its costs\u2014comes complexity.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000457\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ff1ad5a3-e02a-4ffe-a961-ef69bdaee1c9\u0022\u003EA few comments on the bill as it has come through and been amended by the Social Services and Community Committee: it refers to a New Zealand citizen having the same meaning as in the Immigration Act\u2014again, this is something that possibly would have been better with the Citizenship Act. I\u2019m not entirely sure why that was used.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000458\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ff1ad5a3-e02a-4ffe-a961-ef69bdaee1c9\u0022\u003EWith regards to who is eligible, the eligible artist is \u201Ca person domiciled or resident in New Zealand\u201D\u2014so we\u2019re referring to citizens and New Zealand residents, as was the commentary in the select committee\u2014and the Minister said this deals with the issue where an artist, or perhaps their descendants, might have no connection to New Zealand. There are many artists here in New Zealand who make, for instance, M\u0101ori artwork who are on temporary visas\u2014who are migrants. You know, we purchased a piece of artwork from one recently and took it on a trip to Taiwan to gift to an official over there. Now, they eventually may leave New Zealand, and suddenly this piece of New Zealand heritage no longer comes under this framework.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000459\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ff1ad5a3-e02a-4ffe-a961-ef69bdaee1c9\u0022\u003ELooking at the definition of visual work, I think this just highlights the complexity\u2014the various definitions; the vast array. This is going to be a minefield and perhaps open up a bit of a cottage industry for lawyers having to work through the definitions.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000460\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ff1ad5a3-e02a-4ffe-a961-ef69bdaee1c9\u0022\u003EWe\u2019re glad that it covers galleries and museums, for instance, publicly funded or otherwise, though I do wonder how all galleries will feel about this, because, again, there is another slight distortion in the market. There is a disincentive, for instance, for someone to sell. They may just go and become a private seller. They may say, \u201CI\u2019m not going to go through a professional gallery, because that\u2019s going to be an extra cost.\u201D So I think there are some unintended consequences there that may unfold.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000461\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ff1ad5a3-e02a-4ffe-a961-ef69bdaee1c9\u0022\u003EIn terms of the rights held by the artist, I think there\u2019s perhaps a question of the fact that these rights continue no matter what. While it may be a small percentage, there are situations where someone may be involved in criminal activity; they may be charged\u2014and people can lose their knighthoods over this stuff. So the question is: if someone commits serious criminal offending and they go to prison, what is actually excluding them from benefiting from this? They still get the 5\u00A0percent while they\u2019re in there and when they get out. You do have to wonder, perhaps, if that\u2019s something that does need to have a little bit of attention to and reflection on.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000462\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ff1ad5a3-e02a-4ffe-a961-ef69bdaee1c9\u0022\u003EAgain, this could be a bit of a minefield with regards to the rights of successors, who they are, and where they are in the world. Again, I think, if you\u2019re a lawyer, this would be a wonderful piece of legislation.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000463\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ff1ad5a3-e02a-4ffe-a961-ef69bdaee1c9\u0022\u003EThe last comment I\u2019ll make is regarding the collection agency if they cannot find a person or they cannot find an artist. They have to take that money, and they can decide themselves what they would like to do with it. They could transfer it to this new cultural fund that\u2019s been created, and I\u2019d question the transparency of that fund and what it\u2019s used for, but, most importantly, I\u2019d question the decision of the collection agency and whether or not they decide to put it into that fund themselves or return it to the person who paid the royalty. Does the person who paid the royalty have a say in this? Looking at the legislation, it appears that they don\u2019t.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000464\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ff1ad5a3-e02a-4ffe-a961-ef69bdaee1c9\u0022\u003ESo, like I said, we\u2019re in an awkward situation where, because of a free-trade agreement, Parliament has to pass this piece of legislation. Again, if it was in isolation\u2014[Interruption]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000465\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00224a25943b-cb3b-49c3-bd10-74316fae17f1\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002276c2bb5cbbfd4f7e9e1e7a317a5f8b74\u0022\u003EASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Jacqui Dean)\u003C/span\u003E: Order! Order!\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000466\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ff1ad5a3-e02a-4ffe-a961-ef69bdaee1c9\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022b436002f1aff4afbaa45a9bb158e9d8c\u0022\u003EDr JAMES McDOWALL\u003C/span\u003E: The final comment I\u2019ll make, Madam Speaker\u2014thank you very much\u2014is that in isolation, I think, personally, I would not support this bill proceeding any further. I think it is a lot of bureaucracy but, unfortunately, sometimes we have to do these things. So, with that, I commend it to the House. Thank you.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u002219ed20db-5d6c-4464-9327-6cdd072bb4fe\u0022 data-id=\u002271fef0c9d9364065aaf7b6e2a76af5ee\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000467\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002219ed20db-5d6c-4464-9327-6cdd072bb4fe\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u002271fef0c9d9364065aaf7b6e2a76af5ee\u0022\u003ERICARDO MEN\u00C9NDEZ MARCH (Green):\u003C/span\u003E Thank you, Madam Speaker. I rise on behalf of the Greens to speak to the Resale Right for Visual Artists Bill reading, and the Green Party will be supporting this bill.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000468\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002219ed20db-5d6c-4464-9327-6cdd072bb4fe\u0022\u003EThis bill will support visual artists. Throughout its passage through the Social Services and Community Committee, we managed to iron out some issues that arose. While we did align issues around the residency status requirements for the successors of the artists, I think there are some ongoing questions about fairness\u2014particularly around when collaboration happens between an artist who is a resident and an artist who is on a temporary visa. We did note, through its passage through the select committee, that that\u2019s an issue.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000469\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002219ed20db-5d6c-4464-9327-6cdd072bb4fe\u0022\u003EThere were also some questions raised around the structure of the body that will be in charge of collecting these fees. There are questions about whether this should be funded via the administrative fees that are collected or whether Government should just centrally fund it and then be able to adequately resource it.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000470\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002219ed20db-5d6c-4464-9327-6cdd072bb4fe\u0022\u003EOn the whole, this is a good bill. While the Green Party may have not supported the fair-trade agreement that brought this bill into place, we do think that having a regime as such will provide much-needed revenue for artists\u2014visual artists, in this case\u2014who often may be struggling to make ends meet due to the lack of support that we provide for artists when it comes to income support. So the Green Party has to commend this bill. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u00223c5917bd-9c2f-4bdf-af2f-b13cd1a2c8bb\u0022 data-id=\u0022182870db05c7445b9f6bc1581b16e9ed\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000471\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223c5917bd-9c2f-4bdf-af2f-b13cd1a2c8bb\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022182870db05c7445b9f6bc1581b16e9ed\u0022\u003EDr LIZ CRAIG (Labour):\u003C/span\u003E Thank you, Mr Speaker. It\u2019s a real pleasure to stand and take a call on this bill. As you walk around Parliament you see some amazing artworks, and what they do is they really reflect the strength of our visual art community. The issue, though, is that some of our artists have some of the lowest median incomes in the country. So, basically, they benefit from the sale of their artwork on the first time that that sale occurs, but the problem is that at the point where the artwork is sold on the secondary market, they can no longer benefit.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000472\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223c5917bd-9c2f-4bdf-af2f-b13cd1a2c8bb\u0022\u003EWhat this bill does is it ensures that we\u2019ve got a 5 percent royalty that\u2019s going back to the artists, but it\u2019s only on a specific set of criteria. It has to be sold by an art market professional or alternatively sold to or from a publicly funded gallery\u2014so there\u2019s very specific criteria. If you\u2019re buying and trading, or selling on a private art market, then, basically, that doesn\u2019t apply, although you can opt-in to make sure that the artist benefits.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000473\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223c5917bd-9c2f-4bdf-af2f-b13cd1a2c8bb\u0022\u003EThis is an important bill and we have heard some very useful submissions. My colleague Angie Warren-Clark read out one in her speech that just reflects the importance that this royalty will have to the artists that will benefit from this work. So this is a really important bill, and I\u2019m happy to commend it to the House.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022868f3a11-6a23-474f-a25e-6bc1d4c6e93f\u0022 data-id=\u0022c30d188324dc4ab4aa023651ad03591f\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000474\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022868f3a11-6a23-474f-a25e-6bc1d4c6e93f\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022c30d188324dc4ab4aa023651ad03591f\u0022\u003EHARETE HIPANGO (National):\u003C/span\u003E Thank you, Mr Speaker. There\u2019s a real buzz in the House, in the Whare M\u012Bere, at the moment and everybody\u2019s obviously excited to hear the Resale Right for Visual Artists Bill at its second reading. Look, as has been said, this bill will establish an artist resale royalty scheme. The previous speakers talked about the wonderful New Zealand art collection that we have in this special place of Parliament, lining the halls. The benefactors, of course, of this Resale Right for Visual Artists Bill will be the artists themselves.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000475\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022868f3a11-6a23-474f-a25e-6bc1d4c6e93f\u0022\u003EI\u2019m just going to do a bit of a promo here from the beautiful city of Whanganui\u2014we have a strong arts community there as well. So my whakaaro, my mind, turns to a lot of our whanaunga\u2014relations\u2014there who are artists: the likes of Cecilia Kumeroa, my cousin Julian Bailey, Cliff Whiting, who is a well-known artist, had a lot to do with Te Papa Tongarewa. His mark and imprint is not only in the whare karakia at St Paul\u2019s P\u016Btiki with the whakairo\u2014the carvings\u2014but also the paintings in the parish hall there at P\u016Btiki. Wi Taepa, another who relates back to P\u016Btiki, and his son Kereama Taepa\u2019s latest modern contemporary art form is just along there, lining the halls.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000476\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022868f3a11-6a23-474f-a25e-6bc1d4c6e93f\u0022\u003EThe purpose of this bill is that it would entitle eligible visual artists\u2014and that\u2019s very interesting, in terms of the definition given to that, and I would probably speak to at length, should I not complete my speech this afternoon. It would ensure that visual artists would be entitled to receive a royalty payment each time their qualifying artwork was sold on the secondary art market. There\u2019s still a buzz in the House, and I know that it\u2019s not for me speaking to this bill. There\u2019s something more appealing and visual to come. On that note, I still have two minutes and will be taking this through to 5.30 p.m., much to the displeasure of those who are listening at the moment.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000477\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022868f3a11-6a23-474f-a25e-6bc1d4c6e93f\u0022\u003EWhat I will say is I\u2019d invite the members in this House, the members and the public who are gathered here: if you haven\u2019t seen the wonderful New Zealand artist collection that\u2019s lining the hallways of this special place, I\u2019d invite you to do so. Again, my whakaaro\u2014my thoughts\u2014turn to many of our M\u0101ori artists. So we have a Ralph H\u014Dtere piece here; Para Matchitt, again who affiliates and connects back to Wanganui from the days when he was an art teacher at Whanganui Girls\u2019 College. Those of you in Wellington who have walked along the waterfront and you cross over into the Civic area, there\u2019s the beautiful wooden artworks of the albatross on the bridge\u2014that\u2019s Para Matchitt\u2019s work. I\u2019ve also talked about M\u0101ori artist Shane Cotton, who is based in Palmerston North. So we have a richness in the fabric of what makes this special place buzz the way that it does.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000478\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022868f3a11-6a23-474f-a25e-6bc1d4c6e93f\u0022\u003EThe resale right, which will apply to the resale of visual artwork that occur after the first transfer or sale of the artwork, and which falls within the definition of visual artwork, is what this bill is all about. So, in my remaining one minute and 36 seconds\u201435 seconds that I have, this is a bill that the National Party supports, because we value the importance of our artists, and we value that this bill actually gives value to the resale that goes with the artwork.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000479\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022868f3a11-6a23-474f-a25e-6bc1d4c6e93f\u0022\u003EI\u2019m looking over to my colleagues who are about to take their place and presence here, and, on that note, I\u2019m going to take my seat, because there\u2019s more compelling and, certainly, more important speakers to address everybody in the gallery and in this House now. Kia ora.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000480\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022868f3a11-6a23-474f-a25e-6bc1d4c6e93f\u0022\u003EDebate interrupted.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n    \u003C/div\u003E\n    \u003Cdiv class=\u0022HpsHansard\u0022\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000481\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsProceedingHeading\u0022 id=\u002281ac929e0dcc4f53919b15aedf950e98\u0022\u003EValedictory Statements\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000483\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubjectHeading\u0022 id=\u00224a55d104d4b74c18b3b7e7ab637cb96b\u0022\u003EValedictory Statements\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022a434482b-7ac1-4862-9ce7-13e63289dee3\u0022 data-id=\u0022cebc5c1db4b04a9e87c92237813a6cd9\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000482\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a434482b-7ac1-4862-9ce7-13e63289dee3\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022cebc5c1db4b04a9e87c92237813a6cd9\u0022\u003ESPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: In accordance with a decision of the Business Committee, we\u2019ll come to valedictory statements. But, members, can I say\u2014so that I don\u2019t have to interrupt at the end, during inevitable celebrations, at the conclusion of the valedictory statements\u2014that the House will adjourn at the conclusion of Dr Clark\u2019s valedictory statement until 2 p.m. on Tuesday, 22 August 2023. I\u2019d now like to call the Hon Stuart Nash to make his valedictory statement.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022bbded2ec-ac25-4a73-a380-3f4d87693084\u0022 data-id=\u002208eec452ff5c40efaded584d43864501\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000484\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bbded2ec-ac25-4a73-a380-3f4d87693084\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u002208eec452ff5c40efaded584d43864501\u0022\u003EHon STUART NASH (Labour\u2014Napier): \u003C/span\u003ENau mai, haere mai. T\u0113n\u0101 koutou. Ka nui te mihi ki a koutou. T\u0113n\u0101 koutou katoa. On 16 December 2008, I was called to give my maiden statement. Now exactly 650 speeches later and 15 years on, I rise to give my valedictory.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000485\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bbded2ec-ac25-4a73-a380-3f4d87693084\u0022\u003EDuring this time, I have met and worked with the most amazing people, had the pleasure and privilege of representing my home town of Napier as their member of Parliament, been part of two extremely capable Cabinets, added two more Nash children, and married wonderful Sarah. The highs have been lofty and the lows\u2014well, forgotten already. By me, anyway.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000486\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bbded2ec-ac25-4a73-a380-3f4d87693084\u0022\u003EIt wasn\u2019t always this way. On the day after the 2011 election\u2014just three years after delivering that maiden speech\u2014I found myself out of Parliament and unemployed, with a pregnant wife, a large mortgage, a big red-branded fire engine, and an empty electorate office I owned, in the middle of a global financial crisis.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000487\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bbded2ec-ac25-4a73-a380-3f4d87693084\u0022\u003EAs an aside, one of the major local issues during the 2011 campaign was the possible closure of the Taradale Police Station. The sitting National MP at the time had publicly said that if the Taradale Police Station closed, he would resign. A week after the election, I bumped into the police District Commander and he said, \u201CMate, is there anything I can do to help?\u201D I said, \u201CYeah, there actually there is. You can close down that Taradale Police Station.\u201D For the record, this is the only time I have ever advocated for the closure of any police station and Taradale remains open to this day. Just to prove that my ability to influence police operational decisions\u2014no matter what my seniority or where I sit in the hierarchy\u2014has been pretty much zero.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000488\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bbded2ec-ac25-4a73-a380-3f4d87693084\u0022\u003EBack to 2011. Just four months after the election, I sat down at Ujazi Cafe in Napier with great mate and political partner Rob Johnson and we reflected. One term as an Opposition list MP wasn\u2019t how it was supposed to end. It was over 2\u00BD years to the 2014 election, but we decided to go hard once more\u2014and hard we did. We bought another fire engine, went hell for leather for 30 months: street corner meetings, door knocking, hoardings, and a highly effective anti-amalgamation campaign\u2014and we raised the money required to fund all this.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000489\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bbded2ec-ac25-4a73-a380-3f4d87693084\u0022\u003EThe truth is, you can\u2019t run\u2014let alone win\u2014a political campaign without money. I have been extremely fortunate to have a group of exceptional mates who have simply supported their mate. Notably, Ned Kelly and Troy Bowker were very generous over this time. Without their help, the team wouldn\u2019t have achieved what we did during that campaign. But also great mates and lifelong friends like Phil McCaw, Marty Verry, Greg Loveridge, and Bob Jones have funded me campaign after campaign, and I thank you for supporting me and am forever grateful. As mentioned, just mates backing a mate in a very Kiwi way.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000490\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bbded2ec-ac25-4a73-a380-3f4d87693084\u0022\u003EIn 2014, we were the only Labour team to win an electorate off the Nats. In fact, until 2020, great mate of mine Damien O\u2019Connor and I were the only two Labour MPs to win and hold a seat off the Nats this century. A term of Opposition followed until 2017, when an amazing leader captured the imagination of the nation and\u2014with the support of another person who I consider a very good friend, Winston Peters\u2014we found ourselves in Government.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000491\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bbded2ec-ac25-4a73-a380-3f4d87693084\u0022\u003ETo Jacinda Ardern: thank you for providing me the opportunity to be the best I possibly could. I think most New Zealanders know Jacinda as a master communicator and respect her genuine empathy, but very few saw the depth and breadth of her leadership and political skills. As chair of our Cabinet, she held Ministers to account in a way that only a person with a fierce intellect, a command of the detail, a grasp of the big picture, and a crystal-clear vision could.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000492\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bbded2ec-ac25-4a73-a380-3f4d87693084\u0022\u003EBut to give credit where credit is due, though, in Grant Robertson, Jacinda had the support of one of this nation\u2019s best ever finance Ministers. Grant\u2019s work ethic is legendary, and his command of policy and finance\u2014always with an informed but pragmatic overlay and sometimes a road to Damascus\u2014is outstanding. I have an immense amount of admiration and respect for you, Grant, and the way you have worked so hard to transform our country to align with the Labour vision.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000493\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bbded2ec-ac25-4a73-a380-3f4d87693084\u0022\u003EBeing in Cabinet means you get the opportunity to change the world. I like to think that I was a person who had a reputation for working incredibly hard across my portfolios and who got stuff done. To name just a few: firearms reform; legislating pill testing; rebuilding the police service; cameras on fishing boats; starting Digital Boost, First Steps mental health programme for SME owners; e-invoicing; restarting the NZ Forest Service and driving forward the massive reforms required within the sector; the Regional Strategic Partnership Fund; changing the way\u2014with Grant, of course\u2014that the Government partners with companies through debt and equity, rather than simply grants; Industry Transformation Plans, the space strategy and policy; Government procurement; economic strategy; freedom camping; all of the work done during 15 March and White Island as the Minister of Police; and, of course, COVID, variously as Minister of Police, Revenue, Small Business, fisheries, Tourism, Forestry, and Regional and Economic Development. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000494\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bbded2ec-ac25-4a73-a380-3f4d87693084\u0022\u003EEven though it was a relentless and immense workload, I loved being in Cabinet. And I would like to think that apart from the occasional slip-up\u2014and mainly because I was speaking on behalf of hard-working Kiwis who were simply just trying to expedite process\u2014I would love to think I was pretty good at my job. Thank you. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000495\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bbded2ec-ac25-4a73-a380-3f4d87693084\u0022\u003ESometimes though, it\u2019s the little things that stand out. In my early days as revenue Minister, I received two letters from women who were forced to pay child support for children conceived as a result of rape. This was unjust and I asked the Inland Revenue Department to change this practice but was told it would take a law change, so we changed the law. My message to the public is never underestimate the impact you can have by writing to your local MP or Minister advocating for change.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000496\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bbded2ec-ac25-4a73-a380-3f4d87693084\u0022\u003ENiccolo Machiavelli is attributed as saying, re politics, that you must keep your friends close but your enemies closer. This 500-year-old piece of advice belongs back in the dark ages from whence it came. Of course you need to know what your enemies are doing, no matter what side of the House they are on, but you also need a couple of best friends to be the closest in this place if you are going to survive, let alone thrive. I\u2019d like to think that I have and have had many friends right across the political spectrum, but three people deserve a special mention as friends who kept me safe and sane. Peeni Henare, elected at the same time as my return in 2014\u2014and what a first caucus meeting that was, mate. We clicked immediately and have been great mates ever since. Thank you, my friend. Barbara Edmonds, my amazing ministerial adviser who became an MP and now a Minister in her first term\u2014love and respect you dearly. In fact, in one trip away together, Barb was no doubt bossing me around to the point where someone asked if we were married. Barb shot back, \u201CNo, wrong flavour.\u201D Finally, Kelvin Davis. I can\u2019t look at Kelvin when I say this. Kelvin and I were elected in 2008, out in 2011, and won seats in 2014. Thank you. A better mate and confidant than a man could ask for. Thank you.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000497\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bbded2ec-ac25-4a73-a380-3f4d87693084\u0022\u003EAll my successes and victories during my parliamentary career are because I have been part of a number of fantastic teams, at home in Napier, in Parliament, and in Government. To name everyone who played a role large and small would carry me way past time, but I know who you are and I will be thanking you personally over the coming months. However, Cherry Taylor in my electoral office deserved a special mention. We\u2019ve spent nearly nine years together and Cherry is a woman of immense integrity who always had my back. We worked incredibly well together in a way that I believe added value to the people of the Napier electorate. Cherry, what we did to keep those two surgeons in the bay when they were so frustrated with the system that they were literally packing up to leave, we would do again every single day to ensure our electorate was well served. The only reason I leveraged my networks to sort the situation was because the health and wellbeing of my constituents was always the major priority for Cherry and I, and I\u2019m proud of the work we did.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000498\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bbded2ec-ac25-4a73-a380-3f4d87693084\u0022\u003EPeople in my parliamentary and ministerial offices over the years\u2014and there have been many\u2014have all been exceptional. I have been blessed. But a special call-out to Barb, my press secretaries Kathryn Street and Travis Mills, who worked seven days a week for two months after the 15 March terrorist attack to get the firearms legislation sorted. It was a highly functional team with a clear vision of what we needed to achieve and how to achieve it, and we did.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000499\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bbded2ec-ac25-4a73-a380-3f4d87693084\u0022\u003EFriends outside this place are also vital. In this game you lose a few but also learn who your true friends really are. Three amazing friends from years ago do deserve special recognition: Rob Lee, Phil McCaw and Ned Kelly\u2014or Andrew Kelly, but everyone with the last name Kelly\u2019s called Ned, right? Best friends before, best friends during, and best friends after. We\u2019ve always celebrated each other\u2019s successes and triumphs and been there for each other during the inevitable missteps and mischief. And to my Napier team\u2014a number whom have travelled to be here today\u2014thank you so much; what a team. The best campaigners in the country\u2014the results bear that out.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000500\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bbded2ec-ac25-4a73-a380-3f4d87693084\u0022\u003EI\u2019ve read commentary about the State sector recently that I don\u2019t think is grounded in the reality. Let me say, I have been extremely well served by exceptional State sector leaders who have built efficient and competent teams that do deliver. Carolyn Tremain, who heads the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment; Ray Smith, the Director General of Ministry for Primary Industries; Andy Coster and Mike Bush, both Commissioners of Police during my time; Naomi Ferguson, commissioner of Inland Revenue\u2014all exceptional leaders who would shine in any large, complex organisation, public sector or private. Though not my direct portfolio, but within my sphere of work, Debbie Power from the Ministry of Social Development, James Palmer from the Ministry for the Environment and Penny Nelson from the Department of Conservation are also exceptional leaders.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000501\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bbded2ec-ac25-4a73-a380-3f4d87693084\u0022\u003EAll the State sector leaders I have had contact with and/or have worked with do, in my opinion, deliver innovative solutions and undertake comprehensive change programmes under the most trying of circumstances. My experience after five and a half years at the coalface is that by and large, New Zealand is extremely well served by a highly confident, capable, and engaged State sector.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000502\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bbded2ec-ac25-4a73-a380-3f4d87693084\u0022\u003EA couple of observations: I love this country and I believe in its potential, but the growing acceptance of mediocrity has become a disease that has crept into society in a way that is highly counter-productive. We need to banish the belief that it\u2019s not about winning, but rather it\u2019s about participation: that\u2019s just bullshit. Play fair, but always play to win. Fight for it. Be there to be the best. We must instil a passion and a pride in all New Zealanders\u2014starting in the classroom with teachers and students, based on principles and objectives of excellence and success.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000503\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bbded2ec-ac25-4a73-a380-3f4d87693084\u0022\u003ESecondly, in this country, we tend to put our judges on a pedestal. Of course, they play a very important part in maintaining the social fabric of society, but if a Minister whose name is on a piece of legislation can\u2019t comment on a decision that is so far outside the expectations of the community that both the Minister and the Judge serve; then who can? Well, apart from Mike Hosking. Judges need to be as accountable for their performance as MPs are. Of course, as a legislator, I understand the principle of judicial independence\u2014but as a legislator, when I occasionally see members of the judiciary seemingly ignoring the very clear guidance Parliament\u2019s legislation has sent to both them and our communities then I think, as an elected representative, I have earnt the right to call that out. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000504\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bbded2ec-ac25-4a73-a380-3f4d87693084\u0022\u003EWhat\u2019s next? A welcome return to corporate life in a challenging role I am very much looking forward to for an organisation whose culture embraces excellence and whose values are totally aligned with mine\u2014I can\u2019t wait. And of course, more time with my wonderful family. Thank you, Sarah, Sophia, Charlie, Will, and Isabella. This has been my passion and not yours; you\u2019ve all paid a high price for my service. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000505\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bbded2ec-ac25-4a73-a380-3f4d87693084\u0022\u003EYou know, I showed a copy of my speech to Sarah, my wife, because, not surprisingly, she has built a better filter than I do re risk. But I deliberately left these words out because I wanted her to hear them for this first time today: You can\u2019t do this job without a loving, supportive partner. They manage the house because we\u2019re never around, and they protect our kids when cruel words are written, and pick up the pieces when it turns to shit. No partner knows what they are getting themselves into when their man or woman becomes an MP, and you can times that by ten when they become a Minister. It can be brutal, and sometimes more so for our families than for us. And Sarah, you\u2019ve had my back in a way that\u2019s allowed me\u2014I love you. If it seems I\u2019ve taken this for granted, believe me, I never have. Thank you.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000506\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bbded2ec-ac25-4a73-a380-3f4d87693084\u0022\u003ETwo final points. [Holds up paper] The best headline of my career: \u201CI can\u2019t believe Stuart Nash was right\u201D. Could be referring to anything I suppose, but it\u2019s about a bit I had with Mike Hosking and Mark Mitchell. We bet a case of fine Craggy Range wine on the fact we get to 90 percent fully vaxxed and we did, now that\u2019s delivery for you; an amazing Government. Mike Hosking, however, still hasn\u2019t paid up. Come on, Mike, I know you\u2019re watching\u2014tomorrow, I dare you to announce, on air, that there\u2019s a case of Craggy Range heading my way, and I\u2019ll collect from you too, Mitch.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000507\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bbded2ec-ac25-4a73-a380-3f4d87693084\u0022\u003EMr Speaker, when I\u2019m asked what my legacy will be, I reply that I have no public legacy. I will be forgotten 10 minutes after I leave this place, and that\u2019s the way it should be. But the Government I\u2019ve been part of has left a strong legacy as a result of collective action and a drive and determination to do the right thing, by a group of highly engaged people. And on that note, I want to say it really has been a privilege and a pleasure to have served. Finally, as an MP who has been here a while, I am very aware there is actually one more time when a future speaker will formally call my name. May there been many, many good years between this day and that one. Kia ora. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000508\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bbded2ec-ac25-4a73-a380-3f4d87693084\u0022\u003E[Applause, hongi, and harir\u016B]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022a434482b-7ac1-4862-9ce7-13e63289dee3\u0022 data-id=\u00220884ee2de82d47cb86f1d80763cab60b\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000509\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a434482b-7ac1-4862-9ce7-13e63289dee3\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00220884ee2de82d47cb86f1d80763cab60b\u0022\u003ESPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: Members, I think we\u2019ll just wait till the wh\u0101nau of the next speaker comes into the Chamber.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u00225bbd9f26-fdb0-4b85-a836-0fc46e1bba3c\u0022 data-id=\u0022871f3fc92b44407198f4e1201d2bff1e\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000510\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00225bbd9f26-fdb0-4b85-a836-0fc46e1bba3c\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022871f3fc92b44407198f4e1201d2bff1e\u0022\u003EHon Dr DAVID CLARK (Labour\u2014Dunedin):\u003C/span\u003E E ng\u0101 mana, e ng\u0101 reo, e ng\u0101 k\u0101rangarangatanga maha o te w\u0101. T\u0113n\u0101 koutou, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou, t\u0113n\u0101 t\u0101tou katoa. In the late 1990s, N\u00E1ndor T\u00E1nczos, then a fresh political candidate for a party outside Parliament, approached me at Metiria Turei\u2019s wedding, at which I was officiating. Nandor wanted to attend an event I was running on restorative justice. Judge Fred McElrea, Dame Naida Glavish, and Rev Douglas Mansill were speaking at St Luke\u2019s Church, but it was David Lange who packed the church to the rafters. He transfixed the audience, speaking with much humour and without notes. To this day, I still hear his booming voice when I consulted the audience about extending the session: \u201CDavid, just make a decision.\u201D It was useful advice then, and it proved useful advice when I made it into Cabinet many years later. I was chuffed when the Green Party wrote their first justice policy off the back of that event.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000511\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00225bbd9f26-fdb0-4b85-a836-0fc46e1bba3c\u0022\u003EI had long known, though, that my sympathies lay with Labour, \u201Cfighting for the many and not the few\u201D, but it wasn\u2019t until I was at Treasury that I joined the Labour Party. Needless to say, this was uncommon. However, in common with many Treasury officials through the ages, I did begin to wonder increasingly why the Minister of Finance was not taking all of my excellent advice! My friend Grant Robertson soon had me out under the cover of darkness installing Marian Hobbs\u2019 campaign billboards in 2005. I came out of the political closet later that year when I attended the press gallery drinks in the company of Prime Minister\u2019s Office staffers. One of Grant\u2019s colleagues, Jacinda Ardern, had a spare ticket.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000512\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00225bbd9f26-fdb0-4b85-a836-0fc46e1bba3c\u0022\u003EI eventually found myself working in the Hon David Parker\u2019s office. Over a beer at the Occidental, Grant had told me that my complete lack of political experience and my background as a Treasury official would not count against me. Two days later, I met David at another bar, disagreed with him about just about everything, and he offered me the job. I had the very real privilege of working alongside David as he designed the world\u2019s first emissions trading scheme. In that process, he won the political argument for a price on carbon that had earlier been lost, with a carbon tax. David, you are in this job, first and foremost, to make a change that matters in people\u2019s lives, and I hugely respect that. A year out from the 2008 election, I returned to Dunedin to run Selwyn College, a student hall of residence. I took with me the lesson that change is possible in New Zealand politics.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000513\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00225bbd9f26-fdb0-4b85-a836-0fc46e1bba3c\u0022\u003EMy initial selection as a candidate for Labour came a few years later through the efforts of a team of stalwarts. I want to thank Ruth Chapman, Islay Little, Ali Jameson, Carol Bond, Jacques Van der Meer, and, of course, my friend the wonderful Barb Long, who brought her incredible energy and focus to chairing my first two campaigns. Dunedin, of course, is a paradise. Chris Finlayson once told me before he left this place that he loved our city, its arts, its culture, its heritage, and, in fact, he \u201Cwould consider moving there if it wasn\u2019t such a socialist hellhole.\u201D Numerous people have reached out to thank me for my service since I announced my retirement, but they have things the wrong way around. It is me that wants to thank you, the people of Dunedin and its northern satellites, for trusting me to represent you for four terms. It has been a privilege. Three local campaigns highlight for me the possibility of positive change in politics. A huge thankyou to Jarred Griffiths, without whom the first two would not have been such a success.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000514\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00225bbd9f26-fdb0-4b85-a836-0fc46e1bba3c\u0022\u003EBy 2017, Dunedin was sick of a hospital with asbestos and leaking operating theatres, and, as a candidate who had run a consistent campaign over more than three years focused on that rebuild of that hospital, they supported me to one of the biggest swings to Labour in the country. Very few Ministers then get to run a project in the local community\u2014or not run it, but you know\u2014worth a billion dollars. It was deeply satisfying and a deeply satisfying victory by the community, for the community. To Pete Hodgson, thank you for ensuring that both local opportunities and healthcare outcomes have been maximised in that rebuild. Ours will be the most modern and appropriate hospital, the biggest and, actually, the most expensive\u2014sorry, finance Minister\u2014ever built in New Zealand\u2019s history. It will be world class. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000515\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00225bbd9f26-fdb0-4b85-a836-0fc46e1bba3c\u0022\u003EThe second local campaign is saving Invermay. Together with Dave Cull, the late Mayor of Dunedin, the chamber of commerce, former AgResearch luminary Jock Allison, and others, we made videos and broke stories. The Otago Daily Times supported the campaign. The sheep industry got on board; locals liked high-value jobs. The 12,000-strong petition was ultimately declared a success, with Labour in Government scrapping the plan for AgResearch to disband Invermay.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000516\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00225bbd9f26-fdb0-4b85-a836-0fc46e1bba3c\u0022\u003EThe third local success is the Centre of Digital Excellence\u2014CODE for short. Ahead of the 2017 election, Opposition frontbenchers brought ideas to the table to choose a signature policy. I had earnestly been working through the application of bottom-up cluster theory. But it will surprise no one here that I was sent away after this experience and that that economic theory\u2014complete with hypotheticals and ill-defined future rewards\u2014proved no match at all for the competing policy summed up in three words by my more politically astute colleague: \u201Cfree tertiary education\u201D. Chris Hipkins for the win! Both the examples, though, that I did work up through that theory in Tair\u0101whiti\u2014the wood cluster and CODE in Dunedin\u2014were further developed, funded, and implemented in Government, and I want to congratulate those others who have made that a success. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000517\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00225bbd9f26-fdb0-4b85-a836-0fc46e1bba3c\u0022\u003EAlongside the glamour of campaigns sits the Labour Electorate Committee (LEC), who ensure the day-to-day work of the party is kept in order. LEC chairs Anthony Robins, Steve O\u2019Connor, Karen Heine, Marian Hobbs, Suzanne Robins, Kevin O\u2019Sullivan\u2014thank you. To those who served in my electorate office: Karen Dehn, Sally Knox, Jo O\u2019Brien, Jarred Griffiths, Amy Dowdle, Darryl Baser, Michelle Walsh, Frances Griffiths, Anna Hoek-Sims, and all of those wonderful part-timers\u2014and, of course, the team who recently won the \u201Csuperb eco award\u201D for the best electorate office in the country\u2014thank you. Karen Frost, Bronson Blackbourn, and John McKenzie, I am going to miss you guys, but with Rachel Brooking on the way, I\u2019m confident you are getting an upgrade.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000518\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00225bbd9f26-fdb0-4b85-a836-0fc46e1bba3c\u0022\u003EBack in Wellington, I want to thank Jo Crilly for putting up with my ceaseless demands from Opposition and determination to make a difference, even from Opposition, on those cold, hard benches. Kasper, thanks for ushering me out the door with dignity. In 2017, we formed Government. Melissa Turner, you are the longest-serving SPS in this place. Having worked with some real characters over three Governments, anything after Clayton Cosgrove was going to be a doddle! For your tireless service, professionalism, loyalty, and sense of humour throughout my time in Cabinet\u2014thank you.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000519\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00225bbd9f26-fdb0-4b85-a836-0fc46e1bba3c\u0022\u003EI started my time as Minister of Health and Associate Minister of Finance with a position that entrenched inequity in health won\u2019t be fixed by doing the same things we\u2019ve always done. I commissioned the Simpson review, later taking initial decisions, shifting the health system towards greater accountability and a stronger focus on population health. Out of the blocks, we set up a programme of work with a focus on primary care, mental health, and the public delivery of health services, and early on, I discovered speeches that I delivered with a simple mihi at the start triggered a conversation about equity. Those where I skipped it did not, so I quickly adopted a mihi for every occasion. Clinicians get equity, and they want to do more of it. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000520\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00225bbd9f26-fdb0-4b85-a836-0fc46e1bba3c\u0022\u003EAround 50 percent of the opportunity in health is policy; the other 50 percent is the appointment of good people. Unfortunately, the Public Service is 99 percent geared up to support policy, and that needs to change. I want to thank, from the bottom of my heart, those leaders who answered my call to become DHB board members and chairs. As promised, it is a job where \u201Cthe pay is terrible, but the rewards are in heaven.\u201D Thanks to my health associates: Peeni Henare, Jenny Salesa, and Julie Anne Genter for sharing the load\u2014you are amazing. Thanks to Stephen McKernan and Ashley Bloomfield for wise and frequent council. You each pre-read a good chunk of the Ministry of Health reports that I\u2019m told can be stacked 2\u00BD Sky Towers high each year. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000521\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00225bbd9f26-fdb0-4b85-a836-0fc46e1bba3c\u0022\u003EBig decisions must be taken in health quickly; there are many every day. We invested heavily in infrastructure. The He Ara Oranga report led to $1.9 billion in Budget 2019 for mental health and addictions. We funded free access to support for those with mild to moderate mental health needs. We established a suicide prevention office and an action plan. We wrote and passed the Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission Bill, establishing a permanent independent commission. The Mana Ake primary and intermediate school programme was established in Canterbury and Kaik\u014Dura. With Stuart Nash and Police, we did a little drug law reform, shifting to a health-first response to addiction. We began the Government response to the Havelock North water report. We kicked off medicinal cannabis. We founded a cancer control agency and put a cancer action plan in place. More funding for Pharmac saw several new cancer treatments purchased. We extended the national bowel-screening programme. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000522\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00225bbd9f26-fdb0-4b85-a836-0fc46e1bba3c\u0022\u003EI kicked off New Zealand\u2019s very first national health asset management plan, insisting that the state of our health assets should be made transparent, and thereby destroying any chance of receiving Christmas cards from future health Ministers! We funded more primary healthcare visits, and extended zero fees to 14-year-olds. We made paramedics a regulated workforce, recognising their professionalism. Pay equity was provided to mental health support workers, and the health workforce grew dramatically. These are some of the highlights of the first two years in Government. They flashed past\u2014we got so much done. To the political team in the health office: Julian Robins, Adam Bennett, Julia Hayden-Carr, Jarred Griffith, Bill Frewen, Rob Beaglehole, Michelle Walsh, Morehu Rei, and all of the extraordinary private secretaries we work with\u2014thank you.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000523\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00225bbd9f26-fdb0-4b85-a836-0fc46e1bba3c\u0022\u003EAnd this was all before COVID-19. During COVID, official advice changed every day to reflect emerging science. I remain extremely grateful for the Prime Minister\u2019s support of the health measures I proposed early on. In other countries, leaders found a balance that turned out to be worse for both health and the economy. In less than six months, we established a successful network of community-based assessment centres. The Ministry of Health developed a world-class testing regime, with over 400,000 tests completed. We established a new national close contact service with its own dedicated IT platform for contact tracing. We moved to a national distribution service for personal protective equipment. We established successful managed isolation in quarantine facilities. We ramped up telehealth services and increased resourcing for public health units; and developed a COVID-19 vaccine strategy. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000524\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00225bbd9f26-fdb0-4b85-a836-0fc46e1bba3c\u0022\u003EI won\u2019t dwell too much on the ups and downs of health Minister No. 40 during the COVID period\u2014much of this has had more or less well-documented coverage in the media\u2014but I do want to place on record my thanks to my Australian federal counterpart, Greg Hunt, and state counterparts Steven Miles and Brad Hazzard for the frequent and frank exchanges of views and information. Trans-Tasman collaboration was an important ingredient in New Zealand\u2019s early success. By June\u00A02020, thanks to the team of 5 million, the doctors, the nurses, the allied health workforce, and managed isolation and quarantine workers, we had eliminated COVID-19 from New Zealand. And then I resigned.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000525\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00225bbd9f26-fdb0-4b85-a836-0fc46e1bba3c\u0022\u003EI did not much enjoy returning to the backbenches. I loved health as a portfolio, and I had greatly enjoyed working with one of the smartest and most decent people I know, Grant Robertson, as his associate in the finance portfolio. But I was chuffed to be back in Cabinet after the 2020 election. It turned out that commerce and consumer affairs was a good fit for an activist menace\u2014Minister, as a cost of living\u2014\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000526\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226007dc96-f459-4cdd-9972-4fde2c994088\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00226ab3dd67f49149e090e544439d08cde2\u0022\u003EHon Grant Robertson\u003C/span\u003E: Menace is right!\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000527\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00225bbd9f26-fdb0-4b85-a836-0fc46e1bba3c\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022ef4f668d2a104cc6ab4b9c6b3bb20234\u0022\u003EHon Dr DAVID CLARK\u003C/span\u003E: \u2014or menace, depending on your point of view\u2014crisis emerged. Jacinda brought the digital economy and communications portfolios together as a challenge. I was given statistics. I asked for State-owned enterprises (SOEs) too. Shortly thereafter, it was suggested I might also take on the Earthquake Commission (EQC). Grant and Jacinda separately assured me that five portfolios would be quite manageable, and my staff might have agreed with this assessment if I wasn\u2019t inclined to meddle more broadly\u2014speaking of menace!\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000528\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00225bbd9f26-fdb0-4b85-a836-0fc46e1bba3c\u0022\u003EI pushed for a review of SOE recruitment at Treasury, which has started a process of change. To support this change, my view is that Governments of both stripes need to have courage to pay those appointed to sizeable State-owned enterprises closer to market value in order to ensure talent is made available for appointment from the pool of younger and more diverse candidates who might be supporting a mortgage or a family. Generational legislation and statistics enabling ethical oversight of emerging data collection processes and for Toka T\u016B Ake EQC to codify current best practice will over time improve the lives of countless New Zealanders. Thanks to Joanna Carr for marshalling the diligent officials who carefully worked through EQC law changes with me. And thanks to the insurance industry for their engagement on the role of Government in a changing insurance market response to floods. Thanks to Mark Sowden and his team at Stats New Zealand for their fine work on census\u2014increased participation rates have not happened by accident.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000529\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00225bbd9f26-fdb0-4b85-a836-0fc46e1bba3c\u0022\u003EAfter collaboration with colleagues across portfolios, I was just thrilled to launch a digital strategy and action plan together with the digital industry transformation plan. This plan provides a road map to prosperity for New Zealand in a scalable, low carbon industry. Cybersecurity is an example of a valuable digital export that leverages New Zealand\u2019s trusted brand\u2014more on that shortly\u2014and with no small amount of support from Willie Jackson and Kelvin Davis, an enduring agreement was made with M\u0101ori regarding interests in the radio spectrum and its opportunities for involvement in the digital economy. That had been an open question since the 1980s.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000530\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00225bbd9f26-fdb0-4b85-a836-0fc46e1bba3c\u0022\u003EBut by far the most high-profile piece of work I\u2019ve been involved with in this last term of Parliament has been the world-first Grocery Industry Competition Bill. The muscle in the bill is found in the regulatory backstop measures. A huge thankyou to Andy Hume and the team at the Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment. I know you were all super sceptical of my regulatory backstop until interested parties candidly admitted change would never have happened without it, and I would have to say this legislation is the very definition of a Government focused on bread and butter issues. I\u2019m also super proud of another world first: the climate disclosures law I shepherded through Parliament\u2014work first kicked off by James Shaw and Kris Faafoi. It will ensure our big companies publicly report on their climate liabilities into the future. Climate disclosure takes our responsibilities seriously. It also positions New Zealand companies well for investment.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000531\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00225bbd9f26-fdb0-4b85-a836-0fc46e1bba3c\u0022\u003EI want to say a special thanks to the political team for the past three years: Jonathan Gee, who helped transition a very reluctant Minister for the digital economy to electronic weekend bags, and Sam Farrell, for whom everything was \u201Cnot a problem\u201D. What an exciting time across a wide range of portfolios, together with Melissa Turner and Greta Eason\u2014a small but perfectly formed team.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000532\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00225bbd9f26-fdb0-4b85-a836-0fc46e1bba3c\u0022\u003EOur democracy is thin: we have one legislative Chamber and no written constitution. Rob Muldoon used to joke that he could have an idea while shaving in the morning and it would be law by midnight. Geoffrey Palmer called us the fastest lawmakers in the West. The Government\u2019s gun law reform was hailed internationally as an example of responsive politics. And despite our vulnerability to the kind of pendulous swing that we saw in the 1980s, New Zealand also boasts one of the longest streaks of unbroken democracy in the world. I believe our secret source is to be found in the accessibility of our politicians and the fact that, in our form of democracy, real change is possible. And when change is possible, good people of all political persuasions put themselves forward to be in this political arena. In this sense, the thinness of our democracy becomes a strength.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000533\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00225bbd9f26-fdb0-4b85-a836-0fc46e1bba3c\u0022\u003EBut there are many threats to our democracy. Fringe parties have outspent the Labour Party at several elections, although failing to achieve a seat. The public have proven sceptical of the influence of money in our political system to date. We must continue to design donations laws to promote civic engagement but guard against foreign influence. We need a strong, well-funded fourth estate as well, and I congratulate Willie Jackson\u2014again\u2014on his work on the bill that was introduced to the House today to get internet giants Google and Meta supporting the generators of news content that appears on their platforms. This is one path Scott Morrison laid down that we need to follow. In order for our MPs to remain accessible in a way that grows faith in democracy, we need to grow the number of politicians in our Parliament in line with population growth. Sound, responsive institutions build faith in liberal democracy; crumbling or threatened institutions do not. And that is why malicious State actors increasingly target our democratic institutions through attacks on the vulnerable machinery that supports them, which brings me to the last topic: cyber-attacks.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000534\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00225bbd9f26-fdb0-4b85-a836-0fc46e1bba3c\u0022\u003EAs the Minister for the Digital Economy and Communications, cyber kept me awake more than I had expected. We need to find a way, in my view, to declassify more restricted reports so that more Kiwis have a real sense of the real threats to our country and democracy. Like many other countries, New Zealand is woefully underprepared for the world we find ourselves in. Overseas, health systems have been targeted and whole countries have been taken offline. It doesn\u2019t require much to imagine the terrifying consequences of disruption to power and telecommunications systems across New Zealand. We\u2019ve recently seen that at a regional level. In Singapore, they have 3,500 people working on digital in their Prime Minister\u2019s office, including approximately 1,800 software engineers; in our Prime Minister\u2019s department, last time I checked, we had 12. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000535\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00225bbd9f26-fdb0-4b85-a836-0fc46e1bba3c\u0022\u003EOf course, the private sector also experiences significant disruption from cyber-attacks. Our biggest high-profile international companies are alert to the risks, but many just below the top tier do not have the defensive posture required, and supply chains generate risk for even the largest businesses. Parties across this House might consider whether it\u2019s time for Government to play a greater role in subsidising cyber-security for private enterprise, given that every weak link in the supply chain represents a threat to our country\u2019s export earnings and/or our democracy. But, in my view, an immediate logical step to improve private sector resilience is to place positive obligations on board directors. Cyber-security responsibilities akin to those introduced in the area of health and safety would drive upskilling of boards, ensuring better preparedness, all the while generating opportunities for workforce development in a high-skill, high-wage area of our economy.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000536\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00225bbd9f26-fdb0-4b85-a836-0fc46e1bba3c\u0022\u003EFinally, a few thankyous. To the class of 2011\u2014Megan, Andrew, and Rino\u201412 years on, I\u2019m the first to leave, but I leave knowing we\u2019ve achieved the enviable status of 100\u00A0percent \u201CHon\u201D. To my Opposition bench mates, Damien, Andrew, and Jacinda; in Government, Carmel and Ayesha\u2014thanks for your company. Sorry for the hearing loss! \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000537\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00225bbd9f26-fdb0-4b85-a836-0fc46e1bba3c\u0022\u003EThanks to my Mum and Dad, here in the gallery today, and my brother and his family in the UK. To my oldest and closest friend, Paul: we have time for a whisky now. To my dear friend Daniel, who supported me through much of my time in Wellington and whose life was cut short by cancer just before COVID reached New Zealand\u2014I still miss you, fella. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000538\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00225bbd9f26-fdb0-4b85-a836-0fc46e1bba3c\u0022\u003ETo my wife: when I first ran for Parliament in 2011, we agreed nine years; it has been 12. I\u2019ve stretched that agreement far enough. You have sacrificed much in your career as I have pursued this life of service. You have stood by me in good times and in hard times. I love you, and I\u2019m coming home. My children have known no different. Amos, you were one year old when I was elected to Parliament. I am so looking forward to being home with you\u2014the increased time we have spent hanging out this year has been so precious. Clara, I\u2019m really enjoying your musicality and the time we spend at church together. Frances, I am looking forward to squashing you more often, and, yes, girls, we will have more time for bike riding soon! \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000539\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00225bbd9f26-fdb0-4b85-a836-0fc46e1bba3c\u0022\u003EAnd\u2014to close\u2014kids, I\u2019m looking forward to finally taking that advice you gave me at so many school fairs and other community events: \u201CDadda, no talking, just walking.\u201D Kia ora koutou.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000540\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00225bbd9f26-fdb0-4b85-a836-0fc46e1bba3c\u0022\u003E[Applause]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000541\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00225bbd9f26-fdb0-4b85-a836-0fc46e1bba3c\u0022\u003EWaiata\u2014Te Aroha\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000542\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00225bbd9f26-fdb0-4b85-a836-0fc46e1bba3c\u0022\u003EThe House adjourned at 6.14 p.m.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20230817a19ed70594e94cadb5cc4353bb881701000543\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00225bbd9f26-fdb0-4b85-a836-0fc46e1bba3c\u0022\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n    \u003C/div\u003E\n  \u003C/body\u003E\n\u003C/html\u003E"