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Thursday 15 November 2012

Mr Speaker, I move that the Ngati Manuhiri Claims Settlement Bill, be now read for the third time.

Mr Speaker, I move that the Ngāti Manuhiri Claims Settlement Bill be now read a second time.

On behalf of the Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations, I move that the Ngāti Whātua o Kaipara Claims Settlement Bill be now read a first time.

The day after last year’s Rugby World Cup Opening Ceremony the editor of the Telegraph Newspaper in London wrote:

“How the coordinator of London’s 2012 Olympics must envy New Zealand’s cultural coherence … the haka is one of the grand sights of world sport and at the heart of the whole opening ceremony.”

“What New Zealand has is something of huge worth: a defining cultural pivot around which the whole event could spin.”

Taking responsibility for Reducing Reoffending

The World Economic Forum has identified scientific innovation as one of the most – if not the most – important drivers of our global economy.

Political and economic turbulence in some developed, western economies make it even more important for us in the Asia-Pacific region to keep our eye on the prize. The prize, as always, is the development, growth and wellbeing of our people, now and into the future.

Ni hao mā.
Tēnā koutou katoa
Greetings

Acknowledgement: Steve Barclay, Director of Sydney’s Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office and delegation.

Acknowledgements:

Mr Speaker I move that the Ngati Porou Settlement Bill be read a third time.

To the sons and daughters of Porou Ariki Te Matatara a Whare Te Tuhi Mareikura o Rauru, welcome.

From the resting place of the sacred waka Nukutaimemeha atop the peaks of Hikurangi, to the Waiapu waters at Rangitukia as it surges into Te Moana Nui A Kiwa.

The first on earth to see the dawn of a new day – since the dawn of time itself: Ngati Porou mana whenua, mana moana, mana tangata, mana Atua.

Ko Hikurangi te maunga, Ko Waiapu te awa, Ko Ngati Porou te iwi

Mr Speaker, I move that the Ngati Pāhauwera Treaty Claims Settlement Bill be now read a third time.

Although I was unable to participate in the policy decisions about the Ngati Pahauwera settlement, due to a declared conflict of interest, it is with great pleasure that I stand to speak today in this third reading of the bill.

I stand to acknowledge the children of Tamatea Arikinui mai Tawhiti, Tureia, Te Huki, Puruaute. I pay tribute to those who have travelled from the brow of the sacred mountain, Tawhiwhirangi, from the ancestral waters of Mohaka.

Mr Speaker I move that the Nga Wai O Maniapoto (Waipa River) Bill be now read a third time.

The Nga Wai o Maniapoto (Waipa River) Bill formalises the eternal relationship of Ngati Maniapoto with the Waipā River. The Waipa’s journey from the headwaters in the Rangitoto Ranges into the heart of the Waikato River has been chronicled and cherished by generations.

Mr Speaker

I move that the Ngati Manawa and Ngati Whare Claims Settlement Bill be now read a third time.

This legislation brings together the Treaty of Waitangi claims of the descendants of Apa-Hapai-Taketake, Tangiharuru and Toi Te Huatahi.

These are the peoples of the Kuhawaea and Kaingaroa Plains, the Rangitaiki and Whirinaki rivers, the lands of Te Whaiti and Minginui, Te Whirinaki te Pua A Tane, Urewera lands in the east, the mountains Tawhiuau and Tuwatawata.

I welcome the descendants of Ngati Manawa and Ngati Whare to this house.

The late great scholar of Ngāti Porou, Te Kapunga ‘Koro’ Dewes, used to say that, to introduce yourself properly, you must answer the questions:

Ko wai koe?

Na wai koe?

No hea koe?

I want to talk this afternoon about what it means to be a New Zealander, and what is our place on the world stage.