I draw on NgДЃ Taumata: Portrait Of Ngati Kahungunu 1870 - 1906, and I want to acknowledge some of the leading MДЃori women who stood up for our land rights, for the health of our whДЃnau, and for suffrage in our communities back in Heretaunga Tamatea. So I thought I would take this time to acknowledge the wДЃhine toa who whakapapa-ed to many of the people that are in this House. Louisa said to me as we had the pЕЌ'hiri in the Banquet Hall, 'Mate, where is the rangatira wДЃhine whakaahua? this morning from the original site of the Kotahitanga MДЃori Parliament of Waipatu Marae, and I commend them for being here today. My colleague Louisa Wall, when we pЕЌ'hiri-ed our whДЃnau to this House-and, I want to say, four buses left at 5 a.m. I want to acknowledge the former Minister of Treaty settlements, the Hon Chris Finlayson the current Minister, Andrew Little and all officials that were involved in ensuring that we are here, in this House, addressing this bill. It has been an absolutely long journey, and I want to commend those that had the foresight to bring the claim to the Crown's attention, and our negotiators for their efforts. It is, indeed, my privilege to be the last speaker on this most important bill, at the third and final reading of the Heretaunga Tamatea Claims Settlement Bill. E ngДЃ marae maha, e ngДЃ hapЕ« katoa o Heretaunga Tamatea, e kuia mДЃ, e koro mДЃ, e ngДЃ rangatira, mokopuna hoki, tД“nДЃ koutou nau mai, tД“nДЃ koutou nau mai, tД“nДЃ koutou katoa. E ngДЃ mema o Te Whare nei, tД“nДЃ tДЃtou katoa.

Hon MEKA WHAITIRI (Minister of Customs): E Te MДЃngai, tД“nДЃ koe.

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