Iwi and Hapū of Te Rohe o Te Wairoa Claims Settlement Bill

Mr Chairman, thank you. For the benefit of those in the gallery and those watching on the live stream, can I just explain what is happening right now. For those of you who are used to sitting on committees, this is a bit like the part of the meeting where we are amending the minutes of the previous meeting. Since the House last considered the bill that includes the Treaty settlement for Iwi and Hapū of Te Rohe o Te Wairoa, we’ve discovered some clerical errors, so we’re now in the process of fixing up the clerical errors. This is a technical exercise. It will take a matter of minutes—or, if we’re lucky, not even one minute—and then we’ll move into the third reading of the bill.

As I said in my second reading speech, the Māori Affairs Committee reported the bill back to the House on 19 December last year, and recommended it be passed without amendment. We have, however, found a requirement for some technical amendments.

The Supplementary Order Paper (SOP) that is before the committee will make changes to one clause and one schedule. The amendments are to correct two minor drafting errors to ensure clarity. The first amendment involves clause 88(2) of the bill and it removes confusion around a defined term—actually, the term is defined twice and it only needs to be defined once. The second amendment is to clause 2 of schedule 6, and it updates a reference to reflect the correct Act. I commend this bill to the committee with the two changes proposed in my SOP 92.

The question was put that the amendments set out on Supplementary Order Paper 92 in the name of the Hon Andrew Little be agreed to.

Amendments agreed to.

Parts 1 to 3, schedules 1 to 6, and clauses 1 and 2 as amended agreed to.

House resumed.

Bill reported with amendment.

Report adopted.

Third Reading