Ngāti Hinerangi Claims Settlement Bill

Tēnā rā tātou katoa e te Whare. Members, the House is in committee on the Ngāti Hinerangi Claims Settlement Bill. Members, we come first to the debate on Part 1. This is the debate that addresses “Preliminary matters, acknowledgements and apology, and settlement of historical claims”. The question is that Part 1 stand part.

I seek leave for all provisions to be taken as one debate.

Leave is sought for that purpose. Is there any objection? There appears to be none. Therefore, the question now is that Parts 1 to 3, Schedules 1 to 4, and clauses 1 and 2 stand part.

Mr Chairman, thank you. For members of the House and for those looking on, just to explain: our good friends from Ngāti Hinerangi are expecting the third reading of their bill, and that will be coming very shortly. What has happened since the last time that this House considered the Ngāti Hinerangi bill is that other laws have changed that have implications for this piece of legislation. So laws such as the Legislation Act 2019, the Trusts Act 2019, the Education and Training Act 2020, and the Urban Development Act 2020 have all changed the legal landscape that means that this legislation has to be brought into line with that. So one of those, for example, is the new Trusts Act changes the rule against perpetuities. That has to be incorporated into the Ngāti Hinerangi legislation.

So the purpose of this stage of the proceeding is to make sure all those changes are put in place in this bill, because we know that nothing less than perfection is what Ngāti Hinerangi deserves when it comes to their very important piece of legislation. So this is now about making Ngāti Hinerangi’s legislation perfect.

The question is that the Minister’s amendments set out on Supplementary Order Paper 25 be agreed to.

Amendments agreed to.

The question is that Parts 1 to 3, Schedules 1 to 4, and clauses 1 and 2 as amended stand part.

Parts 1 to 3, Schedules 1 to 4, and clauses 1 and 2 as amended agreed to.

House resumed.

Mr Speaker, the committee has considered the Ngāti Hinerangi Claims Settlement Bill and reports it with amendment. I move, That the report be adopted.

Motion agreed to.

Report adopted.

Third Reading