GEORGINA BEYER (Labour-Wairarapa): I am privileged to take a brief call on Te Runanga o Ngati Awa Bill. I offer my congratulations to the people of Ngati Awa for their efforts to date, and I wish them every success for the future in the process they will undertake. I conclude with a quote from the Minister in charge of Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations, the Hon Margaret Wilson: "Settlements help to heal real grievances. They put cultural and financial investment into often poor rural communities. This will not only strengthen tribes but also their communities and New Zealand as a whole."

In that vein, I wish Ngati Awa every success with this bill.