Source: New Zealand Parliament
MOTIONS
Waikato-Tainui Treaty Settlement, 30th Anniversary—Leave Declined
HANA-RAWHITI MAIPI-CLARKE (Te Pāti Māori—Hauraki-Waikato): I seek leave to move a motion without notice and without debate that this House commemorates the 30-year anniversary of the Waikato-Tainui raupatu settlement signed at Tūrangawaewae Marae in May 1995.
SPEAKER: Leave is sought for that particular course of action. Is there any objection? There appears to—
Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS (Minister of Foreign Affairs): Yes. Point of order, Mr Speaker. If we look at the number of settlements there have been, then we’ll be doing this every day for about one-third of the year’s sittings. So it was not against the idea—this was the first settlement we ever had—but it’s the inappropriate repetitiveness of it all.
SPEAKER: Though that is true, it was also the first settlement we had. None the less, leave is denied.
