Allan KiritapuKIRITAPU ALLAN (Labour): Tēnā koe e te Māngai māku e tū ana ki te tautoko i te wero te kōrero a taku tungāne a Tamati i tēnei ahiahi. I tēnei rā he tino whaka—[Greetings Mr Speaker I stand to support the challenge the speech of my brother Tamati this afternoon. On this day a very—]SPEAKER: Tamati—Tamati Coffey.KIRITAPU ALLAN: Tamati Coffey taku tino hoa te mema o Paremata mō te rohe o Waiariki he tangata tino kaha mō tō tātou nei iwi Māori o Te Waiariki. Heoi anō he rā tino whakahirahira ki a mātou ngā iwi Māori otirā a tātou ngā iwi o Aotearoa mō tēnei tau e 31 te whakamana o te pire ki te whakamana a tō tātou nei reo. Nō reira ki a koe e te rangatira otirā kei a koe e hoa tēnei te mihi.[Tamati Coffey a great friend the member of Parliament for the Waiariki electorate a person of much strength for our Māori people from Te Waiariki. And so this is a most important day for us the Māori people; in fact for all peoples of New Zealand for this year is 31 years since the passing of the bill to make our language official. Therefore to you my esteemed leader to you my friend I acknowledge you.]It is an auspicious day but before I get to the fantastic accomplishments of our history on this day 1 August I just quickly want to cast my attention across the aisle because we've heard some shambolic speeches this afternoon and I think you only get that kind of tone of woe and sorrow and confusion and frustration in a party that is still wallowing over a decision that happened about 10 months ago when they failed to make this side of the House. They failed to secure the benches of power. They've done that because they forgot that in an MMP environment you got to make some mates. But they've come off the back of their wee conference that they had in the weekend when they wheeled out some people from 2008. Most people in the modern generation have no clue who they are. The poor old Leader of the Opposition over there—and I hear those knives sharpening. I know that they're coming for his back. Don't worry. We're running a campaign."—hashtag the Hon Simon Bridges.But look his big platform was education and so in they come in today. They charge because it's the general debate. They come in charging and gosh they sent in their big hitters. Gee they sent in their big hitters: Parmjeet Parmar then they turned to Chris Penk. Gee by the time they got to Christopher Bishop they couldn't be bothered. They flagged it they changed tack and even they couldn't find the steam to keep going to bolster their own party leader's bastion—plank—which was bringing back the Labour Party's 2014 education policy. But enough about them because today is an auspicious day: 31 years ago in this very House tō tātou nei reo rangatira Te Reo Māori [our esteemed language Te Reo Māori] was made an official language in this House. One year ago Jacinda Ardern took over the reins the helm of our party and today we get to farewell the Rt Hon Winston Peters from the fantastic job that he has done at the helm of our country for the past six weeks. Look last night I had to sit in this House and listen to—like I said they're in a bit of a time of sorrow so we've got to forgive them for that. But our comrades across the aisle they were so sad and down and out and when it came to the appropriation debate about Vote Māori all they could do was sledge my colleagues over this side of the House. So it's incumbent upon me on this day and I want to acknowledge my colleagues who sit in the Māori seats. I want to start with the Hon Kelvin Davis. On this day last year he too stepped into the role as deputy leader of our party. He has been a champion for the people of Te Tai Tokerau. He sits there are the helm he is third in charge of our country and we are proud of the work that he's doing in transforming the corrections system. We are proud of his work that he's doing at the helm of Crown-Māori relations.In Tāmaki Makaurau the Hon Peeni Henare. The eloquence that that man has in tō tātou nei reo rangatira [our esteemed language] and in English and with a passion for our kids our youth and the work he's doing in Whānau Ora. I want to commend him.Of course we turn to our queen the Hon Nanaia Mahuta—the first ever wahine Māori to hold the role of Minister for Māori Development. It is a privilege to stand behind her right now. I know she'll be going red-pink in the cheek. The first woman to wear a moko kauae in this House—a champion—and there are so many others. Nō reira I love my team and I want to thank you for your time and thank our team for being blooming awesome."