Sharples Pita: Motions — New Zealand Defence Force—Deaths of Lance Corporals Pralli Durrer and Rory Malone in Afghanistan 2012 Olympic Games—Success of New Zealand Team 
Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume 
Sharples Pita: Motions — New Zealand Defence Force—Deaths of Lance Corporals Pralli Durrer and Rory Malone in Afghanistan 2012 Olympic Games—Success of New Zealand Team 
[Sitting date: 14 August 2012. Volume:682;Page:4291. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.] 
Hon Dr PITA SHARPLES (Co-Leader—Maori Party) 
: 
 Mr Speaker tena koe. Tu ana au ki te tautoko i nga mihi kua mihia nga poroporoaki o tatau o te Whare nei ki a raua a Lance Corporal Pralli Durrer a Lance Corporal Rory Malone i hinga mai raua i te pakanga i Afghanistan. I a raua e hoia ana e mahi ana kua puta mai te karanga i tera ropu hoia o Aotearoa kia haere ake ki te awhina ki te tautoko i tetahi ropu pirihimana o Afghanistan e raruraru ana i te pakanga. Haere ake te ropu o Aotearoa ki te pakanga. I taua pakanga i Do Abe ka hinga mai a Pralli ka hinga mai a Rory. Ka whara kino hoki etahi o o raua hoa kei te hohipera ratau i tenei wa. Na reira kua whakahokia mai nga tupapaku ki Aotearoa nei ki Burnham. I tu mai te tangihanga i te Rahoroi kua pahure ake. 
I tae atu etahi o matau nga mema o te Paremata nei ki taua tangihanga i kite matau i te whanaungatanga i waenga i nga hoia o Tumatauenga i tera ra. I rongo matau i nga korero a nga apiha o Tumatauenga e korero ana mo nga mahi toa kua oti e enei tokorua. I kite hoki matau i nga apiha me nga whanau e tu ana ki te korero ki a ratau. Ko Pralli no Ngati Kahungunu na reira i hui tahi matau me nga whanau i reira. Ki mai ratau e harikoa ana ratau ki te kite i etahi mema Paremata i tae atu ki tera tangihanga ki te tautoko i a ratau. Na reira ko taku korero ki a raua kia haere ake me nga korero i te mohio kua oti pai ta ratau mahi mo to tatau whenua o Aotearoa nei. Ka mau tonu a ratau korero a ratau mahi kei roto i te hitori o tenei whenua o Aotearoa. 
Na reira korua tahi haere. Haere kohikohingia nga tini mate o nga marae maha o te motu kia tae pai koutou ki mua i te aroaro o te Kaihanga. Na reira ko koutou era ko matau enei e tangi atu nei. Kai te tokorua haere haere haere atu ra. 
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Greetings to you Mr Speaker. I rise to endorse our acknowledgments and the farewell tributes of this House to those two Lance Corporal Pralli Durrer and Lance Corporal Rory Malone who lost their lives in a battle in Afghanistan. While they were serving and performing their duties a call went out to the New Zealand Defence Force to provide assistance and support for the Afghanistan police force in difficulties in a battle. In that attack in Do Abe Lance Corporal Pralli Durrer and Lance Corporal Rory Malone were killed and some of their colleagues were badly wounded and are currently in hospital. The bodies were brought back to Burnham Military Camp and the funeral took place last Saturday.  
Some of us members of Parliament attended that funeral where we witnessed that sense of family connection among the army soldiers that day. We heard the speeches by army officers about the acts of bravery displayed and achieved by these two. We also observed officers and families standing and talking with each other. Because Pralli Durrer was from Ngati Kahungunu we and the family met there. They said to us how pleased they were to see some members of Parliament at that funeral to support them. I said to them to come up with their stories knowing full well that the two soldiers had served this country of ours Aotearoa well.  
And so to you two depart. Go forth and gather up the many deaths from the vast number of courtyards of the nation to ensure that you as a collective arrive before the Creator. So you are they and we are these ones here who mourn you. Therefore to you two in particular I bid you farewell farewell and go forth. 
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