Kanongata'a-Suisuiki Anahila; Mallard TrevorANAHILA KANONGATA'A-SUISUIKI (Labour): E ngā hau e whā: tēnā koutou tēnā koutou tēnā koutou katoa! E mihi ana ki tō tātou Kīngi a Kīngi Tūheitia me tōna whānau ariki nui; pai mārie ki a rātou.[To the four winds: salutations acknowledgments and accolades to you all! I acknowledge our King King Tūheitia and his royal family; a pleasant peacefulness to them.]'Oku ou fakatapu ki he 'Afio 'a e 'Otua Mafimafi 'i hotau lotolotongá Fakatapu heni ki he kelekele 'eiki: Te Atiwa Taranaki ki te upoko oto ika Ngāti Toa Ki he Palēmia 'o e Fonuá Sea 'o e Falealeá Fakatulou atu ki he kau memipa 'o e Falé ni. 'Oatu 'a e faka'apa'apa makehe ki he fuka 'oku vilingia 'i he 'api ko 'Atalangá. Kuou ta'imālie 'i he 'ofa 'a e 'Otuá pea 'oku ou fiefia ke fakamonū hoku koloá ko e fuofua kau he lea 'i he Fale Alea 'o Aotearoa Nu'usila. 'Eiki Sea tukumu'a keu fakahoko atu hoku 'uhingá: Ko 'emau tukufolau mai mei he Vailahí Niua Fo'ou mo e Vai-ko-Niutouá Niua Toputapu ko e tukui motu ia he 'OtuTongá 'oku nau talanoa 'i na tou lea koula! 'Oku mau nofo pe he Sia-ko-Veiongo Taunga Peka moe 'Api ko Hofoá: hono toafá mo e kakalá—ko e tali fatongia ki he Hau 'o Tongá. 'Isa ko e teuaki hoto kake'i ki he nofo Aotearoá: ko e lōkeha he loto melinó faka'ahú ko e loto fo'ou pea kiekie he loto fakapotopotó. Ko hoku kakalá ko Mafi-to-he-Sopu 'o Taufá kuo no'o he 'Otua mo Tonga ko hoku tofi'á fungani he loto 'ofá mo e faka'apa'apá manongi he loto toka'i. Eiki Sea 'oku ou loto māfana mo loto vekeveke he teuteu atu ki he ngāue lahi mo mālohi he fai fatongia ki he Pule'angá Tangatawhenua o Aotearoá mo e fonuá hono kotoa. Mr Speaker I echo the congratulations of my colleagues. To you and your team of Speakers we look forward to your experienced focused leadership in this House. There are many people who I need to thank for putting me in this privileged position and I take this opportunity to acknowledge them. Let me start by thanking the Prime Minister the Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern for her astute and determined leadership which continues the legacy of women in this country. I joined the standing ovation and cheers of the Labour Women's Council celebrating her success as the second Labour woman Prime Minister of Aotearoa New Zealand. She has realigned the focus on people above all others. She has brought our team together and echoed the Labour Party's spirit of people caring for each other. Thank you Prime Minister.I extend my thanks to the Deputy Prime Minister the Rt Hon Winston Peters—Ngāti Wai ka tū ki te uta; Ngāti Wai ka noho ki te moana [Ngāti Wai is established inland and by the sea]—for his sincere and serious approach to the negotiations for the decision about forming a Government.I would like to acknowledge the Hon Carmel Sepuloni the first Tongan New Zealander to enter this House. Thank you for your 'ofa ki Tonga leadership when you introduced lea Tonga and ta'ovala into this Chamber. The Hon Jenny Salesa the member Darroch Ball and I have since followed suit and so will the many Tongans who will follow us into this House. Around my waist is Tonga's cultural wear—ta'ovala—signalling my respect to Aotearoa who afforded me this privilege in giving Labour their party vote. It is my intention to dress in ta'ovala every time I'm in this Chamber because for me each day I sit here is duty to the whenua o Aotearoa responsibility to her people and that is honouring God. Thank you Aotearoa New Zealand. Our God defend New Zealand. To the Labour Pacific sector and my mentor Lau Afioga 'i-le sa'o 'usuoali'i Lau Afioga Aupito Tofae Su'a William Sio. Faamalo ilou agalelei mo a'u ma lo'u tau mafai mai ile sa ole Labour Party. Lea 'ua 'ou palemai. Ua moni ai le upu a Samoa pale 'ua pale! 'Ulae 'ua 'ula! Faafetai le alofa! Ua e faati'eti'e a'u ile ma'asalafa. Ua malie le fagaipuna 'ae faamalo le faga-'i-eeaa. Ia manuia pe lau nofoa'iga faaminisita o Tagata Pasefika. E-le galo atu fo-i 'afi'a 'i-siona vao: le aiga-e 'o si-a'u manamea Utufiu male 'aiga sa-Suisuiki i Satapuala Samoa ma Aotearoa nei. Ie paia 'i-le 'afio 'ole Sa'oali'i ma Satuala ala alata'i Vaili male mamalu ile Fale 'a'ana. Ua faamalo le tapua'i male tatalo. Se ua ta inu i Malie ai le malie pei olea opu. Oute teu mau pea lau tapua'iga ile va olo'u fatu ma lo'u mama. Faafetai tele! Along with the three people watching from the campaign headquarters at 127 Rowandale Avenue Manurewa can we extend our heartfelt thanks to the member for Manurewa Louisa Wall for her courageous leadership when the State empowered all New Zealanders with the choice to marry the one they love. Our country has led the way by putting love first realising that our strength lies in the critical beauty of difference. And to the Manurewa Labour electorate committee we have just begun 'oku ou 'ofa atu. As a migrant to Aotearoa New Zealand my stories still resonate with many stories told by migrants who are now living as established New Zealanders in Aotearoa. In search of a more meaningful life for my kāinga armed with Christian beliefs my kāinga are here. We live here. We learnt about work ethics. We toiled hard in our work. We also learnt about policies that worked against migrants from the Pacific and their descendants. Labour's policies are ideas that are inspirational and transformative in bringing about change to end the marginalisation of people from the Cook Islands Niue Tokelau Fiji Samoa Tonga Tuvalu and Kiribati to name a few. I am hopeful that those transformational changes will enrich our daily lives. There is no doubt languages are the essence of culture and are the carriers of wisdom knowledge and ideas. In this sense we are obliged to equip all of Aotearoa—Māori and non-Māori—with the opportunity to learn share experience and practise their languages and cultures as a basis for Te Reo Māori me ona tikanga in Aotearoa New Zealand culture. Through schooling in English and maintaining Tongan values languages and cultures and practising in my home and at the Fakafeangai Mā'oni'oni Tongan Methodist church I am bi-literate and bicultural in the Tongan and English languages and culture. Through Tongan languages and practices I am learning Te Reo Māori me ona tikanga. I am grateful to have benefited from the dreams of the South Pacific pioneers that had arrived here before me. I am hopeful that this 52nd Parliament is robust and vigorous. To honour Te Tiriti o Waitangi as migrants to Aotearoa nothing is a given. We have to work hard understand the tools of colonisation and the politics of marginalisation and fight for justice. I am grateful that the Labour-led Government restored education as a right. I am hopeful quality education will fill our children's hearts and minds with wisdom. I am grateful that the Labour Party is lifting the minimum wage and having better support for collective bargaining. I am hopeful employers will understand that it is about fair pay for a fair day's work. I am hopeful that in-depth understanding of evidence will influence Labour's transformation for our country and that when we do look at evidence we critique our views and see it from the source as told by the source understanding that leadership is a pathway to genuine caring and to impacting and lasting positive change. I am grateful to the groups—one of whom is here today P.A.C.I.F.I.C.A. Inc.—that have been part of my mission to make a positive difference to the marginalised and less privileged groups. I am grateful to have the māfana and the mālie of the spirit of Mate Ma'a Tonga as a concept to identify the Kakai Tonga and Kakai Tonga migrants and their descendants. I am hopeful that New Zealand understands that Tongan New Zealanders are proud to call and make New Zealand our home. I am grateful for the opportunity to dedicate this maiden statement to my late grandfather 'Isileli Latu Isoa Kanongata'a who passed away when I was seven years old. It was Isoa's dream that I would one day be a member of Parliament in Tonga. I believe he is smiling from heaven with his sister Seini-Toa-Filimoe'unga in agreement with the repositioning to the New Zealand parliamentary context. Ko ia ai Vai ko Lomoloma Finealafia Ngoto'umu 'a Veka; Fala-'o-Tuku'aho Fā ko Pā'anga Lau; Maka 'oku 'ikai hua 'aki hono hingoa; Nukuma'anu Hofoa Tahi Hofoa 'Uta Hofoa Mu'a; Sopu 'o Taufa Tohonanga; Polo'a 'Alakipeau Tufaka Niumui; Lotokolo 'Ana Fakamokosia Ho'atā; Fine'ehē Feinga Fono Tafangafanga; Tali ki Langi Matofa mo Manono; 'Api Mama'o Hau'ā Kumifonua ua Fonu moe e Moa 'Api ko Hofoa—mou tu'u mai. Mou tu'u mai Ke tau talia mo kaungā poupou ki he fatongia kuo tuku falala mai 'e he fonua ni kia kitautolu—ko e fakalahi ia hotau kakalá. 'Io ko e ta'u eni 'o e fakakoloa 'a Aotearoa 'aki 'a e Nofo-'a-Kāinga. This is the year of enriching Aotearoa with Tongan culture with Tongan values. In closing ke tekaki hotau lotó mo e ngāué ki he 'Outá pea mo'ui hangē ko e fonú: tau faka'utumauku pea tau kātaki lahi mo e 'amanaki ke tau ikuna. Leveleva e malanga kau tatau atu. Hymn[Applause]Mr SPEAKER: I just point out to Mr Coffey who is attempting to influence the Chair that that clock has been stopped for some time.