Henare PeeniHon PEENI HENARE (Minister of Civil Defence): Mr Speaker it'll come as no surprise to you I'm grounded in Te Ao Māori and today in this speech and contribution to this debate I wish to remain in Te Ao Māori and speak in Te Reo Māori and acknowledge the leaders that have been lost during the last three years of Government.Nō reira ka peka atu ki tua o te ārai ki a rātou kua wehe atu ki te pō e. Tangi atu te ngākau ki a koe e te kaumātua rongonui e Piri Sciascia kua riro atu ki te pō. Huri kau atu ki roto i a au ki te tohunga tārai waka ki a Tā Heke-nuku-mai-ngā-iwi Puhipi kua riro atu rā e. Hoki wairua mai ki roto ki tēnei Whare ki ngā mema tawhito o tēnei Whare ki te taniwha o Waikato ki a Koro Wētere kua riro ki te pō.Hoki mahara ki tōku pāpā ki a Pita Paraone mema o tēnei Whare kua ngaro atu ki roto i te kōpū o Papatūānuku. Huri tua atu ki runga i te marae o Waitangi ki te toa mō te mana motuhake o te ao Māori a Kīngi Taurua kua riro atu rā. Ki tōku Whaea ki a Kahurangi June Mead te toka o tōnā whānau kua riro ki tua o te ārai.Huri tua atu ki te tohunga o Te Reo Māori ki a Huirangi Waikerepuru kua riro atu e! Ka tangi te ngākau mō te maunga tītohea a Taranaki. Huri tua atu ki a koe e te pāpā e Te Wharehuia Milroy ko koe te tino o ngā reo Māori ki roto i ngā tau. Kua ngū tō reo engari ko ōu tapuwae nui ki runga i te mata o te whenua.Hoki atu ki a koe ki te tuahine e Talei Morrison te toa ki roto i te ao haka te toa mō te hauora o te wahine Māori. Huri tū atu ki te kuia o Pōneke nō Tūhoe a Hema Temara kua riro atu ki te pō. Ki te tohunga nānā te korowai o te manaaki i whatu ki roto i ngā tau ko Wāna Davis kua riro atu rā e! Huri tū atu ki te maunga o Aoraki ki Te Wai Pounamu ko Tahu Pōtiki kua riro atu ki te pō e! Ka hoki ngā mahara ki te 28 ngā hōia i whawhai i te pakanga tuarua o te ao ko Bunty Preece kua riro atu ki te pō e moe e te hoia. Huri tū atu ki te ao toi ki a Nancy Brunning kua riro atu ki te pō te kanohi ki runga i ngā pouaka whakaata e whakaatuhia nei Te Ao Māori ki te ao whānui. Huri tū atu ki tētahi o ngā kaiwhawhai wahine toa o ōna rā a Atareta Poananga kua riro atu ki te pō. Nāna ngā tapuwae i takahia nei i mua i te aroaro mō tēnei whare nei. E tangi nei te ngākau mōna. Huri tua atu ki tērā o ngā taniwha ki roto i te ao pakihi a Tūmanako Weretā. Te kaumātua rongonui nānā i arahi nei ngā kaupapa mō te whenua te take mō te oranga o te ao pakihi te take. Huri tua atu ki te tohunga o Te Reo Māori ki roto o Ngāti Kahungunu a Lee Smith kua riro atu ki te pō kua ngū tō reo engari ka ora tonu Te Reo ki roto i Aotearoa whānui. Huri tua atu ki Pīhopa Kīngi Maketū ki Tongariro ka tangi atu ki tērā o ngā kaumātua kua riro atu ki te pō tahi ake ko Tame McCausland kua riro atu. Ko te tini o rātou kua ngaro atu ki te pō e pīkauria nei e ngā mema Māori o tēnei Whare ia wiki ki roto i tēnei Whare. Nā rātou te tūāpapa i āhei mātou te kite i te rangi awatea i whakataukīhia ai e o tātou mātua e o tātou tūpuna. Nō reira koutou o te pō kua papā te kakau o te hoe ki te hīpapa o te waka tīwaiwai kia hoe atu rā ki Hawaiki nui Hawaiki roa Hawaiki pāmamao ki te whakamaunga kekēte kekēte mai ai te kekte ara mai ai te ara. Hāere e ngā kawa tū nuku tū rangi tū papai i tū wae ā-Tāne. E moe e moe e moe.Ka whakahokia mai ngā rārangi kōrero ki a tātou te hunga ora. Mr Speaker thank you.[I now turn to those who have gone to the long night.The heart mourns our famous elder Piri Sciascia who has gone to the long night.I turn to my own to the master canoe carver Sir Hector Busby who has left us.I come back to this House to the former members of this House to the man of great influence from Waikato Koro Wētere who has gone to the long night.My thoughts go back to my uncle Pita Paraone a member of this House who has returned to the earth mother from whence we came.I then turn to the marae of Waitangi to that stalwart of Māori independence to Kīngi Taurua who has left us.To my elder Lady June Mead the stalwart of her family who has gone beyond the veil.I turn to the master of Māori language to Huirangi Waikerepuru who has left us! The heart mourns the barren mountain face of Taranaki.I turn to my elder Te Wharehuia Milroy the champion of Māori language in years past. Your voice is no more but your imprint on our world is absolute.I think back to my relation Talei Morrison the advocate for the world of haka and for the health of Māori women.I turn to the elder of Tūhoe who was based in Wellington Hema Temara who has gone to the long night.To the master who weaved her cloak of support in the years gone by Wāna Davis who has left us!I turn now to Aoraki to the mountain of the South Island; it is Tahu Pōtiki who has gone to the long night!My thoughts go out to the 28th to the soldiers who fought in the second world war it is Bunty Preece who has gone into the long night. Rest in peace soldier.I turn now to the world of art to Nancy Brunning who has gone to the long night. She was the face on TV that showed the Māori world to a mainstream audience.I now turn to that champion woman of perseverance Atareta Poananga who has gone to the long night. She left a legacy here in the House. My heart mourns for her.I now turn to that man of great influence in the world of business to Tūmanako Weretā the elder who made a name for himself by leading matters to do with land and matters to do with business.I turn now to the exponent of Māori language in Ngāti Kahungunu Lee Smith who has gone to the long night. Your voice is silent but the language lives on in New Zealand.I now turn to Pīhopa Kīngi from Maketū to Tongariro. I mourn that elder who has passed into the long night he and Tame McCausland who has also left us.To the multitudes who have gone to the long night we Māori members of Parliament will continue your work in the House week in week out. They have laid the foundation that allows us to see the light that was spoken about in proverb by our ancestors.Therefore to those who have gone to the long night the paddle handle has touched the hull of the dugout canoe and set off to Hawaiki nui to Hawaiki roa to Hawaiki pāmamao to follow the path that calls out. Rest in peace to you who walked the earth and who now walk the great heavens that Tāne scaled. Rest in peace.I will bring my speech to us to the living. Mr Speaker thank you.]Mr Speaker thank you for allowing me to acknowledge the many Māori leaders who have been lost to the night. They carved a legacy and a pathway for the Māori members of this House to follow and I think it only fitting that we all acknowledge and we look forward to the dreams and aspirations of our people in the three years ahead. I said we'd do these things a little bit differently so it kind of falls upon me to farewell our beloved and also to acknowledge the work that's been done. I now hand to my colleague Minister Jackson perhaps to throw a few punches and a few barbs. Tēnā koe tēnā koutou tēnā tātou katoa.