SpeechTĀMATI COFFEY (Labour) (remote): Thank you Madam Speaker. Some say that the wheels of Parliament move very slow and on this particular occasion it's moved pleasingly fast. And so it should have because there's a family out there that really needs it. And again they'll be listening to everything that we're saying. So again I want to acknowledge them. It has been quick and again I want to thank Louisa Wall for her tenacity. If there's one thing that Louisa is she's tenacious. She picked up this and she ran with it and here we are 34 days later I think she said with the third reading of this bill helping to settle something that's been outstanding for far too long.There's a few Māori words that I want to use to describe this moment that we're going through right now and taking into account all of the kōrero that's been said. The first one is ōhākī and that word is a very significant word. Ōhākī in te reo Māori it refers to a dying wish. And that's what this is. The reason that we're all here is because Katherine Harris made a dying wish that she had friends that would pick up the mantle and run with this and not rest until her name was on baby Paige's certificate so that baby Paige would always know that her mum was there for her walking beside her through every step of her life. So ōhākī is the word and I think it sums up perfectly the reason that we're all here right now.The second word is the word that I referred to before around whakapapa. Again whakapapa is everything. It can make you furious it can make you want to dig deeper. I sometimes describe it as a 1000-piece puzzle that you've got plenty of pieces missing and sometimes it's really hard to find all of those pieces. But for people that have a real knack for genealogy whakapapa is the thing that binds us and it connects us. Today this is all about whakapapa and acknowledging the power that it has to bring people together.The last word that I wanted to mention here was the word aroha because actually aroha is an all-encompassing word but it shows that through this process there's been a lot of aroha that has been shown given displayed for us to all be here today. The aroha of first and foremost Katherine for her daughter Paige and her ōhākī to correct a wrong. The love of Josh for his mates Kyle and Katherine and Baby Paige—the love that you have for them has been on display here and is very apparent and we feel it. I want to mention Renee the love that you had for your mates as well to be able to give over your body as a surrogate for nine whole months—well it's actually longer than nine months but the love that you have for your friends to be able to step into the breach for them when they were unable to when they needed a friend that was able to produce a baby for them you stepped in. So Renee the aroha and the selflessness with which you and many surrogates around Aotearoa and the world have done I want to acknowledge you.I want to acknowledge the aroha that's being displayed in the House and may we all continue to feel the aroha for moments like this. Sometimes our parliamentary House can get a little bit rough and rugged and it's nice to know that we can all agree on certain things especially when it comes to crucial moments like this.I also want to finish on a note to baby Paige who is only two and if she's anything like my two-year-old she'll be just picking up the odd word here and there and will be at the start of her very long journey. But to baby Paige who will one day hopefully look back on all of these speeches and all of the good things that people are saying about her mum and her family and her village to baby Paige I want to say this to you: a mother's love is always with her children and losing a mother is one of the deepest sorrows that a heart can know. But her goodness her caring her wisdom they all live on like a legacy of love that will always be with you. May that love surround you right now and bring you peace. On the many Mother's Day days that you will face and people will ask how your mother is and where she is may how you find strength on those days and know that her legacy lives on in you.Thank you Madam Speaker I commend this to the House.