Ngarewa-Packer DebbieDEBBIE NGAREWA-PACKER (Co-Leader—Te Paati Māori): Kia ora rā. We arrive here with our own experiences and I think I've been very open and honest since my maiden speech that I arrive here as a mokopuna of muru raupatu and an uri of Taranaki. I've been raised to navigate between the respect to mana and the reminder of mana. So fighting for a Treaty-centred Aotearoa that reclaims equality a dignity and ideally whenua isn't a policy or politics; it's actually about making something right that was horrifically wrong and so dehumanising. Having our natural development interfered with does not make me a victim. No one in Taranaki sees ourselves as victims; we see ourselves as extremely resilient. That means that we have huge aroha; we have huge forgiveness and compassion. It's an experience that I have that many couldn't imagine and it's an experience I have because I am a mokopuna of muru raupatu from Taranaki. It makes me also an extremely hopeful person—hopeful that one day I don't have to stand up here in this House and feel w'akamā about explaining why we don't support a memorial or this type of holiday; hopeful that one day I don't have to defend our views as indigenous peoples or tangata whenua; hopeful that I don't have to feel so hōhā that we're seen as knocking an old order because we're so hopeful for the new order and what that could mean and bring for us as Aotearoa.So being asked to have a memorial in 2022 for a kaupapa that represents and has targeted tangata whenua in a way that nothing or no one else ever has is a big order. Being asked to have a memorial for something like this kaupapa that has created so much violence loss grief and displacement does nothing but trigger us and reminds us of our differences at a time when we need to remember what we have in common and the respect we deserve as tangata whenua. We believe with all our hearts everything inside us that we can be a better nation. That's exactly what our ancestors taught us to be and to contribute towards. I'm tired of being told when it's appropriate to be traumatised. I'm tired of being told that our grief for our extraordinary leaders and rangatira doesn't matter as much. I'm tired of being told when we're allowed to remember and when we're not allowed to remember. So I've arrived here to give voice insight in this very short call to all of those who have been affected by the monarchy who've been affected by their imperialistic grievances. I'm not here to takahi anything else but to be that voice when we know we're in a House that has a majority and the bill is going to pass anyway. But I want it to be remembered in the years to come that we stood up and we said that there is a Tiriti that should be honoured that this is a nation that has tangata whenua who will never forget—and should never forget—what the British imperialists did to our ancestors. I ask for your aroha and respect to understand that difference of opinion. No doubt in years to come when we sit here and we say Where were you on this side of history?" we can sit there and say that we were bold and courageous and we believe that there's a time when we should say stop. Now is that time when we should say that enough is enough and it's OK to let it go and to focus on repairing and being the best nation we can be. Nō reira i te āhuatanga o tā tātou tupuna ngā mihi aroha. Ngā mihi kia tau te rangimārie ki a koutou katoa. [Therefore in the manner of our ancestor my heartfelt greetings. Acknowledgments and may peace be with you.] Thank you."