Rurawhe AdrianADRIAN RURAWHE (Labour—Te Tai Hauāuru): Tēnā koe e Te Māngai o Te Whare. Otirā ko Taranaki te maunga. Ko Waitotoroa te awa. Ko Parihaka te kāinga. Ko Tohu Kākahi rāua ko Te Whiti-o-Rongomai ngā manu e rua. Nō reira he kororia ki Te Atua he maungārongo ki te whenua he whakaaro pai ki ngā tāngata katoa. Tihei mauri ora.E tika ana kia tuku mihi atu ki te whānau kua tae mai ki Te Whare Paremata i tēnei rā nō reira koutou mā ka piri taku mihi ki ngā mihi kua mihia kē i tēnei rā nō reira koutou katoa ki a koe e te pāpā Te Whiti-o-Rongomai Meihana tēnei ahau e tuku mihi atu ki a koutou katoa i tēnei rā whakahirahira. Nō reira tēnā rā koutou katoa.[Thank you Madam Speaker. And so Taranaki is the ancestral mountain. Waitotoroa the ancestral river. Parihaka is home. Tohu Kākahi and Te Whiti-o-Rongomai are the two guiding lights. Therefore glory to God peace to the land and good thoughts to all men. I stand before you.It is only right that I acknowledge the family that has arrived to Parliament on this day; therefore to you all I add my acknowledgement to those acknowledgements that have already been made today; therefore to you all to you my elder Te Whiti-o-Rongomai Meihana here I stand to acknowledge you all on this important day. Therefore greetings to you all.]It is an honour and a privilege to speak in this debate today. As Jo Hayes has stated I was also on the Māori Affairs Committee and had the honour and privilege of visiting Parihaka to hear the submissions of those 23 submitters who wanted to be heard in that process. I say that it was a privilege because we had all the different voices that represent the overall voice of Parihaka there. One I will mention in particular is a family—a mum a dad and they brought along their two children as well and they all contributed to the conversation and put their point of view forward. We heard lots of different things.One thing that I always found impressive was that despite everything that had gone on to the people of Parihaka and in that place they continuously upheld the legacy of Tohu and Te Whiti and the values that they have left not only for their time but right through to now and for the future. Values which are definitely within this document: Te Kawenata ō Rongo. This document members I encourage everyone to read. It's not a big document but there's a lot in there. There's a lot in there that really tells us about the resilience that the people and the community of Parihaka have and why they have that ability to move past the injustices that they faced. So I recommend it to members of the House. It's not difficult to find—just google it.So within the submissions I'm going to mention a couple of things. One of them was the dual language of the bill—Te Reo Māori and English. One thing that was raised was not only that it should be in both languages but the format of it was problematic. Even now if members look in the bill as it's written it's not the best kind of format with Te Reo Māori and then English. One of the submitters asked that the bill be produced in a way where we have Te Reo Māori on one side and English on the other. The officials told us that that was not possible because basically the software that is used to produce these documents would not account for a change to the conventions of the print that is used. So I wanted to mention that here today mainly because we have three official languages and I think it is something that the House should consider—changing the conventions of print for bills in Te Reo Māori and in English.I also want to characterise I guess a number of submissions in that they were basically saying Make this document—the legislation—be more reflective of this document: Te Kawenata ō Rongo." I'm happy to say that the length of time that it took really was about making certain that that happened. It has taken a long time but I acknowledge all of the advisers and also the Parliamentary Counsel Office as well for the work that they have done. It hasn't been easy to get everything in there but I think I can honestly say that the changes that have been made do reflect what is in Te Kawenata ō Rongo more fairly and also adds—as the Minister outlaid—the protection of the name Parihaka which I can't stress to the House how important that was for a number of submitters. There have been events—and other communities will know this as well—where the name of their community has been used in a way that is not appreciated by the people that actually live in that community. So I'm really pleased that another level of protection has been provided within this bill.There also—in terms of making it more strongly represented by Te Kawenata ō Rongo—was a recommendation by the Māori Affairs Committee to have stronger language around the historical acts that are recorded in the legislation. That has been done so I'm really pleased about that.I am not going to speak too much longer on the changes but really to acknowledge again the people of Parihaka. I want to also mention that last week we had Ngāti Rangi here for the third reading of their bill. I acknowledge an important connection to Ngāti Rangi through Ēnoka Mareikura who was a nephew to Mere Rikiriki who had gone to Parihaka and at Parihaka had met with Tohu and Te Whiti and had also received a flag that had come from King Tāwhiao. On that flag it says "E te iwi kia ora." The whānau in the gallery will know exactly what that means. I just want to mention that here today because both of these groups are connected through the māramatanga and both are connected in this House because only one week ago their whanaunga was sitting here as well.Nō reira kāore e roa tēnei tū oti noa e tika ana kia tuku mihi atu ki a koutou ngā whānau o Parihaka nō reira tēnā rā tātou katoa i runga i te tukunga iho o rātou mā i te wāhi ngaro Te Māngai hei tautoko āe.[Therefore I won't speak for long only finishing it is right that I acknowledged you the families of Parihaka therefore; thank you all on the lessons passed down by those who have passed on to support the God's representative yes.]"