Jackson WillieHon WILLIE JACKSON (Minister of Employment): Tuatahi he tika me mihi ki a koutou Tūwharetoa i tae mai nei i tēnei wā i whakarangatira i a mātou. Ki a koe e te rangatira i tahuri koe i tō korowai rangatiranga i runga mātou i tēnei wā ngā mihi ki a koe.[Firstly it is only right to greet you Tūwharetoa who have come here at this time and ennobled us with your presence. To you the chief you have endowed us with your chiefly cloak at this time greetings to you.]When I think of Tūwharetoa I think of the chief's father Sir Hepi. In my view he laid the groundwork. We forget sometimes that it was your father who challenged the Government who was quite anti-Government for a while—and I salute him for that—and who challenged the process and brought Te Ao Māori together. We must never forget that. His legacy is one of challenge to the Crown. He followed in the footsteps of his tīpuna as you have Tā Tumu. I honour him and I think he set the footprints for all of us.As some of the Tūwharetoa people will know I have a bit of a connection with Tūwharetoa. OK it's not a connection that went for ever but it was a connection and a connection I was very proud of for a while—whether Tūwharetoa was proud I'm not sure. But it wasn't really my fault. Actually it's Georgina te Heuheu's fault because she sang in the church along with her husband Timi te Heuheu—and obviously a little bit flat because things went off a few years later didn't they Georgie? But lovely to see her whaea Georgie here who carried on the legacy of her father-in-law. I salute Georgie. I salute what she did coming into the National Party. That must have been hard. That must have been tough. But I salute her. She went into that National Party and she carried on the challenge that her father-in-law laid down and she was an advocate for kaupapa Māori and an advocate for tikanga Māori. I just think it's wonderful seeing her today.But as I said I had a bit of a long relationship there with Tūwharetoa and I want to salute some of that whānau who I was part of for a long time the Maniapoto whānau—a whānau that might not have been tino rangatiratanga advocates but a whānau who were whakangahau advocates without doubt. To that whānau who are not at the forefront but at the back doing the entertaining—a very integral part of this kaupapa. I say to my former father-in-law Nēpia Maniapoto to the great Huri Maniapoto who married my auntie Bubs Ngārimu from Ngati Porou and I say to Manu Maniapoto who's now gone and to Jim Maniapoto and to Uncle Tilly Maniapoto—we remember them well don't we? We remember them and their contribution to the Tūwharetoa kaupapa well.Sometimes we forget these unsung heroes who might not be out the front—a bit like old Cedric up the back there. But if you muck around with anyone from Tūwharetoa Cedric will deal with them—and my other cousin there Auntie Bubs's son. I salute these people these unsung heroes who make a contribution. We forget them sometimes because we do have our heroes and our tīpuna who have made such a big contribution to these settlements who Louisa talked about in her beautiful kōrero who Meka Whaitiri talked about and who others on the other side have talked about. There have been so many heroes in terms of Tūwharetoa—and of course John Bishara a good friend of mine and probably the grumpiest and most horrible chief executive who ever graced Te Māngai Pāho. He's not even here today—you know typical Bish. I salute them all. I think this is their legacy. The Maniapotos; te Heuheus; Georgina who's been wonderful; you Sir Tumu who's been along; Cedric who's running the team at the back—I think you should be proud of this contribution and the legacy that was set down by the great Sir Hepi right at the start who challenged us all and talked about tino rangatiratanga talked about kotahitanga talked about justice for our people. I mihi to him and I mihi to you all today. Tēnā nō tātou katoa.