Hipango HareteHARETE HIPANGO (National—Whanganui): Ka nui te mihi ki ngā uri o Rua Kēnana ngā uri o Maungapōhatu ngā uri o Ngāi Tūhoe. E tautoko ana ngā kupu ngā w'akaaro o ngākau wairua a taku tuahine Te Minita Nanaia Mahuta. Nō reira kei ngā uri o tēnei te mokopuna o Hoani Wīremu Hipango rāua ko Te Kēpa Te Rangihiwinui. Nō Te Iwi o W'anganui mātou e mihi kau atu nei.[Many greetings to the descendants of Rua Kēnana the descendants of Maungapōhatu the progeny of Ngāi Tūhoe. I support the words the heartfelt thoughts and the spirit of my sister Minister Nanaia Mahuta. Therefore to the descendants this is the grandchild of Hoani Wīremu Hipango and Te Kēpa Te Rangihiwinui. We are from Te Iwi o W'anganui greeting you unreservedly.]I stand to take a brief call this afternoon on a longstanding and enduring burden. I am ever mindful that when I do stand to address the House on such poignant and significant matters of the burden that is associated with that responsibility as a Crown agent in conducting oneself appropriately in conveying the message of sincerity of an apology and a pardon.Rua left his mark on this worldRua Kēnana Tūhoe prophet from the UreweraHe told his people not to go to warLet the white man fight the white man's war.These are the words of the waiata that resonated when Ngāi Tūhoe came to join us of W'anganui at our 79-day occupation of Pākaitore in 1995. I was there with my people but I was also a young lawyer working in the courts. Many of my people and the people of Ngāi Tūhoe were arrested and they were taken before the courts and I attempted to advocate and represent the people of Tūhoe.So standing here to speak today I make that connection of Tūhoe of W'anganui and the shared journeys that we have embarked on and the depth of the mamae that we have felt. As I look at you all in the gallery you are the descendants of Rua Kēnana. I stand here as a descendant of my people knowing what it is to carry such a burden.Although my kōrero is brief today it is about the Crown and New Zealand acknowledging this history because often this history has been buried in the perspective from the perception of another person's conveying of that story.I turn to the words and the lament of Rua Kēnana from the prison walls of Mount Eden. Some of those words that he shared were that Although my hands are locked in chains the people know the scriptures have spoken … [and] to caress my sleep within my sanctuary. When the dawn is finally realised I emerged outside … Enough said my vision for prosperity will be everlasting." Here today you as the descendants of Rua Kēnana gather here for the acknowledgment of the official apology being conveyed and that pardon.The Maungapōhatu invasion and the Crown's treatment of Rua was unreasonable. It was repugnant; it was reprehensible. The convictions have caused severe prejudice and burden to you his uri. It is now appropriate for the Crown to pardon Rua and to lift that burden from all of you here as his descendants.The official pardon and declaration to restore character mana and reputation is provided to Rua Kēnana for the conviction he sustained for moral resistance to arrest. The restoration of the character mana and reputation of Rua Kēnana his uri and Ngā Toenga o Ngā Tamariki a Iharaira faith is declared. I commend this bill to the House."