Kuriger BarbaraBARBARA KURIGER (National—Taranaki - King Country): Thank you Madam Speaker. Welcome to Parliament and I would like to acknowledge everybody who has been involved in the process for Parihaka over a very long period of time. Of all the people in this House I feel very close to the situation as someone who grew up in Ōpunake who went to Ōpunake High School and who knows a number of people who attended that school also from Parihaka.We know that Parliament often takes a very long time to get things done but I don't think that we can comprehend a very long time in terms of the process the people of Parihaka have had to endure and the process to get back to where we are today. The time frames: even my grandmother who is going to be turning 103 next month still would have no comprehension of the time frames of Parihaka. I was there on 9 June 2017 on that special occasion and it was a very very special occasion with the Minister Chris Finlayson and all the people of Parihaka. It was a fantastic day.I've also been there and sat and watched the movie of Parihaka. A special memory for me is being there one day when there was a lower North Island Rotary Club there. We all sat and watched the video on that very day and the comments that came from those members of the Rotary Club—there were about 50 or 60 of them—were that everyone in New Zealand should have the opportunity to know the story of Parihaka. So I think it's very appropriate that Parihaka gets a geographic place name protection because it is a special place and it will always have a special place in my heart with a great deal of embarrassment around the events that happened at Parihaka in such tragic circumstances.I know in the bill there's acknowledgment of the legacy statement so I just want to think about the value of time and that legacy statement. When I think about the various stages—Phase 1—The upheaval. Violent upheaval 1813–1840"—the beginning of all of that process and the impact of the conflict that happened around 1860 to 1865 that awful period it was a tragic situation for the people of Parihaka. The interesting thing is that when I look through these legacy documents it says in here "Phase 6—The revival. The drive for revival 1886–1907". What a long time ago the drive for revival.But the part that really gets me in here is the phase from 1907 to 1975: "The forgetting of Parihaka". And for me the end of that time in the 1970s was the time when I was at Ōpunake High School and really Parihaka was a forgotten place not acknowledged at all during that time. So the second revival from 1975 to the present day is something that I've been very aware of. In those earlier days around that second revival it also was not a pleasant time because people did not understand the story of Parihaka they did not understand what it was about and actually there was some resistance again to Parihaka in those early days based on people's lack of knowledge through ignorance of the situation and on not knowing what had happened. So people knew the location of Parihaka but didn't understand the story and actually almost put up another form of resistance in those early days.But I'm pleased to say that we have come a huge way since that time. It's your time and we are very proud as the current politicians in this Government today to be sharing this time with you. I want to acknowledge the Māori Affairs Committee and all of the work they did going through the process of getting this bill to this point. This is the beginning of a new time and we welcome that. Thank you for all who are involved. Thank you for your patience. I think that's a big big big understatement. But go forward. Congratulations to everybody and we look forward to celebrating the future with you. Thank you."