Prime Willow-JeanHon WILLOW-JEAN PRIME (Labour): Tēnā koe e te Māngai o te Whare. e pēhea rā ahau e kōrero ki tēnei take ki roto i te Whare i tēnei ahiahi? Aue taukuri e. Aue te mamae. Aue te kino. Aue taku aroha mō koutou ngā morehu kei roto i te Whare i tēnei ahiahi. Koutou e whakakanohi nei i te tini me te mano rātou kua wehe ki te pō rātou kahore i tae ki te tuku i ō rātou kōrero. Taku mihi kau ana aroha ki a koutou mō tō koutou kaha māia manawanui manawaroa. Tēnā koutou katoa. [Thank you Speaker of the House. How do I speak about this issue within this House this afternoon? Dear me. My goodness the anguish. Dear me the malice. Oh my compassion for you the survivors that are in the House this evening. You who represent so very many those who have departed into the darkness those who could not come to present their own stories. My sincerest greeting and compassion to you for your strength your courage your persistence and your resilience. Greetings to all of you.]I don't even know how to begin to express my thoughts and feelings about what we are here debating this afternoon what has been delivered to this Whare. It is painful. It is heartbreaking. I admire your strength your courage your determination and your perseverance. I want to acknowledge that many that are here today in fact represent many many more hundreds thousands who could not be here today—those who have passed those who did not present to the royal commission. You represent them.I had the privilege of meeting a few survivors before this afternoon's proceedings and I recognise how traumatic and how triggering this is for all of you. They said to me it takes them back to those very moments like it was just yesterday and it has been 60-plus years for some of those people.What I felt so heartening from those conversations is that their determination and their perseverance is purely so that it does not happen to another tamaiti to another tamariki. Despite their own traumatic experiences which we have heard some of this afternoon they are here for others and I mihi to all of you. We welcome this report. We welcome the opportunity to work through the 138 recommendations in that report. You have heard acknowledgments from all parties in the House this afternoon. You have heard all parties saying they are committed to this issue and that they want to work on resolving these issues and ensuring it doesn't happen again. There are 138 recommendations. When I look at recommendations I see that our current system is so out of step with what is recommended that there is a huge job for us to do.The report is harrowing. It's confronting—the atrocities that have been suffered. It was unacceptable and disgraceful and we owe it to the survivors to read the report to understand the recommendations and then to take action. I am sure that all of you who have fought so hard to get us to this point today will continue to hold all of the politicians you have heard from this afternoon accountable to deliver the action that is needed to ensure that this does not continue.One person wanted me to mention in the House and get on the Hansard that this is not a historical issue. It is an issue that is still happening today. I want to acknowledge that rangatahi who were excluded because of the 1999 time frame. They have presented their additional report for our consideration. VOYCE - Whakarongo Mai has that on their website. I encourage you to read it. They wanted to give this message. Ihorangi Reweti Peters sent it to me by text message. Designed by Ruby Jones in collaboration with Karah Mackie Survivors of abuse in care". It says "Our rangatahi are saying we fought to survive. Now help us to thrive." He wero tērā ki tēnei Whare ki a tātou katoa i roto i tēnei Whare. Nō reira i runga anō i ērā whakaaro tēnā koutou tēnā koutou kia ora huihui mai tātou katoa. [That is a challenge to this House to all of us in this House. And so on that note I thank and greet all of us gathered here.]"