Ngobi TerisaTERISA NGOBI (Labour—Ōtaki): Thank you Mr Speaker. It is a real privilege and honour to take a call and be able to talanoa talk about the beautiful and mighty Ōtaki electorate and while it's really hard to highlight just one positive thing—because that's what we do in the Ōtaki electorate; we only do positive—there are so many things. We've got the Paraparaumu Kaibosh which makes sure that food waste doesn't go into landfill. We've got the Waikanae River which is an iwi-led initiative thanks to the $8.5 million of the Jobs for Nature fund. We've got the Ōtaki Māoriland Film Festival which is indigenous films and is happening right now up until 28 March. So if you haven't been along please come along and have a look at one of those films in Ōtaki. And then of course there is the shovel-ready funding that allowed for the first phase of the Foxton River Loop Reserve. But today Mr Speaker I would like to talk to you and the House about the Free Tongan Church upgrade on Bruce Road in Levin.The Free Tongan Church was one of three churches that received—altogether it was $1.5 million of the $9.5 million that the Minister for Pacific Peoples the Hon Aupito William Sio closely and very strongly supported by the Minister of Finance the Hon Grant Robertson initiated for 27 churches and our Ōtaki electorate in Levin got three churches done from that.Anahila Kanongata'a-Suisuiki: Malo Ōtaki.TERISA NGOBI: Malo Ōtaki yes. And those other churches just to name them were EFKS and also Samoan Methodist Church. So the Free Tongan Church received $461000 of that which they are really grateful for.I had the opportunity to go there on Monday with some of my parliamentary colleagues just to see what this church looked like to now. I've been really honoured and privileged to also know Saane Tovo who along with her recently deceased husband Laukau Pouli Tovo—I hope that pronunciation is right—over some 40 years ago founded the Free Tongan Church in Levin. I had seen what it looked like previously about three or four years ago and it was run down and you'd need a few jackets to go in there. It was pretty pretty poorly. We walked in to have a look and the builders stopped and allowed us in—so it's not quite finished—but I can't put into words the emotion and mauri that you felt as soon as you walked in with that Tongan community Saane Tovo and the rest of the congregation there. It was beautiful. It was emotional and I can't like I said put it into words.There were kids running around so excited—and again the church is not even finished. They were so excited that they were running around hugging everybody. They even hugged me and my parliamentary colleagues. They don't even know us but they were super-excited about being able to go into a really warm dry church. Also there was a moment when I saw Saane hugging—if I get that name right—another leader in that area. There was just a moment where we all saw them come together and they hugged and they cried and I can tell you there was not a dry eye in that church. Even the builders were there crying. It was absolutely beautiful.So I just wanted to also say that this isn't about investing in a church or a building. This is more than that for that Tongan community. This is more than that for Saane Tovo and the Tongan community of that congregation. This is about having a warm dry space for them to come together not just to worship but to educate their children to make sure that their language stays alive to make sure their traditions stay alive to invite other people that are non-Tongan in as well to educate them around the Tongan community. So that $461000 that was invested was not just invested into a building; it was invested into a community—it was invested into a community outside of the cities a community that's regional that doesn't ask for a lot but are so grateful for that little bit that they got. So again thank you to the Ministers but to this Government for looking outside and making sure all diverse communities are included and accounted and supported. Mālō 'aupito.