Fleming Greg; Tuiono Teanau; Kuriger BarbaraGREG FLEMING (National—Maungakiekie): Kia whakakorōriatia te ingoa o te Atua i te putanga mai o te rā tae noa ki tōna tōrengitanga. Korōria ki tōna ingoa tapu. Ki te kīngi Tūheitia Pōtatau Te Wherowhero te Tuawhitu pai mārire. Hoki mahara ki a rātou mā kua wehe atu ki te pō haere haere okioki atu rā ki te wāhi ngaro. Ki ngā waka rongonui e uru nei ko Raukawa ko Maniapoto ko Taranaki nui tōku hōnore ki te tū ki konei te tū i tō koutou aroaro. I a au e whakaaro ana ki te kaha ki te mana ki te kitenga o tō koutou iwi i huri ōku whakaaro ki ōku hoa tata o Maniapoto i huri ōku whakaaro ki a Karutahi Bell kei te mihi ki a koe e hoa. I Waikato ka huri ōku whakaaro ki a Jade Hohaia tēnā koe e te tuahine. Ā i a au e whakaaro ana e pā ana ki te kaha o Raukawa i huri ōku whakaaro ki tōku tino hoa a Neihana Reihana. Kei te mihi ki a koutou nā koutou i whakatuwhera tōku ngākau ki te whānui o te ao Māori. Nā koutou i whakatō ki tōku wairua te hōhonu o te Rongopai i kawe mai i te reo me ōna tikanga. Nā reira e kore e ea i ngā kupu te mihi o tōku ngākau ki a koutou. Ko tēnei te wā kia maumahara tēnei te wiki kia maumahara. I mua i tēnei i taupatupatu i maumaharatia tō mātou hoa a Fa'anānā Efeso Collins. I tērā wiki i maumaharatia e mātou ngā hōia maha i heke i ngā pakanga nui. Āianei ka whakaū mātou i te maumaharatia o ngā tīpuna i heke i ngā pakanga o Ō-Rākau. Kia anga whakamuri kia kōkiri whakamua.[Glorify the name of God from the rising of the sun until its setting. Glory to his sacred name. To the king Tūheitia Pōtatau VII goodness and peace. Memories return to those who have passed on into the night rest in the peace in the unseen place.To the famous waka that have entered here Raukawa Maniapoto Taranaki it is a great honour for me to stand here to stand before you. As I was considering the strength the power and the view of your people my thoughts turned to my close friends of Maniapoto my thoughts turned to Karutahi Bell I acknowledge you my friend. In Waikato my thoughts turn to Jade Hohaia; greetings sister. And as I thought about the strength of Raukawa my thoughts turned to my best friend Neihana Reihana. I acknowledge all of you who opened my heart to the breadth of the Māori world. You planted within my soul the depth of the good news that convey the language and its conventions. Words will never truly convey the gratitude of my heart to you.This is a time to remember this is the week to remember. Prior to this debate we remembered our colleague Fa'anānā Efeso Collins. Last week we memorialised the many soldiers that fell in the great wars. In this moment we confirm the remembrance of the ancestors that fell in the battle of Ō-Rākau. We move forward by looking back.]We move forward by looking back. History matters profoundly and that's why this bill is so important. It ensures through legislation that the history of Ō-Rākau will also be remembered. It will be a living history and through the innovation of placing the title in the name of your tīpuna this history will always speak from the source. It will never grow old. In my own journey I have been shaped by the histories of Rangiātea of Waitara and of Waitangi and in each of these places I have been taught a living history because I have been taught from the descendants of those ancestors whose lives made those whenua sacred. That's what this legislation will do with Ō-Rākau. Koirā te tūmanako. [That is the hope.]It is my honour also to sit on the Māori Affairs Committee. When I came to this House it was the one committee that I asked if I could sit on. I cannot wait to receive this bill in the coming days and then—as my friend and chair Dan Bidois said—to receive your submissions in writing and in person. We cannot wait to come and visit you and then I cannot wait to stand in your presence again several months from now when this House passes this bill into law. Kia anga whakamuri kia kōkiri whakamua. [We move forward by looking back.] I commend this bill to the House. Bill read a first time.Waiata —E noho Tūheitia"ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Teanau Tuiono): Ko te pātai Kia whakaarohia Te Pire Whakataunga Kerēme a Te Whakatōhea e te Komiti Whiriwhiri Take Māori. [The question is That Te Pire mō Ō-Rākau Te Pae o Maumahara/Ō-Rākau Remembrance Bill be considered by the Māori Affairs Committee.]Bill referred to the Māori Affairs Committee.DEPUTY SPEAKER: I declare the House in committee for consideration of the Appropriation (2022/23 Confirmation and Validation) Bill."