Jackson WillieHon WILLIE JACKSON (Minister of Employment): Kia ora Madam Speaker. Koutou Parihaka i tae mai nei i tēnei wā. I whakarangatira i a mātou tēnei te mihi ki a koutou. Ki a koe Te Ururoa ngā mihi ki a koe e hoa. Kua rongo mātou te kōrero e pā ana kia Chris Finlayson tika me tuku mihi ki a ia engari mōhio mātou nāu i tīmata tēnei kaupapa. Mōhio mātou i kōkiri i tēnei kaupapa. Tēnei te mihi ki a koe. Mōhio mātou kei te tino hōhā kia me te kāhui Māori engari kua oti tērā kaupapa. Kua oti tērā kaupapa. Kua rongo mātou te kōrero o tō taokete kua tae ki te wā ki te whakakotahi mō te kaupapa. E tika ana i tēnei wā ki te whakanui i tēnei kaupapa. E tika kia mihi ki a koe e hoa. Koutou katoa kua tae mai nei—ngā rangatira—ngā mihi ki a koutou. Ki a koe taku hoa whanaunga Mahara ngā mihi e hoa. Maumara tō kōrero i ngā wā o mua e pā ana ki tēnei kaupapa. I maumahara. Tika me mihi ki a koe hoki. Ngā mihi koutou katoa. Tēnā koutou tēnā anō tātou katoa.[You Parihaka who have arrived on this day. You have honoured us thank you.To you Te Ururoa greetings my friend. We have heard the words of acknowledgment for Chris Finlayson and that is only right but we all know that it was you who started this. We all know it was you who pushed for this. I would like to acknowledge you. We all know that there was frustration with the Māori group; however that matter is closed. That matter is closed. We have heard the words of your in-law that the time has come to unite for the cause. It is only right to celebrate this occasion. It is only right to acknowledge you my friend.All of you who have made it here today—the leaders—thank you to you all. To my friend my relation Mahara thank you my friend. Remember your words from the past regarding this matter. There was remembrance. It is right to acknowledge you too. Thank you each and every one of you. Thank you one and all.]I was listening to Ruakere Hond's kaikōrero this morning and one of the highlights of this kaupapa as some of our manuhiri will know is our pōwhiri and our kōrero in the morning. I was listening to him and our other speakers who talked about the mamae—the hurt—who talked about what Parihaka went through and who then talked about forgiveness and moving on and I was thinking what a wonderful people we are and how forgiving we are because my uncle Syd Jackson who was probably the most well-known Māori activist in the country for a while—Hone Harawira might dispute that as he disputes many things—and who married into Taranaki as the whanaunga over here know always said that the fear of Pākehā New Zealand was that we would treat them how they treated us. When he talked about justice there was always this fear that Māori would extract utu and of course we don't because we all follow the principles of Parihaka. So that's why I enjoyed our whai kaikōrero this morning so much. I mihi to all our kaikōrero this morning. It was a real highlight for us to listen to that kōrero. You know there's been some great kōrero this morning but when I think of Parihaka I do think of the huge contributors who have come through the years. I was thinking about Milton Hohaia who used to talk to me about the peace concerts and I always used to say to him You're not that peaceful a bloke you know." We used to have a lot of laughs—a lot of laughs—and I mean that in a fair way. He was a justice fellow—you know justice was his kaupapa and he advocated the kaupapa all the time. We used to have laughs aplenty and he was glad to be peaceful at times absolutely—particularly when the peace conferences came around. But what an advocate for Parihaka. So when I think of Parihaka I think of people like him and the people who carry the message of Parihaka every day everywhere. I talked about Te Ururoa Flavell but he married into a whānau that carried the kaupapa every day. His brother-in-law Ruakere; his wife Erana; his sister-in-law Aroaro—what a whānau. Ngā mihi ki a koutou. Of course I didn't even mention my mate Howie who could barely get a word in there—Howie Tamati. Good to see you brother. Good to see you—and he's a Parihaka man too you know. Oh he's a bit conflicted. It goes both ways eh? But what a whānau who carry the kaupapa of Parihaka. I mihi to you because that's how the kaupapa is kept alive every day everywhere in the Wellingtons in the Aucklands and in the parliaments. Mahara Okeroa was telling me about it when he and I came to Parliament in 1999. He kept reminding me "You're Taranaki Mr Ngāti Porou." "You're Taranaki Mr Batley." he would say. "Don't forget your taha Taranaki side." Mahara never forget because you and these others who I am mentioning—Te Ururoa his whānau—are so important in keeping this spirit alive. The spirit of Parihaka lives through our people who go into the different areas. Amokura Panoho. Amokura drives me crazy—married into my whānau. Her first cousin married my sister. I've known her since I was 16 sadly and I never ever stopped hearing about the Māori Party and I'm still listening to the Māori Party. Even today Amokura was talking about it. But she carries the message of Parihaka everywhere she goes—mana wāhine. Mana wāhine.My old mate Te Kauhoe Wano and Whare Wano—very quiet today Whare. Clearly you must be on a bad behaviour bond or something—it's not often they shut you right up! But Whare's here. Every time I look at him I get sad. I get sad because I see Te Kauhoe. I see Te Kauhoe and it breaks my heart.I've talked about Te Kauhoe in previous speeches and these two have made again—I mean for a little place Parihaka has made an impression hasn't it? You've got the Wanos and their TV show and of course their brother who I am so proud of doing the business in terms of Māori health. We've got to get a few more strategies going there. Line them up with Peeni Henare our man who is advocating Māori health. He knows the type of work they're doing in Taranaki—terrific work in terms of what he's doing and what the whānau has done. So mihi nui ki a koe Whare.This is how the Parihaka story lives on. What a story. I don't think any small place in New Zealand has had such strong advocates around the country. You know I can never escape them. Even at Waatea: my management? Parihaka. Kura O'Donnell's up there in the gallery. You know she walks around the station chanting Parihaka's waiata. Again another advocate for the kaupapa—another advocate for a kaupapa and she even hitched her husband Bernie O'Donnell on to it. I was trying to work out if Bernie was from Parihaka too but he gave me some long-winded speech. There was some whakapapa thing. But again these advocates are everywhere—and who can of course ever forget Tariana Turia? I mean it's just never ending. It's never ending.So for me if you ever wanted a communications person get someone from Parihaka—get someone from Parihaka. But I want to say today you know these types of bills as Te Ururoa Flavell will acknowledge are probably the most satisfying bills—satisfying bills eh Te Ururoa?—that you could have when you come to Parliament. There is a kotahitanga about it and it brings us together in terms of a Parliament.So you know here we are today continually acknowledging Chris Finlayson for goodness' sake from the National Party. It doesn't matter on this kaupapa because he's been such a strong advocate. Andrew Little of course who I'm just looking at—thanks very much Andrew for your mahi. I know it's hard in the north particularly but the Parihaka kaupapa—Peeni Henare's relations are loving every minute of it. But these are the kaupapa that count. So as I said in my mihi to Te Ururoa—we know how much mahi he did in organising this in advocating this. We also know about what's happened in the past in terms of campaigns but that's all gone now—that's all gone now. We are fixed on this issue. We are fixed on this kaupapa. It's a kaupapa that is about tikanga Māori. It's a kaupapa that's about tūturu Māori. It's a kaupapa of kotahitanga and it's great Te Ururoa that you brought it to Parliament that you've advocated it and here we are today celebrating it. I think that's a victory for all.Tēnei te mihi ki a koutou tātou katoa. Tēnā koutou. Tēnā koutou. Tēnā anō tātou katoa.[This is my acknowledgment to you all to all of us. Thank you. Thank you one and all.]"