Maipi-Clarke Hana-RawhitiHANA-RAWHITI MAIPI-CLARKE (Te Pāti Māori —Hauraki-Waikato): Tēnā rā koe e te Pīka. Kuīni Wikitōria he aha taku hē i muia ai aku whenua tupuna i te riri Pākehā?Queen Victoria what have I done wrong for you to confiscate my ancestral lands to the greed and anger of the settler? I hold you to your word for my generations and grandchildren to come."Āio nuku āio rangi āio te pou herenga tangata o te motu a Kīngi Tūheitia me tōna whare kāhui ariki. Rire rire hau pai mārire. [Peace on earth the peace of heaven peace of the pillar to which all people of the country are bound King Tūheitia and his royal family. Bring calm goodness and peace.]Ki ngā ruruhi koroheke ngā uri whakaheke kua whakarauika mai ā-kikokiko nei i rō Pāremata tēnei te reo owha te reo whakamiha ki a koutou. Waikato Maniapoto Raukawa Tainui Mataatua Takitimu Te Arawa tēnei au ka tūohu. [To the female and male elders the descendants who have gathered here in the flesh within Parliament this is the voice of generosity the voice of welcome to you all. Waikato Maniapoto Raukawa Tainui Mataatua Taitimu Te Arawa I bow before you.]I vividly remember 10 years ago at the 150-year commemoration at Ō-Rākau. I was 11 years old standing doing the haka as Prime Minister at the time John Key arrived. Ten years on I am honoured to be speaking on the first reading of Ō-Rākau in Pāremata on behalf of Te Pāti Māori and as a member of the Māori Affairs Committee but most importantly as a mokopuna of Raukawa and Waikato. The most emotional haepapa or responsibility that comes with this role for me would be the day I would speak on a bill or reading for the Land Wars ngā take raupatu mō tōku iwi ake [issues of confiscation for my own people].It's 1863. War was coming to my people of Waikato at the hand of the Crown Queen Victoria and Governor Grey. The warning reads: "To the Natives who reside in the Manukau District in the Waikato frontier you are hereby required immediately to take your oath of allegiance to Her Majesty the Queen and to give up your Arms to an Officer appointed by the Government for that purpose. Natives that comply with this order will be protected. However Natives who refuse are hereby warned to leave the district aforementioned and retire beyond Waikato past the Mangatāwhiri River or you will be ejected"—I repeat—"ejected."This was the beginning of the biggest campaign of the New Zealand Wars the invasion of the Waikato. Dawn 12 July 1863: hundreds of troops crossed the Mangatāwhiri River which declared war both on land and water. Storming bloody and devastating wars to Waikato Kopuera Rangiriri Pāterangi Rangiaowhia and Ō-Rākau ā puta noa i te motu [and all around the country].1864 te tau i whakawhiti mai te kāwana o te ope taua Kāwana Kerei i te ope taua o te Karauna ki tōku iwi ake o Waikato hei aha? Hei raupatu hei muru i ōku whenua ake. Ka tukuna te karanga a Rewi Maniapoto e ngā iwi waka maha o Tūwharetoa Whanganui Te Rau Takitahi a Tūhoe Kahungunu me Te Arawa.[The year 1864 was the year that the Governor of the army crossed over Governor Grey of the army of the Crown to my own iwi of Waikato for what purpose? To conquer and confiscate my very own lands. The call of Rewi Maniapoto was put out by the many peoples and waka Tūwharetoa Whanganui Te Rau Takitahi o Tūhoe Kahungunu and Te Arawa.]Three hundred people to defend Ō-Rākau against 1500 soldiers. This war lasted over three days and it was the confiscation of 12000 square kilometres of land.Ki te mate ngā tāne me mate hoki ngā wāhine me ngā tamariki ka whawhai tonu āke āke āke.[If the men die then the women and children should also die we will continue to fight for ever and ever.]Ahumai Te Paerata stating that if the men die so would the women and children. She was then shot four times and seriously wounded. Ki ngā mātua tūpuna o te pō hoki wairua mai rā koutou. [To the ancestors of the night return to us in spirit.]One hundred and sixty years on Rewi Maniapoto's uri live on. We have been subjected by the Crown to be ejected but we still live on. To this day—actually just last weekend—our iwi still haka waiata mōteatea about this event and raupatu. I can't help but acknowledge our Tainui Waka kapa haka regionals in the weekend. Our culture is alive and strong and the waiata Poutini Poutini has been a non-stop waiata in our Te Pāti Māori caucus today. We are moving forward. We will be guided on the wise words of pāpā Tom Roa: "Utua te kino ki te pai." [Respond to evil with goodness.]; Kuia Rovina: "Ka noho ko ērā āhuatanga kāore koe e kite i te whiti o te rā." [If those circumstances remain you will not see the light of day.]; ā te rangatira a Rewi Maniapoto: "Ka whawhai tonu mātou. Āke! Āke! Āke!" [And the leader Rewi Maniapoto: "We will continue to fight for ever for ever and for ever!"]Tēnā rā tātou e te Whare. [Greetings to us all in this House.]"