Rurawhe AdrianADRIAN RURAWHE (Labour—Te Tai Hauāuru): Tēnā koe e Te Māngai o Te Whare. Ko Taranaki te maunga. Ko Waitotoroa te awa. Ko Parihaka te papakāinga. Ko Tohu Kākahi rāua ko Te W'iti o Rongomai ngā manu e rua. He hōnore he korōria ki te atua he maungārongo ki te w'enua he w'akaaro pai ki ngā tāngata katoa. Tī'ei mauri ora.E w'akapiri ana au aku mihi atu ki te katoa o rātou mā. E mihi ake Te Hon Kelvin Davis me Te Hon Christopher Finlayson. Whakapiria au aku mihi ki ā rāua mi'i anō hoki. Oti noa e tika ana kia tuku mihi atu ki ngā w'ānau te katoa o ngā tāngata ngā iwi kua tae mai ki Te W'are Pāremata i tēnei rā ki te whakarongo ki te pānui tuata'i o tēnei pire i tēnei rā nō reira nau mai 'aere mai w'akatau mai rā.[Thank you Madam Assistant Speaker. Taranaki is my mountain. Waitotoroa is my river. Parihaka is my home. Honour and glory to God peace on earth goodwill to all men. Behold there is life.I wish to endorse the words of welcome that were extended by the Hon Kelvin Davis and the Hon Christopher Finlayson. I would like to add my greetings to theirs.Therefore it is only right that I should extend my greetings to the families to all the people indeed to the iwi who have come to Parliament today to listen to the first reading of this bill therefore welcome twice welcome thrice welcome.]It's a real honour for me to join with the Hon Christopher Finlayson and the Hon Kelvin Davis to greet everyone that has arrived here today. This is a special day. It was a special day when Te Kawenata ō Rongo was signed at Parihaka marae and it was a great day a generous day from the local people from Taranaki from Parihaka. I say generous because to get to this point one would need a generous spirit to accept everything that's in this bill.I'd like to speak about Te Kawenata ō Rongo and also endorse the words from the Hon Kelvin Davis and Christopher Finlayson about the legacy statement because within that legacy statement as pointed out already is a whole history of what happened and I recommend also to members of the House to read carefully that statement.But I wanted to talk about the tikanga the principles that are set out in Te Kawenata ō Rongo and just read out a couple of these statements. One of them is manawanui manawaroa—the determination of empowerment to find solutions to barriers and resolve issues of constraint. One needs to have manawanui manawaroa to accept and to challenge and to work through all of those issues over 150-plus years to get to today. That's called resilience. I want to also talk about maungārongo and ririkore: maungārongo the essence of cooperation common vision and consensus; ririkore the renouncing of rage hatred and violence. I think this Parliament has a lot to learn from these values and I want to talk in particular about the legacy statement in so far as what the future holds. There is a statement within Phase 9—the aspirations of Parihaka". It's the last sentence and I'll start with that "Your voice cannot be smothered by the authorities your voice cannot be silenced by the powerful nor the turbulent events of this land. Should your voice be abolished you will use tikanga to respond to the hatred overcoming it with kindness." That's the very last sentence in that legacy statement.In terms of the principles that I've referred to which really have contributed to the construction of such an eloquent statement within the agreement and is now in the bill I think that as I said every member should read that statement. It has value beyond this House and it has value for our country. I think that we have to accept that the generosity of the people of Parihaka to work through this process and to get to that point while still maintaining their tikanga to develop such a legacy statement is a gift to our country and I acknowledge that.I also wanted not to dwell too much on the horrible history of it. It's something that we have to do though and we have to do that in our own time in our own way. The people of Parihaka have carried this burden for too long. But what is magnificent about this piece of legislation is that within the documentation around Te Kawenata ō Rongo are the 30 projects around the aspirations for the future of the Parihaka community. I think that within this legislation and within this process one of the most important parts is the future relationship between Parihaka and the Crown because this is just a start. This can't be the finish. It's got to be leading on to the fulfilment of these 30 projects. So the challenge is that we will do that.I feel rather emotional about getting to speak here today on this and it's hard not to think of those who've gone before us. I didn't really want to get emotional about that but I think it's important that we do acknowledge those from the past the many thousands who have travelled around this country and headed to Parihaka which was not the end of a legacy but part of the burgeoning and future legacies as well. I acknowledge communities like Parewānui Maungārongo under Koro Ruapehu Rātana and others that have also carried both the burden and the hope for the future of ngā poropititanga. Nō reira e tika ana kia tuku atu te reo mi'i ki a rātou mā e hāpai ana aua poropititanga. I tēnei rā ko te kōrero nei e pā ana ki Tohu Kākahi rāua ko Te Whiti o Rongomai.[Therefore it is fitting that I pay tribute to those who continue to support those prophesies. Today is all about Tohu Kākahi and Te Whiti o Rongomai.]So Madam Assistant Speaker I thank you for the time to express what is in my heart really. I did actually write a speech but that's not what I actually delivered here. I thought it was important to write one though. But I acknowledge all of the people that have had any association with Parihaka because I think they are the ones that have carried the burden for so long and those are the ones whose future relies on a better relationship with the Crown. Nō reira huri noa i Te W'are nei ā tēnā tātou katoa.[Therefore to all gathered here in this House greetings.]"