Flavell Te UruroaHon TE URUROA FLAVELL (Co-Leader—Māori Party): Tēnā koe Mr Speaker. Hei whaiwhai haere i ngā kōrero kua kōrerohia i tēnei ahiahi ka tapirihia atu e Te Pati Māori ōna mihi ki a koe otirā ki a tātau katoa ngā ringaringa o Te Whare Pāremata i kaha nei ki te hāpai ki te āwhina ki te tiaki i a tātau. Ka nui te mihi ki a koutou katoa me te kī atu hoi anō me whakatā mō ngā 5 wiki tai hoake nei kua hoki mai ētahi o tēnei hunga ki roto i ngā pakitara o Te Whare.[To follow up on the contributions delivered this afternoon the Māori Party adds its tributes to you but at the same time to all of us the hands of Parliament who worked hard to support help and take care of ourselves. A huge appreciation to you all and saying at the same time we will rest for 5 weeks and then some of these ones will come back soon enough inside the walls of the House.]I stand and follow up on the comments that have been made by other speakers ahead of me on behalf of the Māori Party. I bring happiness and joy from the Māori Party to say to you Mr Speaker and to all the other officials who have sat in the Speaker's Chair that I very much appreciated the effort and the way that you have conducted affairs in the House. I think it has been fair and down the middle and I very much appreciate that and indeed your efforts in respect of Te Reo Māori over the time.The Office of the Clerk and Hansard staff—thank you so much. Ka nui te mihi ki a koutou. To the security people who look after us all of the time; the librarians whom we can get information from; all of the service people; ministerial support—I learnt about becoming a Minister this term—and Parliamentary Service staff thank you. I make a special mention to Briar down in the Parliamentary Counsel Office and those people involved there for the efforts she gave in respect of Te Ture Whenua Māori Bill and Te Ture mō Te Reo Māori/Māori Language Bill. Please accept my huge appreciation for the work that you did to prepare that legislation. I want to also acknowledge my friends the best people who look after us as Ministers—the VIP drivers. We have a regular competition about trivial pursuits on songs on the radio. To the King I say you are there for a short space of time and I will continue to have the competitions I hope into the future. To the staff the cleaners and in particular all of our electorate staff and some of our staff within the ranks of the Māori Party thank you so much. Kei ngā wāhine kei ngā tāne e noho nā ki roto i ngā pakitara o Te Whare Copperfields [To you women and men sitting there within the walls of the House's Copperfields]—not that I go there too often because I am too busy training with the Hon Alfred Ngaro and the Hon Mark Mitchell when they turn up.I want to thank all the other parties in our House for our interactions. While we do not always agree at least we work together away from the camera and that is most important. To the Māori Party volunteers throughout the country to our caucus national executive and to officials from Te Puni Kōkiri thank you so much. Also thank you to the officials of the Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment. One of the great things I have managed be able to pull together is our virtual policy unity which is a major breakthrough in agencies working together.I thank our advisers who give us just that little bit of steel from time to time. I thank our office staff and in particular I give a special mention right now to Lisa Turia who has had to go back to a tangi in Whanganui. I just want to mention her as being one who has been with the Māori Party since we first came here with her mother. She may not be returning into the future so I want to acknowledge her today.I want to acknowledge the Prime Minister the Rt Hon Bill English for the way that he has maintained the relationship accord with the Māori Party and indeed Sir John Key for the way that he respected again our accord that was set up some 9 years ago. I think it has been great how we worked together and indeed all the other Ministers of the Crown. Thank you for being nice when I have gone to Cabinet with special papers.I want to say just finally thank you everybody for everything. Good luck on the election trail. But I did want to leave with one story. It is sort of a touching story. It came when I was out on the election trail just recently. Of course as you do people stop you and they say: Well how are you doing? We think you're all right." This particular lady came up to me and she said these sorts of words:I can't stop loving youI've made up my mindTo vote for the Māori PartyCos you're our kindI can't stop loving youAnd you don't have to paySo you'll get both my votesWhen we get to election dayI've voted blueI've voted redThis time aroundYou're it insteadI've realised that nowYou are the bestYou're my No. 1Too bad—belt the restThat Marama FoxShe's way out thereYou get aroundAnd show you careAnd you the sharkYou are the manMāori Party is itI'm so much of a fanI can't stop loving youI've made up my mindTo vote for Māori PartyCos you're the right kindI can't stop loving youAnd you don't have to paySo you'll get both my votesWhen it comes to election dayOh yeah."