Flavell Te Ururoa: Motions — America’s Cup 2013—Emirates Team New ZealandText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeFlavell Te Ururoa: Motions — America’s Cup 2013—Emirates Team New Zealand[Sitting date: 26 September 2013. Volume:693;Page:13770. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]TE URUROA FLAVELL (Co-Leader—Māori Party):Tēnā koe Mr Speaker kia oratātou katoa. Heiwhaiwhai haerei teāhuatanga o tekōrero angākaikōreroimuai aau kotāku he tautokoingākōrero katoa. Me mihirā ki arātou ki a Dean Barker metanakāhui ki a Grant Daltonrātou katoaiangituimāia ki tetūi temura o te ahi eai kingākōrero. Ko te pai otērāhungai te ataneikāreituohu temāhungakāreipiko tetuarākārei taka tengutu o tewahakārei nohowhakamuriēngariimāiaiangitui aro nui ki te kaupapaiwhāia erātoui te atanei kamutuingāwiki e 3kuahipaake. Me mihi ki arātou katikamō teāhuatanga o tetū hetū tangata hetūtika hetūmō te motu e noho maineii tewākāingaotirākāore e kore kongāmea o Aotearoawhānuitonui te ao.[Thank you Mr Speaker and greetings to us all. To follow on with the tenor of the sentiments by speakers before me I endorse all the tributes accorded. We must indeed express a tribute to them Dean Barker his crew Grant Dalton all of them who fought on and according to accounts were tenacious at the battle-front. What was wonderful about that group this morning was that the head did not cower the back did not bend and the lip did not drop. They did not hold back but were relentless courageous and remained focused on what they were trying to achieve this morning and of course over the past 3 weeks. We must pay them a tribute indeed for the stance they took for humanity for the righteous and for the ones of the nation that remained here at home and without a doubt for the ones from New Zealand worldwide.]I join the words of congratulations to our team. They did us proud and as I said they did not step back they did not drop their heads or their lips they focused on the task right through to the end and we can be proud of them. I think you can learn a lot from studying some names. I had a quick Google of the word “oracle” and apparently it means a person or thing regarded as an infallible authority. But if we look at Team New Zealand—and I suppose that is the catch for all of us—every one of us finds a space in Team New Zealand. Ka mihi ki arātou katika.[We must indeed pay a tribute to them.]The great thing about our nation I suppose is the connections that we have. At home we can be proud of people like Ben Malcolm and Warren Houston whose art adorns the hull ofAotearoa of Team New Zealand. Also I think we can admire the graphics ofNgāti Kahungunu andNgāpuhi designer Ian Taylor who I think captured the world with those graphics but most important I think is the tie-in.Pēneii a au aMāorinei ka kite atui tehononga o te waka hourua metēnei waka—mekī eai kingākōrero oakutūpunaiwhakawhiti maii Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwai te waka hourua. Ingārātatakuahipaakearā kotaua waka kotauaāhuaanōrā he waka hourua ā mekīkoina tekotahitanga o tewhakaaro aoMāori aoPākehā. Koētahi kakīkāre hewāhanga o te aoMāori ki rotoitēnei ongā kaupapa. Kotāku ko tekī atu ē kai rotoitaku DNAtērāāhuatanga maiiōkutūpunaiōkumātua.Nō reirakoinei au ewhaiwāhii rotoitēnei ongā kaupapaahakoa ko te waka-ama ko te waka houruarānei he wakatonu ākoinei teāhuatanga oōkutūpuna.[Like me as aMāori I can see the connection of the double-hulled canoe with this vessel—that is to say according to my ancestors they traversed the Pacific Ocean in a double-hulled canoe. In days just past we have that similar vessel type doing the same thing. Let us suggest that it is the merging ofMāori and non-Māori minds together as one. Some might say thatMāoridom has no part to play in this of the ventures. But I would respond by saying steady on that aspect from my ancestors and parents is in my DNA. It is for this reason therefore that I am able to participate in this of the ventures be it an outrigger vessel or a double-hulled one it is still a canoe. As far as my ancestors are concerned this situation is still there.]I think we can be proud to focus not just on the yacht race but on the presentation of ourselves as a nation. I want to acknowledge the efforts ofNgātiWhātuaŌrākei and TePuniKōkiri. I acknowledge the Minister ofMāori Affairs Pita Sharples for putting uson the map alongside many others I am sure with the WakaMāori which has showcased the many tourism aspects and business links to the USA and indeed to the world. It is said that over 300000 people a day went across the Oakland Bridge just to that location. So there will be benefits despite the sadness of the day I am sure. Heiwhakakōpaniitakukōrero mekīkua kiteneitātouitēneitaukuahipaake emāiaana a Aotearoa ki rotoitēneiāhuatanga. Ko wai kamōhiomēnā ka hoki atuanōrā ki tepakangai tepakanga pai. I terānei ā metūtikatātoui temeaahakoakārei eke ko tengākau kataea tekī āi eke ā-ngākaui eke ā-wairua.Tēnā koutou kia oratātou katoa.[To close my address let us say we have witnessed just how resilient New Zealand has been in the year just past in regards to this situation. Who is to know whether we will ever go back again to engage in the good fight. In respect to this day we must be upright because even though we did not make it we can still say within us that we made it heart and spirit-wise. Congratulations to you collectively and to us all.]