Flavell Te Ururoa; Carter DavidHon TE URUROA FLAVELL (Co-Leader—Māori Party): Tēnā koe Mr Speaker kia ora tātau katoa. Hei wawāhi i taku kōrero me mihi ki te hunga kua ngaro atu ki te tirohanga kanohi te roanga o tēnei tau ka tangi ake! E hia kē nei ngā mea o Te Ao Māori kua hinga kāre pea e tika ana kia whakahua i tētahi kei mahue ake i tētahi atu! Nō reira me pēnei rawa te kōrero koutou i Te Pō e moe e moe whakangaro atu rā! Tātau te hunga ora e kōrero nei i Te Whare i tēnei rā tēnā koutou kia ora tātau katoa.[Thank you Mr Speaker and acknowledgments to us all and by way of opening up my contribution I must pay a tribute to the ones lost from sight during the remaining part of this year; I mourn you. Very many of you ones of Māoridom have fallen and it may not be apt to mention each one individually in case someone is left out. Perhaps the tribute might be more fittingly expressed this way: you in the void rest and slumber there disappear from sight and to us the living making contributions here in the House today acknowledgments to you collectively and greetings to us all.] I started by paying tribute to those in the Māori World who have passed on throughout this year. I have got one hell of a list here and it finished—jingoes—just a couple of days ago in Tauranga Moana paying tribute to the many many of Te Ao Māori whom we have lost this year. I say to them: Farewell ka kite and moe—rest in peace." I will come back from the heavens to the stars the real stars—that is Marama Fox and me who I am talking about here today; the real stars—and I will say to everybody: "It's the time to be happy. It's the time to be merry. It's the time to be the Māori Party—ha!". So we are here to celebrate the achievements of the Māori Party. Game on Mr Speaker game on!I can say this: the shark and the fox are on the hunt arrr! arrr! The shark and the fox are on the hunt for the seven Māori seats that are going to come home. They are going to come home to the Māori Party next year. I cannot wait. I am looking forward to it—I am looking forward to it. But we will sing about that shortly. Thank goodness we will not have to listen to Mr Peters giving us a song. Ours has got a sweet tone to it a melodic tone to it. It will be sweet. But the one great thing about being in the Māori Party is that we can be Māori. It is not about being left or right or green or whatever—Rt Hon Winston Peters: What about radical?Hon TE URUROA FLAVELL: Radical is good—radical is good. The member should know. He has tried a couple of times and failed abysmally. But be that as it may this afternoon is all about saying a big thankyou. We want to thank all of our supporters throughout the country. Ka nui te mihi ki a koutou katoa. Thank you very much for your support—your unwavering support. Next year we are going to bring it home.The second thing we want to say is to all of the people who make this place operate—the many messengers and the drivers. If I can just say to the VIP drivers those who think they can clean me up in Trivial Pursuit on songs that are broadcast on Coast—sorry about it. I will deal again with you later on. To the translators to the travel people and to everybody whom previous speakers have spoken about—it is going to be a great year next year. I know that time is limited to us. I just want to say that we are looking forward to it.In the Māori Party of course most people here know that we are very humble. I as an individual am very humble. Marama—she is absolutely humble. But just for today we are going to break out. Just for today we are going to break out. We Marama and I are just going to finish up with a bit of a song:Santa baby campaign contributions under the treeIt's been an awful long yearSanta baby sign up to Māori Party tonightSanta baby homes for all the homeless too will doThey're sick of sleeping rough dearSanta baby treats for all the children tooThink of all the joy they've missedThink of all the dinners they should never missNext year could be such a hootIf you tick the Māori Party voteSanta honey ministerial spot and that's not a lotI've been an angel all yearSanta honey sign up to Māori Party tonightThere is more.Santa cutie there's one more thing Māori do needThe deed to all the RFR landSanta cutie sign up to Māori Party tonightBut wait; there is more.Santa baby fill all the Māori seats with Māori PartyExcept for Uncle HoneSanta baby sign up for Māori Party tonightThis time.Come and trim the Christmas treeWith some decorations bought by TreasuryI really do believe in youI'm sure Hobson's pledge will believe in us tooSanta baby forgot to mention one little thingA ringShopping list for coalitionSanta baby sign up to Māori Party tonightSign up to Māori Party tonightSign up to Māori Party tonightMerry Christmas.Mr SPEAKER: David Seymour—beat that."