Hayes JoanneJO HAYES (National): Tēnā koe e Te Mana Whakawā. E koro mā e kui mā e rau rangatira mā e te whānau o te tangata whānau whānui o te tangata o Rua Kēnana nau mai haere mai ki Te Whare Pāremata i te rā whakahirahira.[Greetings Mr Speaker. To the elderly gentlemen and ladies the many leaders the family of the man the extended family of the man of Rua Kēnana welcome welcome to Parliament on this important day.]It is certainly a day of celebration but it is a day of remembrance of all the things that have gone wrong in our history of New Zealand and how we stand here in this Parliament on all of our Māori bills—whether they be Treaty settlements or whether they be reconciliations like this here today—in remembrance and an apology to the very people that the Crown came in and assaulted.Rua Kēnana a prophet of Ngāi Tūhoe descent set up in Maungapōhatu; he set up his dream for his followers for the Iharaira faith because he believed in moving forward with his people. Today we stand here and we apologise for the Crown's actions back in those days and for the pitiful arrest of Rua Kēnana the leader. I'm humbled to be on this side of the House participating in this apology participating in the third reading of the Rua Kēnana Pardon Bill as a member of the National Party and also as a member of the Māori Affairs Committee where we heard submissions all overwhelmingly in favour of this particular bill where we pushed forward. Rino Tirikatene the chair of the Māori Affairs Committee and members spoke about how we could make this happen for the whānau of Rua Kēnana and we worked hard to make this happen for you in that remembrance and our respect for Rua Kēnana.I need to pour out this feeling from this side of the House because many people don't see us like this. But I am privileged and will be privileged to be able to witness the signing of the Royal assent at Maungapōhatu on the 21st. My colleague the Hon Nicky Wagner and I will be travelling up for that precious moment in your history and our history and I will be humbled and honoured to do so.The Minister Nanaia Mahuta gave an eloquent speech—as she does—on this bill. I just want to say that I support everything that she spoke about because that's what this is all about; this is about you at the end of the day. I look around the House—and no doubt there are people sitting behind me as well—you have come a long way to hear these words to hear us stand here and put back in place the mana of Rua Kēnana; the mana that was so wrongly taken away.So I'm not going to say too many more words because I feel that if we keep carrying on I'm going to actually lose my voice. That's no disrespect to you people but as you can hear I've got a bit of a heavy cold. So I want to congratulate you for keeping up with the fight. No doubt your tupuna's sitting up there going You did well; you kept up the fight." Now we are here today in the last throes of this particular work.So I too want to acknowledge all of the work that went on with your side with your whānau with your negotiators with the Parliamentary Counsel Office with the Māori Affairs Committee and with everybody who participated in making this happen for you today. So without any further ado I'm humbled to commend this bill to the House. Kia ora.ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Adrian Rurawhe): I understand this is a split call. I call the Hon Peeni Henare—five minutes."