Flavell Te Ururoa: Motions — Clerk of the House of Representatives—RetirementText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeFlavell Te Ururoa: Motions — Clerk of the House of Representatives—Retirement[Sitting date: 01 July 2015. Volume:706;Page:4971. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]Hon TE URUROA FLAVELL (Co-Leader—Māori Party):E te Māngai o te Whare Pāremata otirā ki aku hoa o roto i te Whare tēnā tātou katoa. Kua huri au ki taku Reo Māori ki te mihi ki a koe Mary. E pēnei ana taku kōrero ki a koe i te mea ko koe te mea i whakatūwhera nei kia taea ai e au a Māori nei te whakatakoto ēnei momo kōrero ki mua i te aroaro o te Whare Pāremata e tū nei.I taku taenga mai ki tēnei Whare ā arā noa i te taha o te Mana Whakawā tētahi e noho ana. Ko tāna mahi he whakapākehā i ngā kōrero Māori ēngari i noho hōhā nei te Whare i te mea ka kōrero ana au i taku kōrero i Te Reo Māori ā ka tatari ake kia kōrero Pākehā te tangata nā hōhā katoa ana ahau ki te tatari kia whakawāngia taku Reo Māori. I hōhā katoa te Whare nā te roa o te kōrero ēngari ka puta te kōrero a te Pāti Māori kia whakamanahia tō tātou Reo i roto i te Whare. Ko koe te mea i whakatūwhera nei te kuaha kia taea ai e au te tū ake ki te mihi ki tēnā ki tēnā ki te kōrero i te Reo o ngā mātua o ngā tūpuna. Nō reira koinei au i whakaaro ake he pai kē te mihi ki a koe i Te Reo Māori. Nā runga i tērā me te mahi i oti i a koe i ngā rā o mua ā anei te whakatinanatanga o tērā o ngā mahi.Nō reira koinei te mihi o te ngākau o te Pāti Māori kaua nō māua ko taku tuahine a Mārama ēngari he mihi anō hoki nō mai i a Tā Pita Sharples i a Tariana Turia i te mea anā ko rātau i noho nei i raro i te korowai o te Pāti Māori. Ko koe tērā te ringa āwhina ki a rāua otirā ki a mātou katoa i te taenga mai ki roto i te Whare Pāremata; koutou ko David tērā David kua puta ēngari arā ko tō hoa i tō taha i nāianei ā ko ia te tangata ka kawe i te rākau.Ko tētahi āhuatanga kua kite nei au i ngā tau i noho nei au i roto i te Whare Pāremata ko tō ngāwari ki te whakatau i ngā take. Kāre i puta he riri kāre i puta he raruraru ko tāu he ngākau ngāwari ā-kōrero ā-tinana ā-wairua. He āhuatanga ātaahua tērā! Ko te wahine ā ko te wahine tērā! Ka mutu i roto i Te Ao Māori ko ngā mea pēnā i a koe he tohunga tonu. Tēnei kupu ko te “tohunga” ko ēra ko te nuinga ka whakaaro ake ē ko te tāne ēngari ko te tohunga nā te mea mōhio nei ki te whānuitanga o te mātauranga. Ko Te Ururoa i noho mataku nei ki te pukapuka Ngā Whakatau a Te Hunga Whakawā me Ngā Whakataunga Tūroa o Te Whare Māngai. Mēnā he raruraru i puta ā kua haere tika tonu ki a koe. Ko tāu mahi ko te āwhina i a mātou.Nō reira e kore e mutu waku mihi ki a koe otirā kia haere i tō haere me te mōhio anō hoki ā ko Te Reo Māori i tēnei rā kei te kōrerohia i roto i te Whare Pāremata o Aotearoa i whai wāhi koe i roto i tērā āhuatanga me ngā mea i kōrerohia ake nei ēngari ko au tēnei kei te kī atu ē ko Te Reo Māori kua mana nā runga i te āhuatanga o āu mahi i ngā tau kua hipa ake. Tēnā koe tēnā koe—kia ora tātau katoa he wai![I acknowledge you Mr Speaker of the House of Parliament and indeed all of you my colleagues in it. In paying a tribute to you Mary I turn to my Māori language. I address you in this manner because you are the one who opened up the way to enable me Māori to place these kinds of statements before Parliament standing here.When I arrived in this House here hello there was a person sitting beside the Speaker there. His job was to interpret contributions in Māori but the House remained bored because when I made my address in the Māori language and waited for an analysis of my Māori language the House was totally bored because it took a long time. But on the other hand the Māori Party issued a statement that our language in the House must be empowered and you played a pivotal role in opening the door that enabled me to stand up to acknowledge that person and that one and to speak in the language of the parents and forefathers. And that got me thinking how fitting it would be to acknowledge you in the Māori language and furthermore the work that you did in the years past and here is the embodiment of that part of your role.So here is an appreciation from the heart of the Māori Party; not just from me and my sister colleague here Mārama but also from Sir Pita Sharples and Dame Tariana Tūria who were here as well under the cloak of the Māori Party. It was you who provided advice to those two and indeed to all of us when we arrived here in the House of Parliament; you collectively and David the one who left and David your colleague sitting there beside you now who will take over from you.An aspect of you I have observed in my years here in the House is the ease you portray when settling issues. There are no outbursts of anger nothing is a difficulty; you are a person at ease conversationally physically and spiritually. What an admirable trait that is. Being a woman is merely being that! What is more people like you in Māoridom are regarded as genuine experts. This word “tohunga” according to a majority view is for men who are recognised as experts in their field because of their profound understanding. I Te Ururoa lived in fear of the bookcalledSpeakers’ Rulings and the Standing Orders of the House of Representatives. If there was a problem I would go directly to you your role being to help us.Therefore my tributes to you are endless in that you will embark on your journey knowing full well and at the same time also that the Māori Language today is being spoken in the Parliament of New Zealandand that you were involved in that phenomenonand the things that I alluded to—yes indeed. But I say to you that the Māori language has been empowered because of your deeds in the past years. Thank you thank you—and to us all let us have a song.]WaiataKāti ake! Waiho mā tērā waiata koe e kawe ki ngā tōpito katoa o te motu ā kia hoki mai ki te wā kāinga kua mōhio koe ā e tika ana tērā waiata mōu mā wai rā te marae e taurima?[Enough! Let that song take you to every extremity of the country and when you come back home you will understand that song sung for you who indeed will tend to the marae.]Who will look after the marae? It will be truth; it will be honesty; it will be integrity; and above all it will be love for one another. Haere i tō haere e Mere [Go forth on your journey Mary.]