Henare PeeniHon PEENI HENARE (Minister of Civil Defence): Te Māngai o Te Whare. Ka noho tonu ahau ki roto i Te Reo Māori. Tuatahi hei tautoko ake i ngā mihi o Te Minita Whakawhanake Māori anā tōku tuahine Te Hōnore Nanaia Mahuta ki te tini kua tau mai ki runga i te kaupapa kua karangahia ki tēnā ki tēnā kia hui. E mihi atu ana au ki a koutou kua tāpae ake i ngā mate huhua kua kōrerohia mai nei e Te Minita e te tāhuhu o tēnei Whare. Kia tangi atu ki a rātou kua ngaro atu ki te pō. Ka whakahokia mai ngā rārangi kōrero ki a tātou me tēnei kaupapa mīharo me tēnei kaupapa mīharo. Ka hoki wōku mahara e Te Māngai o Te Whare ki te taima o Te Minita Tā Apirana Ngata. I te kotahi rau tau o Te Tiriti o Waitangi ko tana ōhāki ki te iwi o Ngāpuhi he iwi ngaro a Ngāpuhi korekau he tangata tārai waka korekau he kaiwhākairo". Nā kātahi ka rikarika mārika nei a Ngāpuhi. Ka tukuna atu ngā tamaiti ngā mokopuna ki Te Puia ki roto i ngā ringaringa atawhai o te hunga e noho mai nei. Mā rātou hei tiaki hei poipoia hei ropiropi i ngā tini o Ngāpuhi ka uru atu ki roto i tēnei whare wānanga mārika rawa atu. Nō reira e mihi atu ana ahau ki a rātou. Ko tētahi o aua tohunga whakairo anā tōku pāpā rā Te Wārahi Hetaraka nānā tēnei [Inaudible] i poipoia ki roto i ngā tau. Ka kimihia anō au i ētahi pānga ki tēnei o ngā wāhi. Nā ki roto i ngā tau tekau pea tekau mā rima pea kua pahure ake nei i tonoa e te Karauna e tōku pāpā arā ko Erima tēnā ki tōku tūpuna ki a Kevin Prime hei mea kaitakawaenga mō wētahi o ngā raru ka pā atu ki wēnei iwi. Ka tau atu a Ngāpuhi ki roto i a rātou kaua ki te whakawā engari ki te whakakotahi. Kua kite atu ahau i ngā hua kua puta mai nā i te rā nei kei konei tātou hei tautoko ake. Ka whakaaro ake ki ngā mahi katoa ka oti i ā rātou engari ki roto i taku kōrero tuatahi i te rā nei ko te aronga nui kei Matariki ki te rangi. Nō reira ko tēnei pire hei tūāpapa mō te āpōpōtanga o tēnei whare wānanga o tātou kia hangaia he whare hōu kia hangaia i tētahi tirohanga hōu mō ngā uri whakatupu e hāere ake nei. Koinā te pai o tēnei pire koinā te pai ō tēnei pire. Kia tau ai te puehu ka taea te kaiwhakairo te patu i te puru ka taka mai ka whaohia ka taka mai ka whaohia he huarahi hōu mō tēnei kaupapa he huarahi hōu mō tēnei whare wānanga ō tātou. Koinā tāku i tū ai ki te tautoko i te āhuatanga o tēnei pire. Hei tautoko ake i ngā kupu rangatira a Te Minita e noho mai nei. Hei tautoko ake anō i wāna mihi ki Te Rōpū Whiriwhiri i ngā take Māori anā me te mema o te Waiariki o tēnei me te mea o mua i hāpai ake tēnei kaupapa ki tōnā tutukitanga. Engari e hia nei ngā taima kua tū mai au mō ēnei me te kī atu ehara tēnei te otinga he tīmatanga hōu kē. Koinā tāku i tino harikoa nei ki te mihi atu nei ki te hunga kua tae mai ki te hunga e kōrero mai nei kāti ki te hunga e haere ake nei.Nō reira ka nui tēnei māku hei tautoko ake ki roto i Te Reo Māori ngā āhuatanga o tēnei pire ka tau tēnei i tēnei wā me te kī atu ki te hunga kei runga rā e āta whakarongo mai ana anā mā Matariki koutou e manaaki e tiaki kia haumaru ai tā koutou hāerenga hokinga atu ki te wā kāinga. Tēnā koutou tēnā koutou e te Māngai o te Whare. Ka tautoko mārika i tēnei Pire.[Mr Speaker I will remain in Māori. Firstly I would like to support the acknowledgments made by the Minister for Māori Development the Hon Nanaia Mahuta to the many who have arrived on this occasion. I would like to thank those of you who have paid respects to those that have passed on those who were mentioned by the Minister. We mourn those who have passed to the long night but let me bring the discussion back to our great occasion.My thoughts go back to the days of Sir Apirana Ngata. On the 100-year anniversary of the Treaty of Waitangi he left Ngāpuhi with these words: "He iwi ngaro a Ngāpuhi korekau he tangata tārai waka korekau he kaiwhākairo". (Ngāpuhi is lost there is no one who can carve a boat there is no one to carve ornaments.) That got Ngāpuhi moving. Young people and grandchildren were sent to Te Puia to be nurtured by those who have arrived today. They supported they looked after and they upskilled the many of Ngāpuhi who joined our great house of education. Therefore I would like to thank them. One of those master carvers was a mentor of mine Te Wārahi Hetaraka who nurtured [Inaudible] in the years that have passed.I would like to make another connection to that place. In the last 10 or 15 years the Crown and my father Erima asked my ancestor Kevin Prime to act as a mediator on some issues that these tribes were having. Ngāpuhi arrived amongst them not to judge but to help unite. I have seen the results of those efforts here today. I think forward to all the great things that they will achieve. However during my first speech today I mentioned that the big focus is on Matariki in the sky.So this bill is the foundation for the future of our house of learning to help construct a new building to help build a new vision for the generations to come. That's the true benefit of this bill. When the dust settles a carver will be able to work the wood to fell it to have it carved and with it a new vision and a new way forward for our initiative and our house of learning.That's why I stand today to support this bill. I stand to support the words of leadership espoused by the Minister. I also support her acknowledgments to the Māori Affairs Committee including the member for Waiariki who has supported this bill to its fulfilment.That being said I can't remember how many times I have delivered a speech and said that this is not the end but the beginning. That's why I am so pleased for those who have arrived today those who have spoken and those who will follow.Therefore I have probably said enough for today. I support in Māori the bill and sit down with these final words to those who are listening: let Matariki protect you nurture you and may your journey home be a safe one. Thank you to one and all. I enthusiastically support this bill.]"