Flavell Te Ururoa: Motions — New Zealand Defence Force—Deaths of Lance Corporals Pralli Durrer and Rory Malone in Afghanistan 2012 Olympic Games—Success of New Zealand Team 
Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume 
Flavell Te Ururoa: Motions — New Zealand Defence Force—Deaths of Lance Corporals Pralli Durrer and Rory Malone in Afghanistan 2012 Olympic Games—Success of New Zealand Team 
[Sitting date: 14 August 2012. Volume:682;Page:4296. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.] 
TE URUROA FLAVELL (Maori Party—Waiariki) 
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Tena koe Mr Speaker. Kia ora tatou katoa. I te tuatahi ka mihi ra ki te Minita nana i tuku tetahi putea ki te tautoko i wa tatau tangata kia haere ki tawahi ana kua kite mai ai tatau i nga hua i roto o nga Taumahekeheke o te Ao. Ina tata nei i rongo au i nga Maori e toru he tane tenei tokotoru ko ta ratau ki kua whiwhi i a Te Aitanga-a-Mahaki he metara koura. Koi na te korero. E ai ki ta ratau nga tane e toru kua whiwhi i Te Aitanga-a-Mahaki tetahi metara koura. He aha te take o tera korero? I te whakanui ratau i te mahi a Lisa Carrington i tawahi. No reira ae ko ta ratau kotiro tera kua whiwhi hoki i a ratau he metara. Kai pohehe etahi ae he panga ano ra o roto o Ngati Porou o roto o Tainui o roto o Te Aitanga-a-Mahaki engari ka ki au ki tenei Whare Paremata no Waiariki te kotiro nei no roto o Ohope no Whakatane no Waiariki. 
Kua korerohia ko te ahuatanga ki a Sarah Walker. No hea tera? No Kawerau no Waiariki. A tera tera. Kare ano kia korerohia te tangata nei o Rotorua a Carl O’Donnell. He whakapapa ona ki roto o Tuhoe o Ngati Awa i roto i te mahi kauhoe no hea tera? No Waiariki. 
Kua korerohia ko te ahuatanga o te poikiri ko te Kristy Hill o roto o Ngati Whatua o Ngapuhi whakapapa ae engari no Te Arawa tonu. Na ara no wetahi kai wareware i a au ko Karen Hanlen o Ngati Awa o Te Whakatohea. No reira me waiho era korero ki reira kei ki mai wetahi kai te whakahihi au i roto i nga mahi nui o roto o Waiariki. Kei wareware nga Chiefs me te Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic. 
Ko te tino putake o taku korero he ki atu ki te Whare tera pea kua whiua katoatia te putea e te Minita ki Te Waiariki tona kotahi! Ko taku e ki nei kao mo te motu tera putea. Nana tonu i tuku ki te katoa kia taea e tatau te eke panuku. 
Ko tenei mea te whakapapa he mea nui ki Te Ao Maori. Ka rongo i te ahuatanga o te whakapapa ka ki atu a naku tera. Ka rongo i te ahuatanga o te korero a tetahi a ngai taua naku tera era ahuatanga katoa he whakataetae he momo whakakatakata he mea whakangahau tangata engari i tenei ra me pera rawa ahau i te mea ko te mea o te whakapapa ka taea te ki i te kite i te whakahihi i roto i te tangata tuatahi. 
Tuarua kua eke ki te wa kia titiro me ki nga taiohi o roto i Te Ao Maori i nga Maori ka eke ki enei taumata. Koi na te tino putake o taku korero. Ko enei tangata katoa e korerohia ana e te nuinga kua eke ki tera taumata i te ao. No reira me titiro nga tamariki nga mokopuna ki a ratau me te ki atu ae ka eke au ki tera taumata. He Maori tera he mea ra a ko Ngati Porou tera—ka taea e au te eke ki era taumata. Koi nei au e whakanui nei i enei korero katoa a me te mihi ano ra ki nga whanau i tiaki nei i te ahuatanga o te wa kainga i a ratau tangata i wahi ke. I kite au i nga mea i te pouaka whakaata me te korero a etahi o nga mea hoe waka kaore ia i noho i te taha o tana hoa rangatira mo nga wiki e hia ke nei e aroha atu ana ki a ratau. No reira me mihi ki nga whanau hai whaiwhai haere i te ahuatanga o nga korero a wetahi. 
Me mihi ki te hunga i tiaki nei i nga momo hakinakina i Aotearoa nei kia taea e tenei hunga te haere ki tawahi; ko te hunga i kohi moni nei hai painga mo nga mea ka haere ki tawahi ka mutu ki nga kaiwhakawa nga kaitiaki wa nga kaitiaki putea otira nga kaitiaki o te tangata. 
Ka mutu ko tetahi korero kei roto i te waiata o Aotearoa e penei ana te korero: “Kia hua ko te pai kia tau to atawhai manaakitia mai Aotearoa.” Koi nei te rarangi korero o roto i te waiata Aotearoa. Ko taku e ki nei kua hua te pai na te atawhai o te tangata i a tatau katoa ka mutu na te whakahihi ki nga mahi nui kua oti nei i a ratau i runga i te atamira o te ao me mihi ra ka tika. Kia ora tatau. 
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Thank you Mr Speaker. Greetings to us all. In the first instance I commend the Minister for financially supporting our athletes to enable them to compete overseas. As a consequence we have seen the benefits from the Olympic Games. Just recently I overheard three Maori a trio of men saying that Te Aitanga-a-Mahaki had won a gold medal. That is what was stated. According to them the three males Te Aitanga-a-Mahaki had got a gold medal. What was behind that statement? They were celebrating what Lisa Carrington had done overseas. And so yes because their girl had won they had won a medal as well. Some might well consider yes there is a Ngati Porou a Tainui a Te Aitanga-a-Mahaki connection. My assertion to this House of Parliament is emphatic: this lass is from the electorate of Waiariki from Ohope and Whakatane.  
The circumstances relating to Sarah Walker have been well and truly documented. Where is she from? Kawerau and Waiariki. That is that. This person here Carl O’Donnell of Rotorua has hardly had a mention at all. He has genealogical links to Tuhoe and Ngati Awa and is a swimmer. Where is that person from? Waiariki.  
The situation relating to soccer and Kristy Hill from within the Ngati Whatua and Ngapuhi family tree is correct but she is really from Te Arawa. There are many others that I must not forget: Karen Hanlen of Ngati Awa and Te Whakatohea. However I must leave those stories there lest I be accused by some of hubris through highlighting outstanding achievements that occur solely in Waiariki. I must not forget what the Chiefs and Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic have achieved as well.  
The real thrust of my address is to say to the House that it seems that the Minister’s entire fund went solely to Te Waiariki! My response to that is an absolute no as that fund was for the entire country. He distributed it to everyone so that we would all succeed.  
Genealogy is an important thing in Maoridom. As soon as genealogy comes up and a connection is made a call goes out—that one is a relation of mine. Regardless of whom it might be people take pride in one of their own succeeding. It is friendly rivalry and competition a cause for good banter amusement and entertainment. I must be like that today because people take pride in one of their own succeeding. It is friendly competition and that is first and foremost.  
Secondly the time has come shall we say for young ones in Maoridom to look up at Maori athletes making it to the top at these levels. That in a nutshell is the real thrust of my address. All these athletes referred to by the majority have reached that level globally. So our children and grandchildren should look up at them. We should say to them yes they have reached those levels. That is a Maori achieving that is so-and-so that one is from Ngati Porou—I can make it to that level. This is why I am magnifying all these tributes and at the same time acknowledging families who took care of things back home while their athletes were away at the games. I saw people and some rowers on television saying that they had not seen their partners for weeks. I sympathise with them. And so I acknowledge the families as others have.  
I also salute those in New Zealand here who take charge of all sorts of sports which enables these athletes to go offshore. I acknowledge the fund-raisers that these athletes going overseas benefit from and finally the judges the timekeepers and those who look after the finance and competitors’ needs.  
In closing there is a sentence in the Maori version of the national anthem that goes like this: “Kia hua ko te pai kia tau to atawhai manaakitia mai Aotearoa.” which translates as “May goodness flourish and your generosity flow defend New Zealand.” This is the sentence in the national anthem. This is what I am on about the goodness that has flourished because one person allowed generosity to flow upon everyone. Further to that the pride to perform at the highest level enabled them the athletes to achieve on the world stage. It is fitting indeed that they be congratulated. My thanks to everyone. 
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