Greetings to you all who have responded to the call of this issue to be here today. I acknowledge those who have passed. May you rest in peace. And to us who remain, welcome one and all. I stand here, we the Government stands here acknowledging the issue of the time. Therefore, to Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa, o Tāmaki-nui-a-Rua, Rangitāne of Wairarapa, Rangitāne of Tāmaki-nui-a Rua, greetings to you all, greetings, greetings, one and all.]