I want to focus on the law that we are signing today, and the apology it contains, that will now be set out in our statutes and our law books forever more, because, in this law, we set out the Crown's failures to uphold its obligations under the Treaty of Waitangi. We outline the Crown's responsibility for the outbreak of war in Tauranga in 1864, for the terrible injustice of the raupatu that followed, for the scorched earth tactics of the 1867 bush campaign, for the ongoing promotion of laws and policies that facilitated and speeded the loss of the remaining lands of Ngāti Hinerangi, and that contributed to the economic and social marginalisation of your people, that deprived Ngāti Hinerangi of access to the maunga, the awa, the Waiariki, the wāhi tapu, the mahinga kai that had sustained your people for generations. Today, the Crown acknowledges this history and says to the hapū and whānau of Ngāti Hinerangi, to your tūpuna and mokopuna, "Sorry." The Crown has again and again fallen short of principles of mutual respect and partnership promised by the Treaty of Waitangi, and it did not respond adequately to past generations who sought to obtain justice for your people. We honour those people today. We honour their perseverance and their commitment to seeing justice be done. Today, the Crown seeks to restore its honour and, in some way, alleviate the justifiable sense of grievance felt by generations of Ngāti Hinerangi, but today we also look to the future, and from here forward may the Crown and Ngāti Hinerangi go forward in a spirit of cooperation, of mutual trust, of respect for the promises of the Treaty of Waitangi. May potential be unlocked and may a sustainable future be forged.