To everyone seated here I wish, on behalf of the Crown, to disclose, acknowledge, and apologise for these actions: the forceful ceding of tens of thousands of acres of land at Maungaroa; the lack of fairness and honesty in its dealings and the speedy sales of large tracts of land, which left Ngāti Kahungunu virtually landless by the year 1900; the failure to fulfil the chiefly gift of Wairarapa Moana, with the Crown promising numerous lakeside reserves; and, furthermore, the absence of proper protection and care of the Māori language.