I want to acknowledge my Samoan heritage as I look to the plaque of Samoa right there in the Chamber, on the left-hand side, and share a little about my family's part in that history. We too share a similar path with Chief Ihaka. When the New Zealand administration was in Samoa from the First World War, my great-grandfather Tupua Tamasese Lealofi III was one of the leaders of the Mau movement, the passive resistance movement for independence to colonial rule at that time. Tupua was arrested, stripped of his title, taken from his people and his homeland as a political prisoner in December 1928. He was sent to Mount Eden Prison for a term of six months. The administration had thought that prison time would have changed Tupua's stance, even offering to bring him here to Wellington to appoint him as a fautua, an adviser; however, he declined this offer and was resolute in his position. I acknowledge the sacrifice that he and other Mau movement members made for independence. He died on what was called Black Saturday, when he was gunned down, shot in the back by police, trying to calm the crowd. His last words were, "Samoa filemu pea, ma si o'u toto ne'i ta'uvalea, a ia aoga lo'u ola mo lenei mea." Translated: "My blood has been spilt for Samoa. I am proud to give it. Do not dream of avenging it, as it was spilt in peace. If I die, peace must be maintained at any price."