I stand not only as a member of the National Party but as uri of W'anganui, and I relate to the people of Moriori Rēkohu, who have travelled this journey and borne the anguish and the mamae of descendants, of people, for time past. But those people are living on in the descendants of Moriori Rēkohu. I have no depth of the anguish that Moriori feel. I have an understanding based on my people's journey of W'anganui with Te Awa Tupua. However, this story of Moriori has been denied its legitimate place in New Zealand history. 