On 5 October 1871, it was moved by Edward Jerningham Wakefield, the member of Parliament for Christchurch City East, that Parliament should establish a Māori affairs committee. I was flabbergasted to hear that name. Then I dipped into the research, finding out that his father was Edward Gibbon Wakefield. This is a well-known name, and an infamous one throughout the Māori world because that fella was a thieving bugger, a thieving bugger who stole Māori land under the name of the New Zealand Company. On learning this bit of information, I was quite emotionally distressed. I didn't know whether Edward Jerningham Wakefield would be the same, I didn't know how close the apple had fallen to the tree. However, for the sake of history, we need to know the context around the establishment in law of the Native Affairs Committee.