TANGI UTIKERE (Labour—Palmerston North): Tēnā koe, Mr Speaker, and to Ngāi Tahu, tēnā koutou katoa. You will know that Te Wai Pounamu is not my home. It's always a lovely place to visit and experience. For me, in the context of Cook Islands Language Week—as we know, my home on one part of my family is back in the Cook Islands, the island of Aitutaki. Kia orana. But I hope to bring to this debate this afternoon my experience in local government for 10 years prior to coming to this Parliament. But before I do, I do want to place on record an apology to our visitors in the gallery this afternoon for listening to some of the comments that have been made by parliamentary colleagues on the other side of the House that, in my view, are out of line and unnecessary. 