ANGELA ROBERTS (Labour): I'd firstly like to acknowledge the member across the House the Hon Paul Goldsmith for his enthusiasm—almost four months too early to acknowledge Chinese Language Week, but it's great that you understand the importance of these weeks to lifting the profile of language learning in this country, so ni hao. I just want to start by going to The New Zealand Curriculum, because it's a critical part of how we address the challenges that have quite rightly been brought to this House. "Ko tōu reo, ko tōku reo, te tuakiri tangata. Tīhei uriuri, tīhei nakonako. Your voice and my voice are expressions of identity. May our descendants live on and our hopes be fulfilled." Ambitious words from Te Ao Māori in our New Zealand Curriculum. I think these really help us. 