As a result of these myths, generations have been reluctant to identify as Moriori, but I'm very pleased to say that having been part of the select committee that travelled to the Chatham Islands, to Rēkohu, and having spent time on Kōpinga Marae, what I saw, experienced, and heard was the proud revitalisation of the Moriori imi, a proud revitalisation of their history, and a very proud and promising future, which they will see and which this bill will help lay a foundation for. An enduring memory for me will be standing in the kōpi groves on the Chatham Islands in front of the carvings in one of the kōpi trees, and listening to the stories being told of the history of Moriori, of the bones of their people, which is just over the sand on the beach, and the sense of peace and the sense of history that I felt and heard in the kōpi groves, those ancient fruit forests of the Moriori people. It gave a real sense of the history of Moriori, and also listening to and seeing both the elders and the young who care for those forests and care for that history, and who will care for the future of Moriori.