In closing, our tipuna from Te Whakatōhea, Mokomoko, was wrongfully convicted and tried for the death of Reverend Völkner in Ōpōtiki, whose head was decapitated. But because he looked like the perpetrator and his rope was found at the scene of the crime, he was imprisoned in Mt Eden and hung to death. Māori have had enough of being assimilated and forced to do and look like everyone else. We are not like everyone else; we are unique. Being Māori is like having superpowers. There is no one else in the world like us, and we need to maintain who we are. We are in the business of revival, we are in the business of empowerment, and we are in the business of emancipation. Before they hung our tipuna Mokomoko, he uttered the words: Tangohia te taura i taku kakī, kia waiata au i taku waiata. Tangohia te taura i taku kakī, kia waiata au i taku waiata, which means: "Take the noose from around my neck so that I may sing my song." Therefore, I will adorn myself with the treasures of my ancestors and remove the colonial noose around my neck so that I may sing my song. [Removes tie]