So, let's talk whakapapa. My father was Karauria Tarao Kerekere, but everyone called him "Bison". He was born to my beloved nana Elizabeth "Betty" Kerekere and the man she was not allowed to marry but got pregnant to, my koro Pani "Bunny" Ruru. As the eldest grandchild, Dad was raised from birth by his grandparents Kahungunu and Barbara Kerekere in Gisborne, where I was born and where I live. We whakapapa to Whānau-a-Kai, Ngāti Oneone, Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki, Rongowhakaata, me Ngai Tāmanuhiri. Through you, Mr Speaker, shout-out to my whanaunga in this Whare, the Hon Meka Whaitiri, Shanan Halbert, and Arena Williams, and to those who came from Gisborne and around the country to be here today.