I am proud to tautoko this bill, proud to support this bill. This is about the promise of the Treaty coming to fruition, and that's what my good friend and colleague Rino Tirikatene has said. It's taken too long for Māori to get the most basic of representation at local and regional level. I salute all our whānau who've come in from Ngāi Tahu for your absolute commitment to this kaupapa. What makes the struggle for equality under the Treaty so much more difficult is when our colleagues on the right pull political stunts to manipulate Kiwis' ignorance of our past by weaponising the one person, one vote principle.