Who is this person who stands before you? I descend from the tribes of Ngāpuhi and Ngāi Takoto. I descend from the sub-tribe of Te Ururori. Our ancestral river is Waipaoa. Our ancestral mountain is Whatitiri. On my father's side, I descend from the Cook Islands, from Oirea o Areora. I descend from the tribes of Ngāti Ngutu, Ngāti Toki as well as its connections to Ngāti Paerangi.]