I stand here today in my capacity as the Minister of Conservation, and it's those elements that I want to turn to in particular. Others have addressed the whakapapa and the history of the relationship with the Crown, but I want to acknowledge the Ngāti Maru rohe, centred on the inland of Waitara Valley, east to the Whanganui River and its tributaries, and west to Taranaki maunga. Whakahokia mai te whenua.