The first reading of this bill represents a valuable opportunity to reflect on the relationship between Maniapoto and the Crown. Maniapoto have had a long history with this House, which was so rightly highlighted by Maniapoto Māori Trust Board Chair Keith Ikin when we initialled the deed of settlement last year. For two decades following the Waikato Wars, Maniapoto upheld an aukati to protect their lands from outside influence and preserve their rangatiratanga. Having fought in the wars, Maniapoto also bore the responsibility of providing manaaki to their Waikato kin who had fled from war and land confiscation to the north. Their territory came to be known as Te Rohe Pōtae, a reference to Tāwhaio, the second Māori king, who is said to have placed his hat on a map to show the area covered by Kīngitanga's mana.