I congratulate all my whānau who led this, but I especially mihi to our Tiriti partners. It is you who stood by us. It is you who understood the Tiriti and what it guarantees: equality. This is about dignity. It is you who helped rise against deceptive pamphlets, the Hobson's Pledgers. It is you that helped us raise the question of privilege. It was you that identified white fragility that continues to see Māori prejudicially affected through targeted legislation. It is you who helped to rise and raise: that Māori are not another community of interest. We are not stakeholders. We are not a general group. We are not to be treated as anything other than who we are: tangata whenua. And nowhere else are we tangata whenua but here, in Aotearoa. You seriously ask today, about process of democracy, to us, as tangata whenua? There has been a severe power play. It is not democratic to limit tangata whenua participation. It is not democratic to sit there saying, "All people are equal, but some are more equal than others." 