I had many great teachers and mentors at school, work, and in politics, but I'd like to speak about just two of them, who serve in Parliament today. The Hon Nanaia Mahuta: papaki kau ngā tai o mihi ki a koe [may the tides of gratitude continue to lap gently towards you]. Since I was a teenager, I have been inspired by Nanaia's work in her community and in Parliament. My dad's grandmother was born around 1870. Women couldn't stand for Parliament until 1919, and it wasn't until 1933 that the first woman entered Parliament. It took until 1949 for the first Māori woman to be elected, and in the year 2020, we're much closer to the equal participation of women in the exercise of power in this place. I'm grateful to trailblazers like Nanaia who have paved the way for progress for all women in New Zealand. 