By training, I am a New Zealand historian, and I value that education that I received. At school, I learnt about Tudor and Stuart Britain: good knowledge and an education I am pleased I received. But one of the things I am so pleased about is that this Government has taken the moves to ensure that New Zealanders at school will learn their own history. And celebrating Matariki is an important part of acknowledging the unique place in which we live here in Aotearoa, located in the Pacific, where we pay our respects to the land, where we pay our respects to the people, and where we pay our respects to our history.