I was honoured to join with colleagues in welcoming our visitors to the legislative chambers today, so I felt it was important that I acknowledge their presence in this House in supporting the first reading of their settlement bill. It is, indeed, an honour to stand as the member for Ikaroa-Rāwhiti, and I bring the wishes of the many tribes from the East Coast to acknowledge your presence here, but, more importantly, to acknowledge your story. And that was shared in the pōwhiri. I want to acknowledge the many tīpuna that they read out, those that were around in the 1862 part of the pitihana that was written to Sir George Grey—to those tīpuna who are no longer here. It is some 159 years later since that first original petition in 1862 was written to this place—to Sir George Grey—seeking protection as guaranteed under the Treaty of Waitangi.