They were really dark times and there wasn't a lot of hope, and, to be honest, it felt like everyone had written us off. So when one of our larger-than-life uncles, Dalvanius Prime, said he was going to pull a Māori pop song together to hit the charts, you can imagine the eyes rolling. Yet he did, and they did. Every weekend Pātea Māori Club (PMC) would come together to practise, and, against all odds, PMC released "Poi E", which was the biggest-selling hit in 1984—the only Māori waiata to make it to No. 1—and stayed in the charts for three consecutive decades. I'm proud to say many of those aunties and uncles, my role models, are here today: Auntie Bib, Auntie Bub, Uncle Tupito, Auntie Laura, my Maruera whānau, the Kershaw whānau. To those passed—Auntie Hui, Auntie Paki, Uncle George, Uncle Sam—I love you endlessly. Tēnā rā koutou katoa. 