[To the Speaker, to the House, greetings to all of us who have been welcomed here in 2022. May we be protected by the Lord God in the many current issues that we face. We mourn the many deaths, the many recent deaths on each and every marae and in each and every home of ours. Specifically, I mourn my sister Kay from Whakatōhea, who was taken recently and was buried yesterday, but also mourn the other many deaths. The dead have flown, go, go, be gone. I now return to us all, to those left behind, to those that remain, to us sitting here. Greetings, greetings, be well one and all.]