Hon PEENI HENARE (Associate Minister of Health): Thank you, Madam Speaker. Thank you very much to take an opportunity to speak on such a significant occasion. Approximately 100 years ago, Sir Māui Pōmare was appointed as the National health Minister. He was the first Māori to be appointed to that role. And, then, of course, we come into more recent times, to the likes of Te Puea Hērangi, who continued to push for Māori health outcomes through the end of World War I, through the depression, and into World War II. And in recent times, again, in 1984, I remember the likes of Dr Pat Ngata, I remember the likes of Irihapeti Ramsden, I remember the likes of Erihapeti Murchie, Dr John Macleod, Eru Pōmare, who fought hard to make sure that Māori health inequities have a voice strong enough to challenge a system that continued to deliver status quo outcomes. And those status quo outcomes were clearly that Māori life expectancy was worse in the country, that Māori access to health services was some of the worst in the country, and that Māori have continued to be underserved by the health system for many, many decades. And when I look back on those times and I think of the likes of my matua Mr Rob Cooper, who fought hard to make sure that we could change the health system to better serve not just Māori but all New Zealanders, I look back and think of those names with great joy on a day like this. 