During this time of te Mātahi o te tau, the heralding of the Māori new year, I want to acknowledge the people of Ngāti Maru Wharenui, and all those who have gone before you, and all those who have gone before us, and those who have been part of this process to get us to where we are today, who are no longer with us. In this time of Puanga, in this time of Matariki, we remember them. And today we are here to acknowledge those people who forged a path for us to be here this afternoon, to reflect on the hurts and the harm, the confiscation, the injustice, the loss of culture, of language, of land. I stand here with the weight of this place on my shoulders. It was only 50 parliaments ago that laws were made in this place that meant that we almost erased you, your ancestors, your stories, your history, but we're here today and I'm grateful for that.