To tangata whenua, I acknowledge you. I have always believed that as migrants, we need to build a stronger relationship with Māori and gain a rich appreciation of tikanga in order to truly understand the land to which we want to belong. I'm also really excited that a part of your history involves the Chinese people. Since the first Chinese person, Appo Hocton, came to New Zealand in 1842, our whānaus have been interconnected. This is a story which I look forward to telling more. I commit myself to you as an ally, as someone who upholds the principles of Te Tiriti, and, hopefully, one day as your whānau too. 