What a momentous occasion this is for Aotearoa. Since the first celebrated public holiday, which was an anniversary day in 1843, it's only taken 180-odd years to have a day that celebrates the essence of what it is to be Māori. I celebrate this kaupapa as a policy win for Te Paati Māori. I congratulate the Hon Kiritapu Allan and Labour and their courage to achieve this outcome. It is still a shameful stain on this country that Māori kaupapa or mātauranga Māori is still too brown or too native to acknowledge.