I'm delighted to be able to speak in support of this historic bill this afternoon, to add my welcome to the Moriori people who have travelled from far and wide, I'm sure, many from Rēkohu and around the country, to be here today, and those that will be tuning in as well. This is a historic occasion. I don't need to really traverse the historical context, because I know that it has been well covered by the contributions today, much less to say that this was a terrible stain on the history of Aotearoa. Such was, though, the nature of the marauding type of people that Māori were and the interactions that we have had, it's a fact of our historical context as a nation; likewise, the role that the Crown had to play in its omissions and its acts of what is another bloodstained history in our country.