"\u003C!DOCTYPE html\u003E\u003Chtml xmlns:xlink=\u0022http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink\u0022 xmlns:xsi=\u0022http://www.w3.org/2007/XMLSchema-instance\u0022 xmlns:mml=\u0022http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML\u0022\u003E\n  \u003Chead\u003E\n    \u003CMETA http-equiv=\u0022Content-Type\u0022 content=\u0022text/html; charset=utf-16\u0022\u003E\n    \u003Cmeta name=\u0022viewport\u0022 content=\u0022width=device-width, initial-scale=1\u0022\u003E\n  \u003C/head\u003E\n  \u003Cbody style=\u0022font-family:sans-serif; font-size:100%;\u0022\u003E\n    \u003Cdiv class=\u0022HpsHansard\u0022\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000001\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsProceedingHeading\u0022 id=\u0022f65427bbfec244a3912c5babba752600\u0022\u003ETuesday, 22 August 2006\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000003\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubjectHeading\u0022 id=\u0022d84d16c0ea544790901257f4f5475614\u0022\u003ETuesday, 22 August 2006\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000002\u0022\u003EMadam Speaker took the Chair at 2 p.m.\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000004\u0022\u003EPrayers.\u003C/p\u003E\n    \u003C/div\u003E\n    \u003Cdiv class=\u0022HpsHansard\u0022\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000005\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsProceedingHeading\u0022 id=\u0022ea7173d2c9fd4dcca5c5a8560d772317\u0022\u003EResponses\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000006\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubjectHeading\u0022 id=\u0022b5ad8a60caac42bb91058ae33cba40da\u0022\u003EDavid Ruth\u2014Statements made by Ron Mark MP\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022 data-id=\u0022609d6a1e13e74a9eab205b6d4682d9c8\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000007\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022609d6a1e13e74a9eab205b6d4682d9c8\u0022\u003EMadam SPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: I hereby present a response under Standing Orders 160 to 163 on the application of Mr David Ruth relating to statements made by Ron Mark MP on Tuesday, 14 March 2006.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u00227f8c14fb-b919-46ef-866b-8db68cfa4cf0\u0022 data-id=\u0022e0931b4ef7dd4bf1a8030b2a58600056\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000008\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00227f8c14fb-b919-46ef-866b-8db68cfa4cf0\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022e0931b4ef7dd4bf1a8030b2a58600056\u0022\u003EHon Dr MICHAEL CULLEN (Leader of the House):\u003C/span\u003E I move, That that paper be published.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000009\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00227f8c14fb-b919-46ef-866b-8db68cfa4cf0\u0022\u003EMotion agreed to.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n    \u003C/div\u003E\n    \u003Cdiv class=\u0022HpsHansard\u0022\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000010\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsProceedingHeading\u0022 id=\u0022a6e5b3bc29e24ae5ab5a367e84447486\u0022\u003EObituaries\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000011\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubjectHeading\u0022 id=\u0022fa04b40265864817a32f98c044863601\u0022\u003ETe Arikinui, Dame Te Atairangikaahu\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u00228ff55f5e-9237-45e2-8e15-24228a10320e\u0022 data-id=\u0022b170aa46bef044ed9f83be255c06e323\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000012\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00228ff55f5e-9237-45e2-8e15-24228a10320e\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022b170aa46bef044ed9f83be255c06e323\u0022\u003ERt Hon HELEN CLARK (Prime Minister):\u003C/span\u003E I move, That this House notes with sadness the death of Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu, Member of the Order of New Zealand, Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire; conveys its deepest sympathy to Dame Te Ata\u2019s family, the K\u012Bngitanga, and all M\u0101ori people; and as a mark of respect to Dame Te Ata\u2019s memory, this House do now adjourn. Over the past week many fine tributes have been paid to the late Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu. Dame Te Ata passed away 8 days ago, only a few short weeks after the celebrations for her 40th anniversary as M\u0101ori Queen, and then of her 75th birthday. Dame Te Ata, as is well known, had been ill for some time, and it took great courage for her to be present at those two celebrations. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000013\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00228ff55f5e-9237-45e2-8e15-24228a10320e\u0022\u003EDame Te Ata was known to us as a humble and unassuming woman who, over 40 years as Te Arikinui, made her presence felt in countless ways. She has been a source of continuity, a force for stability, and a voice of moderation throughout that time. Dame Te Ata represented links to the past and to the origins of K\u012Bngitanga, but she was also one of the very significant creators of a new future for M\u0101oridom. Dame Te Ata lent her mana and support to initiatives right across M\u0101oridom. She was patron of the Maori Women\u2019s Welfare League, and, in turn, the league was a tremendously important support system for her throughout New Zealand. Similarly, Dame Te Ata was a strong supporter of the revival of te reo M\u0101ori and all initiatives associated with that from the establishment of k\u014Dhanga reo and kura kaupapa through to M\u0101ori television. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000014\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00228ff55f5e-9237-45e2-8e15-24228a10320e\u0022\u003EIn the world of arts and culture she gave strong backing to kapahaka across New Zealand, and those great kapahaka festivals on the banks of the Waikato, with her presence, will remain in our memories forever. She could also be seen at the local arts festival in Huntly and she occasionally popped up at the opera and the ballet in Auckland\u2019s Aotea Centre. I think what was remarkable about Dame Te Ata was that not only did she move widely within M\u0101oridom, she was to be found at many events right through our society.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000015\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00228ff55f5e-9237-45e2-8e15-24228a10320e\u0022\u003E She was a lover of sport and a promoter of physical activity for young people. She was especially known for her support for rugby league, and I remember in the late 1990s when Tainui purchased a corporate box at the Ericsson Stadium. She was a proud host of the box on those occasions and loved following the Warriors and the Kiwi league team. She was a great supporter of the art of the waka and could often be found at other major sporting events. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000016\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00228ff55f5e-9237-45e2-8e15-24228a10320e\u0022\u003EWherever anything held opportunity for M\u0101oridom, Dame Te Ata was to be found in support. It is significant that it was in Dame Te Ata\u2019s own rohe, Waikato Tainui, that the first major Treaty settlement with the Crown in modern times was made. That took courage, because to be first is to lead. In this case, it was to set benchmarks for others, which would be very carefully scrutinised. Not all were supportive, but Waikato Tainui\u2019s settlement, with Dame Te Ata\u2019s backing, paved the way for a new era for M\u0101oridom. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000017\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00228ff55f5e-9237-45e2-8e15-24228a10320e\u0022\u003EI believe this was consistent with Dame Te Ata\u2019s quests throughout her life for reconciliation between M\u0101ori and P\u0101keh\u0101. She did indeed see us as two peoples within one nation. She wanted New Zealand to work for all of us, and she knew that righting the wrongs of the past would help us to build a better future together\u2014as it has. So Dame Te Ata was a force for unity in diversity in our country. I believe our country is the stronger for her contribution. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000018\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00228ff55f5e-9237-45e2-8e15-24228a10320e\u0022\u003EIn recent days I have also highlighted the extraordinary representational role that Dame Te Ata fulfilled for New Zealand. At home, at T\u016Brangawaewae, she was a gracious host to many dignitaries. Royalty, heads of State, heads of Government, foreign Ministers, diplomats, and other dignitaries beat a path to her door. She also travelled widely on behalf of New Zealand and M\u0101oridom\u2014to Europe, Asia, the Americas, and particularly to the Pacific, where she built strong links. She was a tremendous supporter of the Pacific Arts Festival and was with the Kiwi delegation that went up to Palau in only the last couple of years. Yesterday, and in the previous days, our Pacific neighbours have been well represented in the ceremonies at T\u016Brangawaewae in recognition of the time, effort, and care Dame Te Ata took with relationships in the Pacific. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000019\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00228ff55f5e-9237-45e2-8e15-24228a10320e\u0022\u003EOver the past week, countless thousands of people have flowed to T\u016Brangawaewae to pay their respects to Te Arikinui, and the tears have flowed for her and for the wh\u0101nau pani. Waikato Tainui have been quite outstanding hosts to these countless thousands of people. Organisation of a tangi on this scale for one so widely revered is a massive undertaking, and it has been undertaken with great skill and enormous dignity. I feel privileged to have been there, as I know my colleagues do. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000020\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00228ff55f5e-9237-45e2-8e15-24228a10320e\u0022\u003EMore broadly, I believe this week\u2019s events have drawn us together as a nation, because respect for Dame Te Ata flowed right across our communities. She brought us together at the time of her passing as she did throughout her life. As a young person growing up in the Waikato in 1966, I still recall the vivid black and white images in the paper of the time of King Korok\u012B\u2019s passing and of the last journey he made up the sacred mountain of Taupiri. Yesterday it was Dame Te Ata\u2019s turn to be carried up Taupiri, to make that journey for one last time. The image that will forever stay with me of yesterday is of that hillside erupting spontaneously with song, chanting, and haka as her casket was carried forward. Dame Te Ata will be greatly missed for her friendship to all, her dignity, her warmth, and her wise counsel to so many.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000021\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00228ff55f5e-9237-45e2-8e15-24228a10320e\u0022\u003E To the new king, Te Arikinui Tuheitia Paki, I am sure this Parliament wishes him well in his responsibilities in the leadership of K\u012Bngitanga. I believe the new Arikinui brings the qualities of his mother to the job\u2014natural dignity, warmth, and a willingness to listen\u2014and that he, like Dame Te Ata before him, will become a force to be reckoned with in M\u0101oridom and a voice to be listened to throughout the land.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022d48244fc-ceef-4ef5-9cee-851e4d439468\u0022 data-id=\u0022483d0d0318f44ac28f96d70423cb9e47\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000022\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022d48244fc-ceef-4ef5-9cee-851e4d439468\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022483d0d0318f44ac28f96d70423cb9e47\u0022\u003EDr DON BRASH (Leader of the Opposition):\u003C/span\u003E On behalf of the National Party, I warmly endorse the Prime Minister\u2019s comments about Dame Te Ata, and I appreciate this opportunity to pay a tribute to her. She was a most remarkable person. She was the M\u0101ori monarch for over four decades; longer than any of her predecessors. She was the first woman to be the M\u0101ori monarch. She was the active patron of the Maori Women\u2019s Welfare League, an organisation that has done an enormous amount of good work over a great many years. She was an active patron of the k\u014Dhanga reo movement also, and encouraged the use of the M\u0101ori language. She was the first M\u0101ori to be made a dame, in 1970. She was one of the first people to become a member of the Order of New Zealand, in 1987. She played a very substantial role as an ambassador for New Zealand and an ambassador for the M\u0101ori people overseas. She played a very constructive role in seeing the first major Treaty settlement signed between the Government and M\u0101ori in 1995. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000023\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022d48244fc-ceef-4ef5-9cee-851e4d439468\u0022\u003EI had the privilege of meeting Dame Te Ata on a number of occasions over the last 15 years and I was always enormously impressed by her manner, her grace, her dignity, and her mana. She was a most worthy representative of Tainui, a most worthy representative of the K\u012Bngitanga movement, and a most worthy representative of all M\u0101ori. She was in every respect a fine New Zealander. In paying tribute to Dame Te Ata, we also wish her son and successor every best wish in his role. He has very big shoes to fill. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022 data-id=\u002257d12faab7294e7299d5c5a2d1fa4827\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000024\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u002257d12faab7294e7299d5c5a2d1fa4827\u0022\u003EPITA PARAONE (NZ First):\u003C/span\u003E E te Kaiwhakaw\u0101 o te Whare, ng\u0101 kai\u0101rahi o ia r\u014Dp\u016B t\u014Drangap\u016B o t\u0113nei w\u0101hi, t\u0101tou hoki ng\u0101 mema, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou. Tainui waka, Tainui tangata, kei te t\u016B t\u0113nei iti nei i roto i te whakakotahi i \u0101 m\u0101tou i roto i ng\u0101 mihi i mihia e ng\u0101 rangatira o te Whare nei. Mai m\u0101tou o Ng\u0101ti Wai, Ng\u0101ti Porou, Ng\u0101ti Hine, ng\u0101 uri o te Endeavour, mai i te R\u014Dp\u016B nei i a Aotearoa Tuatahi, he reo mihi t\u0113nei ki te \u201CWhare K\u0101hui\u201D n\u0101 te mea, kei runga i a koutou puta noa i te motu te k\u0101kahu taratara e tarea. Kei te t\u016B mokemoke, noho hoki i roto i te p\u014Duritanga i a m\u0101tou o te R\u014Dp\u016B nei, t\u0101tou te ao M\u0101ori, ar\u0101, t\u0101tou o te motu nei, i roto o te pakeketanga o te w\u0101 ki te ngarotanga o t\u0101tou Arikinui. Kua ngaro ki a t\u0101tou Te Arikinui, te pouhere tangata o te ao M\u0101ori, ko te Kuini M\u0101ori, te Pairu Te Atairangikaahu o te motu nei. E kore taea ng\u0101 k\u014Drero m\u014Dna, ahakoa kei te mihi tonu te motu ki t\u014Dna wehenga ki te wahi ngaro, ki te hui o ng\u0101 kahurangi. E kore mimiti te puna k\u014Drero m\u014Dna. E ai ki te k\u014Drero e ngaro atu i a ia ki w\u012Bw\u012B, ki w\u0101w\u0101 ki te p\u016Btahitanga o Rehua, te huinga o ng\u0101 kahurangi, oti atu ki te ao wairua. N\u014D reira e taku Arikinui, te uri o ng\u0101 k\u0101wai rangatira o te ao M\u0101ori, haere, haere, haere atu r\u0101.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000025\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003EE tika ana kia p\u0101tai te p\u0101tai, ko wai t\u0113nei e iti nei ki te whakauru mai i roto \u0113nei k\u014Drero o te Whare. Ahakoa kei te \u0101hua mataku m\u014D t\u0113nei t\u016B i whiwhi ki a au, kei te maumahara te \u0101huatanga o t\u0113nei Arikinui. He wahine t\u016B kaha, he wahine h\u016Bm\u0101rie, he wahine tino kaha ki te whakapono ki t\u014Dna Matua nui i te Rangi. He wahine manaaki tangata, he wahine ng\u0101kau nui ki ng\u0101 t\u0101ngata katoa, te iti me te rahi. N\u0101, i roto i t\u0113n\u0101 t\u016B momo \u0101huatanga, k\u0101hore kau k\u0113 e t\u0113nei, e mataku tonu.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000026\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003E[An interpretation in English was given to the House.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000027\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003E[To you, the Speaker of the House, leaders of each political party, and members, greetings to you all. Tainui canoe and Tainui tribe: I stand before you in humility as I join the other leaders in this House who have spoken. Condolences from us of Ng\u0101ti Wai, Ng\u0101ti Porou, Ng\u0101ti Hine, descendants of the Endeavour, and from this party of New Zealand First, to the \u201CHouse of Chiefs\u201D, because indeed upon the rest of us hangs the tattered cloth of death. We of this party, along with M\u0101ori and indeed the rest of New Zealand, are left bereft and sad at this difficult time with the loss of our great chieftainess. Our great chieftainess, the pillar that binds M\u0101oridom together, the M\u0101ori Queen, the Sovereign Te Atairangikaahu of this land, is lost to us. There are not enough words to acknowledge her, although the country continues to speak of her departure to the hidden place, to the meeting-place of the distinguished. The pool of tributes about her will never run out. In keeping with the proverb, she is lost to here and everywhere, at the congruence of Antares\u2014the gathering-place of the highborn\u2014and forever to the spiritual world. So my great chieftainess, the descendant of the chiefs of the M\u0101ori world, depart, farewell, depart.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000028\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003EIt is right to ask why this lowly one should be participating in these tributes by the House. Even though I am somewhat anxious about my right to stand at this point in the proceedings, the characteristics of this chieftainess will remain with me; she was a woman who was resolute, modest, and had great faith in the Almighty Above. She was a chiefly woman who cared for people from all walks of life. Because of those attributes of hers, I am no longer anxious.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000029\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003ENew Zealand First joins all parties in this House in expressing our condolences to the family of Dame Te Ata, the Tainui people, and, indeed, the wider M\u0101ori and New Zealand populations as we reflect on her passing last week. New Zealand First is a party that respects tradition, and Dame Te Ata embodied all that was good about the traditions of M\u0101oridom. In many ways she was a bridge between the traditions of the past and their manifestations in contemporary life.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000030\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003EShe was a woman of grace and dignity. Indeed, she shaped her life to give it a quality and distinction all of its own. Hers is a legacy of humble service, resilience, and a determined will to see her people succeed. Such were her status and her feeling of duty to M\u0101ori and the people of New Zealand that world leaders often made it their practice to call upon her, and she was always a gracious host. Having been in her company, such people left thinking better of M\u0101ori and, indeed, New Zealand. In this sense she was a genuine national treasure.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000031\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003EHer ascension to the mantle of M\u0101ori Queen came at a time when few women held positions of power. In many ways she was a trailblazer for both women and M\u0101ori. Her tenure was a time of great renaissance among M\u0101ori as their language and culture flourished and became distinctive features of New Zealand\u2019s identity.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000032\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003EPerhaps the crowning moment of her career\u2014and there were many\u2014was the signing of Tainui\u2019s Treaty claim, signifying her people\u2019s desire to move on and embrace a bright future. It was a time of healing, of looking forward with hope, and of unifying the peoples of this nation. Dame Te Ata had a central role to play in that process.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000033\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003EIf there was any question as to her stature, it was made crystal clear by many tens of thousands attending her tangi\u2014M\u0101ori, P\u0101keh\u0101, visitors from every corner of the globe, all coming to say their farewell to this great woman. Her influence permeated far beyond these shores, and her deeds will forever be remembered among her people.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000034\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003EM\u0101oridom has chosen a new king, and New Zealand First welcomes the ascension of Te Arikinui Tuheitia Paki. He is a humble man who has inherited the quiet dignity of his mother. His challenge is indeed a large one, but so too is his capacity to rise to that challenge.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000035\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003ESo while we mourn the passing of a great leader and a unifying force, we also reflect and celebrate all that she achieved. It is occasions like this, which add to our sense of nationhood, that highlight the ties that bind us. Dame Te Ata, we bid you farewell.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000036\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003EWaiata\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000037\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003EI roto i ng\u0101 k\u014Drero whakamutunga, ka \u0101piti hono, t\u0101tai hono, koutou e rere atu ki tua o Paerau, moe, moe mai i te roto Te Ariki. T\u0101tou ng\u0101 mahuetanga, ng\u0101 maramara o te hunga kua moe, t\u0101tou e mahue ki te kawe i te kaupapa i wh\u0101rikihia i a r\u0101tou, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou, t\u0113n\u0101 t\u0101tou katoa.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000038\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003E[An interpretation in English was given to the House.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000039\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003E[And in conclusion, to you traversing over Paerau, bound as we are to each other in life and death, sleep on with the Lord. To us the remnants and the ones left behind to carry out what they who have passed on left us to do, greetings, greetings, and greetings to us all.] \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u002209278070-a54a-41e9-8a27-45166301277e\u0022 data-id=\u0022f49b62e6318c4f88b4d9a32067870aeb\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000040\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002209278070-a54a-41e9-8a27-45166301277e\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022f49b62e6318c4f88b4d9a32067870aeb\u0022\u003EJEANETTE FITZSIMONS (Co-Leader\u2014Green):\u003C/span\u003E It is a privilege to rise on behalf of the Green Party to honour the life and the memory of the late Te Arikinui Te Atairangikaahu, and to send our condolences to her wh\u0101nau, her hap\u016B, and her iwi, and our very best wishes to her son and successor, Te Arikinui Tuheitia Paki. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000041\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002209278070-a54a-41e9-8a27-45166301277e\u0022\u003EIt was also a great privilege yesterday to stand on the marae at T\u016Brangawaewae and to be part of the pageantry, the ritual, and the superb organisation of the end of the tangi, the coronation, the funeral, and the burial. We P\u0101keh\u0101 can learn a lot from the way M\u0101ori take time to recognise moments of great historical significance. I think it is appropriate that we are taking time today, also. Yesterday was an occasion that comes only rarely in a lifetime. It was an occasion that rallied the M\u0101ori nation from across the motu, and it was the plainest manifestation I have ever seen of that M\u0101ori nation within our nation. There were relatively few P\u0101keh\u0101 faces there yesterday, but we never felt less than very welcome. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000042\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002209278070-a54a-41e9-8a27-45166301277e\u0022\u003EDame Te Ata was part of a new generation of M\u0101ori women leaders after the war: Te P\u016Bea, Dame Whina, Eva Rickard, and many others. With them and others, Dame Te Ata led M\u0101ori out of a culture of colonisation and into an era of cultural and economic assertiveness. It was a mark of her very different kind of leadership that she was rarely speaking on TV or in the news headlines, or making statements, or being quoted. But the widespread, intense grief at her passing showed that her 40 years of leadership as service\u2014leadership from among the people rather than in front of them\u2014unifying, inspiring, and healing conflict, was a very powerful form of leadership. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000043\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002209278070-a54a-41e9-8a27-45166301277e\u0022\u003EDame Te Ata\u2019s involvement in the k\u014Dhanga reo movement showed an understanding of the importance of raising children in their culture and language, if they are to grow up knowing whom they are. Her patronage of M\u0101ori performing arts showed an understanding that without culture and heritage, people are lost. I never had the privilege of meeting Dame Te Ata. Yet after hearing so many people talk about her quiet, unassuming leadership, her strength, her compassion, and her grace, I feel as though I know her a little. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000044\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002209278070-a54a-41e9-8a27-45166301277e\u0022\u003EK\u012Bngitanga grew out of the struggle for land and for the economic and cultural recognition of M\u0101ori. Progress has been made, and Dame Te Ata has been part of that. But the issues have not gone away. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000045\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002209278070-a54a-41e9-8a27-45166301277e\u0022\u003EAs I watched her coffin being carried on to the waka, flanked by other magnificent waka, being floated down the Waikato River, and being carried up Taupiri mountain, I thought there could be no greater demonstration of the central place of that river and that mountain to Tainui\u2014as, in fact, there is of land, sea, rivers, and mountains to iwi throughout this country. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000046\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002209278070-a54a-41e9-8a27-45166301277e\u0022\u003EWe wish King Tuheitia Paki courage and strength in his role in strengthening the M\u0101ori voice in the affairs of this country, and working for resolution of those issues that remain from the original kaupapa of the K\u012Bngitanga. We note the very positive intention to hold conversations at P\u016Bkawa about a united M\u0101ori voice, and we look forward to the role that that will play in the evolution of our nation.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u002219767ece-60f1-4014-9855-74afaa34e699\u0022 data-id=\u002263af8a4f1fd146a7ab6e513f374c1d14\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000047\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002219767ece-60f1-4014-9855-74afaa34e699\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u002263af8a4f1fd146a7ab6e513f374c1d14\u0022\u003EDr PITA SHARPLES (Co-Leader\u2014M\u0101ori Party):\u003C/span\u003E T\u0113n\u0101 koe, Madam Speaker. T\u0113n\u0101 t\u0101tou katoa i te Whare nei. He h\u014Dnore m\u0101ku ki te k\u014Drero ki t\u014D t\u0101tou Ariki kua ngaro atu. Engari, tuatahi kai te mihi au ki a koutou ng\u0101 mema P\u0101remata i tae atu ki t\u0113r\u0101 tangihanga, i whakaeke i runga i te marae \u0101tea o T\u016Brangawaewae, \u0101, i noho tahi me te wh\u0101nau, te hap\u016B me ng\u0101 iwi o Tainui. Kai te mihi au ki te Pirimia, ahakoa kua whakamanahia e Tainui, i noho whakaiti ia mai i te t\u012Bmatatanga tae noa ki te whakamutunga. Kai te mihi hoki au ki te kai\u0101rahi o te P\u0101ti N\u0101hinara n\u0101na i noho tika i te pae tapu.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000048\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002219767ece-60f1-4014-9855-74afaa34e699\u0022\u003EI t\u0113r\u0101 wiki i t\u016B te hui w\u0101nanga i konei i t\u0113nei Whare m\u014D ng\u0101 mema P\u0101remata o Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa. N\u0101 te Kaiwhakahaere o t\u014D t\u0101tou Whare, a Margaret Wilson, i whakahaere me \u014Dna hoa kaik\u014Drero o te Whare nei. I t\u0113nei hui i tae mai ng\u0101 mema P\u0101remata mai i Ahitereiria, i Wh\u012Bti, Vanatu, i H\u0101moa, i Tonga, i T\u016Bvalu, me \u0113r\u0101 atu o ng\u0101 moutere o Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa. I t\u016B katoa mai r\u0101tou ki te poroporoaki i te Kuini M\u0101ori, puta mai \u014D r\u0101tou whakaaro, \u014D r\u0101tou p\u014Duritanga. N\u0101 te Kaiwhakahaere o te Whare nei hoki i whakat\u016B t\u0113tahi w\u0101 whakang\u016B, w\u0101 hoihoi kia tangi atu t\u0101tou ki t\u014D t\u0101tou Ariki.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000049\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002219767ece-60f1-4014-9855-74afaa34e699\u0022\u003E\u201C\u016A\u0101 papaki ana ng\u0101 tai ki te wahap\u016B o Waikato, ngarungaru te wai o te awa o Waikato. R\u016B ana, r\u016B ana te whenua, ka paoro, ka paoro te whenua. Ka haruru te whenua i te takahanga o ng\u0101 iwi i tae atu ki a koe kai Te Ariki. E i pupuhi mai te hau o te tonga, pupuhi mai te hau makariri, pupuhi mai te hau e kawe nei te Ringa Kaha o Aitu\u0101.\u201D\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000050\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002219767ece-60f1-4014-9855-74afaa34e699\u0022\u003EN\u0101 reira, kai Te Ariki, n\u014Dhou r\u0101 te reo, n\u014Dhau r\u0101 te reo i whakahuihuitia ai m\u0101tou. N\u014Dhou r\u0101 te karanga, kotahi anake te reo i rongohia e m\u0101tou. N\u014Dhou r\u0101, t\u0113n\u0101 i tat\u016B atu. I tae atu m\u0101tou ki te hui, ki te kawe atu i ng\u0101 taonga whakamirimiri \u014D ng\u0101 t\u012Bpuna m\u0101tua, he waihotanga \u014D r\u0101tou ki a m\u0101tou. Kua mimiti te tai, kua h\u0101roa te tai, i timu te tai. Maroke ana te takutai moana i a koe, kai Te Ariki. N\u0101 reira, kai Te Ariki, haere, haere me ng\u0101 tini k\u014Drero, ng\u0101 taonga kua \u016Bhia kei runga i a koe, haere. I tae atu m\u0101tou ki te kawe atu ng\u0101 taonga hihira m\u014D koutou ng\u0101 mate, m\u014Dhou r\u0101. Ko te tino taonga n\u014D m\u0101tou, ko te h\u016Bpe me te roimata kia ringihia kei runga i a koe. N\u0101 reira, kai Te Ariki, takoto, takoto, takoto. Kai te h\u0101hae te tau o taku ate, ng\u0101 m\u014Dteatea, ng\u0101 whakaaro kei roto i a au. N\u0101 reira, haere, haere, haere. N\u014D reira, ko te k\u014Drero, koutou ki a koutou, m\u0101tou ki a m\u0101tou, kai Te Ariki, haere.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000051\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002219767ece-60f1-4014-9855-74afaa34e699\u0022\u003EKa tipu te whakatau\u0101k\u012B: \u201CAra mai r\u0101 he t\u0113t\u0113 kura, hinga mai r\u0101 he t\u0113t\u0113 kura.\u201D N\u0101 reira, kai Te Ariki Tuheitia, nau mai, haere mai r\u0101. Ahakoa kua mihia koe e ahau i runga i te marae i T\u016Brangawaewae, t\u0113nei au e t\u016B atu i roto i te \u201CWhare Raiana\u201D i t\u0113nei rangi. N\u0101 reira, kei te tautoko m\u0101tou o Ng\u0101ti Kahungungu ki a koe, otir\u0101, ng\u0101 t\u0101ngata i t\u0113nei Whare, kai te rangatira, t\u0113n\u0101 koe, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000052\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002219767ece-60f1-4014-9855-74afaa34e699\u0022\u003EKo te t\u016Bmanako, n\u0101 te mahi a te pouaka whakaata, a te reo irirangi, a ng\u0101 niupepa, kua kitea e Aotearoa te \u0101taahua o t\u0101tou te M\u0101ori. T\u0113n\u0101 koutou, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou, kei raro.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000053\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002219767ece-60f1-4014-9855-74afaa34e699\u0022\u003E[An interpretation in English was given to the House.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000054\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002219767ece-60f1-4014-9855-74afaa34e699\u0022\u003E[Greetings to you, Madam Speaker, and to all of us in this House. It is an honour for me to pay a tribute to our lady who has passed away. But first I want to acknowledge you, the members of Parliament who got there to that mourning, who went on to the courtyard of T\u016Brangawawae and who mingled as one with the family, the subtribe, and the people of Tainui. I acknowledge the Prime Minister\u2019s humility in remaining in the background from the beginning to the end, even though her presence was acknowledged formally by Tainui. I acknowledge the leader of the National Party as well, who treated his position on the sacred speaking perch with dignity. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000055\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002219767ece-60f1-4014-9855-74afaa34e699\u0022\u003ELast week a conference for Parliaments of the Pacific Islands was held here in this House. The Speaker of our House, Margaret Wilson, officiated, with her presiding officers. At this conference were parliamentary representatives from Australia, Fiji, Vanuatu, Samoa, Tonga, and other Pacific Ocean Islands. They all stood up to farewell and pay tribute to the M\u0101ori Queen and to express their thoughts and sadness. Madam Speaker called for a moment of silence, and we stood to observe that and paid respects to our lady.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000056\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002219767ece-60f1-4014-9855-74afaa34e699\u0022\u003E \u201CBehold the sound of the tides crashing at the mouth of the Waikato River, and the waves that resulted from this. Behold the lightning in the heavens, the flashes of sheet lightning\u2014alas, it lights up the sky. The land rumbles, the crescendo mounts. Hark, the land resounds as the people descend upon you, Te Ariki. Woe is me\u2014the southerly blows and brings with it coldness and the great hand of death.\u201D\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000057\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002219767ece-60f1-4014-9855-74afaa34e699\u0022\u003ESo Te Ariki, it was your voice that gathered us. The call was yours and it was the only one that we could hear and respond to. That is the reason they descended upon you. We arrived to bring you the comforting treasures of the ancestors that they left for us. The tide has ebbed; it is at its lowest. You have left the foreshore dry, Te Ariki.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000058\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002219767ece-60f1-4014-9855-74afaa34e699\u0022\u003ESo to you, The Lady, I say farewell, depart with the many, many tributes and treasures draped over you\u2014farewell. We arrived there to bring the most treasured of all gifts for the dead, and in particular for you. That priceless gift of ours, indeed, is tears to be cast over you. So, my lady, lie there, lie there, lie there. I am cut up inside poetically and emotionally. The source of my emotions is lacerated. So depart, leave, farewell. The saying goes: to you, the dead, and to we, the living, farewell, The Lady.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000059\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002219767ece-60f1-4014-9855-74afaa34e699\u0022\u003EThe proverb comes to bear: \u201CA fern frond rises as another falls.\u201D So, welcome, King Tuheitia, welcome. Although I acknowledged you on the courtyard of T\u016Brangawaewae, I stand before you today in the \u201CLions\u2019 Den\u201D. We of Ng\u0101ti Kahungunu support you, as indeed do the people in this House. Greetings to you, the chief, and greetings to you all as well.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000060\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002219767ece-60f1-4014-9855-74afaa34e699\u0022\u003EBecause of the coverage by media, television, radio, and newspapers alike, I hope that we M\u0101ori endeared ourselves to New Zealand.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022f555a23a-d230-4f03-80ba-a44e6ec8bd29\u0022 data-id=\u0022641e05467f73484d9300d2eda040c988\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000061\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f555a23a-d230-4f03-80ba-a44e6ec8bd29\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022641e05467f73484d9300d2eda040c988\u0022\u003EHon PETER DUNNE (Leader\u2014United Future):\u003C/span\u003E E Te Arikinui Te Atairangikaahu, te mokopuna o te motu, te wh\u0101ea o te whenua, moe mai i te poho o te tipuna whare, Mahinaarangi, i te whakaharahara o t\u014D marae rongonui a T\u016Brangawaewae. Moe mai i raro i te mauri o t\u014D maunga tapu o Taupiri.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000062\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f555a23a-d230-4f03-80ba-a44e6ec8bd29\u0022\u003EQueen Te Atairangikaahu, the Grandchild of the Region, the Mother of the Land, rest in peace in the bosom of your ancestral home, Mahinaarangi, in the magnificence of your well-known marae, T\u016Brangawaewae; rest in peace in the spirit of your sacred mountain, Taupiri.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000063\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f555a23a-d230-4f03-80ba-a44e6ec8bd29\u0022\u003EUnited Future joins with other members who have spoken in this debate to express our condolences to the wh\u0101nau of the late Dame Te Ata, to the people of Tainui, and to the M\u0101ori nation on the loss of Te Arikinui, and to reflect on her outstanding contribution to the life of this country over the previous 40 years.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000064\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f555a23a-d230-4f03-80ba-a44e6ec8bd29\u0022\u003EShe came from an extraordinarily proud heritage: from P\u014Dtatau through T\u0101whiao, M\u0101huta, T\u0101rata, and her father, Korok\u012B. But, in many senses, the reign that has just ended was the most significant for the M\u0101ori people and for the people of New Zealand as a whole. During her time, as others have made reference to already, the cultural, economic, and social renaissance of the M\u0101ori people did much to build this nation. Dame Te Ata\u2019s ever-present smile, her quiet dignity, her wisdom, and her determination were a significant part of that contribution.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000065\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f555a23a-d230-4f03-80ba-a44e6ec8bd29\u0022\u003ENow, through her son Tuheitia Paki, the challenge is for that role to continue. I believe we stand on the verge of one of the significant turning points in our history. The huge outpouring of grief, sentiment, and reverence of the last week, and the willingness of many tribes previously not associated with the K\u012Bngitanga to come to T\u016Brangawaewae and be involved in the decisions about the future direction of the movement and the future participation they all might have within that organisation, bode well for a strong reign to come and bode well for a strong and united nation.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000066\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f555a23a-d230-4f03-80ba-a44e6ec8bd29\u0022\u003E And while the mantle now rests with Tuheitia Paki to build on and deliver those achievements, I have little doubt that the inspiration behind them, the driving force for their attainment being seen as a possibility, was, and will remain, Dame Te Ata. This woman, who was referred to in reverential terms as The Lady, has left a mark on the history of this nation that far belies her diminutive size and gentle appearance. She was a true leader. We will miss her greatly. We will miss her inspiration and her leadership. Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu, haere r\u0101, haere r\u0101, haere r\u0101.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022bc1e9f65-e08b-4939-867c-22ef093e2a4e\u0022 data-id=\u0022a1765800b6594f4f8337c71e7e76b6fd\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000067\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bc1e9f65-e08b-4939-867c-22ef093e2a4e\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022a1765800b6594f4f8337c71e7e76b6fd\u0022\u003ERODNEY HIDE (Leader\u2014ACT):\u003C/span\u003E It is a great privilege to rise on behalf of the ACT party and endorse the Prime Minister\u2019s statement and the sentiments of this House. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000068\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bc1e9f65-e08b-4939-867c-22ef093e2a4e\u0022\u003EWe have lost a great lady, a lady so great that, as my colleague Mr Peter Dunne has just noted, she was known throughout New Zealand as The Lady, and everyone in this country knew to whom that title referred. It is hard to add anything to what has already been said, but perhaps I can make a personal reflection, because I think it is hard for people who did not know Dame Te Ata to understand the outpouring and the feelings people have had for that lady. Sure, there is respect for the position, but there is also huge respect for The Lady. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000069\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bc1e9f65-e08b-4939-867c-22ef093e2a4e\u0022\u003EI remember\u2014and maybe this explains, a little bit, other people\u2019s responses\u2014my first meeting with Dame Te Ata, and it went like this. We had a very new and fledgling political party called ACT in 1994, and someone suggested\u2014I am not sure who\u2014that we should perhaps go and see the M\u0101ori Queen. I did not know why the M\u0101ori Queen would want to see us, and I did not think anything would happen, so I undertook to approach the M\u0101ori Queen and arrange a meeting. Somewhat to my surprise\u2014and, I have to say, my consternation\u2014it was readily agreed that we could go and pay a visit. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000070\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bc1e9f65-e08b-4939-867c-22ef093e2a4e\u0022\u003EI think that that is the first thing that could be said about Dame Te Ata\u2014she always had time. She had time for people she actually did not know\u2014a political party that had no representation and possibly no prospects\u2014and she took the time to meet with us. It was with considerable trepidation that I travelled down to meet with the M\u0101ori Queen, wondering quite what was in store for us. Then I learnt something else about that wonderful lady; it was the total graciousness with which she met people and handled herself. One could not meet a better hostess, or be more welcomed anywhere, ever, than in what Dame Te Ata did for us. The generosity with which she gave of her time to us, and the generosity she gave of her people to us, that night, is etched on my mind forever. I realise that that generosity was repeated hundreds\u2014thousands\u2014of times, because she always had time for people. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000071\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bc1e9f65-e08b-4939-867c-22ef093e2a4e\u0022\u003EI remember the mana with which that lady moved amongst her people. We knew that that was something more than a title; it was the way she carried the title and went about her tasks. I remember, too, the intelligence with which she listened to our ideas\u2014to our ideas for New Zealand, to discussion of MMP\u2014all the while listening so intently but never passing an opinion, which again was something she was so very, very good at. Yet we knew that nothing was being missed. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000072\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bc1e9f65-e08b-4939-867c-22ef093e2a4e\u0022\u003EI remember the warmth of her eyes. This wonderful woman had such beautiful, warm eyes, and such a beautiful, warm smile. I think to meet her just once\u2014and I was lucky enough to meet her several times\u2014is to understand the outpouring we have seen in New Zealand, and to understand the great loss we all face with her passing. Against all her achievements\u2014as great as they are\u2014she remained a humble, warm person, with time for everyone, great and small. She was, truly, a wonderful, wonderful woman. May she rest in peace.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u00228415e962-886d-47b9-9356-3fdce746891f\u0022 data-id=\u0022681451845dd744cd9b7529c54f2eaf53\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000073\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00228415e962-886d-47b9-9356-3fdce746891f\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022681451845dd744cd9b7529c54f2eaf53\u0022\u003EHon JIM ANDERTON (Leader\u2014Progressive):\u003C/span\u003E My fellow party leaders have paid full tribute to one of the most respected leaders in M\u0101oridom and, indeed, in New Zealand. Much has already been said about her mana, her dignity, and, more broadly, what the K\u012Bngitanga movement represents in this country. Many have also sent good wishes to her successor, as I do, as well. I join in the goodwill of these sentiments expressed in the House and in support of the Prime Minister\u2019s motion. But, rather than repeat anything that has been said, I take the opportunity to reflect a little more widely about what I think has been particularly evident over these last few days. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000074\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00228415e962-886d-47b9-9356-3fdce746891f\u0022\u003EOn display at T\u016Brangawaewae has been something unique to our identity as a nation. Death, of course, is a time for mourning and remembrance. But the stature of Dame Te Atairangikaahu has brought quite a remarkable number of people to her tangi\u2014from across M\u0101oridom, from the international community, and, of course, from across all of New Zealand. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000075\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00228415e962-886d-47b9-9356-3fdce746891f\u0022\u003E However, many other New Zealanders shared in this tangi through the media\u2014television, in particular. This is probably the first time that an occasion of this kind has been witnessed by so many New Zealanders at the same time through that powerful medium. On display has been an intimate view of M\u0101oridom. Many New Zealanders are seeing, for the first time, what that is like. They are seeing the uniqueness of M\u0101ori tangi: the people directing traffic; the people cooking, eating, and singing\u2014not many New Zealanders go to funerals where people sing and tell jokes so spontaneously\u2014the welcoming; the challenging; and the celebrating. On display has been mana, status, cloaks, Pacific mats, and a wonderful parade of the people of this country and, of course, of the Pacific itself. On display has been the warmth of a M\u0101ori welcome to all. It has been a week of dignity, love, aroha, a very deep sense of the community of New Zealand, all embracing\u2014and a very powerful symbol at that. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000076\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00228415e962-886d-47b9-9356-3fdce746891f\u0022\u003EThe death of Dame Te Atairangikaahu has saddened us all, of course, but her funeral has been one of those unique events that has enriched us all. It has brought us closer together as a nation. She would have been pleased by that. Hopefully, this has made each of us more respectful of, and more grateful for, the strength and dignity of M\u0101ori culture and its contribution to what makes this country unique. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022ec266512-9fe8-47da-883e-48f046ee5059\u0022 data-id=\u0022edb8cba5d550407da0db201f44878ae6\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000077\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ec266512-9fe8-47da-883e-48f046ee5059\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022edb8cba5d550407da0db201f44878ae6\u0022\u003ETE URUROA FLAVELL (M\u0101ori Party\u2014Waiariki):\u003C/span\u003E T\u0113n\u0101 koe Madam Speaker. T\u0113n\u0101 t\u0101tou katoa o te Whare. E k\u012B ana te k\u014Drero: \u201CWaikato taniwha rau, he piko he taniwha, he piko he taniwha.\u201D Tainui waka e tangi, e tangi, e tangi. Ko te \u0101huatanga ki te hunga mate, waiho t\u0113r\u0101 k\u014Drero ki reira. Me huri in\u0101ianei ki te K\u012Bngi h\u014Du Tuheitia Paki, uri o ng\u0101 m\u0101tua o ng\u0101 t\u016Bpuna.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000078\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ec266512-9fe8-47da-883e-48f046ee5059\u0022\u003E[An interpretation in English was given to the House.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000079\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ec266512-9fe8-47da-883e-48f046ee5059\u0022\u003E[Greetings to you, Madam Speaker, and to all of us in the House. The proverb says this: \u201CWaikato of a hundred chiefs, at every bend there is a chief.\u201D To you, the canoe of Tainui, weep, mourn, grieve. In respect of the dead, I leave that matter there. Let us turn now to the new King Tuheitia Paki, a descendant of the ancestors.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000080\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ec266512-9fe8-47da-883e-48f046ee5059\u0022\u003ET\u0113n\u0101 koe. I stand today to follow on the number of comments made already, but, in particular, to honour the new king, Te Arikinui Tuheitia Paki, and in doing so I mihi to a long line of leaders, a whakapapa of chiefs and chieftainship. We have heard a whakatauk\u012B frequently cited over this last week: mate atu he t\u0113t\u0113 kura, ara mai r\u0101 he t\u0113t\u0113 kura\u2014as one fern frond falls over, another is uncoiling to replace it. When we welcome Te Arikinui Tuheitia we acknowledge, too, the fern fronds that have fallen away to make way for the new king.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000081\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ec266512-9fe8-47da-883e-48f046ee5059\u0022\u003EOur tributes to the new king recognise the historic events in 1857 at P\u016Bkawa, on the south-eastern shores of Taup\u014D, when P\u014Dtatau Te Wherowhero was elected as king. Apparently he was a big man. The records show that he stood over 6 foot tall. He was an eloquent orator, a tribal historian, an academic, a scholar, a leader, and a warrior. Upon his untimely death some 2 years later, his son Matutaera T\u0101whiao took on the mantle of responsibility. T\u0101whiao established a proud history that would give expression to the King movement. Notably, he established the M\u0101ori Parliament, Te Kauhanganui.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000082\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ec266512-9fe8-47da-883e-48f046ee5059\u0022\u003EIn his time, T\u0101whiao led a deputation to England to petition Queen Victoria. He sought an independent M\u0101ori Parliament and an independent commission of inquiry into land confiscations. I want to refer back to the petition of T\u0101whiao, W\u012Bremu Te Wheoro, P\u0101tara Te Tuhi, T\u014Dpia T\u016Broa, and H\u014Dri Ropihana, as it provides this House with a strong basis to understand the heritage\u2014the lineage from whence the new king emerges. The petition of 1884 stated: \u201CWe, the Maori chiefs of New Zealand, have come to this distant land into your presence, on account of the great disaster which has overtaken your Maori race, which is beloved by the Queen and the people of England.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000083\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ec266512-9fe8-47da-883e-48f046ee5059\u0022\u003EAccordingly we have now swum the ocean of Kiwa, which lies between us, and have reached England in safety, the source and fountain of authority, to the place where the Queen lives, that she may redress the ills of the Maori race inflicted on them by the government of New Zealand who have not directed their attention to right those wrongs up to the present time, and those wrongs are still being committed \u2026 because there was a tender regard displayed by the Queen to her Maori race, as shown in the Treaty of Waitangi, therefore it is well that those contracts and those ills should be brought before you for your consideration.\u201D\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000084\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ec266512-9fe8-47da-883e-48f046ee5059\u0022\u003EThis is the history of the K\u012Bngitanga, but this is also our history\u2014our foundation as a nation. I understand that in 1882, 2 years before the delegation led by King T\u0101whiao, northern chiefs had also petitioned Queen Victoria to investigate the colonial Government and establish a M\u0101ori Parliament. Indeed, through the archives of Hansard, we see that Hone Heke Ng\u0101hua, member of Parliament for Northern M\u0101ori, of Ng\u0101ti R\u0101hiri and Ng\u0101puhi, referred to this precedent in a debate in 1894 on the Native Rights Bill. He said: \u201CThe Natives had in many instances raised the question of the Treaty of Waitangi, and asked that the provisions of that Treaty to be maintained by the different Governments of New Zealand, but without avail. \u2026 several petitions signed by prominent chiefs of the Native race, were sent to England, making enquiries whether the Treaty of Waitangi was repealed as stated. The answer to a number of the petitioners was to the effect that this Treaty, signed in 1840, was as good now as it was then.\u201D\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000085\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ec266512-9fe8-47da-883e-48f046ee5059\u0022\u003ERepresentatives of my own people similarly petitioned Queen Victoria in August 1891. King Te Rata followed in 1914, and 10 years later, in 1924, Tahup\u014Dtiki W\u012Bremu R\u0101tana travelled to the seat of the British Empire, taking his petition for the Treaty of Waitangi to the Queen. This is the new king\u2019s whakapapa. This is the new king\u2019s training. This is the future for Aotearoa. It is a history that was referred to by Ruia \u0100perahama on Sunday when he pledged the ongoing support of the R\u0101tana movement for the K\u012Bngitanga.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000086\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ec266512-9fe8-47da-883e-48f046ee5059\u0022\u003EIn 1894 King T\u0101whiao was succeeded by his son M\u0101huta. M\u0101huta became a member of the Legislative Council and the Executive Council of Parliament, thus involving the K\u012Bngitanga in mainstream politics. From 1912 M\u0101huta\u2019s son Te Rata continued the legacy left to him by seeking redress for the grievances, seeking to redress the ills transferred from Government to Government.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000087\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ec266512-9fe8-47da-883e-48f046ee5059\u0022\u003EFrom Te Rata came his son, King Korok\u012B, who during his 33 years of leadership was greatly assisted by his auntie Te P\u016Bea H\u0113rangi. Te P\u016Bea herself is legendary for the stand she took on behalf of the people. A pacifist, she opened her farm at M\u0101ngatawhiri to operate as a refuge for all of those who chose not to enlist. She worked tirelessly to make the best use of Waikato land to build the economic and social position of the people. Following the savage assault of the 1918 influenza epidemic, she gathered up 100 orphaned children and founded T\u016Brangawaewae. It was Te P\u016Bea also who founded the annual circuit of poukai to feed the hungry and dispossessed, and to nurture the soul of the people. She realised that the greatest resource lay in the people, and she set about an energetic, relentless pursuit of economic and educational prosperity for her people. Her outstanding leadership and her untiring selfless devotion to the interests of her people were demonstrated in the negotiation of settlements for the confiscation of Waikato land, but also were strengthened in her alliance with major figures such as Sir Apirana Ngata.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000088\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ec266512-9fe8-47da-883e-48f046ee5059\u0022\u003EWhen King Korok\u012B died, his daughter Te Atairangikaahu became the K\u012Bngitanga\u2019s first woman leader. Kei Te Arikinui, wahine p\u016Brotu, wahine rangatira, wahine h\u016Bm\u0101rie, haere atu r\u0101 ki ng\u0101 matua, ki ng\u0101 tupuna. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000089\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ec266512-9fe8-47da-883e-48f046ee5059\u0022\u003E[To Arikinui, beautiful woman, chiefly and modest, go to the forefathers and the ancestors.] \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000090\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ec266512-9fe8-47da-883e-48f046ee5059\u0022\u003EThroughout many of the speeches delivered over the last week we have heard the phrase \u201C\u0101piti h\u014Dno, t\u0101tai h\u014Dno\u201D, which literally means that that which is joined together becomes an unbroken line. This expression affirms the joining of the living with those departed ancestors. In a spiritual sense, it is understood that the living are guided by those who have gone before us. So when we welcome and formally recognise the new king, the seventh leader of the K\u012Bngitanga, we should remember also all of those leaders who have left their legacy since that time in 1857 at P\u016Bkawa.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000091\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ec266512-9fe8-47da-883e-48f046ee5059\u0022\u003EWe know too that the kiwi feather cloak of King T\u0101whiao that was wrapped around the new king yesterday brought with it traditions, rituals, and protocols that King Tuheitia has been immersed in from birth. He was at the side of his grandfather King Korok\u012B when his mother Te Atairangikaahu was ordained, just as his eldest son stood proudly at his side yesterday. But our new king has also been trained in the scholarship of m\u0101tauranga M\u0101ori through his education at R\u0101kaumanga school. He has also been a performer with the Taniwharau Cultural Group. He brings to the role his contemporary experience of management and business experience acquired in his work at Te W\u0101nanga o Aotearoa.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000092\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ec266512-9fe8-47da-883e-48f046ee5059\u0022\u003EPerhaps I can be forgiven for saving the very best for last. He has the supreme honour\u2014indeed, the rare privilege\u2014of having been schooled at one of the finest schooling institutions in the land: the great St Stephen\u2019s School\u2014T\u012Bpene. So this welcome to the new king also comes with the blessing of an exclusive community represented in this House by the esteemed company of the member from the north Mr Hone Harawira, Mr Mahara Okeroa, Shane Jones, and myself\u2014all old boys of St Stephen\u2019s School.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000093\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ec266512-9fe8-47da-883e-48f046ee5059\u0022\u003EI have taken time to traverse the background of Te Arikinui King Tuheitia so that we can all prepare the path ahead to welcome our new monarch. It is a path, however, that is walked not only by the king. I pay my respects to his wife, Te Atawhai, who was yesterday similarly crowned with the responsibility of being married to the monarch; to their children; as well as to Whatumoana Paki, who stood by Te Atairangikaahu throughout her reign over the 40 years. As her beloved husband he dedicated himself to supporting her, to support the nation.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000094\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ec266512-9fe8-47da-883e-48f046ee5059\u0022\u003E Finally, I draw the attention of this House to the two beautiful girls draped in blankets at the foot of the new king. I think of Whatumoana, Korotangi, and Naumai, the king\u2019s three children, and the obligations they will now uphold, their duty to serve, and their responsibilities to Tainui, to tangata whenua, to Aotearoa, and to the world.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000095\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ec266512-9fe8-47da-883e-48f046ee5059\u0022\u003EWe, the people, will always remember Te Arikinui. We will hold dear to her memory, we will honour her legacy, and we welcome the new king, Tuheitia. Kia ora t\u0101tou.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022d52e59e3-2195-4c95-a654-665c11b39b63\u0022 data-id=\u0022c1c36192d94f4bb58b3b718a0dabbea6\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000096\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022d52e59e3-2195-4c95-a654-665c11b39b63\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022c1c36192d94f4bb58b3b718a0dabbea6\u0022\u003EHon PAREKURA HOROMIA (Minister of M\u0101ori Affairs):\u003C/span\u003E He tika ake au i runga i te t\u016B nei i te mihi kau ana ki te whare o Te Arikinui a Te Atairangikaahu. Tika ake an\u014D i te mihi ake an\u014D ki ng\u0101 t\u016Bpuna e tukua ake an\u014D te \u0101hua nei o te K\u012Bngitanga. E mihi ake an\u014D ki \u014Dna tamariki me tana t\u0101ne a Whatumoana. Mihi kau ana ki te mana o te teitei o t\u014Dna w\u0101hi r\u0101 a Taupiri. E mihi kau ana ki tana awa a Waikato, e mihi hoki ake an\u014D i te marae a Mahinaarangi. E mihi kau ana ki a t\u0101tou katoa ng\u0101 kanohi M\u0101ori i konei i tae kaha ake an\u014D ki te mau ake an\u014D te roimata i te marae i te taha o w\u0113tahi o t\u0101tou hoa mahi. Koutou e Pita o Te Tai Tokerau, i a koe e Pita me te w\u0101hi o Kahungunu i a koe te hoa o Te Arawa, e mihi kau ana i a koutou.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000097\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022d52e59e3-2195-4c95-a654-665c11b39b63\u0022\u003E[An interpretation in English was given to the House.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000098\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022d52e59e3-2195-4c95-a654-665c11b39b63\u0022\u003E[It is fitting that I stand to acknowledge the household of Te Arikinui Te Atarangikaahu. It is fitting, too, that I acknowledge the ancestors who handed down the K\u012Bngitanga legacy, and also her children, and husband Whatumoana. I acknowledge the uniqueness of her mountain Taupiri, her river Waikato, and the courtyard of Mahinaarangi. Acknowledgments to all of us M\u0101ori here, and some of our colleagues, for our strong presence at the marae: namely, Pita of Te Tai Tokerau, Pita of Ng\u0101ti K\u0101hungunu, and the colleague from Te Arawa. My acknowledgments to you.] \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000099\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022d52e59e3-2195-4c95-a654-665c11b39b63\u0022\u003EI would like to join in and thank all the leaders and all the members who came, the Prime Minister for her effort, and all of the efforts put in at the tangi. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000100\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022d52e59e3-2195-4c95-a654-665c11b39b63\u0022\u003EK\u012Bngitanga, or the M\u0101ori King movement, made itself widely known over the past week. A blend of M\u0101ori tradition, historical mystery, and pervasive modern media combined to create a funeral event of unparalleled size. Of course, the word \u201Cfuneral\u201D does not fully capture the meaning of a tangi. \u201CTangi\u201D as a verb means to weep. As a noun, however, it is an all-consuming M\u0101ori traditional gathering to farewell the dead, where emotions see-saw between grief and laughter. This woman was widely known throughout the Pacific, amongst all the M\u0101ori tribes, and by all political parties. She eschewed the loud, clamorous approach to leadership and preferred a quiet, reserved style. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000101\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022d52e59e3-2195-4c95-a654-665c11b39b63\u0022\u003EIt is extraordinary that this institution has survived for 148 years. How many of us, and our families, can speak about our own history in a manner that parallels the story as we have heard it today of the Waikato-based K\u012Bngitanga movement? It is an extraordinary story. On the marae at T\u016Brangawaewae there were two major streams of interest. The first was displays of oratory eulogising the departed monarch and comments of anticipation about the monarch to be. Since we learnt of the passing a week ago of this dearly revered leader, we have all witnessed an outpouring of respect and loyalty, the likes of which we may probably never experience again in our lifetimes. What was significant for our country was that all New Zealanders were able to partake in the experience of Te Atairangikaahu\u2019s tangi, because even if one was unable to be physically present at the tangi, the extensive media coverage throughout the week in English and te reo M\u0101ori enabled us to all attend. Even though it may be a rare occasion, I want to commend the press for that effort. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000102\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022d52e59e3-2195-4c95-a654-665c11b39b63\u0022\u003ESo surely this is a sign of a maturing country. If we are serious about nationhood, then this gives us a window of opportunity to become more serious about practising it. As I speak I can still see the many expressions of respect demonstrated for Te Atairangikaahu, the woman who supported and stood steadfastly as the core of te k\u014Dhanga reo movement, of the Maori Women\u2019s Welfare League, of the rugby league organisations, and of a host of other organisations around the country. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000103\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022d52e59e3-2195-4c95-a654-665c11b39b63\u0022\u003EWhat were the sights? Thousands of people gathered upon the sacred Taupiri maunga and performed in unison the ancient chants of our people as Te Atairangikaahu made her final ascent. It was a truly moving experience to witness. Pakeke and rangatahi alike lined the pathway to the summit of Taupiri maunga, and with their combined strength and unified cooperation, they ensured the safe arrival of their queen to her final resting place after she travelled from her marae at T\u016Brangawaewae in the waka T\u016Bmanako along her beloved Waikato River. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000104\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022d52e59e3-2195-4c95-a654-665c11b39b63\u0022\u003EThere was a significantly strong presence of dignitaries and leaders from the Pacific Islands throughout the duration of the tangi, as delegations of royalty and chiefly and Government representatives from Tonga, the Cook Islands, Hawaii, Samoa, Niue, and Fiji came to pay their respects. A steady stream of many New Zealanders quietly filed past Te Ata\u2019s casket when Waikato Tainui opened the marae and suspended protocol for hours to allow the general public an opportunity to pay their respects. Such generosity of spirit to accommodate visitors on to the marae was characteristic of Waikato Tainui, and visibly in keeping with the nature and lifetime example of the queen. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000105\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022d52e59e3-2195-4c95-a654-665c11b39b63\u0022\u003EI was also moved by the acts of ordinary and extraordinary New Zealanders from across the motu as they too expressed their respect for Te Ata. The All Black captain\u2019s first post-match words after Saturday\u2019s test against the Wallabies were of condolences for Tainui and Te Atairangikaahu\u2019s wh\u0101nau\u2014and she would have been happy, let me assure you, that the All Blacks won. Simon Dallow\u2019s eloquent mihi ahead of the start of the mainstream 6 o\u2019clock television news coverage every evening; the full coverage simulcast on mainstream and M\u0101ori television of yesterday\u2019s succession and funeral; the special train from Auckland put on by the workers and the companies, with its special fare, for those wanting to attend the funeral\u2014these are only a few examples, but they lead me to believe that we are maturing as a nation in a way that enables M\u0101ori and P\u0101keh\u0101 to coexist respectively alongside each other\u2014ahakoa ng\u0101 piki, ng\u0101 heke, even though we have ups and downs.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000106\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022d52e59e3-2195-4c95-a654-665c11b39b63\u0022\u003ETe Ata\u2019s passing has left me profoundly aware of the impact her life had on the nation as a whole\u2014on M\u0101ori, on P\u0101keh\u0101, on Pacific, on all peoples who live in this motu. The sixth and longest-serving monarch from the House of P\u014Dtatau, Te Ata was born on 23 July 1931 as Piki M\u0101huta, the only child of King Korok\u012B and Te Atairangikaahu. Dame Te Ata\u2014The Lady, as she was known\u2014was later joined by wh\u0101ngai, adopted siblings, including her much-beloved brother and trusted adviser, the late Sir Robert M\u0101huta, and I want to remember him today. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000107\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022d52e59e3-2195-4c95-a654-665c11b39b63\u0022\u003EDame Te Ata was born into a modest world. She was raised at Waahi, Huntly, and attended R\u0101kaumanga native school. Later she attended the Waikato Diocesan School For Girls. When her father, King Korok\u012B, became ill, her aunt, the great Te P\u016Bea H\u0113rangi, took her across the country to represent the K\u012Bngitanga at numerous ceremonies and functions, as she has done with the present King Tuheitia. She warmly embraced everyone she came into contact with, regardless of ethnicity, politics, religion, or M\u0101ori. She was as comfortable hosting international dignitaries, politicians, and royalty as she was chatting with the cooks at Mahinaarangi. She put at ease all those she met with her beaming and wonderful smile and quiet manner. So many stories have emerged over the last week that testify to this. Her long and illustrious reign will be remembered for all times as one that unifies us. In fact, it unified all people. When we think of her from now on we will recall her humility, her wisdom, and the legacy she has left behind. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000108\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022d52e59e3-2195-4c95-a654-665c11b39b63\u0022\u003ETuheitia, Te Arikinui, te king, he has all of those things. He has the steel, the quickness, the courage, the passion, and enough intelligence to steer his people. The crowning of the new monarch was a rare glimpse of an ancient ceremony that combined the use of a historic Bible, pre-European incantations, and modern media. Tribes from the four winds arrived, and we have heard that talk here today. At P\u016Bkawa in November 1856 one of my ancestors, along with a whole lot of M\u0101ori ancestors in here, h\u012Bkoi-ed there to talk about the kaupapa\u2014the philosophy, not a structure\u2014and that is where I believe the king will take his people, maintaining what they have been confident in for a long, long time. We can be confident that after a lifetime of grooming for his ascension to the K\u012Bngitanga throne, and with the loving guidance of his mother from on high, Tuheitia Paki\u2019s leadership will be through service and for the love of his M\u0101ori people and country. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000109\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022d52e59e3-2195-4c95-a654-665c11b39b63\u0022\u003EWe will forever remember Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu, yet we also look forward to the new ariki\u2019s reign. That M\u0101oridom has more than performed in sending their great queen off, and has rallied around to serve the new king, is something that we in this House should remember. Kia ora.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022df788c48-b9be-42fd-b8f2-76629a5572b8\u0022 data-id=\u002282e879500edf4442a3ac4ed79125006b\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000110\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022df788c48-b9be-42fd-b8f2-76629a5572b8\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u002282e879500edf4442a3ac4ed79125006b\u0022\u003EDr WAYNE MAPP (National\u2014North Shore):\u003C/span\u003E With humility, courage, and leadership, and not through boastful achievements but through quiet dignity, she led her people. As we have heard, she succeeded to the K\u012Bngitanga some 40 years ago, but perhaps came to national prominence really in the last 15 years. She has truly been part of the M\u0101ori renaissance that this country has witnessed\u2014and, I might say, to its benefit. During this period she has had to show courage in particular, and leadership. I well recall the tremendous efforts that she and her brother Sir Robert M\u0101huta had to make in the settlement of 1995. It was a hugely significant time for our nation. It was the first settlement. It came after the fiscal envelope and the demonstrations. One can imagine the sense of confidence in the future they had to have to take their people forward at that time in our nation\u2019s history. I believe that the whole country has benefited from that particular decision. It was brave, indeed. My wife well recalls a particular time when President Mandela visited T\u016Brangawaewae. And there we had true leadership\u2014two people who had led their peoples to a renaissance. Surely that is the mark of leadership. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000111\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022df788c48-b9be-42fd-b8f2-76629a5572b8\u0022\u003EI want to speak very briefly, just to record today my appreciation of being able to be present, yesterday in particular, to witness the tens of thousands of people who were there from right across this nation, not just M\u0101ori, but P\u0101keh\u0101, Pacific Islanders, and people from literally all races and backgrounds. They were demonstrating by that act, which was not imposed by a Government\u2014it was their own decision to be present\u2014a celebration of our nationhood and a sense for the future. For Te Arikinui Tuheitia Paki, he does have big shoes to fill; that is known. But I know that he has had the training, the experience, and, in fact, the lessons of his mother, to know what it takes to lead the people. This is not a kingship that is vested with any legal powers. Its power is entirely moral. It is one given by the people freely to embody the leadership of the people of Tainui and, to a wider extent, to the motu as a whole. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000112\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022df788c48-b9be-42fd-b8f2-76629a5572b8\u0022\u003EI wish him well. I know he has great opportunities to fill for the future, but I am confident that he can do that. To the family, I offer my humble respects on this day.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u00221a4a99a7-292a-4829-ade5-e825f9be4940\u0022 data-id=\u0022c0629b4974a7419cb40b3ebe2997507e\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000113\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00221a4a99a7-292a-4829-ade5-e825f9be4940\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022c0629b4974a7419cb40b3ebe2997507e\u0022\u003ETAITO PHILLIP FIELD (Labour\u2014Mangere):\u003C/span\u003E E Muamua na ave le viiga ma le fa\u2019afetai i le Atua i le soifuaga ma le ola o Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu. O se tamaitai tupu o Mauli o tagata whenua o Aotearoa.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000114\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00221a4a99a7-292a-4829-ade5-e825f9be4940\u0022\u003E\u201CUa pa\u2019u toa, ua ma\u2019imau ai aupega o le taua.\u201D\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000115\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00221a4a99a7-292a-4829-ade5-e825f9be4940\u0022\u003EE iai le fa\u2019amoemoe e avatu se manatu ma se upu e fai ma sui o tagata Pasifika totonu Niu Sila, fa\u2019apea fo\u2019i le Pasifika atoa. E avatu ai se agaga fa\u2019anoanoa i le Ali\u2019i o tamaita\u2019i Tupu ia Fatumoana ma le Aiga Tupu, o tagata o Mauli nei.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000116\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00221a4a99a7-292a-4829-ade5-e825f9be4940\u0022\u003EI rise because I think it is appropriate, as a fellow Polynesian and a fellow Pacific person, that something should be said in this House to acknowledge and to extend our respect as a Pacific people in New Zealand and throughout the Pacific region to the M\u0101ori people of New Zealand, and in particular to the family of the M\u0101ori Queen, Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu. The word \u201Carikinui\u201D is not unique to New Zealand. The word \u201Cariki\u201D is common throughout the Pacific, and particularly Polynesia. The word means high chief or paramount chief, ali\u2019i\u2014ariki. Tupu is referred to also in terms of kingship. There are other words that describe the way of the kingship that is known in the Polynesian families throughout the Pacific, and they are faatupu ma le faatamalii, which mean a way of peace and humility and aroha. Members have spoken this afternoon about those qualities of Dame Te Ata\u2014truly a way of the tupu; a way of the king. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000117\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00221a4a99a7-292a-4829-ade5-e825f9be4940\u0022\u003EI want to mention just a few personal experiences with Dame Te Ata over the years, because I know that she had a great fondness for the Pacific. She understood her heritage, her ancestry, and her links to the various parts of Polynesia. I know that she visited Aitutaki in the Cook Islands because the Tainui waka came through Aitutaki on its way to Aotearoa. Princess Te P\u016Bea accompanied her there, as a young princess. I know that Dame Te Ata was very fond of those early years of contact with the Pacific, and of the need to extend the special relationship between M\u0101oridom and other Pacific people. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000118\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00221a4a99a7-292a-4829-ade5-e825f9be4940\u0022\u003EI also remember a time when two major devastating cyclones hit the islands of Samoa, and the fact that the New Zealand public raised $2 million towards the restoration and the rebuilding of the damage caused in those islands. That was back in 1990, and Dame Te Ata did not hesitate to volunteer her services to chair the committee that determined the distribution of that $2 million. I was part of that committee, and I grew to know her personally and to know the qualities we have been talking about this afternoon. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000119\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00221a4a99a7-292a-4829-ade5-e825f9be4940\u0022\u003EI am sure most members will know that Dame Te Ata travelled extensively and made very valuable links and friendships throughout the Pacific, particularly with the other royal houses of Polynesia, and other parts of the Pacific, of Melanesia and Micronesia, that are important for New Zealand as one of the major countries in the region. The representation at the tangi from the different nations of the Pacific was of the highest level, and that was an indication of the respect they have for Dame Te Ata. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000120\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00221a4a99a7-292a-4829-ade5-e825f9be4940\u0022\u003ESo to the M\u0101ori people, and to the King movement of M\u0101oridom, we extend to you our condolences and our best wishes that the movement will continue in terms of the legacy that Dame Te Ata established in the last 40 years. We look forward also to the reign of the new M\u0101ori King to carry on that legacy, not only in promoting the unity of the people of New Zealand but also in the unity of the people of the Pacific. With that, I say haere ra. Ia manuia le fa\u2019amoemoe mo tagata whenua nei o Aotearoa. Ia manuia le fa\u2019amoemoe mo le lumana\u2019i o le atunu\u2019u, au\u0101 i le fuafu\u0101ga lelei o se Tupu Mauli. E le gata i le Tupu ua te\u2019a a o le Tupu ua tu mai. Ia manuia, ma ia soifua. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u002280b11f68-6b57-4b8b-8922-aecd1d471975\u0022 data-id=\u0022d87e30218e07432f950a6a3ba6ce74df\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000121\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002280b11f68-6b57-4b8b-8922-aecd1d471975\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022d87e30218e07432f950a6a3ba6ce74df\u0022\u003EPANSY WONG (National):\u003C/span\u003E Great sadness is felt throughout the Asian communities on the passing of the M\u0101ori Queen, the late Dame Te Ata. This sad loss was reported by the Asian media, and she was remembered at the Auckland Indian Association\u2019s celebration of India\u2019s Independence Day. It would be fair to say that many Asian New Zealanders would have learnt of Dame Te Ata for maybe the first time. Where could they have learnt of her as a person, and her achievements? Indeed, how could the public have come to know her better when in her lifetime there was so little coverage of her activities and her works? In the last week, many people have suddenly learnt more of her personality and achievements than in her 40 years as M\u0101ori Queen. I hope her successor, King Tuheitia, will receive the media attention befitting a person in that position. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000122\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002280b11f68-6b57-4b8b-8922-aecd1d471975\u0022\u003EIt was obvious throughout the tangi that people from all walks of life were paying their respects and were saddened by Dame Te Ata\u2019s death. That, in itself, is a tremendous tribute to this gentle lady, who conducted herself with grace and ritual towards everyone. I was fortunate to meet Dame Te Ata on several occasions, and I remember her for her wisdom, strength of character, and humanity. I felt very welcome while in her presence, and I believe our country is poorer for her loss. When we met, she never asked me where I came from; our conversations would naturally centre on the people and the events that we were involved in. Her acceptance of individuals in their own right, beyond ethnicity, was refreshing. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000123\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002280b11f68-6b57-4b8b-8922-aecd1d471975\u0022\u003EDame Te Ata was a chosen queen who had earned respect by her hard work and her positive and inclusive personality. One of the many legacies she will leave, I hope, is for our media and others to treat individual New Zealanders as people in their own right, not just as a convenient label based on their ethnicities for the convenience of reporting. The late queen made an overwhelming contribution to our country, and her work has helped us all to move forward as New Zealanders. I say farewell to the queen.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u00221a59d3ae-788b-4b19-b7dd-7d0e29a626fc\u0022 data-id=\u0022afaf942b80f34fb282df9c14e6e08304\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000124\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00221a59d3ae-788b-4b19-b7dd-7d0e29a626fc\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022afaf942b80f34fb282df9c14e6e08304\u0022\u003EHon BRIAN DONNELLY (NZ First):\u003C/span\u003E E ng\u0101 reo, e ng\u0101 mana, e ng\u0101 mema o te Whare nei, kei te tautoko ng\u0101 mihi ki Te Arikinui Te Atairangikaahu.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000125\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00221a59d3ae-788b-4b19-b7dd-7d0e29a626fc\u0022\u003E[To the languages, authorities, and members of this House, I endorse the tributes paid to Te Arikinui Te Atairangikaahu.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000126\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00221a59d3ae-788b-4b19-b7dd-7d0e29a626fc\u0022\u003EFrom the outset I apologise for the state of my voice but I will not allow this affliction to deny me the opportunity to pay tribute to Dame Te Ata. The last week has seen a huge outpouring of grief across the nation as a result of the death of Te Arikinui Te Atairangikaahu. Some of this grief has justifiably stemmed from the loss of the M\u0101ori Queen\u2014someone who had filled that role for more than 40 years with majesty, grace, and wisdom. Hers was a unifying role\u2014a fountainhead of pride not only for all M\u0101ori but also for all New Zealanders. So at the loss of someone who had so superbly represented both Tainui and K\u012Bngitanga, we as a nation mourn. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000127\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00221a59d3ae-788b-4b19-b7dd-7d0e29a626fc\u0022\u003EBut there is another reason for the depth and extent of the mourning for Dame Te Ata, and that is who she was as a person. My earliest memories of her are somewhat less as a queen than as a strong supporter of rugby league. When a TV reporter claimed, the night before her funeral, that she would be carried up Taupiri mountain by members of her beloved rugby clubs, I felt like saying: \u201CWash your mouth out!\u201D. It was, of course, members of Taniwharau and T\u016Brangawaewae rugby league clubs who carried her on her final journey. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000128\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00221a59d3ae-788b-4b19-b7dd-7d0e29a626fc\u0022\u003EI have eaten the mud of Davies Park on many occasions\u2014probably since the age of 12. I played rugby league for both Auckland University and New Zealand Universities alongside her adopted brother, who later became Sir Robert M\u0101huta but was then simply known as Bob. It is in that context that I first met her. She was simply a wonderful person. She always made people feel equal, yet her demeanour was dominated by regal grace. She always made people feel at ease, and she captivated them with that magical smile. My colleague Pita Paraone talked of her quiet dignity, and that is a perfect description. She was a fierce supporter of her local league clubs, of Waikato rugby league, the Kiwis, and, in particular, New Zealand M\u0101ori rugby league. Anyone who misinterpreted her pleasant nature and warm personality for a lack of steel did so at his or her peril. Yet her humility was engaging. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000129\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00221a59d3ae-788b-4b19-b7dd-7d0e29a626fc\u0022\u003EHer influence also extended into the Pacific, as the previous speaker, Taito Phillip Field, has mentioned. She was honoured and respected by leaders across Pacific nations. It was an honour recently to be in attendance at Hopuhopu, where Pacific leaders honoured Dame Te Ata on her 40-year reign. What was even more fulfilling for myself was that the occasion was dominated by a huge contingent from Takitumu, which included so many of my friends and ex-students from my time in the Cook Islands. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000130\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00221a59d3ae-788b-4b19-b7dd-7d0e29a626fc\u0022\u003EAt her funeral yesterday I was talking to an old Tainui friend about the enormous undertaking by Tainui Waikato to feed the thousands of visitors wishing to show their grief. He told me that all the hap\u016B had cooperated as if they were one. He said that the rest of the time, before this occasion, they used to squabble like mad but this time they came together as one. So even in her death Dame Te Ata is a unifying force. I wish, however, to thank the hap\u016B of Tainui Waikato for their labours, to enable tribes from across New Zealand and all New Zealanders to pay their respects. I wrote last week in the condolences book that New Zealand had lost a precious jewel. I meant it. The life of Te Arikinui Te Atairangikaahu enriched all of us, and her passing is indeed a loss to all of us. Farewell, Te Arikinui Te Atairangikaahu; farewell, Piki. Before I finish I wish to acknowledge the new king Te Arikinui Tuheitia Paki. He has huge shoes to fill, but it is the belief of New Zealand First that he has all the necessary attributes to fill those shoes. N\u014D reira, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou, t\u0113n\u0101 t\u0101tou katoa.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u002273f60731-048d-4a21-81c5-52d588de2325\u0022 data-id=\u00226cac93430f1d4ed0b38f682a82a37e27\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000131\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002273f60731-048d-4a21-81c5-52d588de2325\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00226cac93430f1d4ed0b38f682a82a37e27\u0022\u003EHon MITA RIRINUI (Minister of State):\u003C/span\u003E Otir\u0101 kei te Kaihaut\u016B, me p\u0113hea r\u0101 te k\u014Drero m\u0101ku. \u0100, kua t\u016Bt\u016B mai ng\u0101 rangatira o te Whare nei ki te whakatakoto whakaaro ki t\u014D t\u0101tou kuini tapairu kua ngaro atu ki tua o te \u0101rai. Otir\u0101, t\u0101ku nei n\u0101, e t\u016B ana ki te tautoko. N\u014D reira e te mokopuna o te motu, e tika ana t\u0101 te k\u014Drero, \u201Chinga ana te t\u0113t\u0113 kura\u201D, \u0101, ko koe t\u0113r\u0101. Otir\u0101, ko t\u014D tamaiti a Tuheitia kua t\u016B ake koia n\u0101 \u201Cte t\u0113t\u0113 kura\u201D. N\u0101 runga i t\u0113n\u0101 k\u014Drero, m\u0101ku e ki atu ki te k\u0101hui ariki nui tonu, kia tino manaakihia mai t\u014D t\u0101tou k\u012Bngi nei. N\u014D reira, huri atu au ki a koe kai te mokopuna o te motu. Kei te hoki taku mahara ki te w\u0101 i a au e tamariki ana, tekau m\u0101 toru, tekau m\u0101 wh\u0101 taku pakeke ka t\u016Btaki atu au i a koe. Koi n\u0101 t\u0101ku mahara. T\u016Btaki atu au i a koe ki te p\u0101 o R\u0101tana, i te w\u0101 i t\u014D hoa a Te Reo Hura e ora ana. Ko ia k\u0113 te tumuaki o te h\u0101hi R\u0101tana. I te maumahara tonu au te whakawhanaungatanga mai i a k\u014Drua, i waenganui i a k\u014Drua.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000132\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002273f60731-048d-4a21-81c5-52d588de2325\u0022\u003EN\u014D reira, e tika ana ng\u0101 k\u014Drero o te Whare nei, he ariki hum\u0101rie, he ariki whakamahana i te tangata ahakoa ko wai, ko wai, ko wai. N\u0101u tonu n\u0101 i whakat\u012Bnanahia ng\u0101 moemoea o \u014D t\u016Bpuna mai r\u0101 i te kingi tuatahi a P\u014Dtatau Te Wherowhero heke nei ki a koe. An\u0101, ko t\u0101 te wero kei runga i t\u014D tamaiti kia whakatutukihia \u0113n\u0101 wawata, \u0113n\u0101 hiahia. N\u014D reira, e te kuini tapairu, moe mai, moe mai, haere atu r\u0101.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000133\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002273f60731-048d-4a21-81c5-52d588de2325\u0022\u003E[Indeed, Madam Speaker, what is there for me to talk about? The chiefs of this House have made tributes to our sovereign queen who has passed beyond the veil. All that is left for me to do is to stand and support what has been expressed. So to you the grandchild of the land, the saying \u201Cwhen a fern frond falls\u201D is fitting in your case, because you are that fern frond. Indeed, your child Tuheitia, who has risen in your place, is \u201Cthe fern frond that rises\u201D. Because of that proverb, my advice to the kahui ariki at large is that they must take real care of this king of ours. So I direct my remarks to you now, the grandchild of the land. I recall a moment when I was a youngster of 13 or 14 years and saw you for the first time. That is what I recall at R\u0101tana P\u0101. Te Reo Hura was the president of the R\u0101tana Church at that time. I remember the friendship that developed between you two. It was lasting and close.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000134\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002273f60731-048d-4a21-81c5-52d588de2325\u0022\u003EThe tributes of this House, therefore, are apt about a modest lady, a lady who could relate to people regardless of who they were. You indeed embodied the dreams of your ancestors from the first king, P\u014Dtatau Te Wherowhero, and down to you. The challenge for your child is to meet those dreams and aspirations. And so, sovereign lady, sleep there, sleep there, depart.] \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000135\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002273f60731-048d-4a21-81c5-52d588de2325\u0022\u003E It is indeed a privilege to be able to stand in this House and acknowledge one of M\u0101oridom\u2019s finest leaders. I endorse everything that has been said about her and her reign. I actually find myself short of words when it comes to talking about her achievements, because they have been iterated and reiterated in this House today\u2014indeed, over the 6 days at T\u016Brangawaewae Marae. So I am trying to find the place for myself in this conversation.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000136\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002273f60731-048d-4a21-81c5-52d588de2325\u0022\u003EI can recall the time when I first met this great leader. I was about 13 or 14 years of age, and it was at the annual R\u0101tana celebrations. She and her entourage always came, and they were a sight to see. In fact, they were intimidating, because the mana and authority were so strong. I recall a friendship she had with the then R\u0101tana leader\u2014the late Te Reo Hura. It was a bond between two women that had a significant impact on the development of our people. One was known as the Ture Tangata; the other was known as the Ture Wairua. It is said that the Ture Wairua had an easy job, because she had to serve God, but the Ture Tangata, or the Kuini Tapairu, had to serve the people, which was not so easy. But she made the decisions, with the support of her people. She brought the people out of a history that was full of grievance and into a future that was full of promise. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000137\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002273f60731-048d-4a21-81c5-52d588de2325\u0022\u003EHer successor still has a lot to do, but he has been well prepared. There is a saying that goes: Waikato taniwha rau, he piko he taniwha, he piko he taniwha. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000138\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002273f60731-048d-4a21-81c5-52d588de2325\u0022\u003E[Waikato of a hundred chiefs, at every bend there is a chief.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000139\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002273f60731-048d-4a21-81c5-52d588de2325\u0022\u003EIt refers to the Waikato of a hundred chiefs, so Tuheitia has a lot of support. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000140\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002273f60731-048d-4a21-81c5-52d588de2325\u0022\u003EAs my colleague Phillip Field mentioned earlier, Dame Te Ata hosted a lot of Pacific Island relations. I recall a very special person whom she hosted some time ago. He is probably the greatest freedom fighter the world has seen\u2014none other than Nelson Mandela. I was fortunate enough to be there when he arrived at T\u016Brangawaewae Marae. Do members recall his statements about the importance of reconciliation? Tainui had just been through that process. I recall his statements about moving forward\u2014Tainui were in the process of doing that. In fact, Tainui were in the process of doing a lot of things that he mentioned. This great man and this great leader were, together, talking about the future. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000141\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002273f60731-048d-4a21-81c5-52d588de2325\u0022\u003EAnother great leader of M\u0101oridom, although his reign was short, was also there at the time. That person\u2019s name was R\u0101niera Te Aohou Tahup\u014Dtiki W\u012Bremu R\u0101tana, the late president of the R\u0101tana movement. He also had much to share with Nelson Mandela. Together, representatives of R\u0101tana and the K\u012Bngitanga told of a special journey undertaken by the founder of the R\u0101tana movement, Tahup\u014Dtiki W\u012Bremu R\u0101tana, to South Africa in the 1920s, and of the sadness he felt when he arrived in Durban and met a group of indigenous peoples who were slave labour on the waterfront. R\u0101tana said a very simple phrase from the Scriptures: \u201CTe w\u0101 kei te haramai, ka neke atu koe ki a Ihowa. Koi n\u0101 ka puta ka ora.\u201D It meant: \u201CThe time will come when you become closer to your Creator, and you will be led by a great man, and from that time all your days will receive great blessings.\u201D \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000142\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002273f60731-048d-4a21-81c5-52d588de2325\u0022\u003ESo that is my recollection of this great lady. I am sure that her successor, Tuheitia, will carry on this great journey. He has inherited a great legacy, but at the same time will have many challenges. As I said, Waikato taniwha rau, he piko he taniwha, he piko he taniwha. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000143\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002273f60731-048d-4a21-81c5-52d588de2325\u0022\u003E[Waikato of a hundred chiefs, at every bend there is a chief.] \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000144\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002273f60731-048d-4a21-81c5-52d588de2325\u0022\u003EKia ora t\u0101tou.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022f44431ef-b505-4e94-9f57-a60b0a569bf7\u0022 data-id=\u0022a24fd7de645347e5b573e4561255ad69\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000145\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f44431ef-b505-4e94-9f57-a60b0a569bf7\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022a24fd7de645347e5b573e4561255ad69\u0022\u003ESHANE JONES (Labour): \u003C/span\u003EKei te Whare, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou, t\u0113n\u0101 t\u0101tou katoa. T\u0113nei an\u014D ka t\u016B ake ki te t\u0101piri atu he kupu torutoru ki runga i ng\u0101 mihi rangatira kua horahia ki waenganui i a t\u0101tou, i raro i te tuanui o t\u014D t\u0101tou whare t\u016Bpua e t\u016B nei, kua whakaritea hei k\u014Drerotanga m\u0101 t\u0101tou m\u014D ng\u0101 take p\u0113nei rawa te rarahi. Kia ahatia e Te Ariki. Atu i te poho o t\u014D whare i Mahinaarangi, r\u0101 runga i te au kukume i te awa o \u014D m\u0101tua, o \u014D wheinga i Waikato, ng\u0101 wai e heke ana me he t\u014Dmairangi i te w\u0101hi ngaro, ng\u0101 wai e heke mai ana i te hukapapa mai i ng\u0101 k\u0101hui maunga a Tongariro me \u0101na hoa. T\u0113r\u0101 koe ka riro i runga i a ia, ko t\u014D t\u012Bnana ka puehutia ki te tihi o Taupiri maunga. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000146\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f44431ef-b505-4e94-9f57-a60b0a569bf7\u0022\u003EOtir\u0101, ko to wairua, e Te Ariki kahore, kua riro t\u0113r\u0101 ki tua o R\u0113ao, ki tua o Paerau. I runga i Te Oneroa \u0101 T\u014Dh\u0113, i te puke whakairinga k\u014Drero i R\u0113hia ki Te Rerenga Wairua. Whakangaro atu i muri \u0100nuku, whakatika mai i \u014Chau i runga i a Manawat\u0101whi. Tirohia o mata ki te hauk\u0101inga ka whakarerea nei e koe. Otir\u0101, hei t\u014D upoko ko te rimurapa, whiua ki te taha ki Te Tai Tamat\u0101ne. Whiua ki te taha ki Te Tai Tamawahine ng\u0101 tai papaki rua rurerure mai t\u0113tahi, eke eke mai t\u0113tahi. R\u0101 runga i te tai te aua whitireia koe ka ngaro, ki Tawhiti Nui, ki Tawhiti Roa, ki Tawhiti P\u0101mamao. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000147\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f44431ef-b505-4e94-9f57-a60b0a569bf7\u0022\u003EN\u0101 reira, e Te Ariki, t\u0113nei koe ka okioki i runga i a whakamoe Ariki, ko m\u0101tou te wh\u0101nau, te iwi nui tonu, \u0101, ka mahue nei. Me tuku ko nuku apiapi, ko nuku M\u0101horahora hei \u0101rahi i a m\u0101tou ng\u0101 waihotanga iho. E Te Ariki, e moe, e okioki, haere oti atu e.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000148\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f44431ef-b505-4e94-9f57-a60b0a569bf7\u0022\u003EMaranga e te k\u012Bngi. Whakaminea t\u014D iwi rau t\u0101ngata, mai runga, mai raro, mai ng\u0101 parirau o Te Ika a M\u0101ui kia whiwhi tuar\u0101 ai koe. Kia rangona t\u014D reo i roto i ng\u0101 motu noho nohonga t\u0101ngata i Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa, i runga n\u014Dki ki ng\u0101 marae maha o te ao M\u0101ori, i roto tonu i ng\u0101 k\u0101inga o \u014D t\u0101tou hoa P\u0101keh\u0101 i Aotearoa nei. N\u0101 reira e te K\u012Bngi, e Tuheitia, kia riro ko ng\u0101 manaakitanga o Te Runga Rawa, ko te tautoko o te iwi, hei \u0101whina atu i a koe. E t\u016B. E t\u016B. E t\u016B.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000149\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f44431ef-b505-4e94-9f57-a60b0a569bf7\u0022\u003E[Greetings to you, and to us all in the House. So I rise to add my few words to the fine tributes that have been made in our midst beneath the roof of this demon house of ours in relation to this significant topic. What will come of all that, Te Ariki? From the bosom of your house Mahinaarangi, the whirling waters of the Waikato, the river of your forefathers and old people, the waters that descend as if it were dew from the hidden place, the waters that descend from the snow of the cluster of mountains made up of Tongariro and its fellow mountains; Tongariro, from whom you will leave us while your body remains on the summit of Taupiri mountain to eventually turn to dust.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000150\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f44431ef-b505-4e94-9f57-a60b0a569bf7\u0022\u003E But your spirit, Te Ariki, will not\u2014that has gone beyond R\u0113ao and Paerau. It soared over Te Oneroa \u0101 T\u014Dhe, over the hill at R\u0113hia upon which the k\u014Drero is hung up, and soared onwards to Te Rerenga Wairua. From here, your spirit begins to fade from sight behind \u0100nuku, corrects its flight at \u014Chau above Manawat\u0101whi. Here you look back homewards, at what you have left behind you. Indeed, your head is at the bull kelp, and to enter it, casts the bull kelp aside to the Sea of Tamat\u0101ne on the left and to the Sea of Tamawahine on the right, at the point where these two seas meet and brandish and toss about against each other. It is at this point that your wairua launches itself to the \u201CGreat Distance\u201D, the\u201DLong Distance\u201D and the \u201CFar Distance\u201D.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000151\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f44431ef-b505-4e94-9f57-a60b0a569bf7\u0022\u003ESo it is here, Te Ariki, that you will rest with all the other ariki, while we the family and the people at large are left behind to be guided by the not so enlightened, and the enlightened, as we deal with what you have left us. Te Ariki, sleep, rest, farewell.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000152\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f44431ef-b505-4e94-9f57-a60b0a569bf7\u0022\u003ERise up, the king. Gather your iwi of a hundredfold together from the north, the south, and from both wings of the North Island to be at your back. Let your voice be heard throughout the Pacific, on the many courtyards of M\u0101oridom, and in the homes as well of our P\u0101keh\u0101 friends here in New Zealand. So, King Tuheitia, may the Almighty Above take you in his care, and the people assist you.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000153\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f44431ef-b505-4e94-9f57-a60b0a569bf7\u0022\u003EFellow members of the House, I stand very briefly to endorse remarks made about the passing of Te Atairangikaahu, she who was named for her mother\u2019s name: \u201Cthe falcon that soars high in the face of the early morning sun\u201D. She leaves us; her earthly remains turn to dust on the summit of Taupiri maunga. Her gaze will forever be upon the beloved waters of her Waikato River. She leaves a legacy that all tribes will debate, and we of our younger generation shall memorialise her in song, speech, and chant. Farewell, Te Arikinui. Go to the ancestors. Go to the p\u016Btahitanga a R\u0113hua, Hawaiki Nui, Hawaiki Roa, Hawaiki P\u0101mamao.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000154\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f44431ef-b505-4e94-9f57-a60b0a569bf7\u0022\u003E[Rehua\u2019s meeting-place at Great Hawaiki, Long Hawaiki, and Distant Hawaiki.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000155\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f44431ef-b505-4e94-9f57-a60b0a569bf7\u0022\u003ETo the new king, Tuheitia, follow the footsteps of your illustrious forebears around the marae of Aotearoa and across the Pacific to our relations, and broadcast goodwill and understanding in the homes of all New Zealanders, P\u0101keh\u0101 and M\u0101ori. May the blessings of God and the support of all people enable you to achieve the tasks and dreams the people lay before you. Kia ora t\u0101tou.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u00223a0e52c8-5bb1-4325-9870-21f4e3eb3702\u0022 data-id=\u002236f353aa83ce484a824ea3df9bf96952\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000156\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223a0e52c8-5bb1-4325-9870-21f4e3eb3702\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u002236f353aa83ce484a824ea3df9bf96952\u0022\u003EMARTIN GALLAGHER (Labour\u2014Hamilton West):\u003C/span\u003E As a Waikato member of Parliament, I take this opportunity to add to the many fine words that have been spoken here today. Frankly, I cannot match those words, but I take this opportunity to convey some personal reflections. Also, as a Waikato regional member of Parliament I would like to convey to this Parliament the deep respect in which Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu was held in our region. I also convey to Parliament, by dint of my public office, the tributes that have been paid, from the mayors of our region, the leader of our regional council, the many people in local government, the educational institutions, to the many community groups who came to T\u016Brangawaewae to convey their affection for The Lady, as she came to be known.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000157\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223a0e52c8-5bb1-4325-9870-21f4e3eb3702\u0022\u003EIt was my huge pleasure as a member of Parliament and also as a former deputy mayor in Hamilton to meet with Dame Te Ata on a number of occasions and to enjoy her very gracious hospitality. Our last meeting was at a reception on the 40th anniversary of her coronation. She was a lady with a wonderful sense of warmth and sense of humour. At the fine age of 54, which is the age I am now, I pointed out to her that at the time of the passing of the late King Korok\u012B and her subsequent coronation, I was a small pupil in form 3 at Hamilton Boys High School. Of course, that was when she commenced being the queen in terms of K\u012Bngitanga. She thought that was quite funny. I tried to make that point because to me she was timeless; she was always there, and she was always part of my individual frame of reference. Little did I know that that would be my last meeting with her, and that, sadly, within a very short space of time she would have left us all.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000158\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223a0e52c8-5bb1-4325-9870-21f4e3eb3702\u0022\u003EI also want to make some reflections about attending the funeral and paying my respects with the Prime Minister, other members of Parliament, and many thousands of people last Friday. One abiding memory I have of that day\u2014and also of Monday, as well\u2014was the many fine young people who also came with their parents and families. Many of those young people were wearing school uniforms from around the country. They were fine young people, and one reflects that they are indeed our future leaders\u2014not just in terms of the K\u012Bngitanga movement and M\u0101oridom but in terms of our country as a whole. One had a sense of the timelessness and of the absolute continuity that those young people will carry on. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000159\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223a0e52c8-5bb1-4325-9870-21f4e3eb3702\u0022\u003E At a personal level I want to thank Tainui for the graciousness with which they received me and the many other thousands who visited the marae, both in terms of when we paid our respects on Friday and for the manner in which we were received on Monday. I want to convey my deep sense of honour and privilege for being able to be present at the coronation of the new king, not just as a member of Parliament representing Hamilton West and as a Waikato member of Parliament\u2014whose privilege it is to represent the many Tainui people who are on the general roll in my electorate\u2014but also as a Waikato person.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000160\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223a0e52c8-5bb1-4325-9870-21f4e3eb3702\u0022\u003EI also joined the many thousands as we went by bus to Taupiri mountain. I, of course, stayed on the road, on State Highway 1, and looked up with those people at the sacred mountain. As the Prime Minister and others have noted, the Queen\u2019s coffin being taken up the mountain was a never-to-be-forgotten sight. It is a memory I will hold dear. Again, I say that it was a personal privilege to be there with the thousands of people. It reminded me that in this country, as relatively young as we all are, there is a sense of timelessness and continuity. Indeed, I believe that that is one of the contributions that K\u012Bngitanga makes to all of us; it gives us a sense of who we are\u2014of our identity.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000161\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223a0e52c8-5bb1-4325-9870-21f4e3eb3702\u0022\u003EAlong with all members of this House, I pay a tribute to a great and wonderful lady, and to a very, very humble and approachable leader, whose legacy will live on for many, many years to come. She will indeed be sorely missed by us all. Haere atu r\u0101, haere atu r\u0101, haere atu r\u0101.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u002207dc4112-8a19-4dd6-a57c-878b47f8a9b6\u0022 data-id=\u0022a9ffa8949d6b4186bf245ee49b4171f7\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000162\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002207dc4112-8a19-4dd6-a57c-878b47f8a9b6\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022a9ffa8949d6b4186bf245ee49b4171f7\u0022\u003ERON MARK (NZ First):\u003C/span\u003E T\u0113n\u0101 koe Madam Speaker. Ng\u0101 mema P\u0101remata, t\u0101tou e hui nei t\u0113n\u0101 koutou. T\u0101tou e mihi nei ki Te Arikinui Te Atairangikaahu. Ka t\u016B ahau ki te tautoko ng\u0101 mihi.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000163\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002207dc4112-8a19-4dd6-a57c-878b47f8a9b6\u0022\u003E[Greetings to you Madam Speaker. Greetings as well to members of Parliament assembled here. I rise in support of the tributes being made by us to Te Arikinui Te Atairangikaahu.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000164\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002207dc4112-8a19-4dd6-a57c-878b47f8a9b6\u0022\u003EIt is with humility that I rise on behalf of my party, New Zealand First, with the support of my iwi, Ng\u0101ti Porou, Ng\u0101ti Raukawa, and Ng\u0101ti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa, and in particular with the support of the people from my marae in Papawai, the marae that was the seat of the Kotahitanga movement and the former M\u0101ori Parliament. One hundred and two years ago, King Te Rata M\u0101huta, Dame Te Ata\u2019s tipuna, passed away. He had attended the Kotahitanga meetings at Papawai, and was actively engaged in working with the tribes that supported the movement and in finding ways of enabling M\u0101ori iwi to work together. When he passed away, T\u016Bnui\u0101rangi, Major Brown, my tipuna, represented the Kotahitanga movement, and Ng\u0101ti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa, in extending their condolences to Tainui and the K\u012Bngi movement at that time. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000165\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002207dc4112-8a19-4dd6-a57c-878b47f8a9b6\u0022\u003EToday, I am honoured, and humbled, to stand and pass on the condolences and aroha of my whanaunga, the Ng\u0101ti Kahunungu ki Wairarapa people. I start by paying our respects to Te Arikinui, Dame Te Atairangikaahu, to her family, and to the people of Tainui. We acknowledge their loss, and we say to them: \u201CYour loss is our loss; your grief is our grief. Our hearts are with you, and shall always be with you, as you move forward to face the future without the support of Dame Te Ata.\u201D \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000166\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002207dc4112-8a19-4dd6-a57c-878b47f8a9b6\u0022\u003EI also congratulate the people of Tainui on their grace, their hospitality, and the magnificent way in which they discharged their duties in organising, managing, and conducting such a royal tangi that was truly befitting of Dame Te Ata, and for the way in which they received all of us who visited to pay our respects. As a former logistician in the military, I had cause to stand momentarily on the roadside outside the marae, and marvel at the logistics, the organisation, and the tasks, and the way in which Tainui had taken up and performed those tasks and had lent dignity and mana to their people and to M\u0101ori as a whole. To Tainui, we simply say: \u201CCongratulations; well done. Your mana has been greatly increased by the way in which you have handled this tangi.\u201D \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000167\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002207dc4112-8a19-4dd6-a57c-878b47f8a9b6\u0022\u003EI also congratulate the members of Parliament who cancelled appointments and reshuffled their diaries\u2014changed their personal diaries, given that it was an adjournment\u2014to make the time to go to T\u016Brangawaewae to pay their respects. To all members of Parliament across the House go our congratulations and our thanks for the honour they did Tainui and Dame Te Ata. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000168\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002207dc4112-8a19-4dd6-a57c-878b47f8a9b6\u0022\u003EI also congratulate\u2014and it may seem strange\u2014the New Zealand media. We would say that the future of this country rests fairly and squarely on the way in which we, as two peoples in one nation, are able to better understand each other\u2014better understand what motivates us, what drives us, and what is of importance and of value to us. I say to the New Zealand media in television, radio, and print that they have all collectively enhanced that understanding by the way in which they have portrayed and shown that royal tangi, for Dame Te Ata and the Tainui people. I also congratulate all the children who took part. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000169\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002207dc4112-8a19-4dd6-a57c-878b47f8a9b6\u0022\u003EFor those in Tainui who might despair at the loss of such a great person, I say that I too have been reflecting on M\u0101ori proverbs. I came across the proverb \u201CKa t\u014D he r\u0101, ka rere he r\u0101; a sun sets, a day is born.\u201D, which is another way of saying: \u201CAs one leader falls, another rises to take up the challenge.\u201D Fear not, Tainui; fear not, M\u0101oridom\u2014the lessons that have been given us by such a great lady have been learnt, have been well understood, will continue to be studied, and will continue to be learnt. The challenge, for those who follow, is to demonstrate leadership with the same sense of quiet dignity and humility that Dame Te Ata has shown throughout her lifetime. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000170\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002207dc4112-8a19-4dd6-a57c-878b47f8a9b6\u0022\u003EIn closing, I am reminded of the time that Te Ata\u2019s auntie, Te P\u016Bea, passed away. A great statesman, Apirana Ngata\u2014another one of my tipuna from my Ng\u0101ti Porou side, from my mother\u2014said of her that, firstly, she was a woman of dignity and mana; secondly, she was a P\u014Dtatau; and, thirdly, she was for all M\u0101ori. The same will now be said of Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu. Sleep, sleep, sleep in peace, our M\u0101ori Queen. Your work is done.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022eaf79431-1033-44f1-a633-22633da52c0d\u0022 data-id=\u00224087caf357624d9ab00d86b79ee2e961\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000171\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022eaf79431-1033-44f1-a633-22633da52c0d\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00224087caf357624d9ab00d86b79ee2e961\u0022\u003EDAVID BENNETT (National\u2014Hamilton East):\u003C/span\u003E It is with great sadness that the National Party also sends its condolences to the Tainui people. We had a number of our MPs there, and we were very grateful for the welcome and for the way we were treated during that process. Something that a lot of us in the wider community have come to accept over the last couple of days is that New Zealand is a very small country, and that we have more in unity and in common than we have in difference. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000172\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022eaf79431-1033-44f1-a633-22633da52c0d\u0022\u003EDame Te Ata was someone whom I, as a new MP, had known for only a very short period of time. She was someone who always welcomed me on to the marae and into the Tainui community. As a local Hamilton MP, I congratulate Martin Gallagher on his words about the role of Tainui in the Waikato. I bring those words from the Waikato MPs of the National Party, as well. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000173\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022eaf79431-1033-44f1-a633-22633da52c0d\u0022\u003EIt has been a tough time for Tainui. There was a settlement that showed great promise, and there have been tough times since then. But Tainui are now a very strong force in our region\u2014as they should be\u2014and they will provide much of the commercial and political impetus in our region in the future. That is something we should celebrate and support. Over this weekend the wider community of the Waikato has mourned. They have supported Tainui, and they will support Tainui in the future, because our futures are inextricably linked. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000174\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022eaf79431-1033-44f1-a633-22633da52c0d\u0022\u003EWith that, I bring the support of the Waikato National MPs to the words that have been spoken in this House. We thank Tainui sincerely for the respect, gratitude, and welcome they showed us, and wish them the best for the future with their new king. We thank them for the memories they have given us. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022c186d0a2-99f4-408b-9b4d-d484cf19724d\u0022 data-id=\u0022549daf598171421999de6c68c4135aed\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000175\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c186d0a2-99f4-408b-9b4d-d484cf19724d\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022549daf598171421999de6c68c4135aed\u0022\u003EHon LIANNE DALZIEL (Minister of Women\u0027s Affairs):\u003C/span\u003E Ko t\u0113nei te poroporoaki ki a Te Arikinui Kahurangi Te Atairangikaahu. Me whakamaumahara t\u0101tou i a koe, he wahine toa, he wahine hum\u0101rie, he mana wahine. E moe, e moe, e moe .\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000176\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c186d0a2-99f4-408b-9b4d-d484cf19724d\u0022\u003EThis is a farewell to Te Arikinui Dame Te Ata. We will all remember her. She had all the qualities of a leader. She was a woman of strength, humility, and mana. Rest in peace. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000177\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c186d0a2-99f4-408b-9b4d-d484cf19724d\u0022\u003EI speak very briefly as Minister of Women\u2019s Affairs, because Dame Te Ata, as the patron of the Maori Women\u2019s Welfare League, was connected with my role. The league is one of the partners I work with as Minister, alongside the National Council of Women and alongside Pasifika. The Maori Women\u2019s Welfare League is a forum in which M\u0101ori women can air their concerns to the policy makers of today, because it is well respected by all as an important contributor to issues affecting M\u0101ori women. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000178\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c186d0a2-99f4-408b-9b4d-d484cf19724d\u0022\u003EDame Te Ata will be an enormous loss to the nation, but will be forever remembered as an international icon for Aotearoa and a humble leader within our nation. Truly, she was a M\u0101ori woman leader, he mana wahine. On behalf of all New Zealand women, I say farewell.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u002285712e72-b25f-4850-b4d9-90035064fde3\u0022 data-id=\u002222972450f59d491385f0b8f963782147\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000179\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002285712e72-b25f-4850-b4d9-90035064fde3\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u002222972450f59d491385f0b8f963782147\u0022\u003ENANDOR TANCZOS (Green):\u003C/span\u003E To Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu, I ask that she may be at peace and rest in honour with her ancestors. To the new arikinui Tuheitia Paki, I pay honour and respect for the responsibility that now lies on his shoulders. To the wh\u0101nau pani, I send our condolences and commiseration for the sad loss. Also, to the hap\u016B and iwi, I acknowledge the responsibility they all now shoulder, moving forward. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000180\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002285712e72-b25f-4850-b4d9-90035064fde3\u0022\u003EI speak not to represent the Green Party, because my co-leader has already done that, but as a P\u0101keh\u0101 in Aotearoa, as tangata tiriti, as an African-Hungarian descendant, and as a Rastafarian who lives in this land, Aotearoa. As one who lives in the Waikato and who shelters under the mantle of Tainui, I stand simply to pay my respects and also to thank the people of T\u016Brangawaewae for the great hospitality and manaakitanga they showed over this weekend. It was an enormous honour and a privilege to be there to witness and participate in this tangi\u2014this momentous historical moment in the life of our nation. So I give thanks for that manaakitanga. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000181\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002285712e72-b25f-4850-b4d9-90035064fde3\u0022\u003EAlso, I thank Parliament for taking the time to commemorate the life of this amazing woman and the important historical moment of the passing of the mantle of the K\u012Bngitanga. We are here, of course, to honour and acknowledge the loss of the M\u0101ori Queen, both as a person\u2014and there have been many tributes to her wonderful characteristics as a human being\u2014and in recognition of her mana as the arikinui of the K\u012Bngitanga. This Parliament is not always a place that recognises the mana of M\u0101ori leadership, so I am thankful we have done that today. I pay my respects to all of us here, but, most of all, to the departed and to the new leadership of the K\u012Bngitanga. Kia ora t\u0101tou. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u00220d9640b0-d861-43d8-b321-e7ba56dbe362\u0022 data-id=\u00225a24738d27ef41c9b387a4db167773ac\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000182\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220d9640b0-d861-43d8-b321-e7ba56dbe362\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00225a24738d27ef41c9b387a4db167773ac\u0022\u003EJUDY TURNER (Deputy Leader\u2014United Future):\u003C/span\u003E During this week, as we have mourned as a nation, I have been reminded of what I would consider a defining moment around our M\u0101ori Queen that happened for me back in the 1980s. I was attending a week-long inter-church youth workers\u2019 conference in the Waikato. There were a number of keynote speakers, both international and from within New Zealand. At some stage in the early organisation of the conference, somebody had wondered whether there could be an opportunity for the keynote speakers, particularly our international speakers, to meet with the M\u0101ori Queen. She agreed at very much, I think, the eleventh hour. The speakers reported on the wonderful and gracious reception they received from her. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000183\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220d9640b0-d861-43d8-b321-e7ba56dbe362\u0022\u003EAt the time, one of the American speakers extended to her a very belated invitation to come, at any stage, to the conference we were attending\u2014there were probably 500 or 600 youth workers at this conference. Nothing much else was thought of it. About halfway through the week, during one of those awful early afternoon sessions when one has eaten too much lunch, is trying to keep awake, and is not concentrating very much on what is being said, there was a bit of a rustle and a kerfuffle, and people rushed forward. The speaker on the platform stopped, and somebody jumped up and said that it had just been discovered that our M\u0101ori Queen had arrived and was sitting in the back row with her friends. We were apologetic for the lack of acknowledgment. We cleared some seats at the front and asked her to come forward, and those at the conference were asked to welcome her in the usual way. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000184\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220d9640b0-d861-43d8-b321-e7ba56dbe362\u0022\u003ESo the usual round of applause began. Then something happened that I can only describe as absolute magic, as 500 to 600 youth workers and young people spontaneously rose to their feet and gave the most amazing and eternal standing ovation I have ever witnessed in my life. At the end of that ovation most of us had tears pouring down our face, while looking at each other and asking: \u201CWhat just happened?\u201D. What happened was that our M\u0101ori Queen came amongst us, and her humble presence, as she and her entourage moved forward to the seats that had been reserved for them very quickly and belatedly, gave a message to our hearts that nobody else could have covered in any great oratory for the rest of that conference. Somehow there was a buy-in and a sense of who we were as a nation that for our young people was very hard to quantify. I will never forget that\u2014it was life-defining for me, and all this week I have remembered it and replayed it in my mind. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000185\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220d9640b0-d861-43d8-b321-e7ba56dbe362\u0022\u003EI pass on my condolences to Tainui, to Dame Te Ata\u2019s family, and to her son who now shoulders that wonderful responsibility. I wish him and all of M\u0101oridom well as they embrace all that will happen out of this amazing week. I wish Dame Te Ata Godspeed and wish her son all God\u2019s blessings in this momentous week.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u00226f6e1ae1-8aa5-4f71-8e73-30bb378026c4\u0022 data-id=\u002243dfc9a6dc6c43d4acfdaad0f972559d\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000186\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226f6e1ae1-8aa5-4f71-8e73-30bb378026c4\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u002243dfc9a6dc6c43d4acfdaad0f972559d\u0022\u003EGEORGINA BEYER (Labour):\u003C/span\u003E I take this opportunity to pay my respects to Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu, as it is my burden not to have been able to attend the tangi itself. I have to say that my wairua and aroha were certainly accompanying my iwi of Te \u0100tiawa and Ng\u0101ti Mutunga, although that should not be an excuse, necessarily. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000187\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226f6e1ae1-8aa5-4f71-8e73-30bb378026c4\u0022\u003EI have had the privilege on rare occasions to have engaged with Te Arikinui, and each time has been memorable. I have a lasting impression of her generosity, for which much rich oratory has been spoken over the past days, including today, and of her great virtues as a great lady. Included in the diversity within the people who called her their queen were people from the takat\u0101pui area of life, and I feel inclined to state that, for the record. Our great M\u0101ori Queen, Te Arikinui, may well have been entertained by numbers within her rohe, let alone at the marae\u2014Piripiri Munroe comes to mind\u2014and a number of others may have entertained her at times, and also worked most diligently for Tainui, for her, and for the K\u012Bngitanga, in many ways. Her tolerance was more than that, actually. I think it was more an acceptance of people\u2014part of her unifying ability that had to be diverse.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000188\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226f6e1ae1-8aa5-4f71-8e73-30bb378026c4\u0022\u003EI can recall my first times of meeting with her, at functions at Government House and such places, when I was Mayor of Carterton. She always greeted me with due respect and I, of course, was in absolute awe of her. That diminutive nature of hers beamed a mana far greater than all of ours, in many respects, and that quiet dignity commanded immediate respect and aroha. That is not an easy thing for people to be able to command by just their very being, but it denoted her lineage and from whence she came. All M\u0101ori and the tribes who have dealt with the issues that she represents know they are issues of unity\u2014unity that has been sought over these past few weeks.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000189\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226f6e1ae1-8aa5-4f71-8e73-30bb378026c4\u0022\u003EI was once granted a greater privilege than merely to be at the same function she may have been at. I had the privilege of being escorted with her into a Maori Women\u2019s Welfare League conference when I, again as mayor, was granted the privilege of being a keynote address speaker. In itself that was a great privilege\u2014to have been allowed to be with her in that regard. It was an expression of respect, certainly, for the position I held at the time, but for the person, too. That is something of value not passed up lightly, which goes beyond the mere individual, I would have to say.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000190\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226f6e1ae1-8aa5-4f71-8e73-30bb378026c4\u0022\u003EI think the second and more significant time was when my then mayoral colleague Margaret Evans asked whether I would like to attend what were my first coronation celebrations, the celebrations for Te Arikinui. I thought we were going to join many other people and be part of the crowd, probably with due acknowledgment given to my being a mayor. I may have expected that but, no, it went further. I ended up sitting next to Te Arikinui on her marae with her\u2014for hours and hours, I might add, and way into the cool night as the fog drifted in off the river. During that celebration many M\u0101ori from Australia were visiting, and their kapahaka groups were providing the entertainment. There was no way our queen was not going to sit there and watch all of them, or as many as she could before she felt she had to retire. Even then it was only for a brief cup of tea for about 15 minutes, and then it was back out there to the conclusion.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000191\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226f6e1ae1-8aa5-4f71-8e73-30bb378026c4\u0022\u003EThat was the commitment of such a lady, and the sort of example she set to me and to many, many other New Zealanders. I will always regard her in great awe and have great respect for her, and for the honour she bestowed upon all takat\u0101pui in her non-judgmental acceptance of the excitement, exuberance, and diversity that that sector of our society offers. Haere atu r\u0101 e Te Arikinui. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000192\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226f6e1ae1-8aa5-4f71-8e73-30bb378026c4\u0022\u003EI conclude by welcoming the new M\u0101ori King. His selection ushers in the potential and opportunity for a new era, a continuance of what has already been left by the predecessors of Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu. A great mantle falls upon this man, and he has the confidence, I expect, that M\u0101oridom, if not New Zealand, are behind the purposes of his being. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022ae94eea7-ba5f-4303-bf71-49e708bc9888\u0022 data-id=\u00225ad69b1d4c13451cadf560af4b1c08fe\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000193\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ae94eea7-ba5f-4303-bf71-49e708bc9888\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00225ad69b1d4c13451cadf560af4b1c08fe\u0022\u003EJOHN HAYES (National\u2014Wairarapa):\u003C/span\u003E I rise on behalf of the people in my electorate in the Wairarapa first of all to thank them for the privilege of being able to attend events at Ng\u0101ruaw\u0101hia yesterday. As I looked through the crowd yesterday it struck me just what a demonstration of unity it was. There were young people, older people, M\u0101ori, P\u0101keh\u0101, and even two Sikhs with large yellow turbans. There were many New Zealanders yesterday at that occasion. I do not claim to have known Dame Te Atairangikaahu well at all, but I was privileged to have crossed her path on a couple of occasions. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000194\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ae94eea7-ba5f-4303-bf71-49e708bc9888\u0022\u003EAnother path I crossed yesterday was that of a diminutive figure in the crowd\u2014one Donna Awatere Huata, who, in a previous incarnation, taught me something about M\u0101ori and about how to behave on a marae. I was to draw on that knowledge some years later when I had to take Prime Minister Rabbie Namaliu from Papua New Guinea on to the marae and introduce him to the M\u0101ori Queen. My knees knocked all night as I was thinking about how I was to do that in M\u0101ori and not make a fool of myself. It turned out the next day that Rabbie was equally nervous because he had never spoken on a marae in New Zealand before. He asked: \u201CHow am I going to speak at the end of this?\u201D. So I said: \u201CJust use your place talk.\u201D \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000195\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ae94eea7-ba5f-4303-bf71-49e708bc9888\u0022\u003EThe interesting thing I recall about the occasion was that Dame Te Atairangikaahu\u2019s manner was such that it put everybody at ease when they felt quite tense. The Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea spoke his place talk. Not one person in his delegation of 12, nor anybody else on the marae, understood a word he said because he comes from Rabaul. There was no one else from Rabaul in his delegation there, so all of us were left in the dark. But Dame Te Atairangikaahu was really welcoming, and I particularly remember that. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000196\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ae94eea7-ba5f-4303-bf71-49e708bc9888\u0022\u003EOn another occasion we were trying to make peace on the Bougainville issue between the Government and Bougainvilleans. That degenerated into a problem of dealing with Bougainvillean politicians, each of whom wanted to be the top dog after a long scrap. I thought about how to deal with this situation, and talked to various psychologists and lots and lots of people, and nobody actually had any bright ideas. When one talks to multinational companies, everybody paddles their canoe in a particular direction by spending a lot of money and taking a lot of time. The thought occurred to me that if we could put those people into a marae setting, then maybe we could use M\u0101ori cultural practice to encourage those people to start speaking to each other. So we left all the little people behind and brought only the chiefs down. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000197\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ae94eea7-ba5f-4303-bf71-49e708bc9888\u0022\u003EThe first day we spent in Hopa Hopa and, to my surprise, who was at the front of the audience but Dame Te Atairangikaahu. There we learnt about Tainui\u2019s history. As is Dame Te Atairangikaahu\u2019s custom, she did not speak, but she had a lot of people there speaking and we could see she was orchestrating much of what was said. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000198\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ae94eea7-ba5f-4303-bf71-49e708bc9888\u0022\u003EThe thing I particularly recall on that occasion was the story of King T\u0101whiao, who\u2014those members who understand a little of Tainui\u2019s history will remember\u2014was the chief who encouraged his people to throw the guns in the river. There were some Bougainvilleans who were a real damn nuisance, because they would not throw their guns down. There was no point my telling them, as a P\u0101keh\u0101, but coming from the people of Tainui, represented there by their queen, who was giving full authority to what was being said, the Bougainvillean leaders\u2019 eyes were out on stalks and they talked about it for the next 2 weeks. They did not throw their guns in the sea, but they certainly put them into steel containers. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000199\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ae94eea7-ba5f-4303-bf71-49e708bc9888\u0022\u003EAs I said, yesterday was a demonstration of huge national support for a national icon. I convey my deepest respects to the people of Tainui on behalf of all the people in my electorate, and I would just like to thank Tainui. I watched them quietly putting all their arrangements in place for the wonderful display of a royal tangi. Everything just happened with calm efficiency, and they did a fantastic job.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000200\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ae94eea7-ba5f-4303-bf71-49e708bc9888\u0022\u003EHaere e hoa ki te wh\u0101ea, ki te Papa, haere atu r\u0101. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000201\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ae94eea7-ba5f-4303-bf71-49e708bc9888\u0022\u003E[Depart to mother Earth, friend, farewell indeed.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000202\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ae94eea7-ba5f-4303-bf71-49e708bc9888\u0022\u003EGod speed.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000203\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ae94eea7-ba5f-4303-bf71-49e708bc9888\u0022\u003EMotion agreed to.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000204\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ae94eea7-ba5f-4303-bf71-49e708bc9888\u0022\u003EHonourable members stood as a mark of respect.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20060822dd04ec56efe24048b1ee2601a2d8bdcc000205\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ae94eea7-ba5f-4303-bf71-49e708bc9888\u0022\u003EThe House adjourned at 4.16 p.m.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n    \u003C/div\u003E\n  \u003C/body\u003E\n\u003C/html\u003E"