"\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=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000001\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsProceedingHeading\u0022 id=\u0022833537a826bc4d118973a88341a25c73\u0022\u003ETUESDAY, 10 SEPTEMBER 2024\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000003\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubjectHeading\u0022 id=\u002212395ae71ced4276a639199eeb8d4a8a\u0022\u003ETUESDAY, 10 SEPTEMBER 2024\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000002\u0022\u003EThe Speaker took the Chair at 2 p.m.\u003C/p\u003E\n    \u003C/div\u003E\n    \u003Cdiv class=\u0022HpsHansard\u0022\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000004\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsProceedingHeading\u0022 id=\u0022e36c6da01c3e48f7bf869724cd3925f5\u0022\u003EKarakia/Prayers\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000006\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubjectHeading\u0022 id=\u0022a707d791f7be4e3f9b791c35f0e00e5a\u0022\u003EKarakia/Prayers\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u00223d42e8cf-544e-415d-892b-f4ef8014d80f\u0022 data-id=\u0022ccd6a413dfca4c9cbde49a879b8b0b8a\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000005\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223d42e8cf-544e-415d-892b-f4ef8014d80f\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022ccd6a413dfca4c9cbde49a879b8b0b8a\u0022\u003ETEANAU TUIONO (Assistant Speaker):\u003C/span\u003E E te Atua kaha rawa, ka tuku whakamoemiti atu m\u0101tou, m\u014D ng\u0101 karakia kua waihotia mai ki runga i a m\u0101tou. Ka waiho i \u014D m\u0101tou p\u0101nga whaiaro katoa ki te taha. Ka mihi m\u0101tou ki te K\u012Bngi, me te inoi atu m\u014D te \u0101rahitanga i roto i \u014D m\u0101tou whakaaroarohanga, kia m\u014Dhio ai, kia whakaiti ai t\u0101 m\u0101tou whakahaere i ng\u0101 take o te Whare nei, m\u014D te oranga, te maung\u0101rongo, me te aroha o Aotearoa. \u0100mene.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000007\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223d42e8cf-544e-415d-892b-f4ef8014d80f\u0022\u003E[Almighty God, we give thanks for the blessings which have been bestowed on us. Laying aside all personal interests, we acknowledge the King and pray for guidance in our deliberations, that we may conduct the affairs of this House with wisdom and humility for the welfare, peace, and compassion of New Zealand. Amen.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n    \u003C/div\u003E\n    \u003Cdiv class=\u0022HpsHansard\u0022\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000008\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsProceedingHeading\u0022 id=\u00224f45bcea1b9d4cd685c1d3f5ef3288cd\u0022\u003EObituaries\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000009\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubjectHeading\u0022 id=\u0022cfdd45940bd444ec9f9b411fca278a08\u0022\u003EKiingi Tuheitia Pootatau Te Wherowhero VII\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022ea31fdd3-90e9-47d7-92a4-20b6a3109eef\u0022 data-id=\u0022ca47b8bef0a1429c9384d6a0dd14f18f\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000010\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ea31fdd3-90e9-47d7-92a4-20b6a3109eef\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022ca47b8bef0a1429c9384d6a0dd14f18f\u0022\u003ERt Hon CHRISTOPHER LUXON (Prime Minister):\u003C/span\u003E I move, That this House note with sadness the death of Kiingi Tuheitia Pootatau Te Wherowhero VII, Knight of Justice of the Order of St John, convey its deepest sympathy to Kiingi Tuheitia\u2019s wh\u0101nau, followers of the Kiingitanga movement, and all of M\u0101oridom and the nation, and, as a mark of respect to Kiingi Tuheitia\u2019s memory, this House now adjourn. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000011\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ea31fdd3-90e9-47d7-92a4-20b6a3109eef\u0022\u003ET\u0113n\u0101 koutou e te Whare, t\u0113n\u0101 t\u0101tou e te motu. Taupiri te maunga, Waikato te awa, P\u014Dtatau te tangata. Kiingi Tuheitia, haere atu r\u0101 e te rangatira. Kuini Nga wai hono i te po, ara mai r\u0101 ki t\u014D ahurewa tapu. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000012\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ea31fdd3-90e9-47d7-92a4-20b6a3109eef\u0022\u003E[Greetings to us of this House, greetings to all of us in the nation. Taupiri is the mountain, Waikato is the river, P\u014Dtatau is the illustrious ancestor. King Tuheitia, rest in peace, noble leader. Queen Nga wai hono i te po, ascend your sacred throne.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000013\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ea31fdd3-90e9-47d7-92a4-20b6a3109eef\u0022\u003EToday, we honour and reflect on the life and legacy of Kiingi Tuheitia, a leader who has left an indelible mark on Aotearoa New Zealand. On behalf of the Government, I would like to extend our deepest condolences to his family, to the Kiingitanga, and to all of those who are touched by his leadership.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000014\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ea31fdd3-90e9-47d7-92a4-20b6a3109eef\u0022\u003EAs Kiingi Tuheitia made his final journey along the Waikato River from T\u016Brangawaewae to his resting place at his ancestral maunga Taupiri, thousands gathered from all corners of our country and the world to pay their respects\u2014a testament to the profound impact that he has had on so many lives. Kiingi Tuheitia\u2019s passing marks the end of an era, but his spirit and legacy will continue to inspire for generations to come. Rest in peace, Kiingi Tuheitia.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000015\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ea31fdd3-90e9-47d7-92a4-20b6a3109eef\u0022\u003EKiingi Tuheitia was a servant to his people. He guided them with wisdom, strength, and an unwavering commitment to kotahitanga. Kiingi Tuheitia carried himself with deep personal humility. A son of Huntly and a former truck driver, he had the ability to connect with people from any and all walks of life. He was not just a leader but a friend and mentor to many, and, in particular, a strong advocate for young people. His words often carried the weight of profound wisdom, and his presence was a source of great comfort and strength, as I count myself so fortunate to have experienced.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000016\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ea31fdd3-90e9-47d7-92a4-20b6a3109eef\u0022\u003EKiingi Tuheitia made a rich contribution to his community and to public life. His love for kapa haka, commitment to te reo M\u0101ori, and unwavering support for communities in times of need are just a few examples of his enduring legacy. He encouraged everyone to embrace M\u0101ori culture in their daily lives and was deeply committed to the revitalisation and celebration of te reo M\u0101ori. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000017\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ea31fdd3-90e9-47d7-92a4-20b6a3109eef\u0022\u003EAs the patron of Te Matatini, the country\u2019s largest M\u0101ori cultural festival, he took immense pride in the achievements of young people. At the recent koroneihana, he expressed this sentiment beautifully when he said, \u201CWhen I hear our tamariki sing, my heart is full.\u201D \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000018\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ea31fdd3-90e9-47d7-92a4-20b6a3109eef\u0022\u003EDuring the COVID-19 pandemic, he was instrumental in providing support to the most vulnerable, transforming marae into support hubs, and ensuring food and care were available to those in need. In the aftermath of Cyclone Gabrielle, he led the clean-up efforts for his people in Hawke\u2019s Bay, bringing helpers, equipment, food, and essential supplies and aid to those affected. Not a man to shirk, he rolled up his sleeves and he mucked in, operating a digger himself to clear debris and silt in a display of the hands-on approach that characterised his leadership.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000019\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ea31fdd3-90e9-47d7-92a4-20b6a3109eef\u0022\u003EBeyond his contributions to the M\u0101ori community, Kiingi Tuheitia played a significant role in fostering unity and cultural understanding across New Zealand and abroad. His leadership was instrumental in bridging gaps and building stronger relationships between different communities. At the recent koroneihana, he hosted the Pacific ariki from across the world, and this gathering highlighted his commitment to fostering connections and mutual respect among Pacific leaders globally.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000020\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ea31fdd3-90e9-47d7-92a4-20b6a3109eef\u0022\u003EKiingi Tuheitia proudly attended the Olympics, celebrating the New Zealand contingent and showcasing his support for our athletes and the spirit of international unity. Reflecting on this experience, he said, \u201CEverything came together, P\u0101keh\u0101, M\u0101ori, all of us, Team New Zealand was amazing \u2026 I want to honour them\u201D.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000021\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ea31fdd3-90e9-47d7-92a4-20b6a3109eef\u0022\u003EI know that Kiingi Tuheitia and King Charles enjoyed a decades-long friendship, and that King Charles held Kiingi Tuheitia in the highest esteem. King Charles expressed his profound sadness at the passing of Kiingi Tuheitia. In a heartfelt statement, he remarked that \u201CThe death of Kiingi Tuheitia is a moment of great sadness for followers of Te Kiingitanga, M\u0101oridom and the entire nation.\u201D These are just a few examples of how his vision for a harmonious and inclusive society is one that we have to continue to strive towards.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000022\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ea31fdd3-90e9-47d7-92a4-20b6a3109eef\u0022\u003EI do want to take this opportunity for the House to recognise the wh\u0101nau, Kiingitanga, and all of those who journeyed to T\u016Brangawaewae to farewell Kiingi Tuheitia. We acknowledge the hundreds, if not thousands, who worked tirelessly behind the scenes in the kitchens and throughout the marae, ensuring that the Kiingi\u2019s farewell was a fitting tribute to a great leader. Some of you in this very House have had husbands, wives, partners, children, and extended family playing those roles, and I also wish to acknowledge my fellow political leaders and parliamentarians who travelled to T\u016Brangawaewae to pay their respects. Whether representing your party, your iwi, your wh\u0101nau, or your communities, your presence showed the deep connection, the enduring relationship, and mutual respect that has been fostered over time between this House and the Kiingitanga.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000023\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ea31fdd3-90e9-47d7-92a4-20b6a3109eef\u0022\u003EKiingi Tuheitia leaves a legacy not just of leadership but of service and dedication to his people. He was a beacon of hope and a source of inspiration for many. His commitment to the wellbeing of his people was evident in everything that he did. We will remember him not just for his achievements but for the person that he was: kind and dedicated. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000024\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ea31fdd3-90e9-47d7-92a4-20b6a3109eef\u0022\u003EAs we say our final goodbyes, we do so with gratitude for the time that we had with him and for the lessons that he imparted. He created space for us all, welcoming everyone with open arms and a generous spirit, and as we reflect on his legacy, we are reminded of the values he stood for: service, unity, and love for his people. His life was an example of the power of leadership rooted in compassion and respect.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000025\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ea31fdd3-90e9-47d7-92a4-20b6a3109eef\u0022\u003EWe welcome Te Arikinui Nga wai hono i te po, who will carry forward this mantle of leadership, the path ahead is illuminated by the legacy of Kiingi Tuheitia. We embrace this transition with open hearts, honouring the past, while looking forward to a future of shared prosperity and kotahitanga. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000026\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ea31fdd3-90e9-47d7-92a4-20b6a3109eef\u0022\u003ERest in peace, Kiingi Tuheitia. Moe mai r\u0101. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u00221dbd2811-8e58-4ffb-848d-31c0eaa9690a\u0022 data-id=\u00226255ee9e85bf46ef94e8ea0f8c1bff55\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000027\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00221dbd2811-8e58-4ffb-848d-31c0eaa9690a\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00226255ee9e85bf46ef94e8ea0f8c1bff55\u0022\u003ERt Hon CHRIS HIPKINS (Leader of the Opposition):\u003C/span\u003E Haere, e te k\u012Bngi o te kotahitanga. Haere ki \u014D nui, ki \u014D rahi i te p\u014D. N\u0101u te iwi M\u0101ori i \u0101rahi i roto i ng\u0101 whakawhiu o te w\u0101. N\u0101u an\u014D te motu wh\u0101nui i tiaki i roto i \u014Dna kaupapa mahi kia tutuki \u0101na mahi katoa. Koutou o te p\u014D, ki a koutou. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000028\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00221dbd2811-8e58-4ffb-848d-31c0eaa9690a\u0022\u003ET\u0101tou o te hunga ora, t\u0113n\u0101 t\u0101tou katoa. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000029\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00221dbd2811-8e58-4ffb-848d-31c0eaa9690a\u0022\u003E[Pass on, king of unity. Go to your great and illustrious people in the darkness. You led the M\u0101ori people through the challenges of the time. You also protected the entire nation in all of its endeavours to bring them all to fruition. Those of you in the night have gathered together. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000030\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00221dbd2811-8e58-4ffb-848d-31c0eaa9690a\u0022\u003EThose of us, the living, greetings to us all.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000031\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00221dbd2811-8e58-4ffb-848d-31c0eaa9690a\u0022\u003EI want to endorse the words of the Prime Minister and other members of Parliament who will shortly speak to mourn the loss of a great unifier in Kiingi Tuheitia. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000032\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00221dbd2811-8e58-4ffb-848d-31c0eaa9690a\u0022\u003EAs I was preparing and practising my mihi for coming down here and speaking in this debate today, I recalled one of the first opportunities I had to interact properly with Kiingi Tuheitia, which was, in fact, not here in New Zealand but was at the coronation of another King, King Charles III, in London. We had travelled as part of a delegation to London to celebrate the coronation of King Charles, and a particular proceeding at New Zealand House had not gone according to plan. Umbridge was taken, quite rightly. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000033\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00221dbd2811-8e58-4ffb-848d-31c0eaa9690a\u0022\u003EShortly after that event, I sat down with Kiingi Tuheitia to settle things down again and to have a conversation, and I confessed to him then, being relatively new in the job as leader of the Labour Party and, at that point, Prime Minister of New Zealand, that issues to do with te reo M\u0101ori and, particularly, any issues that involved me speaking in te reo M\u0101ori always made me nervous. They would make me nervous because no matter how much I practised my mihi beforehand, and I could have it absolutely perfect before I stood up to speak, under the pressure of saying it in front of somebody else, I would inevitably speed up, I would trip over my words, and I would get it wrong. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000034\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00221dbd2811-8e58-4ffb-848d-31c0eaa9690a\u0022\u003EHe said to me\u2014and I\u2019ve always remembered it\u2014that the important thing is that you try, because people will acknowledge you for trying and that is the important thing, and if you keep trying you\u2019ll get better. I think to some extent that that actually reflects the relationship between the Crown, or the Government, and M\u0101ori: we have to keep trying and we won\u2019t always get it right, and as we pursue kotahitanga\u2014as we pursue unity and togetherness\u2014there will undoubtedly be bumps in that road. But the key thing is that with goodwill and with effort, we can continue to make progress.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000035\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00221dbd2811-8e58-4ffb-848d-31c0eaa9690a\u0022\u003EI want to send my aroha to Kiingi Tuheitia\u2019s wh\u0101nau. I know he loved and cherished them very, very much. He was a husband to his wife, Makau Ariki, and a father to his children, Whatumoana, Korotangi, and the newly crowned Te Arikinui Kuini Nga wai hono i te po. I want to acknowledge Waikato-Tainui, who have lost a treasured kaum\u0101tua, and I want to thank them deeply for having graciously welcomed us all back to T\u016Brangawaewae so that we could say our farewells.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000036\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00221dbd2811-8e58-4ffb-848d-31c0eaa9690a\u0022\u003EI was reassured at that meeting that we had in London that whenever we ventured to T\u016Brangawaewae, we would always be greeted warmly and with aroha. There were some other exaggerated claims made during that time too that the sun would always shine down on us and warm us when we arrived at T\u016Brangawaewae, and I can tell you that that has not been my recent experience of visiting there. But one thing is absolutely certain: the warmth of aroha we were promised has always been evident when we have visited T\u016Brangawaewae. In that regard, I particularly want to recognise the volunteer army of aunties, uncles, and rangatahi, who make sure that nobody who shows up at T\u016Brangawaewae goes home hungry. I can assure you that that has also been my experience of visiting there, as well.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000037\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00221dbd2811-8e58-4ffb-848d-31c0eaa9690a\u0022\u003EMany from across the country have come forward over the past week to speak about kotahitanga and about the work that Kiingi Tuheitia did to bring us together as a country. When we travelled together, and as we met together in a variety of different forums, it was very clear to me that we all shared a love of Aotearoa New Zealand, but Kiingi Tuheitia had a particular love for all of our people, and our tamariki more so than most. His desire to achieve kotahitanga, to bridge division, and to unify all of our peoples and communities was unquestioned.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000038\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00221dbd2811-8e58-4ffb-848d-31c0eaa9690a\u0022\u003EI had the opportunity to learn a little of who Kiingi Tuheitia was. The very fact that his last trip as King was to uplift our athletes at the Paris Olympics speaks of how much he loved Aotearoa. He would always back all of our people. The beautiful k\u0101kahu that he blessed for our flag bearers showed the world that we are proud to be New Zealanders. He was fearless in his devotion to Aotearoa. He had an immense love for his family and his people. He stood as a strong-spirited leader with an unwavering conviction to unite M\u0101ori and non-M\u0101ori alike.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000039\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00221dbd2811-8e58-4ffb-848d-31c0eaa9690a\u0022\u003EMy last formal meeting as Prime Minister with Kiingi Tuheitia was at the last year\u2019s 10th forum held between Waikato-Tainui and the Crown under the Kiingitanga Accord. As I\u2019m sure members opposite will be discovering, there are a lot of accords and lots of hui that go alongside those accords. But one thing that I learnt from those conversations was that those forums are more than just transactional; they are an amazing opportunity for us to step into each other\u2019s world and for us to understand a little bit more about what\u2019s driving the other side in these discussions, and I found that that particular meeting with the Kiingitanga definitely exemplified that.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000040\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00221dbd2811-8e58-4ffb-848d-31c0eaa9690a\u0022\u003EWe have so many shared aspirations, and we were able to talk about the contribution that the Kiingitanga and iwi had made in delivering housing for those who needed it. We signed an agreement there to build more affordable rental housing as part of the Hopuhopu Hub complex, and that involved bringing in Government agencies and working together with iwi. I want to acknowledge the incredible work under Kiingi Tuheitia\u2019s leadership that the Kiingitanga and Waikato-Tainui have done in supporting the wellbeing of all those in their rohe.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000041\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00221dbd2811-8e58-4ffb-848d-31c0eaa9690a\u0022\u003EThe Koiora Accord that I witnessed in 2022 was a major step forward for Government and iwi as we worked together around issues to do with wellbeing; a perfect example of how working in partnership produces mutually beneficial outcomes. The enduring partnership between the Crown and the Kiingitanga that Kiingi Tuheitia dedicated himself to as a staunch advocate for his people cannot go unnoted. That partnership, of course, comes with challenges, both historical and new, and Kiingi Tuheitia, in the face of those challenges, rose to the occasion. He embodied kotahitanga in the way he stepped forward as a unifying force for his people.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000042\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00221dbd2811-8e58-4ffb-848d-31c0eaa9690a\u0022\u003EThe accords that brought Government and iwi together were an important partnership for iwi to hold the Government accountable, and they had no hesitation in doing that. Across successive Governments, we haven\u2019t always got things right, and where we\u2019ve disagreed, I\u2019ve always appreciated the free and frank discussions that we had with Kiingi Tuheitia, the Kiingitanga, and with Tainui.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000043\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00221dbd2811-8e58-4ffb-848d-31c0eaa9690a\u0022\u003EJust as his predecessors before dealt with the challenges of their generation, Kiingi Tuheitia approached his with grace and a vision for peace. We don\u2019t need to look much further than the national hui convened at T\u016Brangawaewae in January this year, where thousands of M\u0101ori and non-M\u0101ori alike journeyed from across the country to k\u014Drero about the serious issues facing the country. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000044\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00221dbd2811-8e58-4ffb-848d-31c0eaa9690a\u0022\u003EThis past week has shown just how far reaching Kiingi Tuheitia\u2019s legacy is. News of his passing has extended way beyond the shores of Aotearoa. His mana transcended language and made all who called our beautiful country home feel like they belong. The mere fact that we had so many different communities heading to T\u016Brangawaewae to pay their respects shows that Kiingi Tuheitia had, without question, achieved his aspiration of bringing our people together as one. This is his legacy and how we will fondly remember him and the mana that he had.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000045\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00221dbd2811-8e58-4ffb-848d-31c0eaa9690a\u0022\u003ESo, finally, on behalf of the Labour Party, I want to honour the memory of Kiingi Tuheitia, his mana, and his enduring legacy and lifetime of achievements. Generations now and into the future, both M\u0101ori and non-M\u0101ori, will certainly reap the benefits of all that Kiingi Tuheitia worked to achieve for New Zealand.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000046\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00221dbd2811-8e58-4ffb-848d-31c0eaa9690a\u0022\u003ENow, of course, the torch has been passed to another new unifier. I also, on behalf of the Labour Party, want to congratulate Te Arikinui Kuini Nga wai hono i te po, on her coronation as the eighth Te Arikinui, the head of the Kiingitanga. She carries on an incredible and historic legacy of the predecessors before her who have helped to shape and influence Aotearoa New Zealand\u2019s national identity. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000047\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00221dbd2811-8e58-4ffb-848d-31c0eaa9690a\u0022\u003EI send my warmest congratulations to the Ku\u012Bni as she forges her own legacy as a connector and a bridge between M\u0101ori and non-M\u0101ori. I extend my aroha to her wh\u0101nau, to Waikato-Tainui, on the coronation. I\u2019m sure that that will be recognised here and abroad, and I look forward to continuing with a productive, strong, and robust relationship with te Ku\u012Bni, just as we had with Kiingi Tuheitia. N\u014D reira, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou katoa. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022dbaac12b-3efa-4d95-a08d-f0f637a48bab\u0022 data-id=\u0022e39defc0c4ea4c919112ecae5aa65373\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000048\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022dbaac12b-3efa-4d95-a08d-f0f637a48bab\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022e39defc0c4ea4c919112ecae5aa65373\u0022\u003ECHL\u00D6E SWARBRICK (Co-Leader\u2014Green):\u003C/span\u003E E te M\u0101ngai, t\u0113n\u0101 koe. T\u0113n\u0101 koutou e te Whare. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000049\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022dbaac12b-3efa-4d95-a08d-f0f637a48bab\u0022\u003ETuheitia ki runga, Tuheitia ki raro, Tuheitia whiwhia, Tuheitia rawea. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000050\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022dbaac12b-3efa-4d95-a08d-f0f637a48bab\u0022\u003E[Tuheitia above, Tuheitia below, Tuheitia the provider, Tuheitia the excellent.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000051\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022dbaac12b-3efa-4d95-a08d-f0f637a48bab\u0022\u003EOn behalf of the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand, I stand and want to send our acknowledgment and our love to the sweetheart of te k\u012Bngi o te kotahitanga, Te Makau Ariki Atawhai, to his wh\u0101nau, to his three children, and, of course, as the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition have acknowledged, our new Ku\u012Bni, Te Arikinui Kuini Nga wai hono i te po.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000052\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022dbaac12b-3efa-4d95-a08d-f0f637a48bab\u0022\u003EI also want to acknowledge Tainui, and so too, for those of us who had the privilege and the honour of visiting T\u016Brangawaewae Marae last week, to acknowledge the kaimahi who make that marae go round. I want to reflect on some of the sentiments that have been expressed by the likes of Annabelle Lee-Mather\u2014that we need to put them in charge of the country, because if there is any entity, any group of people, who have demonstrated their capacity to organise and to put day-to-day issues aside and to run on kaupapa, it is those behind the scenes, the kaimahi, at T\u016Brangawaewae Marae.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000053\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022dbaac12b-3efa-4d95-a08d-f0f637a48bab\u0022\u003EI also want to acknowledge a nation in mourning and, as the Prime Minister did, the beautiful way in which tangihanga allows us to express and to work through our grief, and that incredible image of the K\u012Bngi going down Waikato River before he was laid to\u00A0rest.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000054\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022dbaac12b-3efa-4d95-a08d-f0f637a48bab\u0022\u003ELast week, I travelled to T\u016Brangawaewae, as many in this House did, that day from Karangahape Road, in Auckland Central, as tens of thousands of New Zealanders, of tangata Tiriti, of tangata whenua, travelled from across the motu, and so too many travelled from across the oceans\u2014an absolute testament to the power of Kiingi Tuheitia to bring people together and his legacy. I brought the words of the Hon Marama Davidson in my pocket because, of course, she, unfortunately, could not be there, and I had the privilege of passing those along to some of the members of the Kiingitanga. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000055\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022dbaac12b-3efa-4d95-a08d-f0f637a48bab\u0022\u003EThere is an important point to make here about the opening of myself and Marama Davidson\u2019s co-leadership first being established\u2014our first outing as a coleadership duo being at T\u016Brangawaewae Marae. We had the absolute humbling honour of being invited to a private audience with Kiingi Tuheitia and his wife. There, we discussed the intricate interconnections, the overlap, between Green Party kaupapa\u2014upholding people and planet\u2014and what that looks like in the context of the Kiingitanga movement. Specifically, we went on to discuss the proposal on the table from indigenous leaders across the Pacific, which was a legal personhood for whales. I think that that was just one of the many iterations and examples of where Kiingi Tuheitia\u2019s love for this planet and all who live on it was deeply exemplified.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000056\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022dbaac12b-3efa-4d95-a08d-f0f637a48bab\u0022\u003EMuch like the Rt Hon Chris Hipkins, in the times that I have had the opportunity to speak and engage at T\u016Brangawaewae Marae, I need to acknowledge that I have had my heart in my throat and have been shaking in my boots. The thing that Kiingi Tuheitia taught me is that that sense of fear or trepidation that comes, effectively, from a sense of cultural ignorance is not something that should spur fear but in fact is an invitation. It is an opportunity to learn and to break down barriers, and Kiingi Tuheitia made that learning an incredibly safe prospect. He made trying and reaching out and engaging and participating and working through discomfort something that all of us should not fear but something that all of us should aspire to. Trying mattered. It meant that you turned up and that you gave yourself an opportunity to grow. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000057\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022dbaac12b-3efa-4d95-a08d-f0f637a48bab\u0022\u003EThat discomfort was not something to avoid but something to inspect and, ultimately, to find what connects us, to reach into our whakapapa to find how, together, we heal, to understand ourselves in relation to each other\u2014ultimately, where we find that sense of solidarity, which, as I had the honour of engaging in k\u014Drero with te K\u012Bngi just two weeks ago, doesn\u2019t require homogeneity. That solidarity is simply about understanding what connects us as opposed to what divides us, and it was that generosity of imagination from Kiingi Tuheitia that I think really profoundly defined who he was and how he had such an immense impact on so many of our lives. He ultimately saw what we could be and invited all of us to participate in that.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000058\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022dbaac12b-3efa-4d95-a08d-f0f637a48bab\u0022\u003ENow, on the night of Kiingi Tuheitia\u2019s passing, I was travelling back through the central North Island with some of my caucus colleagues after visiting workers potentially impacted by the proposed Winstone Pulp International closure. As we were there in that community, in Mount Ruapehu, community members said something which struck a chord. It was that some of the fundamental things that they were asking for in terms of a sense of security and predictability about their future, the ability to belong in their community and to flesh out their sense of identity\u2014that these things in politics should be considered non-negotiables.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000059\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022dbaac12b-3efa-4d95-a08d-f0f637a48bab\u0022\u003EAs we were travelling back to Te Whanga-nui-a-Tara, I was reflecting, actually, on those sentiments as expressed by that Mount Ruapehu community member and how it reminded me of something that Kiingi Tuheitia had said about how jobs, housing, kai, and education were all far bigger than day-to-day politics\u2014effectively, that those things are kind of the fundamental truths that all of us in this House should aspire to uplift and uphold. Of course, we kind of also know them as human rights.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000060\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022dbaac12b-3efa-4d95-a08d-f0f637a48bab\u0022\u003EThat night, as the sun fell and the skies opened up and lightning danced across that sky\u2014I think, in retrospect, that was an emblem, perhaps, of the raw power of nature, a marker of the significance of the loss to come, or perhaps how we will all find symbols in something, how human beings need stories and how the stories that we tell ourselves create the world that we all live in, how the power of those stories also offers us the vehicle to change that very world.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000061\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022dbaac12b-3efa-4d95-a08d-f0f637a48bab\u0022\u003EKiingi Tuheitia said that mana motuhake has room for everyone, and I think that that is something that all of us, especially at this point in human history and at this point in Aotearoa New Zealand, should reflect on. At the end of last year, when some conceived of a potential attack on the constitutional foundations of this country, Kiingi Tuheitia instead saw an opportunity to affirm, to clarify who we are and what we are and what we\u00A0should aspire to be, and the connections that we\u2019ve made here, between what we aspire\u00A0to do in what we call progressive politics, where we want to build the house for all of us to move into, before simply turning to burn it down\u2014the one that we currently operate in.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000062\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022dbaac12b-3efa-4d95-a08d-f0f637a48bab\u0022\u003EI also reflect upon the fact that the Kiingitanga movement is not a conquering nor a colonial monarchy but one by M\u0101ori, for all.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000063\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022dbaac12b-3efa-4d95-a08d-f0f637a48bab\u0022\u003EIt would be remiss of me not to also acknowledge and to celebrate Te Arikinui Kuini Nga wai hono i te po, for the leadership that she will come to embody, and already does, which her father did too. She represents, as many others have noted, a new generation at a critical time. And I want to make sure that it is on record that we are here to do that same work, to build that same relationship, and to move forward to live up to the aspirations of the Kiingitanga movement.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000064\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022dbaac12b-3efa-4d95-a08d-f0f637a48bab\u0022\u003ESo as we were there at that tangi just last week, and many spoke about the power of Kiingi Tuheitia\u2019s legacy, I couldn\u2019t help but think that that legacy was not simply in the\u00A0actions that he undertook, not simply in the values that he brought to the forefront, but also living in the tens of thousands of people who came to visit and pay their respects,\u00A0and the ripple effects through the millions that lived throughout this country and the Pacific.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000065\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022dbaac12b-3efa-4d95-a08d-f0f637a48bab\u0022\u003ETo close in the words of Princess Te Puea Herangi: Ka mahi \u0101hau, ka inoi \u0101hau, ka moe \u0101hau, ki mahi an\u014D. We work, we pray, we sleep, we work again. Moe mai r\u0101 e te K\u012Bngi o te kotahitanga.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u00227e22bb95-9afb-449c-bcd2-de9fd4f2277c\u0022 data-id=\u0022ffc6181ad6bd43a588cae95a9d8bc8ff\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000066\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00227e22bb95-9afb-449c-bcd2-de9fd4f2277c\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022ffc6181ad6bd43a588cae95a9d8bc8ff\u0022\u003EHon DAVID SEYMOUR (Leader\u2014ACT):\u003C/span\u003E Thank you, Mr Speaker. Tiwhatiwha te p\u014D, tiwhatiwha te ao. Ka nui te aroha, ka nui te mamae\u2014gloom and sorrow prevail day and night. We send our love and we share in the pain. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000067\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00227e22bb95-9afb-449c-bcd2-de9fd4f2277c\u0022\u003EE whakaeke mai ng\u0101 iwi katoa ki runga i T\u016Brangawaewae Marae. I eke mai m\u0101tou i runga i te ng\u0101kau aroha, te whakapiripiri, me te p\u014Duri. N\u0101 koutou e tangi ana, n\u0101 t\u0101tou katoa e tangi\u2014the tribes of the world gathered to T\u016Brangawaewae Marae. We arrived to share a gesture of love, to come together, to celebrate, and to grieve. You shared your sorrow and pain, and thank you for sharing your family member with the world. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000068\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00227e22bb95-9afb-449c-bcd2-de9fd4f2277c\u0022\u003E\u0100, e ai ki ng\u0101 kaik\u014Drero, koia te K\u012Bngi o te kotahitanga. Noho ana i roto i te poho o \u014Du t\u016Bpuna\u2014as the orators have said, he was a king of oneness and unity. Go now into the arms of ancestors and rest. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000069\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00227e22bb95-9afb-449c-bcd2-de9fd4f2277c\u0022\u003EI k\u014Drero ai ng\u0101 k\u014Drero o \u0113r\u0101 w\u0101 ko te ao kikokiko he waka o te whakaoranga anake, me whakarite t\u0101tou m\u014Dhiotanga o te tinana me te wairua. Kei te taha o ng\u0101 t\u016Bpuna e \u0101rahi i a t\u0101tou ki t\u0113r\u0101 w\u0101hi, ki te ao wairua, ki te k\u0101inga wairua o ng\u0101 t\u016Bpuna\u2014the orators of old have said the physical world is merely a vehicle by which we communicate with all life and establish our understanding of who we are. We are accompanied by ancestral lines who guide us to the next place and to the spiritual home of the ancestors. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000070\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00227e22bb95-9afb-449c-bcd2-de9fd4f2277c\u0022\u003EKarekau he kupu ng\u0101wari hei whakam\u0101m\u0101 i te mamae o ng\u0101 iwi o te motu. E p\u012Brangi ana ahau ki te k\u014Drero e p\u0101 ana ki te kotahitanga me te kai a te rangatira, \u0101, ko te k\u014Drero t\u0113n\u0101. Kia riro atu ai te K\u012Bngi ka t\u016B ana te Ku\u012Bni M\u0101ori, Te Arikinui, Kuini Nga wai hono i te po P\u014Dtatau Te Wherowhero VII, te ku\u012Bni tuarua anake m\u014D te iwi M\u0101ori\u2014I have no words that will ease the pain of the masses, but I want to speak of togetherness and partake in the food of chiefs that be conversation. As a King passes into the realm of the ancestors, a new Queen has been crowned: Te Arikinui Kuini Nga wai hono i te po Pootatau Te Wherowhero VIII, the second Queen to the M\u0101ori people. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000071\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00227e22bb95-9afb-449c-bcd2-de9fd4f2277c\u0022\u003EHe tohu taua ingoa, he tohu m\u014D te hononga o ng\u0101 awa tapu, ng\u0101 awa t\u016Bturu, o te awa o Whanganui me te awa o Waikato. E maumahara ana m\u0101tou kia haere whakamua i runga i te aroha kia \u016B ai ki te ao m\u0101rama ki roto i ng\u0101 manawa o ng\u0101 t\u0101ngata o te ao M\u0101ori e noho tatari ana m\u014D t\u014D ringa, e te Ku\u012Bni M\u0101ori. Ng\u0101wari ana t\u014D haerenga whakamua\u2014a name representing the joining of two powerful rivers, two vastly different spaces. We hope you can move forward from this state of grief and into the light and into the arms of all the people who love you. We wish you all the peace on your journey through grief. We hope you may move forward to the world of light again, in time. May you rest in peace, and long live the M\u0101ori Queen.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022f44431ef-b505-4e94-9f57-a60b0a569bf7\u0022 data-id=\u00226693412170b14864ac0bb6ab40bea13a\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000072\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f44431ef-b505-4e94-9f57-a60b0a569bf7\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00226693412170b14864ac0bb6ab40bea13a\u0022\u003EHon SHANE JONES (NZ First):\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000073\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f44431ef-b505-4e94-9f57-a60b0a569bf7\u0022\u003EHuakina te tatau o te rangi\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000074\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f44431ef-b505-4e94-9f57-a60b0a569bf7\u0022\u003Ekia piki ake ki runga\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000075\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f44431ef-b505-4e94-9f57-a60b0a569bf7\u0022\u003Eki te rangi tuatahi\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000076\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f44431ef-b505-4e94-9f57-a60b0a569bf7\u0022\u003Eki te rangi tuarua\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000077\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f44431ef-b505-4e94-9f57-a60b0a569bf7\u0022\u003Ee tae ki raro e uia mai koe\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000078\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f44431ef-b505-4e94-9f57-a60b0a569bf7\u0022\u003E\u201CKo te aha t\u0113n\u0101?\u201D\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000079\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f44431ef-b505-4e94-9f57-a60b0a569bf7\u0022\u003EKo te pakipaki o te ao ka maunu\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000080\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f44431ef-b505-4e94-9f57-a60b0a569bf7\u0022\u003EKo te taroi o te riri e\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000081\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f44431ef-b505-4e94-9f57-a60b0a569bf7\u0022\u003E[Open the gate of heaven\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000082\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f44431ef-b505-4e94-9f57-a60b0a569bf7\u0022\u003ESo that you may ascend\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000083\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f44431ef-b505-4e94-9f57-a60b0a569bf7\u0022\u003ETo the first stratus of heaven\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000084\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f44431ef-b505-4e94-9f57-a60b0a569bf7\u0022\u003ETo the second stratus of heaven\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000085\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f44431ef-b505-4e94-9f57-a60b0a569bf7\u0022\u003EWhen you descend below you will be asked\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000086\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f44431ef-b505-4e94-9f57-a60b0a569bf7\u0022\u003E\u201CWhat is this?\u201D\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000087\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f44431ef-b505-4e94-9f57-a60b0a569bf7\u0022\u003EIt is the applause of the world that slips away\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000088\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f44431ef-b505-4e94-9f57-a60b0a569bf7\u0022\u003EIt is the end of battle]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000089\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f44431ef-b505-4e94-9f57-a60b0a569bf7\u0022\u003EE kara, e Kiingi Tuheitia, k\u0101tahi an\u014D t\u0113nei Whare P\u0101remata ka t\u016Bpono i t\u0113tahi \u0101huatanga p\u0113nei: ka h\u012Bkina ng\u0101 kaupapa o te Whare, ka whakatairangatia ko koe me ng\u0101 mahi i oti i a koe i t\u014D w\u0101. Rerek\u0113 rawa atu i te w\u0101 i ahau i te k\u014Dhungahunga. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000090\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f44431ef-b505-4e94-9f57-a60b0a569bf7\u0022\u003EEhara, e kara, koe i te ika whakawera. Ehara koe i te waha pap\u0101. Otir\u0101 ko t\u014D rite kei te ihu whakawerawera, kei te whakaihuwaka. Ahakoa te ngau o te m\u0101uiui, ahakoa te ngoikore hauareatanga o t\u014D tinana, i m\u0101r\u014D tonu koe. I t\u016B ai koe hei matua m\u014D t\u014D wh\u0101nau, i t\u016B ai koe hei ariki m\u014D t\u014D iwi, ar\u0101 ng\u0101 whakapapa o ng\u0101 hau e wh\u0101. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000091\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f44431ef-b505-4e94-9f57-a60b0a569bf7\u0022\u003EKua pau i a m\u0101tou te uta i ng\u0101 mihi e rite ana m\u014Du i te aroaro o te whare moko e huangia nei ki te ingoa o t\u014D tupuna, a Mahin\u0101rangi. I t\u0113nei r\u0101 ko t\u0101 m\u0101tou he t\u0101piri atu i te kupu kia kitea ai ng\u0101 mahi kei roto i t\u0113nei Whare ki te aroaro o ng\u0101 t\u0101ngata katoa kei t\u014D t\u0101tou motu. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000092\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f44431ef-b505-4e94-9f57-a60b0a569bf7\u0022\u003EN\u0101 reira hei kapinga i t\u0113nei w\u0101hanga, me p\u0113nei te k\u014Drero, t\u0101 te mea ko te pikauranga i utaina ki runga i a koe ehara n\u014D t\u0113nei w\u0101; he p\u012Bkaunga i tukua ki runga i t\u014D tuar\u0101 mai i \u014D t\u016Bpuna, mai i te ao k\u014Dhatu. N\u0101hau i rapu me p\u0113hea r\u0101nei ng\u0101 taonga, me p\u0113hea r\u0101nei ng\u0101 tikanga o te ao tawhito e kitea ai i roto i te ao hou. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000093\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f44431ef-b505-4e94-9f57-a60b0a569bf7\u0022\u003EN\u0101 reira, e kara, m\u0101ku e whakahua ki te aroaro o t\u014D t\u0101tou motu katoa, ko koe te uri a T\u014Dh\u0113 i Te One-roa-a-T\u014Dh\u0113, te ara i oti i a koe te wh\u012Bkoi, ngaro atu ki Te Rerenga-wairua. T\u0101 T\u014Dh\u0113 ko R\u0101ninikura; t\u0101 R\u0101ninikura ko R\u0101hingahinga; t\u0101 R\u0101hingahinga ko T\u012Bkatarangi; t\u0101 T\u012Bkatarangi ko Te Huaki-ki-te-rangi; t\u0101na ko Waimirirangi, te Ku\u012Bni o Te Taitokerau; ka puta i a ia ko Haere-ki-te-r\u0101; t\u0101 Haere-ki-te-r\u0101 ko Takamoana; t\u0101 Takamoana ko More-te-korohunga; t\u0101 More-te-korohunga ko Te Ikanui, i Te Aup\u014Duri, i Te Taitokerau; t\u0101 Te Ikanui ko T\u016Bpuni; t\u0101 T\u016Bpuni ko Te Ihupango; t\u0101 Te Ihupango ko H\u0101pai; t\u0101 H\u0101pai ko Paraone Ngaruhe, n\u0101na te Tiriti o Waitangi i t\u0101moko; t\u0101na ko Ng\u0101waka; t\u0101 Ng\u0101waka ko Kirit\u014Dkia; t\u0101 Kirit\u014Dkia o Paranihi; t\u0101 Paranihi ko Whatumoana; k\u0101tahi koe, e Kiingi Tuheitia, ka puta. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000094\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f44431ef-b505-4e94-9f57-a60b0a569bf7\u0022\u003EHaere, haere, haere oti atu e. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000095\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f44431ef-b505-4e94-9f57-a60b0a569bf7\u0022\u003E[My friend, King Tuheitia, this Parliament has never before encountered such a situation: the business of the House has been set aside, and you and your achievements during your reign are being acknowledged. This is vastly different from when I was a child. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000096\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f44431ef-b505-4e94-9f57-a60b0a569bf7\u0022\u003EYou are not, my friend, one to boast. You are not one to speak empty words. Instead, you are someone who perseveres, a true champion. Despite the affliction of illness, despite the weakness of your body, you stood strong. You stood as a father to your family, as a leader for your people\u2014i.e., that of your ancestry from the four winds. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000097\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f44431ef-b505-4e94-9f57-a60b0a569bf7\u0022\u003EWe have exhausted all the appropriate acknowledgments for you in the presence of the sacred house, named in honour of your ancestor Mahin\u0101rangi. Today, we add our words to make visible the work within this House before all the people of our land. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000098\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f44431ef-b505-4e94-9f57-a60b0a569bf7\u0022\u003ETherefore, in closing this part, let it be said that the burden placed upon you is not from this time; it is a burden laid on your back by your ancestors, from the ancient world. You sought to bring the treasures and customs of the old world into the new. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000099\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f44431ef-b505-4e94-9f57-a60b0a569bf7\u0022\u003ESo, my friend, let me declare before our entire nation that you are the descendant of T\u014Dh\u0113 from Te One-roa-a-T\u014Dh\u0113 (Ninety Mile Beach), the path you have already walked, before passing on at Te Rerenga-wairua. From T\u014Dh\u0113 came R\u0101ninikura; from R\u0101ninikura came R\u0101hingahinga; from R\u0101hingahinga came T\u012Bkatarangi; from T\u012Bkatarangi came Te Huaki-ki-te-rangi; from Te Huaki-ki-te-rangi came Waimirirangi, the Queen of Northland; from her came Haere-ki-te-r\u0101; from Haere-ki-te-r\u0101 came Takamoana; from Takamoana came More-te-korohunga; from More-te-korohunga came Te Ikanui of Te Aup\u014Duri, of Te Taitokerau; from Te Ikanui came T\u016Bpuni; from T\u016Bpuni came Te Ihupango; from Te Ihupango came H\u0101pai; from H\u0101pai came Paraone Ngaruhe, who signed the Treaty of Waitangi; from him came Ng\u0101waka; from Ng\u0101waka came Kirit\u014Dkia; from Kirit\u014Dkia came Paranihi; from Paranihi came Whatumoana; and then you, King Tuheitia, were born. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000100\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f44431ef-b505-4e94-9f57-a60b0a569bf7\u0022\u003EFarewell, farewell, farewell for ever.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000101\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f44431ef-b505-4e94-9f57-a60b0a569bf7\u0022\u003EWithin the M\u0101ori world, a host of roles are served up for people to serve. Some are taken by ringa kaha; some are given, for example, through a political process; and some, in rare circumstances, are inherited. The inheritance of the person we salute today, King Tuheitia, was underpinned by a sacred pledge, and that pledge is traceable back to the ancestors whose names I\u2019ve recited in this House, because today, in my lifetime, not only as a parliamentarian, a parent, but a member of my own tribe, Te Aup\u014Duri, is a particularly special day, something I have not seen before. I represented, along with my former colleague Parekura Horomia, the Government of the day at Te Atairangikaahu\u2019s tangi, and when I was a little boy, I remember vividly my kuia\u2014my grandmother\u2014and others rustling and bustling to catch trains, to catch buses to go and farewell King Korok\u012B. So I do not think that we should underestimate what we are doing today.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000102\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f44431ef-b505-4e94-9f57-a60b0a569bf7\u0022\u003EIrrespective of the role, all roles have to be fulfilled. You don\u2019t fulfil a role unless you can capture respect, and respect can only be earned. In the 18 years King Tuheitia, who came from a very earthy background\u2014he served his time not only as a truck driver but working at what we might call the grassroots level of his people in Waikato. As he grew into the role, it would be very churlish and it would be negative of any Kiwi not to acknowledge that in the latter stage of his career, he found the sweet spot. Not only did he provide an opportunity for the various iwi to come together but he sought to reach out and be a figure that went beyond the ebb and flow of politics and, indeed, the other debates that swirl around and make us Kiwis. So we salute those efforts of his. As I said in our M\u0101ori language, he is not the ika whakawera\u2014i.e., the boaster. He is not the waha papa, the loudmouth; he was the h\u016Bm\u0101rika, the one who appreciated the dignity of silence and often let silence do his talking for him, somewhat in contrast to various people in this House, myself included. Thank you very much.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000103\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f44431ef-b505-4e94-9f57-a60b0a569bf7\u0022\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u00227a76db18-baa4-41c1-b366-89e2c753a1e7\u0022 data-id=\u002218ad0b9a638c4ed99aa90d890de22c0a\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000104\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00227a76db18-baa4-41c1-b366-89e2c753a1e7\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u002218ad0b9a638c4ed99aa90d890de22c0a\u0022\u003EDEBBIE NGAREWA-PACKER (Co-Leader\u2014Te P\u0101ti M\u0101ori):\u003C/span\u003E T\u0113n\u0101 koe e te P\u012Bka. Nei r\u0101 Te P\u0101ti M\u0101ori te tuku nei i te aroha, ng\u0101 mihi taurangi ki te Whare Tapu o P\u014Dtatau i te rirohanga o Kiingi Tuheitia P\u014Dtatau Te Wherowhero VII. Ko te kotahitanga o te iwi te wh\u0101inga, \u0101, ko te taonga an\u014D hoki t\u0113n\u0101 ka whakar\u0113rea iho ki a t\u0101tou katoa.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000105\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00227a76db18-baa4-41c1-b366-89e2c753a1e7\u0022\u003EKo Kiingi Tuheitia te k\u012Bngi o te kotahitanga, te k\u012Bngi o Taranaki, te k\u012Bngi o ng\u0101 rangatahi, te k\u012Bngi o Te P\u0101ti M\u0101ori. Rire rire hau, pai m\u0101rire.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000106\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00227a76db18-baa4-41c1-b366-89e2c753a1e7\u0022\u003E[Thank you, Mr Speaker. Here the M\u0101ori Party offers compassion and words of solace from afar to the Sacred House of P\u014Dtatau upon the passing of King Tuheitia P\u014Dtatau Te Wherowhero VII. Unity of the people was his aspiration, and that is the legacy that has been bequeathed to us all.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000107\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00227a76db18-baa4-41c1-b366-89e2c753a1e7\u0022\u003EKing Tuheitia is the king of unity, the king of Taranaki, the king of young people, the king of the M\u0101ori Party. Holy Spirit be with us, peace and goodwill to all.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000108\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00227a76db18-baa4-41c1-b366-89e2c753a1e7\u0022\u003EI pay tribute to the Government for allowing this to happen today. It means more than you could know, particularly outside of the House. I share the sentiments of my tungane Shane Jones. It\u2019s important that we understand what we\u2019re doing today and what is potentially possible for us because of our K\u012Bngi.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000109\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00227a76db18-baa4-41c1-b366-89e2c753a1e7\u0022\u003EWhen we left the last day of the House, I was travelling back\u2014very similar to Chl\u00F6e Swarbrick\u2014through some really atrocious weather. The skies opened up, the lightning was everywhere, the thunder was louder than I\u2019d ever heard. For those of us who\u2019ve been around a few summers, you could tell that there was t\u016Bpuna tohu coming\u2014a very spiritual moment coming. When Hana texted us early in the morning, I wasn\u2019t surprised.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000110\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00227a76db18-baa4-41c1-b366-89e2c753a1e7\u0022\u003EFor us, the K\u012Bngi in Taranaki\u2014if I can start there\u2014we have a kaupapa called Te K\u012Bwai o te Kete. It is something that most of us have been raised understanding the significance that we have spiritually to the Kiingitanga. The Kiingitanga movement came about when we were at our lowest. Things were going really bad for us as Taranaki. Muru Raupatu was rife with division, the haves and the have-nots\u2014the way that we were being treated was pretty tough. The Kiingitanga came about because of the wisdom of some very special people. I was always raised to understand the role of Te Ua Haum\u0113ne and the heavens that opened up, and he was one of our prophets. I was always raised in the k\u014Drero \u201CKo te K\u012Bngi kei runga, kei raro te poropiti\u201D [\u201CThe King above, the prophet below\u201D], and the significance of the Kiingitanga was for us to be thinking collectively as a nation and as a people.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000111\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00227a76db18-baa4-41c1-b366-89e2c753a1e7\u0022\u003ETe k\u012Bwai o te kete [The handle of the basket]\u2014Taranaki were told we had one handle of te kete and Waikato-Tanui had the other, and, together, we had to make sure that the spirituality within the kete for us as a nation with the Kiingitanga was well. The K\u012Bngi would often, and the Kiingitanga often, taught me as a young person that we can be physically and politically as loud as we want, but if we\u2019re spiritually not well as a nation, we won\u2019t do well. That was a really important part of what our K\u012Bngi continued to live. As Taranaki, we had them lead and become part of Te P\u016Btake o te Riri, we had our K\u012Bngi visit for the first time in Parihaka last year\u2014I think about November\u2014and we had a whole lot of k\u014Drero that came about and helped us to believe that, actually, maybe we can navigate through some of the things that don\u2019t bring us together.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000112\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00227a76db18-baa4-41c1-b366-89e2c753a1e7\u0022\u003EHe encouraged what his forefathers did, in the most humble way: that we can and we are better off collectively focusing on what it is that our future generations need. He was a K\u012Bngi that not only was relatable and would actually take us out for dinner; he would sit there and share his aspirations, that probably matched most of us here: that we would all achieve our true potential and that our rangatahi could be M\u0101ori every day. Except one critical thing about the Kiingitanga and the K\u012Bngi was our role in our kaimanaaki. Perhaps we haven\u2019t done that well enough\u2014was to talk about what is my responsibility to look after the visitors and those that are here after the tangata whenua. Perhaps that\u2019s a k\u014Drero that the K\u012Bngi used to always make sure\u2014and even as late as the last coronation\u2014to remind us that it is an absolute honour to be tangata whenua, but it\u2019s a bigger honour to manaaki and look after our visitors better. So it was really good to see, David Seymour, that you were up there as well and to make sure that we were able to stand together, united. Some of us had been there the whole time; some arrived later.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000113\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00227a76db18-baa4-41c1-b366-89e2c753a1e7\u0022\u003EOne of the things that we used to talk about with the K\u012Bngi was also his role. The last time I was in Hawaii for an ocean kaupapa, our K\u012Bngi had just come out of hospital and didn\u2019t let that sway him from his belief in our obligation and whakapapa to our Pasifika nations: one people, one ocean, multiple waka. He had the humility to remind us of our obligations. I would love\u2014and as a k\u014Drero that we had with him\u2014that the full diplomacy could be awarded to the Kiingitanga and to our Ku\u012Bni, and I would love it that our Premier thinks of that sometime.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000114\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00227a76db18-baa4-41c1-b366-89e2c753a1e7\u0022\u003EI think the other thing that\u2019s really important to talk about with our K\u012Bngi is the significance that we were able to always think about our rangatahi, and just recently we were able to have our rangatahi P\u016B\u0101wai Hudson and Parengaia Tapiata, come together and not only share their k\u014Drero of what the Kiingitanga meant and what the K\u012Bngi meant to them, but also their connection to ko t\u014D m\u0101tou Arikinui, Kuini Nga wai hono i te po.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000115\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00227a76db18-baa4-41c1-b366-89e2c753a1e7\u0022\u003EWe have a Ku\u012Bni amongst us who is a rangatahi. We have an opportunity that our K\u012Bngi showed us that we could truly achieve\u2014and he may not have lived to see us achieve it, but I do believe that this Whare has an important, significant role on what we do from the lessons that we have and the honour that we have to be talking about our K\u012Bngi in this Whare. The honour that we have to be looking at the rangatahi and the example that we have with our Ku\u012Bni. I really hope that everyone follows suit\u2014as Te P\u0101ti M\u0101ori will\u2014in pledging our allegiance, our support to help her growth. Our Ku\u012Bni, our K\u012Bngi\u2019s daughter, is going to spend most of her adulthood as a Ku\u012Bni. I think as w\u0101hine, I think as leaders, as political exemplars, that we need to make sure that we are there to support her as her papa would have wanted.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000116\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00227a76db18-baa4-41c1-b366-89e2c753a1e7\u0022\u003EI agree on the sentiments that our Kiingitanga has been extremely generous, as has Tainui, in supporting that we have the wh\u0101nau be around for us. One of the things that I really enjoyed with our K\u012Bngi is that he opened up his comms. I don\u2019t know how many of you have seen a K\u012Bngi or Ku\u012Bni with social media, but we got to see our K\u012Bngi in his natural form: out of ceremony, in a casual sense. For those of us that look for exemplars, for examples, our K\u012Bngi would open up. During COVID, we had special karakia. During the Koroneihana, during kaupapa, during p\u014Dkai, we got to be part, as we all did, of the Kiingitanga movement.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000117\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00227a76db18-baa4-41c1-b366-89e2c753a1e7\u0022\u003EThe Kiingitanga movement and our K\u012Bngi comes from a line\u2014as Shane ever so eloquently was able to repeat. What that means to us is that the vision of kotahitanga has always been on the breath, on the lips, in the hearts, of all of those that have lived in his lineage. That is something that we all aspire for, and I urge, if there\u2019s any lessons that we take from the legacy of our K\u012Bngi, it is the opportunity before us to think, to act, and to believe differently, and I look at my own reflections on what it is that I do to help others from a spiritual perspective. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000118\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00227a76db18-baa4-41c1-b366-89e2c753a1e7\u0022\u003EIt was extremely spiritual to be up at T\u016Brangawaewae in the last week. I was around, as a younger one, under Dr Huirangi Waikerepuru m\u0101 and Whaea Mere Broughton when\u00A0our Ku\u012Bni passed away 18 years ago. I will say I\u2019m most unlikely to see\u2014hopefully\u2014that again, but what I would do is ask Aotearoa that we take that moment and\u00A0embrace that because that is our history. That is something that we all whakapapa to under Te Tiriti. We all belong to the Kiingitanga. We all were part of the vision for a united Aotearoa.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000119\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00227a76db18-baa4-41c1-b366-89e2c753a1e7\u0022\u003EWe all need to be reminded of our role as the K\u012Bngi did. He encouraged that we continue to look after each other, that we weather the storm, and we weather the storm together\u2014not by some standing over there under shelter and some being left behind. M\u0101ori are the for ever people, but we must also remember we are the for ever hosts and we must for ever host and look after our visitors.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000120\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00227a76db18-baa4-41c1-b366-89e2c753a1e7\u0022\u003EN\u014D reira i te \u0101huatanga o \u014D t\u0101tou t\u016Bpuna, haere, haere, haere e te k\u012Bngi.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000121\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00227a76db18-baa4-41c1-b366-89e2c753a1e7\u0022\u003E[And so, in the way of our ancestors, farewell, farewell, farewell o king.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000122\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00227a76db18-baa4-41c1-b366-89e2c753a1e7\u0022\u003EAnd to our Arikinui, Nga wai hono i te po, long live the Kiingitanga. Kia ora r\u0101.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000123\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00227a76db18-baa4-41c1-b366-89e2c753a1e7\u0022\u003EWaiata\u2014\u201CHe H\u014Dnore\u201D\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u002232601127-a1e9-4ba0-b6af-99865a84a209\u0022 data-id=\u0022fdff000a904847fa8eecd54ebe4295c7\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000124\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002232601127-a1e9-4ba0-b6af-99865a84a209\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022fdff000a904847fa8eecd54ebe4295c7\u0022\u003EHon TAMA POTAKA (National\u2014Hamilton West):\u003C/span\u003E Kua riro m\u0101ku te whakaputa i te waka ki waho moana. E te Pir\u012Bmia Kiritopa Luxon, t\u0113n\u0101 koe i \u014D mahi rangatira. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000125\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002232601127-a1e9-4ba0-b6af-99865a84a209\u0022\u003E[It is my privilege to take this adjournment k\u014Drero forward. Prime Minister, thank you for your leadership.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000126\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002232601127-a1e9-4ba0-b6af-99865a84a209\u0022\u003ETaupiri te maunga\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000127\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002232601127-a1e9-4ba0-b6af-99865a84a209\u0022\u003EWaikato te awa\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000128\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002232601127-a1e9-4ba0-b6af-99865a84a209\u0022\u003EPootatau te tangata, te tupuna, te tupua, te taniwha!\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000129\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002232601127-a1e9-4ba0-b6af-99865a84a209\u0022\u003EWaikato horo pounamu, Waikato taniwha rau\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000130\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002232601127-a1e9-4ba0-b6af-99865a84a209\u0022\u003EHe piko he taniwha\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000131\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002232601127-a1e9-4ba0-b6af-99865a84a209\u0022\u003EHe piko he taniwha!\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000132\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002232601127-a1e9-4ba0-b6af-99865a84a209\u0022\u003E[Taupiri is the mountain\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000133\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002232601127-a1e9-4ba0-b6af-99865a84a209\u0022\u003EWaikato is the river\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000134\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002232601127-a1e9-4ba0-b6af-99865a84a209\u0022\u003ETe Wherowhero is the person, the ancestor, the supernatural being, the protector\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000135\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002232601127-a1e9-4ba0-b6af-99865a84a209\u0022\u003EWaikato the consumer of greenstone, Waikato of one hundred chiefs\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000136\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002232601127-a1e9-4ba0-b6af-99865a84a209\u0022\u003EAt every bend a chief\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000137\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002232601127-a1e9-4ba0-b6af-99865a84a209\u0022\u003EAt every bend a chief!]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000138\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002232601127-a1e9-4ba0-b6af-99865a84a209\u0022\u003EKei taku ariki Tuheitia Pootatau Te Wherowhero Te Tuawhitu, haere ki \u014D t\u016Bpuna, te k\u0101wai o te kahu kiwi ki te p\u014D, oti atu r\u0101. T\u014D tira haere, ehara i te ruarua torutoru noa iho, ko Kahurangi June Mariu, ko Midge Te Kani, ko Davina Ruru, ko Piki Waretini, \u0101p\u014Dp\u014D wai ka hua, wai ka m\u014Dhio? Whekuwheku kau ana te nuku i te roimata m\u0101u, e taku K\u012Bngi. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000139\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002232601127-a1e9-4ba0-b6af-99865a84a209\u0022\u003EKua rahi t\u014D te K\u012Bngi mana, whakaiti hoki ki Te W\u0101nanga o Aotearoa, ki ng\u0101 motu o Aotearoa Niu T\u012Breni, ki te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa, ki ng\u0101 Taum\u0101hekeheke o te Ao, te Whare o Kiingi Tiare Te Tuatoru. Kua rangona t\u014Dna m\u0101ramatanga, t\u014Dna manaakitanga, kua tau t\u014Dna kaitiakitanga ki ng\u0101 kaupapa nui o te w\u0101.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000140\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002232601127-a1e9-4ba0-b6af-99865a84a209\u0022\u003EN\u0101 te Kiingi o te Maungarongo a Tawhiao, p\u0113r\u0101 ki te Whakatauk\u012B Rua Tekau m\u0101 Iwa a R\u0101wiri ki te Paipera Tapu\u2014\u201CKi te kore he whakakitenga ka ngaro te iwi\u201D. Koia i a Kiingi Tuheitia m\u014D te oranga o te iwi i te w\u0101 o te Korona-19. N\u0101na an\u014D te k\u012B\u2014amohia ake te ora o te iwi kia puta ki te wheiao!\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000141\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002232601127-a1e9-4ba0-b6af-99865a84a209\u0022\u003EE k\u012B ana te k\u014Drero a Kirihaehae Te Puea H\u0113rangi\u2014\u201CMehemea he pai m\u014D te tangata, mahia\u201D\u2014katahi r\u0101 t\u014D te K\u012Bngi tauira ki ng\u0101 mahi kaitiaki tohor\u0101, w\u0113ra hoki, ar\u0101 He Whakaputanga Moana i t\u0101ia i te tau nei.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000142\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002232601127-a1e9-4ba0-b6af-99865a84a209\u0022\u003EN\u0101 te K\u012Bngi hoki i whakatakoto i te huarahi m\u014D te tini rangatakap\u016B M\u0101ori i \u014Dna k\u014Drero\u2014\u201CMe M\u0101ori koe ia w\u0101 ia r\u0101\u201D\u2014he iwi taurikura t\u0101tou e kore t\u0101tou e ngaro. Kua tuhia ki ng\u0101 rae a t\u0113n\u0101 a t\u0113n\u0101 ki ng\u0101 p\u016Brongo o Pukamata me ng\u0101 whakaata, niupepa hoki.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000143\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002232601127-a1e9-4ba0-b6af-99865a84a209\u0022\u003ETahi r\u0101 ng\u0101 miro katoa i tuitui atu ki t\u014Dna ngira ki T\u016Brangawaewae i te wiki r\u0101. I whai hoki i \u014Dna hoa i hara mai i ng\u0101 t\u014Dpito o te ao, ko ng\u0101 h\u016Bmeka, ko ng\u0101 k\u0101mura, ko ng\u0101 parakimete, ko ngaa pekarohi\u2014tatu atu r\u0101 ki ng\u0101 k\u014Dtuku rerenga tahi, ng\u0101 ringa rehe, ng\u0101 kaitorangap\u016B, ng\u0101 ringa raup\u0101 o ia h\u0101pori, o ia iwi.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000144\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002232601127-a1e9-4ba0-b6af-99865a84a209\u0022\u003EKiingi Tuheitia\u2014k\u012Bngi o te kotahitanga, k\u012Bngi o Parihaka, k\u012Bngi o Te Matatini, k\u012Bngi o Te Kura o T\u012Bpene\u2014mate atu he toa. Kuini Nga wai hono i te po, ara mai r\u0101 he toa wahine, he toa rangatakap\u016B! Kei a ia te ihi, te wehi, te wana, te mauri, te mana, te wairua a Te Rauangaanga! Makau Ariki Atawhai me ng\u0101 tamaroa, te p\u0101 harakeke, kia kaha, kia m\u0101ia, kia manawanui. Kei te Tekaumaarua, kia ita, ita, ita, mau tonu!\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000145\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002232601127-a1e9-4ba0-b6af-99865a84a209\u0022\u003EE kore e mimiti \u0101ku mihi m\u0101horahora ki ng\u0101 ariki o te tai M\u0101ori, m\u0101reikura whatukura, t\u014D t\u0101tou ariki a Tumu, Hone, te manuao, ng\u0101 ringawera ki ng\u0101 k\u0101uta o Kimiora, T\u016Brongo me te Dungeon ar\u0101 te wh\u0101nau Raumati m\u0101, ng\u0101 tuar\u0101, ng\u0101 kemu r\u012Bki a T\u016Brangawaewae, a Taniwharau, ng\u0101 kaihoe waka, ng\u0101 w\u0101tene M\u0101ori, ng\u0101 h\u0101wini p\u0113r\u0101 i a Mere Daniels, ng\u0101 pari karanga me ng\u0101 p\u0101taka k\u014Drero p\u0113r\u0101 i a R\u0101hui Papa, Douggie Te Ruki, ng\u0101 kaiwhakanohonoho, ng\u0101 h\u0101pori a Para Kore, ng\u0101 kaiwhakarite urup\u0101 ki Taupiri K\u016Bao, Rukumoana, Ngira, \u0113r\u0101 k\u0101t\u016B ruruhi koroheke\u2014n\u014D r\u0101tou an\u014D i whakah\u012Bnau i te marae kia oti pai te uhunga o te rua tekau tau ka pahure ake nei. K\u0101ore i k\u014D atu i te Kiingitanga, i a Waikato-Tainui, i a T\u016Brangawaewae Marae m\u014D t\u0113nei \u0101huatanga te manaakitanga, te mana motuhake, te whakatinanatanga o te kotahitanga.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000146\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002232601127-a1e9-4ba0-b6af-99865a84a209\u0022\u003EHei whakatepe i aku mihi k\u0101mehameha, Minita Whaea Judith Collins me Te Ope K\u0101tua o Aotearoa, ng\u0101 mema o te Whare P\u0101remata, i mahue ng\u0101 k\u0101k\u0101 t\u014Drangap\u016B kia k\u0101puia atu t\u0101tou ki te uhunga me te whakawahinga, e hoa m\u0101, kei te tangotango hoki ka kitea te m\u0101ramatanga, \u0101, kei reira te kotahitanga e paoro nei i te nuku o te whenua. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000147\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002232601127-a1e9-4ba0-b6af-99865a84a209\u0022\u003EKoia nei te tongikura hei whakatauira mai i te korowai o te Kiingitanga: kotahi te k\u014Dhao o te ngira e kuhuna ai te miro pango, te miro m\u0101, te miro whero, tat\u016B atu r\u0101 ki te miro kahurangi, te miro k\u0101k\u0101riki, te miro m\u0101whero, te miro p\u0101pura, me te miro mangumangu. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000148\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002232601127-a1e9-4ba0-b6af-99865a84a209\u0022\u003EE kore e warewaretia t\u014D t\u0101tou K\u012Bngi, engari kei taku Ku\u012Bni, maranga mai tahi t\u0101tou kia iti a M\u014Dtai, ng\u0101 roimata e rua a Ruapehu, ng\u0101 k\u014Dk\u014D tangiwai a Mahinarangi, me ng\u0101 k\u014Dawaawa, ng\u0101 riu o Te Ika-a-M\u0101ui me Te Wai Pounamu. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000149\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002232601127-a1e9-4ba0-b6af-99865a84a209\u0022\u003ET\u0113n\u0101 t\u0101tou katoa. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000150\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002232601127-a1e9-4ba0-b6af-99865a84a209\u0022\u003E[Great leader Tuheitia Pootatau Te Wherowhero VII, farewell now to your ancestors who carry the kiwi cloak into the night, go beyond the veil. Your travelling party is not small, as you will be accompanied by Dame June Mariu, Midge Te Kani, Davina Ruru, Piki Waretini\u2014tomorrow, who knows, who can tell? Our lands are flooded with tears of\u00A0sorrow.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000151\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002232601127-a1e9-4ba0-b6af-99865a84a209\u0022\u003EKing Tuheitia carried his monumental responsibility and humility through New Zealand, to the Pacific Islands, to the Olympics, to the house of King Charles III. His independent thinking was seen, his caring nature was felt, and his restorative approach to major issues was regularly unleashed.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000152\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002232601127-a1e9-4ba0-b6af-99865a84a209\u0022\u003EKing Tawhiao, the King of Peace, observed, like the 29th Proverb of David in the Holy Bible, \u201CIf there is no vision, the people will perish\u201D. King Tuheitia articulated this presciently during the COVID-19 era by stating, \u201CLift up the wellbeing of the people as\u00A0paramount\u201D.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000153\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002232601127-a1e9-4ba0-b6af-99865a84a209\u0022\u003EKirihaehae Te Puea H\u0113rangi exhorted, \u201CIf it is good for the people, get on with the mahi.\u201D The King demonstrated taking action particularly with his commitment to the environment, like the recent Declaration for the Ocean amongst our Pacific relations.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000154\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002232601127-a1e9-4ba0-b6af-99865a84a209\u0022\u003EThe King inspiringly outlined a simple, pithy reminder of demographic realities with his encouragement of youth, observing that our people should \u201CBe M\u0101ori all day, every day, we are strong and here to stay\u201D\u2014this saying is now etched on many foreheads, Facebook, and other media platforms.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000155\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002232601127-a1e9-4ba0-b6af-99865a84a209\u0022\u003EDuring the tangi, we saw the threading of many communities and people through T\u016Brangawaewae. Friends and colleagues from many corners of the earth came to pay their respects\u2014shoemakers, carpenters, blacksmiths, and bakers, across to rarely seen guests, experts, politicians, and workers of communities and iwi up and down the country.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000156\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002232601127-a1e9-4ba0-b6af-99865a84a209\u0022\u003EKing Tuheitia\u2014king of unity, king of Parihaka, king of kapa haka, king of St Stephen\u2019s School\u2014falls a champion. Kuini Nga wai hono i te po arises a wahine champion, a youthful champion, to take his place. It is for her to carry the exhilaration, the awesomeness, the sacredness, the vitality, and the spirit of her ancestor Te Rauangaanga. Widow Atawhai and your sons, the immediate family: be strong, be brave, be stout-hearted. Tekaumaarua: stay resilient!\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000157\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002232601127-a1e9-4ba0-b6af-99865a84a209\u0022\u003EOur appreciation will never wane for the esteemed leaders like Tumu, Hone, the man of war, cooks in Kimiora and T\u016Brongo kitchens and the Dungeon like the Raumati wh\u0101nau, the backbone, the league teams of T\u016Brangawaewae and Taniwharau, the paddlers, the M\u0101ori wardens, the servants like Mere Daniels, the callers and the speakers like R\u0101hui Papa and Doug Te Ruki, the ushers, the rubbish collectors from Para Kore, the grave diggers at Taupiri K\u016Bao, Rukumoana, Ngira, that calibre of matriarch and patriarch\u2014those who delivered the phenomenal marae effort to realise the values of our ancestors in a manner not seen for 20 years. There is nothing like the Kiingitanga, like Waikato-Tainui, like T\u016Brangawaewae Marae for the state of manaakitanga, mana motuhake, and for the embodiment of kotahitanga.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000158\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002232601127-a1e9-4ba0-b6af-99865a84a209\u0022\u003EFinally, I want to acknowledge Whaea Judith and the contribution of the New Zealand Defence Force, and everyone in this House, who unshackled our political hues to wholly attend the tangi of a generation to pay respects to King Tuheitia, and welcome Queen Nga wai hono i te po. My learned friends, in the darkest of moments, we can find the light of kotahitanga resounding across the land.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000159\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002232601127-a1e9-4ba0-b6af-99865a84a209\u0022\u003EThis is the royal quote that exemplifies the mantle of the Kiingitanga: there is but one hole in the needle through which is threaded the black thread, the white thread, the red thread, and also the blue thread, the green thread, the pink thread, the purple thread, and the black thread. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000160\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002232601127-a1e9-4ba0-b6af-99865a84a209\u0022\u003EOur King will never be forgotten, but my Queen, let us rise together like M\u014Dtai\u2019s powerful few, the two tears of Ruapehu, the treasured jade of Mahinarangi, and the valleys and basins of the North and South Islands. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000161\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002232601127-a1e9-4ba0-b6af-99865a84a209\u0022\u003EGreetings to us all.] \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022f317ee7d-f040-44ec-8f2f-ad0a9f206d75\u0022 data-id=\u0022483aeab6217e4e319bc91f28f297058a\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000162\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f317ee7d-f040-44ec-8f2f-ad0a9f206d75\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022483aeab6217e4e319bc91f28f297058a\u0022\u003EHon WILLIE JACKSON (Labour):\u003C/span\u003E T\u0113n\u0101 an\u014D t\u0101tou katoa. Firstly, I want to thank the Prime Minister for this day. I think it\u2019s a wonderful tribute to the King, so ng\u0101 mihi ki a koe. Also to all the party leaders who went to the tangi, I want to thank all of you. It\u2019s really important, I think, that Aotearoa sees us in that type of space, no matter how things are sometimes in the House or in the media\u2014ng\u0101 mihi ki a koutou. I thought it was just fantastic.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000163\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f317ee7d-f040-44ec-8f2f-ad0a9f206d75\u0022\u003ECongratulations also, obviously, to Tainui. I was listening to our Minister there, and Rahui Papa\u2014just magnificent. Just magnificent in terms of the way he facilitated that tangi, because in many ways it was more than a tangi; it was an expression of our culture. Aotearoa saw it firsthand with the best in the business, with Rahui Papa, who I\u2019ve since informed that there\u2019s a vacancy going in Tainui at the moment that he said he would look at. But congratulations to him.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000164\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f317ee7d-f040-44ec-8f2f-ad0a9f206d75\u0022\u003ECongratulations, of course, to Kuini Nga wai hono i te po. I\u2019m sure she\u2019s going to do really, really well. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000165\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f317ee7d-f040-44ec-8f2f-ad0a9f206d75\u0022\u003EListening today, it\u2019s been just tremendous listening to all the k\u014Drero. Shane Jones is always brilliant in terms of whakapapa. Yourself, Tama, or Minister, I should say\u2014I mean, it\u2019s just been a great tribute. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000166\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f317ee7d-f040-44ec-8f2f-ad0a9f206d75\u0022\u003EBut I want to say, Mr Speaker\u2014and I want to congratulate you too for coming along and for your k\u014Drero. I want to say that it\u2019s a bit sombre, because, as Hana knows, this King was a great character. We had so much fun with this King. He had his own type of language\u2014didn\u2019t he, Hana? You know, it wasn\u2019t always on cue, but he was just a personality plus. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000167\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f317ee7d-f040-44ec-8f2f-ad0a9f206d75\u0022\u003ESome of us who got to know him in the last few years have really enjoyed the relationship, especially myself, because back in 2017, I wasn\u2019t really enjoying the relationship, because he joined the M\u0101ori Party and it was an incredibly upsetting time for us. I remember it well\u2014I remember it well. So I decided not to talk to him for a while. I thought, \u201CI\u2019m not going to talk to you for a while. I always thought you were a Labour man\u2014your mother was, I\u2019m sure.\u201D, and in 2018, he hit me up and he said to me, \u201CGet over it, Willie. What the hell\u2019s wrong with you?\u201D Apparently, John Tamihere had said, \u201COh, he\u2019s not going to talk to you because he\u2019s an elite M\u0101ori, and he picks and chooses who he talks to.\u201D\u2014thanks, Te P\u0101ti M\u0101ori. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000168\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f317ee7d-f040-44ec-8f2f-ad0a9f206d75\u0022\u003EBut the King hit me up and he said, \u201CLet\u2019s get on with it. Let\u2019s get on with it, let\u2019s start developing the relationship in terms of Tainui and the Government.\u201D, and didn\u2019t we do some wonderful things? Jacinda Ardern, Chris Hipkins, and I\u2019m sure this Government will build on that relationship, because while I talk about Te P\u0101ti M\u0101ori, the main thing for the King was kaupapa M\u0101ori. He wanted to build the health of Tainui, he wanted to build the housing of Tainui, he wanted to build the education of Tainui, and didn\u2019t he do a fantastic job? Didn\u2019t he do a fabulous job? \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000169\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f317ee7d-f040-44ec-8f2f-ad0a9f206d75\u0022\u003EYou\u2019re talking about someone who was not groomed to be the King. He did not want to be the King. He was very, very clear. He said, \u201CI\u2019m a man who works with my hands. I\u2019m a truck driver. I\u2019m a person who can fix things.\u201D, but didn\u2019t he grow into the role? I was just so proud of him. I think he\u2019s an example to not just M\u0101ori but all New Zealanders that you can do this type of mahi if you put in the hard yards, if you put in the hard work, and you have a passion for your people. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000170\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f317ee7d-f040-44ec-8f2f-ad0a9f206d75\u0022\u003EHe might not have been an academic, he wasn\u2019t an orator, and he wasn\u2019t a M\u0101ori language expert, but he became a leader in all those areas. Isn\u2019t it ironic that this humble man became such a leader for our people? \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000171\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f317ee7d-f040-44ec-8f2f-ad0a9f206d75\u0022\u003EI want to mihi to him and to his wh\u0101nau. I want to remember some of the words that he said, because at the end, I remember having him on. I was saying, \u201CYou\u2019re sounding like Martin Luther King. No one would believe you were a truck driver when you come out with words like \u2018Our kotahitanga shouldn\u2019t be focused on fighting against the Government. Instead, we need to focus on getting in the waka and working together. Mana motuhake has room for everyone!\u2019\u00A0\u201D\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000172\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f317ee7d-f040-44ec-8f2f-ad0a9f206d75\u0022\u003EAnd his last message: \u201CThe best protest we can make right now is being M\u0101ori. Be who we are. Live our values. Speak our reo. Care for our mokopuna, our awa, our maunga. Just be M\u0101ori \u2026 all day, every day. We are here. We are strong.\u201D\u2014beautiful, beautiful words from a humble man who became, in my view, a great leader and a great King. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000173\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f317ee7d-f040-44ec-8f2f-ad0a9f206d75\u0022\u003EWe will never forget him. He made such an impression on so many people, and I know\u00A0that so many New Zealanders will be proud of what they saw and heard over the last week. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000174\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f317ee7d-f040-44ec-8f2f-ad0a9f206d75\u0022\u003ESo, again, I want to thank everyone for contributing to this tangi. It was a tangi of a generation. N\u014D reira, e te K\u012Bngi, e kore m\u0101tou e wareware ki t\u014D koha m\u014D t\u014D t\u0101tou iwi. Kia okioki i runga i te rangim\u0101ria. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000175\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f317ee7d-f040-44ec-8f2f-ad0a9f206d75\u0022\u003E[And so, to the King, we will never forget your contribution for our people. Rest in peace.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000176\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f317ee7d-f040-44ec-8f2f-ad0a9f206d75\u0022\u003EKia ora, Mr Speaker. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u002228503e94-a5c6-4364-92b7-dc1da041fc50\u0022 data-id=\u0022829b8acc159941259452227c677eba50\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000177\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002228503e94-a5c6-4364-92b7-dc1da041fc50\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022829b8acc159941259452227c677eba50\u0022\u003EH\u016AHANA LYNDON (Green):\u003C/span\u003E T\u0113n\u0101 koe, Mr Speaker. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000178\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002228503e94-a5c6-4364-92b7-dc1da041fc50\u0022\u003EI taku t\u016Branga ake i roto i t\u0113nei whare\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000179\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002228503e94-a5c6-4364-92b7-dc1da041fc50\u0022\u003EKa turaturaki i te rau o te aroha e\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000180\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002228503e94-a5c6-4364-92b7-dc1da041fc50\u0022\u003ETaimaha i rukiruki te tinana i te aroha\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000181\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002228503e94-a5c6-4364-92b7-dc1da041fc50\u0022\u003EE kore rawa e t\u016B tika i te taimaha e\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000182\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002228503e94-a5c6-4364-92b7-dc1da041fc50\u0022\u003E[As I stand in this house\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000183\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002228503e94-a5c6-4364-92b7-dc1da041fc50\u0022\u003EI am overcome with grief\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000184\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002228503e94-a5c6-4364-92b7-dc1da041fc50\u0022\u003EMy body weighs heavy with grief\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000185\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002228503e94-a5c6-4364-92b7-dc1da041fc50\u0022\u003EI will never stand straight again because of this weight]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000186\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002228503e94-a5c6-4364-92b7-dc1da041fc50\u0022\u003EE moe e te ariki nui. Hoki ki t\u014D whaea, hoki ki w\u014D m\u0101tua t\u016Bpuna, ki runga Taupiri maunga. Haere, haere oti tau. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000187\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002228503e94-a5c6-4364-92b7-dc1da041fc50\u0022\u003EI t\u0113r\u0101 wiki i kite te motu wh\u0101nui i te tini mano t\u0101ngata i whakaeke ki runga T\u016Brangawaewae Marae ki te poroporoaki, ki te kawe i te aroha, i te ng\u0101kau mokemoke ki a ia, ki t\u014Dna wh\u0101nau, ki a Tainui, ki te iwi M\u0101ori. N\u014D reira moe mai r\u0101. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000188\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002228503e94-a5c6-4364-92b7-dc1da041fc50\u0022\u003EE ai ki te k\u014Drero \u201CHe toka t\u016B moana, he \u0101kinga n\u014D ng\u0101 tai\u201D. Ko Kiingi Tuheitia t\u0113r\u0101, t\u014D t\u0101tou toka m\u014D te kotahitanga. Haere, haere, oti atu. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000189\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002228503e94-a5c6-4364-92b7-dc1da041fc50\u0022\u003ETe \u016Bpoko ariki, ko Kiingi Tuheitia t\u0113r\u0101, te k\u012Bngi o te kotahitanga. Koia ahau, te uri o Tainui, e mihi atu ana ki a ia ki runga i ng\u0101 whakapaparanga maha kei waenganui i a t\u0101tou. Haere, haere, oti atu. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000190\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002228503e94-a5c6-4364-92b7-dc1da041fc50\u0022\u003E[Rest in peace, great monarch. Return to your mother, return to your forebears on Mount Taupiri. Go, pass on, rest in peace. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000191\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002228503e94-a5c6-4364-92b7-dc1da041fc50\u0022\u003ELast week, the wider nation observed the many thousands that went on to T\u016Brangawaewae Marae to farewell, to convey their condolences, and their lonesomeness to him, to his family, to Tainui, and to the M\u0101ori people. And so rest in peace. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000192\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002228503e94-a5c6-4364-92b7-dc1da041fc50\u0022\u003EAccording to the adage \u201CA stand against the ocean, upon which the tides break\u201D. That is King Tuheitia, our rock of unity. Go, rest in peace. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000193\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002228503e94-a5c6-4364-92b7-dc1da041fc50\u0022\u003EThe supreme monarch, that is King Tuheitia, king of unity. This is me, a descendant of Tainui, that acknowledges him with respect to the many genealogical connections between us all. Go, rest in peace.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000194\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002228503e94-a5c6-4364-92b7-dc1da041fc50\u0022\u003EI pay tribute to Kiingi Tuheitia, and I would like to acknowledge his sweetheart Te Makau Ariki whaia Te Atawhai, his tamariki and mokopuna, for I am sad for Tainui iwi, who have not had a chance to grieve. They have been a massive host to the motu. To the wh\u0101nau, who were on show the entire time for all New Zealand to see\u2014live stream, nightly news. They were everywhere, and they have not had privacy to be able to grieve the loss of their father, grandfather, and Kiingi Tuheitia. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000195\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002228503e94-a5c6-4364-92b7-dc1da041fc50\u0022\u003ESo I pay tribute to the ringa hora, the ringa manaaki nui, t\u0113r\u0101 iwi o t\u0101tou, rangatira a Tainui waka. Ka mihi, ka mihi. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000196\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002228503e94-a5c6-4364-92b7-dc1da041fc50\u0022\u003EOtir\u0101 ki te wh\u0101nau, koia t\u0113tahi w\u0101hi ki a koutou kia noho ki te poroporoaki i t\u014D koutou matua, t\u014D koutou pou o te wh\u0101nau, otir\u0101 m\u014D t\u0101tou katoa ki roto o Aotearoa wh\u0101nui. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000197\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002228503e94-a5c6-4364-92b7-dc1da041fc50\u0022\u003EN\u014D reira e te wh\u0101nau, tiakina koutou, atawhai i t\u014D t\u0101tou Makau Ariki, me k\u012B poipoia tonutia t\u014D t\u0101tou ariki nui, a Nga wai hono i te po. Kia ora t\u0101tou katoa. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000198\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002228503e94-a5c6-4364-92b7-dc1da041fc50\u0022\u003E[So I pay tribute to the hands that provide, the hospitable hands, of that iwi of ours, noble, of the Tainui waka. I thank and acknowledge you. Indeed to the family, that is one role that you fulfil, to sit with and farewell your father, the pillar of your family, indeed for all of us in wider New Zealand. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000199\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002228503e94-a5c6-4364-92b7-dc1da041fc50\u0022\u003EAnd so, to the family, look after yourselves, take care of our Regal Consort, I should say continue to nurture our Queen, Nga wai hono i te po. Thanks to everyone.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000200\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002228503e94-a5c6-4364-92b7-dc1da041fc50\u0022\u003ENow, I want to reflect on Kiingi Tuheitia and some of his words\u2014as Matua Willie has shared already\u2014that he has brought forward in the hui-\u0101-motu, because many of us, for sure, have had informal engagements with Kiingi Tuheitia and have had the opportunity to sit with him casually and enjoy his comedy, his personality, and his humble straight talk on kaupapa of the day. But Kiingi Tuheitia was the king of kotahitanga, and he called for us to come together. At the hui-\u0101-motu, when he said that this waka of kotahitanga has a paddle available for everyone and that we might get in the waka to keep it steady and hoe tahi. That\u2019s something that we can learn in this Whare and absolutely across our communities. The outpouring of aroha, manaaki from tauiwi, from iwi M\u0101ori, from schools, from dignitaries, from Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa, puta i Aotearoa is a tribute to his call for kotahitanga across Aotearoa. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000201\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002228503e94-a5c6-4364-92b7-dc1da041fc50\u0022\u003EHe said in the hui-\u0101-motu, \u201CKotahitanga is a way of life, [it\u2019s] not a committee \u2026 [not] a board. \u2026 we need to dream, [we need to] be creative, sing waiata, and let our culture [grow].\u201D\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000202\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002228503e94-a5c6-4364-92b7-dc1da041fc50\u0022\u003ENow, he was inspired by our youth and he was the patron of Te Matatini. Ng\u0101 Manu K\u014Drero, the national M\u0101ori speech competitions, are on right now in T\u0101maki-makau-rau, and I believe that if he was here, he would be front row, right now.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000203\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002228503e94-a5c6-4364-92b7-dc1da041fc50\u0022\u003EI mihi to you, Tama. Your daughter is standing, right now, in Ng\u0101 Manu K\u014Drero. As a tung\u0101ne, it\u2019s a sacrifice for you to be here, ka tuku aroha ki a koe i t\u0113nei w\u0101 [I offer you sympathy at this time]. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000204\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002228503e94-a5c6-4364-92b7-dc1da041fc50\u0022\u003EE te wh\u0101nau, kotahitanga is not a dream. It is something that we should all be working towards. The way that we can all get into the waka together is something that we need to work towards, I would argue, because the example is there from the way with which Tainui came together: the young people in the kitchen serving us; the wh\u0101nau out the back, in the dungeon, carving the beef and the mutton; Auntie Moko Tini monitoring all the media across the site; the taumata; te kau m\u0101 rua\u2014all whakahaere [the leaders, the 12 royal advisers\u2014all organisations]. They were all there, doing their work, and I enjoyed the company of the M\u0101ori wardens as they were ushering us to the appropriate place to park because, often, I was trying to get elsewhere, but I wasn\u2019t allowed. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000205\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002228503e94-a5c6-4364-92b7-dc1da041fc50\u0022\u003ENow, those are things that we can learn in terms of the way that everyone fell into line as Tainui mobilised to host us again, because they had already hosted us in the koroneihana. These are things that are important for us in this time of need.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000206\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002228503e94-a5c6-4364-92b7-dc1da041fc50\u0022\u003EI want to reflect back, quickly, to our Arikinui Kuini Nga wai hono i te po, Te Tirahou\u2014an opportunity for us to support a young woman, a breath of fresh air, a new perspective in the way that we can listen and learn from the voice of young people as they look to those of us in the House to mahi tahi. This is our chance to hui tahi again with her, seek the audience, and look to move forward together as Aotearoa New Zealand. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000207\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002228503e94-a5c6-4364-92b7-dc1da041fc50\u0022\u003ET\u0101kiri t\u016B te kotahitanga; t\u0101kiri t\u016B ko te mana motuhake. Haere atu r\u0101, Kiingi Tuheitia; ko Nga wai hono i te po ki te whenua. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000208\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002228503e94-a5c6-4364-92b7-dc1da041fc50\u0022\u003E[The rise of unity; the rise of self-determination. Farewell, King Tuheitia; Nga wai hono i te po upon the land.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000209\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002228503e94-a5c6-4364-92b7-dc1da041fc50\u0022\u003EKia ora. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u002258baa209-edaf-42a5-92d6-b2613c144bfb\u0022 data-id=\u00223fee83d859d947acbf6b80354d5fb530\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000210\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002258baa209-edaf-42a5-92d6-b2613c144bfb\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00223fee83d859d947acbf6b80354d5fb530\u0022\u003EHon NICOLE McKEE (ACT):\u003C/span\u003E At T\u016Brangawaewae, they came in their thousands to pay their respects to Kiingi Tuheitia over many days. On the day of his burial, they lined the awa as the waka carried him to join his t\u012Bpuna on Taupiri Maunga. When I attended T\u016Brangawaewae, the mamae was palpable. It swept across the marae as if carried by the wind and the rain. Great waves of sadness and people came together to mourn a man who had grown into his role over 18 years. As we sat and listened to orators reminisce about Kiingi Tuheitia, many recalled their most recent encounter with the K\u012Bngi at the 18th anniversary of his coronation. It was a reminder of how quickly things can change\u2014how fragile and fleeting our lives really are. Amid the sadness, though, there was also an incredible sense of power and wairua, never more obvious than when the students of the King\u2019s alma mata, Hato Tipene St Stephen\u2019s, performed their haka. We literally felt the ground shake as they farewelled one of their own. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000211\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002258baa209-edaf-42a5-92d6-b2613c144bfb\u0022\u003EKiingi Tuheitia Potatau Te Wherowhero VII ascended to the throne at the age of 51, on the death of his mother, Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu, in 2006. While he stood beside the throne at his mother\u2019s coronation in 1966, he was not widely expected to follow in Te Atairangikaahu\u2019s footsteps, as his older sister Heeni Katipa had been considered a candidate for the mantle of sovereignty. Born in Huntly, Kiingi Tuheitia spent his early school years at Rakaumanga School in Huntly before heading to Hamilton and Southwell School. As I mentioned earlier, he then went on to board at Hato Tipene St Stephen\u2019s College in Bombay. Those who knew the late Ki\u012Bngi described him as an ordinary man who spent much of his working life as a truck driver and, in his spare time, could be found tinkering with cars or watching the rugby league.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000212\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002258baa209-edaf-42a5-92d6-b2613c144bfb\u0022\u003EAfter attaining university entrance, he returned to Huntly to work in the mines. There are tales of him spending time as a truck driver, where he was renowned for picking up hitchhikers. Imagine the stories those travellers would have been able to tell had they realised their driver would later head the Kiingitanga. The late king\u2019s working life also included time spent working on the construction of the Huntly Power Station, in the New Zealand Army, and at a meatworks. So, by the time he ascended, he had certainly experienced much of life. Kiingi Tuheitia and his wife, Makau Ariki, shared a passion for kapa haka, as founding members of Huntly\u2019s Taniwharau culture club. His passion was never more obvious than when he was supporting Te Matatini.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000213\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002258baa209-edaf-42a5-92d6-b2613c144bfb\u0022\u003EThroughout his 18-year reign, the K\u012Bngi earned a number of additional titles. He was referred to as the \u201CKing of Hearts\u201D during the celebrations of his 13th anniversary. As he spoke to iwi leaders, he told them, \u201CYou can\u2019t just use your head; you\u2019ve got to use your heart. You\u2019re there for the people.\u201D More recently, he became known as the king of unity. As he urged those attending a hui in January, he said, \u201CWe need a way forward that brings kotahitanga to all of Aotearoa.\u201D His focus was on seeking solutions which would make a difference for people. He also said, \u201CJobs, housing, kai, education\u2014these issues are bigger than politics. It won\u2019t be easy; we haven\u2019t fixed it yet. But there\u2019s more mahi to do.\u201D The mantle now passes to his daughter Te Arikinui Kuini Nga wai hono i te po. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000214\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002258baa209-edaf-42a5-92d6-b2613c144bfb\u0022\u003ENoho i roto i te mamae me te aroha. Homai \u014D roimata me \u014D p\u014Duri. M\u0101 te ao M\u0101ori hei pupuri\u2014sit with the love and the pain, and cry out when you are in need. The people of the world hold the pain of your loss with you. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000215\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002258baa209-edaf-42a5-92d6-b2613c144bfb\u0022\u003ETe Arikinui Kuini, as you move into your new role, me k\u014Drero m\u0101tou o te Kotahitanga\u2014we shall speak of oneness. We shall remember the legacy your father left behind, and we treasure the time that you have gifted the world to grieve alongside your wh\u0101nau. Ng\u0101 mihi manaaki ki a koe, e te Ku\u012Bni M\u0101ori. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000216\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002258baa209-edaf-42a5-92d6-b2613c144bfb\u0022\u003E[Greetings of care to you, the M\u0101ori Queen.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022feb2e3ca-4ad3-4c7c-9958-b10d28c83bc8\u0022 data-id=\u002215ee0d8f6edf4a77800f868cdbd835c9\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000217\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022feb2e3ca-4ad3-4c7c-9958-b10d28c83bc8\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u002215ee0d8f6edf4a77800f868cdbd835c9\u0022\u003EHon CASEY COSTELLO (NZ First):\u003C/span\u003E Kiingi Tuheitia Pootatau Te Wherowhero, rest in peace. Rest now, you have done your duty.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000218\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022feb2e3ca-4ad3-4c7c-9958-b10d28c83bc8\u0022\u003EWe honour you not for seeking this role, but for accepting this role and doing your duty, taking up the responsibility and leading the Kiingitanga movement with such dignity. This was evident over the last 18 years, but, to me, so evident at the koroneihana just recently, where, despite your ailing health, you sat and allowed us to be part of that celebration, when I know you would have much preferred to be somewhere else. You shared your life, and you did your role with such dignity.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000219\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022feb2e3ca-4ad3-4c7c-9958-b10d28c83bc8\u0022\u003EMy t\u016Bpuna are Patuone and T\u0101mati W\u0101ka Nene, contemporaries of Pootatau. They were key figures in the decades after the Treaty. The status of Kiingi Tuheitia is underpinned by an ancestral duty. This has persisted from the 1850s, a service and duty that is a rarity in modern New Zealand: duty to his iwi, duty to his whakapapa, duty to a broad range of New Zealanders. This comes through service, it comes through conduct, and it comes through influence. I recall Deputy Commissioner Wally Haumaha, who was at the tangi and who talked of his frequent meetings with Kiingi Tuheitia and his willingness to share in solutions and to look forward to the future. It is this duty and service that we all stand in awe of now.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000220\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022feb2e3ca-4ad3-4c7c-9958-b10d28c83bc8\u0022\u003EI would like to just take a moment to acknowledge the Deputy Prime Minister, Winston Peters, who could not be here and who wanted to pass on his very best wishes, not just to Kiingi Tuheitia but to Kuini Nga wai hono i te po. You take up your call to duty now, your call to service. But know your t\u016Bpuna will be with you as you journey through this life. They will be with you when you need to rest because they will carry you, they will be with you when you need wisdom because they will advise, and please know that as you see in this House today, we will be with you also.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000221\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022feb2e3ca-4ad3-4c7c-9958-b10d28c83bc8\u0022\u003EWe honour your call to service. We thank you for sharing Kiingi Tuheitia with us in your moments when you probably wanted time alone. We will offer you our strength and support, and we look forward to the continuation of the Kiingitanga for New Zealand. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u002227600399-0a88-4371-a784-b5a7bc7afc37\u0022 data-id=\u0022560199e2145d48fe9098c26836f0656e\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000222\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002227600399-0a88-4371-a784-b5a7bc7afc37\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022560199e2145d48fe9098c26836f0656e\u0022\u003EMARIAMENO KAPA-KINGI (Te P\u0101ti M\u0101ori\u2014Te Tai Tokerau):\u003C/span\u003E E te M\u0101ngai, t\u0113n\u0101 koe. E te Whare, t\u0113n\u0101 t\u0101tou katoa. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000223\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002227600399-0a88-4371-a784-b5a7bc7afc37\u0022\u003EE te Kiingi Tuheitia P\u014Dtatau Te Wherowhero VII, haere atu r\u0101, haere atu r\u0101, haere atu\u00A0r\u0101. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000224\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002227600399-0a88-4371-a784-b5a7bc7afc37\u0022\u003EPrime Minister, if I can just acknowledge and thank you for your kind words on the paepae, actually. A number spoke to me about that and said how genuine and real it felt, so I wanted to mention that to you in this House and, to that end, to mark this day for the King. So t\u0113n\u0101 r\u0101 hoki koe, t\u0113n\u0101 t\u0101tou katoa. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000225\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002227600399-0a88-4371-a784-b5a7bc7afc37\u0022\u003EI want to just share some reflections to the whole party leadership across the House that attended, came to T\u016Brangawaewae, hustled through the thousands deciding whether they\u2019d mau ng\u0101 mea [wear certain things]\u2014whether they had leaves on or didn\u2019t\u2014and all that it took to get into the house. I just wanted to acknowledge that. It is a big deal when one comes to such a kaupapa as a tangi and the tangi of our King. So I want to acknowledge that today, and, Mr Speaker, to acknowledge you and your words of love and kindness to the King and to the wh\u0101nau pani, t\u0113n\u0101 r\u0101 hoki koe [the family of the deceased, thank you very much]. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000226\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002227600399-0a88-4371-a784-b5a7bc7afc37\u0022\u003EWhat I can share about Kiingi Tuheitia and the institution of the Kiingitanga, I share from more of a personal level, as well. Even though my whanaunga Shane Jones shared about the whakapapa and the obligations that come with that, mine is as much about the personal in it: firstly, to mention that Te K\u014Dhao Health is a provider in Kirikiriroa of which Te Makau Ariki was the patron. For every event in which we required her to come to acknowledge what we were doing and to come and open up different facilities, the King always came with her. He came, he sat with her, he provided his own\u2014he was a humorous fellow. He was very quiet, and, in fact, what I recognised when he took the seat when his m\u0101m\u0101 passed away\u2014and others have talked about that; his reluctance to do that. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000227\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002227600399-0a88-4371-a784-b5a7bc7afc37\u0022\u003EHe was an ordinary man called to do an extraordinary thing, which was to be King, and others have made reference to that. But I think he got into it, can I just say. He started to like it, and like it so much that even with the angst that the Hon Willie Jackson shows, he got his party right. So I just wanted to make that statement in the House, because he did a good thing. He was a good King and we love him, and we will miss him.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000228\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002227600399-0a88-4371-a784-b5a7bc7afc37\u0022\u003EI married into this movement\u2014the Kiingitanga\u2014by the way. And it is true: there are thousands of people that are in the background, washing tea towels, making desserts, washing sheets, making up beds, and doing all of the work that on a daily basis\u2014and by the way, this was following the koroneihana, which was just not long before that, which was an extension. The koroneihana would usually run for four days, or maybe five. It went for seven days, but for the wh\u0101nau at the p\u0101, that\u2019s like 10 days, and then just a little break and now, with the death of the King, these 10 days. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000229\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002227600399-0a88-4371-a784-b5a7bc7afc37\u0022\u003EBut it is an institution\u2014it\u2019s an institution. It\u2019s not by accident that it gets this kind of capacity. It has grown the capacity; it has developed it. It has failed forward all the time. It is a mighty institution and I married into it; in fact, on that very spot. So I\u2019ve learnt and I\u2019ve seen things inside that institution which are admirable. We should acknowledge that, and I believe we are doing that today.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000230\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002227600399-0a88-4371-a784-b5a7bc7afc37\u0022\u003EWhen the King, I say to Mr Jackson, said he liked Te P\u0101ti M\u0101ori, it also meant, though, that he could tell us off, you know? He could give us direction, even though we weren\u2019t necessarily keen on that. But what he was telling us was that \u201CI\u2019m there for everything.\u201D You know, we\u2019re there for everything: Debbie, Rawiri\u2014everybody. We\u2019re prepared to tell you, even if you might be a bit taringa pisai\u2014which means you can\u2019t quite hear\u2014that we are here for you, and we believe in you and we love you. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000231\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002227600399-0a88-4371-a784-b5a7bc7afc37\u0022\u003ESo this was the way in which he spoke with us, and Debbie referred to that earlier in her comments. He was that kind of King, and we will miss him\u2014but not the tellings-off, so much.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000232\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002227600399-0a88-4371-a784-b5a7bc7afc37\u0022\u003EBut what he also did was leave us a great Queen, right? Te Ariki Kuini Nga wai hono i te po: she\u2019s young, she\u2019s gifted, and she\u2019s M\u0101ori. That\u2019s a great thing and we are excited, and we are there to look after her and protect her and watch her as she leads the way. She\u2019s bilingual, she\u2019s smart\u2014she\u2019s very smart\u2014and she\u2019s credentialed in many things, but she is a girl from the p\u0101. She\u2019s a Kiingitanga girl. She\u2019s young and she\u2019s gifted and we fully, fully support her, and I\u2019d ask if we\u2019d all do the same. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000233\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002227600399-0a88-4371-a784-b5a7bc7afc37\u0022\u003EI have missed my time, Mr Speaker, but t\u0101tou m\u0101, t\u0113nei te mihi ki a t\u0101tou, kia ora r\u0101 [to all of us, I\u2019d like to acknowledge us all, thank you]. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022a68928ea-9dd8-4a30-8e2c-a0f49dfc8bea\u0022 data-id=\u0022896ddc0e1e9b4cecae0d54b236a00a9d\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000234\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a68928ea-9dd8-4a30-8e2c-a0f49dfc8bea\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022896ddc0e1e9b4cecae0d54b236a00a9d\u0022\u003EHon LOUISE UPSTON (National\u2014Taup\u014D):\u003C/span\u003E E te K\u012Bngi, Tuheitia P\u014Dtatau Te Wherowhero VII, moe mai r\u0101. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000235\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a68928ea-9dd8-4a30-8e2c-a0f49dfc8bea\u0022\u003EMakau Ariki Atawhai, ka nui taku aroha mai. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000236\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a68928ea-9dd8-4a30-8e2c-a0f49dfc8bea\u0022\u003EE te Ku\u012Bni, Nga wai, haere mai r\u0101. Kia kaha ki te Ku\u012Bni hou. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000237\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a68928ea-9dd8-4a30-8e2c-a0f49dfc8bea\u0022\u003EKotahitanga. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000238\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a68928ea-9dd8-4a30-8e2c-a0f49dfc8bea\u0022\u003E[To the King, Tuheitia P\u014Dtatau Te Wherowhero VII, rest in peace. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000239\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a68928ea-9dd8-4a30-8e2c-a0f49dfc8bea\u0022\u003ETo the Royal Consort, Atawhai, deepest condolences. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000240\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a68928ea-9dd8-4a30-8e2c-a0f49dfc8bea\u0022\u003ETo the Queen, Nga wai, welcome. I wish the new Queen strength.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000241\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a68928ea-9dd8-4a30-8e2c-a0f49dfc8bea\u0022\u003EUnity.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000242\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a68928ea-9dd8-4a30-8e2c-a0f49dfc8bea\u0022\u003EUnity: a word that\u2019s been spoken and repeated across the House this afternoon. Kiingitanga was to unify the many M\u0101ori tribes of Aotearoa. But we\u2019ve heard and we\u2019ve seen through his actions that the K\u012Bngi\u2019s aspiration was not only to unite the many tribes of Aotearoa but to unify and unite all New Zealanders.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000243\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a68928ea-9dd8-4a30-8e2c-a0f49dfc8bea\u0022\u003EAs a local MP based in the mighty Waikato, I\u2019ve had many occasions to attend the koroneihana and other events at T\u016Brangawaewae. So whether you are attending as a visitor on the first occasion or returning on many occasions, it\u2019s a day that\u2019s filled with much uncertainty, at times a bit of chaos, as we gather at the gate. One thing that\u2019s also a bit uncertain is the weather. One thing that is very certain is when that wind blows and the cloud is there, the chill will chill to the bone. But what is also certain is the incredibly warm welcome that every visitor\u2014every visitor\u2014will receive at T\u016Brangawaewae, and that was no different this year. So no matter what your role, no matter whether you\u2019re with a party large or small, no matter whether you\u2019re in Government or Opposition, it is always a very, very warm welcome. But it\u2019s actually the quiet chats afterwards that I valued. And the K\u012Bngi was an incredibly humble man, but also had very sage advice. And while he may have been a man of few words, his words did matter. And that\u2019s been clear from the recollections that have been shared by party leaders and my parliamentary colleagues today.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000244\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a68928ea-9dd8-4a30-8e2c-a0f49dfc8bea\u0022\u003EOne of my first memories of the K\u012Bngi was in 2010, when the World Rowing Champs were at Karapiro. We were sitting down for lunch with one of many of the overseas dignitaries and he was patiently explaining some of the cultural elements that the visitors had seen. What was always obvious in my interactions with the K\u012Bngi was it was very much about teaching and showing and embracing and allowing visitors\u2014whether a first-time visitor or one who was a repeat visitor\u2014to learn a little more, to be able to embrace the culture, to feel the fear and speak te reo anyway, to not understand necessarily the traditions and everything that was expected, but to just know that you were embraced in a cloak of welcome, and that there was no such thing as a mistake if you had an open heart and an open mind.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000245\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a68928ea-9dd8-4a30-8e2c-a0f49dfc8bea\u0022\u003EOne of the highlights that I recall of Kiingi Tuheitia was actually the very first memorandum of understanding that Corrections signed, and that was with the Kiingitanga. And when the K\u012Bngi was talking about it, it was just so, so clear to him, and clear in the words he spoke, that he wanted not just young M\u0101ori but all M\u0101ori to have great opportunities, whether it was a young person that had come out of prison\u2014to be able to give them every single opportunity of a different future. I was humbled by his commitment to mothers in particular, and the need for them to have houses to create a new future for their children. He was a K\u012Bngi who sacrificed, who lived a life of service that we will always be incredibly grateful for. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000246\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a68928ea-9dd8-4a30-8e2c-a0f49dfc8bea\u0022\u003EMate atu t\u0113t\u0113kura, ara mai t\u0113t\u0113kura. T\u0113n\u0101 koutou katoa. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000247\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a68928ea-9dd8-4a30-8e2c-a0f49dfc8bea\u0022\u003E[As one leader passes, another rises. Greetings to you all.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022a434482b-7ac1-4862-9ce7-13e63289dee3\u0022 data-id=\u00226d5fa4dc2f02426f8186b13b4fedabe0\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000248\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a434482b-7ac1-4862-9ce7-13e63289dee3\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00226d5fa4dc2f02426f8186b13b4fedabe0\u0022\u003ERt Hon ADRIAN RURAWHE (Labour):\u003C/span\u003E Kor\u014Dria, hareruia ki a koe, e Ihoa o ng\u0101 mano. T\u016B\u0101uriuri, wh\u0101ioio, k\u012B tonu te rangi me te whenua i te nui o t\u014D kor\u014Dria. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000249\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a434482b-7ac1-4862-9ce7-13e63289dee3\u0022\u003EN\u014D reira tihei mauri ora. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000250\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a434482b-7ac1-4862-9ce7-13e63289dee3\u0022\u003EE tika ana kia tuku mihi poroporoaki ki a Kiingi Tuheitia P\u014Dtatau Te Wherowhero VII. N\u014D reira, me whakapiri taku mihi ki ng\u0101 mihi kua mihia e ng\u0101 mema o te Whare nei i t\u0113nei w\u0101. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000251\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a434482b-7ac1-4862-9ce7-13e63289dee3\u0022\u003EN\u014D reira haere e te K\u012Bngi, haere ki tua o te \u0101rai, ki te k\u0101inga t\u016Bturu m\u014D t\u0101tou, m\u014D te tangata. Oti atu te w\u0101 ki a koe, e oki, e moe, e moe. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000252\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a434482b-7ac1-4862-9ce7-13e63289dee3\u0022\u003E[Glory, hallelujah to you, Jehovah of the masses. Eternal and enduring, the heavens and the earth are filled with your glory. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000253\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a434482b-7ac1-4862-9ce7-13e63289dee3\u0022\u003EAnd thus, the breath of life. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000254\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a434482b-7ac1-4862-9ce7-13e63289dee3\u0022\u003EIt is appropriate to offer final words of farewell to King Tuheitia P\u014Dtatau Te Wherowhero VII. And so I add my farewell to those acknowledgments offered by the members of this House at this time. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000255\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a434482b-7ac1-4862-9ce7-13e63289dee3\u0022\u003ESo farewell, King, venture beyond the veil, to the true home of us all, of humanity. Your time has ended, rest, sleep, rest in peace.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000256\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a434482b-7ac1-4862-9ce7-13e63289dee3\u0022\u003EI\u2019d like to remember Kiingi Tuheitia from the perspective that I come from R\u0101tana P\u0101. We had the pleasure and honour of hosting Kiingi Tuheitia and Te Makau Ariki and te K\u0101hui Ariki on many different occasions. It\u2019d be true to say that he was well respected and loved by the m\u014Drehu and by R\u0101tana. He was loved not only because he upheld the history and the traditions of the Kiingitanga\u2014that relationship that started in the time of Kiingi Te Rata when Tupu Taing\u0101kawa came to R\u0101tana P\u0101 and spoke to Tahup\u014Dtiki Wiremu R\u0101tana about the rights of M\u0101ori and the Treaty of Waitangi. So we loved him because he upheld that. We loved him because he supported his mother, Te Atairangikaahu, who consolidated the relationship with R\u0101tana through our then leader \u201CTe Reo\u201D Hura. We loved him because he knew about the history and that relationship between us, and the basis on which that relationship began and was about.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000257\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a434482b-7ac1-4862-9ce7-13e63289dee3\u0022\u003EWe\u2019ve heard many different relationship stories in in this House today, and I\u2019d ask members to reflect just how much energy it takes to have that many relationships with that many people and keep up with it and have a smile on your face while you\u2019re doing it. He had a smile that could light up a room. But, most of all, he was loved in R\u0101tana because of the way he gave the time to the people we call ringaringa waewae, which other marae call ringawera, the workers. He had time for them and he let them know how grateful he was that he was being looked after. I think it\u2019s, you know, a lesson for all of us that you can rise to the highest of offices\u2014and there is no higher in te ao M\u0101ori than Kiingitanga\u2014and not forget the people that help along the way, and he certainly did that. I recognise, you know, the difficulty that that road must have been\u2014you know, dealing with huge different issues. I mean, the egos alone of rangatira across the country can be problematic and difficult, and he seemed to handle it.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000258\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a434482b-7ac1-4862-9ce7-13e63289dee3\u0022\u003EWe heard from other members about getting tellings-off. Well, yeah, I\u2019m aware of other stories as well where he\u2019s let people know that he wasn\u2019t too happy with what was going on\u2014I\u2019ll just leave it like that. But he had that ability, and I think it\u2019s great that this House can recognise that.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000259\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a434482b-7ac1-4862-9ce7-13e63289dee3\u0022\u003EI want to also add my aroha to Te Makau Ariki, tamariki, and mokopuna, and the wider K\u0101hui Ariki as well. I can\u2019t imagine what it might be like sitting through all of those p\u014Dwhiri, the whole lot\u2014just imagine that. You know, we could get up and walk away and go and talk to our mates, but they can\u2019t. They had to sit through all of that k\u014Drero, the whole lot\u2014they heard it all. I hope that was healing for them to know how much he was loved, and I think that was expressed in many, many different ways.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000260\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a434482b-7ac1-4862-9ce7-13e63289dee3\u0022\u003EI want to acknowledge Te Arikinui Kuini Nga wai hono i te po. I want to acknowledge that she got her name from the Whanganui River. She was born while her grandmother was on the Tira Hoe waka. Her grandmother asked the people of Whanganui to give her a name, and they gave the name Nga wai hono i te po. So I suppose those of us from Whanganui will be claiming her! We can think about it, but I think she will belong to the motu\u2014and quite rightly so\u2014and I\u2019m sure my Ng\u0101ti Rangi and Whanganui wh\u0101nau will be there to support her in everything moving forward. I can\u2019t imagine also what that must be like for a young wahine, but I\u2019ve got no doubt that she\u2019ll be able to uphold the traditions like her father did, her grandfather, right back to her great-great-great-great-great-grandfather, which is an amazing thing. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000261\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a434482b-7ac1-4862-9ce7-13e63289dee3\u0022\u003ESo, Mr Speaker, thank you for the opportunity to speak. Ko te t\u016Bmanako kia uhia mai e te Runga Rawa \u0101na manaakitanga ki runga ki t\u014D m\u0101tou Ku\u012Bni hou. Pai m\u0101rire. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000262\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a434482b-7ac1-4862-9ce7-13e63289dee3\u0022\u003E[My hope is that the Most High will cover our new Queen with his blessings. Peace and goodwill to all.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u00223d42e8cf-544e-415d-892b-f4ef8014d80f\u0022 data-id=\u002256f4342256474721a036c422a0689ac9\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000263\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223d42e8cf-544e-415d-892b-f4ef8014d80f\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u002256f4342256474721a036c422a0689ac9\u0022\u003ETEANAU TUIONO (Green):\u003C/span\u003E T\u0113n\u0101 koe e te P\u012Bka. T\u0101kiri t\u016B ko te kotahitanga; t\u0101kiri t\u016B ko te mana motuhake. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000264\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223d42e8cf-544e-415d-892b-f4ef8014d80f\u0022\u003ETaimaha rukiruki te tinana i te aroha; e kore rawa a tutuki e. Heoi kei te t\u016Bpou tonu ng\u0101 whakaaro, kei te m\u014Dteatea tonu ng\u0101 whakaaro m\u014D te K\u012Bngi, Tuheitia P\u014Dtatau Te Wherowhero VII i tanumia ki roto i a Taupiri K\u016Bao i t\u0113nei w\u0101. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000265\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223d42e8cf-544e-415d-892b-f4ef8014d80f\u0022\u003EE te ariki nui, moe mai, moe mai, moe mai r\u0101. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000266\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223d42e8cf-544e-415d-892b-f4ef8014d80f\u0022\u003ETe Arikinui, Kiingi Tuheitia, n\u014Dhou te p\u014D, e moe, e okioki. E ara, Te Arikinui Nga wai hono i te po, n\u014Dhou te ao. T\u0113n\u0101 koe, otir\u0101 te whare o te k\u0101hui ariki, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou katoa. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000267\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223d42e8cf-544e-415d-892b-f4ef8014d80f\u0022\u003EE t\u016B ake t\u0113nei ki te tautoko i ng\u0101 mihi kua mihia. Heoi kei te hoki aku n\u0101 whakaaro ki t\u0113nei o ng\u0101 tangihanga me te whakaaro ake i kite m\u0101tou i t\u0113nei mea te tohu o te rangatira, t\u0113nei mea te tohu o te rangatiratanga. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000268\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223d42e8cf-544e-415d-892b-f4ef8014d80f\u0022\u003EI a r\u0101tou te tinitini, te manomano i tae ki T\u016Brangawaewae, i k\u014Drero tahi au ki \u0113tahi o aku nei hoa i tat\u016B ki runga i te mata o te marae, me te mea atu, \u201CKo wai ka taea te manaaki p\u0113nei an\u014D te \u0101hua? Ko wai e taea te tiaki i te tinitini, te manomano? Kore rawa.\u201D N\u014D reira e mihi ana ki a koutou, Waikato taniwha rau, ki te whakaatu mai i t\u0113nei mea te rangatiratanga, t\u0113nei mea te manaakitanga. Te taea te wh\u0101ngai i t\u0113r\u0101 rahi, he tohu t\u0113r\u0101 o te rangatira, he tohu t\u0113r\u0101 o t\u014D t\u0101tou ariki nui. N\u0101 koutou an\u014D i hora atu t\u0113r\u0101 o ng\u0101 whakaaro ki a t\u0101tou. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000269\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223d42e8cf-544e-415d-892b-f4ef8014d80f\u0022\u003EN\u014D reira ng\u0101 nihowera, ng\u0101 ringawera, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou katoa. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000270\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223d42e8cf-544e-415d-892b-f4ef8014d80f\u0022\u003EKei te whakaaro ake, ka t\u0101piri ake i aku nei whakaaro ki a Makau Ariki, te wh\u0101nau kua panihia. Tautoko katoa ahau i ng\u0101 k\u014Drero i t\u0101 Adrian Rurawhe, i mea atu n\u0101 te roa o ng\u0101 p\u014Dhiri i noho ai r\u0101tou m\u014D te w\u0101 roa, engari ko te t\u016Bmanako nui i rongo r\u0101tou i t\u0113nei mea, i te aroha. I rongo m\u0101tou i t\u0113nei mea, i te ng\u0101kau m\u0101haki, i rongo r\u0101tou i ng\u0101 \u0101huatanga o te whakaaro nui me te mana nui o w\u012Bw\u012B, o w\u0101w\u0101 e tae ana ki runga i te marae. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000271\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223d42e8cf-544e-415d-892b-f4ef8014d80f\u0022\u003EE tika ana te k\u014Drero: koia an\u014D te K\u012Bngi o te kotahitanga. I roa te w\u0101 e tohea ana t\u0113r\u0101 o ng\u0101 kupu ki roto i ng\u0101 marae puta noa i te motu. Engari n\u0101na an\u014D i k\u012B atu me haramai ki T\u016Brangawaewae i te t\u012Bmatanga o t\u0113nei tau, ki waenganui tonu o te hararei raumati. I tae mai m\u0101tou katoa. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000272\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223d42e8cf-544e-415d-892b-f4ef8014d80f\u0022\u003EKo t\u0101na i mea atu ko t\u0113nei mea te mana motuhake he waka hoe, \u0101e. Engari engari he waka eke noa t\u0113nei waka o te mana motuhake. He k\u014Drero t\u0113r\u0101, he rapurapu whakaaro t\u0113r\u0101 m\u014D t\u0101tou katoa ki roto i t\u0113nei Whare. He aha t\u0113nei mea, te kotahitanga? Me te whakaaro ake he aha te w\u0101hanga ki a t\u0101tou o roto i te P\u0101remata m\u014D t\u0113nei mea, te kotahitanga, o t\u0113nei mea, te mana motuhake, o t\u0113nei mea i whakatauk\u012Bhia e t\u014D t\u0101tou nei K\u012Bngi, i \u014Dh\u0101k\u012Btia e t\u014D t\u0101tou nei K\u012Bngi ki roto i \u0101na kupu o te tau tonu nei. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000273\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223d42e8cf-544e-415d-892b-f4ef8014d80f\u0022\u003EKo t\u0101ku nei, e toru ng\u0101 w\u0101hanga ki a t\u0101tou e noho ana ki t\u0113nei o ng\u0101 Whare. Te tuatahi ko te aro kia m\u0101rama, kia kite anei an\u014D te kotahitanga, an\u0101 an\u014D te mana motuhake. Ka puta an\u014D te aronga ki t\u0113nei mea, te m\u0101rama, kia m\u0101rama te tangata t\u0113r\u0101 te mana motuhake, t\u0113r\u0101 te kotahitanga i mea atu t\u014D t\u0101tou nei K\u012Bngi. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000274\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223d42e8cf-544e-415d-892b-f4ef8014d80f\u0022\u003EHoi hei t\u0101piri atu ki t\u0113r\u0101 ko te mea nui m\u014D t\u0101tou katoa, t\u0101tou e whai whakaaro ana ki t\u0113nei mea, te kotahitanga, te rangatiratanga, t\u014Dna whanaunga te mana motuhake, te tautoko. P\u0113hea t\u0101tou katoa e taea ai te tautoko? I te mea i kite t\u0101tou i te kotahitanga ki roto i ng\u0101 r\u0101 ki runga o T\u016Brangawaewae. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000275\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223d42e8cf-544e-415d-892b-f4ef8014d80f\u0022\u003EN\u014D reira koir\u0101 te wero kei mua i te aroaro, ki taku nei whakaaro ki a t\u0101tou katoa. Hoi e mihi ana ki a t\u0101tou katoa i tae \u0101-tinana mai, otir\u0101 ki a koe e te P\u012Bka. E mihi ana ki a koe m\u014D \u0101u kupu akiaki i te wh\u0101nau, otir\u0101 i te ao M\u0101ori katoa, tae noa ki a kura. I te w\u0101 e t\u016B ana a kura, te maha hoki o ng\u0101 r\u014Dp\u016B i p\u012Bkau i a kura i t\u0113nei w\u0101. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000276\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223d42e8cf-544e-415d-892b-f4ef8014d80f\u0022\u003EHeoi ko te oranga an\u014D o t\u0113r\u0101, i kite te marae, i kite te ao M\u0101ori, anei an\u014D te P\u0101remata e haere ng\u0101tahi ana ki runga i te marae. Ahakoa ng\u0101 tohe ki roto i t\u0113nei o ng\u0101 Whare, ahakoa t\u014D t\u0101tou nei kaha ki te matapaki i ng\u0101 k\u014Drero, ng\u0101 taupatupatu ki roto i t\u0113nei o ng\u0101 Whare, tae noa ki t\u0113r\u0101 o ng\u0101 tangihanga i haere ng\u0101tahi t\u0101tou. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000277\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223d42e8cf-544e-415d-892b-f4ef8014d80f\u0022\u003EN\u014D reira, m\u0101 runga i t\u0113r\u0101 ko t\u0113nei mea te kotahitanga, m\u0101 runga i t\u0113r\u0101 ko t\u0113nei mea te mana motuhake. Me kaha t\u0101tou ki te whai, me kaha t\u0101tou ki te tautoko, me kaha t\u0101tou ki te h\u0101pai. N\u014D reira t\u0113n\u0101 t\u0101tou katoa. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000278\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223d42e8cf-544e-415d-892b-f4ef8014d80f\u0022\u003E[Thank you, Mr Speaker. Unity rises; self-determination rises. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000279\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223d42e8cf-544e-415d-892b-f4ef8014d80f\u0022\u003EThe body is weighed down by sorrow; it can never truly be fulfilled. However, thoughts continue to bow, and we still feel sorrow for the King, Tuheitia P\u014Dtatau Te Wherowhero VII, who is now laid to rest in Taupiri K\u016Bao at this time. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000280\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223d42e8cf-544e-415d-892b-f4ef8014d80f\u0022\u003EGreat leader, sleep well, rest well, rest in peace. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000281\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223d42e8cf-544e-415d-892b-f4ef8014d80f\u0022\u003EThe great leader King Tuheitia, the night belongs to you; sleep and rest. Rise, the great leader Nga wai hono i te po, the sunlight belong to you. Greetings to you, and also to the royal family, greetings to you all. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000282\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223d42e8cf-544e-415d-892b-f4ef8014d80f\u0022\u003EI stand here in support of the tributes that have already been paid. However, my thoughts return to this particular funeral and the realisation that we have witnessed the true mark of a leader, the true mark of leadership. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000283\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223d42e8cf-544e-415d-892b-f4ef8014d80f\u0022\u003EAs we saw the multitudes that gathered at T\u016Brangawaewae, I spoke with some of my friends who stood on the marae grounds, and they said, \u201CWho else could host such an event with such grace? Who else could care for such multitudes? No one.\u201D So I commend you, Waikato of a hundred chiefs, for demonstrating leadership and hospitality. To be able to feed so many, that is a sign of leadership, a sign of our king. You have shared that vision with all of us. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000284\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223d42e8cf-544e-415d-892b-f4ef8014d80f\u0022\u003ETherefore, to the chefs, to the workers, I greet you all. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000285\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223d42e8cf-544e-415d-892b-f4ef8014d80f\u0022\u003EAs I reflect, I add my thoughts to those for the Royal Consort and the grieving family. I fully support the words of Adrian Rurawhe, who said that due to the long duration of the welcoming ceremonies they endured for a long time, but we hope that they felt the love. We felt the humility, and they felt the consideration and the great mana of those who came to the marae from near and far. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000286\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223d42e8cf-544e-415d-892b-f4ef8014d80f\u0022\u003EIt is true what has been said: he truly was the king of unity. That word was debated for a long time on the marae across the country. But it was he who said that we should come to T\u016Brangawaewae at the beginning of this year, right in the middle of the summer holidays. We all came. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000287\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223d42e8cf-544e-415d-892b-f4ef8014d80f\u0022\u003EWhat he said was that this thing, self-determination, is like a paddling waka, yes. But this waka of self-determination is a canoe for all to board. That is a statement, a consideration for all of us in this House. What is unity? And what is our role here in Parliament in regard to this thing, unity, this thing, self-determination, which our King declared and emphasised in his words this year? \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000288\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223d42e8cf-544e-415d-892b-f4ef8014d80f\u0022\u003EFrom my perspective, there are three roles for us in this House. The first is to pay attention, to understand and recognise that this is unity, and that is self-determination. The next step is to ensure clarity, so that people understand what self-determination is, what unity means, as expressed by our King. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000289\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223d42e8cf-544e-415d-892b-f4ef8014d80f\u0022\u003EFurthermore, the most important thing for all of us, those of us who reflect on this unity and leadership, and its cousin, self-determination, is support. How can we all support? Because we witnessed unity in the days at T\u016Brangawaewae. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000290\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223d42e8cf-544e-415d-892b-f4ef8014d80f\u0022\u003ETherefore, that is the challenge before us all, in my opinion. I also extend my greetings to all who attended in person, and especially to you, Mr Speaker. I thank you for your words of encouragement to the family and indeed to all of M\u0101ori society, including kura. As kura stood, all parties supported him at that time. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000291\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223d42e8cf-544e-415d-892b-f4ef8014d80f\u0022\u003EHowever, the beauty of it is that the marae and the M\u0101ori world saw Parliament moving in unison on to the marae. Despite the debates in this House, despite our dedication to discussing and debating issues in this House, when it came to the funeral, we moved together. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000292\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223d42e8cf-544e-415d-892b-f4ef8014d80f\u0022\u003ETherefore, with that, there is unity; with that, there is self-determination. We must strive to pursue, to support, and to uplift. So, greetings to you all.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u00228f20b644-642a-4c85-ade9-d5af32dc690b\u0022 data-id=\u00228a2466550fb942228526151035ed2140\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000293\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00228f20b644-642a-4c85-ade9-d5af32dc690b\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00228a2466550fb942228526151035ed2140\u0022\u003ELAURA TRASK (ACT):\u003C/span\u003E Thank you, Mr Speaker. Haere mai m\u014D t\u014Dku reo, ka t\u012Bwaha mai taku tamariki. Mutu m\u0101tou k\u014Drero o te reo M\u0101ori, m\u0113n\u0101 ka whakam\u0101tau te reo M\u0101ori. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000294\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00228f20b644-642a-4c85-ade9-d5af32dc690b\u0022\u003E[Come for my language, my children cry. We finish speaking the M\u0101ori language, if we attempt the M\u0101ori language.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000295\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00228f20b644-642a-4c85-ade9-d5af32dc690b\u0022\u003EI am sorry for any mispronunciations\u2014my kids are listening and they\u2019ll be ready to call me out. But in the spirit of all the speakers before me, knowing that Kiingi Tuheitia wanted everyone to give it a bit of a go, I\u2019m going to give it a go. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000296\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00228f20b644-642a-4c85-ade9-d5af32dc690b\u0022\u003EKatoa m\u0101tou i konei i t\u0113nei r\u0101 kei te mihi ki te Kiingitanga me ng\u0101 taonga i tuku mai, ko te aroha me te kotahitanga. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000297\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00228f20b644-642a-4c85-ade9-d5af32dc690b\u0022\u003E[All of us here today acknowledge the Kiingitanga and the gifts that they have offered us, compassion and unity.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000298\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00228f20b644-642a-4c85-ade9-d5af32dc690b\u0022\u003EThat was terrible! While I cannot match the words of the orators who have spoken before me, I will move to my first language to maybe give myself a bit of a chance.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000299\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00228f20b644-642a-4c85-ade9-d5af32dc690b\u0022\u003EWe stand here today to acknowledge the M\u0101ori King and the legacy of the oneness that he upheld. As many have mentioned before me, Kiingi Tuheitia was often seen with his grandchildren, holding someone\u2019s baby, or ensuring his mokopuna was held safely within the waka. He was a man who knew that the wellness of the village was dependent on the wellness of the tamariki. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000300\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00228f20b644-642a-4c85-ade9-d5af32dc690b\u0022\u003EHis love and kindness towards people will be something that we all remember. He was described as just a bit of a normal guy who used to be a truckie, he loved his rugby league,\u00A0and he loved his cars. His smile was contagious and his presence warmed the hearts of many. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000301\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00228f20b644-642a-4c85-ade9-d5af32dc690b\u0022\u003EHe stressed the importance of togetherness and open conversation. He was a stoic and kind leader to his daughter Te Arikinui Kuini Nga wai hono i te po\u2014you are the second wahine M\u0101ori Queen to take the throne. We look forward to your mahi as Ku\u012Bni. We hope your journey through your mahi will be peaceful and smooth. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000302\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00228f20b644-642a-4c85-ade9-d5af32dc690b\u0022\u003EMoe mai r\u0101 te Kiingi Tuheitia. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u00220ef5a38c-0ef7-4d68-8621-dcbb47077e6e\u0022 data-id=\u00224212eb3c6b934ecb844d2507098be837\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000303\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220ef5a38c-0ef7-4d68-8621-dcbb47077e6e\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00224212eb3c6b934ecb844d2507098be837\u0022\u003EHANA-RAWHITI MAIPI-CLARKE (Te P\u0101ti M\u0101ori\u2014Hauraki-Waikato):\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000304\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220ef5a38c-0ef7-4d68-8621-dcbb47077e6e\u0022\u003ETaupiri te maunga\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000305\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220ef5a38c-0ef7-4d68-8621-dcbb47077e6e\u0022\u003EWaikato te awa\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000306\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220ef5a38c-0ef7-4d68-8621-dcbb47077e6e\u0022\u003EHe piko, he piko, he taniwha e\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000307\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220ef5a38c-0ef7-4d68-8621-dcbb47077e6e\u0022\u003E[Taupiri is the mountain\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000308\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220ef5a38c-0ef7-4d68-8621-dcbb47077e6e\u0022\u003EWaikato is the river\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000309\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220ef5a38c-0ef7-4d68-8621-dcbb47077e6e\u0022\u003EAt each bend is an illustrious leader]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000310\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220ef5a38c-0ef7-4d68-8621-dcbb47077e6e\u0022\u003EToia Tainui tapot\u016B ki te moana\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000311\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220ef5a38c-0ef7-4d68-8621-dcbb47077e6e\u0022\u003EM\u0101 wai e t\u014D, m\u0101ku e t\u014D\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000312\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220ef5a38c-0ef7-4d68-8621-dcbb47077e6e\u0022\u003EUea te pou o t\u014Dku whare kia t\u016B tangatanga\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000313\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220ef5a38c-0ef7-4d68-8621-dcbb47077e6e\u0022\u003EHe kapua whakairi n\u0101ku n\u0101 runga mai o Taupiri\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000314\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220ef5a38c-0ef7-4d68-8621-dcbb47077e6e\u0022\u003ETaku kiri ka t\u014Dkia e te anu m\u0101tao\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000315\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220ef5a38c-0ef7-4d68-8621-dcbb47077e6e\u0022\u003EE te iwi, wh\u012Btiki, wh\u012Btiki\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000316\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220ef5a38c-0ef7-4d68-8621-dcbb47077e6e\u0022\u003ENg\u0101 tai ngunguru nei, whakarewa\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000317\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220ef5a38c-0ef7-4d68-8621-dcbb47077e6e\u0022\u003EWhakarongo mai r\u0101\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000318\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220ef5a38c-0ef7-4d68-8621-dcbb47077e6e\u0022\u003E[Haul the Tainui down to the sea\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000319\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220ef5a38c-0ef7-4d68-8621-dcbb47077e6e\u0022\u003EWho will haul it, I will haul it\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000320\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220ef5a38c-0ef7-4d68-8621-dcbb47077e6e\u0022\u003EEmbed the pillar of my house so that it stands easy\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000321\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220ef5a38c-0ef7-4d68-8621-dcbb47077e6e\u0022\u003EA suspended cloud of mine from above Taupiri\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000322\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220ef5a38c-0ef7-4d68-8621-dcbb47077e6e\u0022\u003EMy skin is moistened by the cold\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000323\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220ef5a38c-0ef7-4d68-8621-dcbb47077e6e\u0022\u003EOh my people, keep tight together\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000324\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220ef5a38c-0ef7-4d68-8621-dcbb47077e6e\u0022\u003EThese resounding tides, let them flow\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000325\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220ef5a38c-0ef7-4d68-8621-dcbb47077e6e\u0022\u003EListen to me]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000326\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220ef5a38c-0ef7-4d68-8621-dcbb47077e6e\u0022\u003EE toru ng\u0101 k\u0101kahu o te Kiingitanga: Tuatahi ko te whakaiti; tuarua ko te whakaiti; tuatoru ko te whakaiti. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000327\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220ef5a38c-0ef7-4d68-8621-dcbb47077e6e\u0022\u003EHikohiko te uira, pap\u0101 te whatitiri, Tuheitia te tupua, Tuheitia te taniwha, Tuheitia taku k\u012Bngi, k\u012Bngi o te kotahitanga. Te superglue o te motu. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000328\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220ef5a38c-0ef7-4d68-8621-dcbb47077e6e\u0022\u003EHoki wairua mai r\u0101 koe ki ng\u0101 k\u012Bngi o te p\u014D. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000329\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220ef5a38c-0ef7-4d68-8621-dcbb47077e6e\u0022\u003E[The Kiingitanga has three mantles: First is humility; second is humility; third is humility. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000330\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220ef5a38c-0ef7-4d68-8621-dcbb47077e6e\u0022\u003ELightning flashes, thunder crashes, Tuheitia the powerful, Tuheitia te fearsome, Tuheitia my king, king of unity. The superglue of the nation. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000331\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220ef5a38c-0ef7-4d68-8621-dcbb47077e6e\u0022\u003EReturn in spirit to the kings of darkness.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000332\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220ef5a38c-0ef7-4d68-8621-dcbb47077e6e\u0022\u003EI rise on behalf of Te P\u0101ti M\u0101ori today, privileged to be able to give a tribute to the passing of our King. I want to acknowledge the Government and the Prime Minister for allowing us to share our time. I want to thank the House for giving me the opportunity to speak, as being a young woman, there is no such thing as paepae time, and, being from Waikato, our first priority is to serve the multitudes. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000333\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220ef5a38c-0ef7-4d68-8621-dcbb47077e6e\u0022\u003EThank you, King. Thank you for being wise, humble, with a few growlings here and there, and for keeping us in line. But my most personal experience with you was that you believed in me so much. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000334\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220ef5a38c-0ef7-4d68-8621-dcbb47077e6e\u0022\u003EWhen we first announced that I was standing as a candidate during the election campaign, people either thought we were crazy, they laughed, or they felt sorry for me. A hui was called with the King and I asked him, \u201CIf I ever get in, what do you want me to do for you and Kiingitanga?\u201D He softly replied and said, \u201CJust be you.\u201D, and gave a few people not to listen to, some of which were my own whanaunga. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000335\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220ef5a38c-0ef7-4d68-8621-dcbb47077e6e\u0022\u003EKo \u0101na \u014Dh\u0101k\u012B ki ahau [His final words to me]: \u201CInspire rangatahi that kotahitanga is the way forward.\u201D I was privileged enough to have him with us at our election night, and he said to me, \u201CI told you you could do it.\u201D He never asked for anything; just checked in and asked if I was OK. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000336\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220ef5a38c-0ef7-4d68-8621-dcbb47077e6e\u0022\u003EThank you, King. Thank you for serving 18 years. Thank you for reminding us that everyone\u2014young and old, P\u0101keh\u0101 and M\u0101ori\u2014need to work together. He would even say, \u201CDon\u2019t be cheeky to Charles\u2014that\u2019s my friend.\u201D Mana to mana; monarch to monarch. He called your iwi, called the motu, called Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa under kotahitanga. But, most importantly, thank you to Te Whare K\u0101hui Ariki, his wh\u0101nau, for sharing him with the world. Makau Ariki, Whatumoana, Korotangi, Te Arikinui Kuini Nga wai hono i te po, me ng\u0101na mokopuna: we lost a King, but you lost a husband, father, and a papa. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000337\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220ef5a38c-0ef7-4d68-8621-dcbb47077e6e\u0022\u003EI also want to acknowledge his office. I\u2019ve seen the magic firsthand of how you\u2019ve help shape, alongside with the King. Ngira, Rukumoana, R\u0101hui, Moko Tini\u2014the list goes\u00A0on. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000338\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220ef5a38c-0ef7-4d68-8621-dcbb47077e6e\u0022\u003EYour tangihanga was truly fit for a King. My MP hat came off, and the black and white waitressing k\u0101kahu came on. I even waitressed a few MPs and Ministers and Kimiora, too. I\u2019ve come to the conclusion that we work together better in Kimiora than in Parliament. Front and back was sorted to a tee, King. Paepae, ope taua, tea boys, ushers, kitchen, Dungeon, r\u016Br\u016B gang, 4 a.m. hanawiti crew, broadcasters\u2014kotahitanga in its purest form. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000339\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220ef5a38c-0ef7-4d68-8621-dcbb47077e6e\u0022\u003EE noho whakaiti ana au ki t\u014Dku iwi o Waikato. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000340\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220ef5a38c-0ef7-4d68-8621-dcbb47077e6e\u0022\u003EKiingi P\u014Dtatau, k\u012Bngi o te tika. Kiingi T\u0101whiao, k\u012Bngi o te maung\u0101rongo. Kiingi Mahuta, k\u012Bngi o te rangim\u0101rie. Kiingi Te Rata, ko te taupoki whakam\u0101rie o te t\u0101punakara o te whakaoranga o t\u0101 te Atua i pai ai. Kiingi Korok\u012B, ko te mana motuhake o ng\u0101 waka katoa. Te Arikinui Te Atairangik\u0101hu, n\u0101 te ao katoa. Kiingi Tuheitia, k\u012Bngi o te kotahitanga. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000341\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220ef5a38c-0ef7-4d68-8621-dcbb47077e6e\u0022\u003EKa ara ake mai taku ariki nui, Kuini Nga wai hono i te po P\u014Dtatau Te Wherowhero VIII. Ka ora t\u014D iwi M\u0101ori i roto i a koe. Ka ora te Kiingitanga i roto i a t\u0101tou. Taku ku\u012Bni reo M\u0101ori, k\u014Dhanga reo, kura kaupapa, kapahaka, kaitiaki, m\u0101tauranga M\u0101ori. Nei r\u0101 ka tuohu. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000342\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220ef5a38c-0ef7-4d68-8621-dcbb47077e6e\u0022\u003E[I am humbled by my people of Waikato. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000343\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220ef5a38c-0ef7-4d68-8621-dcbb47077e6e\u0022\u003EKing P\u014Dtatau, king of truth. King T\u0101whiao, king of peace. King Mahuta, king of harmony. King Te Rata, the peace-bringing shroud of the tabernacle of salvation of what God said was good. King Koroki, the autonomy of all tribal confederations. Queen Te Atairangaik\u0101hu, of all the world. King Tuheitia, king of unity. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000344\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220ef5a38c-0ef7-4d68-8621-dcbb47077e6e\u0022\u003EMy Queen arises, Queen Nga wai hono i te po P\u014Dtatau Te Wherowhero VIII. Your M\u0101ori people will flourish within you. The Kiingitanga will flourish within us all. My queen of the M\u0101ori language, k\u014Dhanga reo, kura kaupapa, kapahaka, traditional custodian, traditional M\u0101ori knowledge. I bow before you.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000345\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220ef5a38c-0ef7-4d68-8621-dcbb47077e6e\u0022\u003EI still don\u2019t have the words to describe the feeling as our Queen walked through the waharoa\u2014nothing but awe. However, I can still see the faces. I watched young girls\u2019 eyes light up; r\u016Bruhi crying and hugging one another. I heard a young girl whisper, \u201CIt\u2019s like watching a real-life Disney movie princess, but better.\u201D \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000346\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220ef5a38c-0ef7-4d68-8621-dcbb47077e6e\u0022\u003EI can only imagine the grief you\u2019re feeling, but I\u2019m ready to serve you for the rest of my life. Your kura, iwi, clubs, and motu are right there, young and old. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000347\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220ef5a38c-0ef7-4d68-8621-dcbb47077e6e\u0022\u003EIn only a few days, we have watched how truly special you are. Your grace, humility, intelligence\u2014we\u2019ve seen this before your reign, and we are truly privileged to watch you as our Queen. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000348\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220ef5a38c-0ef7-4d68-8621-dcbb47077e6e\u0022\u003EE oati ana taku katoa ki a koe, e oati ana Te P\u0101ti M\u0101ori ki a koe, e Te Arikinui. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000349\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220ef5a38c-0ef7-4d68-8621-dcbb47077e6e\u0022\u003E[I pledge my all to you, the M\u0101ori Party pledges itself to you, my Queen.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000350\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220ef5a38c-0ef7-4d68-8621-dcbb47077e6e\u0022\u003ENow, there\u2019s a lot of things that I don\u2019t agree on with Winston Peters. However, I wholeheartedly believed in his k\u014Drero that he said: Kiingitanga is above politics. Politics lasts a day; Kiingitanga lives for ever. This is all that our kura, clubs, iwi, hap\u016B, marae, and grandparents know: it is to serve Kiingitanga. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000351\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220ef5a38c-0ef7-4d68-8621-dcbb47077e6e\u0022\u003EThank you to every party leader and member for sharing your k\u014Drero today. Ka whakakapi au me t\u0113tehi o ng\u0101 k\u012Bwai o te kete, ar\u0101 ko te pai m\u0101rire. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000352\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220ef5a38c-0ef7-4d68-8621-dcbb47077e6e\u0022\u003EP\u014D tiakina m\u0101ramatanga e te Atua ki t\u014D m\u0101tou K\u012Bngi, ng\u0101 tinana e m\u0101uiuitia ana, tae noa ki a m\u0101tou katoa i te r\u0101 nei, \u0101e. N\u0101u te kor\u014Dria. N\u0101u te kor\u014Dria. N\u0101u te kor\u014Dria. Rire rire hau, pai m\u0101rire. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000353\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220ef5a38c-0ef7-4d68-8621-dcbb47077e6e\u0022\u003E[I will conclude with one of the handles of the basket\u2014i.e., the pai m\u0101rire faith. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000354\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220ef5a38c-0ef7-4d68-8621-dcbb47077e6e\u0022\u003EIn the darkness protect the light, o God our King, those who are infirm, and including all of us this day, yes. Glory be thine. Glory be thine. Glory be thine. Holy Spirit be with us, peace and goodwill to all.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000355\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220ef5a38c-0ef7-4d68-8621-dcbb47077e6e\u0022\u003EWaiata\u2014\u201CWhakaaria mai\u201D\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000356\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220ef5a38c-0ef7-4d68-8621-dcbb47077e6e\u0022\u003EMotion agreed to.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000357\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220ef5a38c-0ef7-4d68-8621-dcbb47077e6e\u0022\u003EMembers stood as a mark of respect.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022e6b4dc55-3561-49a8-a871-ae005354ef90\u0022 data-id=\u0022a06330daf44843878fac76f8b2b1ece0\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000358\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e6b4dc55-3561-49a8-a871-ae005354ef90\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022a06330daf44843878fac76f8b2b1ece0\u0022\u003ESPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: The House stands adjourned until 2 p.m. tomorrow.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20240910ca6e794341ac476aa5cfa11c43b6bc0c000359\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e6b4dc55-3561-49a8-a871-ae005354ef90\u0022\u003EThe House adjourned at 3.53 p.m.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n    \u003C/div\u003E\n  \u003C/body\u003E\n\u003C/html\u003E"