(Source: New Zealand Government) Thursday, 20 September 2012 Ka timu te tai, ka pari te tai ki Takaparawhau, e tū whakahī ana. Ōrākei! Tūkuna rā tō karanga kia areare mai ngā taringa, kia hiki i te wairua. Ōrākei! He tohu maumahara ki ngā whawhai o ō koutou nā kuia koroua i tū pakari ai mō te iwi. Ka kore e warewaretia. Mr Speaker. As the waters ebb and flow against Takaparawhau, I recall the kuia and koroua of Ōrākei. I recall their long, heartbreaking battles for their people. Today, their determination, conviction and mana brings their children to New Zealand's House of Representatives. Haruru mai ana a Tumutumuwhenua i ngā moemoeā o āna uri. Tū tonu mai rā koe hei whakaruruhau mō ngā...
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