Ngāti Apa

it was, it was a genuinely, uh, it was a delightful, uh, eulogy, uh, and, uh, very nice, uh, comments about Adrian all round.

But I want to tell you a story about Ngati Apa because he was, uh, one of the leading lights in the negotiation with Michael Cullen over the Ngati Apa settlement that I t- uh, finished when I became the minister, and it was illustrative of this is the sort of thing that happens to Maori all the time.

Michael Cullen, uh, asked AgResearch if the flock house and the farm could be available for the treaty settlement.

Uh, Michael was told that, "Oh, sorry, it's a strategic asset," and so it couldn't be included in the settlement.

Uh, a month after or a month or two after the legislation was enacted, the strategic asset was put on the market, and Ngati Apa were enraged, and they were threatening to occupy the land.

Uh, and it's full credit to Steven Joyce, who was then minister in charge of, uh, uh, Crown, uh, Research Institutes.

He rang AgResearch and said, "Sort this out." And I remember English saying, "This is what happens when Maori are not treated honestly or fairly." The long and the ...

And Ian McKelvie, the local MP, was strongly in favor of Ngati Apa getting the farm, as were some neighbors, the Dalrymples.

It's terribly sad news.

The whanau, sorry, the whanau have slowly come to terms with such a great loss, not only to our whanau, but to his church, Tahahi Ratana, his iwi of Ngati Apa and Whanganui, and his former colleagues in the House of Representatives, where he served as a Member of Parliament from January 14 to January 2026.

I'm sorry I sound so distressed, but I just am telling you, Chloe, and I know you are a former colleague, right? Yes.

Oh man, yeah, that's a lot.