Address in Reply — Presentation to Governor-General

The address is as follows:

ADDRESS FROM THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

to

His Excellency Lieutenant General The Right Honourable Sir Jerry Mateparae, Chancellor and Principal Knight Grand Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, Principal Companion of The Queen’s Service Order, Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief in and over New Zealand.

YOUR EXCELLENCY—

WE, the House of Representatives, thank you for the speech addressed to us when you opened this Fifty-first Parliament.

We assure you that the matters referred to in your speech will receive our careful consideration.

Ko te tūmanako nei kia mahi tahi tātou katoa.

[Our hope is that we will work together.]

Address agreed to.

I move, That Mr Speaker, accompanied by the mover and seconder and other members of this House, do present the said Address to His Excellency the Governor-General at a place and time to be appointed by His Excellency.

Motion agreed to.