Karakia

Tēnā koe e Te Mana Whakawā. As part of our tikanga, I would ask that we be able to do a karakia before the beginning of our hui today.

The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Lindsay Tisch): Leave is sought for that purpose. Is there any objection? There is no objection.

Kia ora e Te Mana Whakawā, ā, tēnā rā koutou e hoa mā me ō tātou mātua tīpuna, ā, ko tēnei karakia e huihui i a tā tātau katoa, kia īnoi tātou. Kei mua Koe i a mātou mahi katoa Ihowa, hei tohutohu i a mātou mahi katoa. Ko koe anō hoki te whakakaha i a mātou mahi katoa, he mea tīmata, he mea mahi, he mea whakautu i roto i a Koe. Ka whiwhi ai hoki mātou ki te ora tonu i te mea, atawhaitia nei e koe. Ko Ihu Karaiti nei hoki tō tātou Ariki. Āmene, kia ora.

[Thank you, Mr Assistant Speaker, and acknowledgments indeed to you collectively fellow colleagues and our ancestral forefathers. This prayer is to bring us together. Let us pray. You are before us in all that we do, Jehovah, to guide us in all our work. You also give us the strength in all that we do, to start it, to work on, and to respond through You and continue to receive wellness because You take care of us. Jesus Christ is indeed and also our Lord. Amen. Thank you.]