Obituaries — Hon Cedric Russell Marshall CNZM

I regret to inform the House of the death on 20 December 2024 of Margaret Ann Hartley QSO, who represented the electorate of Northcote from 1999 to 2005 and then served as a list member until 2008. She was a member of several select committees, including the Local Government and Environment Committee and the Justice and Electoral Committee. She was the Deputy Speaker of the House from 2002 to 2005 and an Assistant Speaker from 2005 until her retirement in 2008.

I also regret to inform the House of the death on 3 January 2025 of the Hon Dame Tariana Turia DNZM of Ngāti Apa, W’anganui, Ngā Rāuru, and Ngāti Tūwharetoa, who served as a list member from 1996 to 2002 and represented the electorate of Te Tai Hauāuru from 2002 to 2014. She led the Māori Party from 2004 to 2014. She held several ministerial portfolios, including Minister for Disability Issues, Minister for Whānau Ora, and Minister for the Community and Voluntary Sector.

I further regret to inform the House of the death on 18 January 2025 of the Hon Cedric Russell Marshall CNZM, who represented the electorate of Wanganui from 1972 to 1990. He held several ministerial portfolios, including Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Education, Minister of Conservation, Minister for the Environment, and Minister for Disarmament and Arms Control.

I desire, on behalf of the House, to express our sense of loss and sympathy with the relatives of the late former members. I now ask members to stand with me and observe a period of silence as a mark of respect for their memory.

Members stood as a mark of respect.

Senior Sergeant Lyn Fleming