Mark Mitchell

And we've talked about water for a long time.

It's not until it actually does hit the budgets that people really comprehend that, you know, there's a lot for small councils to handle.

I could not have done this, nor withstood the hours, the commitment, nor the lack of privacy.

We all know about that, don't we?

Without the love and support of my family, none of the last 24 years feels like most hours.

Well, time goes fast, right?

Would have been possible without the support and hard work of the many volunteers.

And for the avoidance of doubt, the news should be the truth, the facts, not someone's reckons.

Everyone has an opinion.

Don't mistake it for news.

And by the time the court said it wasn't that legal, it didn't matter because everyone could see it worked.

Good morning, Mark.

Good morning, Mike.

I made it.

I was sitting in the front row of Treaty Settlement speeches, and Pama Potaka was talking a long time, and I had to sneak out and get to my car, but I made it.

We're at the TSB Arena, so I'm in a car park under there, and there's three iwi who are all together today for the third and final reading of their Treaty Settlements.

Okay.

All treaty settlement bills genuinely all have agreement from both parties, all parties actually.

So it's actually kind of a nice part of Parliament where everyone comes together and discusses

things and is in general agreement.