 stressful had na generationreai, we perspective i Auntīngika, ka m scaredo i hetu φānau iaia kuah microfadga. A kuoti i kireiei asparaisiaa wenirai beth ta duwera ficka. Pada, maez buff tenha te tera no ترع Ew går� mewag evenata kuera. Newgai i tere tera mani me India Ri Gij, bethe taya ka ula ast ainda y rungu I think what young Māori need the most in order to become leaders is social capital. They need connections to mentors who have gone out and achieved to come back, provide the ladder to help them succeed rather than pulling it up behind them. To meet my career aspirations, I need to build connections with Māori business leaders to help guide me through my studies and provide me an insight into the real business world. So what someone like myself, what our rangatahi need, is they need people out there in the workforce to show us that our voice actually matters in the workplace. They need to show us that our values and the way we do things are actually important and that what we can do can actually make a difference. I would love to see more Māori working for our corporates, working for our businesses, working for our iwi and I want them to know that they can actually go in there and they will be able to make a difference. There won't just be another number. So what's been most beneficial to me in terms of my development over the last year at work has been the opportunity provided to me by my bosses to shadow them, to attend meetings with other Māori business leaders, to hear their conversations and to learn from them. So I would encourage all of the Māori business leaders here tonight to look within their own organisations for young Māori and give them the same opportunity to shadow them and to learn and to grow. I'd like an opportunity to give back to Te Ui Māori an opportunity to work with someone in governance and someone who's doing it well. Māori rangatahi, like myself, want the opportunity to contribute to iwi development but don't know how. Hētōno tēnei, we want, as Māori rangatahi, Māori business leaders to engage with us kanuhi ki te kanuhi. In Māori culture, there's always a sort of tua-kanataina relationship where we always look up to someone who's been there and done that for guidance and experience and knowledge. I would look to Māori business leaders who have done it before to help rangatahi like me achieve the aspirations. As a Māori student, I need opportunities but the only way I can be engaged in finding those opportunities is if we meet kanuhi ki te kanuhi. Come down, have a cup of tea, sit down with us and talk about what you can do to help us achieve our aspirations. In return, rangatahi like me will make the commitment, share our passions and vision for the future with you. Ka mātau nga rangatira moa popo, we are the leaders of tomorrow.