2 The Terrace, PO Box 2498, Wellington 6140, New Zealand Telephone 64 4 472 2029 Online at www.rbnz.govt.nz  2  Introduction E nga mana, e nga reo. E nga karanga maha o te wa. Tihei mauri ora! (To all authorities, all voices, to the many chiefs gathered here. Behold the breath of life! )
No Rangiora ahau Ko Waimakariri te awa Ko Aoraki te maunga Kei Poneke ahau e noho ana Kei Te Pūtea Matua ahau e mahi ana Ko Christian Hawkesby toku ingoa Tēnā koutou katoa (Hello, my name is Christian Hawkesby: my home town is Rangiora; my river is the Waimakariri; my mountain is Aoraki/Mt Cook; I reside in Wellington; and I work at the Reserve Bank of New Zealand.)