Ka honoa ahau e tōku whakapapa ki Kōtarani, ki Ataria, ki Airani hoki, engari i tupu ake au i waenganui i a Ōtakou i a Naarm. Kei te mihi atu ahau ki ngā tāngata whenua o ēnei rohe nāna ahau i whāngai, ko Kāi Tahu, ko ngā iwi Wurundjeri me Bunurong. Ka mihi atu ahau ki te maunga whakamarumaru, Kawarau me ngā awa, ko Matau, ko Birrarung.

My whakapapa (ancestry) links me back to Scotland, Austria, and Ireland, though I grew up between Ōtakou and Naarm/Melbourne. I acknowledge the first peoples of these lands which have nourished me, the people of the Kāi Tahu, Wurundjeri, and Bunurong nations. I acknowledge the mountain Kawarau, whose korowai (cloak) has sheltered me, and the Matau and Birrarung rivers.