Waititi RawiriRAWIRI WAITITI (Co-Leader—Te Paati Māori): Thank you Madam Speaker. Tēnā tātou e te Whare. I'd like to take a short call on the annual review debate. I want to begin by acknowledging our brothers and sisters in Government as I know that they are trying to get the best outcome that they can for our people. Their success in getting the Māori Health Authority over the line proves this. However the way in which they have treated Budget allocations for Māori housing shows that even though there are 15 Māori MPs in Labour they still struggle to get the support for our people's priorities. Their colleague the housing Minister is not even wanting to recognise the deep housing plight our people suffer. There is clearly a disconnect between what the Māori and the Government want and what its senior civil servants and many of its Pākehā Ministers want. As we look ahead to the Budget next week Te Paati Māori will be keeping an eye—a close eye—on if the Government is delivering for tangata whenua. In last year's Budget we only saw 0.3 percent of all funding allocated towards targeted Māori spending. That is simply not good enough and it's embarrassing. The Crown must recognise that tangata whenua have our own solutions for our own problems. The best thing they can do is to devolve thunder and power to us so that we can get on with it. In this Budget our people expect revolutionary change. We expect Māori procurement to whānau first at 25 percent for all Government contracts—far more than the measly 5 percent this Government has agreed to. We expect Whānau Ora to be properly resourced and for all of its funding to go to the commissioning agencies and not to Crown agencies. We expect to see the Māori Health Authority in control of its entirety for the per capita Māori health spend: 20 percent to recognise inequities. We expect to see the cancer screening age for cancers such as bowel cancer reduced by 10 years for Māori. We expect to see guaranteed pay equity for Māori nurses and teachers and a minimum wage immediately raised to $25 per hour with an annual increase to keep up the cost of living increase. We expect to see baseline benefits doubled benefits individualised and sanctions and penalties removed. We expect a dedicated Māori housing plan financial support for home loans and increased funding for papakāinga development. In the te reo sector we expect the Te Mātāwai funding to be doubled to $28 million $40 million invested into kaiako developing their reo and $50 million for the establishment of a Māori standards authority. In the environment space we expect to see $1 billion to establish our Pūngao Auaha fund for Māori-owned community energy projects and $300 million for our Mātai Ahuwhenua innovation and support fund to support Māori farmers into regenerative farming. These are some of the many policies and funding priorities that our people on the ground are calling for. Many of our people are in a desperate situation and it's about time Government recognised that. It is also important to note that it's not just about how much money is allocated here and there; it must also be about the quality of that spend. We all know that the quality of spend of targeted Māori initiatives like Whānau Ora are extremely good. That is why the programmes we invest in must be by Māori to Māori for Māori. The Government's own Māori development Minister recently conceded this very point and therefore tangata whenua will be watching to see if in 2021 this Government and the bureaucrats actually listen to its Māori members. That's all I have to say e te Whare. What say you Minister?