Peters Winston: General DebateText is incorporated into the Bound VolumePeters Winston: General Debate[Sitting date: 25 September 2013. Volume:693;Page:13706. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS (Leader—NZ First): Over the years New Zealand First has raised a number of issues in this Parliament and over the years we have had our credibility attacked by certain people in the press gallery and around the country who do not seem to have much of an understanding of how facts are assembled. The reality is that over the years we talked about things as wide as the wine-box inquiry New Zealand Rail the leaking of secret documents the Bank of New Zealand scandal the Māori loans affair and time after time we have had the effrontery to be faced by journalists and people in the Opposition who say that what we are arguing is not true.I want to say aboutWhānau Ora that the allegations being made here in the last 2 days are true and that what the Minister forWhānau Ora has been telling the House is not true. That is demonstrably obvious to everybody here in respect of those questions. Yesterday she was asked a question on whether or not she had ever offered resources and staff such as report writers to prepareWhānau Ora commissioning agency bid documentation. All the evidence for that has been placed before this House. Instead the Minister gets up here and seeks to vacillate and argue and by being deliberately obtuse get away from what used to be a House where things were transparent and members of Parliament were accountable. This is a disgrace and all over this country there are people writing in—I am sure even to you Mr Speaker—to say what a disgrace they think it is.The fact is that John Key said thatWhānau Ora contracts would be focused on results meaning that the providers would be held accountable for what they achieved with Government funding. When did that happen in the last 2 days? She was asked a simple question: did this or did this not happen and 2 days later you have got officials in this Parliament and members of Parliament and certain people in the media who would not know a Māori if they fell over one having the effrontery to challenge someone whose information is based on documentation and Māori information as well.This is the “bro-rocracy” of the “Browntable”—to transfer hundreds of millions of dollars from worthy social causes to the elite mates and supporters of the Māori Party. They have been caught out yet again with their pork andpūhā politics. It is a blatant and barefaced use of public money to fund a completely separate system—a blatant attempt to sideline pan-Māori and urban Māori authorities for their own preferred ancient mediaeval mechanism. It is a giant leap back to the worst excesses of ancient tribalism and it does not fit in with the modern democratic society.Whānau Ora medieval in purpose does not empower Māori. The Māori Party most certainly does not empower Māori. Democracy does empower Māori and all the great progress and achievements came with the democratic system to this country and every time we let that system down in this Parliament we sell our nation and democracy short. It is a giant leap backwards. They started with $30 million then $43 million then $50 million and now it is $53 million a year since 2010-11. It is a gold-plated gravy train and the latest twist is that now there are three non-governmental agencies in the mix—the so-called commissioning agencies.Remember when we said that they were giving money to Māori gangs and selling drugs? Remember when we said that they were giving money to a rape crisis centre with not one client? Remember when we said they gave $65000 for a weekend hui at a rugby club as some sort of attempt to get connection amongstMāoridom? She opposed that—[Interruption] What does that mean Mr Speaker?Mr SPEAKER: One minute.Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS: Oh I thought you were saying it was wonderful. Sorry Mr Speaker. Tariana Turia in this House and outside it denied it in the face of the media. I want to tell the New Zealand media that it doesMāoridom no good—or this nation any good—if it thinks it can take sides and that somehow this issue will go away. It will not. The fact is that the Minister has been caught out. I have lodged a breach of privilege. If we have got justice in this country it will find favour. The Minister said—not once but twice over 2 specific days—on the question as to whether she was involved in any sort of resourcing of these agencies “No.” over and over and over again. That is a breach of privilege and that Minister should go.