Kerekere ElizabethDr ELIZABETH KEREKERE (Green): Kia ora koutou mihi atu ki ngā mema o tēnei mahi.[Thank you all I thank all the members who were involved.]Thank you so much to the Cross-Party Mental Health and Addictions Wellbeing Group because any work that puts a highlight on this kaupapa is critical and especially in this place where we get to make the big decisions. And I want to note the importance of saying something like zero suicide" is critical because what gets measured improves. If we don't set targets—if we don't hold ourselves accountable to something—nothing much ever changes.I've always thought that the value of a national framework is that we can look at the national issues which impact. We can look at the systemic issues that impact on Māori in terms of that fact that we live in a colonial-settler country because these statistics of course are reflected across the world for indigenous people. My own work in suicide prevention my work my research production of suicide prevention resources specifically for Takatāpui done in collaboration with the Mental Health Foundation and with RainbowYOUTH all of that has been in order to have that simple thing that we would hope: that our young people will grow old. That is an incredibly low bar to start from.For today I want to shine a light myself then on the Turamarama declaration. In the national Suicide Prevention Strategy it stills takes an individualised approach to how we will work our solutions. It talks about saying how important it is to have Te Au Māori approach. It does not however incorporate any of those approaches in its report and how things will be done. That's left to Māori providers and it's left to whānau. And in our rainbow communities it's left to kids in peer support groups in schools throughout this country looking after each other because when some of our young people are struggling they tell their mates. Our whānau are often the last to know.So in this declaration—now this was produced and led by the work of Tā Mason Durie and legendary Māori suicide prevention workers Michael Naera and Dr Keri Lawson-Te Aho. And I was privileged to speak at this; it was the Turamarama ki te Ora World Indigenous Suicide Prevention Conference in Rotorua in 2016. Unfortunately the things that are spoken about here have not significantly changed. The key thing about this is it makes it very very clear we don't need to just change our mental health system to make a dent in these suicide numbers. We don't need to just change our health system; we need to change the whole of society.So number one "We weep for the increasing number of our people whose lives have been cut short by suicide"; "We respect the courage and fortitude of families and friends who have endured unexpected and often inexplicable losses of dear ones"; "We commit ourselves to healing our own wounds and the wounds of our lineage and in so doing to exemplify the ways in which light can be brought into the world inhabited by our elders our peers and our young people"; "We declare that all our people should be able to 'live well' into old age"; "We believe that the will to 'live well' is strong when the human mauri is strong; 'living well' means being able to live as Māori as indigenous peoples and as citizens of the world"; "We will strive to build safe and nurturing communities that generate confidence integrity inclusion equity and goodwill"; "We recognise the key roles that whānau and families play in strengthening the mauri by transferring knowledge culture language values and love to their children and grandchildren"; "We endorse the benefits of tikanga kawa healing and other cultural protocols to lift the spirit and strengthen our people in schools health centres sporting clubs social media the workplace and the streets"; "We expect health education and all social service providers to offer services that are accessible timely and effective for indigenous peoples"; and the last one I will read "We challenge national and local authorities and city councils to adopt and enforce regulations to reduce the availability of alcohol and other harmful substances; to ensure that homes are warm comfortable and affordable; to insist that streets workplaces schools and the internet are all safe places for our peoples; and to combat practices that diminish self-worth and hope."Thank you for this report. Thank you everybody who's given part of this kōrero and all of those who do the hard work out there.Tēnā rā koutou katoa.[Thank you all.]"