Maipi-Clarke Hana-RawhitiHANA-RAWHITI MAIPI-CLARKE (Te Pāti Māori—Hauraki-Waikato): Tēnā rā koe e te Pīka otirā tēnā rā tātou e te Whare. E tū ana hau ki te waha i ngā kōrero mō Te Pāti Māori i te rangi nei. E tautokotia ana katoa i tēnei pire ā e mihi ana ki a koe e te Minita mō te Taiao.[Greetings to you dear Speaker and to you all present in the House. I stand to represent Te Pāti Māori today. To fully support this bill and to acknowledge you also dear Minister for the Environment.]I'd just like to stand today in full support of this recommendation from the Minister of Climate Change and Te Pāti Māori does support anything in terms of adaptions within our taiao space.I also want to bring to the House today a briefing on Māori climate adaptations which is the rongoā to moving towards a brighter future for our tamariki mokopuna. The recommendations given would see (1) give effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi and the Treaty of Waitangi; (2) inform Māori about the risk to their whenua now and over time with good data and information; (3) recognise the value of mātauranga Māori equally alongside other knowledge systems; (4) recognise and respect culture and identity values and practices of local communities; (5) acknowledge and protect Māori rights and interests; (6) enable negotiation where settlement land is lost; (7) conserve protect and develop taonga papa kāinga marae urupā and other significant sites; (8) enable both the Crown and Māori to deliver on their respective roles and responsibilities; (9) ensure local government also uphold Te Tiriti o Waitangi; and (10) encourage the sharing of best-practice data and case studies among Māori communities.So I've given all the way from one to 10 our recommendations on not only adaptation but Māori adaptation from the Māori world view and also understanding the detrimental effects that not only Aotearoa has seen but te ao whānui in terms of the highly severe weather events.What I do want to turn to is the different marae who have been heavily impacted during Cyclone Gabrielle; different marae across Te Tairāwhiti Ngā Puhi. Also looking at the Kahungunu area where the majority of marae that were impacted by floods—there was a reason behind that because the majority of those areas most of their repo—their wetlands—had been destroyed. So I roto i te ao Māori ko tētahi o ngā pakiwaitara o ngā pūrākau ko Hinemoana tū i te repo [So within the Māori culture there is a story of Hinemoana of the swamp lands] the God or kaitiaki of the wetlands has been destroyed. That is the lung system towards making sure that our marae are safely protected.I also want to bring to the House a study by the Environmental Protection Authority. Māori are more likely to live in areas with poor environment quality with 51 percent of Māori living in areas with high air pollution compared to 36 percent of non-Māori.In another study from the Ministry for the Environment: Māori are more likely to be exposed to contaminated water with 24 percent of Māori drinking from sources that do not meet water standards compared to 16 percent of non-Māori.So yes we fully support and tautoko this recommendation; however we would like to see Māori adaptations and Māori world views come forward into this recommendation. Tēnā rā tātou.Motion agreed to.