Fox MaramaMARAMA FOX (Co-Leader—Māori Party): Tēnā koutou e Te Whare. Tēnā koe e Te Mana Whakawā. Whānau I am going to be brief I am going to be succinct—well I will try. Actually I probably will not be succinct. I just want to make a couple of acknowledgments. I have tried to be a little mana enhancing and sometimes I give my mate Pita Paraone from New Zealand First a bit of stick but I want to acknowledge him; he has agreed to switch calls with me and I am going to tell you why. Thank you Mr Paraone. I still do not agree with the politics but I cannot say that you have not been accommodating. So thank you. If you could be a little more accommodating to Taranaki and their whānau and agree with the bill then we could go the whole way.I have to apologise again. I have been down here; you might have seen me go in and out. We had a bit of paper and a bit of a conversation and a sneaky phone call over here while these proceedings have been going on. I do not want to be disrespectful to this moment at all and there is a point to what I am about to say. This here—this big document with all the pretty colours—that is preparing Budget bids for next year. Shh top secret stuff that! The phone call I had was about the Child Youth and Family review and the development of the new model Oranga Tamariki. There was a bit of to and fro which you might understand is going on at the moment.Why do I say this? Because whānau Māoridom is on the precipice right now of greater self-determination in this nation. We are on the precipice of a greater say in this country over our future. We are on the precipice of a more local regional government say in decision making and mana. Whether or not you agree the Resource Management Act which we have just negotiated says that you must have a mana whakahono arrangement with your local regional council so that every iwi gets to nut that out before we go down the road of consenting and so on and so on.Why am I talking about this? Because this is exactly why you are here. We have waited far too many generations to get to this point and we cannot afford to wait for any more generations to go through before we take the opportunity to have that say. Here you are having your say. You have negotiated this settlement. You have put your best people your best minds on it. You have spent years coming to this decision. Most of you did not want to do this back in the day. You sat with blankets on the ātea—[Interruption] I am not sure what they are talking about. Shocking! Shocking! But here we are Māori mā on the precipice of a bright dawn of hope and future. The mana is in your hands. The mana is in your hands with this settlement to determine what that looks like. That is what we are about. And that is why unfortunately I am going to take a really brief call because I have got to get to a meeting. But that is why we are here. That is why we fight every single day in this House.Never mind what Twitter says never mind what Facebook says never mind all the argy-bargy and the game playing and Yes we'll work with you and maybe we won't tomorrow; this one's OK but never mind that one." I mean it is a bit of to and fro. But that is why we are here—to fight for you to back you up so that you can have realisation of rangatiratanga in this nation. And it is about time—it is about time. This bill helps you to get there. It helps you to have your say and I absolutely applaud you for every effort you have made to bring us to this day. I am a proud Māori today; I am. I am proud of our people. It is an emotional day and it has been a hard day but I am proud. I am proud of you.Tū whakahīhī. Tū whakahīhī i runga i te ngākau i runga i te rangimarie ēngari tūwhakahī! Tēnā noa iho taku kōrero i tēnei wā ki a koutou me ō koutou ringa kaha. Kai a koutou te ringa kaha ahakoa whakaae mai ahakoa whakahē mai kei roto i ō ringa nā reira e Te Iwi tēnā koutou tēnā koutou kia ora mai tātau katoa.[Stand proud. Stand proud upon the heart and upon peace but stand proud! That is my contribution at this moment to you collectively with your powerful hands. Regardless whether you agree or disagree it is in your hands and so to you the tribe congratulations well done to you collectively and thanks to us all.]"