Whaitiri MekaHon MEKA WHAITIRI (Minister of Customs): E te Māngai o te Whare talofa lava.Otirā ngā mema katoa o te Whare nei tēnā tātou katoa. [So to all the members of this House greetings.]Before I start can I please seriously acknowledge the great people of the Canterbury region. At this particular time can I send my best wishes and prayers to them and their families and hope that their recovery is a speedy one.It's also Memorial Day which is the United States equivalent to our Anzac Day. I was pleased to represent the Government at the Memorial Day speech where partnership was the topic spoken about—partnership between the USA and of course New Zealand. That leads me into this fantastic Budget of 2021. We're talking about partnership here the largest Māori Budget in the history of Government $1.1 billion—Hon Dr David Clark: How much?Hon MEKA WHAITIRI: $1.1 billion the Hon Mr Clark here. That's $1.1 billion to acknowledge the partnership that we have here in this country with iwi Māori. So let's see where that $1.1 billion—$380 million towards housing that is to build another thousand homes and work in partnership with iwi Māori to repair 700 Māori-owned properties. This is magnificent news for people that are struggling to get houses throughout the country.There's $242.8 million for Māori health initiatives. I want to acknowledge the Associate Minister of Health Peeni Henare for his work in this space with the establishment of the Māori Health Authority. We've heard in this House that the current health system has failed Māori and it is this Government's boldness and leadership led by our Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern that is leaning in for fixing a system that is pakaru—or to translate: broken.There's $150 million in Māori education to support Māori boarding schools. Something that's very dear to my heart particularly as three of the last four Māori boarding schools are in Ikaroa-Rāwhiti: St Joseph's Hukarere and Te Aute College. And of course we've got Hato Pāora that's there. That $20 million will go a long way to fixing our leadership in some iconic Māori boarding schools. Of course there's $42 million in this Budget for a sustainable Māori media sector. And finally a Government that's investing in the great work our iwi radio stations do up and down the country. Nowhere else did we see it but in lockdown last year where the messages and the information to our communities were portrayed over the iwi radio stations. A big mihi to them. And of course $15 million in Māori tourism $14.8 million for the Māori Language Strategy and something that's dear to my heart $40.1 million towards Māori data sovereignty.This is a fantastic Budget that will unlock the potential for Māoridom in terms of meeting those needs. Towards the Māori economy—and I want to just quickly turn because on that side they always accuse that we don't grow the economy. So let me just quote from Chapman Tripp who acknowledge the Māori economy soars to $68 billion and has grown by 60 percent in the last five years—60 percent not 16; 60 percent. We've got to acknowledge that the Māori asset base in this country is playing its part for all New Zealanders and that's why this $1.1 billion will unlock the relationship and the partnership potential that we've got in there—Chapman Tripp.We've also got the recent report by BERL—the Business and Economic Research Limited—that valued the Māori economy at $68.7 billion. It's a no-brainer that in this time and age—not like in 1921 but in 2021—that this side of the Government is progressively leaning into its relationship with iwi Māori and all the country will benefit from this. This Budget as has been said across this side does three things: it protects all New Zealanders it helps in the economic recovery and of course it resets our future in the work that we're doing lifting the benefit levels.I'm proud of this active Budget. This Budget that actively works in partnership with all New Zealanders. For me particularly a partnership with iwi Māori leveraging off the Māori-owned asset around fishing forestry farming and food production. This is a benefit to all people. I'm so proud to be on this side to be part of a Māori caucus of 15 and the hard-working Māori Ministers who have delivered a Budget that we on this side are not only proud of but all Māori all New Zealanders are proud of it. This is a Budget for all New Zealand. I commend it to the House.