Hayes JoJO HAYES (National): Kia orana e Te Vaa Tuatua. I stand to take a contribution in this debate and I want to bring out the area in the Māori development portfolio around—you can almost guess it—Whānau Ora because I have been disappointed on so many levels around the way that this portfolio is going. I'm disappointed in the lack of funding that came from this Budget. I feel the aroha for those that work in the Whānau Ora sector. I feel aroha for them because the Labour Party manifesto had in it a promise of $20 million for Whānau Ora over a four-year period and that was washed away and all of the hopes there and the anticipation that came from the Whānau Ora providers around that particular piece of pūtea was washed away and dashed and their hopes were dashed. I felt that the $5 million to the agency Te Puni Kōkiri—I believe it's been ill-allocated. I don't know why they get to have an increase in funding and the Whānau Ora commissioning agencies and the providers get absolutely nothing. Now I know that when I questioned the Minister in the select committee he talked about the Whānau Ora review and that a lot of the decisions around Whānau Ora funding would hinge on this review. But in my tours around speaking with Whānau Ora providers looking at the amount of money that has gone into this review—just under a million dollars for review panel members to hear the stories that many of us have already heard around how Whānau Ora is a successful project and how it is helping so many whānau—I think that's a waste of money to be honest. I think that very little will come from this review and I think that a lot of the people that are being interviewed—providers and so forth—there are a number of them that have been missed out of the opportunity. Yes there's a submission process; I get that. But we are Māori and we like kanohi ki te kanohi [face to face] just like we've always done throughout our being as Māori and yet there are a number of providers that have talked to me about their dissatisfaction that they have not had that opportunity for kanohi ki te kanohi with the Minister for Whānau Ora.Also there is disappointment from some of those providers that when the Minister for Whānau Ora was invited to present at some of their respective hui he declined. And really at the end of the day if you're trying to sell something you need to be able to connect with those—all of those people; not just the ones that show up to the conferences but all the others that cannot make the journey to conferences.And so when there is an opportunity to be able to speak to the people speak to the whānau then it disappoints me that the Minister for Whānau Ora cannot make the time for these people. It really sends me the signal that this Government doesn't really care about the little people—the people at the grass roots—and that really concerns me.There is nervousness out there from one of the commissioning agencies to its providers saying that you know this could be the end to the providerships as they know it through this particular process. I was quite alarmed when I was told this and I thought well this is a very strong message and I wanted to send that message to the members of the Labour-led Government to let them know that there are whānau there are providers and there are hapū and iwi out there that are not impressed with your performance or your support of whānau Māori of Māori tamariki rangatahi and of the work that they continue to do with those whānau that actually face the various challenges.Before I finish my contribution I too want to just give my thanks to the chair of the Māori Affairs Committee. I think you're doing a good job Rino and thank you very much. You have a very good way about you looking after us. And thanks also to the Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations the Hon Andrew Little kia ora.