Ngarewa-Packer DebbieDEBBIE NGAREWA-PACKER (Co-Leader—Te Paati Māori): Tēnā koe e te Pika. I was actually really struggling with the last speaker Simon Court because the same person who doesn't believe in taniwha spent so much of his speech talking about fairies and pixies. I rise on behalf of Te Paati Māori—Simon Court: They're not mine. They're not mine.DEBBIE NGAREWA-PACKER: —it is a long night—to speak to the third reading of the Climate Change Response (Extension of Penalty Transition for Forestry Activities with Low Volume Emissions Liabilities) Amendment Bill. The name is longer than the hours that we've done in the House this week.This bill will extend the transition period provided for emissions trading scheme (ETS) participants with low volume emissions liabilities related to forestry activity within which they must comply with the penalties and compliance regime introduced by the Climate Change Response (Emissions Trading Reform) Amendment Act 2020—there is nothing that is short in any of this language.The extension until 1 January 2025 will mitigate the risks of serious hardship to small forestry participants who would fail to surrender or repay units by the previous due date of 1 January 2023. Most have addressed this as well; we support that whakaaro.This bill responds to the concerns of Māori landowners and tries in response to them by being unfairly disadvantaged in the short to medium term under the ETS. So this is in response to the outcry of small forestry owners—including collective Māori land holders forestry trusts—regarding the recent changes made to the forestry policy settings in the ETS. So we thank those land owners for despite the constraints taking the time to engage with us and challenge Government to ensure that these changes didn't get rammed through.We also acknowledge the Government for listening to the concerns which we put before them on behalf of Māori landowners in the House. However by not dealing with the core of the issue we're concerned that the Crown is kicking the can down the road and creating long-term uncertainty in the sector.One of the options provided by the Ministry for Primary Industries to the Government—Improved excess emissions penalty: Liability X market price with discretion to reduce by 100 percent"—said that it would have been the best option for Māori landowners as it gives the regulator the discretion to waiver any penalties due to the nature of the situation.Our whānau is sick of having options presented to them that have been developed for them but without them. The Government's relentless focus on engaging with wealthy dairy lobbyists has meant they've ignored the groups and sectors who need the most support to transition and remain economically viable.We have been concerned and continue to say that our concern is that we do not want to see a free pass given to others while punishing Māori landowners. That is not a just transition by any stretch of the imagination and it represents a breach of Te Tiriti o Waitangi. If we're going to truly achieve a just transition—one that is a true just transition not the one just prescribed—as we undertake the necessary transformation in our society and economy to respond to climate change then climate solutions must be by Māori for Māori according to Māori.We are pleased that the Government has pressed pause on these changes and is allowing people time to transition and implementation. However they must not let this issue lie but rather work with our people and our communities including in this sector to create a long-term solution that both reflects the urgency of the climate crisis and the economic reality for small landowners. Nō reira tēnā tātou katoa.Motion agreed to.Bill read a third time."