Swarbrick Chlöe; Rurawhe AdrianCHLÖE SWARBRICK (Green): E Te Māngai tēnā koe. Tēnā koutou e Te Whare.Tonight I stand to speak on Vote Health on behalf of the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand and I want to focus on mental health and addiction primarily. I just want to acknowledge a few of the comments made by Opposition members in particular about the likes of the strikes which we have seen particularly in the health sector. I just want to state that anybody who thinks that these events occur in a vacuum are kidding themselves. These things did not just happen overnight but instead they were the end point of an accumulation of a lack of investment which this Budget is ultimately trying to redress.But I want to get to the point that anybody in this country who is experiencing mental distress or distress with addiction or substance abuse issues who has been watching this debate in the House tonight and watching politicians shout back and forward at each other probably isn't feeling very good about the state of affairs with regards to our progress moving forward. If I can offer an alternative vision it's what we saw tonight with every single party in Parliament coming together to form the cross-party group on mental health and addiction wellbeing which I'll get to later.But included within Vote Health for the past year which we are obviously reflecting on—it's important to obviously note the $1.9 billion in investment which I note members of the Opposition have said it's important to not just talk about the amount of money that's being spent but to talk about the outcomes. Members of the Opposition have critiqued the co-design process that this Government is currently working through to ensure that these services are culturally appropriate but ultimately as was stated by the Minister in front of the committee when they were grilling him on this Budget—and it is contained within the select committee's report-back to this House—the point is to get to a position where in this country any New Zealander who is experiencing a mental health or addiction problem is able to get culturally appropriate accessible and affordable services that work for them whenever they need them. One of the most obvious manifestations of this that we've seen so far is the Piki pilot programme available for 18- to 25-year-olds throughout the Greater Wellington region. Myself and the Associate Minister of Health the Hon Julie Anne Genter just earlier this week were out there announcing in the Hutt Valley the final stage of this roll-out that encompasses three district health boards. This is a crucial part of delivering on the Green-Labour confidence and supply agreement particularly to make sure that we have fit for purpose mental health service provision for young people in this country.An important part of that process is recognising that different people need different things at different times. So we're not just looking there at telehealth services. Nor are we looking just at face-to-face counselling but indeed we're also looking at developing a peer-support service in which notably all of those who are involved and have been trained up as peer support workers will be paid the living wage.We have also throughout this process—it was in November 2018 that He Ara Oranga the Government initiated inquiry into mental health and addiction report was finally released. This is a crucially important cornerstone of the Government's response to mental health and addictions. Importantly what it did was set the foundation or the blueprint for no longer seeing mental health and addiction the wellbeing of all New Zealanders in this country simply through the lens of something that is medicalised or pathologised but instead something that occurs in the context of their broader life. Importantly as was stated in He Ara Oranga even if people have underlying biological susceptibility towards manifesting mental health issues it is their environment which can either exacerbate or minimise the manifestation of those problems. So ultimately the point I'm getting at is that we need to ensure that we are providing people with that security in terms of housing in terms of income and in terms of security of their future. Finally just to briefly round off tonight we launched the cross-party group on mental health and addiction. Of course service provision is never going to be a panacea for ensuring the wellbeing of all New Zealanders in this country. What we need to do is ensure that we are providing a culture that is conducive to that wellbeing and support for all.CHAIRPERSON (Adrian Rurawhe): I call Anahila Kanongata'a-Suisuiki. You actually have to verbalise your call.