Tirikatene Rino; Salesa JennyRINO TIRIKATENE (Labour—Te Tai Tonga): Tēnā koe e te Māngai o te Whare. Malo le soifua. I am delighted and extremely proud to speak in support of this Budget Budget 2022 where we are securing the future for Aotearoa New Zealand in these very difficult times. I endorse the remarks made by my colleague Barbara Edmonds. There is a global inflation bomb that's hitting numerous Western countries throughout the world and we're not immune from it. But I'm so thankful that we have Minister Grant Robertson and our Government led by Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern delivering this wellbeing Budget which addresses those issues but also addresses the short-term and the long-term aspirations that we have for Aotearoa. Our books are in sound shape. The fiscals are good and that's why we are putting the investments where they are needed in the likes of our health system. I acknowledge the Hon Andrew Little and the momentous work that he's doing ably supported by the Hon Peeni Henare in terms of our new health system structure.One thing is for sure. Around the motu where we go Māori are so excited and are looking forward with great anticipation to 1 July when our new health system will be brought into being. I want to acknowledge the contribution of my colleagues the Māori Ministers in our roadshow that we have been doing in support of this Budget. That's what we do—we get around this beautiful country of ours into our vast electorates our Māori electorates and we talk and connect with our stakeholders and our people.I was very proud to be able to accompany and guide as a kaiārahi six Māori Ministers to Dunedin—Ōtepoti—where we received a wonderful warm welcome and where we were imparting the good news of this Budget. We know that there are universal supports that are most welcome and most needed in terms of the households that are dealing with the cost of living issues and that's why I'm proud of the support. We have reduced the price of fuel. We have halved the price of public transport and we are delivering a cost of living payment of $350 to 2.1 million individuals: Kiwis up and down the motu. There is a huge endorsement for the work we're doing in that area.I want to focus on the specific achievements and milestones that we are doing for Māori in this Budget. We've heard the big headline issues but I want to focus on the ones that may not get a lot of attention but have been hugely well received by Māori around the country. What I want to focus on is the announcement that we will be lowering the bowel cancer screening age from 60 to 50 for Māori and Pasifika men and Māori and Pasifika in general because that is a much-needed wawata that we had. I'm proud that when I was the chair of the Māori Affairs Committee we did an inquiry into the inequities particularly focusing on cancer and that was one recommendation that we made and I'm so delighted that that recommendation has now been put into action and 60000 more tests will be able to be carried out so as to be able to intervene at the right time to ensure that we can address the inequities around those terrible cancer statistics.I really laud the announcement we've made around driver licences—64000 Kiwis will have improved access to testing and training and the ability for rangatahi or anyone to be able to have that licence just puts them on that rung to be able to be qualified to ensure that they can meet the needs of 70 percent more jobs out there. To be able to provide that assistance particularly to rural communities—those hard-to-reach places that don't have traffic lights and don't have the training—is a huge milestone.I'm looking at the time—look there is so much in this Budget. I'm extremely proud of the achievements of the $1 billion-plus targeted investment we have from this Budget for Māori and endorse the work we are doing for Pasifika and particularly all the work we're doing around Aotearoa. This is a fantastic Budget and I support it wholeheartedly. Kia ora mai tātou.ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Jenny Salesa): Malo le soifua. I call the Minister the Hon Andrew Little. This is a split call—five minutes.