Henare PeeniHon PEENI HENARE (Minister for the Community and Voluntary Sector): Tēnā koe Mr Speaker. Thank you for this opportunity. First can I just acknowledge the whānau out there who have come through the storm weathered the storm. We wish them all the best with their recovery. Also I'd like to pay tribute to Te Raumoa Kauiti the direct descendant of Kauiti signatory of the Treaty of Waitangi who currently lies in state on Kauiti Marae Waiōmio Ngāti Hine. I bid him farewell.Well that was interesting. The former Minister of Health Jonathan Coleman actually spoke about needy children and the needy children on that side of the House now are the National Party backbench. I think of Simeon Brown. All of a sudden members on the backbench have the loudest voices they've ever had. Not only are they scrapping at the front door for the leadership; they're scrapping at the back door. There are members on that side of the House who I'm sure are wondering Oh my gosh! I'm back here for another term under a leadership I do not want to be with." There are members—and I think of them—good members in a former Government now all of a sudden wondering "Where is my place in the National Party moving forward?"I want to pay respect to former Minister Nicky Wagner on that side who I'm sure is one of those who's actually sitting there thinking "By crikey! If this person takes over I could be out the door." I think of other Ministers of the past who actually think "Well I've made my contribution. Do I need to sit around and watch the blood spill across the floor in the National Party caucus room?"I'm sure some of those former Ministers right now are looking around troubled by conversations happening between Alfred Ngaro and Todd Muller right now doing the numbers—doing the numbers amongst themselves thinking "Don't worry. The first night we'll let them kill each other off and we'll come in and sweep up the mess and take over the leadership." So I want to say to Alfred Ngaro "Slippery tuna [eel] my friend." We mentioned it yesterday—you and Todd Muller. I'd be scared to see you two sitting next to each other.I want to take the words of my uncle the member the Hon Shane Jones who said the start by this Government has been "blistering"—blistering. The member for Te Tai Tokerau Kelvin Davis has talked about the great achievements made by our Government. We have spent most of our time fixing the problems ignored by that side of the House—by the former Government the National Party.Mental health is one of the biggest issues affecting our people. As Minister for Youth I'm really encouraged that the current Minister of Health heard the voice of the young people installed a young person on that commission of inquiry and is really keen to make sure that the future generations of this country get the services that they need by doing a full inquiry and making sure that rangatahi into the future are strong resilient and also prosperous. And I'm excited by that.I look at the current Minister of Education who has a clear vision a clear package detailed today for all of the country to see—knowing that our people don't simply learn in silos. In fact the lifelong journey of education goes from the cradle to the grave and I want to acknowledge the current Minister of Education and his efforts in that sector.So where are things going? As Minister for Youth I'm excited about what we want to do for rangatahi. There are key priorities for us: youth recognition youth engagement youth representation and youth transformation. What we saw from the last regime was a lot of happy dinners and backslapping telling them how good they were at making sure that young people were prosperous. What we noticed when we took over was actually that was simply rhetoric. There was nothing transformative for these young people—nothing whatsoever. So what we're committed to do is actually push for young people's voices across all of Government. What my job and my office do for the Ministry of Youth Development is actually increase the quota of young people on boards and represent our people across not just local government but central government business community boards and sports boards and we're encouraging our young people to find voice there.I'm also excited by the work that the sector is doing. There are some great organisations out there who are doing good work for rangatahi. I want to make quick mention of Dean Lawrence from the Spirit of Adventure Trust who hosted me and I look forward to working with them into the future to make more opportunities for our young people. Very shortly I'll be hitting the road to places like Murihiku where I'll be engaging with Māori and Pasifika trusts down there to talk about opportunities for rangatahi.I'm inspired by this Government and the work that we are doing meeting the lofty aspirations set by our country and I know that everyone on this side of the House is working hard to achieve it. Thank you."