Waititi RawiriRAWIRI WAITITI (Co-Leader—Te Paati Māori) (remote): Tēnā koe e te Pīka otirā tēnā tātou e te Whare. First of all I want to acknowledge the House for supporting our ability to be able to participate remotely; this is not new to us but Te Paati Māori want to express our thanks and appreciation for allowing us to do this.I take this call on behalf of Te Paati Māori to speak to the Residential Tenancies (Healthy Homes Standards) Amendment Bill that is being passed under urgency. This is a terrible bill. No wonder Labour is moving this amendment because it relieves Kāinga Ora—whom house the most vulnerable people predominantly Māori—of their obligation to get their homes up to a healthy standard for their tenants. I'm not surprised that National support the terrible bill because many of their supporters and members are the majority homeowners here in Aotearoa.I do support the member for the Greens Chlöe Swarbrick and the very valid contribution and arguments pointed out by her in regards to the desired outcomes the Government want in this bill. Dare I say it I also agree with some of the sentiments expressed by the ACT Party.But this is a terrible bill e hika mā. It is being passed only to let landlords off the hook by giving them an extra year to comply with the healthy homes standard. What's more it's being passed through all stages under urgency—within a week. This is absolutely dangerous and reckless lawmaking. This shocking lack of process is a real threat to our people; it is a threat to democracy.That threat is clear when we look at this bill. The justification given for the year-long delay are a total cop-out. The reality is that the healthy homes Act was passed in 2017 with the regulations laying out minimum standards to comply and time frames released in 2019. These regulations already provided a lengthy period to allow landlords to comply with the final date set as 1 July 2024—a full five years to enable compliance.However this bill extends that to 1 July 2025. These changes speak to the double standards that the State applies to those with power and wealth who don't comply with the law and those without as tangata whenua know too well. These double standards are racist classist and are born out of a colonial mind-set. We will not stand for it.Our tangata whenua landlords complying with these healthy homes standards couldn't be more important. We know that more than 50 percent of Māori are renters. We know that 30000 tamariki are hospitalised each year from our unhealthy homes. We know that 33 percent of Māori will shift residencies every three years. Our people can't afford these delays. Cold damp and run-down houses are literally killing out people. Māori are often having to deal with supposedly Third World conditions like rheumatic fever due to the disgusting state of the rental market in this country. Rather than further weakening protections with this bill Government should be strengthening the standards which were watered down through lobbying from the property class.We strongly and wholeheartedly oppose this legislation and call on this Government to withdraw and to do what's right for renters in Aotearoa. Te Paati Māori will be wholeheartedly voting against this bill. Nō reira kia ora tātou katoa.