Henare PeeniPEENI HENARE (Labour—Tāmaki Makaurau): Tēnā koe e Te Māngai o Te Whare. Tuatahi e mihi atu ana au ki a koe e te tuakana e Hau kua tae mai ki roto i tō tātou Whare hei whakarongo atu ki te pānuitanga tuatahi o tēnei pire. He pire e tautoko kaha nei e Ngāti Paoa e Ōrahi o tāua rahi o te kāinga rā o Tāmaki Makaurau kāti ngā mihi nui ki a koe me tō whānau ā ki a koe hoki e Te Minita o mua rā e kara e Rick. E mihi atu ana au ki a koe pai te kite atu i a koe e tirotiro mai nei ki ngā mahi e tutuki nei tātou i te rā nei.[Thank you Mr Assistant Speaker. Firstly I acknowledge you elder sibling Hau who has arrived here in our House to listen to the first reading of this bill. It is one that is strongly supported by Ngāti Paoa and Ōrahi at that place of yours and mine Auckland and suffice to say huge salutations to you and your family and to you as well former Minister colleague friend Rick. I salute you; how wonderful it is to see you looking down upon us here as we complete what has to be done before us on this day.]Thank you very much for this opportunity to rise and contribute on the Point England Development Enabling Bill. It is not a very inspiring title. Although I take many of the points from the Minister I would like to pick up on probably the last points he made about Ngāti Paoa's involvement in this particular land development and how it is actually about creating a community. Those are the kinds of inspirational words our people deserve to hear in Tāmaki-makau-rau when we consider housing opportunities not just for Ngāti Paoa but for houses that will alleviate the pressures and the stress placed upon Tāmaki-makau-rau at this point in time due to a housing crisis.Let us be very clear about that: it has been a housing crisis. This has been a long drawn-out debate about whether or not it is a crisis. Well that might be the case with the Government at this point in time but we have been very clear: it has been a housing crisis for a number of years now. And I want to commend my colleague Mr Twyford who cannot be here to contribute to this first reading. But I do want to commend him for the work he has done in this space to make the issue more apparent to the Government which seems to have been blind to it for so long.This particular bill offers an opportunity not just for Tāmaki-makau-rau but in particular for Ngāti Paoa and for that reason I am extremely excited. I am extremely excited because as we have seen these kinds of partnerships evolve over a number of years. The Minister mentioned the Tāmaki redevelopment opportunity that was had right next door to Point England. There are other examples of particular partnerships with Ngāti Whātua. There is another one down here with Te Ātiawa. They are good relationships to develop—these types of opportunities—not only for the tribe but for New Zealand. However I think this one is another step in that evolution. I think this particular partnership provides a fantastic opportunity where Māori are given this opportunity to really drive it to make sure that they work with their relationships whoever is involved or concerned with the Point England development—that they act in a very Māori way. Ngāti Paoa have been very clear about this from the outset.Many in this House have got up and stood to sing a song—whoever has spoken on a marae—and it is Te Aroha". Everyone knows the words. Some sing it really well; most sing it very poorly. But Ngāti Paoa have made it clear that in their desire to develop this particular opportunity they want to be working on the premise of aroha pono and tika—aroha pono and tika—to make sure that the foundations for this opportunity are actually a springboard not just for Ngāti Paoa but for all of the people in Tāmaki-makau-rau. So it is for these reasons that I stand to support this bill through to the next stages. We look forward to welcoming submissions and to welcoming commentary and input from the communities of Tāmaki-makau-rau and from those involved in housing development in the past and who wish to do so in the future.This one is unique in some respects. It is unique in so far as it is a property development for all intents and purposes. The public will see this as an opportunity to have more homes in Tāmaki-makau-rau. But I also note that in this bill there is a provision for 2 hectares to be put aside for a marae—for a marae. You ask any Māori—perhaps maybe not the new Deputy Prime Minister Paula Bennett who has already said she did not grow up on a marae but if you ask most Māoris you will know that a marae is at the heart of their community. A marae is at the heart of their community. So this bill provides for 2 hectares to provide Ngāti Paoa that opportunity to build a marae. And when you get the marae built on aroha tika and pono and the kinds of values that we want to see in our community you will find that the rest of the community will follow suit. You will find that the community will grow and it will grow with a solid foundation. So I am excited by that particular opportunity—the 2 hectares being afforded to Ngāti Paoa to stamp their mark on what would otherwise seem like any other property development in Tāmaki-makau-rau. You can drive past property developments every day in Tāmaki-makau-rau in my electorate and they are just more houses that are going up. This particular opportunity at Te Tauoma is a fantastic one—one that will allow Ngāti Paoa in partnership with the council and of course with central government to provide for housing not just for their people but also for the people of Tāmaki-makau-rau.The Minister spoke about the fact that although the finer details need to be discussed and debated hopefully with not too much compromise on the part of Ngāti Paoa—although those details need to be fleshed out I am encouraged by the kinds of numbers that are being afforded to affordable housing to social housing. We hear of all these property developments thousands of homes being built but only 10 percent being used for social housing. Well for the pressures that I have seen placed upon the people of Tāmaki-makau-rau Māori and Pākehā alike who come into my office 10 percent is just not enough. So as a kaitiaki of the Tāmaki-makau-rau isthmus and Ngāti Paoa they are making that commitment to the people of Tāmaki-makau-rau and that is something to be celebrated. That is exciting. So I am encouraged by that. There are of course many challenges. Let us not kid ourselves in thinking that this is just straightforward and awesome. Ngāti Paoa are going to get the opportunity—the Minister stated very clearly that Ngāti Paoa will get the opportunity—however it will be at their own risk.I want to say to Ngāti Paoa to my relations seated in the gallery here today: kia kaha kia tūpato āta haere. Kia kaha—be strong. Kia tūpato—be careful. Āta haere—move forward progressively. Move forward to make sure that you are treading carefully as you progress so that you do not fall into pits and get snagged by fish hooks and everything else that comes with property development because as most members in this House will know property development is a very tricky game to get involved in. But this particular bill provides an opportunity and a start and the platform for Ngāti Paoa for which we are grateful and I am sure the people of Ngāti Paoa are too.I mentioned at the beginning Ngāti Paoa's commitment to alleviating the housing crisis in Tāmaki-makau-rau. Housing is one of those key pillars in the conversation around poverty. It is not a coincidence that Sir Mason Durie uses what they call a whare tapa whā model. He could have used any kind of square shape or anything with four sides but he specifically chose a whare he whare tapa whā—not just a tapa whā a square; he said a "whare tapa whā". So to have these kinds of opportunities to build houses to make sure that the people of Ngāti Paoa the people of Tāmaki-makau-rau Māori and non-Māori alike get the opportunity to have that foundation to have the pillar and security of a home to make sure that issues such as poverty which we can see right next door to Point England in Glen Innes—we do not want to see that in this particular development.Just in conclusion in some of the notes here there is a perfect I think description provided by Ngāti Paoa in their grasp of this particular opportunity and it says: "Paoa taringa rahirahi. Paoa pukunui." I think that is a fantastic way to conclude my contribution: to say paoa taringa rahirahi—be aware. And I know you are and I know that the impacts upon your people and indeed your whenua will be at the forefront of the development moving forward. And paoa pukunui—this will provide the opportunity not just for Ngāti Paoa but for all of the people of Tāmaki-makau-rau. We support this bill. Kia ora tātou."