Jackson WillieHon WILLIE JACKSON (Minister for Māori Development): It's a shame we're not talking about the next Budget. We're talking about the last Budget. But can I first of all thank my officials at Te Puni Kōkiri who have done a terrific job over the last year and particularly during COVID when you saw the strength of the networks and the relationship that Te Puni Kōkiri have with our Whānau Ora providers. We got through that through the tenacity and determination of our people who stepped up when COVID hit us. So I want to thank my agency for their mahi and for supporting the strategies that we are currently rolling out which is economic resilience our tikanga area and our other area where we're monitoring the Government agencies. So I think we're on track there. So in terms of the question from Tāmati Coffey one of the first support packages in terms of COVID was the $56.5 million all-of-Government response to support the special health social and economic needs of Māori through that period. In terms of the second question from our National Party side in terms of the He Puapua report it's important to be very clear because the National Party seem to be very unclear in terms of—Simeon Brown: No you haven't even had a conversation. Hon WILLIE JACKSON: Are you popping up again Simeon? Oh right OK. I thought you already had said enough before but never mind. You have to be very clear—and this member needs to know that your mentor John Key was very supportive of the United Nations declaration. Simon Bridges supported him and may have even spoken on it. He may have even spoken on it and in fact along with the Māori Party set us off on this path in terms of supporting indigenous people—Hon Simon Bridges: I wasn't at Cabinet that day. Hon WILLIE JACKSON: No you should never have been in Cabinet either. But that set us off on this path of supporting indigenous people. At that time the Māori Party to their credit got the Government back into this indigenous game which I salute the Māori Party—not Rawiri Waititi but the previous Māori Party—in terms—[Interruption]—because I'll come to Rawiri Waititi shortly. In terms of getting back into the United Nations game it's important that we play a part. The National Party knew that the Māori Party know that and we know that. So we're in that process that Simon and John Key and Judith Collins signed up to in 2010—CHAIRPERSON (Adrian Rurawhe): Order! The Hon Simon Bridges. Hon WILLIE JACKSON: Oh the honourable"—the Hon Simon Bridges. Ohorere au. [That's a surprise.] OK the Hon Simon Bridges—my apologies the honourable one. But the National Party signed up to this in 2010 and we're just carrying on the work. In terms of He Puapua it's an independent report and I mihi to them too for their mahi—some excellent work there. But it's going to go forward and the question was: is it going forward to Cabinet? Yes it is. We're going through that consultation process right now. So thank you for that question. In terms of Rawiri Waititi's campaign speech for the next Budget he's completely wrong as usual with his figures and that's one of the problems the Māori Party have. They need an accountant to work out their numbers and that accountant can't be John Tamihere because John Tamihere—Rawiri's father-in-law—came up with this ridiculous percentage. Actually he came up with this 0.3 percent. The Māori caucus and Māori Ministers delivered over $900 million right across the spectrum. When you do a Budget—somebody has to explain this to my friend Rawiri Waititi like I have to explain the House to him every day. But someone needs to explain to him that when you do a Budget you look right across the spectrum. Rawiri Waititi: No you vote Māori—vote Māori. Hon WILLIE JACKSON: You don't just look at Vote Māori because kōhanga reo is not in Vote Māori. Kōhanga reo is not in Vote Māori. We've got Māori initiatives in corrections. That's not in Vote Māori. We have Māori initiatives right across the spectrum and I need to explain that you have to assess the gains for Māori right across the spectrum. Those gains were 6 percent. That was like 100 percent more than the previous Māori Party ever got with National. So I just need to explain that. In terms of the question about housing the Māori caucus works brilliantly with Minister Megan Woods—brilliantly. Peeni Henare is working the strategy with Minister Woods and myself in terms of papakāinga and repairs where you've seen a lot of gains for Māori in the last few months. Kia ora."