Tuiono TeanauTEANAU TUIONO (Green) (remote): Tenā koe e te Māngai otirā tēnā koutou katoa e te Whare. I whakaaro me tīmata au i taku kōrero i tēnei pō e pēnei ana te haere. E mihi ana ki a rātou mā ki a rāua mā ki a Tā Wira Gardiner rāua ko Kahurangi June Jackson i hinga ki roto ki tēnei wiki i tēnei rā. Ko tō mātou nei ngākau nā mātou ngā Kākāriki kei te taha o ō rātou nei whānau i tēnei wā i te mea mōhio tātou nō te ao Māori he tipua rātou he toki he mātanga e ngākaunui ana o tātou nei whānau Māori kua noho taiwhenua ahakoa noho tāone nō reira me mihi atu ki a rāua me ō rāua whānau e noho pani ana ki tēnei o ngā rā otirā ki te Hōnore Willie Jackson i tēnei wā ko tērā tōna māmā i hinga i kō ake nei e mihi ana. E mihi ana ki runga i ngā whakaaro o Matariki kia tae ki tērā o ngā kōrero i rangona whānuihia ki roto i ngā tangihanga ko rātou mā kua whetūrangihia ko rātou mā kua whetūrangihia kua whetūrangihia rāua i tēnei wiki. I whetūrangihia e piri ana ki te kāhui o Matariki me te whakaaro anō ko tētahi o ngā whetū ko Pohutukawa. I te wā o Pohutukawa ko tōna aronga mō te hunga kātahi anō kua rere atu ki roto i te tau.I a au e haere ki ngā hui Matariki i te motu ki roto i ngā hekenga ngā toru tekau ngā tau i whakatūria tētahi hui ahurei. I te tīmatanga o ngā whakaritenga Matariki kia maumahara rātou mā kua wehe atu kua maumaharara o rātou nā i waiho ake mai ngā maramara mātauranga ngā maramara wheako he aha ai? Hei kohikohinga whakaaro he kohikohingā manaakitanga maumarahatanga ki a tātou ngā morehu e noho pani nei i tēnei wā. Nō reira ko tērā tētahi o ngā wāhanga ki roto i te Matariki e taea e tātou tātou o tātou nei hapori otirā o tātou katoa i roto ki Aotearoa nei.Te ruku ki roto i te taketaketanga o tēnei mātauranga i ahu mai o tātou nei tikanga Māori āe ko tēnei Pire e piri ana ki a Matariki te kāhui whetū o Matariki ka noho matua mai i ētahi iwi hei tohu i te taka o wā he tohu nui hoki a Matariki ki o tātou tuakana mātou mai e noho ana ki ngā airani ā ngā tuākana rere i te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa mō te taka o te wā. Ko ētahi o ā rātou kupu mō te kāhui ko Mataliki ko ētahi ko Matali'i ko ētahi ko Matari'i ko Makali'i anō hoki. Tautoko katoa ko ētahi anō kōrero i puta mō tērā wā o te tau me tērā wāhi o te rangi ā mō tātou nei whānau e noho ana ki ngā rekereke o te maunga tītōhea ki Taranaki ko Puanga i te mea mēnā ka noho koe ki tētahi maunga ko te Puanga ko tērā te whetū e kitea koe pērā ki ō tātou nei whanauka ki Ngāi Tahu ko Puaka tērā e karangahia. Mēnā ka noho koe ki wāhi kē atu nā te taiao i whakaritea ki a koutou. Haere he tikanga ki a tēnā iwi ki a tēnā iwi i te wā o Matariki ko ētahi ko ngā āhuatanga e pā ana ki tōna tīmatanga ki tōna roa ko te rerenga o te rā ko te mata o te marama ā ko ngā marama ko te taiao te takiwā me te takoto o te whenua. Nō reira he piringa anō tēnei ehara i te mea he hararei noa. Nō reira he piringa anō ki te taiao he oranga anō tērā mō tātou.Kua whakaritea kētia ngā rā aro ki a Matariki mō ngā tau toru tekau tuatahi kia pai ai te taka mai o te hararei tūmatanui te Paraire e taka rawa ana ki te marama o Tangaroa nō reira o tātou nei mātau e mōhio e pēhea e haere ana ngā mata o te marama. Ko Tangaroa ko te marama ki roto i te marama o Pipiri e mahuta ake ai a Tangaroa. Nō reira ko te raupapa e whakarite ana a te Rōpū Arataki o Matariki tēnei i whakatau nō reira katoa i te mea he mātauranga taketake he mātauranga Māori tohaina ki a tātou katoa.Ko tēnei pire āe kei te whakatū he hararei tūmatanui. E kī ana te pire ka tū tētahi hararei tūmatamui mō Matariki heoi ko te mea hiranga katoa ko te poua hohonutia o ngā kōrero o te pire ki te mātauranga Māori. Kāore tātou i tētahi hararei e pērā ana. He pire he hararei e piri ana ki te whenua i ahu mai tēnei whenua nō reira ko tēnei tana mana motuhake nō reira i kōrerohia e au i mua engari nā mātou nō te waimarie i arahina mātou e te Rōpū Arataki o Matariki nō reira me mihi anō hoki ki a Tākuta Rangi Matamua i te mea koia tō mātou mātanga mō mātou nei e noho ana ki roto i te Komiti Whiriwhiri Take Māori nāna noa i hautū tērā komiti i mua te tuhi o tēnei o ngā pire heoi i noho tahi ia ki a mātou i te wā e piri ana ngā kaupapa katoa mō Matariki ki roto i ngā matapaki kōrero.I waenga i ngā kaitāpae kōrero he whānui he whāroa te tautoko o te pire ngā kōrero hoki i whakaritea te Rōpū Arataki o Matariki e mau tonu ai te tapu o ngā mātauranga Māori i te roa o te tukanga nei. E whakaaro ana ngā kaitāpae ka ea e te pire nei te korenga o tētahi hararei tūmatanui māna nei te whakamānawa nei i tō tātou nei ao Māori. Mā konei hoki e whai huarahi ai ki te whakatinana i te mea nei te whakahoanga o te Tiriti me te akiaki anō kia whai wāhi nui ai te iwi Māori kia āta whakakanohitia nuitia ai. Kia kaha te kōrerotia o te hononga o te whakanuitanga o Matariki ki te taiao tērā tētahi o ngā aronga nui nā mātou o ngā Kākāriki i te mea i kite mātou mēnā ka ora anō te mātauranga ki roto i a Aotearoa nei mō tātou katoa he oranga anō tērā mō te taiao.Nō reira i rangona aku nei taringa i tērā o ngā kōrero i tau i wā ki te Komiti Whiriwhiri Take Māori heoi e ai ki ētahi atu o ngā kaitāpae ko te whai rauemi a tētahi āhuatanga matua e whai whakanui ai kia toka ai te hararei tūmatanui o Matariki ki te ahurea. Me tiro tātou ki tērā ki roto i ngā kura katoa ki roto i te marau auraki mai rūmaki Māori mai. Nō reira ko mātou nei e hiahiatia mātou ngā Kākāriki kia tiro i tētahi āhuatanga kia puta mai i te Tāhuhu o Te Mātauranga ngā rauemi me ētahi hōtaka anō kia hāpai atu i ngā pūkenga o ngā pouako ki roto i ngā kura i te mea mā runga i te whakaako i te rawa o ēnei kōrero te hōhonutanga o ēnei kōrero ko tēnei mea e piri ana tātou ki a tātou anō ki roto i ngā āhuatanga o Matariki. Nō reira ko te taha o te rauemi he mea nui. He mea e hikaka ana te whakaaro ki roto i ō tātou ngākau ō tātou nei tamariki mokopuna nō reira kia kaha te Tāhuhu o Te Mātauranga ki te toha atu ngā rawa ki te toha atu ngā rauemi ki ō tātou nei pouako ki ō tātou nei kura. I tautoko au i ngā kōrero o Te Tiamana i kōrero mai ia mō tō tātou nei hapori turi i kōrerohia mai he mea tika te kōrero e toru ngā reo o Aotearoa nei: ko te reo Pākehā ko te reo Māori me te reo tohu o te turi nō reira e tautoko ana mātou ngā Kākāriki kia whai wāhi anō rātou ki roto i ngā tahua pūtea kia āhei rātou mēnā ka haere rātou ki tētahi hui e hāpai ana ngā āhuatanga o Matariki ka taea e rātou te mārama ana ngā kōrero. Nō reira tautoko ana mātou ki tērā tērā o ngā whakatau mō ō tātou nei hapori turi ō tātou nei whānau turi.Ko tētahi āwangawanga nui i puta ko te whakapūteatanga—me pēnei ana ki? I te mea he māharahara anō tērā nōku nei kia kaua e Makitānara ko tātou nei Matariki kia kaua Rua Tāra Toa Te Warewhare tō tātou nei hararei Matariki kia mau tonu ki tonu ki tōna taketaketanga kia mau tonu ki tōna ki te ia o tōna hōhonutanga ki tana piringa ki te taiao te taiao ki te tangata te tangata ki te whānau te whānau ki te hapori te hapori ki te iwi otirā ki a tātou katoa. Nō reira i rangona i aku nei taringa tērā o ngā āwangawanga he āwangawanga anō tērā anō hoki nei heoi ko te mea nui i a tātou e whakarite rautaki ana mō tēnei kaupapa me āta whakaarohia tātou ki roto i ngā kaupapa here ka puta mai i te ture me ōna waeture anō hoki.Nō reira tērā noa iho tō mātou nei kōrero heoi anō me hoki atu anō ki te tuatahi o tātou nei kōrero e mihi ana ki a rātou mā kua hinga atu e mihi atu au ki a rātou mā kua whetūrangahihia rātou anō kua piri anō ki te kāhui o Matariki. Ko te tūmanako ka rapu anō tātou ō rātau nā maramara matauranga o rātou nei maramara wheako anō kia mau tonu tātou ki a rātou tērā anō te takoha mai o ngā ahurea o Matariki ki a tātou anō te piringa o te hunga mate ki a tātou te hunga ora otirā āhei koutou—[I thought I would begin my speech tonight in this way. I would like to acknowledge Sir Wira Gardiner and Dame June Jackson who have passed on this week and today. The hearts of the Greens are with their families at this time because we in the Māori world know that they were legends champions experts and also committed to Māori whether they lived rurally or in towns so I must acknowledge them and their bereaved families on this day as well as acknowledging the Hon Willie Jackson as this was his mother who recently passed. I acknowledge them in the language of Matariki by using one of the phrases widely heard at funerals they have all become stars in the heavens they have all become stars in the heavens both of them have become stars in the heavens this week. They have become stars connected to the Matariki cluster in the knowledge that one of those stars is Pohutukawa. At the time of Pohutukawa its focus is those who have died that year.As I have been going to Matariki gatherings around the country over the last 30 years a cultural gathering was set up. At the beginning of the observation of Matariki it was as a remembrance of those who have passed and for the things they left behind the gems of knowledge and experience and why? As a collection of ideas of generosity and memories of those of us who remain orphaned today. Therefore this is something within Matariki that we can all do in our communities and throughout New Zealand.To dive into this ancient knowledge which comes from our Māori conventions yes this bill adheres to Matariki the Matariki cluster which primarily for some tribes is a sign of the passing of time. It is also an important sign to our relatives who live in the islands—that is our Pacific relatives. Some of their names for the cluster are Mataliki Matali'i Matari'i and Makali'i.I support everything that was said about the time of year and the place in the sky and for our kin who reside at the base of the barren mountain of Taranaki it is Puanga rather that signals the passing of time because if you live near a mountain range that is the star you will see just like it is for our relatives of Ngāi Tahu it is called Puaka. If you live in another place your environment will determine this for you. Each tribe has its own practices relating to the time of Matariki when it rises for how long the path of the sun the phase of the moon the months the environment the location and the lay of the land. Therefore this is a relationship not just a holiday. It is a relationship with the environment and that benefits us all.The days of observance of Matariki for the first 30 years have already been set so that we can solidify there is a public holiday that will fall on a Friday in the phase of Tangaroa according to the moon-phase experts. The Tangaroa phase in the month of June which signals the correct time. Therefore this series has been decided upon by the Matariki Advisory Group rightly so as it is ancient knowledge it is Māori knowledge that has been shared with us.This bill yes it establishes a public holiday. The bill states that a public holiday will take place but the most important thing is the connection of the content of the bill to Māori knowledge. We have no holiday like it. It is a bill a holiday that connects to a place from where this land arose and that is its unique feature therefore. I spoke earlier about how we were fortunate to be guided by the Mataraki Advisory Group so I should acknowledge again Dr Rangi Matamua. He was our expert for us of the Māori Affairs Committee. It was he who guided that committee prior to the writing of this bill however he sat with us as we tied together all the aspects of Matariki in our discussions. In the submissions there was broad support for the bill and the content created by the Matariki Advisory Group has stayed true to the sacred nature of Māori knowledge for the whole length of the process. The submitters thought the bill satisfies the need for a public holiday that venerates the Māori world. Also this provides a pathway to manifest the Tiriti partnership and to encourage engagement by Māori and for them to be able to play a leading role. We should keep talking about the connection of the celebration of Matariki to the environment. That is one of the Greens' main focus points because if Māori knowledge thrives in New Zealand it will also benefit the environment.I am also cognisant of issues around resourcing brought to the attention of Māori Affairs Committee by the submitters and that this should be a priority in order for the Matariki public holiday to be firmly established in our culture. We should implement this in all schools in the curriculum in both mainstream and immersion Māori schools. Therefore what we of the Greens would like to see is the Ministry of Education producing these things resources and more programmes to support the skills of the teachers in the schools because by teaching the value and depth of these stories we will enable us to connect to each other through Matariki. Therefore resources are an important part.This is a source of enthusiasm in our hearts and those of our children and grandchildren so I encourage the Ministry of Education to share resource material with our teachers and our schools. I support the position of the chair who talked to us about the deaf community. What he said was correct; there are three languages in New Zealand: English Māori and sign language. Therefore we the Greens support that they should have access to funding so that if they go to a gathering supporting aspects of Matariki they will be able to understand what is going on. Therefore we agree with that that decision about our deaf community our deaf family.One big concern that arose was the potential commodification—how should I put it? There is a concern that our Matariki holiday turns into another McDonald's the $2 Shop or The Warehouse. It should rather hold firm to its origins to the depth of its connection to the environment the environment to the person the person to the family the family to the community and the community to the nation to all of us. Therefore I heard that concern and there were other similar concerns however the main thing as we were establishing a strategy for this issue was to carefully consider the policies emanating from the law and its regulations.So that is all we have to say however I should return to the start of our speech and acknowledge those who have passed those who have become stars in the heavens once again connected to and close to Matariki. Hopefully we will be able to rediscover their educational and experiential gems so that we hold on to them. That again is the gift of the culture of Matariki to all of us the relationship of the dead to us the living and the ability—ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Jacqui Dean): Order! The member's time has expired.