Davidson MaramaHon MARAMA DAVIDSON (Co-Leader—Green): I too want to acknowledge the Year of the Dragon Chinese and many other Asian peoples and communities and the celebrations here in Aotearoa. This is key to Te Tiriti in fact. Te Tiriti has always been inclusive. Our tūpuna had the vision when they were the dominant population in this country back in those years when Te Tiriti and previous to that He Whakaputanga was signed and discussed—our people were the dominant majority population and what did our ancestors do? The most generous humbling act of all: say Yes there is room here for all of us. We're happy to share. We will maintain our tino rangatiratanga and our mana motuhake but let's work together. There is room here for everyone to live and be who they are in this beautiful beautiful country of ours. Let's sign an agreement that is going to protect mokopuna for generations to come that upholds all of their whakapapa from all around the world. And we will not cede sovereignty; we will maintain sovereignty because that is the most precious thing to us."This is what our tūpuna said. That is not even up for debate—this has been affirmed time and time again with various reviews evaluations Treaty settlements and research. So why is it then—why is it then—that even the National Government who has done considerable work with the establishment of institutions and initiatives that seek to uphold the mana motuhake of mana whenua and tangata whenua—why is this House wasting money inciting racism and ignorance; a narrative that is leaning into the worst of us instead of the best of us and targeting Māori whānau—Māori whānau—with the ignorance? Why is this House doing that with the proposed Treaty Principles Bill that is currently on the table?When generations of tauiwi Pākehā tangata tiriti and Māori have already been working together—we're still not there yet we still haven't properly embellished the vision of our tūpuna to uphold mana motuhake and the Crown has consistently continued to breach that agreement. But we have now got generations of people of all backgrounds who have seen it who have seen the beauty of that vision; whether it's restoring wetlands restoring and cleaning up rivers and waterways and oceans; whether it's marae being generous and opening their doors to all communities especially in times of need and crisis; whether it's Māori social service organisations not just catering to Māori but understanding that as tangata whenua we have a role to affirm the mana and integrity of everyone. We have generations who know this now and they are the people who turned up in force all around the country just last week on Waitangi Day.That gives me incredible hope because they're not having a bar of this narrative. They already know—it's too late. You can't put back generations now of people who have seen what our tūpuna always intended when they signed Te Tiriti. You can't shove that back in the bottle now; it's out there.So I stand here with hope and pride in the vision of my tūpuna who always knew that maintaining the mana motuhake and the tino rangatiratanga was the right thing to do for our whakapapa as Māori but also for the benefit of our living systems the hauora and the oranga of our communities and most importantly to ensure everyone here has a home and can live with dignity and respect. Thank you."