Mitchell MarkHon MARK MITCHELL (National—Rodney): Well I wonder whether or not the member will be taking that speech and posting it on the New Zealand First website because fundamentally he's just stood in the House and gone against everything that the New Zealand First Party campaigned on in relation to the Māori seats. The leader of the party the Rt Hon Winston Peters said unequivocally during the campaign that if they're elected and if they come into Government The Māori seats are gone." There was no doubt left in that. It was black and white. I tell you what a lot of people that probably voted for New Zealand First voted for a policy that they actually liked—a policy that we don't agree with but a policy that they liked.Now we've got the poor member—I feel sorry for Darroch Ball because he obviously drew the short straw last night. Here's a junior member who had to stand in the House today with no conviction at all and had to tell the country "Now we're going to support this bill. Now we're going to support this bill through to select committee with a little caveat being if they don't give us a referendum then we're going to withdraw our support." So let's see. Let's test that and let's see.I think that we've been very clear about the fact that we talk about entrenchment of the Māori seats. I want to acknowledge Rino Tirikatene and the comments that the Hon Chris Finlayson made because in my time in Parliament with Rino I've found him—ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Poto Williams): Order! Refer to the member by his full name please.Hon MARK MITCHELL: Yeah sorry Madam Assistant Speaker. So in my time in Parliament working with Rino Tirikatene I've found him to be an extremely good member an affable member to work with who has always got a good contribution to make and I know that he's highly respected as the chair of the Māori Affairs Committee.I was very disappointed—I just have to say. I know I don't have much time but the speech that Willie Jackson made said everything that's wrong with this country in terms of the relationship between Māori and Pākehā and what's a deeply diverse cultural—Hon Carmel Sepuloni: You still saying "Mahree" is what's wrong with this country.Hon MARK MITCHELL: There we are. More criticism's coming now because my pronunciation might not be quite up to speed to what Carmel Sepuloni wants. This is the whole issue—we had Willie Jackson stand in the House and question Simon Bridges' whakapapa because he may not look or speak or act like Willie Jackson. Actually a lot of Māori these days are urban Māori right? This is exactly the issue and the problem—Tamati Coffey: You don't need to tell Willie that.Hon MARK MITCHELL: Here we go. Tamati Coffey sat there and supported Willie Jackson in his attack on me and his attack on Chris Finlayson. I can tell you I take great pride in my electorate of Rodney and I work with my local iwi. Let me give you an example of a very good project that we just delivered with the local iwi the Rotary club the Lions club and myself all working together. We took the Warkworth courthouse and turned it into a centre that runs a food security programme. It takes food from local supermarkets that's not going to be used and it goes out to the local schools.That's a partnership between local iwi Rotary Lions the local MP and actually the local board as well. So don't Mr Willie Jackson stand in this House and somehow cast the aspersion that because I'm not Māori and because Chris Finlayson or Nick Smith are not Māori we don't work with support and achieve things with our local iwi. We do.I was in Northland a couple of months ago visiting the grandfather of my nephews and my niece. I am very proud of the fact that he is about to be knighted under this Government and that's Hec Busby. My sister is married to his son. So please don't—Tamati Coffey: Are you supporting the bill?Hon MARK MITCHELL: No we're not supporting the bill but I'm addressing what I think was a very—and actually Kiri Allan's in the House. Let me tell you something. My grandfather—ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Poto Williams): Order!Hon MARK MITCHELL: —who owned Bel'Ive Orchard—sorry Madam Assistant Speaker—in Gisborne 50 years ago traded with the local Māori: fish and fruit. He had an orchard. He was one of the first Pākehā in Gisborne to be taken and taught how to carve. He was proud of that and the carvings that he produced. So don't support Willie Jackson when he stands in this House and starts race-baiting and starts to turn the debate into something that it shouldn't be. We're talking about the entrenchment of the Māori seats and we're talking about passing legislation and actually Nick Smith has made a very good point: if you want to get up and make an argument argue against the Electoral (Integrity) Amendment Bill because the Electoral (Integrity) Amendment Bill is going to remove any independence that you might feel you have as Māori representatives—ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Poto Williams): Order! I apologise to the member. Your time has expired."