Henare PeeniPEENI HENARE (Labour—Tāmaki Makaurau): Once upon a time the world looked towards New Zealand as a leading light—a shining hope and a country where prosperity was found everywhere where kids played and families were able to raise their tamariki and their mokopuna in what was essentially a utopian society. What we can see at the moment in fact is that Rome is burning. I say Rome is burning" because not only is there a housing bubble but inside that bubble is this Government. It is oblivious to the decisions that it is making and the impact they are having on our reputation around the world. I say that in light of a very recent topic—250 extra refugees coming to New Zealand. Well whoopee! That is just not enough. There has been pressure from the international community on all Governments across the world to take this issue seriously. And what does this Government do? It increases the quota by only 250. And now the world is looking at us and saying: "By crikey maybe New Zealand isn't the leading light of the world." Maybe in fact this Government is living inside the housing bubble that it has created oblivious to the fact that the decisions it has made have had a huge impact on our reputation around the world.I am reminded of one of my favourite songs from the 1990s by C+C Music Factory called "Things That Make You Go Hmmmm"—things that make you go hmmmm. The reason for that is that once upon a time Te Puea Marae was doing what the Government failed to do and all of a sudden the Government came up with a smear campaign—things that make you go hmmmm. We asked questions of the Minister and this Government about exactly what the cause of that was and there was no answer—things that make you go hmmmm. And I can tell you for a fact is that Te Puea marae is doing a fantastic job. In fact I want to share some of those numbers if I can. Over 60 assessments have been completed within 2½ weeks. They have housed within Te Puea Marae 91 people—over 10 families and over 50 children. And although this Government talks about these great achievements for education I can tell the House that of the 50 children inside Te Puea Marae nearly 30 percent have only now gone to their first day of school this year in the week just gone. What does that tell you about the ignorance of this Government and the failure of this system to actually take education seriously and to make sure that the children who are finding themselves not by choice—because children do not choose to live in cars. Children do not choose in garages. Children do not choose to not go to school. Sadly what we are seeing at Te Puea Marae is over 30 percent of the kids who have gone into Te Puea Marae have attended school for the first time in the week just gone. That speaks to a failure of this system. Eight long years of this Government—8 long years. Kids born while this Government has been in power have fallen through the gaps. They have fallen through the gaps. Sadly what this Government cannot do—it has appointed all of these Ministers to look after these issues but what it has failed to do in fact is actually connect all the dots. What a housing crisis is a part of what a poor education system is a part of—all of these things speak to poverty. They speak to poverty. This Government is not taking poverty seriously. I challenge any of the members on that side to come to Tāmaki Makaurau. Come along with me and I will take you to Te Puea Marae but leave your grubby politics out of it. Leave the grubby politics out of it and let the marae do what it has done in the past 2 weeks filling the holes found in this Government's policies. I listened to the Minister over there and I say this: she thinks she forced her staff members to help Te Puea Marae. She is in fact wrong. It was I who called those staff to make sure they got to Te Puea Marae. I challenge her to show her phone records—I will show mine—to see who made the phone call first. So I finish by once again congratulating Te Puea Marae on the great job that it has done in filling the holes found in this Government's policies moving forward. I want to say to Huri and the board kia kaha."