Ferris Tākuta; Tuiono TeanauTĀKUTA FERRIS (Te Pāti Māori—Te Tai Tonga): Tēnā tātou. Ka tū ahau ki te wāhi i ngā kōrero mō Te Pāti Māori e hāngai pū ana ki tēnei o ngā pire. Tēnei pire e tere kawea nei e tēnei Kāwanatanga me te whai aronga kore ki tana hoa haere i roto i te Tiriti o Waitangi me te mōhio ko te nuinga o ngā whānau Māori ka pā kinotia e tēnei pire i runga anō i te āheinga o te hunga takatū i roto i te ao pakihi te tuku i a rātou kia whakakorengia tō rātou tū hei kaimahi i roto i te toru marama.Kua mōhio kētia whānuitia tēnā whakatipuranga tēnā whakatipuranga ko te iwi Māori te iwi ka ngaua kinotia e ēnei tūmomo pire. Nā i roto i ngā wiki e rua kua taha ake nei kua whai whakaaro tēnei taha o te Whare kia kawea terehia ēnei pire me te whai aronga kore ki a Ngāi Māori ki ngā iwi rānei otirā ki te ōhanga Māori i roto o Aotearoa.Nō reira e kore rawa mātou e whakaae ki te hanga o tēnei pire me te mōhio iho he tūkinotanga ōna nō roto mai o te Tiriti o Waitangi he patunga ōna ki runga i ngā mokopuna o te motu he whai whakaaro kore ki ngā whānau Māori e noho nei i roto o Aotearoa.[Greetings to us all. I stand to open the discussion on behalf of the Māori Party directly relating to this bill. This bill that is being rushed through by this Government without consideration for its partner in the Treaty of Waitangi in the knowledge that the majority of Māori families will be adversely affected by this bill due to the ability of those established in the business sector that allows them to dismiss their standing as an employee in three months.It is already widely known each successive generation that it is Māori society that are the people that are adversely affected by these types of bills. So in the last two weeks this side of the House has thought to rush these bills through without any consideration of the Māori people or of the various iwi and indeed of the Māori economy within Aotearoa.So we will never agree with the structure of this bill in the knowledge that it has violations of the Treaty of Waitangi it is an assault on the grandchildren of the nation and it does not at all consider the Māori families that reside here in Aotearoa.]So Te Pāti Māori vehemently opposes this bill. We understand that the age-old saying of Māori being the highly extendable shock absorber of the New Zealand economy over decades seems to be well in play with the current bill—the repeal of this bill. We know that young Māori families will be disadvantaged by this bill their children will be disadvantaged kaumātua will be disadvantaged as will many other minority peoples in this country. We've heard a lot from this side of the House over the last two days and two weeks. We understand that it takes mobility and agility to grow an economy but if that's at the expense of the most vulnerable people in that society then it's not something that we could ever condone.I'll just remind this side of the House that they've paid no attention—given no regard—to their Tiriti partner as described in my maiden speech as the principle in that agreement and to do so in 2023 whilst the motu stands up to rally against it just defies explanation.Carl Bates: Just because you don't like it doesn't mean that Māori aren't in agreement.TĀKUTA FERRIS: Oh well it's not just me that doesn't like it; there's plenty of people that don't like it. [Interruption] But I don't think you have any bandwidth for garnering any sort of opinion from the Māori community e hoa so I wouldn't pursue that line of argument if I was sitting in your seat.But heoi anō ko te mōhio iho ko Ngāi Māori ka ngaua kinotia e tēnei pire. E kore mātou e whakaae. [However it is known that it will be the Māori people that will be greatly adversely affected by this bill. We will never agree.]When I look across here to this side of the House I don't see leaders. I'm not seeing leadership. I'm not seeing the voice of the motu. I'm seeing the voice of a small segment of the motu who voted these people in. And you know the trouble—Debbie Ngarewa-Packer: 4 percent Māori—TĀKUTA FERRIS: Ha ha! Four percent āe 4 percent Māori. Over here I see lobbyists I see people who prioritise profit over people. I see people who expect us to believe that all business owners are benevolent do-gooders and they're going to look after everybody for ever. But the trouble with that idea is that unlike a business when you can simply discard unproductive units when you're responsible for a society and the wellbeing of that society simply discarding those people or those units that you deem suboptimal does nothing to improve that society. Nō reira Te Pāti Māori vehemently opposes this anti-worker anti-whānau and anti - Te-Tiriti-o-Waitangi bill.ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Teanau Tuiono): Just before I take the next call I will remind members that if you want to have a discussion and a chit-chat right across the House there's plenty of space out there in the hallways. I didn't want to interrupt the previous speaker but I would like people to keep that in mind. There's plenty of spaces for us to have those debates as well and it can make it difficult for people at home listening if folks start to get a bit rowdy.