Ngarewa-Packer DebbieDEBBIE NGAREWA-PACKER (Co-Leader—Te Paati Māori): Thank you Mr Speaker. An issue that's come to us in Te Tai Hauāuru is Te Atawhai o Te Ao released the W'akatika report completed by a lot of our Awa Whanganui whānau: Dr Rāwiri Tinirau Dr Cherryl Smith Sister Makareta and a few others. A lot of the survey refers to the fact that 93 percent of Māori are receiving and are affected negatively by racism. This is in the backdrop of us receiving news today that 50 percent of what our counter-terrorism are dealing with is actually white supremacy. Where it comes to at a local level for us is that here we're imploring and in fact lobbying that Where are we as part of helping our local communities that are dealing with racism?" Māori wards we heard from this House referred to as apartheid. We actually heard other leaders here saying to stop talking about racism all the time but for us locally as Māori it's become a real issue. We had recently a horrible example in Kāpiti Coast District Council where one of our kura from Ōtaki Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te Rito experienced some of the most horrific racism that children should never ever have to have. They were there enjoying and sharing their culture their haka and actually got put down by some of those who are well-known in the lobbying group for National Front white supremacists saying "Why do we have to listen to this monkey language?" This is something that I bring to this House—and you know how I feel about the monsters on the walls—and that we on the floor have the opportunity to be part of resolving. What we have seen is in fact a disease of racism being spread to our tamariki that should never ever be spread to anyone generally. In fact what we are saying is at a local level if you read this report they are talking about some of the solutions. One is acknowledging and not denying that this is something that we contend with—certainly leaders should never deny that in this House—and also talking about some of our children that are experiencing the harmful brunt of racism at a young age and that all children should be learning about anti-racism—in fact some of our adults should be learning it as well—at a young age and what we can do in this House to de-weaponise racism and stop effectively what our children who we've been here to protect in Aotearoa should not be contending with. What we really want to do is highlight the aspects of the racism and where it comes from and what we in Government can do to stop it whether it be police profiling whether it be spy agencies that are sitting there focusing on kaupapa that has suddenly become about Māori gangs where effectively the worst issue was with our white supremacy and our white gangs. SPEAKER: Order! DEBBIE NGAREWA-PACKER: Look the other part of it too—SPEAKER: Order! I am now going to ask the member to narrow back to the local. She's made a couple of local references within a very general speech. DEBBIE NGAREWA-PACKER: Sure. So one of the things that we have done in talking to the school and talking to the kaiako and the rangatahi is actually imploring to tono to them to come here and to meet some of us and to actually see what it is that we are doing in the House to actually stop racism and how we work together. The other thing is we want to give them great experiences of leadership and show by example in this House. So we are imploring—there is a local aspect to this Mr Speaker—that we in fact are seen as leading a different culture and in fact showing how we are all responsible for bringing about a better resolve. The other part of this too is being able to come across what the report—and I do implore that everyone that hasn't got a copy of W'akatika do get a copy of it. We have some in Te Paati Māori corridor. What I do want to be able to talk to through you Mr Speaker is the fact that we are in an amazing time in 2021 where we can bring about some effective change where we can be absolutely championing and be relevant to our rangatahi. I do ask that if there is anyone here that is part of the Ōtaki community part of our Whanganui Awa community part of our Taranaki community that are contending with the aftermath of the racism that they've had to experience—and that can be such as the Hobson's Pledge—we actually work together to lead by example and show what we can do in this House. Kia ora koutou."