Abel Steve; Lyndon HūhanaSTEVE ABEL (Green): Kia ora. Thank you Madam Chair. My question Minister is a supplementary in a sense to my colleague Willow-Jean's point about tāngata whaikaha. We know as she has pointed out in the consequential amendments the removal of the Māori Health Authority for the Disabled Persons Community Welfare Act has the effect of amplifying the intersectional harm that we see to Māori. Underpinning it is the perverse logic that taking further rights from those whose needs are being least met somehow makes us a more equal country and it does the opposite of that.So my question to the Minister in terms of tāngata whaikaha our disabled Māori community is: to what extent did you speak to them and approach that community and understand the importance—Tom Rutherford: Point of order. I'm sorry to interrupt the member but the clock actually hasn't started after the member's time.STEVE ABEL: I'm OK with that.CHAIRPERSON (Maureen Pugh): Thank you.STEVE ABEL: My question to the Minister is: to what extent has he communicated directly with that disabled Māori community? To what extent has he considered the impact on that community whose needs are particular? And there's very good literature that shows the need for access to health services that provide cultural holistic connections to Te Ao Māori an essential to maintaining hauora and wellbeing for tāngata whaikaha.Sam Uffindell: What clause are you on?STEVE ABEL: I'm on the consequential amendments to enactments in Schedule 2. There's a specific opportunity here for the Minister to recognise the importance of us representing that community to recognise the failure of the current health system to recognise those holistic needs of Māori in a wider sense but particularly this community and both tangata Tiriti and tangata whenua disabled communities are poorly having their needs met in our health system. So also my question to the Minister is: how does he intend to ensure that tāngata whaikaha Māori and whānau hauā are represented on the Hauora Māori Advisory Committee? Are they represented? How will they be represented? And if the Minister is going to remove the Māori Health Authority as a reference in the Disabled Persons Community Welfare Act 1975 what is he going to replace it with to ensure that that community is fully represented and understood so that the intersectional harm and intersectional failings we have in our health service do not continue to be perpetuated?It is bad enough that we are getting rid of the Māori Health Authority—or rather the Minister this Government is getting rid of the Māori Health Authority—but let us not amplify the harm on those who are most vulnerable within that system which includes that community of our tāngata whaikaha. Thank you.HŪHANA LYNDON (Green): Madam Chair I'd like to table an amendment to the Pae Ora (Disestablishment of Māori Health Authority) Amendment Bill. My amendment follows on from my kōrero earlier: that in new Part 2 in Schedule 1 delete clause 36(4) page 10 lines 39 and 40 are deleted. And it goes back to my kōrero on the importance of the CEO of Te Aka Whai Ora being retained within the organisation and the lift and shift of Te Aka Whai Ora staff over to the new entity. E te Minita he tono tēnei kia pupuri tonu ki tēnei rangatira hauora o tātou. Kia haere tonu āna mahi i roto i Te Whatu Ora. Ināianei me ngā tau kei te haere mai. Koia taku tono. Kia ora tātou.[Minister this is a plea to you to hold on to this esteemed health leader of ours so that their work may continue within Te Whatu Ora now and in the years to come. That is my plea. Thank you all.]