Ngarewa-Packer DebbieDEBBIE NGAREWA-PACKER (Co-Leader—Te Paati Māori): Tēnā koe e te Pīka tēnā tātou e te W'are tēnā koutou katoa e te iwi. [Greetings Mr Speaker greetings to those in the House greetings to one and all.]It's not often that Te Paati Māori are afforded the opportunity to talk for a short time in Parliament particularly in debates so we're really keen to take this moment. I guess it's because we're often talking about what we have to do next and today we'd like to talk and reflect on what we have done and also taking on board you know kāore te kūmara e kōrero mō tōna ake reka. The kūmara doesn't talk or speak of its own sweetness. But we are not kūmara. In fact we are gardeners. Tangata w'enua always have been gardeners. Te Paati Māori did not grow in the ground; we grew from the ground. We represent a grassroots movement that was built from the ground up proudly. A tangata w'enua movement that has overcome all odds just to be here. It was only last year that every political analyst every media analyst was saying Te Paati Māori were dead in the water that we would be swept up by the incoming red wave. Minister Willie Jackson himself said he was here to destroy Te Paati Māori yet here we are constructively working with the Government and also boldly holding it to task.Just as our two-for-one campaign we have shown tangata w'enua's style of politics is much different than we have seen in the left and the right. So just like our sister Chlöe did in Auckland central Rawiri proved them wrong in Waiariki. Just as they were coming to terms with the return of Te Paati Māori I picked up my surfboard and rode that red wave straight into Parliament beside him. Here we now have two cheeky Māori pebbles in your shoes who stopped a tidal wave and started making waves of our own. Two small voices in a large choir of tone-deaf politicians. But man can we sing—and I understand popular on TikTok.I'm going to remind what we have done. Aside from having the most kicked out co-leader we have seen and been around in this short time seen the purchase of Ihumātao; the removal of barriers to establishing Māori wards; the procurement of 5 percent which is still off our 25 percent; the replacement of Oranga Tamariki chief executive with a Māori leader—now Oranga Tamariki that still has a long way to go—[Interruption]—investigations into our broken criminal justice system which I believe Minister Davis knows very well; the public holiday recognition for Matariki; te reo Māori and Māori history in schools; new investment in kōhanga reo and W'ānau Ora; ratings reform for w'enua Māori; a new Māori Health Authority; seabed mining member's bill; and the Māori targeted housing package.While I commend the Government for reading Te Paati Māori's manifesto and adopting many of our policies in the last Budget it seems they have a lot more reading to do. Our primary healthcare is severely underfunded. We have underfunded dental care. Ambulance services still beg for funding every year to stay operating. And the Government refuses to fund lifesaving cancer drugs that are funded in comparative countries. They have also failed dismally to lower the cancer screening age for Māori to reflect the fact that we die 10 years earlier than Pākehā.So while I have listed just some of the progressive changes we have effected in holding this Government to task this House better be ready for a whole lot more. We will keep fighting for a health system that actually works in keeping our people well and protecting our w'akapapa as tangata w'enua. We will keep fighting to end the shameful disparities in income for Māori. We are here to undo the decades of under-investment deregulation and the gutting of social security systems that has caused this. We will continue to call out the Minister responsible for Oranga Tamariki. As the only restrained tangata w'enua party in Parliament we are here to be an unapologetic voice for tino rangatiratanga to rebalance the scales of power in Aotearoa and realise the partnership that was envisaged. Mā te Māori ki te Māori mō te Māori e ai ki te Māori. By Māori to Māori for Māori and according to Māori.As my tungāne has said a new Aotearoa is on the rise. When you told us we couldn't wear our taonga we made you change the rules. I dare you to tell us we cannot restore this country's name back to Aotearoa. Nō reira e hoa mā e te W'are tēnā koutou tēnā koutou tēnā tātou katoa.