5. Question No. 5—Prime MinisterDEBBIE NGAREWA-PACKER (Co-Leader—Te Paati Māori) to the Prime MinisterQuestion No. 5—Prime Minister5. DEBBIE NGAREWA-PACKER (Co-Leader—Te Paati Māori) to the Prime Minister: Does he stand by all of his Government's actions and policies?Rt Hon CHRIS HIPKINS (Prime Minister): Yes and I am particularly proud of our work to improve outcomes for Māori. I am proud of our work to establish Te Aka Whai Ora the Māori Health Authority; the 145 percent increase in funding for Whānau Ora since 2017; the 71 percent increase in the number of Māori apprentices under our Government; the doubling of the number of ākonga studying Māori language immersion at levels 3 and 4 and the more than 32 percent increase in schools offering it; the number of Māori preschool tamariki enrolled with an oral health service which has increased from 64 percent in September 2015 to 80 percent in September 2022; Whai Kāinga Whai Oranga which has helped us to approve or contract 1018 new homes 483 home repairs and infrastructure for 1618 sites; the nearly doubling of the number of scholarships and bursaries provided each year for Māori students pursuing a career to work in mental health and addiction services since 2019 among other things.Debbie Ngarewa-Packer: What will the Prime Minister do to protect these important Māori kaupapa such as Māori wards and the Māori Health Authority given other parties have committed to remove them?Rt Hon CHRIS HIPKINS: Win the election.Debbie Ngarewa-Packer: What message is your Government sending to rangatahi when on the one hand you are putting forward legislation to allow 16-year-olds to vote in local elections while on the other hand you are passing legislation to lower the age in which children can be charged for ram raids to 12 years old?Rt Hon CHRIS HIPKINS: It's important to note that the law change that we're proposing before Parliament will allow the Youth Court to intervene in more cases of serious repeat offending such as ram raiding for young people. We believe that that will ensure that we can get the wraparound support around those young people that they need so that we can break the cycle of offending. Nobody wants to see those young children some as young as 12 years old going on to a lifetime of criminal offending which is the pathway that they will find themselves on unless we intervene to support them more. The member has mischaracterised the legislation that is before the House; this is about making sure that we are intervening earlier and more effectively to stop these kids repeat offending.Debbie Ngarewa-Packer: What will your Government do to protect rangatahi Māori from profiling given that last year an investigation by the Independent Police Conduct Authority and the Office of Privacy Commissioner found the police to have racially profiled rangatahi Māori and illegally photographed them without consent?Rt Hon CHRIS HIPKINS: I think that is exactly why those two organisations exist to make sure that there is an evidence base to identify where those sorts of practices happen. I know that the police have taken the findings of both of those organisations very seriously and there is work going on within the police force to ensure that they are more aware of these issues and that they aren't policing in a way that is discriminatory.