Lyndon HūhanaHŪHANA LYNDON (Green): Tēnā koe Mr Chair thank you for the opportunity to speak and I'd like to support those who have echoed frustration in the Chamber in relation to the removal of the Treaty clauses in this legislation. Just because it hasn't been done in the past it doesn't mean it shouldn't be done now. Now and for the future because by locking in Te Tiriti o Waitangi into the legislation it is for strategic purposes it is for iwi Māori to know that there are protections in there and it's above and beyond obligations to a coalition agreement because the original agreement was Te Tiriti o Waitangi signed in 1840; kia ora tātou. Now I want to ask the Minister in terms of what hui did he have to inform his decision to remove these Treaty clauses? Because maybe hapū and iwi missed the memo that there were hui held to consult. Then what advice or analysis was provided from officials in terms of the potential impact that not having Te Tiriti clauses could have on Māori in prison? Because we have what 68 percent of wāhine Māori incarcerated and 53 percent of Māori overall. Because the original intent—and this is what I found that our officials provided advice and said that the Te Tiriti o Waitangi clause which is being removed is the most critical to achieving the original intent of the Treaty provisions which is to ensure Corrections consistently focuses on improving outcomes for Māori. That's the point of having Te Tiriti provisions: it elevates and it provides focus at a strategic CEO-down across the organisation. May I pause and reflect on our visit to Waikeria Prison and the Te Ao Marama Unit and meeting with Whaea Katarina the kuia of the Corrections facility. She was very clear on the way that they as hapū and iwi of that rohe embed themselves in that facility. Waikeria is working as a firm relationship with the tribes of Waikeria.Now I think that that comes from a long relationship; I think it comes from something that iwi Māori have reached out to. But is that happening across the system? Do we have strong relationships hapū iwi? Do we have kaumātua kuia groups operating in each of the facilities? Because in Waikeria the taumata sat there and they listened to the kōrero and they shared the benefit of how they are trying to include cultural activities for these incarcerated whānau and the fact that—I know I'm going to go onto cultural activities too because they're hand in hand: connection to whakapapa knowledge of who you are and then the ability to execute those cultural activities are fundamental for protections in terms of te iwi Māori being able to go out into the community go out into their families and be strong individuals contributing positively to society. Now reflecting again on the Te Ao Marama programme: Hinewirangi Kohu-Morgan dedicated her life as a wahine Māori to work in Waikeria. This is again on purpose. She dedicated her life to sexual offenders. She passed recently and her daughter is carrying on that legacy in Waikeria and it was wonderful to see her daughter come and mihi to us as the Green Party in there. Now I believe that we need to lock in Te Tiriti o Waitangi to ensure—strategically and operationally—we have firm plans we have accountability and monitoring of the system across the board not by chance. Just because Waikeria is amazing in what they're doing to help strengthen our whānau that are incarcerated it does not mean that it's consistent across the system. And that's the importance of Te Tiriti o Waitangi in providing that framework that we have heard in this Chamber: the Te Tiriti framework provides protections and also overall accountability of the CEO all the way down.Acknowledging those that came into this Whare—the mōrehu—who came and they are victims of State and faith-based care. Many of them are in the system and when we think about the stories shared at Waikeria Prison and the way in which those experiences have impacted upon them their ability to go out and participate in cultural activities to be able to tuku mihi—to give a mihi—to be able to karakia and waiata with confidence to be able to participate in programmes like those of Hinewirangi Kohu-Morgan are supremely important. But they cannot be by chance.