Kanongata'a-Suisuiki AnahilaANAHILA KANONGATA'A-SUISUIKI (Labour): Kia ora e te Mana Whakawā. It's an absolute honour and a privilege to stand today to make a short contribution on being focused on our future.I'd like to acknowledge the leadership of the Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. We sometimes tend to forget that we are safe here in Aotearoa because of the leadership that has led us this far. We only have to look at our neighbours and I want to say a big bula" to our cousins in Fiji with the spread of COVID-19 and of course over the Tasman in Australia. Of course if we are digging further around the world—so I want to acknowledge the leadership of the Prime Minister and where we are today and of course her Cabinet.I want to also acknowledge the leadership of the Minister of Finance the Hon Grant Robertson. He often talks about being "morally right" in his delivery in the House and throughout the motu and he also talks about restoring dignity just reminding everyone about our wellbeing approach. It is a wellbeing approach. As has been said many times before it is about keeping New Zealanders safe from COVID-19 accelerating our recovery and rebuild and tackling our foundational challenges; in particular housing affordability climate change and child wellbeing. In my travels since the Budget announcement on 20 May I've had feedback from the Pacific community and most of that feedback aligns with—I've summed it up in these few words. They've said that as migrants from the Pacific they welcome the Wellbeing Budget Securing Our Recovery 2021. In these difficult times of COVID-19 the Pacific families who find themselves as welfare beneficiaries have acknowledged to me the Labour Government for the contribution to alleviate the monetary situations they face daily. To restore our people's dignity requires genuinely a sharing of power and resources love and peace to reposition ourselves from being marginalised socially and economically and I want to acknowledge the leadership of the Minister for Pacific Peoples the Hon Aupito William Sio. Often we hear and voice those concerns and there is more to money and resources to change the deprivation that our people are faced with. When I say "our people" our Pacific people we morally can't afford to continue with the same old deficit thinking arguments about Pacific peoples. We have to put in these new changes that are coming about. We have to ask ourselves why. Our wellbeing is about living in abundance of aroha of kāinga of country. I want to quote the beliefs upon which the Pacific people ground our purpose and work in education and I want to go to the Bible. Spiritually our Lord says "I come so that you have life and have life abundantly." This is wellbeing living in abundance of aroha of trust of peace and happiness and happiness and abundance for tangata whenua o Aotearoa—the indigenous Māori peoples of Aotearoa—to respect their values and beliefs ways of being and doing and improve their health housing in their own land. Why? Why would you not build in your own land? Why would you not support that? I want to acknowledge of course the last speaker that spoke before me the Hon Marama Davidson who speaks about indigenous knowledge and intelligence. Likewise with Pacific people our people can make a contribution to living in abundance in our country in Aotearoa.This is a Budget that I believe certainly helps to attain our aspiration to enrich Aotearoa spiritually and with holistic education. Our young people through the document that the Minister Aupito refers to Lalanga Fou talks about the aspirations of young people of needing to see themselves in the leaders of this country. I want to finish as I started. I want to finish in acknowledging the leadership of our Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. It is not very far off that we have come through this COVID-19 and we are here safe today. On that note I want to acknowledge everybody the team of 5 million. Mālō."