11. Māori Development—Homelessness and HousingPITA PARAONE (NZ First) to the Minister for Māori DevelopmentMāori Development—Homelessness and Housing11. PITA PARAONE (NZ First) to the Minister for Māori Development: Does he stand by all his statements; if so why?Hon TE URUROA FLAVELL (Minister for Māori Development): Tēnā koe Mr Speaker. Āe; i roto i te horopaki o te wā.[Thank you Mr Speaker. Yes; in the context of the moment.]Pita Paraone: When he said he wanted to improve housing outcomes for Māori" why has he failed to deliver for his own constituents in Rotorua where homelessness is second to Auckland and not one house has been built through the Māori Housing Network?Hon TE URUROA FLAVELL: Pēnā ka titiro ki ngā take whare me titiro whānui—koina te mate o tērā kōrero. Kaua e titiro ki te wāhi ki a au i te mea; he pakupaku rawa te wāhi ki a au ngā Minitā mō Ngā Take Māori arā anō ngā Minita. Me titiro whānui i te tuatahi. Ka rua i roto o Rotorua e hoa kua tata 40 pea ngā whare hōu ka hangaia ā taihoa ake nei. Nō reira ko te tīmatanga mai tērā o ngā mahi nui kai mua i te aroaro.[When looking at housing matters look widely—that is the problem with that talk. Do not look at the part that concerns me; it is only a really small part to those Ministers dealing with Māori matters. In the first instance look broadly. Secondly in Rotorua gee mate perhaps nearly 40 new houses are to be built by and by. Therefore that is the beginning of that one of the important tasks in the future.]Pita Paraone: Sounds like passing the buck.Mr SPEAKER: Order! [Interruption] Order! We will just have the supplementary question; otherwise I am very happy to move on.Pita Paraone: When Rotorua-based volunteer organisation Love Soup has housed over 100 families in Rotorua last year compared with Whānau Ora housing only 15 families in the same year why was its application to the Māori Housing Network declined?Hon TE URUROA FLAVELL: Ka waiho ake mā Te Puni Kōkiri tērā e whakautu engari i tōna mutunga mai kua noho au i te taha o te Love Soup te hunga nei e kōrerohia ake nei i kaha nei rātau ki te āwhina i te hunga kore kāinga. I te tau kua hipa ake nāku anō rā rātau i karanga mai kia noho ki te tēpu mē ētahi atu o te hapori o Rotorua he hiahia nōku ki te whakakao mai i ngā rōpū o te kāwanatanga otirā ngā mea e noho nā i roto i te hapori ko Love Soup tētahi. Nā ko te mahi nui ko te whakakao i ngā pūkenga ngā pūmanawa ngā pūtea ki te āwhina i tērā hunga e kōrerohia ake nei.[That will be left specifically for Te Puni Kōkiri to respond to but eventually I will sit alongside Love Soup the ones alluded to here who work hard to help the homeless. In the year just past they called me personally to sit at the table with some of the other Rotorua communities because of my desire to gather together Government groups but at the same time the ones based in the community and Love Soup is one. The important task was to gather together the skilled the talented and the funding to assist that lot mentioned earlier.]Pita Paraone: If not one house has been built in Rotorua through the Māori Housing Network would he agree with Rau Hoskins chair of Māori housing advocacy group Te Matapihi that there have been "nine years of political inactivity around Māori … housing"; if not why not?Hon TE URUROA FLAVELL: Ko tāna ko tā Rau Hoskins tuatahi ko te mahi o Te Māori Housing Network ēhara i te mea ko te hanga whare—ka tahi—ko tāna mahi ko te āwhina i ngā hapori ki te whai i ō ratau wawata i roto i ngā mahi ā i ngā take whare. Tuarua hei āwhina i te mema. Kua tata eke ki te 379 pea ngā whānau kua āwhinatia e Te Housing Network kōrerohia ake nei ā ka mutu i muri mai o tērā kōrero i mihi te tangata nei a Rau Hoskins i ahau otirā Te Puni Kōkiri mō ngā mea kua oti nei i a mātau.[Firstly to what Rau Hoskins offered the Māori Housing Network is not responsible for building houses—that is one—but rather to assist communities to pursue their aspirations through their jobs and in matters concerning housing. Secondly and to help the member along nearly 379 families perhaps have been assisted by the Housing Network referred to earlier and finally after that discussion this Rau Hoskins complimented me in other words Te Puni Kōkiri for the things we accomplished.]Pita Paraone: When homeownership rates for Māori have dropped by almost 40 percent in Rotorua since 1986 and it is also the second-largest centre for homelessness why have he and his Māori Housing Network failed them?Hon TE URUROA FLAVELL: Tuatahi kāre au i te whakaae atu ki tērā momo kōrero ēhara i te mea kai roto i ōku ake ringaringa ngā rongoā katoa mō te ao whānui tonu. E ngana nei ahau ā-Minita ki te āwhina i ērā hunga e rongo nei i te ngau o te pōhara e te kore kāinga. Ēhara i te mea tērā take he mea pai ki te ngākau o tēnei Minita o tēnei Māori nō reira koinei au e kaha nei ki te āwhina i tērā hunga kua taea e rātau te noho kia āhurutia i roto i tētahi whare mahana i tētahi whare ora i tētahi whare tiaki i ngā tamariki i ngā mokopuna.[Firstly I do not agree to that kind of talk not because all the remedies for the whole world are personally in my own hands. As a Minister I endeavour to help those who experience the nip of poverty and the lack of a home. That is not to say that that matter is a good feel to this Minister this Māori and so here I am working hard to help that lot and to enable them to live comfortably in a warm healthy home to protect the children and grandchildren.]"