10. Question No. 10—Māori DevelopmentCUSHLA TANGAERE-MANUEL (Labour—Ikaroa-Rāwhiti) to the Minister for Māori DevelopmentQuestion No. 10—Māori DevelopmentCUSHLA TANGAERE-MANUEL (Labour—Ikaroa-Rāwhiti): Tēnā koe e te Māngai o te Whare. Ko tēnei taku tūnga tuatahi i roto i tēnei Whare o tātou nā reira me mihi atu ki a koe ka tika. Kei te mihi hoki au ki ngā whānau whānui e noho tonu ana i raro i ngā uauatanga o Cyclone Gabrielle kotahi tau ki muri. Ko taku pātai ki te Minita take Māori. [Thank you to the Speaker. This is my first time standing in this House of ours so it is appropriate to acknowledge you. I would also like to acknowledge the wider families that continue to live under the difficulties of Cyclone Gabrielle one year ago. My question is to the Minister of Māori affairs.]Does he stand by his statement What we're really focused on is delivering outcomes and working with communities"—SPEAKER: I'd just ask the member—you cannot stand up and say anything during question time when you're asking a question other than what is written on the sheet. So I'd ask the member to start again. 10. CUSHLA TANGAERE-MANUEL (Labour—Ikaroa-Rāwhiti) to the Minister for Māori Development: Does he stand by his statement "What we're really focused on is delivering outcomes and working with communities—Iwi communities Māori communities and others—to make the changes to the inequalities we see on a daily basis"?Hon TAMA POTAKA (Minister for Māori Development): Āna I do stand by my statement and our Government deeply cares about inequalities of opportunity that many communities in New Zealand are facing particularly Māori communities around housing health and education. That's why our view is that the devolution of resources is generally better to achieve equalities of opportunity such as the recent funding announcement by the superlative Minita Matua tākuta Shane Reti to help with child immunisation rates. Cushla Tangaere-Manuel: What is the Minister doing to support whānau and owners of whenua Māori in Tairāwhiti and Kahungunu one year after Cyclone Gabrielle? Hon TAMA POTAKA: Over the last couple of months Ministers including myself have visited Te Tairāwhiti and throughout Te Matau-a-Māui to understand some of the challenges that those whānau are facing. There's also some provision of funding both in mainstream and kaupapa Māori pathway funding to assist with those communities and we continue to look at how we can use that. Cushla Tangaere-Manuel: Was he advised prior to the recent $63 million boost funding for Hawke's Bay and Tairāwhiti announced by Minister Mitchell and if so did he relay any concern regarding the lack of any support for Māori and whenua Māori?Hon TAMA POTAKA: Ministers including myself are in regular communications with one another about the efforts made to try and help those people who have gone through difficult weather events over the last year or so. As a result I continue to work with and engage with those Ministers responsible for the kaupapa Māori pathway to support Māori land that has been—[Interruption]SPEAKER: No no you answer the one question that's asked appropriately. Hon TAMA POTAKA: I continue to work with Ministers in that regard."