5. Question No. 5—Prime MinisterHon MARAMA DAVIDSON (Co-Leader—Green) to the Prime MinisterQuestion No. 5—Prime Minister5. Hon MARAMA DAVIDSON (Co-Leader—Green) to the Prime Minister: Ka pūmau ia ki tāna kōrero our focus is on making sure that we honour the Treaty"; mēnā āe ka pēhea tā tōna Kāwanatanga whakahōnore i te Tiriti? [Does he stand by his statement that "our focus is on making sure that we honour the Treaty"; if so how will his Government honour the Treaty?]Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS (Deputy Prime Minister) on behalf of the Prime Minister: Yes. Our unrelenting focus is on raising achievement and opportunity for Māori and non-Māori alike after both have gone backwards during the disastrous past three years of non-achievement from the Government the member's party was nominally a part of. And if those members there looked around their own people they'd know exactly and precisely what I'm talking about.Hon Kieran McAnulty: Point of order.SPEAKER: It's all right. I know where you're coming from. That was a great answer up until the point where there was the attack on the previous Government.Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS: Well they chipped at me—they started chipping at me.SPEAKER: Well you can assert that anywhere you like but you can't assert it during question time.Hon Marama Davidson: Kei te whakaae ia ka whakahanga i ngā mea nei a Te Aka Whaiora Te Taraipiunara o Waitangi me te Tekiona 7A o te Ture Oranga Tamariki ki te whakahōnore i te Tiriti; waihoki ka whakatikahia ngā Tiriti takahitanga e te Karauna; mēnā kao he aha ai? [Does he agree that these structures—i.e. Te Aka Whaiora the Waitangi Tribunal and section 7A of the Children's Act—allow for the honouring of the Treaty; further that Treaty breaches will be corrected by the Crown; if not why?]Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS: Can I say to that rather confusing question there is no statement from this Government or any member of it of getting rid of the Treaty of Waitangi. Anybody else that says otherwise is spreading malice of forethought and we're not going to tolerate it. Secondly we're going to stand behind the Treaty and we always have. But what we won't do is have this unmandated unelected judicial woke concoction that that member seeks to subscribe to which wasn't supported by the greatest scholar ever to come to this House on this matter Sir Āpirana Ngata—he's our authority. What's yours?Hon Marama Davidson: He matatika ki a ia ki te whakamatetia tapahia te pūtea me whakakoretia i aua kaupapa e hanga ana ki te whakahōnore i te Tiriti ā ka auaha i ngā putanga pai mā Ngāi Māori?[Is it ethical to him the annihilation funding cuts and cancellation of initiatives that are created to honour the Treaty and create positive outcomes for Māori people?]Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS: Again our response to that is an extraordinary confusing allegation is being made talking about a multitude of projects none of which help ordinary Māori. They're based on the elite Māori in this country who would never consult with their own people. And out there in New Zealand the mass majority of Māori have proven that by not even being on the Māori roll subscribed to by that member.Hon Marama Davidson: Ki tōna whakaaro ka whai te whakareretanga a ngā kāwanatanga National kua pahure kua whakahāngai i ngā mea nei a Kōhanga Reo te Taraipiunara o Waitangi ngā whakataunga Tiriti me te Ture mō te Reo Māori; mēnā āe ka pēhea? [In his opinion does this align with the legacy of previous National Governments that implemented such things as Kōhanga Reo the Waitangi Tribunal Treaty settlements and the Māori Language Act; if so how?]Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS: Again this is misinformation of the worst sort concocted by way of a question. The reality is Kōhanga Reo was started by the National Party. Does that member not know it? No. What was going on here is the allegation that we're going to stop it; that's false. And as for all the Treaty settlements this Government is going to go on honouring—Mr Prime Minister and every member has said so. But what we're not going to do is see unmandated and unelected and therefore unauthorised by the New Zealand people—this woke concoction that the Green Party and this party over there subscribe to.Hon Marama Davidson: Point of order Mr Speaker. I am happy to repeat the question again and slowly for the member's benefit because he is accusing my question—SPEAKER: No sorry that's not going to happen. Do you have another supplementary?Hon Marama Davidson: I do.SPEAKER: Please carry on with that.Hon Marama Davidson: Sorry can I get an answer—point of order. The member seemed to completely misunderstand my question.SPEAKER: No. That's not a question. That's not reasonable.Hon Marama Davidson: He aha ia i moumou wā ai moumou moni ai ki te Treaty Principles Bill mēnā e mea ana ia "dead duck walking"? [Why did he waste time and money on the Treaty Principles Bill if he says it is a "dead duck walking"?]Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS: At no point in time have I ever said that it's a dead duck walking. Mind you I've seen something that looks similar. But the point of the matter is the ACT Party had negotiations with the National Party. Their subscribers and supporters are entitled for them to honour their campaign promises and that's why Mr Seymour can come to this House with an agreed statement on behalf of everybody on this side of the House and it's in the coalition agreement. But the statement that we're getting rid of the Treaty of Waitangi is categorically false.Hon Marama Davidson: Point of order Mr Speaker. Could I seek clarity on whether the Minister is speaking as the Prime Minister or as himself? The quote was to the Prime Minister.SPEAKER: I don't think that matters. His answer was as the Prime Minister."