Maipi-Clarke Hana-Rawhiti; Brownlee GerryHANA-RAWHITI MAIPI-CLARKE (Te Pāti Māori—Hauraki-Waikato): Ngā mihi e te Pīka otirā tēnā rā tātou e te Whare.I Kū Mau MauI ku waI kū mau mauI ku huluhuluI ka lanawaoI ku wa Koinei te haka i hakangia e tātou ngā uri o Waikato i a tātou e whakaeke ana ki runga o Hawai'i ō mātou tūākana ki roto mai i te whenua te Hawaiki Tūturu o Hilo Hawai'i. Koinei te haka hei tautoko i ō tātou nei tūākana i tēnei rangi whakahirahira o tātou the original navigators of the world.[This is the haka that was performed by us the descendants from Waikato as we arrived in Hawai'i our elder siblings within that land True Hawaiki of Hilo Hawai'i. This is the haka to support our seniors on this significant day of ours the original navigators of the world.]Tēnā rā tātou e te Whare. I am not interested in talking about this Government's actions or their 100-day plan. I would like to take this time and this opportunity to thank and mihi from Te Pāti Māori to our people our magic people—tangata Tiriti mai tangata whenua mai tangata moana tangata tauiwi [people of the Treaty people of the land people of the Pacific people newly arrived]. Since our first activation of toitū te Tiriti on 5 December around the motu even reaching overseas to the karanga of our King Kīngi Tūheitia Pōtatau Te Wherowhero VII at Tūrangawaewae to a gathering of 12000 people to the protection and guidance of Rātana from the karanga of our two ariki to the 64000 who walked the bridge at Waitangi we have seen Māori and non-Māori walk alongside each other as a direct response to this Government. We have seen our ariki our Kīngi our iwi leaders weave together. We walk in thousands of our ancestors and future mokopuna.From Te Pāti Māori e kore ngā mihi e kore e ea i te kupu ki a koutou katoa kua whakarangatira i tā tātou nei kaupapa. [From Te Pāti Māori effusive thanks that cannot be effectively expressed in words to all of you who have honoured our initiative.]We have had an inside scoop and a view of what an Aotearoa hou can look like what it smells like what it feels like. I could talk about the many different policies bills and laws of this coalition Government and what it is bringing to our country from the axing of a smoke-free country to the removal of reo in spaces to the repeal of the three waters bill section 27 in justice section 7AA in Oranga Tamariki. We could talk for days but we will talk about our action from our forum tents to our wānanga to endless lunch packs Māori wardens paepae actions karanga calls ringawera parking kaimahi—we can do it and with not one fault.I put a post up a few days ago on my Facebook page: If you could sum up the Hui-aa-motu Ratana & Waitangi in 3 words what would it be?" Over 330 comments with not one negative thing to say about our direct response. Kupu like "preparation" "mobilisation" and "response".Our generation is tending to our whenua from our tūpuna preparing our Hawaiki hou. We will not stand to hear or see people talking at us at our own marae rather than talking and listening with us. There is a huge difference. We will not stand for people to stand under our mahau from Hobson's Pledge. My generation will not stand for people yelling at us to get an education when our grandparents gave their blood sweat and tears to establish kaupapa Māori like Kura ā Iwi Te Aho Matua kura kaupapa wharekura kōhanga reo. Government didn't do that; we did that.I definitely will not stand to hear someone shout I quote "Ngā Tamatoa has been shouting the Treaty is a fraud since long ago." Well guess what! Wake-up call: their mokopuna is shouting that too because as we have as their children and grandchildren—the Treaty has different Ts & Cs compared to Te Tiriti and 500 signed those Ts & Cs.I have been hearing a lot of kōrero around "We are not getting rid of Te Tiriti." My answer is that if you even dare touch you even dare change or alter a single word or letter you are getting rid of Te Tiriti.Waiho i ēnā kupu kia tapu. Waiho i ēnā kupu waiho i tēnā tiriti kia mohoa mō ā mātou tūpuna kāore mō koutou. Mō ā tātou rangatahi mō ā tātou mokopuna nā mā ō tātou kaumātua mā ō tātou tūpuna tēnā kawenata tēnā tiriti e whakamana. Waiho kia rāhui.[Leave the sanctity of those words intact. Leave those words leave that Treaty at the present time for our ancestors not for you all. It is for our young people it is for our grandchildren it is for our elders it is for our ancestors to give authority to that covenant to that Treaty. Leave it protected.]Look it's pretty simple: Te Tiriti is every single person's landlord agreement in our country. It is what keeps us all safe. It is what not only keeps Māori safe but every single soul that walks on this whenua. In the words of my ruruhi and koroheki [female and male elders] tākiri tū te Iwi Māori e kia kotahi rā [arise and stand the Māori people be as one]. Otirā tēnā rā tātou katoa. SPEAKER: Just before I call Tim van de Molen I'd just remind the new member that sometimes when you're using the word "you" it's best not directed at the Chair. If it's used in a general sense it's fine but it's a little bit directed here. I'm not hurt by it but keep it in mind."