Henare PeeniPEENI HENARE (Labour—Tāmaki Makaurau): Tēnā koe Mr Assistant Speaker. Thank you for this opportunity. I rise in the second reading of the Housing Legislation Amendment Bill. Just for a brief moment there Mr Seymour surprised me and I think it goes back to his days at the TDC Sawmills in Whangarei where he actually saw the benefit of working alongside a union to make sure that he got the contract he deserved while he was working there. So when you are ready brother come—David Seymour: I seek leave to make a personal explanation.The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Lindsay Tisch): What is the personal explanation about?David Seymour: No one at that sawmill was unionised.The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Lindsay Tisch): No. No I will not accept that.PEENI HENARE: Thank you very much. Look I heard the Minister this evening talk about the Acts that have happened in his generation. What that spoke to to me was the inability of this Government to actually look into the future for future generations. I consider the Millennials. I am one of the younger members of this House and I think sadly about my generation who it is well known struggle to get into the housing market.David Seymour: Can we just talk about the bill?PEENI HENARE: Mr Seymour I would love to talk to the detail of this bill but having rushed through this process I am sad to say that there is just a sheer lack of consultation a sheer lack of strong review to allow us to debate this properly. We have always pushed for this to go through the right process. Let us look at other occasions where we failed to go through the right process. I think about a place in Tāmaki-makau-rau. People today call it Ihumātao; its original name is Te Ihu o Mataoho. A failed process led to a long protest from the people of Ihumātao. A failed process meant that under the guise of social housing under the guise of needing to build more homes people had their rights transgressed—people had their rights taken away from them. The people of Ihumātao suffered from this Government's poor process and here we are again going through this particular bill rushing it through the House not allowing the democratic process for iwi for Māori housing providers and for the homeless to have their say on this particular bill.I recently asked the Minister of Finance written questions about what kind of consultation this Government had undertaken when it decided to sell off the State housing stock. What Urban Māori authorities if any has the Minister consulted with in regards to the sale of Housing New Zealand properties under the Housing Amendment Act 2016?" Answer: "None". "What Urban Māori authorities if any have expressed an interest in purchasing Housing New Zealand properties under the Housing Amendment Act 2016?" Answer: "None." "How many Housing New Zealand properties have been sold to iwi under the Housing Amendment Act 2016 if any?" Answer: "None".Sitting suspended from 6 p.m. to 7.30 p.m.PEENI HENARE: Tēnā koe Mr Assistant Speaker. Thank you once again for this opportunity. Before the dinner break and the excellent chicken curry I was making reference to the faults around process. I talked about the State housing sell-off and the engagement with iwi and Māori housing providers and how the answer to all of the questions I posed was "None"—no consultation no sales to those people.To Part 2—and I want to pick up the point that Mr Seymour made. Actually with regard to the Treaty of Waitangi and the right of first refusal those who have already settled Ngāti Whātua ki Ōrākei and Te Kawerau ā Maki—theirs are just two of the Acts of recent times that come to mind where their rights will be protected under their right of first refusal. This House has already mentioned how that particular process was also fumbled by this Government. We know that Ngāti Whātua were refused the right of first refusal. They took that to court challenged that decision and the court found in their favour. Now their rights are protected and good on them.But I want to pick up the point Mr Seymour made about those who do not belong to those iwi collectives those property owners who were there many years ago when their land was acquired under the Public Works Act. Where are their rights? Where are their rights? As much as I have advocated for the rights under the Treaty of Waitangi and the Treaty settlement process that takes place in this House it is important to remember in this conversation that the housing crisis affects everybody so it is important that we look after their rights too.Just in conclusion I stand here on behalf of the Labour Party and of course we look forward to the next stage of this bill. Kia ora.The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Lindsay Tisch): I call Meka Whaitiri—5 minutes."