Davidson Marama: Māori Language (Te Reo Māori) Bill — Second ReadingText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeDavidson Marama: Māori Language (Te Reo Māori) Bill — Second Reading[Sitting date: 09 March 2016. Volume:711;Page:9566. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]MARAMA DAVIDSON (Green):Tēnā koe e Te Māngai huri noa i Te Whare tēnā koutou katoa. Tuatahi rawe te whakarongo atu rawe te kite atu i a mātou ngā kaitōrangapū ahakoa te pātī e kōrero ana i tēnei Whare e aroha ana i tō tātou nei Reo. Kikī ana te ngākau me te aroha mai ō tātou katoa o tēnei Whare Pāremata me tō tātou aroha mō tō tātou Reo Māori ahakoa nō wai ahakoa nō hea. Nō reira tuatahi e Te Māngai pirangi au ki te kōrero e pā ana ki tēnei. Āna te hōnore nui māku ki te tū ki roto i tēnei Whare tautoko ai i tō tātou Reo Rangatira.Ka pōti whakaae ana Te Rōpū Kākāriki i Te Pire mō Te Reo Māori ahakoa ki a mātou he mea paku raru tonu ki roto i te pire; ka pōti whakaae ana mātou. [Interruption] Āe āe. Ka haere tonu te kōrero me te mahi ki te whakakaha i te pire nei ki te pupuri ki ngā moemoeā mō Te Reo. He rā whakahirahira tēnei mō tātou Te Iwi Māori mō Te Reo hoki nō reira ahakoa taku wiriwiri taku werawera kua maringihia ka tū au ki te kōrero i roto i Te Reo mō te katoa o tōku kōrero mō tēnei pō hei māngai mō te Ropū Kakāriki i roto i tēnei te pānuitanga tuarua o te pire nei. Kia ora.Mārama te kite atu i te wero Reo kei mua i a tātou katoa. Te maha hoki o ngā tāngata pēnei ki a au ngā tāngata ihu hūpē tonu ki ngā take Reo Māori. Kāore ano mātou kia tino whiwhi. He wero tāku tā mātou ki te patu i tērā whakamā. Nō reira tēnā hoki koutou katoa ngā tohunga Reo mō te awhi mai. Ko tērā te tino kaupapa o Te Pire mō Te Reo Māori nei. He pire tēnei ki te tautoko i ngā wawata o tātou Te Māori.E tika ana ka mau Te Kāwanatanga ki ētahi o te mahi whakakaha i Te Reo i te mea nā Te Karauna te hē tuatahi. Heoi he tika hoki te whakahirahiratanga o tātou Te Iwi Māori e ārahi ana i tēnei mahi. Me noho rangapū ana Te Karauna ki Te Iwi Māori hei whakamana i tō tātou Reo me Te Tiriti o Waitangi.Hoki aku mahara ki ngā kōrero nō tōku kuia. Nō Te Rarawa ia. Ko Patricia Broughton née Hansey tōna ingoa. Nā te patu o Te Kura Māori arā ngā native schools tōna whakamā ki te kōrero i Te Reo ki āna tamariki. Pēnā tērā ki a mātou nē? Nā rātou ngā kura tōna mana i tūkino nā ngā ture kino i takahi tō tātou Reo Rangatira nō reira kua ngaro Te Reo i aku mātua i tērā whakatupuranga katoa. Āna e tika ana mā Te Karauna e tautoko te whakatikatika.Ki a mātou nei he mea pū raruraru i roto i te pire ēngari he maha hoki ngā whakarerekē anō i te pānuitanga tuatahi kua whakakaha i te pire. He pai te kākune o te pire nei kia whakatika ai i ngā mana whakahaere o ngā rautaki whakaora i Te Reo me te whakawhiti i ētahi o ngā mana whakahaere ki a ngāi Māori me ngā hapori. [Interruption] Āe.I muri i te panuitanga tuatahi i whakatūria Te Rōpū Tohutohu Reo Māori e Te Minita. Tēnā koe e Te Minita. Kua kōwhiri ētahi tohunga Reo o Te Motu mō tērā rōpū arā a Ahorangi Rāwinia Higgins rātou ko Tākuta Ruakere Hond ko Tākuta Wharehuia Milroy ko Charisma Rangihuna ko Charlie Te Pana hoki. E whai kupu ana rātou i ētahi rerekētanga nuinga kia whakakaha ai i te pire. E whakaae ana mātou Te Komiti Whiriwhiri Take Māori no reira i uru atu ērā rerekētanga ki roto i te pire tēnā hoki rātou.Ko tētahi o ngā tino rerekētanga ka whakatū te pire i ngā rautaki Reo Māori e rua ko Te Maihi Karauna me Te Maihi Māori. Ko te hiahia o Te Maihi Karauna kia noho haepapa ai mō Te Karauna me te whakahāngai i tōna arotahi ki ngā take ā-motu. Ā ko te hiahia o Te Maihi Māori ka noho nei te haepapa ki Te Mātāwai mō te taha ki te iwi mō ngāi Māori ki te whakahāngai i tōna arotahi ki runga i ngā take iwi take hāpori hoki. Ki a mātou nei he pai hoki kia noho tonu a Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori me Te Māngai Pāho hei rōpū motuhake o Te Karauna. He tino pai ēnei āhuatanga e rua ki ahau kia whakatūturu ai me kore Te Kāwanatanga e whakataka ana i a rātou takohanga ki Te Reo hei taonga o te whenua. He take Te Tiriti o Waitangi tērā.Ko tētahi o ngā tūraruraru i roto tonu i te pire ko te mahi ngātahi o Te Mātāwai ki ngā whānau ngā hapū me ngā iwi pīpī. Nō reira me arotake tātou i ngā piki me ngā heke o Te Mātāwai e pā ana ki tēnei āhuatanga. Ko ētahi atu mea ko te putea moni mō Te Mātāwai me te mahi kōwhiri i ngā mema mō Te Mātāwai. Me arotake tātou i ērā mea hoki. Ko tōku nei hiahia kia mahi ngātahi ai ngā mema o tēnei Whare ā ngā pānuitanga kei te haere mai kia whakakaha anō te pire pērā i te tuhi i tētahi rārangi arotake.Kāre tēnei pire i te tino whakataunga mō te whakaoratanga o tō tātou Reo Māori—e mōhio ana tātou katoa i tērā āe. Ka mate ka ora Te Reo i roto i te kāinga arā ngā whānau me ngā hapori o Te Motu. E tika ana te kōrero a tā Royal Tangaere ko te kāinga te ūkaipō o Te Reo āe ko te kāinga te ūkaipō o Te Reo. Nō reira me tino tautoko tātou i ngā mahi hapori me whakaako ngā kura katoa i Te Reo ki ō rātou tauira āe. Ēngari ko te tino painga o tēnei pire ka whakatū i te anga whakatakoto i te ara kia whai ai i ēnei mea whakahirahira. Nō reira ahakoa ngā āwangawanga e pā ana ki ētahi āhuatanga o te pire nei kua kōrerohia e au ā e ētahi hoa mahi hoki ka tautoko tā mātou o Te Rōpū Kākāriki mō te pānuitanga tuarua nei. [Interruption] Kia ora. Nō reira tēnā koutou tēnā koutou huri noa i Te Whare tēnā tātou katoa. Kia ora.[Thank you Mr Deputy Speaker and acknowledgments to you all throughout the House. In the first instance it is great to listen and to hear us politicians regardless of party speaking in this House with passion about our language. The heart is filled with benevolence from all of us in this House of Parliament for our passion for our Māori language regardless of who it belongs to or where it comes from. So the first thing for me is that I want to speak about this. It is a huge honour for me to stand in this House and endorse our esteemed language.The Green Party votes in favour of the Māori Language Bill.Even though there is still a minor flaw in the billwe will vote in favour.[Interruption] Yes yes indeed. Discussions and work to strengthen this bill will continue to hold on to the dreams about the language. This is a wonderful day for us in Māoridom and for the Māori language as well therefore despite my nervousness and the perspiration oozing out of me I stand to deliver my entire address this afternoon in the Māori language as spokesperson for the Green Party in this the second reading of the bill. Greetings.The challenge before us all in terms of the language is clear to see. There are a significant number of people also who are like me and really inexperienced when it comes to Māori language matters. We have not fully grasped it yet. My challenge our challenge is to overcome that embarrassment. Therefore I also commend all the language exponents for embracing us. That is after all the real purpose of this Māori Language Bill:to support our Māori aspirations.It is appropriate thattheGovernment has a role in strengthening the languagebecause it was the Crown’s fault in the first place. Accordingly it is apt as well that we as Māori have a prominent role in guiding this work. The Crown must work in partnership with Māoridom to give effect to our language and the Treaty of Waitangi.My thoughts go back to the conversations of my grandmother. She was from Te Rarawa. Patricia BroughtonnéeHansey was her name. Her embarrassment to speak Māori to her children was the outcome of corporal punishment at State native schools. That is what happened to us did it not? Schools violated her dignity—they did. Harmful laws walked all over our esteemed language and as a consequence my parents and all that generation lost the language. Accordingly it is only appropriate that the Crown support any restorative action.To us specifically precisely this is a problematic area in the bill but there have also been many changes since the first reading to strengthen it. The intention of this bill is to amend formal responsibilities in regard to revitalisation strategies for the language and transferring some of those to Māoridom and communities is meritorious.[Interruption] Yes indeed.Following the first reading the Minister for Māori Development established an independent Māori Language Advisory Group. Thank you Minister. Language experts Professor Rāwinia Higgins Dr Ruakere Hond Dr Wharehuia Milroy Charisma Rangipunga and Charlie Te Pana make up that group. They made some crucial changes to strengthen the bill. We the Māori Affairs Committee concurred and those modifications were inserted into the bill and for this I acknowledge the contribution of that advisory group as well. One of the significant changes made to the bill was the establishment of two Māori language strategiesone for the Crown and one for Māoridom:Te Maihi Karauna—Crownstrategy—and Te Maihi Māori—Māoristrategy. The intention of the Crown strategy is for the Crown to have responsibility for and focus on national-level issues. The intention of the strategy for Māori is fortheTe Mātāwai entity to have responsibility on behalf of Māori and to focus on issues at both tribal and community levels. We consider the retention of the Māori Language Commission and Te Māngai Pāho as being a good one. These two entities in my view are very good in that they ensure the Government will not deviate from its responsibilities in regard to the language being a treasure a possession. That is a Treaty of Waitangi matter.A problematic area in the bill relates to Te Mātāwai working in unison with families subtribes and smaller tribes. Therefore we must review the ups and downs that Te Mātāwai might experience in regard to this. Other concerning matters include TeMātāwai funding and membership selection. We need to review those things as well. My desire is that members of this House work in unison on future readings to strengthen the bill such as writing up a review agenda.We are well aware that this bill will not be the panacea for all Māori language restoration—yes we know that for sure. The language lives or dies in the home:in other words within families and communities of the nation. Royal Tangaere is right in saying that the real source of sustenance of the language is the home. Indeed the home is where the language is nurtured. So we must support what communities are doing; all schools must teach Te Reo Māori to their students—yes. But the real plus for this bill is that it establishes an infrastructure which sets down a pathway to these inspirational things. Therefore notwithstanding the concerns relating to some aspects of this bill that I and some of my colleagues have alluded to we the Green Party support this second reading.[Interruption] Good luck. Therefore greetings and acknowledgments to each of you and to all of us throughout the House. Thank you.]