Maipi-Clarke Hana-Rawhiti; Pugh MaureenHANA-RAWHITI MAIPI-CLARKE (Te Pāti Māori—Hauraki-Waikato): Tēnā rā koe e te Pīka otirā tēnā rā tātou e te Whare. [Thank you Madam Speaker indeed greetings to all of us.]Ka mātakitaki iho au ki te riu o Waikato Anō nei hei kapo kau ake mākuKi te kapu o taku ringaKa whakamiri noa i tōna aratauE tia nei he tupu kua hou[I look down on the valley of WaikatoAs though to hold it in the hollow of my handAnd caress its beautyLike some tender verdant thing]Ka tīmata ake au ki te tangi apakura nā Kīngi Tāwhiao i te rironga o tana whenua me te raupatu o tana iwi. Ka tohe au ka tohe au. Ka tohe au ki tēnei pire e tāmi ana i tōku whakapapa me ngōku tūpuna. [I begin with the song of lament of King Tāwhiao upon the loss of his land and the confiscation of his people. I disagree I object. I oppose this bill that suppresses my genealogy and my ancestors.]I stand here today to debate and strongly oppose this bill as a mokopuna Māori nō tōku awa koiora o Waikato [Māori grandchild from my living river of Waikato].This debate doesn't just start at three waters for me. I know I've only been in the House for five minutes however this starts 50 generations ago and it starts with our pepeha. Now some members may be thinking what does this have to do with this bill? My answer is that this has everything to do with this bill. As a mokopuna of our pepeha we have a complete conscious awareness of our surroundings and of our taiao. In the event in 2016 in Havelock North four people died and up to 5000 people became ill from drinking contaminated water. This resulted in an inquiry which found the contamination was a result of the systemic failure across services provision regulation and source protection. Simply put the infrastructure of our water is not sustainable and it is a human failing not an environment failing.The original intent of this three waters bill was to simply provide drinking water for everyone every day and the infrastructure of waste water drinking water and stormwater. However this became a right-wing rhetoric feast for the public. Let's be real: the issue is not about the water or the infrastructure; it was the fact that an amazing well-educated indigenous woman with a moko kauae was leading this mahi. Every 500 metres we would see a stop three waters" sign and the disgusting race division that was not perpetrated by Māori but was from white right-wing fragility. If we look at the wider context of why—from the perspective of a 21-year-old wahine from Rāhui Pōkeka—I will reply with this:I rongo a Kāwana Kerei kua tata te tū mai te whakatū o te kīngitanga Māori. Ka mea mai a Kāwana Kerei "E Pō tukuna tō kīngitanga ki raro". Ko te whakahoki a Te Wherowhero "Ehake i ahau tēnei taonga nā ngā iwi katoa o te motu." Ko te whakahoki a Kāwana Kerei "Ki te kore e turaki i tō kīngitanga ki raro ka whawhai au mō te whitu tau mō te iwa tau." Ka mea a Pōtatau "Ka whawhai mō te waru tau iwa tau e kore au e mate." Kātahi ka mea a Kāwana Kerei "E Pō he kau tāku. Ka horomi i ngō whenua ā pau noa. Ka whakapau te kau nei o ō puna wai katoa." Ka mea a Kīngi Pōtatau "Ka hoki au ki te wai a Arona he mana whenua e kore e mimiti." Ka mea mai a Kāwana Kerei "Ka pau i a koe ngā huawhenua katoa te kai ka kai koe i te aha?" Ka mea a Kīngi Pōtatau "Ka kai au i a koe."[Governor Grey heard of the impending establishment of the Māori kingdom. Governor Grey then said "Pō let your kingdom come down".Te Wherowhero's response was "This taonga is not mine it belongs to all the iwi of the nation."Governor Grey's response was "If you do not disestablish your kingdom I will fight you for seven years for nine years."Pōtatau said "We could fight for eight years nine years I will not die."Then Governor Grey said "Pō I have a cow. It will swallow your land until there is none left. These cows will drink all of your water sources until they are gone."King Pōtatau said "I will return to the water of Aaron a terrestrial authority that will never dissipate."Governor Grey said "Once you've consumed all of the vegetables what will you eat?"King Pōtatau said "I will eat you."]In my vision of an Aotearoa hou for fresh water we as mokopuna of Waikato will not have to wait another generation to swim in our tupuna awa or watch our river be used as a literal toilet dump. We have been hearing all sorts of views on who owns the water. Some say "We own the water." "No we own the water." "The Government owns the water."—all sorts. But I am here today to say the water owns you. We as Māori believe we are the teina to our pepeha. Hei whakakapi i ngā kōrero [To conclude these statements] we have heard this Government being called the three-headed taniwha but for us in Waikato our taniwha are kaitiaki. So we will not be following these taniwha; we will continue to follow Tarakōkōmako Paneiraira and Tūheitia. Tēnā rā tātou katoa. ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Maureen Pugh): Tamatha Paul."