Waititi RawiriRAWIRI WAITITI (Co-Leader—Te Pāti Māori): I'd like to talk to this bill about the American Revolution—was that what we were talking about? DEPUTY SPEAKER: It has been brought up in speeches before.RAWIRI WAITITI: Three hundred years of black slavery. They didn't get the right to vote until 1965 through the civil rights legislation. Let's really talk about the American Revolution. Anyway it's very similar to what's happening here.We heard all of this talk about universal suffrage—one law for all; one person one vote—during the debates for the Māori wards. Like Māori were going to get these extra votes—what a whole lot of rubbish! That was a whole lot of rubbish. Co-governance the Māori wards the Māori seats—Māoris were going to get these extra votes. In actual fact what we've heard from this side of the House is an admission that universal suffrage actually doesn't exist in this country is that there is privilege in this country—there is privilege in this country where people get more than one vote. If you own one house in one city and you own another house in another city you get two votes.Now just say for instance you're the Prime Minister and you have seven houses—you own seven houses in seven different cities—DEPUTY SPEAKER: Not me—not me.RAWIRI WAITITI: Not you; you're not the Prime Minister Madam Speaker. Apologies for that. But you imagine if you're the Prime Minister. I'm not talking about any Prime Minister; I'm just saying if any Prime Minister owned seven houses in seven different cities he gets—Hon Member: Or she. RAWIRI WAITITI: —seven votes or she gets seven votes. This is not universal suffrage; this is not one man one vote. This is privilege—this is privilege absolute privilege. Christopher Luxon said he would not work with Te Pāti Māori because he believed in one man one vote. He shouldn't be working with himself if it's one man one vote because you get the opportunity to vote in two spaces. This is a matter of fact. People should not determine or influence or gamble with the lives of others that live in other cities. You should not gamble with the lives of others. You should not be able to vote in other towns if you are privileged and rich enough to own a holiday home.I live in a very rural area called Whangaparāoa or Cape Runaway—a beautiful place; beautiful place. There are holiday homes there. And you're going to tell me that those people that own those holiday homes get a right to determine what happens with the people who were born and bred there who live there who contribute to the economy who have lived there for many many years post- and pre-colonisation that we're going to allow people to determine what happens in our particular area. That is absolutely unfair. They are paying for a holiday house; they are not paying for anything else. They're not paying for anything else; they're paying for their holiday house. So this is the break of a privilege that rich people have because they get more than one vote.It was admitted by New Zealand First—they admitted that. You get one vote here you get one vote there here a vote there a vote everywhere a vote vote. That's Old MacDonald Had a Farm" not "Old Rangi Had a Farm"; it's "MacDonald Had a Farm". And this is the problem and this is the privilege that this side of the House the Government drowns in. They drown in their privilege and they make admissions that they get more than one vote. This is not universal suffrage; it's not one man one vote. So we will be supporting this bill because Labour this is not about politics; this is about doing what is right. And we've got to do what is right and that's to ensure that there is a fairer—absolutely fairer—voting system here in Aotearoa. That universal suffrage is an institution that should be valued in any democracy—any democracy. The problem is that you do not believe in true democracy you do not believe in universal—they do not Madam Speaker. We commend this bill to the House.DEPUTY SPEAKER: I'm pleased Mr Waititi has a loud voice because he certainly needed it for the competition. The Hon Kieran McAnulty—we'll see how loud your voice is."