Flavell Te UruroaHon TE URUROA FLAVELL (Co-Leader—Māori Party): Tēnā koe Mr Assistant Speaker. Pēnei te āhuatanga o te kōrero i runga i te marae. I te wiki kua hipa ake ka pā mai te āhuatanga o aituā ki Te Ao Māori i roto o Tauranga Moana ka mutu i Taranaki anō hoki. I te wiki kua hipa i tae mai a Taranaki ki konei me poroporoaki ka tika ki tērā o ngā whaea a Whero Bailey ka mutu ki a Awanui Black i mate i roto o Tauranga Moana me te kī atu: haere koutou ki te pō uriuri ki te pō tangotango.Kia hoki mai ki a tātau e hui nei i tēnei ahiahi tēnā koutou tēnā koutou kia ora tātou katoa. Kei te tū ake kaua ki te whaiwhai haere i ngā kōrero o tētahi atu kāo ēngari ki te mihi ki Te Pirimia ki a John Key mō te āhuatanga o tana piringa otirā tana hononga ki Te Pāti Māori i ngā 8 tau kua hipa ake. Me pēnei te kī mai i te tīmatanga mai o te noho o Te Nāhinara hei kāwanatanga mō tēnei whenua i tuku te tono ki a mātau o Te Pāti Māori mō te noho hei hoa haere. Ēhara i te mea me pērā rawa ka tika—kāo. He tono. He pōhiri ki a mātau o Te Pāti Māori kia noho atu hei hoa haere mō Te Rōpū Nāhinara.I hangaia tētahi kirimana e mea ana āe me pōti Te Pāti Māori ki te taha o Te Nāhinara o te kāwanatanga o te rā mō Te Tahua Pūtea Nui ia tau ia tau me pērā ka tika kia tau ai te āhuatanga o Te Whare Pāremata otirā o Te Kāwanatanga. Ka rua e āhei ana mātau ki te whakahē i te kāwanatanga mēnā koirā te tikanga ē kāore he raruraru ēngari me whakapā atu ki te kāwanatanga kia mōhio mārama a ia ki te āhuatanga o te noho. Ka toru kia whai wāhi mātau ka whiwhi i ngā painga ko Whānau Ora tērā ko Ngā Take Tiriti tērā ko te Kermadecs ko te Mātāwai ko Te Ture Whenua Māori. Ēnei take katoa kia taea e mātou te kōkiri ki mua i te aro o Te Whare Pāremata mā reira ka taea te kōkiri ngā take o Te Pāti Māori. Ka toru kia noho tētahi hei Minita. Ka whā—he aha rānei—ka mutu ka whiwhi i a mātou ngā moni mai i Te Tahua Pūtea ka taka mai ki Te Pāti Māori.He aha i pēnei ai taku kōrero? I te mea ēnei āhuatanga kua puta nā runga i te āhuatanga o te noho o John Key hei Pirimia mō Aotearoa me te āhuatanga o te hononga ki a mātou o Te Pāti Māori. Nō reira koinei te tū ake ki te mihi ki a ia kaua mōku ake kaua mō taku tuahine e noho nei ēngari he kōrero anō rā tēnei. Kāore e kore kai roto i te ngākau o Tā Pita Sharples i te wā i a ia o Kahurangi Tariana Tūria i te wā i a ia. Nō reira hei whakamāmā i te āhuatanga o ngā meneti kei mua i a au ka huri ki Te Reo Pākehā mō te wā poto.[Thank you Mr Assistant Speaker. This contribution is similar to a delivery on the marae. Last week Māoridom was affected by the circumstance of death in Tauranga and then in Taranaki also. In the week just gone Taranaki arrived here and quite aptly one of the aunties Whero Bailey was accorded a farewell tribute and afterwards one was accorded to Awanui Black who died in Tauranga and with due respect I say to them: go forth to the dark and immensely dark void.Allow me to come back to us assembled here this afternoon so greetings and salutations to you collectively and an appreciation to us all. I rise not to follow on in the tenor of the contributions by others no but rather to compliment the Prime Minister John Key on the circumstances of his allegiance and connection to the Māori Party in the past 8 years. Let me put it this way from the beginning that National remained the Government for this nation an invitation came to us of the Māori Party in regard to becoming an associate alongside of it. It was not as a right though—no. He asked. It was an invitation to us of the Māori Party to remain as an associate with the National Government.A contract was created and it stated that yes the Māori Party would vote alongside of National the Government of the day for the Budget each year and that it should take into account circumstances that relate to the House of Parliament but at the same time to those circumstances that relate to the Government. Secondly we were able to oppose the Government if that indeed was procedure and there was not a problem but we were to contact the Government so that it clearly understood the circumstances regarding our position. Thirdly it stated that we be involved and that we reap benefits being from Whānau Ora matters relating to the Treaty the Kermadecs Te Mātāwai and the Māori Land Act. We the Māori Party will be able to champion all these matters before the House of Parliament and by doing that we will be able to champion matters of concern to us. Thirdly it stated for one of us to remain as a Minister. Fourthly—or whatever—to eventually receive cash from the Budget that will trek down to the Māori Party.Why has my address gone this way? Because these situations have emerged as a consequence of the situation as to why John Key has remained as Prime Minister for New Zealand and because of his relationship with us of the Māori Party. Therefore this is why I got up to acknowledge him not for me personally not for my colleague sister sitting here but this again is indeed another conversation. Without a doubt it might have been in the heart of Sir Pita Sharples in his time here and in the heart of Dame Tariana Tūria when she was here. And so to ease the circumstances pertaining to the minutes that I have before me I will turn to speak in English for a brief moment.]I stand to acknowledge the Prime Minister not necessarily getting another opportunity to do it on behalf of the Māori Party to the Prime Minister of the day John Key and thank him for his willingness to work with the Māori Party. People have to remember that the Māori Party has an arrangement that comes about from a tono an invitation to sit next to National. In the 8 years that we have been here—actually longer than that—but in the 8 years that we have had a relationship with the National Party it has come about from a tono from an invitation from the Prime Minister to the Māori Party to sit as a partner with Government. Why? Because for whatever reason the Prime Minister felt that we brought something extra something dynamic something unique something wonderful something mana-enhancing something beautiful something—Marama Fox: Advantageous.Hon TE URUROA FLAVELL: Advantageous that is right.Marama Fox: Valuable.Hon TE URUROA FLAVELL: We brought something valuable—all of those words my sister—to the country. But also strangely enough he allowed us to vote against the Government if we wanted to. He as well as other Ministers has acknowledged that sometimes that is not always the best thing from their perspective. But for our part and certainly for me from Marama my colleague—and from the Hon Dr Sir Pita Sharples and Dame Tariana Turia I am sure that they bring a huge amount of respect for the Prime Minister John Key for what he has done with this mana-enhancing relationship. It has always been on the whole ingredient of an element of integrity of being straight-up of being true to your word and being trustworthy in the words that you say to one another. Even as recently as 5 minutes ago we acknowledged that in his office by saying thank you for the contribution not only to the country but certainly for allowing the Māori Party to be with the National Party when he has never ever needed us but he has believed in us as bringing something absolutely extra to the relationship accord with the National Government.And have we achieved things? Hell yeah! If it had not been for the ability to sit next to our Government Te Mātāwai Ture Whenua Māori the Māori Purposes Bill Whānau Ora—all of these programmes would not be in front of us. So we have as you would understand a huge amount of respect for him. We wish him well in the future. We understand that his whānau is important and we allow him to go back to his whānau with our best interests. We wish him well.