Coffey TamatiTAMATI COFFEY (Labour—Waiariki): Tēnā koe Te Māngai o tēnei Whare ko tēnei te wā tuatahi ka tū ka kōrero Māori ahau i tēnei wā tautohetohe engari kia kaha Te Reo Māori nē. Ko tērā te kaupapa mō tēnei wiki engari ki ētehi o ngā tauira o ngā kura huri noa i Aotearoa kei te kōrero Māori rātou i ngā wā katoa i ngā wāhi katoa. Tēnei ētahi o ngā kura i tae mai ki Te Whare Pāremata inapō.Te Mana Whakawā i haere ahau ki te pō whakawhiwhi taonga mātauranga o Te Pirimia ngā Tohu Kairangi Mātauranga. He pō hei whakanui i ngā kaiako i ngā kura puta noa i Aotearoa me ngā kaiako hoki. Kei te taha o Te Pirimia ngā Minita mātauranga e whā ko Kelvin Davis ko Chris Hipkins ko Jenny Salesa ko Tracey Martin hoki. I tae mai te nuinga o ngā kura huri noa ētehi nō Tāmaki Makaurau ko Te Kura o Hoani Waititi kotahi nō Te Tairāwhiti ko Te Kura o Manutuke tae atu ki Murihiku i Te Waipounamu ko Winton Kindergarten te ingoa me ērā atu kura huri noa. He poho kererū ahau ki te maha o ngā kura nō Te Waiariki – Te Kōhanga Reo o Tarimano Te Kōhanga Reo ki Rotokawa Elstree Kindergarten Tiaki Early Learning Centre me Fairhaven School nō Te Puke. Ka tika me mihi ki a rātou katoa. Ka nui te hari me te koa o te hunga inapō engari nā wāi te tino toa? Nā wai i eke ki te taumata? Nā Raukura. Nā Rotorua Boys' High School i toa. I whiwhi te tino taonga o Te Pirimia ka wani kē. Nō reira ko te tumuaki Chris Grinter ngā kaiako ngā tauira te mutunga kē mai o te pai. E ai ki te whakataukī kāore te kūmara e kōrero mō tōna ake reka engari e Te Māngai o Te Whare ko Raukura te kapa haka tino toa ki Aotearoa me te kapa whutupaoro tino toa o Aotearoa hoki. He poho kererū te Waiariki katoa. Tāne mā o Raukura ko koutou ngā rangatira mō āpōpō inapō mō nāianei hoki. Whāia te iti kahurangi ki te tuohu koe me he maunga teitei.Te Mana Whakawā ko tērā tētahi o ngā whāinga o tēnei kāwana – ko Aotearoa te whenua papai rawa atu i te ao ki te whakatipu i ngā tamariki mokopuna. Tiaki te whānau tiaki te ao. Manaaki i ngā kaiako me ngā kura manaaki i ngā tamariki mokopuna. Kāore e kore i raro i te maru o Te Pirimia ko Jacinda Ardern kei te haere tonu mātou o te kāwanatanga. He ringa raupā. E ai ki te kōrero mahia te mahi. I raro i te kāwana o mua he āhua pakaru ētehi o tō tātou kura te pakaru o ngā karaehe te pōhara o te whānau o ngā tauira; koretake rawa te kāwana o mua engari kei konei tātou me ngā Minita Mātauranga e whā. He aha ngā kaupapa o tēnei kāwana? Ki te awhi i ngā kura i ngā kaiako i ngā tamariki. Ka hanga tātou i ngā kura hou i ngā karaehe hou mō ngā tauira 100000. Kotahi rau mano. Auē. Manaaki i ngā kura manaaki i ngā tamariki. Tuarua 623 ngā kaiāwhina tautoko Learning Support Coordinators i roto i ngā kura. Ko hareruia te karanga o ngā tumuaki puta noa. Tuatoru kua kore te utu mō ngā koha ā-kura; ka utua tēnā e te kāwanatanga. He aha ai? Mō te oranga o te whānau. Tuawhā pēnei te utu mō te NCEA. Ka utua tēnā e te kāwanatanga mō te oranga o te tauira. Hei whakakapi i tēnei kōrero he mihi tēnei ki Te Pirimia me ngā Minita Mātauranga mō te kaupapa Lunch in Schools" te kai i te kura. 30 kura ka uru ki te kaupapa ā tērā tau; 120 hei te 2020. He aha ai? Mō te oranga o tō tātou tamariki mokopuna. Mā mātou e awhi i ngā kura ngā kaiako ngā tauira te whānau. He aha ai? Mō te oranga o tō tātou taonga – ngā tamariki me ngā mokopuna kei te haramai. Tēnā koutou katoa.[Thank you to the Speaker of this House. This is a first for me to stand and speak in Māori during the debates session but let's make the Māori language strong. It is after all the theme for this week but I note that some students in schools all around New Zealand are speaking Māori all the time wherever they are. These are some of the schools which came to Parliament House last night.Mr Speaker last night I attended the Prime Minister's education awards ceremony the Education Excellence Awards. It was an evening which celebrated teachers and schools all around New Zealand. Accompanying the Prime Minister were the four Ministers of education Kelvin Davis Chris Hipkins Jenny Salesa and Tracey Martin. Most of the schools came from all over some from Auckland including Te Kura o Hoani Waititi one from the East Coast Te Kura o Manutuke right down to Southland with Winton Kindergarten and other schools as well.I am very proud of the large number of schools from the Waiariki electorate: Tarimano Kōhanga Reo Rotokawa Kōhanga Reo Elstree Kindergarten Tiaki Early Learning Centre and Fairhaven School from Te Puke. I certainly do congratulate them. Everyone was very happy last night but who really triumphed? Who was the best of all? It was Raukura. Rotorua Boys' High School took out the Prime Minister's Supreme Award which was wonderful. May I say that the principal Chris Grinter the teachers and the students really are first class. In the proverb we are reminded that the kumara does not brag about its own sweetness but Mr Speaker Raukura is the prevailing national haka champion and the First XV the national rugby champion. All of Waiariki is very proud. Gentlemen of Raukura you are the leaders of tomorrow of last night of right now. Go after your dreams; if you yield let it only be for a very lofty mountain.Mr Speaker there is one ambition that this governor has: that New Zealand be the best place in the world to raise children. Take care of the family take care of the world. Look after the teachers and the schools look after the children. There is no question that under the Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern we of the government will keep going forward. We work hard. As the saying goes just do the work. Under the former governor some of our schools became somewhat run down our classes were broken families of students were poor; the former governor was really useless but we are all here along with our four Ministers of Education. What are the objectives of this governor? To embrace schools teachers and children; we are building new schools new classes for 100000 students. One hundred thousand—my goodness! Look after schools look after children. Secondly 623 support staff as Learning Support Coordinators in schools—principals throughout are singing the praises of this.Thirdly there is now no cost for school donations; the government will bear that cost. Why? For the wellbeing of families.Number four it's the same for NCEA. The government will pay for the wellbeing of students.To conclude this speech I must congratulate the Prime Minister and the Ministers of Education for the Lunch in Schools initiative. Thirty schools will be included in the initiative next year 120 in 2020. Why? So that our children can thrive. We will embrace schools teachers students families. Why? So that our precious children and future grandchildren can flourish. Thank you all.]The debate having concluded the motion lapsed."