Hipango HareteHARETE HIPANGO (National): Thank you Madam Speaker. I rise to take a call in this local issues debate as the member of Parliament for the National Party based in Te Tai Hauāuru. Te Tai Hauāuru is the Western Māori seat that has an extensive history and I have tūpuna whose photographs are in the hallway for having been the first member of Parliament for Western Māori Paetahi Takarangi Mete Kīngi. So I stand in this local issues debate in the context of being local with w'akapapa to Te Tai Hauāuru and also as issue as uri as a descendant of my forebears who have been members of Parliament in this House for Western Māori formerly now Te Tai Hauāuru. So I stand to take a call in this local issues debate.Te Tai Hauāuru is a Māori seat. It is the second-largest of the seven Māori seats which encompasses nine to 10 general seat electorates. The geography of Te Tai Hauāuru to give context in terms of the local issues—and the Rt Hon Adrian Rurawhe is the member of Parliament elected as the representative for Te Tai Hauāuru. So in speaking to this House as a Māori member of the National Party and as Māori standing in a Māori seat in the upcoming elections we always reference and connect with w'akapapa our genealogical ancestral ties. I am uri I am issue of many of the tribes and there are some 42 tribal entities within this vast electorate to give context to the scale and the size.I also whanaungatanga—I have relationships I network I have those connections which are important right throughout the electorate which starts at the bottom end of Te Ika-a-Māui the North Island in Mana-Porirua. Then it stretches up weaves through the western coast; Te Tai Hauāuru encompassing Whanganui Taranaki up to Southern Waikato. So it extends as far as Waikato to Putāruru and Tīrau is the upper point and reach and then it weaves its way back down through Tīrau Putāruru Tokoroa Mangakino the western reach of the Taupō lake through to Waiōuru Taumarunui encompassing Te Kūiti—Barbara Kuriger: Kia ora!HARETE HIPANGO: —down through to Taihape—with my colleague Barbara Kuriger MP for Taranaki - King Country—Marton Rangitīkei and again connecting Palmerston North Manawatū down through swerving Paraparaumu the Kāpiti coastline and then rejoins in Mana-Porirua.ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Jenny Salesa): Great. If the member can come now to the local issue. Now that we've got the geographical picture come now to the local issue. Thank you.HARETE HIPANGO: That is a local issue and it is about sharing that with members of the public listening in because the expanse of our electorates in Māori seats is huge as are the local issues. So my two colleagues who spoke in the House before—the Ahuwhenua awards. There are many of those—trusts Māori entities—within that vast electorate of Te Tai Hauāuru who will be present there; w'akapapa relationships.The local issues that are impacting on that vast geography and vast demography of our communities: our people are labouring under this Labour Government. Cost of living: our whānau are trying to feed each other. Cost of living: our whānau are struggling to pay the bills. Access to health services has deteriorated and worsened. Mental health: I was in the local hospital of Whanganui supporting one of our locals in terms of being able to access those services. Hospital care also has worsened under this Government. W'akapapa and relationships are so important and these are issues that are impacting on those 10 general seat electorates encompassed within the one Māori seat. We know that Māori struggle and that the challenges are greater. I heard my colleague talking about the cost of power bills. This is the reality. Our whānau are struggling.The relationships are extensive the issues are extensive in terms of how it's affecting our whānau to be able to put kai on the table to feed and to be nourished. So in addressing that I say importantly that an advocate for our communities must be bold must be brave and must challenge this Government.