Jackson Willie; Kuriger BarbaraHon WILLIE JACKSON (Labour): It's about all he'd get too Madam Speaker! [Authorised te reo text to be inserted by the Hansard Office.][Authorised translation to be inserted by the Hansard Office.]Nō reira tēnā koutou. Haere mai haere mai nau mai. Well we got there and I know that there's a lot of shock in the audience there. I was having a bit of a kōrero with my old friend over here Mahara Okeroa and he said to me—he didn't want me to say it but I'm breaching our confidence. He said to me Is everyone supporting this—the katoa? Is everyone?" I said "You wouldn't believe it would you Mahara. You just wouldn't believe it." —and I want to mihi to my old mate. He and I came into Parliament here 25 years ago. He's a lot older than me though as you can see. Twenty-five years ago we came here in 1999 and here we are Maha supporting our whanaunga our relations. Lovely to have you here—mihi nui ki a koe. We know the mahi you've done for your people and I don't say that lightly because there was a lot of angst amongst our whanaunga and people who are here. I just want to be clear to the National Government here: when this coalition came in there was you know huge angst. Debbie Ngarewa-Packer over here was one of the most vocal kaikōrero for her people in terms of what was happening—you know the kōrero about white supremacy and all that. It wasn't just Debbie Ngarewa-Packer; it was a number of our people here who were saying "Jeez is this going to go through?" So it's ironic today—and I mihi to National. I mihi to everyone today and to Minister Goldsmith because you wouldn't have put any money on it. You wouldn't have put any money on it not when you hear that they wanted to get rid of the reo in Government departments. Not when you hear that you're not going to reward kaiako for their work in terms of te reo Māori. But—Debbie Ngarewa-Packer: Milk mother Nature. Hon WILLIE JACKSON: Oh that's another kaupapa isn't it? That's another kaupapa. We think "What happened to the old National? The Doug Grahams the David"—I was going to say "David Seymour" but you know that was one of the problems I think. But I'll say to him and to his party that they're all supporting this which is I think terrific because we need to come together. He should know better than anyone else that we need to whakakotahi for kaupapa like this. We need to stop our wars and whatnot and realise how wonderful this is for our people. But our people they were very worried. As I said Debbie Ngarewa-Packer Wharehoka Wano—Whare up there was worried. Mind you he's a pretty worrying sort of bloke but Whare is up there. Jamie Tuuta—even Jamie Tuuta the "Chairman of Everything" he was worried. He'll probably get a few more jobs under this Government. I haven't had a phone call from him since the campaign finished and I haven't been invited to anything. Oh no move on Jamie move on—yes. But you know Jamie's working with the Minister—ka pai. That's what we want because as Māori the reality for our people is we have to play a couple of games—that's the reality. One game is we have to hammer the Government and then the other game is you've got to tono to the Government and find a way to strategise and work with the Government. That is the reality for our people. I support our people with those types of strategies even though some days we want to strangle the Government. You know that is the reality. But to have a Government who recognises what we recognise in terms of the maunga having a legal identity is I think wonderful. I think it's wonderful to have those types of things be recognised as a legal personality—Taranaki maunga—with a similar legal personality being delivered in Treaty settlements. Ngāi Tūhoe with Te Urewera and Whanganui River—you know that stands out. So I want to mihi to this House to everyone here for supporting this—seriously. This is what it's all about. To the ACT Party to New Zealand First to National and to ourselves: this is the way to go. This is the Aotearoa we want where we come together and whakakotahi for kaupapa like this. The overwhelming message we're getting from our people is to stop using us and stop abusing us when it comes to everyday things and whakakotahi for kaupapa like this more often. That has to be the way forward. Kia ora anō tātou katoa. Kia ora. DEPUTY SPEAKER: I think the Hon Willie Jackson would welcome a stopover as well at some stage in the future following that speech."