Fox Marama: Oral Questions — Questions to MinistersText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeFox Marama: Oral Questions — Questions to Ministers[Sitting date: 14 April 2016. Volume:713;Page:10599. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]7.MARAMA FOX (Co-Leader—Māori Party) to the Minister for Māori Development: He aha te hiranga o Te Pire mō Te Reo Māori i roto i te hītori o te motu?[What is the historical significance of the Māori Language Bill?]Hon TE URUROA FLAVELL (Minister for Māori Development): Kātahi te pātai pai ko tērā. E te tuahine ka nui te mihi ki a koe mō tērā pātai ki a au i tēnei rā! Me pēnei te kōrero kātahi nei te rangi pai nei mō te kōrero i Te Reo Māori i tēnei rangi tonu nei ā taihoa ake nei. Ko te tūmanako ia ka eke tēnei pire ki tona taumata ēngari ko te kaupapa nui o roto i tēnei pire ka hoki reo rua mai ana ki roto i Te Whare Pāremata ēngari ko te kaupapa nui mēnā ka noho tukituki ngā reo e rua ē ko Te Reo Māori ka eke panuku ka eke Tangaroa. Koinā te kaupapa nui.[What a wonderful question that is. Sister colleague a huge compliment to you for that question to me today. Let me put it this way: what a great day for speaking in Māori particularly on this day and later on. Hopefully this bill will reach its pinnacle but the great thing in this bill is that it comes back into Parliament House in two languages; but importantly should both languages clash in meaning the Māori version will prevail over the English version. That is the big difference.]Marama Fox: Tēnā koe Mr Speaker. Me pēhea Te Pire mō Te Reo Māori e whakaū ai i Te Reo Māori hei Reo mō te hātepe ture o Aotearoa?[Thank you Mr Speaker. Does the Māori Language Bill give effect to the Māori language being a language of the New Zealand legal process?]Hon TE URUROA FLAVELL: Kātahi te pātai pai tuahine. Me pēnei te kōrero kua mau pai i a mātau te āhuatanga o te ture i tōna hanga tae rā anō ki tēnei wā ēngari ko te tino aki o tēnei pire he aki tonu i te āhuatanga o Te Ao Māori kia hanga i tōna ake rautaki ēngari anō ko te taha ki Te Karauna i roto ngā take hātepe ture nei ā ko tā matau ko te whakarahi ake i te āhuatanga o te kōrero Māori ēngari; he aki tonu i ngā tari o Te Kāwanatanga tuatahi kia kaha tonu ki te kōrero i Te Māori tuarua kia tuku kōrero i roto i Te Reo Māori hei whakapakari ake i Te Reo o roto i ngā āhuatanga katoa i Te Motu.[What a good question sister. Let me put it this way. We have captured the situation well in drafting it right up to the present time but this bill actually urges Māoridom to create its own strategy. In regard to the Crown it is in terms of the legal processes and ours is to increase how the Māori language is used in Government departments: firstly to speak the language more; secondly to communicate more in the Māori language and to strengthen its use in all situations in the country.]Marama Fox: Tēnā koe Mr Speaker. Me pēhea e taea ai e Te Pire mō Te Reo Māori te whakamana i Te Tiriti o Waitangi me te nohotahi o ngāi Māori me Te Karauna?[Thankyou Mr Speaker. How does the Māori Language Bill reflect a Treaty partnership?]Hon TE URUROA FLAVELL: Ē te tuahine kai runga noa atu koe! Ko te āhuatanga o tēnei pire he hanga i tētahi Whare Reo Māori nei ko tētahi wāhanga ki Te Kāwanatanga ko tētahi taha ā ki Te Karauna he tohu tērā mō te āhuatanga o Te Tiriti o Waitangi i kōrerohia e ō mātau mātua e ō mātau tūpuna koinei te whakatinanatanga o ngā take i roto i Te Reo Māori—tukuna te pire kia eke tukuna Te Reo Māori kia kōrerohia.[Well done to you sister colleague! In terms of this bill it intends to construct this Māori language house. One part is for the Government and the other for the Crown; that is a reflection of the situation about the Treaty of Waitangi our parents and old people talked about. This is the implementation of matters in the Māori language: allow the bill to reach the pinnacle; allow the Māori language to be spoken.]