Kapa-Kingi MariamenoMARIAMENO KAPA-KINGI (Te Pāti Māori—Te Tai Tokerau): Tēnā koe thank you Mr Speaker. Ka tū au ki te kōrero ki tēnei take ka kōrero ka tangi ki tēnei whakaaro nui e te Pīka e te katoa.[I stand to address this issue I speak and convey my sympathies towards this immense matter Mr Speaker and the House.]So let's talk about our mokopuna in this bill; based on the fact that that's certainly been my previous job to this job I can speak with confidence but endurance about what this implication will be. So what message does this bill send to our mokopuna? Does it assure our tamariki that we as the leaders of this country are doing our best by them? Right now the answer is a big fat kāore—or a no—no we cannot reassure them. The message that this Government sends to our mokopuna and to our tamariki is that their future in this country does not matter and that a short-term profit or the short-term pacification of a small demographic will be prioritised over mokopuna. Business as usual it seems.So why can I say that the future of our mokopuna is not currently being prioritised? Well this Government has prioritised their 100-day plan over whānau over mokopuna over people. This Government has failed to carefully plan and to consider the applications of the promises that they have set to the public. This ultimately fails mokopuna. Whether the other side of the House actually knows that and can comprehend what this actually means in either language—I'm happy to share when I've got patience for it. This work that has been done to reduce reliance on fossil fuels and to reduce the pressure of living cost crisis is undone with this very repeal. This Government has ridiculed the projects aimed to improve cycle lanes—why do I know? Because I hear them scoffing every few minutes—railway infrastructure and further improvements to public transport. These projects moved towards transitioning Tāmaki—that's Auckland—from an unsustainable reliance on fossil fuels and instead towards sustainable transport options which in turn decongest roads support the longevity of our already existing transport infrastructure and relieve the pressure we as consumers place on our environment.All right let me see where I'm going: not only this we need to also ensure that our people can get from one destination to another safely. Safety upgrades including the installation of speed bumps red-light cameras and lower speed limits in Tāmaki—that's Auckland—all funded by the regional fuel tax were done in an effort in fact surely done as response to the 50 lives that Auckland roads take each year. That's 50 lives; that's 50 whānau who don't have their loved ones returning home. This Government has labelled these safety projects as wasteful spending. Is it wasteful to invest into the oranga of our people? Speaking to the oranga of our people how can the Government claim that this bill will aid our people during living cost crisis when the funding for infrastructure that is currently sourced from the regional fuel tax will only be sourced elsewhere? It is now the responsibility of ratepayers and all of those who pay road-user charges to cover the revenue lost to this bill.To conclude as mentioned by the Minister Simeon Brown himself during the first reading of this bill 57.8 percent of voters in Auckland voted for the current coalition Government later in this reading stating I don't think that was what Aucklanders thought they were signing up for when the Auckland regional fuel tax was put in place." In response to this I say: I don't think that was what the 57.8 percent of voters in Auckland were signing up for when the Government's current coalition was put in place. Tēnā tātou katoa."