Lyndon HūhanaHŪHANA LYNDON (Green): E tukituki ana te Iwi Māori i ēnei mahi raweke o te Kāwanatanga ki runga i te Iwi Māori. Ināianei e kite ana te Iwi Māori i ēnei mahi e rongo ana te Iwi Māori i ēnei mahi e kōkiri ana te Iwi Māori i tēnei rangi tonu.[The Māori people are offended due to the meddlesome actions of the Government on the Māori people. The Māori people can see what is being done they hear what is happening consequently the Māori people are marching on this very day.]He Whakaputanga 1835 was a declaration to the world of our independence. And Te Tiriti o Waitangi some five years later provided the pathway for our mahi tahi. Te Tiriti o Waitangi established this Kāwanatanga that we stand in today. And yet when will we see an honourable Kāwanatanga that will genuinely uphold its obligations to Te Tiriti o Waitangi? We have a Crown who has prioritised its coalition agreement above its obligations to te Iwi Māori e tātou mā—no consultation with te Iwi Māori for these widespread changes to legislation that hit us under urgency. There is a duty to act in good faith and yet the Government fails its obligations to te Iwi Māori.Let me tell you about te mere whakakopa. In 1845 Hone Heke took a mere pounamu to Kawiti smeared in human tūtae in human excrement. That pounamu represents te rangatiratanga o te iwi Māori. The tūtae the human excrement is a representation of the obliteration and the undermining of rangatiratanga of Pākehā on our people in 1845. And I say to you this has not changed. We are watching the recolonisation of Aotearoa New Zealand. As this Government seeks to erase its obligations to Te Tiriti o Waitangi undermining the sacred covenant that our tūpuna signed.Kāwanatanga was enabled through Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Let's look at the laws: Te Aka Whai Ora smoke-free legislation te reo Māori threats on the Māori and Pacific admission scheme and also on the Waitangi Tribunal 7AA gang laws the laws around tenancy and also for our whānau in rental accommodation fast-track legislation the removal of accountability for Te Mana o te Wai yesterday in this House the removal of clauses relating to Te Tiriti in corrections the funding freeze on marine and coastal area takutai moana claims the full-scale review of Te Tiriti clauses within our legislation and of course the Treaty principles bill.Te Iwi Māori feel embattled by these continued attacks by te Kāwanatanga in our communities. And as I refer to Nicki Wakefield who was a kaikōrero on behalf of Ngāti Kahu o Torongare in the fast-track hearing she shared We participate in this process under duress in opposition to these processes which impact on our tino rangatiratanga." Te Iwi Māori have continued our affirmations of mana motuhake through the generations. Our people mobilise tomorrow. Te Iwi Māori meets at Ōmahu Marae for the hui taumata. Undermining tangata whenua rights is a rupture to the social fabric of Aotearoa New Zealand. Social cohesion is at risk—Rt Hon Winston Peters: Who wrote this rubbish?HŪHANA LYNDON: —as this Government moves to erase its accountability to Te Tiriti o Waitangi and te Iwi Māori.Let's talk about Māori wards Matua Winston. Let's talk about it. The Waitangi Tribunal has called out this Government. It is a breach of Te Tiriti o Waitangi that you will take out Māori wards. Last week Far North District Council stood and they provided a motion of tautoko to Local Government New Zealand. Councillor Tāmati Rākena stood and he said "When Māori councillors fight for better roads better housing better water infrastructure we aren't voting for Māori alone. We fight for clean drinking water and for better roads for the entire Far North community. I oppose any attempts to undermine or dilute our voices". E mihi ana ki a koe Tāmati.Tonight at 11.59 submissions close on Māori wards and I invite the people of New Zealand to unite with us in upholding Te Tiriti o Waitangi and providing the important voice of Māori at the decision-making table in local government. The Green Party will stand in solidarity with te Iwi Māori as we look to protect the papa pounamu of He Whakaputanga me Te Tiriti o Waitangi and seek to uphold those things that are important to us Matua Winston. Kia ora."