Horomia Parekura: Local Government (Auckland Reorganisation) Bill — In Committee 
Horomia Parekura: Local Government (Auckland Reorganisation) Bill — In Committee 
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Hon PAREKURA HOROMIA (Labour—Ikaroa-Rawhiti) 
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 Mr Chair tena koe. E mihi kau ana i a ratou e mau ana te ahua o te mana whenua i Tamaki-makau-rau. I tino wiriwiri haere te tinana mo te pohehe noa iho o te mahi o te Kawana. 
[An interpretation in English was given to the House.] 
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Greetings to you Mr Chair. I acknowledge those who have authority over the land in Auckland. I am somewhat nervous at the duplicity of what the Government is doing 
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I kite atu tatou mai rano mai i te tae o Pakeha i konei i puru atu ratou i to ratou pou i runga i te whenua i Tamaki-makau-rau i kite atu te noho tahi e korero atu ratou ki a Tainui ki a Whatua ki a Hauraki ki a ratou katoa i reira. Since the time of Pakeha arriving here in New Zealand we have seen them put their pole in the ground in Auckland and continually work their way through issues with local iwi. Each of those boards and councils has made a strong effort to do that. 
Na te mea i roto i wetahi o tatou nga kanohi Maori i mau kaha te karanga mo te whakatikatika a te mahi o te Kawana nei ki a ratou ma. The call from all Maori and Kiwis around this country resounds through the valleys and hills of Auckland. It is that this situation should be corrected. The Government should have the courage to stop this madness right now. 
I mihi to the Maori Party. Hone was throwing barbs around in relation to what Labour did not do when we were in Government. 
When I listened to Mr Hide just then it really made me wonder what he was up to. Our deputy leader Annette King is dead right: at six o’clock yesterday there was a huge charade another attempted jack-up of the press about Labour wasting taxpayers’ money. 
What is this bill about? It does not have the niceness to recognise the basic fundamentals of what happens to taxpayers’ money. Maori Pacific Island people and other cultures sweated through the generations to ensure that Auckland was built. It was not built by National’s rich mates; it was not built purely from investment. Issues that are relevant to efficiencies and restructuring do not mean that National should get away with everything else because it is Big Brother. This is low-down skanky “Papa State” stuff. That is what “Papa John” and “Papa Rodney” are into. You should be ashamed of yourselves. 
The CHAIRPERSON (Lindsay Tisch) 
: You cannot bring me in to the debate. 
Hon PAREKURA HOROMIA 
: I say to the Maori Party that Rodney Hide has replaced the moko. In Maori culture as in the Pacific culture one understands that one’s moko is one’s imprint and one’s territory. It is about rights surety and heritage through generations. I ask the Maori Party what Rodney has replaced the moko with. He has replaced it with the hoko. Hoko is about selling off partitioning off rights and ensuring that the purest sense of capitalism prevails. 
What are we doing? We have heard all this talk about efficiency of the Public Service. Yesterday—I believe under the drive of this Government—we got rid of 16 regional managers of community development. That is a sin. One reads here about enabling democratic decision-making by and on behalf of communities within the local board area. The Government got rid of them! I want to mihi Deborah Teece one of the officials who used to work with me. She is a great policy writer and a great manager and she understands community development. This is a sad day for this State—it really is. 
It was very interesting to hear Hone Harawira mihi to Rodney Hide and say great things about National but the Maori Party members have voted with Labour against the legislation because they know that it is wrong. What is that gutlessness about? [ 
Interruption 
] What is it about? 
Hon Members 
: Shame! 
Hon PAREKURA HOROMIA 
: I say to them do not pour shame on us Maori members here. They will not do anything. National has conned the Maori Party and those members know it. They know it full well. 
There is a game of ping-pong where everybody is talking about mana whenua. There is mana whenua there. The major population is rawaho— urban Maori. 
Paul Quinn 
: Have you read it yet? 
Hon PAREKURA HOROMIA 
: That member can squawk all he likes but I have read it inside out and I understand that councils around the country are shamed by this legislation. 
The CHAIRPERSON (Lindsay Tisch) 
: We have a number of amendments and I ask your indulgence in that we deal first with the amendments to clause 9 that were tabled yesterday so those will come ahead of amendments to earlier provisions as would normally happen. We have a number of amendments and the Clerks are checking them. It is my intention to put the votes on the amendments in the order they were tabled. 
The question was put that the following amendment in the name of the Hon David Parker to clause 9 be agreed to: 
to insert in subclause (2) “Subject to subclause 5” before “The Auckland Council”.