Bennett Glen; Rurawhe AdrianGLEN BENNETT (Labour—New Plymouth): Kia ora Madam Speaker. I rise to continue to talk on that hope of our future—the future for our nation. Looking at Budget 2021 it was a hopeful Budget addressing things like inequality investing into our future our commitment to Te Tiriti o Waitangi in terms of more than a billion dollars going into Māori initiatives and I had the privilege of hosting our Māori Cabinet Ministers in Taranaki during their roadshow. We must focus on our future. We must focus on hope and what it means not only for our grandchildren but our great-great-great-grandchildren. We must hold on to this hope and climate change is as we're talking now it's the generational challenge that we face. On my wall here at Parliament I have a quote from a North American First Nation wahine Winona LaDuke and it says Be the ancestors our descendants will thank." Be the ancestors our descendants will thank—and that's why I stand in this House today. That's why I come to represent the people of New Plymouth of Taranaki and of Aotearoa because I want to ensure that my great-great-great-grandchildren have an environment have a place to live but more importantly a place to thrive. And we're doing that as a Government. We're working hard. There's obviously been the zero carbon Act. There's been the establishment of the Climate Change Commission. We've had our national energy strategy as well as putting $300 million to boost our green investment finance fund ensuring that we accelerate our low-carbon technologies renewable energies low-emission vehicles—just to name a few. And then I look in my own region and in my own electorate and what we're doing. We have Ara Ake which is our new energy development centre which is looking at state of the art innovative ways to look at our clean green low- zero-emission future and that's something funded by this Government. We also have Hiringa Energy who are developing our green hydrogen future looking at ways for heavy transport ways to work with large industry around how we have green energy green hydrogen. And along with that is First Gas who's based out of Taranaki as well in the New Plymouth electorate who are working and have released their green hydrogen plan. The big question people have is: can I still burn a sausage on my barbecue? And the good news is that you can although that might create some emissions obviously if you're burning things on the barbecue. But at the opening of my new office just recently I had First Gas there with their hydrogen barbecue cooking sausages giving them out to the people. Our future is bright and hopeful. Also local iwi—I'm really grateful to Te Āti Awa and the work they're doing around development of subdivisions and housing which always has a green lens on how to do it in a future-focused way while respecting the land respecting the whenua. But it's a challenge and for me in this role it's a challenge because it's very much around: how do we retain jobs while we diversify our energy sector? And I believe that as a Government we're working hard to ensure that we do because we do have the tools but we must do more to ensure that we get to the future that we dream of. So the climate change report was out today and I was really impressed with the Minister of Climate Change and with the Prime Minister also being hopeful that this was an achievable goal this was affordable this had opportunities for clean for more connected and vibrant communities. It was fair it was equitable and it was honouring Te Tiriti. I just want to complete my conversation this afternoon to reflect on the community in my local electorate of Parihaka. And I want to reflect on what that community means. That community was formed as a collective response to injustice and today they work hard and continue to work hard around—as a collaborative and a collective to deal with the injustices not only human injustices but injustices that humans inflict on our environment and on our land. They are working on sustainable options for the future of our region. And I thank Parihaka for what they do. I come back to the raukura there: three feathers that have been there for more than 100 years. It comes from the Christian tradition but very much it's around glory to God peace on Earth and goodwill to all mankind. I believe around the future that we have the opportunity we have for our climate is around that we look beyond ourselves what's above—what that might be for you. We look at peace on Earth which is not just between people but is between our environment and our planet. And we look at how we look after each other. We have the goodwill to all people to our planet to our ancestors and also to our descendants to come. So I am hopeful. I look forward to serving this electorate in this House in terms of finding a way forward in our future as a nation.DEPUTY SPEAKER: The time for debate has expired.The debate having concluded the motion lapsed."