Ngarewa-Packer DebbieDEBBIE NGAREWA-PACKER (Co-Leader—Te Paati Māori): Tēnā koe e te Pīka. Tēnā tātou e te Whare. I rise on behalf of Te Paati Māori to speak in the second reading of the Building (Building Products and Methods Modular Components and Other Matters) Amendment Bill. As is traditional I want to use the opportunity at second reading to discuss submissions on this legislation to the Environment Committee.I refer to the submission from Te Hau Ora O Ngapuhi which succinctly summarises why many of the provisions in this bill are worthy of support and will help improve the building sector. In their words it would speed up the consenting process and cut down on the cost to the home owner." We also need to be ensuring that regulations on the construction industry are fit for purpose and require buildings to be completed to a high-quality standard with appropriate penalties for non-compliance. For these reasons and more we wish we were in a position to support the bill.However I wish to also refer to a submission in the name of Tamaki Legal on behalf of Te Whanau o Rātāroa Ngati Pakahi Te Tahawai and Ngati Uru. The submission proposes "that the Crown in meeting its treaty duties amend the Building Act to legislate powers for the CE to invest 30 percent of the annual surplus from the building levies for investment towards current and future schemes which address the disparities in Māori housing building and ownership." They mention how "According to financial statements provided by MBIE under the Official Information Act 1982 the closing balances for the levy account for the 2017 2018 and 2019 financial years were $32 [million] $43 [million] and $55548000 respectively. The trend evident from the accounts is that surplus from building levies is increasing each year." This increase they submitted "that part of the building levies from the fund should be directed towards specific outcomes for the building sector. In particular … the surplus should be invested in … infrastructure that addresses the housing barriers faced specifically by Māori". Te Paati Māori completely agree with this proposal which aligns with our Whānau First procurement policy that stipulates that tangata whenua should be receiving 25 percent of Government procurement funding. Our people are struggling to even put a warm dry roof over their heads. Māori make up 36 percent of public housing tenants—more than double the Māori population. Māori comprise 57 percent of all emergency housing special needs grants compared with 21 percent of our Pākehā whānau. The need for targeted support for Māori in the housing sector is clear and this innovative proposal from our own people would go a long way to address that. We are disappointed that this proposal was not incorporated in the bill as part of the select committee process. I have drafted a Supplementary Order Paper in my name to include the provision with the legislation at the committee of the whole House stage. We are calling on the Government and all parties to support this Supplementary Order Paper.We would like to support this bill; however we cannot until these changes are made. All legislation should uphold the Crown's commitments to Te Tiriti o Waitangi and Te Paati Māori will not support legislation that does not do that. I look forward to discussing this further during the committee of the whole House stage and receiving the support of MPs from across the House to ensure tangata whenua rights are recognised in this legislation. Tēnā tātou katoa."