Ngarewa-Packer DebbieDEBBIE NGAREWA-PACKER (Co-Leader—Te Paati Māori): Kia ora e te Māngai o te Whare tēnā koe. Ko te mahi o te kaitiaki i te mana ō Papatūānuku ō Ranginui hoki tae noa ki ā rāua tini tamariki-mokopuna nei e whāngai nei i a tātou o te ao mārama nei he mana tuku iho ngā iwi me ngā hapū i ēnei ngā mana atua me Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Mā ngā iwi me ngā hapū e whakahaere e kai hoki kia ora ai a Papatūānuku me ana tini uri-mokopuna tatū mai ki te tangata. [The role of protecting Papatūānuku (Earth mother) Ranginui (Sky father) and their multitude of descendants that sustain us in the world of light is a responsibility that is passed down through the generations to the tribes and sub-tribes that descend from the gods and through the Treaty of Waitangi. Tribes and sub-tribes will continue to do our part to manage protect and conserve Papatūānuku and her descendants including humankind.]I rise on behalf of Te Paati Māori to support this motion to declare a climate emergency. For tangata whenua this motion is well overdue. Tangata whenua have known long that our environment is totally out of balance and for decades have understood the urgency of dealing with climate change. In 2018 the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change—IPCC—released a landmark report that made it clear that there were only 12 years left to limit climate catastrophe. There is no time for inaction or delay. We have an obligation to our rangatahi to unite and to do everything as kaitiaki to protect our taiao and our whānau from the climate crisis in the short time that we have left. For years Rawiri Waititi and I have both been fighting for climate justice. In 2010 Te Whānau-a-Apanui worked to successfully stop Petrobras from deep-sea drilling in the Raukūmara Basin and for the past seven years my Ngāti Ruanui iwi have been leading the campaign against seabed mining off the South Taranaki Bight in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ). Our commitment to our people is that we will be unashamedly unapologetically champions for climate justice and will push for policy outcomes that reduce emissions. It was deeply disappointing to see the report that Aotearoa is being threatened with being left out of the climate leaders' summit because New Zealand Governments have had great rhetoric on climate change but have failed to implement policies that actually reduce emissions. Declaring a climate emergency is a positive step and many of the policies set out in the Speech from the Throne are a good start but we must be bolder. We need tangible policies that reflect the urgency of this emergency. During the election campaign I announced Te Paati Māori's policy that proposes transformative climate action including ending new onshore oil and gas permits and withdrawing existing onshore and offshore permits with a target of decommissioning sites by 2030; putting in place a nationwide ban on seabed mining within the EEZ to withdraw existing seabed mining permits; establishing a $1 billion scheme for Māori-owned community energy projects for whānau energy and efficiency creating jobs; immediately bringing methane into the emissions trading scheme and phasing out synthetic fertilisers by 2025; and establishing a $300 million fund to support Māori farmers to transition towards regenerative and value-added agricultural models. We must restore balance with the natural world and regenerate our whenua our wai our moana and our precious indigenous taonga species. We look forward to working with MPs across the House to get these and many more policies across the line to ensure Aotearoa plays a leading role on the world stage in protecting Papatūanuku and taking real climate action. That is the climate action our mokopuna will be proud of. Nō reira tēnā tātou katoa.