Waititi RawiriRAWIRI WAITITI (Co-Leader—Te Paati Māori): We're used to confiscation; we asked for ten minutes we only got five. Te Paati Māori and te Iwi Māori are quite used to that. But because we've only got a little bit of time here through you Mr Speaker I want to thank everybody in this House for what they do for us here to ensure that this House runs smoothly. Man it has been a 12 months for Te Paati Māori.What I want to say is that I want to read a letter directly from one of our biggest and most loyal supporters who sent this letter to me today. It says Dear Rawiri and Debbie and Te Paati Māori thank you for achieving your Māori Party manifesto. The first one is I want to acknowledge you achieving the purchase of Ihumātao. I want to thank you for achieving the removal of the barriers to establishing Māori wards. Number three: procurement at 5 percent only another 20 percent to go to achieve our Whānau First policy; the call to replace the Oranga Tamariki chief executive; the spotlight on ill-treatment of whānau in prisons including bringing an end to a protest at Waikeria Prison; the racist profiling of Māori by the New Zealand Police; the recognition of Matariki as a public holiday; compulsory te reo Māori and Māori history to be taught in schools; the pressure to increase funding for Whānau Ora this year; the ratings reform for whenua Māori; the pressure to provide a targeted housing package"—we submitted two members' bills one on seabed mining the other for the Māori electoral option and we announced the only Māori COVID-19 policy in this House.They also acknowledge in this letter that both Debbie Ngarewa-Packer and I have done over 170 speeches. They sat there and counted every single speech that we did on that particular TV station—their favourite TV station. They also acknowledged that we accepted many petitions including the Māori Health Authority—because that was part of our manifesto—and also the Dawn Raids petition. Notwithstanding that Te Paati Māori also challenged our right to wear our taonga and remove the colonial noose from around our necks as a cultural expression of who we are. This person that wrote this says "We are extremely proud of the achievements of Te Paati Māori this year in only 12 months."—we stood up they say—"You stood up to racism in this House." and have done our best to hold this Government accountable to Māori.They said "We are proud to have voted against the counter-terrorism bill that sets out to discriminate against minorities the three waters bill because it doesn't recognise Māori proprietary and Treaty rights to water and the COVID-19 health response bill because it allows warrantless searches on our marae and in our private homes. Yours sincerely and loyally Willie Jackson."! And I know Willie—where's he gone to?Before I end this speech I want to acknowledge our people out there. As we're only a candidate-focused party it's unbelievable that we are now starting to climb up in the polls in our party vote. It's unbelievable and do you know why? Because we are the only party that will advocate for a Tiriti-centric Aotearoa. We are the only party that leaves no one else behind. We have a growing amount of support not only by tangata whenua but also tangata Tiriti and they have made that quite clear—and you can see it as we climb up in those polls—that there is a huge support for this type of movement. So I want to acknowledge them all for the very very tough year it has been.It has been a tough year as we face this pandemic—this global pandemic—as a people. There's been huge division created by the Government and its policies because it has left people behind. We are the movement that leaves nobody behind. We have tried to listen to everybody and I hope that they're all here tomorrow when the crowds turn up on the doorsteps of this Parliament to express their concerns over the mandates and the way they have been treated through this vaccination programme. Anyway ladies and gentleman Mr Speaker thank you for the matches this year. I want to acknowledge everybody. Have a merry Christmas and a happy New Year. Mā te atua koutou e manaaki e tiaki. Kia ora tātou.[May God bless and protect you.]"