Ferris TākutaTĀKUTA FERRIS (Te Pāti Māori—Te Tai Tonga): Tēnā koe kia ora. Tēnā tātou. E te Pīka tēnā rā koe. Mātika ake nei au ki te whakaara i ngā kōrero a te iwi Māori mō tēnei o ngā pire i tēnei pānuitanga tuatoru ōna. Otirā ki ngā pire katoa kua panangia nei i roto i te wā iti me tā rātou pānga ngau kino nei ki runga i te tuarā o te iwi Māori tēnei rā te whakatairanga ake. Nō reira ka tau hā whakatau ko te rangi e tū iho nei. Ka tau hā whakatau ko te papa e takoto ake nei.[Yes thank you Mr Speaker. Greetings hello. Greetings to all of us. Mr Speaker thank you. I rise to heighten the opinions of the Māori people about this bill in its third reading. Indeed about all the bills that have been pushed through in a short time and their impacts that very adversely affect the Māori people those that are being elevated here. So welcome welcome the sky that stands above. Welcome welcome the land that lies here.]As usual it is te ao Māori the Māori people the tangata whenua of this land our Pasifika whanaunga our rangatahi our whānau hauā who will bear the brunt of this Government's anti-whānau anti - Te Tiriti o Waitangi policies and policy-making procedures. Helen White: Point of order Mr Speaker. We can't hear anything and I don't think there's a translator and I am actually very keen to hear the whole speech. So I wondered if there could be an extra time given and perhaps the speaker given the option of telling us what he said so that we are able to listen. ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Greg O'Connor): All right we'll add a minute on and if the speaker is happy to do his own translation of that that's at his own discretion. Are you happy to do that? We'll add a minute on.TĀKUTA FERRIS: Tēnā tātou. The opening was just as most everyone's opening was just a formal way to introduce this kōrero to the Whare. So kia hoki anō au ki ngā kōrero nei e mea ana. This Government is continuing the age-old colonial practice of treating tangata whenua as second-class citizens in our own country; akin to the treatment that our koroua who went and fought in the Second World War in Te Hokowhitu a Tū received when they returned to Aotearoa. This policy unequivocally will make life worse for Māori and anyone else who doesn't conform to the general stream the tikanga Pākehā stream in Aotearoa. It will allow employers to fire their workers with absolute impunity treating people as products that can be discarded and repurchased every 90 days merely to cut the costs of providing secure employment such as annual leave training redundancy. We all know this to be true. It's clear to me that this side of the Whare has no capacity and more alarmingly no will to apply any form of Tiriti analysis across their party's policies. It's also glaringly obvious that they have no evidence base of the historical impacts and ramifications of policies like this one on to iwi Māori—and there has been decades of experience to demonstrate it—showing a blatant disregard of the Government's obligation to provide active protection in all areas including economic activity for their Tiriti partner. No regard for mana ōrite in the living standards of whānau. The fact that they are willing and indeed eager to push this bill through and many others in the last two weeks without any consideration or regard to their Tiriti partner—in 2023 48 years after the establishment of the Waitangi Tribunal whose aspiration was to right the societal imbalance between the partners—is quite frankly unacceptable. It's unacceptable and I'm 100 percent sure that the recoil from te ao Māori will be swift it will be determined and it will be on a scale that Aotearoa has never seen before. And my advice to this side of the Whare—Carl Bates: Fearmongering. TĀKUTA FERRIS: My advice to you e hoa is to be sure that you're here when they arrive and that you're ready to stand up and explain yourself and I hope that before that time happens the Government have acquired a clear understanding of what their role and responsibility to Te Tiriti o Waitangi is what their role and responsibility to the Crown's Tiriti partner is and are capable and happy to articulate it because to be here at this early stage of the game so willing to show no regard to consult no commitment to evidence—Māori evidence any evidence base—no capacity to apply any Tiriti-based analysis across these policies if this is their starting point then it's going to be a long three years indeed for them.Nō reira ka hoki atu ahau ki te whakapūrua i te moko o Te Pāti Māori e mea nei e mea ake ana ki a koutou: mā te iwi anō te iwi Māori e whakaora. Kua roa ia e tahuri kanohi mai ki tēnei o ngā Whare me te whakawhiwhi ki ngā hua kore kore rawa kore. Kore rawa atu! Tēnei o ngā Whare me ōna māngai kīhai i āhei ki te whakahua i te kupu Māori tika ki te kawe i te reo Māori kia tika ki te hiki ake i te hoka taringa kia whakarongo ki ngā kōrero Māori ka tae ki tēnei Whare. Me taku mōhio me te whakahau ki a koutou ka ākina ō koutou taringa ki te reo Māori ao te pō pō te ao toru tau pau te kaha. [So I will return to emphasise what Te Pāti Māori is saying saying to all of you: the Māori people will restore the Māori people to health. For a long time they have been turning their faces to this House to receive some benefit nothing nothing destitution. Absolutely nothing! This House and its representatives that have not the ability to correctly pronounce Māori words to accurately convey the Māori language to raise the earpiece to listen to the Māori statements that come to this House. And I realise and I urge you your ears will continue to be assaulted by the Māori language all day all night for three years to the limits of my strength.]Nō reira I reiterate: Te Pāti Māori vehemently reject and oppose this bill this anti-worker anti-whānau anti-mokopuna anti - Te Tiriti o Waitangi bill. Tēnā tātou.