Flavell Te Ururoa: Supplementary Estimates — Imprest Supply DebateText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeFlavell Te Ururoa: Supplementary Estimates — Imprest Supply Debate[Sitting date: 26 June 2013. Volume:691;Page:11310. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]Supplementary EstimatesTE URUROA FLAVELL (Māori Party—Waiariki):One of the headlines in Budget 2013 that has not received a lot of focus in the appropriations debate was this one on the Radio New Zealand website which said: “Whanau Ora gets financial boost”. So in my time I want to bring some attention or balance at least to the debate by celebrating some of the transformation that is taking place under the radar in the name of Whānau Ora.I have come across a clever analysis made by Dr Fiona Cram of the difference described as Māori 3.0. If you will Māori 1.0 was the bad old days when the Governments hoped Māori “might ‘pass into’ and assimilate” into non-Māori life. The task of the Pākehā was to “smooth the pillow of a dying race”. Those were the days of integration.This was followed by Māori 2.0 which Dr Cram describes as: “… half an understanding of what Māori wanted. In other words it was based on looking at how Māori differed from non-Māori with a gaze still hazy with deficit-based interpretations.” In essence Māori were defined by how they were not achieving. They were defined by disparities in health in income in housing in justice and even in accuracy of data. There is merit in Māori 2.0 in equality of citizenship rights—article 3 rights. This cannot be said to be a thing of the past when we are still suffering 8 years’ difference in life expectancy and when Māori leave school earlier and with fewer qualifications than their counterparts and access fewer health outcomes.So the Māori Party is working hard to make a difference there whether it be by this Budget with this Budget having $100 million for home insulation $21 million to reduce rheumatic fever low or no interest loans to people who cannot access credit by other means and $47 million for apprenticeships and cadetships. But as I said earlier fixing up the gaps is only half the issue here and this is where I suppose we get to Māori 3.0.Māori 3.0 is the story of Māori aspirations and dreams according to Fiona Cram. It is about whānau working out ways to improve their own lives and to take up fresh opportunities and gains—to be more self-managing. Our people are tired of others telling them what to do whether it be the Big Brother of the State or its various organswhether they be the Government departments or the agencies that appear to run too many families. The Māori Party has always said that our voice is the voice of the people. It is not what we will do to them; it is about what the people actually will do for themselves. In essence that is Whānau Ora and the possibility of a plan that drives change for people’s own lives.One of the key findings that has come out in research is that whānau planning is a change tool for whānau. Common goals identified include financial planning and stability building on cultural knowledge healthy lifestyles greater confidence in parenting engaging in community life and coping with grief and loss. There is a fantastic comment in Fiona Cram’s article which I do want to share with the House that emphasises the wider potential of Whānau Ora as the key instrument of Māori 3.0. She said: “Unless there is some serious contemplation of and action for structural change within government agencies and services then Māori 3.0 if it lives on will continue only as a contained back room affair rather than the outrageous portent of Māori wellness and prosperity that it has the potential to be. But then wasn’t it Moana Jackson who asked a question along the lines of ‘What has the government got to fear from a healthy articulate and dynamic Māori population?’ ”.At the end of the day Whānau Ora is an example of what distinguishes the Māori Party from pretty much every other party in this House which might be best described as dominated I suppose by class ideology. An environment focus maybe? Left or right? Māori is not left or right. We are kaupapa-driven.Is Māori 3.0 worth the investment that Fiona Cram talked about? I say yes it is. Professor Mason Durie said: “Whānau potential is high and ready to be unleashed; Whānau Ora provider networks are extensive committed innovative and ready to learn from each other; and Whānau Ora is already anchored on solid foundations that will bring fresh opportunities and gains for whānau in the decade ahead.” That is what Whānau Ora is all about.