Belich CamillaCAMILLA BELICH (Labour): Thank you Mr Speaker and thank you for the opportunity to contribute to this Address in Reply debate. It's been a substantive debate and I want to take the opportunity to congratulate all of the new members of Parliament who have without exception made exceptional maiden speeches in this Address in Reply.I also want to take the opportunity to acknowledge those recent departures from our caucus in the Labour Party: Andrew Little who did not give a valedictory speech; Rino Tirikatene also leaving without a valedictory speech; and the Hon Kelvin Davis who will be shortly giving his valedictory speech and I will make sure that I finish in a timely manner so he can do that.All of us here come to Parliament with the best intentions to serve and it's never more apparent than listening to the maiden speeches of new members of Parliament. That's why it has been so disappointing for me to see the direction that the Government has been taking in relation to the policy decisions that they have made.Last year the portfolio that I've been working in and the career that I have built has been working for working people and workers' rights. It was very very disheartening to see the rolling back of fair pay agreements the opportunity for workers to collectively bargain which I believe would have increased productivity for New Zealand would have improved workers' rights and is common around the world. That was incredibly disappointing. It was also very disappointing to see the 90-day trials being brought back for all workers without evidence without anything to back up the allegations made that they would serve employers or working people. So that's been incredibly disappointing.But what has been more disappointing has been the rhetoric that we have seen around Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Te Tiriti o Waitangi is a founding document of New Zealand a contract and partnership entered into between two groups of people: the tangata whenua—the hapū and iwi of New Zealand—and the people who intended to settle in New Zealand. Now my first ancestor came to New Zealand in 1841 to Nelson on the Whitby one of the three first ships to settle in the South Island. I am fully tangata Te Tiriti. I am here because of the Treaty of Waitangi and many of us born in New Zealand would not be here if it was not for the Treaty of Waitangi.We know through successive Governments through jurists through former politicians on both sides of this House through tribunals through iwi through hapū through Māori leaders through great thinkers like Moana Jackson—we know that Te Tiriti has never been in this country without debate. It has always been debated; there is always more to say. It is a living document that proves who we are as a country. We cannot stand by on this side of the House and let this Government challenge through this Treaty principles bill brought about by the ACT Party the place of the Treaty in New Zealand.The very fact that this bill is in front of this House affects the mana of that document; it affects the mana of New Zealand as a country. It is absolutely shameful that the National Party—who is leading this Government who has a proud history that they can be proud of I think in Treaty settlements—is allowing this absolute shocking move against everything that New Zealand stands for to go through the House. I feel it's important to say that Mr Speaker and I thank you for allowing me to contribute to this debate.