Flavell Te Ururoa: Weathertight Homes Resolution Services (Financial Assistance Package) Amendment Bill — Third Reading 
Flavell Te Ururoa: Weathertight Homes Resolution Services (Financial Assistance Package) Amendment Bill — Third Reading 
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TE URUROA FLAVELL (Maori Party—Waiariki) 
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 Tena koe Mr Assistant Speaker Robertson. Kia ora tatou katoa i tenei ahiahi i a tatou e wananga nei i tenei o nga pire Weathertight Homes Resolution Services (Financial Assistance Package) Amendment Bill 
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He wa poto noa iho ki a au engari i a au e tu nei ka hoki nga mahara ki nga mate nei kua pa mai ki a au ki roto i a Te Arawa. Ko tera o nga papa a Theo Tait tae ra ano ki te mokopuna a Te Ariki Morehu e takoto mai ra ki runga i tona marae. Kore tae te aukati te ahuatanga o-mate kua tae mai ki runga i a au o Te Arawa ka mutu te motu. E kui ma e tama ma e koro ma e hine ma i te po moe mai moe mai ra.  
Ka huri atu ra ki tenei o nga kaupapa korero i tenei ra. Kai te tautoko te Pati Maori i tenei huarahi ki te manaaki ki te tautoko i te hunga kua rongo nei i te ngau o nga whare tuturu nei. I te orite to matou tu mo te Weathertight Homes Resolution Services Bill 
ara mo te matamua tonu o tenei ture i te tau 2006 me etahi atu o nga ture mai i taua wa. Kei te tautoko matou i te whakaaro kia noho te Kawanatanga hei tuara ki nga whare putea kia whakamama i te ahuatanga ki runga i aua whare putea kia rere pai te moni te putea ranei ki nga whanau ki te whakatikatika i nga whare. He huarahi pai tenei i tona tuturutanga ki te whakatau i nga kereme hei whakatika i tenei take ara nga whare tuturu nga whare pirau nei.  
He pai tonu enei ahuatanga katoa engari i a tatau e korero nei mo nga whare tuturu nga whare pirau nei me whai ano hoki tatou ki te korero mo te whanuitanga o tenei mea o te ora o roto i te whare. Ki a au nei he hononga tonu i waenganui i te hauora o te ahuatanga o te whare o te ora o te tangata. Kai reira tera whanaungatanga i waenganui i nga mea e toru e korerohia ake nei. Ki taku mohio kei Counties Manukau kei te Tonga o Tamaki kei Tamaki tonu kei Te Tai Tokerau kei Te Awakairangi etahi kaupapa i raro i te maru nei o te Healthy Housing 
ara ko te whakakotahitanga o nga take hauora ki nga take a-whare. Nei au e patai nei he aha te take kare i te pera i roto i toku ake rohe poti o Te Waiariki i te mea kai reira tonu kai te wa kainga nga whare tuturu nga whare pirau nga whare makariri nga whare maku nga whare puwhawha nei. Mena ka pera te ahua ara noa atu nga painga ki te hauora o te tangata. No reira ko te tumanako i a tatou e korero nei mo te pire nei 
tera pea ka whai wahi tatou ki te whakatau i te whakaaro ae ka pai te whare ka ora ano hoki te tangata.  
Kai te tautoko te Pati Maori i te awhina a-putea mo nga whare tuturu engari me titiro ano ki te awhina a-putea i nga whanau ki te arai i te makariri ki te whakapaipai ake i te hanga o nga whare ki te whakanui pea i nga ruma o te whare kia kore te whanau e noho kopa kia taea ai e ratou te whakatikatika nga pirau me era atu momo raruraru o nga whare. Me penei tatou ka tika. Ki te ata titiro tatou ki te mauiui a-rumatiki nei ka mohio mai tatou ara no tona hononga ki te ahuatanga o nga whare. Kua kaha ngau mai taua mauiui ki a ngai Maori me nga whanaunga o Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa. Ka pa mamae tera mate tera mauiui ki te tangata na te kino o nga whare na te kopa o te noho o nga whanau no reira ara noa atu nga painga ka puta i tenei kaupapa o te Healthy Housing project. 
E ki ana te korero “He aha te mea nui o te ao? He tangata he tangata”. Mena e pono ana tera ahuatanga ki a tatou me whai atu i tenei huarahi ki tona mutunga mai. Koinei au e whakaara ake nei i tenei o nga whakaaro.  
Na kia hoki mai ki te pire nei me ona toronga. Kei te tautoko te Pati Maori i te Housing Innovation Fund 
kai te tautoko ano hoki i te Warm Up New Zealand: Heat Smart home insulation programme 
hei mea whakamahana i te motu. Ara no ona painga. No reira mena ka pera kai te tautoko matou i tenei pire i tona mutunga mai. A kia ora tatou. 
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Thank you Mr Assistant Speaker Robertson. Greetings to us all this afternoon as we debate this bill the Weathertight Homes Resolution Services (Financial Assistance Package) Amendment Bill. I have only a brief call but as I stand here my thoughts go to specific deaths affecting me in the Te Arawa region: those of the fatherly figure Theo Tait and of Te Ariki Morehu’s grandchild who is lying in state on his marae. Circumstances relating to the deaths can never be avoided for me Te Arawa and indeed the nation. Oh elderly womenfolk young sons elderly menfolk young daughters in the void rest there rest there.  
I turn now to address this bill today. The Maori Party supports this way of taking care of and embracing the people affected by these leaky homes. Our stance on this one is similar to that on its predecessor the Weathertight Homes Resolution Services Bill passed into law in 2006 and on other legislation since then. We support the proposal that the Government act as a guarantor to financial institutions to ease the pressure on these money institutions so that money becomes accessible to families to repair houses. In its simplest form this is a good way to resolve the claims that will fix this issue relating to these leaky and decayed homes.  
All these situations are well and good but while we are talking about these leaky and decayed homes we should be talking broadly about healthy housing. To me there is a connection between the healthy state of the house and the person’s health. There is an association between the three things being discussed here. I understand there are Healthy Housing projects operating in Counties Manukau South Auckland Auckland itself Northland and the Hutt Valley under the mantle of Healthy Housing in regard to an association between health and housing matters. Here I am asking why those projects are not operating in my electorate of Waiariki because the situation exists back home there as well. There are leaky homes decayed homes cold homes damp homes and dilapidated ones present. If that is the case there is much benefit to be gained in terms of a person’s health. Hopefully as we talk about this bill we will find time to consider the thought that yes if the house is fine the person is healthy as well. 
The Maori Party supports a financial assistance package for leaky homes but we must find a similar package for families to block out the cold to make improvements to houses to increase the size of living spaces so the family is not cramped and to carry out repairs to decayed areas and other basic problems of houses. We have to do this; that is for sure. If we examine the disease of rheumatic fever we will then understand its connection to housing conditions. That illness has impacted greatly on Maori people and their Pacific Island relatives. It is linked to poorer housing conditions and overcrowding. There are enormous benefits in the Healthy Housing project. The aphorism states “What is the greatest thing in the world? It is mankind it is mankind”. That is why I bring it up here.  
In coming back to this bill and its connections I say the Maori Party supports the Housing Innovation Fund and the Warm Up New Zealand: Heat Smart home insulation programme as a means of giving warmth to the nation. It has many benefits. In order that this legislation is implemented we will support this bill right to its conclusion. Greetings to us. 
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