Henare PeeniHon PEENI HENARE (Minister for the Community and Voluntary Sector): Tēnā koe Mr Speaker. Ko ngā maharatanga me ngā whakaaro nui ka tau ki runga i te marae o Mātaatua ki roto o Rotorua i te matenga o tētahi o ngā pou o Te Reo Māori tētahi tohunga o Te Reo Māori tētahi o ngā tino kaumātua o te motu whānui arā ko Te Wharehuia Milroy tēnā kua ngaro atu i te tirohanga kanohi. Ka takoto ia ki runga ki tōna marae ki runga o Mātaatua. Ko ngā whakaaro nui ki a ia me tana whānau ki roto i te wā pōuri.[Firstly I shall be continuing in the Māori language. Our thoughts and condolences go out to Mātaatua Marae in Rotorua at the passing of one of the stalwarts of the Māori language one of the notable experts of the Māori language one of the nation's most distinguished elders. Te Wharehuia Milroy is now lost to the land of the living. He lies in state on his marae at Mātaatua. We extend our condolences to his family at this very sad time.]I wanted to pay acknowledgment to a great man—a man by the name of Te Wharehuia Milroy who as a staunch advocate for Te Reo Māori is going to be sorely missed by the Māori people and indeed I believe by the entire nation.Te Wharehuia Milroy was one of those eloquent speakers in both Māori and English. He also had the kind of will for Te Reo Māori and aspiration for Te Reo Māori that would see more people come to Te Reo Māori. Whether you were Māori or Pākehā he was so inviting with Te Reo and his voice in the battle for Te Reo Māori will be sorely missed. We extend our condolences to his family and to the people of Tūhoe and to the people of Ngāti Koura in particular. I along with others hope to make it to farewell him properly on his marae of Mātaatua in Rotorua. So I say to Te Wharehuia farewell.Te Wharehuia is a classic example of the intention of the good work being done by the Hon Kelvin Davis in the space of education. The Hon Kelvin Davis has a programme called Te Kawa Matakura that he recently announced. Te Kawa Matakura is an extension of the education sector to identify leaders to identify what we would call tohunga and strong practitioners of tikanga and Te Reo Māori. We identify them young; we develop them in the hope that we can create more people like Te Wharehuia Milroy. And so I want to commend the good work by the Hon Kelvin Davis in this space because it's those kinds of positive initiatives that I actually believe will make a significant difference into the future. More Wharehuia Milroys will make this country a far better place. So I want to acknowledge the Hon Kelvin Davis and the work he's doing there to increase Māori education.On this side of the House we've always had a goal for Te Reo Māori. We want over a million speakers by 2020—over a million speakers by 2020. Now that sounds difficult but we rise to those difficult challenges. We know that Te Reo Māori is being spoken now more than ever. We also know that what Te Reo Māori is doing is it's being encouraged garnered and grown by a younger generation. It's now not uncommon to see non-Māori children use the word whānau" use the word "aroha" use the word "mahi" use the word "kaupapa". It is starting to permeate through our entire society and I believe that is something that we should all be proud of in this country.In my final minute and a half I want to congratulate all of the Ministers in this Government for the hard work that they do. We do know that there are significant challenges. We commented today on the Welfare Expert Advisory Group and the work that they did to make sure that we have a welfare system that is fair and that allows our people to make sure they are able to access the system when they need to the most and it's important that we get the work right. It's going to take some time but I'm proud that on this side of the House we've set the direction. We've set the waka if you like in the right direction and we are going to get there and we're going to get there with all of our people on board.The member Todd Muller whose contribution I quite enjoyed did speak about targets and targets are important. Funnily enough on this side of the House the only target that matters at the moment and that we're all curious about is the one on Simon Bridges' back. There are a number of members on that side of the House who—just whispers just whispers—are positioning themselves for promotion perhaps even for the big job of Leader of the Opposition and I say to the Hon Simon Bridges kia kaha kia māia kia manawanui [stay strong stay committed stand your ground] and I'm sure that somewhere on this precinct there might be a flak jacket for him."