Ngarewa-Packer DebbieDEBBIE NGAREWA-PACKER (Co-Leader—Te Pāti Māori): Te Pāti Māori stands up and speaks in absolute opposition to what has been proposed here not only in this bill but the way that it is coming to us. I cannot state enough that the wellbeing of your tangata w'enua the indigenous people of Aotearoa deserves to have more time and deserves as Te Tiriti to be heard in the tribunal. In fact the efforts of those that are out on the ground making this will happen day to day needed to be validated and felt by the Minister before us.I want to congratulate this Government! I want to congratulate you too our Minister! From day one you have carried on the kōrero that this is a two-tier system based on race—based on race. Your party has continued on the kōrero of this being a solution based on racial segregation. And New Zealand First in fact said it was about separatism. In fact we had ACT also calling it an act of apartheid". Well excuse us—excuse us for having to have a separate need to be able to have our wellbeing addressed because we are dying earlier than everyone else.And let's just go there—let's just go there and talk about the facts—because the reality is that we have learnt from this Government that Māori are expendable. And the politicking that is going on before the very nation of Aotearoa—and the world—is that you have determined that you know better what Māori want. And there's been a culmination of years and years of this solution. But let's just talk about it. Let's just reflect. Māori die seven years earlier than everyone else. That's not a myth; that's a fact. That's not an enjoyable position to be in. It's not something that we desire to have as separatists. Māori men die eight years earlier compared to other males. Our men die on average at 73 years old. That's probably six years after the SuperGold card. And then we of course have Māori: 53 percent of us die under 65 years old. Now let's just remember non-Māori men are doing an average of 83 years. So we have comparatively a poor performance of life based on the fact that we have had to endure 180 years of a health system that has completely failed us.I refuse to let you carry on the dialogue that our people are failing. The health system has completely failed my kaumātua my own generation and my mokopuna. We haven't failed. We never left our w'enua. We have done nothing wrong. We've had to endure the state of a system that was forced on us. So what we have now is a narrative. You have successfully conjured up a narrative that we were enjoying preferential treatment as tangata w'enua and as a consequence this frenzy of misinformation and racism—the fact that Māori radicals want to take over—you have completely created a narrative that has got the rest of Aotearoa and those who are not Māori those who are not enduring this horrific health system that we're in thinking that we deserve and we want something different based on race.I guess the other side of it too is that you can continue to tell us that you're listening to Māori whānau hapū iwi communities; yet the Iwi Chairs Forum has hit out and said there's been no communication of the alternative. So not only have we had to endure a whole revolting campaign of you being so desperate to get into power that you created a narrative that Māori wanted different treatments in Aotearoa but you have continued to also sit there and offer no alternative no option. Just get rid of bureaucracy and don't worry about the fact of what's going on in Te Whatu Ora and the fact they had 18 months. Don't worry about the fact that Oranga Tamariki is killing our people and you've got a system that's had reviews after reviews saying "Get rid of it." No no no. Let's pick a moment in time and focus on what you want to focus the rest of Aotearoa and that is you have gone on and you have conjured up a narrative that Māori deserve to die earlier; we deserve to be unwell; we deserve to have a system that's designed by you all who have got no experience. We saw the most horrific racism during COVID. None of you have talked about that.But thankfully we've got a second reading and a third reading where I'll continue to take our people on the enjoyment of what it is like to have a Government that puts urgency before the wellbeing of tangata w'enua. I am ashamed to be in this House debating this bill. It is not a moment to be proud of Minister but we will carry that on in the second and the third reading. Kia ora rā."