Henare PeeniHon PEENI HENARE (Minister for Whānau Ora): Tēnā koe e Te Māngai o Te Whare. Ka noho tonu ahau ki roto i Te Reo Māori. He aha te take? Tā te mea ko te nuinga o ngā tamariki e pāngia nei ki roto i tēnei pire he Māori. Te nuinga o ngā whānau ka pēhi nei i tēnei mea te rawakore he Māori. Nō reira ka kapohia ake ahau i wētahi o ngā kupu o ngā mema i kōrero i mua i a au ā taihoa ake nei. Tuatahi ka mihi atu ahau ki te Pirimia nāna tēnei pire i ārahi nei ki roto i te roanga ake mai i te pānuitanga tuatahi tae noa mai ki tēnei wā. Ki ngā mema katoa o Te Whare hei aha rā ko te pāti ACT engari ko ngā mema hei tēnei taha anā ko te pāti Nāhinara e tautoko nei i tēnei pire. Ko tēnei pire he tūāpapa. He tūāpapa mō te nuinga o ngā mahi kei mua i te aroaro o te kāwanatanga. Ko tētahi o ngā kaupapa hei hāpai ake i ngā kiko o tēnei pire kua meingia mai i tērā taha o Te Whare arā ko Whānau Ora. Nā te Whānau Ora ka piki ai te oranga o te whānau he mea māmā te whakaaro ake ki tērā tūāhuatanga. Heoi anō ko tāku e hiahia ana kia whākī atu ki tēnei Whare nā kua rongo ngā taringa o Te Minita mō ngā take Whānau Ora kua rongo ngā taringa a ngā kaikomihana o te kaupapa o Whānau Ora. Anā me ngā ratonga hapori puta noa i te motu whānui. Mā tēnei pire ka taea e tātou te patu i tēnei ngāngara arā e kīia nei ko te pōharatanga anā e kīia nei ko te rawakoretanga. Nō reira ka mihi atu ahau ki tērā tūāhuatanga. Heoi anō kua riro ki a au nei te rima miniti. Ka whakaaro ake ahau anā kua kōrero mai ētahi atu o ngā mema o tā rātou whakatupuranga. Ka whakaaro ake ahau mō te wahanga ki tōku tupuna ki a Tā Hēmi Henare. Ko āna tohutohu ko āna whakatauākī i waihotia mai ki te iwi Māori he mea hei hīkina atu i te iwi Māori mai i te pōharatanga ki roto i tēnei mea e whaiātia nei e tātou arā ko te oranga. Anā anei ko wētahi o wāna kōrero hei whakakapi ake i taku kōrero i te rā nei. Tuatahi ka kī atu tōku tupuna a Tā Hēmi ki te motu whānui hei tāna Kua tawhiti kē tō koutou haerenga mai ki te kore e haere tonu. He nui rawa ō koutou mahi ki te kore e mahi tonu."[Greetings Madam Assistant Speaker. I will remain in the Māori language. Why? Because most of the children who are affected by this bill are Māori. Most of the families who are oppressed by this thing poverty are Māori. Therefore I will seize some of the words of the members who spoke before me a little later.Firstly I acknowledge the Prime Minister who has led this bill for the duration from the first reading through to the present time. To all the members of the House other than the ACT Party the members of this side and indeed the National Party are supporting this bill. This bill is a foundation a foundation for the majority of the work before us as Government. One of the initiatives to carry forth the contents of this bill has been expressed by the Opposition namely Whānau Ora. Whānau Ora has increased the well-being of families; it is easy to consider that phenomenon. However what I want to say to this House is this: the ears of the Minister for Whānau Ora have heard the ears of the commissioners of the Whānau Ora initiative have heard and indeed the community services throughout the country. This bill will enable us to get rid of this problem which is known as poverty and is known as destitution. Therefore I acknowledge these aspects. Nonetheless I have been allocated five minutes. I considered—and some of the other members have spoken for their upbringing. I thought about the load carried by my ancestor Sir Hēmi Henare. His directions his aphorisms that he left to the Māori people were there to lift the Māori people out of poverty and into the thing we are all pursuing that is well-being. And here are some of his words to conclude my speech today. Firstly my ancestor Sir Hēmi said to the country he said "Your journey has been long indeed if you don't continue. Your work has been vast indeed if you don't continue working."]In translating the words of the my grandfather and I often reflect upon his words in times like this—he was often considered to be a sage and a leader for Māoridom and in particular for Ngāpuhi and Te Tai Tokerau but I think his words resonate with the bill that's being discussed right now and the work of the Prime Minister where he said "We have come too far not to go further and done too much not to do more." This bill sets a foundation for us to do more. It sets a foundation for us and a challenge for us to make sure that we strive to lead our children and our communities into a better place.I'm also reminded of another one of his pearlers that he left to his family and indeed to the people of Te Tai Tokerau—and this is I think more to the relevance of my kōrero in relation to Māori families and Māori tamariki—where he says "It is preposterous that any Māori should aspire to become a poor Pākehā when their true destiny prescribed by the creator is to become a great Māori." And I take those words and I reflect upon them because while we have one goal and that's to lift tamariki children out of poverty there is also an impoverishment of mind. I think about the plight upon my people our people the Māori people who after many generations of impoverished lifestyle after many generations of repression suffer I would argue a greater poverty and that is the poverty of the mind. And I want to with this bill take up the challenge with my hat of Whānau Ora and also with my hat of being the Minister for Youth to enable future generations of Māori tamariki and of course tamariki right across this country to aspire to be great leaders. Kia ora tātou."