Davidson MaramaMARAMA DAVIDSON (Co-Leader—Green): Tēna kotou kātoatoa 'ī teia Whare 'ē te au mēma Pāramani tēna kotou kātoatoa.[Greetings to all members of Parliament in this House greetings to you all.]I couldn't find my notes but I happened to be able to remember that Cook Islands greeting celebrating our Cook Islands Language Week.The situation of housing was left in a right mess by the previous National Government. That was not OK—that was not OK—and it harmed people it harmed families it harmed children it harmed our kaumātua and pakeke. It is going to be harmful for a long time for many people—that that was left in a mess—and that is not OK. I am proud that on this side of the Chamber we can at least even say the words housing crisis" because if you do not admit upfront and meet head-on what the actual problem is then you will not be committed to solving the issues at hand. Certainly we need big-picture housing reform.I am going to be outlining why I am pleased with the positive steps that have been taken by Minister Phil Twyford in the Vote Estimates already just in this time—in this short time—that we have been a part of this MMP Government. Just yesterday in my office—what I'd like to do is give the story of those real people who have been harmed by this housing crisis and then go through the parts of the housing Vote budget that I am really pleased about—I had a young mum and her young child on my couch here on the Parliament precinct. She has written about the challenges of just finding a home—that's all she wants; it's pretty simple but it's pretty fundamental. Just wanting to find a home for her and her young child. Just wanting to do what pretty much every parent wants to do: provide their whānau with—being able to put their roots down in a community be able to establish connections and relationships in that community and become part of it and contribute to it. She has been facing discrimination as a single young Māori mum. She has been having to face unaffordable homes to rent that are in a pretty shoddy condition too. This is not even anywhere near the extreme end of what is happening for people for New Zealanders. Discrimination lack of affordable housing in good condition—it has an impact on people's everyday lives. So I was pleased of course and not too surprised to see the Minister Phil Twyford confirm that we will be restoring the strong public housing sector that the previous Government neglected and that played a major role in shoving us down the road in the situation of housing. I was pleased and not surprised to see that Housing New Zealand will be taking a lead in building warm dry homes because our homes are also making people sick every year sending children to hospital for illnesses that are caused and directly related to poor housing in this country in 2018. It harmed people and is still harming people. I was pleased to see a massive bump for the Housing First approach which has been shown to be effective in ending homelessness. And I will be even prouder when we can continue to make sure given that Māori and Pasifika are way over-represented in homelessness that those Housing First providers will maintain an appropriate response for the very people who are disproportionately represented on our streets and in poor housing conditions.I wanted to use this time to give a massive shout-out to the very community providers all through the country who have been stepping up to fill the gaps of the neglect from the National Government who have been taking up the problems that should have been solved here at this level. They've been stepping up to do that those community providers including iwi. I would love to ensure that we see continual support and funding. Thank you."