Henare PeeniHon PEENI HENARE (Minister of Defence): I appreciate that most of the eyes of the country won't be fixed on this House at this point in time but I do want to acknowledge Team New Zealand and their efforts to bring back the America's Cup to keep it here with us—and I want to acknowledge you sir as well as the late Rt Hon Mike Moore the first Minister for the America's Cup—and who as noted by my colleague the Hon Eugenie Sage currently sail out on the waters in front of his place. Can I acknowledge his whānau because I recall it was around Waitangi week that we lost the Rt Hon Mike Moore which wasn't that long ago and we remember him and his whānau during this time.These are interesting times. I want to turn now with your indulgence to te reo Māori so that this particular message is aimed at the heart of my people. E te Māngai o te Whare ka tahuri atu ahau ki roto i te reo Māori. Ka tiro atu ahau ki te mate korona kua pā ki a Aotearoa i roto i ngā tau ki roto i te tau kua pahure ake nei ki roto i ngā marama 12 kua pahure ake nei. Mai i te herenga ki te wā kāinga i te tau kua pahure ake nei kua pakari nei mātou o te Kāwanatanga i ngā mahi a ngā ratonga hapori puta noa i te motu whānui. Ki roto i a au o Tāmaki Makaurau ko Whānau Ora tēnā. I te rā nei ki roto i te wāhanga uiui i kōrero atu ahau mo te rahi o te pūtea hei tautoko ake i ngā mahi o ngā ratonga Whānau Ora. Ka mutu i whakaritehia e mātou o te Kāwanatanga i ētahi pūtea hei tautoko ake i ngā ratonga hauora Māori i roto i te motu whānui.Koinā te āhuatanga ki roto i te tau kua pahure ake nei nā ka tahuri mai ki tēnei wā tonu. Ko te aronga nui o te ao Māori ana ki te rongoā o tēnei mate arā te mate urutā. I tēnei wā tonu i te rā nei i kōrerohia mātou i whāki mātou o te Kāwanatanga i te āhuatanga o te mahi wero rongoā o te mahi haukoti i te mate urutā ki roto i ngā marama e tū mai nei. Arā ko te rongoā e kōrerotia nei ko te vaccine. I te rā nei i kōrero mai te Minita mō te wāhanga tuatahi arā te hunga kei te mura o te ahi. Rātou kei te mura o te ahi e mahi ana ki roto i ngā wāhi papa rererangi i ngā wāhi taunga waka. Nā i tēnei wā tonu ko te aronga kei te wāhanga tuarua. Ki roto i te wāhanga tuarua e meangia ai e te Minita i te rā nei ko au anō tētahi e tautoko atu ana i tōna pāpāhotanga anā ko te aronga nui ko te Tonga o Tāmaki-makau-rau ko wā tātou kaumātua kuia ko wā tātou tāngata kua pā wētahi mate hauora ki roto i ngā tau arā ko te mate hukahuka arā ko te mate manawa. I tēnei wā tonu e tautoko atu ana mātou o tēnei Kāwanatanga i a tātou ki roto i te wāhanga tuarua. Anā ko ā tātou kaumātua kuia anā ko te hunga kei te Tonga o Tāmaki-makau-rau anā ko te hunga kua pā tētahi mate arā pērā i te mate hukahuka i te mate manawa. Nō reira ka kapohia e mātou i te tini o tāua te Māori i roto i Tāmaki-makau-rau kia kaupare ake ai i te mate urutā ki roto i ngā marama me ngā tau kei mua i a tātou. Ka mutu ko te aronga ki roto i te wāhanga tuatoru i te hāwhe tuarua o tēnei tau anā ki te rahi o Aotearoa e tauwhanga mai ana. Nō reira koirā te aronga nui i tēnei wā tonu. Ka kite atu ahau i roto i te mineti whakamutunga o taku kauhau mō te rā nei—e aro pū atu tēnei kōrero ki te hunga kua rangahau i ā rātou kōrero i runga i te Pukamata ki runga i ngā taumata kōrero hē kua kitea arā ko te hunga e meingia ana te iwi Pākehā anti-vax". Ko tāku atu ki te iwi Māori: tiakina ō koutou whānau tiakina ō koutou whakapapa whāki atu i ngā kōrero tika ki tēnā ki tēnā ki tēnā o tātou ki roto i ō tātou hāpori. Kaua e whakamataku i te tangata. Me tukuna atu i ngā rangahau tika a te hunga kei roto i te ao hauora ki wā tātou whānau. Ka noho ahau ki te taha o taku kuia ā taihoa ake nei. Ko tāku atu ki a ia anei te tikanga o tēnei rongoā. "Anei te pai o tēnei rongoā. Ko te mahi o tō whānau kia tiakina i te whakapapa kua whakaritehia nei e koe." I roto i ngā hēkona whakamutunga ka kī atu ahau ki ngā whānau tiakina ō koutou whānau tiakina ō koutou whakapapa tiakina Te Ao Māori.[To the Speaker allow me to speak in the Māori language. As I reflect on the coronavirus that has afflicted New Zealand in recent times in the year that has passed that is the last 12 months. From the confines of my home base in the past year we of the Government have strengthened the services within the community throughout the entire country. In my electorate of Tāmaki Makaurau Whānau Ora is one. Today during question time I spoke about the large amount of money that has gone into supporting the provision of Whānau Ora services. The Government also invested money to support Māori health services across the whole country.That was the situation last year. Now let me bring us back to today. The major focus of the Māori world is the pandemic vaccine. At this very time today in fact the Government announced the details of the vaccine roll-out to end the pandemic in the coming months. Yes I am talking about the vaccine. Today the Minister announced the first phase the roll-out for front-line workers. This includes people working at airports and ports. Currently we are concentrating on phase two. Today according to the Minister whose announcement I support the focal point is South Auckland our elderly men and women and those who have been afflicted by serious illness in the past such as diabetes and cardiac-related issues. At this time the Government stands by everything we are doing in phase two. This includes supporting our elderly the people of South Auckland and those who have chronic illnesses such as diabetes and heart-related conditions. Accordingly this is how we will gather up thousands of Māori who reside in Auckland thereby warding off the pandemic in the coming months and the years ahead.Finally the focus of the third phase that will take place in the second half of this year is for the rest of all New Zealanders. That is the focus at this time.Let me note in the final minutes of my address today—this message is firmly directed at those who conduct their research on Facebook and other false sources that is the cohort known by Pākehā as "anti-vaxxers". My message to the Māori people is this: take care of your families take care of your genealogy and provide correct information to everyone in our communities. Do not scare people but instead direct our families to the informed research of the health experts. I will sit with my grandmother very soon. I will inform her what this vaccine is all about. "Here are the benefits. Your whānau is tasked with protecting the genealogy that you created." In the last seconds I wish to plead to the families to care for their families to care for their genealogy and to care for the Māori world.]"