Fox Marama; Tisch LindsayMARAMA FOX (Co-Leader—Māori Party): Tēnā koe e Te Mana Whakawā nei te mihi atu ki a koe otirā ki tēnei Whare. Tuatahi kei te pīrangi au ki te mihi atu ki a rātau kua hinga i ngā rangi kua pahure ake nei kai Rotorua wētāhi kai Te Tai Hauāuru wētahi kai tēnā kai tēnā o ngā marae o te motu. E tika me mihi ki a rātau ā tēnā koutou tēnā tātau katoa.[Greetings Mr Assistant Speaker I acknowledge and thank you but at the same this House. First I want to pay a tribute to those who have fallen in days just past some in Rotorua Te Tai Hauāuru and on individual marae of the country. It is fitting that I acknowledge them so my appreciation to you collectively and to us all.]Well I was waiting for the Budget speeches because it has been a tradition in this House for the leader of the New Zealand First Party to give it a name. We wait with bated breath every time he stands to give his speech and we go: Here it comes. Here it comes." The "mother of all Budgets"—no perhaps not. But I have given this Budget a name. This Budget that we proudly stand next to the National Government to deliver is the "Budget for whānau". I know I have heard people go "But there is no money in there for whānau." But I want to tell you Mr Assistant Speaker if I might that I understand what it is like to get 20 extra dollars in your pocket and know that you are going to be able to buy extra bread this week; an extra three four five packs of meat to feed the whānau from that $20. I understand what it is like to get an accommodation supplement increase when you have got too many kids and not enough bedrooms so that you think "I can't afford to pay the rent this week." or "I can't afford to pay the mortgage this week." and you try to juggle all those things around. I know what it is like to have a relief—a relief come to you that this week you are going to have an extra $100 in your pocket or you are going to have an extra $40 in your pocket or you are going to have an extra $50 in your pocket to be able to do what—to spend it on our children.This Budget is about whānau. It may not be enough and it is probably never going to be enough and I would have liked to see the Working the Families tax credit applied universally. In fact we tried to get that done. That did not happen but it was increased and so was the accommodation supplement and so I guess that is the B-game win that we wanted; the A-game would have been universal application of Working for Families tax credit. That would have put $72 extra in the hands of the lowest-income people—and those are families on benefits. That did not happen but we have had an increase and we have had some tax cuts. For who—the rich? I have heard people say these are tax cuts for the rich. Well these tax cuts do not affect anybody with over $70000 of income. I stood in front of Victoria University students and I stood in front of Auckland University students in the last 4 days and asked them all: "Put your hand up if you'd be happy for an income under $70000." In a room of about 300 to 400 at Victoria University about 30 people put their hands up. Everybody else expected to earn well above that because they had means and they were getting an education. In this Budget people were standing up and telling them there was nothing for the student—nothing for the tertiary student. Well except for their families who support them who now have extra income in their hands from Working for Families tax credits and from the accommodation supplement. So this is indeed for the whānau.But what did we get in Vote Māori Development? I want to remind this House that when the Department of Māori Affairs was fully funded it had an annual operating budget of $800 million and that was wiped overnight because people ran scared about iwi versus Kiwi and all of those services mainstreamed by a Labour Government. Let us just remember that because since the Māori Party has been in an arrangement with the National Government—Hon Member: An arrangement's right—there's a technical term for it too.MARAMA FOX: —invited to sit at the table a coalition agreement—I do not care what you call it; we call it a relationship accord—we have clawed back and clawed back and clawed back every little cent we could and put it back into Te Puni Kōkiri (TPK) so that we could provide kaupapa Māori - specific services for our people. There is suicide prevention money. This year an extra $8 million of suicide prevention money through TPK was announced so that it can go straight to the grassroots. I feel like a proud mum because in the 2014 or 2015 Budget that was my one and only bid. I had one chance—I was going to start Eminem but we might get told off—and went for the $2 million that we got that year for suicide prevention so it could be rolled out to kaupapa Māori youth-led initiatives with a special focus on the LGBTIQ or the rainbow community. I have seen the implementation of that money and I feel like a proud mum. It is doing amazing things and now we have secured an extra $8 million for suicide prevention that will roll out over the next 4 years specifically to continue those kaupapa. "Crumbs"—well it is not crumbs when it saves lives. It is nowhere near crumbs when it saves the lives of our nation's young people.What else have we been able to get—$250 million for Whānau Ora since 2010. There is an annual budget now of $73 million for Whānau Ora. Somebody said: "Oh it's only going to affect another 2500." Well add those to the 45000 families we have already helped over the last few years because of this initiative. And who would have thought this Tory right-wing Government would give this Māori organisation pūtea and said: "Do with it what you will. Make sure you make it happen." And they have—and they have.So we go on. The annual budget for the Māori Housing Network is almost $20 million. This year alone we got $27 million with a special focus on homeownership pathways. I know it is not enough. How many houses is that going to build? It is a pilot and it is going to build 160 houses and it might do something like capitalise on your Working for Families tax credit or capitalise on your accommodation supplement. It might be a way that people who normally would not have a pathway into homeownership finally do. It is a pilot and when that rolls out and we show you that it can be successful we will be asking for more—don't you even worry.I believe that we should have got more. I would like to see an operating annual budget for TPK of $800 million to $1 billion but there are a few things—let me tell you about three things in the last 3 minutes—that we managed to secure pūtea for that have been mocked and disapproved of by the Opposition.One is kōhanga reo. Kōhanga reo get $5 million in this Budget. There is a lot that we need to do to fix what is going on with kōhanga reo but they have been announced they have got a new board they are moving forward and they are engaged with the Ministry of Education. But in this Budget we rang them up. We said: "I get to punt up some Budget bids. What would you like? Tell me what you need and I'll see if we can make it happen." They said: "Marama we need to get our babies to kōhanga safely. We need to improve participation by ensuring they can get there in a van that is up to standard and that they are secured in approved child restraints so that when they arrive we can give them the best possible care." That is what we did and that is what they have and despite what has been said by the Opposition they are extremely grateful. Had they asked for something else I would have tried for that. The other thing that we have done is Passport to Life and in the last 2 remaining minutes I am going to tell you about that. Passport to Life—what a fantastic initiative what a wonderful idea. If we want our young people to be engaged in civics education to participate in our communities to be proactive and not sit on the side and give the finger to the man—unparliamentary. If we want them not to give the finger to the man but to come and participate in society they need some key documentation that they do not have any more like they used to—like a bank account and the subsequent education around financial management; like a tax number so that they can understand the machinery of government and when they go to work what their tax dollar does for them; like an enrolment to vote so once they understand the machinery of government and who gets to make decisions on their behalf they can realise their voice; like a driver's licence because 90 percent of young people in front of the Youth Court do not have a driver's licence but 90 percent of young people who are engaged and employed do. It is a no-brainer. We must help our young people get to having a driver's licence but if we put the education around it what are we teaching them? How to be responsible for the lives of others. How to be responsible for the lives of others and if they do a defensive driving course how to anticipate danger and then make adjustments so that they do not encounter that danger. These are excellent life lessons that will have our young people participate in their communities. But here is the last piece of documentation that is on that list. It is a passport. Why a passport—an actual passport? Because as soon as you get a passport in your hands when you are a young person do you not lift your eyes above your valley from out of your town and away from Kaikohe and do you not understand that the world is your oyster and you think: "Now I need to sit down and make a plan on how to get there."? I am so proud of Passport to Life. I endorse this Budget. The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Lindsay Tisch): The next call is a split call. Nuk Korako—5 minutes."