Davidson Marama; Mallard TrevorMARAMA DAVIDSON (Co-Leader—Green): The Green Party absolutely support the mana whenua to protect peacefully the land at Ihumātao and the Māori whānau at the frontline of that occupation right this minute are indeed representatives of their iwi. They are joined by community supporters from the village of Ihumātao from across Auckland and indeed from around the whole entire country. There are people heading to the whenua of Ihumātao from as far south as Dunedin and Invercargill and from as far north as Kaitāia in Northland. This is because more and more New Zealanders Māori and non-Māori are waking to the realisation of the injustice of Crown confiscation of land.In this case the original injustice was the Crown confiscation of the whenua at Ihumātao in 1865. That injustice was never remedied and we have to restore the Treaty partnership for the wellbeing of the future of all of New Zealand Aotearoa citizens for the wellbeing of true justice through peace in this country. So we are very clear and support those whenua protecting the land working for a peaceful resolution that upholds the Treaty of Waitangi and the principles and the tino rangatiratanga principle in Te Tiriti which is why we are sad today to see the escalation that is happening on that land. We are clear that that escalation could have been avoided. We will continue to see these sorts of land disputes for as long as we have not resolved the original injustice of these Crown confiscations in the very first place. For the people of Ihumātao and their community supporters what is happening on the land right now is a continuation of colonisation and we will never truly be able to carry on to the fullest extent that I know our beautiful country is capable of unless we properly address and support tino rangatiratanga for mana whenua over their lands.I have engaged for many years and the Green Party former MPs current MPs and our members have stood intimately beside the people the leadership on the ground at Ihumātao. We know very clearly that their voices cannot be dismissed as not representing iwi of that whenua. It is simply not allowable to say that there is only one iwi representation in this raruraru. There has always been in history more than one perspective from people. We can think about Bastion Point Takaparawhau. We can recall Pākaitore. We can talk about our whāea and aunties out at Raglan. There was always more than one perspective and that has been an absolute ongoing symptom of a strategy of divide and rule. This is not a narrative of Māori against Māori. This is a narrative of a young leading generation who are listening to the voices of our ongoing leadership such as Te Puea such as Dame Whina such as Rēnata such as Tariana who have always been very clear: not one more acre.I have seen the community leadership on that land sharing food planting gardens running holiday programmes inviting visitors hosting schools. There is a primary school there are schools right there right now. There are schools there trying to understand what is happening trying to understand the injustice and the nuances of this power that is being displayed. The Greens will continue our call that the Government does absolutely have a role to play in ensuring a peaceful resolution is met. We echo the call of the protectors. We stand in solidarity with their call asking for the Government to show some leadership. And we absolutely uphold that those Māori at the frontline are iwi—SPEAKER: Order! The member's time has expired.