Jackson WillieHon WILLIE JACKSON (Labour): What a sad sad speech. Sad sad speech. The Opposition—well they certainly deserve to be the Opposition—but this Government I should say is a little bit delusional. Tom Rutherford: Welcome back!Hon WILLIE JACKSON: Thanks very much. It's a little bit delusional this Government because they waffle on about how much they have done for Māori and we saw Minister Goldsmith today filling in for the Māori Minister. As we know he's a little bit confused too about whether he's a Māori or a Pākehā and we've seen that released by the National Party in the past. But it's always good to hear from Mr Goldsmith—Minister Goldsmith I should say. I need to say to him and to their previous speaker Sam Uffindell that sadly that Budget was all about landlords. That's what it was all about. We know that and the country knows that. Landlords have been prioritised—and in this case I want to say over Māori.It's a shame the Minister for Māori Development Tama Potaka isn't here but I wish him all the best. I know he's off at a tangi and wish him obviously the best today but sadly I have criticised him and I will continue to criticise him for the shocking Budget that has been delivered to Māori. It's a shocking Budget because we're talking about a $96.7 million cut in terms of Māori development. It's a huge cut. Where are those cuts? In Te Tumu Paeroa—$4.9 million; hāpai whenua—$22.4 million; we've got discontinued funding in data capability and access—$22.8 million. Right across the spectrum.That's a huge cut but then we go across to areas like Māori housing and I'm very proud of the work that myself and Peeni Henare put into those partnerships with regards to Māori housing. We've had the best by Māori for Māori solutions in this country and we've got a loss of $40 million in the Māori housing area. I mean when you talk about by Māori for Māori how on earth can you even talk about there when you've got a huge cut in that area? In Te Kawa Matakura focusing on our knowledge in terms of iwi—$21.9 million. Right across the spectrum.Then we've had the Minister patting himself on the back over his funding in terms of kapa haka—Hon Willow-Jean Prime: Yeah Te Matatini.Hon WILLIE JACKSON: —Te Matatini—Te Matatini. But in fact there's a loss of money there. It just carries on and on and on. I have to say today he has failed us. He has failed us and this Government has failed us because there's two types of strategies necessary for Māori. You obviously have to have a universal one but you must also have a by Māori for Māori one. Now we've got a Minister who has actually delivered us a Māori budget that is an absolute deficit.It is a shocking Budget for Māori. So much so now that in Māori broadcasting we've got Māori Television—or Whakaata Māori—announcing that they are going to be in deficit for the next two years. I was saddened when the Minister Tama Potaka blamed me for not funding the channel for the next two years. Apparently Labour gets the blame for a funding deficit over the next two years. We put $130 million into Māori broadcasting in the previous three years—$130 million. What is this Government going to deliver? Nothing. Absolutely zero.So we have Shane Taurima the chief executive of Māori Television Whakaata Māori standing up and saying Sorry we're going to be in deficit; there's going to be redundancies." Then we have Tama Potaka standing up and saying "Well blame Willie Jackson and blame the Labour Party." Don't blame us we're not the Government. Put the blame where the blame should be.Yes we've struggled in the past in terms of funding but we got more Māori funding across the line than any other Government in history. In the last four years we delivered a billion dollars a year back in terms of Māori—a billion dollars right across the spectrum in terms of employment; in terms of Māori health. We didn't deliver zero like what's being delivered now.Hon Simeon Brown: You delivered a big red zero!Hon WILLIE JACKSON: We've got a Minister over there who knows nothing about things Māori and sadly we've got a Minister for Māori Development having to listen to people like himself.Proud of what we've done and we'll oppose this Budget for the next two years. Kia ora Mr Speaker."