Mark RonRON MARK (Deputy Leader—NZ First): What a load of absolute drivel this House has been subjected to over the last 40-odd minutes. All of the assertions coming from Te Ururoa Flavell and from the Government members about what New Zealand First did or did not say would all be disproven quite easily if I tabled my phone and the records that are contained in it. So let us be clear: the National Government and its cling-ons have the numbers to vote to go into urgency or extended hours on any day at any time that they like whether or not it suits us. They have the numbers. The National Government and its cling-ons have the numbers to pass the Treaty settlement bills without New Zealand First's 12 votes. Between them they have 64 votes plus Labour in support. They do not need us—they can do what they like.The third point is that if these bills were so important to National it would have had its full muster of MPs and Ministers in the House for Thursday and Friday it would have moved extended hours as it had planned and it would have had the debate had the vote and passed the bills. Here is the fourth point: if it knew so many iwi were coming to the House to attend those hearings why did it not stick to its game plan and carry on? Well we know why because the email trail proves it: it had all these leave applications and it wanted people to go off on leave. Well that is not our issue. If the Government finds the Treaty settlement bills so important then why is the entire Government not here to see them through and to join in the celebrations with iwi? Here is another point: a couple of press releases have come out from the drama queens—Gerry Brownlee Chris Finlayson—and were supported by that gangsta lookalike Marama Fox on TV last night. What did they say? They accused—The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Trevor Mallard): Order! The member has referred to a member in a way that is inappropriate. I am warning him to not do it again.RON MARK: So what they do is they then—Hon Anne Tolley: You always go too far. Why do you always go too far?RON MARK: Oh blah-blah-blah Miss Anne Tolley—there she goes. So they have said a number of things in press releases that are just simply inaccurate. The last one that came out from Gerry Brownlee said on the first page: On Monday this week Mr Brownlee spoke to Mr Mark who confirmed his party's ongoing support for the bills." Correct—he did and we did say that—and then we said we would support a voice vote. He continued: "On Tuesday morning Mr Mark phoned back to say New Zealand First was not going to support two of the settlement bills"—correct—"and therefore could not support the voice vote only proposal for Friday." That is absolutely incorrect.I will read the transcript of that phone call: Gerry—Brownlee that is—"Hello Ron." Ron—Mark that is—"Gerry how are you man?". Gerry Brownlee: "Good." Ron: "I needed to call you immediately. I've just—er—we've just—adjourned briefly from caucus. We've had a long discussion on two of those iwi bills Taranaki Iwi Claims Settlement and—er—Ngātikahu ki Whangaroa—umm—we are going to oppose both of those Gerry." Gerry: "Thanks Ron." and he hung up. No mention in my telephone at all of that statement that we withdrew our voice vote - only proposal—nothing nyet zip nada. That is a total untruth. So on that big drama queen reaction the Government pulled it.Well here is the challenge Government: declare urgency now; declare extended hours now. Put those bills on the Table on Friday. We New Zealand First will be here in full muster. We do not care whether all you guys are taking an early break and you have got your kids pulled out of school so you can start your holiday early—we do not care. We will be here. We will cast our votes against the two bills we said we would and we will give you a voice vote Government—a voice vote on the other three as I said we would in that telephone conversation. This is a disaster and a debacle of Gerry Brownlee's making. This is not our making; this is his. If those members want me to table the telephone recording I will.This is a debacle of the Government members' own making. This is an indication of their incompetence their stupidity and actually their disrespect for Māori because they never had any intention of sitting there on Friday and seeing those bills through as a Government in support of those iwi whom they now claim they mourn for. Give me a break you most insincere pathetic Government. I just have no time for you and nor does New Zealand First."