Jackson WillieHon WILLIE JACKSON (Minister for Broadcasting and Media): What a load of rubbish. What a load of rubbish from the previous Minister of the National Government who headed the Ministry of Social Development and absolutely went after young people constantly. We heard that again on Sunday.I want to say to the House—I can see there's a lot happening on the other side so there's not a lot of us here today—but I want to say to our people who are here today let's never ever forget what this previous useless useless useless Opposition who were Government—never forget what they did in their nine years. Absolutely minimal investment in health. We had sewage coming down the walls of Middlemore. Why? Because of this useless useless Opposition on the other side. And let's not forget what they did in housing—where we're building more houses than any Government before—selling off State houses. They're standing there—I watch these fools and they dare to criticise us? These fools dare to criticise us? People have invested so much over the last five years in health in housing and in young people—and in young people. See we give mana to young people. That's what Mana in Mahi is all about. I notice the former Minister who stuffed it all up for young people has left. Mana in—SPEAKER: Order! Order! The member is not allowed to refer to the absence of a member.Hon WILLIE JACKSON: My apologies. My apologies Mr Speaker.Hon Louise Upston: Hello! Hello Willie!SPEAKER: She's just shifted seats.Hon WILLIE JACKSON: Oh my apologies. My apologies to the former Minister who didn't do a very good job when she was a Minister.In terms of Mana in Mahi it's about giving mana to people so our young people aren't sitting on benefits getting a free ride as the clueless former Minister alleges. In fact many of our young people are the results of the nasty vile ugly policy that the previous Government put in place. Their answer for everything is punishing the vulnerable and the poor while turning a blind eye to their rich privileged mates. That's how they operate. Their answer to moving people off benefit into work was—well I tell you what it wasn't investing in skills development nor was it investing in the barriers to work. It was work testing. That was the answer for the former Minister who mucked things up. Well guess what! Things have changed. A change of Government and a change of attitude.What a wonderful Minister we have in Minister Carmel Sepuloni who has followed on and done a wonderful job in Mana in Mahi. I love Mana in Mahi because I gave it the name—I know I shouldn't be celebrating or showing off but I can't help it. It's been such a wonderful success and the National Party would have called it Working for the dole" because they don't understand young people. You see my good friend and Shane Reti's cousin Shane Jones—when we had young people Shane Jones talked about kicking them off the couch. The Labour Party and this Government talks about awhi-ing them—embracing them loving these young people giving them a second chance a third chance a fourth chance; not penalising them as the National Party would do. You see I'll give you an example. I won't tell you his name I'll just call him "Rangi". Well actually that's his name but you don't know his last name. Anyway he was one of my young guns on one of these courses. His father was unemployed. His grandfather was unemployed. He mucked up; he didn't take the work opportunities that the former Minister demands that he takes. Oh no he didn't do that because he hadn't seen role models in his life. So we give him another chance and we give him a second chance. And guess what! He's one of our shining examples of Mana in Mahi. That's what aroha is all about.They have no aroha—they have no aroha. It's "Do the job take the position." Never mind where you live. Never mind if your father was unemployed. Never mind if your grandfather was unemployed. They have all the bloody answers. It's a disgrace their attitude. They are treating this group of people terribly.Next year for the first time ever Millennials and Gen Xers will numerically outnumber Boomers voters by—and there they are attacking our young people. National are playing with demographic fire. They are a disgrace.SPEAKER: Order! Order! Before I call a member I am going to say to Harete Hipango that she must not take off her mask in order to interject. That really sort of undermines the reasons for having masks on. If people are going to take them off to interject it means that the stuff we're trying to stop spraying around gets sprayed."