Ngarewa-Packer DebbieDEBBIE NGAREWA-PACKER (Co-Leader—Te Paati Māori): E te Pīka thank goodness that ended. Not everyone has to take their full five minutes.Look I stand on behalf of Te Paati Māori to talk to the Crown Minerals Amendment Bill's first reading. Look we understand that the provisions and the purpose of this bill will address iwi and hapū whose rohe includes some of all of the permit or licence areas otherwise directly affected by mining and all—I guess that's the whole of Taranaki iwi which I w'akapapa to—also enable annual meetings between iwi and hapū permit and licence holders Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment for the purpose of discussing the content of our annual iwi engagement reports. So it's good that finally after 150 years the Crown's asking and learning how to engage. It also makes explicit that decision makers may have regard to feedback from iwi or hapū on the quality of past engagement with permit and licence holders for future permit allocation. It introduces minimum content requirements for iwi engagement reports.So again you know we can see the changes that the Government is making. However we cannot understand why the Government is modernising an outdated Act rather than transitioning away from it completely which would surely send a clear commitment and connection to climate change and overall transition agendas. What are you waiting for? Squeezing the last of the toothpaste out of the tube will not save decay. The Government was bold enough when it first came in to announce a ban on new offshore permits where is the ban on new permits offshore in Taranaki? Taranaki is the only region who still has onshore permits. Where are the changes to the block offer regime which is now out of date and not fit for purpose especially if no ban for onshore exploration is being proposed. So iwi and hapū have been discussing this now with the Crown for more than two years. You have let Taranaki down shamelessly. While annual engagement reports with iwi is supported this is not a fundamental change. This is weak. There needs to be legislative backstops to enshrine best practice of engagement with iwi throughout the whole entire permitting process which includes a partnership approach with the Crown to agree on designating mining permit areas to agree on collective decision-making to agree on planned work plans. A bespoke partnership for Taranaki is urgently required. I would hope that my colleague Glen Bennett is pushing for this because he knows that this is what our people were promised when they got in behind and trusted that this Government was going to bring its nuclear-free moment. But no what we see here is a bitter disappointment.We could've had also the opportunity for a model for co-governance and partnership in this space. No. Kua ngaro. There has been a complete missed opportunity to review the Crown Minerals Act in conjunction with the Resource Management Act (RMA) reform which you've announced this week or last week. I've lost track. Including to remove complexities of engagement and artificial separation of permitting and environmental impact. Remember originally the Crown Minerals Act and the RMA were proposed as one Act prior to 1991. So we need to take a step back and look at the total integrated model which is ultimately about moving forward with clear transitions away from fossil fuels.The changes are not overall negative but they're unambitious. They're uninspiring. They don't land for anyone. So while most of the provisions in the bill could be marked as being sensible they're certainly not bold and they lack any ambition and vision that's needed to show as a nation that we're taking the transitions away from fossil fuels and towards real Crown partnership with tangata w'enua. You could be announcing your ambitious strategy towards an iwi-led energy approach but no once again we have this hāpai ka pai approach. So you also fail to bring regulation in line with the reality that oil and gas is a sunset industry. The failure to reform the block offer system the failure to brand new onshore permits in Taranaki sits starkly in conflict with what the Government promised. So based on these issues we will not be supporting this bill. We oppose it and encourage the Government to be more bold. Invest more in renewable energy and show leadership to your iwi and your hapū particularly in Taranaki my colleague Glen Bennett. Kia ora rā.