Davidson Marama; Borrows ChesterMARAMA DAVIDSON (Green): E Te Māngai o Te Whare tēnā koe huri noa ki a tātou o te hoa kaimahi o Te Paremata tēnā tātou katoa. [Thank you Mr Deputy Speaker and acknowledgments to us all fellow colleagues throughout the Parliament.] The Greens are standing every day to affirm our commitment and our relationship as a Te Tiriti party in a way that this Government never has and never will. I am really pleased as the spokesperson for Māori development to be able to stand today and respond to the Prime Minister's statement and offer him ideas of how he could have filled it in to make sure that he was honouring Aotearoa and our relationship commitment to Te Tiriti.I was very proud to announce our plan and commitment for Te Reo in schools a couple of weeks ago. I was not surprised because we have been talking about this for some time—for years—to also hear of the support of the largest New Zealand teachers union Te Riu Roa. The New Zealand Principals' Federation also came out in support because it is something that it knows should have happened some time ago and is something that it is happy to see. That is alongside the CEO of New Zealand tourism who understands that our Reo rangatira is our point of difference. It is our unique and amazing taonga which we have a responsibility to save to nurture and to put back into the place—into the site—it was actually stolen from. That was the case for my grandmother which is why it has taken my own family my own whānau three generations after her to put Te Reo back in.I am also proud of the work of my colleague Jan Logie in leading in Parliament to call this Government to account for its proposals to water down the priority of placing tamariki Māori in Child Youth and Family's care with whānau hapū and iwi Māori. Jan Logie has raised questions to the responsible Ministers has attended all of the meetings that she has been able to know about and has been able to raise voices like that of Paora Moyle—an ex-State-care child herself—to uphold and raise awareness of the horrifying abuse that has taken place in State institutions. One wonders therefore why on earth we are continuing with this colonisation tool of removing tamariki Māori from their whānau especially when we know and have for years upheld the practice of whāngai. To this very day there are always Māori available—if we do our jobs and provide the support—to provide fantastic nurturing care for tamariki Māori.I cannot go without mentioning my colleague Catherine Delahunty's leadership on the Public Works Act. It is a simple thing to do—to prevent public works legislation from confiscating more and more Māori land. The Public Works Act is a piece of law that has been used as one of the largest tools of land alienation—and is something that the Greens are pushing for and something again that this Government will not agree to. We had Patricia Grace in last week telling her incredible story—a common one for this whole nation—of the generosity of her tupuna Wī Pārata Te Kākākura and his amazing gifting of land to the Government to the Crown. This has happened throughout our history: generosity in the face of deep injustice.I am proud to be standing with a party that is upholding our kaitiaki responsibilities for mokopuna for whānau for whenua and for Reo rangatira. As kaitiaki those are our responsibilities. All of the things that I have just outlined are ways that we could uphold our commitment to Te Tiriti and they are ways that this Government is not even willing to discuss in most cases. This is why I am proud to see growing support from Māori for the Green Party. This is why we have been able to put up the largest number of candidates that we ever have to date. This is why the support from Māori electorates and Māori voters is at its highest to date and we plan to continue to grow that. We back up our relationship and commitment to Te Tiriti with our work every day whether it is by standing with the communities and protecting their moana against deep-sea oil drilling or protecting Ihumātao from being developed and stolen again—Mr DEPUTY SPEAKER: I am sorry to interrupt the member but her time has expired.