Williams ArenaARENA WILLIAMS (Labour—Manurewa): It's with sadness that I first acknowledge the passing of Rotorua kuia and Māori health stalwart Inez Kingi.Haere atu rā e te kuia. Whakaheke tonu atu ki te pō.[To our esteemed elder may you rest in peace. Descend to the place of departed spirits.]During her long and celebrated health career Inez Kingi MNZM QSO gave great service to the people of Rotorua particularly to tamariki Māori. Her legacy is the Tipu Ora Charitable Trust a precursor to the Whānau Ora model and a centre that I spent many summers in alongside my mother a Māori GP. She joins her husband the late Ngāti Whakaue rangatira Pihopa Kingi. My thoughts are with her whānau and with all of Ngāti Whakaue today.Let me turn to the politics of the day. Those are the politics of climate change. That's because we are in an era of climate emergency and all politics are climate politics now. I say that because of all the steps that Governments of today take now and in the near future need to be grounded in our commitments to see global emissions fall to net zero by 2050. I say that because all of the politics of young people on display at this month's Youth Parliament were grounded in those commitments and I was struck by how it's apolitical to them; it's something they will all want action on. It's personal it's for their whānau and it's local.I think of in my electorate of Manurewa the Awa Rangers who are a group of young people who have come together to protect the Puhinui stream and the young woman who said that the health of the river is reflective of the health of the community; that when the awa is paru it causes her sadness and it brings everybody down together. It's also a source of anxiety and dread for them. It's a source of grief a real worry about their future and the country that they will inherit. And it's also an acknowledgment of the burden of debt that future generations will face if we don't act now and we don't invest in community resilience to climate change.I say that because the trade-offs that we need to make about our decisions about climate change go to the heart of the way we see ourselves as New Zealanders. Are we as New Zealanders going to shy away from those challenges? Are we going to work together and build on our collective spirit? Are we going to lead the way on a world stage? If our neighbours don't keep up we all lag behind. That's why I'm proud that this Government has seen the introduction of the first ever emissions reduction plan and in 2019 we passed the zero-carbon amendment to the Climate Change Response Act which provides a framework by successive Governments that can develop and implement clear and stable climate change policies.Those things are important to the people of Manurewa that I represent because it's the people without savings and options who are the most affected by the worst effects of climate change. We're more exposed to the effects of sea-level rises in Weymouth and in Manukau from the Manukau Harbour. We're more exposed to tornadoes in Papatoetoe which have already wreaked havoc on suburban streets. And we're more vulnerable to the long-term impacts that climate change has on our communities and our local town centres and our economy.It's important to Manurewa that this Government's emissions reduction plan has a plan for all of our country and all sectors. We're on track to meet our first emissions budget and it has targets for the energy sector transport waste food and manufacturing. And in terms of manufacturing may I acknowledge those Wiri businesses based in Manurewa that have embraced a circular economy and are working with producers like Eco Stock which recycles waste and food products produced in our local area and turns them into food products for cows and sheep and turns them into green biomass for production uses elsewhere. And things like the Wiri tyre centre which mulches tyres that need to be recycled and sends from up north for Golden Bay Cement to use as fuel.It's important to Manurewa because addressing climate change now means also bringing down the cost of living. Things like half-price public transport have made an incredible difference in my community and that will continue for people with community services cards. The difference that I hear they're making not only for students and working people but for parents who would never have taken the bus or the train with their kids to school in the morning or to kōhanga—which is right next to the Puhinui train station in my electorate—is huge. This is saving people between $7 and $20 a week in the electorate of Manurewa when they use public transport on a daily basis.The last four years have seen this Government put in place bold action on climate change. I'm proud of that change and it's something we can all stand behind.The debate having concluded the motion lapsed.