Henare PeeniPEENI HENARE (Labour—Tāmaki Makaurau): Tēnā koe Mr Chair. Thank you very much for this call. In Māori Language Week I do want to speak in Māori but I first want to address the Minister's challenge to me to go to Waimahia in my own electorate. I want to challenge that Minister—and perhaps Peseta Sam Lotu-Iiga the Minister in the chair next to you Mr Chair—to come along to Te Puea Marae and in a show of good faith and a willingness to solve this crisis I will even sing their waiata after they do their mihi. I think that is pretty fair. So nau mai haere mai ki Te Puea Marae. Ka tū ahau ka kōrero ki roto i Te Reo Māori ko tēnei rā Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori nō reira ka kōrero Māori ahau. I tēnei wā ka tāpae atu ko Te Pāti Māori kei tēnei take. Ka tāpae atu ko rātou kei tēnei take tā te mea ko rātou te rōpū i tautoko i tēnei kaupapa kia hokona atu ngā whare o Te Kāwanatanga: a State house sell-off. Nā rātou tērā kaupapa i tautoko i pōti rātou ki te tautoko i tērā kaupapa. He aha te hua ka puta mai ki ngā iwi ki ngā Māori? Korekau; korekau! Ki roto i te reo Pākehā: nothing zero zilch! Tēnā kōrua e Te Pāti Māori. Tēnā kōrua mō tērā tautoko i tēnei kaupapa kore take nei koretake useless! Nō reira ka tāpae ake rātou i tēnei o ngā take.E whā ngā wāhanga o tēnei pire e whā. Ko te kāinga ohotata arā ko te emergency housing. Nā ka mihi atu ahau ki Te Puea Marae. Kua kī mai Te Minita e hia miriona tāra kē mō te kaupapa nei. Ēngari kātahi ka hoki mai ki te kai i tana ruaki me te kī mai: Sorry those are actual beds." Nē! Ko tātou atu ki a ia kei hea ngā moenga hou: "Where are the new beds?". Mō tēnei take te kāinga ohotata "ohotata"—"emergency" nē? He kupu Māori tēnā mō tātou katoa tā te mea rawa au i kite atu i te nuinga e rapu ana i te kōrero whakapākehā i taku korero. So I am going to mix it up with a little bit of Pākehā because I do not see many people reaching for their earpiece."Kāinga ohotata"—emergency housing. Kī mai Te Minita nā anei he putea hei tautoko i te kaupapa kātahi ka huri te kurī ki te kai i tana ruaki me te kī mai aroha mai: "I'm really sorry about that. Actually that's not for new beds." Nō reira he raruraru tēnā.Ka huri atu ahau i āianei ki tētahi atu kōrero a Te Minita Tāmaki Redevelopment Company. Ko tēnei kaupapa he kaupapa nui whakaharahara o tēnei Kāwanatanga one of the great flagships of new social housing developments in Auckland. I haere atu ahau ki te Tāmaki Redevelopment Company ki te kōrero atu ki ngā whānau—ngā whānau i peia mai i ō rātou whare.[I rise to speak in Māori as this is Māori Language Week and so I will address you in Māori. At this moment I suggest that the Māori Party is part of this issue. I contend it is this issue because it is the party that supported this proposal to sell off State-owned houses: a State house sell-off. They supported that proposal and they voted in favour of it. What benefits came out of that for the people for Māori? Nothing; absolutely bugger all! In English: nothing zero zilch! Well done you two from the Māori Party; our appreciation to you both for supporting this useless scheme! And so I append them to this one of the issues.There are four parts to this bill—four. There is the emergency housing kāinga ohotata part. Now then I really pay tribute to Te Puea Marae. The Minister for Social Housing has stated that this proposal is worth millions and millions of dollars. But then she came back to consume her own vomit by saying at that time: "Sorry those are actual beds." OK. Our response was: Where are the new beds?". In regard to this issue about emergency housing—"ohotata" means "emergency" right? For all of us that is a Māori word—and I did not see many seeking an English interpretation when I said that word. So now I am going to mix it up with a little bit of Pākehā because I do not see many people reaching for their earpiece. "Kāinga ohotata"—emergency housing. The Minister said there was funding to support the proposal but then the dog turned around and consumed its own vomit and then said to us apologetically: "Apologies I'm really sorry about that. Actually that's not for new beds." So that is a problem.I turn now to another statement the Minister made about the Tāmaki Redevelopment Company. This is one of the Government's significant and huge policies; it is one of the great flagships of new social housing developments in Auckland. I went along to the Tāmaki Redevelopment Company to talk to the families—to the ones who had been forced out of the homes that belonged to them.]I went along to speak to the families—those who were relocated so that the rebuild could happen in the Tāmaki redevelopment this great flagship kaupapa of this Government—and I can tell you that not many of them were rehoused in these new homes. They were relocated to where? Whānau homes to stay with relatives—sleep on sofas and sleep in sheds. Ētahi o rātou [Some of them] are even sleeping in their cars near the house they were taken away from.Nō reira he aha tēnei kaupapa te Tāmaki Redevelopment Company? Tēnei $200 million—$200 million—ki te kaupapa nei kua peia ngā tāngata ēngari ka moe ngā tāngata ki roto motoka i tēnei wā. In fact one family member I spoke to even parked up outside their old home to sleep in their car.Anei ngā kaupapa o tēnei Kāwanatanga kua tohua nei e te kāwanatanga e hia Minita ki te patu i tēnei ngārara? How many Ministers has this Government put in place to deal with this issue? Ko te mate o tēnā mahi whakatū Minita maha mō te kaupapa kotahi ka ngaro ētahi tangata ka mahue. [So what is this proposal about concerning the Tāmaki Redevelopment Company? This $200 million—$200 million—towards this venture that has forced out people and yet they continue sleeping in cars at this very moment. In fact one family member I spoke to even parked up outside their old home to sleep in their car.These then are the proposals that this Government has identified and goodness how many Ministers have been appointed to deal with this creepy-crawly? How many Ministers has this Government put in place to deal with this issue? Appointing so many Ministers to deal with a single proposal could create a problem in that some people might miss out and some might be overlooked completely.]The problem with doing that is the disjointed service. What that means is people fall through the cracks. People are left behind because we hear one answer from Minister Smith then we hear a different one from Minister Bennett we hear something totally different from Bill English and I wonder whether or not this is actually as comprehensive as they think it is. Tēnā koe."