Jackson WillieHon WILLIE JACKSON (Associate Minister for Māori Development): E tika me mihi ki a koe e Rino mō tō kaha ki te kōkiri i tēnei kaupapa. Tika me mihi ki a koe e hoa. Mōhio mātou he tino uaua te whakahaere i tēnei kaupapa i te mea he tino uaua te whakahaere te rōpū tuatahi engari ko te mea nui kei kōnei ki te kōkiri i te kaupapa mō te whawhai mō te kaupapa. Tika me mihi ki a koe e hoa. Tika ana hoki ki te maumahara tō tātou whanaunga Parekura nānā i tīmata te kaupapa tika ki te maumahara taku whanaunga te whanaunga ki a Meka me Kiritapu tana kaha ki te wero i ngā wā katoa. [It's right that I acknowledge you Rino for your strength to push this matter forward. It's right that I acknowledge you my friend. We know how difficult it is to get this matter moving because of the difficulty running the first group; however the main thing is that this matter is being put forward and that you are fighting for it. Thank you my friend. It's right also to remember our relation Parekura; he started this. It's only right that we remember my relation Meka and Kiritapu's relation and his strength to challenge at all times.]Well that was a wonderful speech from the Opposition member Dan Bidois who made it very clear why National will not support this entrenchment bill—about 150 times he said that. The sad part about that is that National purports to support Māori and did a great deal—they went down that track they did the big agreement with the Māori Party and Te Ururoa Flavell who incidentally also put up this entrenchment bill and they didn't support Te Ururoa Flavell. And so it's a bit sad when we hear a good young man like Mr Bidois over there who was struggling but obviously advocated very well for his Pākehā constituency tonight—very well and forgot all about his Māori side and really brought his Italian side to the House. Or was it a French side? I'm not quite sure. But sad to hear that sort of kōrero because National love to talk about how they support Māori but we don't see it; we just hear. We heard the talk from John Key we've heard the talk from others through the years but we remember the talk of Don Brash and I think that will always resonate with us. But I want to say to National this is a bill based on principle and I think that's recognised from the other side. So to Rino Tirikatene this is the fourth time—the fourth time—that this bill has been presented to the House right: Mita Ririnui Te Ururoa Flavell and our mate Parekura Horomia. Parekura was a wonderful advocate for kaupapa Māori and so it's a shame his good mate Shane Jones is not in the House tonight. He's going to be here apparently very shortly to dazzle us with his Reo because I was wondering what Parekura would have said to our good mate Shane about this bill. I think he would have said to our good mate Shane Bro support this bill."DEPUTY SPEAKER: Shane Jones—full name please.Hon WILLIE JACKSON: Apologies Madam Speaker. He would have said to Shane Jones "Brother bro support this bill. Support this bill Shane Jones because you are proudly Māori." Kelvin Davis forgot to refer to Shane Jones but I'm doing that specially for our New Zealand First colleagues tonight who we value very much as wonderful coalition partners. But we have a little bit of a different view on this bill so I was just wondering tonight whether they might just change their minds because we just need—I think what is it eight or nine votes isn't it Rino Tirikatene? Eight or nine votes will change things for us and Parekura would say to Shane Jones "Remember 1996 Shane Jones when New Zealand First swept into the House and Māoridom were proud." And how did they sweep into the House? It was on those Māori seats—on those Māori seats.New Zealand First were proudly celebrating the tight five wasn't it Meks? Meka Whaitiri—yes. The tight five. I can always remember it and we were very proud of that tight five for a little while anyway. We were proud of them for a little while. You know we all remember what they did. Rana Waitai and Tuku Morgan and Tau Henare and John Delamere and Tu Wyllie—the old cuzzie Tu Wyllie. Who was the other one? Winston Peters was the leader. And here we are tonight. We knew National were not going to come with us but I'm making a plea now to our New Zealand First colleagues who we value very much. Maybe they could change their minds.Now Shane Jones is coming into the House. He's speaker No. 12 so it's all on Shane Jones tonight. Will New Zealand First support us the Māori caucus? I'm really hoping they will because we love each other as the Opposition knows. There's this aroha between the two caucuses. We've got a New Zealand First party tomorrow night—whether I get invited tomorrow night that might be a bit of a different story. Oh here he is. Here he is. He's coming in at the most appropriate moment one of the most dynamic members in terms of Parliament and a man who the future of this bill hangs on when he speaks at No. 12 in the debate.Parekura would say to this very learned man who will dazzle us in Te Reo Māori and English "Vote for this bill bro." That's what Parekura would've said—right Meka Whaitiri? Why would you vote for this bill? Because this bill will entrench the Māori seats just like the general seats are entrenched. That's what Pare would say. He'd say it in his own sort of way. He was very close to Shane Jones and I feel he's with us tonight watching this kaupapa willing this bill across the line. Something could happen tonight. We could see a change. I'm hoping for a change. And he would say "Think about your whakapapa. Think about what the Māori seats mean. The Māori seats mean everything to us."Now it's pretty simple because I know that we've got a lot of experts in terms of the Treaty here. This is basically a breach of the Treaty partnership if you do not vote for this bill. It's very simple—very simple. If you do not vote for this bill it is a breach of the Treaty partnership and that's clear as a bell. Our experts have told us that.Kiritapu Allan: Yep that's right.Hon WILLIE JACKSON: This is about justice. Kiritapu Allan knows this. This is about equality. This is about mana motuhake—mana motuhake. Who knows about mana motuhake? Shane Jones does. Shane Jones knows all about mana motuhake and he's going to tell us tonight about mana motuhake and about why New Zealand First should be supporting this bill: because our people are demanding it. Why are they demanding it? Because they see our wonderful Māori MPs: Meka Whaitiri Nanaia Mahuta Kelvin Davis Tamati Coffey Rino Tirikatene Peeni Henare in the electorate seats—Hon Members: Adrian.Hon WILLIE JACKSON: Adrian Rurawhe the No. 1 equal Speaker in the House with Trevor Mallard and our Speaker here right now Anne Tolley. Adrian Rurawhe has done a great job in Whanganui. What are they doing? They're advocating for kaupapa Māori. Why are they able to do that? Because that's their first priority not like Dan Bidois who has to advocate for all his Pākehā his lovely friends on the Shore and the Chinese and the Indians and the Asians and the Africans and everyone else. He forgets about the Māoris because he knows there's only about 25 of them over there but anyway.So our Māori MPs will advocate in the Māori seats not like Dan "We Are the World" Bidois. Our Māori MPs know how to advocate. It's all about kaupapa Māori. As Kelvin Davis said Judge Eddie Durie said the Māori seats in Parliament represent our Māori mana motuhake. They are our voice of our tūpuna and their claim that we should be separately recognised and represented on our indigeneity as tangata whenua of Aotearoa. What a wonderful kōrero.The late Rangi Walker said—Rangi Walker. Do you even remember Rangi Walker Shane Jones? The late Rangi Walker said that the general seats being entrenched and the Māori seats not was perhaps the most discriminatory measure of all in the application of the law to Māori representation. Ranginui Walker an uncle to Shane Jones—he said that in terms of the Māori seats. That's what Ranginui said and it was a reminder of how dear these seats are. These seats are tremendously dear to us. Māori members know that over there. Jo Hayes knows that. Dan doesn't. Dan Bidois doesn't know because he's still 23 or whatever he is but Jo Hayes knows this and Nuk Korako knew that. You know Dan's a disgrace at the moment but he'll come right later on. But the reality is it's about mana motuhake. This is about justice. This is about our whakapapa. This is about history. This is about National not supporting us and New Zealand First having an opportunity to support us—and even if they don't we still love them. But the reality is this is their opportunity—Shane Jones' opportunity to show his mana motuhake. Tēnei te mihi ki a koutou tēnā koutou katoa."