Henare PeeniHon PEENI HENARE (Associate Minister of Health (Māori Health)): Thank you Mr Speaker. I join my colleagues on this side of the House in thanking the team of 5 million for the work that they've done through the most recent lockdown in particular my own electorate Tāmaki-makau-rau. Tāmaki-makau-rau have come together over the past five weeks to do their best to stamp out COVID-19. We have seen record vaccination numbers. We have seen record testing numbers. We have seen innovation. We have seen buses delivering vaccines and today I want to acknowledge Ngāti Whātua who are in the driver's seat of one particular bus and they've named their bus Shot Doy. Shot Doy"—now that must be one of those Boot Hill Ngāti Whātua ki Ōrākei nuances in their language but it's certainly working and they're getting out amongst their community to do the mahi. The bus yesterday led by Manurewa Marae is called Shot Cuz and Shot Cuz was parked outside the Pak 'N Save in Clendon where there is a large Māori and Pacific population. This is our Māori health providers and our health providers across this country doing what it takes to recognise the seriousness of the situation and vaccinate our population—not spread misinformation not spread lies and not bicker about things actually in a time when we want our country to be combined as a team of 5 million to get us through this particularly hard time. I've talked about the innovation amongst our Māori health providers. Yesterday I announced $36 million to continue to support that work. While we focus on vaccination and testing which are hugely important we also know that some of our in particular hard-to-reach rural communities are struggling just for normal healthcare services. Of the money we announced yesterday $14 million will help Māori health providers provide those services to rural areas. We know some of them are access to pharmacies access to medicines—medicines that they would take normally but can't access because of the challenges we've had with the lockdown. I want to acknowledge our Māori health providers who have come to us and have told us about the challenges they're facing and I can tell them and this country that this Government is listening. The announcement yesterday will continue to support the work that they're doing. Another important part is the $3 million I mentioned earlier in the sitting of this House to support psychosocial support. We know there are a lot of challenges for our whānau out there. In fact I hear it regularly as I'm sure many members of this House have that whānau are struggling with their mental wellbeing during these times. Staying home looking after the tamariki making sure that they can connect with their loved ones during a time where it's difficult to connect has certainly taken its toll on our people. The $3 million announced yesterday I know will help one particular kaupapa that will look to support those with alcohol and drug addictions who have particularly struggled during the time of the Delta lockdown. And furthermore we know that with huge amounts of alcohol sales during this most recent lockdown there have been a number of challenges that have arisen in our communities and in our families. We want to be able to support the good work that community providers do on the ground to support them. I want to tip my hat to businesses in this country. We know that the Government can do what it can do we know that health providers can do what they can do but we know that the private sector has a job and a role to play. Vodafone yesterday announced incentives to make sure that we can bring people forward for the vaccine. Waipapa Pine in Te Tai Tokerau has made the vaccine available to all of its staff knowing full well that 70 to 78 percent of their staff are Māori. They have brought the vaccine centre into their workplace to continue to encourage their kaimahi to be able to receive the vaccine. Why is that important? Because we need our economy to continue. We need our economy to be strong and resilient. And these private sector organisations they recognise that and they are doing their part as a team of 5 million to make sure that we can get on with life as normal. Last week was Te Wiki o te Reo Māori and as a passionate te reo Māori speaker I'm encouraged by the work of millions across Aotearoa who have done a fantastic job to promote Te Wiki o te Reo Māori. Just a little friendly reminder for our friends on the other side of the House: Te Wiki o te Reo Māori starts on Manei or Monday not on Wenerei Wednesday. It was a little while before the National Party actually clicked on that it was Māori Language Week but they got there in the end which is encouraging but still disappointing in the week of the Māori language. I said in my last contribution in the House the beauty about being bilingual is the play between Māori and English and I used a particular kōrero last time which was "Be a doer and not a hua." That's about receiving the vaccine. The one I want to leave with the House today is "Don't be a tero and get the wero.""