Jackson WillieHon WILLIE JACKSON (Associate Minister for Māori Development): Kia ora. Thank you Madam Chair. Well that was another shocking speech from another Māori member anyway. But I'm here to talk about the Māori appropriations. I'll stick with the subject and we won't get personal but it's hard not to after that type of speech.Can I say in terms of what we've done in terms of things Māori I'm very proud of what's happened over the last 12 months. I think we're on track now. Whānau Ora has been brought up by the member on the other side who was so wrong. She made allegations against myself and John Tamihere in terms of what we did in terms of the commissioning agencies and was 100 percent wrong; so much so that Nuk Korako had to tell her that she was wrong. As far as I know she hasn't apologised to Nuk or myself where she actually made allegations that we—CHAIRPERSON (Poto Williams): Order! You're talking about some quite serious matters here. I think we should get back to the appropriations thank you and could we just settle down.Hon WILLIE JACKSON: Yes. No I am Madam Chair. I'm talking about Whānau Ora. This is very important Madam Chair because—CHAIRPERSON (Poto Williams): Are you talking about Whānau Ora in the context of being an MP?Hon WILLIE JACKSON: Absolutely.CHAIRPERSON (Poto Williams): Thank you.Hon WILLIE JACKSON: Thank you Madam Chair. We've gone through a review of Whānau Ora and the kaupapa is now set. The Minister has overseen a review. It's been a comprehensive review and we were challenged absolutely by that member there and of course everything's come out hunky—Jo Hayes: I have every right to do that.Hon WILLIE JACKSON: Oh absolutely. You've got every right there's no doubt about that but that speaker was wrong absolutely like the other National MPs. Now the Minister has an opportunity with this next Budget to prove that member wrong again which no doubt he will.Of course this Māori caucus has really shone over the last 12 months. What have we done? There has been investment in our people. That's what I'm particularly happy about. For myself in terms of Te Puni Kōkiri—they supported us in terms of our investment in terms of young people rangatahi. He Poutama Rangatahi has been a huge success in the regions—regions that have been deprived of support by the previous National Government. It was absolutely shocking.We go into the regions and we ask them what sort of support they got over the last few years—myself and Shane Jones—and they say Nothing." So what we've been able to do is invest in these regions particularly through He Poutama Rangatahi and the Provincial Growth Fund which has proven a huge success. Our people in the regions are saying "Why couldn't they get more than just baseline in the Hawke's Bay on the East Coast and in the north?" When you see the type of support we've been getting some people would be surprised.In terms of what's happened we've invested in four regions where deprivation was able to flourish under that previous Government: Tai Rāwhiti Bay of Plenty Tai Tokerau and the Hawke's Bay. He Poutama Rangatahi is now supporting 22 projects in four regions. These projects are targeting over 2530 rangatahi NEETs to support them on pathways to employment. It's fantastic what's happening.Shane Jones and myself were in Kawerau last week a town that was forgotten in terms of the previous Government and the local mayor was with us Malcolm Black. He said that the investment in terms of the town was something that the township has been waiting for for so long. So over there in Kawerau we were able to give $969000 to Kawerau Pathways to Work $598000 to Eastern Bay of Plenty Driver and Operator Training Centre and $370000 into Te Kaha in terms of the landowners group. This is the Provincial Growth Fund and He Poutama Rangatahi working for the people investing in areas that have had no support in terms of skills no support in terms of the workers and no support in terms of the local area. I'm just so pleased that we've been able to do this under the umbrella of Māori over the last few months.There's been a lot of criticism particularly from the other side in terms of us not delivering in targeted funding but what this Government has shown in the last couple of months in fact is that targeted funding is starting to work. We've had a $100 million investment in terms of whenua Māori. Minister Davis and Minister Henare—$98 million in terms of corrections. That's a fantastic investment in terms of Māori with a Budget still to come in the next week where the members again will get egg all over their faces because they will see the investment again in Māori in the next week and I'll come back up here to get my apology from those members. Kia ora Madam Chair."