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Mr Speaker, I move, that the Te Ture Whenua Māori Bill be now read a first time.

I nominate the Māori Affairs Committee to consider the Bill.

Mihi

At hui earlier this year, I gave an undertaking to carefully consider the Waitangi Tribunal report into the reform of Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 before introducing the Bill into Parliament.

The report, He Kura Whenua Ka Rokohanga, was released last month. I thank the Tribunal for the thorough consideration of the issues and their recommendations.

Kia ora tātou!

I am delighted to welcome you all here to the Banquet Hall of Parliament to celebrate the Honourable Dame Tariana Turia, and to launch her biography, as written by Helen Leahy.  It is a mark of the high esteem in which she is held that there are so many of you gathered here – from her school day friends; health workers; treaty activists; politicians right across the House; and everywhere there is whānau.

Acknowledgements

• Linda Grennell, MWDI Chair
• Areta Koopu, Previous Chair
• Teresa Tepania Ashton, CEO
• Rachel Petero, #Rise 2025 Founder
   
• Teresa [Te Pania-Ashton] thank you for the introduction

Key messages:

Ko Hikurangi kei runga

Ko Ōtātara kei raro

Tutaekurī te awa e rere mai nei

Ngāti Paarau hapū

Ngāti Kahungunu iwi

Tēnā koutou katoa

E ngā uri o ngā maunga tiketike o te motu,

E ngā awa, e ngā moana,

E ngā mana, e ngā reo, e ngā karangatanga maha,

Tēnei te reo maioha e rere hāro nei ki a koutou.

Thank you for the opportunity to talk about the Māori Housing Network today.

I acknowledge all the effort being done in the sector to help out New Zealanders with their housing needs.

I want to give you a snapshot of Māori Housing:

Mr Speaker, I move that the Māori Purposes Bill be now read a first time.

I nominate the Māori Affairs Committee to consider the Bill.

This Māori Purposes Bill amends the Māori Purposes Act 1991 to improve the governance arrangements for the Wi Pere Trust.

This includes enhancing the Trust’s operational capability and removing unnecessary Crown involvement in the administration of the Trust.

Delivered by Piri Sciascia on behalf of Mr Flavell

It is 31 years to the day that TE MĀORI opened at dawn in New York.

What better context than today for relaunching the Te Māori Manaaki Taonga Trust.

It was from TE MĀORI that this Trust was born.

The profits from TE MĀORI were allocated to administer internships and scholarships to ensure that Māori were afforded the skills needed to care for their taonga.

I am pleased to be here today to celebrate Tīramarama Mai – an initiative piloted by Maataa Waka Ki Te Tau Ihu and one of the first commissioned by Te Pūtahitanga o Te Waipounamu in this region. 

Like many significant Māori developments Tīramarama Mai has grown from a need identified by Maataa Waka Ki Te Tau Ihu for rangatahi aged 14-16 years, who for a variety of reasons, have been excluded from mainstream education.

This programme caters for a maximum of 12 rangatahi who live in Marlborough.

Today we are here to celebrate the achievements of ten outstanding Māori academics of our time.

This year, appropriately, is also the 10^th anniversary of Te Kāhui Amokura, which was established to lift Māori student participation and achievement rates across our eight universities.

Aotearoa New Zealand’s long and proud tradition of Māori academic achievement dates back to the late 1890s and early 1900s.

It is a great honour to host this evening’s proceedings to mark the Wellington release of the book Parekura Horomia ‘Kia Ora Chief’.

The official release of this biography occurred over the weekend at Parekura’s beloved Hinemaurea ki Māngātuna at Uawa.

There, his people poured over the personal anecdotes; the funny stories; the heartfelt memories; and the poignant, often intimate photos.

They laughed, they cried, they remembered.

Tonight, we - his parliamentary colleagues - do the same. 

We are here tonight to celebrate a very special person.  For 26 years has worked vigilantly as a volunteer firefighter to keep this community safe.

It is my privilege to be at this community recognition ceremony to honor Maera Maki-Anderson, chief fire officer of the Murupara Volunteer Fire Brigade.  

In September this year, Maera was bestowed with the Pride of New Zealand Award in the Emergency Services category.

Tena tatou katoa.

Thank you for the invitation to be present at this event.

This week, many men will wear a white ribbon, not because it’s a new trend, not because it’s a fashion statement, and not because it’s popular.

It’s because it’s a symbol of hope. It is hope for a world where our wahine, women, and our tamāhine, girls live in a world free from the fear of violence.

Wearing the ribbon challenges the acceptability of violence by men getting involved and helping women to break the silence.