That's why Te Paati Māori will support this but put forward amendments at the committee stage which would have strengthened the bill and made it more compliant with Te Tiriti. The first Supplementary Order Paper (SOP) would have included tino rangatiratanga in the legislation and replaced references to the Treaty preferences with reference to the articles of the Treaty, the actual contractual text that was signed in 1840. The second SOP would have established a Māori Director-General of Health to lead the operational management of the Ministry of Health alongside the Director-General of Health. As we saw during the pandemic, even when Ministers instructed the release of Māori data and the courts backed them up, the Director-General was able to block it from happening. The third SOP would have strengthened the language in the bill so that Health New Zealand would require the agreement of the Māori Health Authority before carrying out its functions. While we challenged all parties to support those SOPs, only the Green Party supported, and we thank them for their support and for being the one party willing to work with us on eliminating these legislative barriers. 