One of the features of the Budget has been the focus and attention shown to ensuring that Pasifika and Māori endeavour is not marginalised. But I have a message: we have zero tolerance, we have zero willingness in the party that I belong to, to acquiesce or to encourage any growth in the mistaken beliefs ideologically driven by the iwi leaders group that they have a role to play in either vetoing, consenting, allocating, or rationalising any funding out of our Government to achieve better outcomes for water quality, better outcomes for resource management, better outcomes for farming. I say to those iwi leaders: go back and ensure you look after your own rangatahi before you try and eclipse the status and the experience of those Māori that are already in Cabinet. Any iwi leader who wants to eclipse the role of parliamentarians: hang up your rūnanga spurs, join the fray, stand for election. Otherwise, get out of the way.