Korako Nuk: Local Government (Auckland Council) Amendment Bill (No 3) — First ReadingText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeKorako Nuk: Local Government (Auckland Council) Amendment Bill (No 3) — First Reading[Sitting date: 24 June 2015. Volume:706;Page:4771. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]NUK KORAKO (National): Kia ora e te Mana Whakawā. Can I first of all Mr Deputy Speaker mihi to your constituents. I know that it has been very trying over the last few days with that terrible flooding so kia ora. I also want to speak on this bill the Local Government (Auckland Council) Amendment Bill (No 3). It is interesting actually coming from Ōtautahi Christchurch to be able to really get excited about the fact that I will have as a member of the Local Government and Environment Committee an opportunity to be part of looking at something that needs to be rejigged in some way around the Auckland super-city and Auckland Council. It is interesting because I want to tautoko and support my colleague Paul Foster-Bell in his sterling and stirring support of the sponsor of this bill one Alfred Ngaro. I also acknowledge the previous speaker the former Mayor of Carterton Mr Ron Mark a member of the Local Government and Environment Committee. When you look at these two members they are very small in stature but what we say is “He iti he pounamu”—they are small but they are pounamu. They contribute to this particularly Mr Alfred Ngaro. I know that he will sponsor this bill. I have watched him on the rugby field the way that he will weave and get through and he will get this bill to the end where it is going.When we look at it I think we actually have both sides of the House going to support this bill. It is interesting that when Mr Ngaro was introducing this bill he also mentioned the fact that I was involved in local government elections. I did not make it; I could not get off five votes. But at least I was involved. I could not get off the five votes because I was short of five votes we were in a grey area and we were waiting on special votes so I was actually part of the Christchurch City Council for a while as they waited for the five special votes to come in. So anyway it did not happen but the next part led me to this House. The interesting thing is that we call it double-dipping. My first foray into politics was into iwi politics and if you can survive that you can survive anything. I think the situation there is exactly this. A lot of that is based on finding people who actually want to do it finding people who actually have the skills and it is not double-dipping I believe.We all know people who serve on more than one board at the same time and a number of us here in this House I believe will know that they have actually done that. Most of us have multiple interests and we all have committed at one time or another to being involved in our communities. Some of us have volunteered in ways that whet our interests though to our desires to make a better place in which to live and play. So that immediately brings me to the fact that we do actually want to be involved in everything. Looking at this I know it is about local boards. I thought it was community boards but now I have learnt that it is local boards that we are talking about here in Auckland. I do not think it is double-dipping. I am looking forward because as Su’a William Sio said it is very healthy that we actually process this though the procedures of Parliament take the bill to the select committee and look at it. I hope we do get a number of submissions. It will be really interesting to hear what people think about this. So kia ora and I really do look forward to receiving this bill at the select committee. Kia ora.