8. Question No. 8—Government's Response to Royal Commission's Report into Terrorist Attack on Christchurch MosquesIBRAHIM OMER (Labour) to the Lead Coordination Minister for the Government's Response to the Royal Commission's Report into the Terrorist Attack on the Christchurch MosquesQuestion No. 8—Government's Response to Royal Commission's Report into Terrorist Attack on Christchurch Mosques8. IBRAHIM OMER (Labour) to the Lead Coordination Minister for the Government's Response to the Royal Commission's Report into the Terrorist Attack on the Christchurch Mosques: What recent engagement has there been with the Muslim and other ethnic communities on the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the terrorist attack on Christchurch masjidain?Hon ANDREW LITTLE (Lead Coordination Minister for the Government's Response to the Royal Commission's Report into the Terrorist Attack on the Christchurch Mosques): Al salam alaikum Mr Speaker. As has been previously reported to this House the Government has agreed in principle to all 44 recommendations of the royal commission. In December the Prime Minister and other Ministers held a number of dedicated consultations with the families of the 51 shuhada and the Christchurch Muslim community. Since the end of January this year a further 31 public hui have been held in Auckland Hamilton Palmerston North Wellington Nelson Christchurch Ashburton Dunedin and Invercargill with Muslim communities and other faith and ethnic communities. A number of additional meetings have occurred with organisations such as the Federation of Islamic Associations of New Zealand and the Islamic Women's Council of New Zealand. I'd like to put on record my gratitude to all of those who have attended hui and joined the conversation including members from both sides of this House and in particular the member asking the question who attended all but one of the hui.Ibrahim Omer: What feedback has been received from the engagements?Hon ANDREW LITTLE: We heard that members of our Muslim and ethnic communities love New Zealand and are proud Kiwis but we heard that we as a society have to do more before many can truly feel safe and included. Significant repeated themes that came through in the meetings included the lack of diversity at senior levels in the Public Service and the consequence of that in relation to culturally inappropriate consultation; the need to equip principals and teachers in our schools with the tools and cultural competence to better support children from our ethnic communities; the distress Muslim people feel about how they see their community repeatedly depicted in the news media; the need to build awareness that police endeavour to record all of the complaints based on discriminatory or hateful behaviour that they receive; and the need for Government to better explain why we have national security and intelligence agencies. Officials are in the process of aggregating all the feedback that has been received from these hui and this will be reported on the website of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet.Ibrahim Omer: Will there be any further engagements?Hon ANDREW LITTLE: Yes. The engagements to date are just the beginning and in fact further face-to-face hui with the Taranaki Muslim community are scheduled for this weekend. In line with the royal commission's recommendations the Government will establish firstly a collective impact board to work with relevant agencies and non-Government organisations to facilitate coordinated access to ongoing recovery support for the affected whānau survivors and witnesses to the attack and secondly an implementation oversight advisory group to engage on and monitor implementation of all of the recommendations. The Government is also committed to engaging with Māori Pasifika rainbow and disability communities and in the end all New Zealanders. Anyone who wishes to provide input at any time can do so from today or at any time by emailing rcoi@dpmc.govt.nz.