Davidson Marama; Tisch LindsayMARAMA DAVIDSON (Green): Tēnā koe e Te Māngai o Te Whare. Tēnā tātou katoa. This is a good bill the Point England Development Enabling Bill and on the face of it it holds some genuine promise I think. I am particularly pleased to be supporting Ngāti Paoa in their partnership of this bill. They are wanting to develop land much of which was previously used for grazing cows. Homes not cows seems like a good idea. I want to spend a bit of time just comparing a few of the other failed initiatives why this bill is important and why the Green Party is actively supporting this bill to the Local Government and Environment Committee notwithstanding some of the concerns or just conversation that the Green Party would like to have with different parties and the community in allowing the bill to get to the select committee.This bill is good. It is land that as my colleague Denis O'Rourke has also pointed out is near good community infrastructure: schools the town shops and public transport for sure. At this point I think I will just quickly signal my delight in my particular connection to that community over many years. This is partly why the Green Party will be seriously monitoring the Minister's responses and responsibilities over this development. For many years the Green Party has wanted to stay connected to the voice of the community in Point England in the Tāmaki region and including Glen Innes.For many years I have stood on the very banks of the Ōmaru River which is a part of this proposed development and have supported the community call to clean up the pollution in that river. I have personally stood with those who have had to be evicted from their State homes. That process has been a failure and the delivery of that process has also failed. I have a connection to the community. We cannot ignore this—the Green Party will not ignore this—as we continue to monitor this development.I want to congratulate Ngāti Paoa on their initiative on always knowing that this land could be used in a better way and on wanting to be a big player in that. Part of why this is a better proposal than many that the Government has put up which the Green Party has opposed is because of the direct partnership allowance that is able to happen for mana whenua. The generosity of mana whenua in having to depart with funds to claim back their own land as part of the redress should not be undermined here and that has happened all around our country. But certainly the initiative the generosity and the vision of Ngāti Paoa is what I am most proud to stand up and support today.What I also like about this bill is that unlike other State sell-off legislation that the Green Party has opposed it does genuinely guarantee and uphold Te Tiriti partnership with mana whenua. We have not appreciated the guise of selling off State homes with the support that would enable iwi to be a player in those State homes. That sort of legislation where there is a chance that iwi can be in the seagull pack of all the other people trying to bid for some of those State homes which are mostly in shocking condition is not good legislation.This bill here on the face of it has some real promise. We certainly want to keep an eye on the affordability the good quality design how it is going to impact on the ecology and the social housing provision as well. But I have more faith in Ngāti Paoa being able to uphold those qualities. Certainly the Minister has not been able to put up quality solutions—most of his plans have failed. Thank you.The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Lindsay Tisch): I call Su'a William Sio—5 minutes.