7. Crown/Māori Relations—Iwi ConsultationHon NIKKI KAYE (National—Auckland Central) to the Minister for Crown/Māori RelationsCrown/Māori Relations—Iwi ConsultationHon NIKKI KAYE (National—Auckland Central): I seek leave to have this question held over until the next sitting day as an additional question until the Minister is able to answer it. SPEAKER: Is there any objection to that process? Yes there is. Does the member still want to proceed? Hon NIKKI KAYE (National—Auckland Central): Yes. SPEAKER: The Hon Nikki Kaye. 7. Hon NIKKI KAYE (National—Auckland Central) to the Minister for Crown/Māori Relations: Does he stand by his statement regarding Crown and Māori relations that This is the start of a new way of working. We've got to make sure we don't make mistakes we've made in the past"?Hon CHRIS HIPKINS (Leader of the House) on behalf of the Minister for Crown/Māori Relations: Yes. Hon Nikki Kaye: Does he think that the principle of a Government dismissing a Waitangi Tribunal claim within hours of it being made public is the start of a new way of working and good for Crown and Māori relations? Hon CHRIS HIPKINS: The Government has not dismissed the claim.Hon Nikki Kaye: Does he believe that this Government has at all times had adequate consultation and has not breached the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi on education policies and can he guarantee that no mistakes have been made by his Government on this issue? Hon CHRIS HIPKINS: The Government has a huge range of activities happening. In so far as the Minister has responsibility for that matter yes. Hon Nikki Kaye: Does he have confidence in the Iwi Chairs Forum and their relationship with the Crown given statements made by Willie Jackson that he is not interested in iwi leaders' concerns; Shane Jones who has said he wouldn't talk to the Iwi Leaders Forum before Halley's Comet comes back; and comments by Sir Toby Curtis that there's been a lack of consultation on education policies? Hon CHRIS HIPKINS: On behalf of the Minister I have no responsibility for the Iwi Chairs Forum. Hon Nikki Kaye: I raise a point of order Mr Speaker. My question—and if you go to have a look at the transcript—was actually confidence in their relationship with the Crown not the Iwi Chairs Forum. It was very specific and that is his job. SPEAKER: I think the Minister can have another go. Hon CHRIS HIPKINS: I have no ministerial responsibility for that organisation. Hon Nikki Kaye: I raise a point of order Mr Speaker. This Minister's whole responsibility is around relationships between the Crown and Māori so if what he is saying and the way that I worded my question was incredibly specific—does he have confidence in the relationship between the Iwi Chairs Forum and the Crown; confidence in that relationship. If he is going to say—SPEAKER: Well I think what he has just said is that the Minister for Crown/Māori Relations does not have responsibility for that relationship. Hon CHRIS HIPKINS: I raise a point of order Mr Speaker. That was not the question the member asked. The member asked whether I had confidence in the organisation. She tried to rephrase the question—SPEAKER: No no. The—Hon CHRIS HIPKINS: —but the original question as I heard it—SPEAKER: I'm going to ask Nikki Kaye to ask her question again—Hon CHRIS HIPKINS: Exactly as she asked it the first time. SPEAKER: Exactly as she asked it the first time. Hon Nikki Kaye: Does he have confidence in the Iwi Chairs Forum and their relationship with the Crown given statements made by Willie Jackson that he is not interested in iwi leaders' concerns; Shane Jones who has said he wouldn't talk to the Iwi Leaders Forum before Halley's Comet comes back; and comments by Sir Toby Curtis that there has been a lack of consultation on education policies? SPEAKER: All right. I'm not going to require the Minister to answer it again. He did answer it the first time. Hon Nikki Kaye: Will he take responsibility for the issues raised by a member of the Iwi Chairs Forum in the Waitangi Tribunal that there's been no consultation with Māori leaders on the review of the education system; and is part of the reason for this that fellow Ministers keep bagging the Iwi Chairs Forum and other Māori leaders and that's why there is a claim in the Waitangi Tribunal? Hon CHRIS HIPKINS: I absolutely reject the premise of the member's question. In fact the education work plan involves extensive consultation with all New Zealanders. There were many Māori represented at the education summits that were held in Christchurch and Auckland including people who hold relatively senior positions within iwi around the country. This Government is interested in hearing the views of all New Zealanders on education."