Lee MelissaMELISSA LEE (National): Thank you Madam Chair. It's a pleasure to rise. I'd like to start off by complimenting the chair who actually just sat down. Jonathan Young is a very able chair and he has actually given us a rundown on some of the issues that the Economic Development Science and Innovation Committee has actually worked through in the last financial year. There were many. I think the Economic Development Science and Innovation Committee probably does more annual reviews than any other select committee in this House and I'd like to actually thank all of the members from right across the House who do great work together. We debate but we actually work well together as a select committee.I'd like to traverse maybe some of the issues related to the particular portfolio responsibilities that I have in broadcasting communications and digital media on this particular debate. Because of my responsibilities one of the biggest I guess interests that I've had over the last couple of years of this Labour-led Government was the issue in relation to Radio New Zealand in terms of Labour's desire to potentially turn Radio New Zealand into a television channel calling it RNZ+ and their promise to actually deliver in excess of $38 million a year for the next four years. That was their election promise but the delivery never actually happened.Considering that this is actually a debate I thought that 2019 was the year of delivery and I have to sort of wonder where the delivery the action has actually gone. It is definitely not a year of delivery for this Government and they haven't actually so far delivered anything. But I have to actually compliment the Minister the Hon Kris Faafoi who I have to say does a wonderful job for the portfolio that he was given. I say make him a Cabinet Minister—he's so much better than the previous one.I guess Radio New Zealand has had a challenging year.CHAIRPERSON (Hon Anne Tolley): I'm sorry to interrupt the member but Radio New Zealand comes under a later debate.MELISSA LEE: Economic development?CHAIRPERSON (Hon Anne Tolley): It comes under Māori Other Populations and Cultural Sector according to this list. Radio New Zealand comes—MELISSA LEE: Oh well. I will repeat that debate next time around. Do I get three minutes back?CHAIRPERSON (Hon Anne Tolley): Oh I beg your pardon. It's listed there—no I'm sorry. It's listed there but it does actually refer it back to economic development. Continue on. I'm sorry—my mistake.MELISSA LEE: So I can actually talk about it?CHAIRPERSON (Hon Anne Tolley): You can—my mistake.MELISSA LEE: Thank you Madam Chair. I guess one of the difficult tasks that Radio New Zealand has had is that it's been rather controversial having had previous chairs and a very able CEO turn up to select committee having to explain the issues of non-transparency and having a new Minister tasked with the job of cleaning up the process. I guess the controversy of losing their head of news as well has been rather difficult but having said that I think Radio New Zealand does a good job. Any criticism I have of Radio New Zealand is probably in terms of the issue that they had with the last Minister and I think they do try and do their very best in producing quality programmes and the diversity that this nation actually requires. I commend them for the work that they do.In terms of other entities that we have actually reviewed I mean most of them do a grand job. One of the concerns that I've actually just recently had was in relation to MetService who have appeared before our select committee where time and time again under question I tried to ask questions in relation to how MetService would react to the roll-out of 5G in this country and they weren't actually able to produce the answer. The CEO and the chairperson could not actually answer.I am appalled to actually see an article in the newspaper where they have now commented saying that 5G may interfere in the prediction of the weather forecasts. I am surprised at this article because they must have had that information when they appeared before our select committee. I have today written to the select committee chair hoping that we may be able to recall MetService to actually answer some of the questions that I have of them in regards to this particular article that I hold in my hand.Overall the entities that have actually appeared before select committee were asked very pertinent questions and they were very able in their answers.