Lee MelissaMELISSA LEE (National): Thank you Mr Speaker. Ko tēnei Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori. Ko te reo Pākehā te reo tuarua ki au. Ahakoa he iti he pounamu Te Reo. Tēnā koutou katoa.[This is Māori Language Week. In my view the Pākehā language is second. However small the amount of Māori language it is precious. Greetings to you all.]Hon Members: Kia ora.MELISSA LEE: Thank you for that—I think a thumbs up from across the House for my pronunciation. But I can't actually start this general debate without actually mentioning the fact that the gentleman who just sat down Willie Jackson actually vigorously—vigorously opposed the Labour Party policies back in 2015—Hon Tim Macindoe: 2014.MELISSA LEE: 2014. I do however like his sentiments in term of having pride in their language as someone who speaks Korean my mother tongue and I'm very pleased that my parents actually kept up with the lessons throughout my childhood.What an amazing and utterly shambolic Government this is. I'm reflecting on many things and I don't want to draw to the public's attention too much by repeating some of the things that were said last week—I did not get an opportunity to speak in the snap debate. The honourable gentleman behind me my dear friend Tim Macindoe had the opportunity but I did not as I was at a meeting. I did not actually talk about the resignation because the resignation came after the sacking of the Minister the Hon Clare Curran from the portfolios that she held for the shambolic ways that she actually managed herself.In terms of what she said I just wanted to quote something from one of the speeches that she actually made if I can find it. One of the things that she actually said was that My priority"—and I'm quoting—"is that this will be the most open most transparent Government that New Zealand has ever had. We will do this in several ways"—she actually said—"including requiring proactive disclosure of some official information … improving Government capability and performance in relation to the Official Information Act; and deepening the Government's commitment to the Open Government …". That's just not true is it as we've seen.This particular Minister who is no longer a Minister—her time as a Minister is actually probably an example of what not to do as a Minister. It started back in December when she had this secret meeting with a Radio New Zealand executive—she was the head of news and head of content at Radio New Zealand. The Cabinet Manual actually states that when a Minister wants to have a meeting with someone like Carol Hirschfeld she needs to remind Carol Hirschfeld that you need to tell—not you Mr Speaker. Carol Hirschfeld needed to get permission from her chief executive or the board or the chairperson. Carol Hirschfeld actually failed to do that and ultimately that led to Carol Hirschfeld leaving RNZ. Perhaps the Prime Minister should've sacked the Minister then and then maybe the Prime Minister would not have this embarrassment of Clare Curran having to be sacked from two portfolios for not being open about her dealings with Derek Handley.Derek Handley was another shambles. She actually claimed in her written question 19442—that's my question to the Minister—that her staff had access to all of her emails and that if it was ministerial business or Government business the staff will decide. Well it seems like they didn't have access to the Minister's email addresses because they didn't even know about the meeting that she had with Derek Handley. They never actually put down the fact that she had a meeting with Derek Handley when my colleague Brett Hudson asked the question of who she met with on a particular date. Derek Handley was actually left off the list and the Minister once again had to correct her answer she gave wrongly. That's a second offence.The Prime Minister should have actually known by the appalling performance in the House. And I don't think it's the case that she was inarticulate. I don't actually believe that Clare Curran is inarticulate because I have worked with her over the 10 years—Brett Hudson: Fifty.MELISSA LEE: No I know—some people might say that. But I think the thing was she started answering a question that I gave her "What Government business did she do on her personal Gmail address?"—she started her answer by saying she did not and then that played in her head over and over again."