Prime Willow-JeanHon WILLOW-JEAN PRIME (Labour): Thank you Mr Speaker. As Labour's associate spokesperson for education in particular for Māori I want to add my contribution to the argument why we need to have a longer select committee process to allow for proper and actual consultation to take place with Māori. Now I know the issue has been raised by previous members—Grant McCallum: Repetition. Hon WILLOW-JEAN PRIME: It's not repetition because I want to take the House to the departmental disclosure statement which says—yup it's on page 12—Due to time constraints the Ministry of Education has not been able to undertake formal consultation with the public on any … proposals in the Bill." So there has been absolutely no consultation on any of the proposals in this bill.I want to talk to the regulatory impact statement. Let me take you to page 29 of that where it talks about the Tiriti o Waitangi analysis. At paragraph 109 it says "As a partner to Te Tiriti the Crown has a duty to actively promote and protect Tiriti rights [and interests] and to develop education settings in a way that supports Māori-Crown relationships." This duty is recognised in section 4(1)(d) of the Act which records one of the education system's purposes as being to establish and regulate an education system that honours Te Tirit o Waitangi and supports Māori-Crown relationships. Te Tiriti analysis supports the Crown to uphold our obligations to Māori by actively considering how a charter school model might impact Māori.I am arguing that we need to have an extended time frame because as was argued in the Waitangi Tribunal for the repeal of section 7AA of the Oranga Tamariki Act Māori have said that it is not partnership and it is not consultation to invite Māori to participate in a select committee process. That is not the standard for consultation.ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Greg O'Connor): Well bearing in mind Ms Prime that broadening out about the actual fact of consultation versus the time for consultation are two different arguments.Hon WILLOW-JEAN PRIME: Yep so I'm making the point that that is not even the appropriate place for it but we have an acknowledgment in this departmental disclosure statement that none has taken place whatsoever. So all we have is the select committee process and I argue that is not upholding the Treaty responsibilities and obligations of the Crown when it comes to Māori.Now if that is the only place where this can actually take place is the time frame adequate and sufficient for that to be meaningful? I don't think it is and I am arguing that the time frame is too short to allow for there to be any meaningful consultation and work with Māori on what is proposed in this legislation. And I implore the members on the other side of the House to go and speak to their Minister about their concerns about their failure to uphold Te Tiriti o Waitangi. I'm sure that Minister in particular will be so interested in Te Tiriti o Waitangi.So if I can guide the members and tell them to look at pages 29 and 30 of the regulatory impact statement and the further table of analysis which points out what all of those issues are—when you look at the number of considerations that the advice has I do not believe that the time that has been allowed is sufficient to address all of the things that they have identified need to take place in consultation need to be answered on how to improve these proposals for how to deliver for Māori in our education system. Thank you."