Tuiono TeanauTEANAU TUIONO (Green): Thank you Mr Speaker. I thought the comedy had stopped when Willie Jackson had left the room but then it kept going.I rise on behalf of the Greens for this third reading and I reflect on some of the comments from around the House. You know often in these education debates we talk about lifting literacy standards and the importance of literacy particularly from that corner of the House. But here's the thing: they have failed to read the room today. Unlike the Hon Willie Jackson I don't know if I've got any relatives up in the public gallery; if you are there let me know! But what I would also say is that earlier comments focusing on sandwiches—I could see that the Hon Willie Jackson was quite hungry and had to dip out probably down to Copperfield's to get his lunch.I tua atu i tērā e ngā wānanga e toru tēnei ka mihi atu ki a koutou katoa. E mihi ana ki ō koutou nei māia e mihi ana ki ō koutou nei ngao i whakapau werawera kia tae atu ki tēnei o ngā wāhi. Me mihi atu ki te tauira nā koutou anō i taki nā koutou anō i whakarite mā tātou te ao Māori.Ehara i te mea ko tēnei mea te wānanga he wāhi noa; he haerenga. I kite mātou te ao Māori otirā te tūmanako tēnei Whare i ngā hua i puta i ā koutou nei mahi. Kei te whakaaro ake ki tērā o ngā rautaki ko te Whakatupuranga Rua Mano. Anei anō tētahi nō te Manawatū i kite i ngā hua i tae atu ki tō mātou nei pito o te takiwā. Nā ko te tūmanako nui ka whai wāhi anō kia whakarite he ara anō mō te Whakatupuranga Toru Mano he oranga tērā mō tātou katoa.Ko tāku nei ki roto i tēnei ture me pēnei anō ngā waeture me pēnei anō ngā ture katoa. Tē taea e te ture te mea atu anei anō tō rangatiratanga anei anō tō mana". Ka taea kētia e ēnā ture te aro te kite te rongo te tiro anā anō tō rangatiratanga. Me pērā anā ngā ture.Ko tērā te ki tōku nei whakaaro te ia o tēnei o ngā ture. Nō reira tēnei o ngā Kākāriki e mihi atu ki a koutou katoa.[Apart from that to the three wānanga I acknowledge all of you. I acknowledge your bravery I acknowledge your energy and the sweat that was expended to get to this point. It is appropriate to acknowledge the example that you have set that you have prepared for us for Māori society. This thing the wānanga is not merely a place; it is a journey. We saw Māori society indeed I'd hope that this House saw the fruits that were produced by your labour. I think about that one of the strategies Generation 2000. Here is another from Manawatū who saw the benefits that came to our part of the area. So the great hope is that there is an opportunity to prepare another pathway for Generation 3000 that would be of benefit to all of us.For me in this legislation regulations should be like this all legislation should be like this. Legislation cannot say to you "here is your autonomy here is your authority". Instead that legislation can pay attention see hear look there is your autonomy. Legislation there should be like that.That is the in my opinion the trend of this piece of legislation. So this one of the Greens greets all of you.]This bill addresses governance of the wānanga and that's been traversed quite a bit as well over the last two hours or so as well and the Green Party support that. It is about the collaboration between the Crown the Ministry of Education and the wānanga. And here I want to acknowledge in English Te Wānanga o Aotearoa Te Wānanga o Awanuiārangi and Te Wānanga o Raukawa—that emphasises Māori decision-making. The bill allows these institutions to choose between becoming Crown entities or non-Crown entities accountable to iwi hapū and Māori organisations aiming to ensure fairness and cultural autonomy. And I want to acknowledge that in the House about how important that is and also the strategy that is being put into place to ensure that that moves forward—not just for their own communities but for all of Te Ao Māori.The term wānanga itself: it's not just a destination or a location—but in this case it can be—but it's also a journey because knowledge always evolves. Mātauranga Māori evolves; knowledge evolves as well and so it's so important that actually that stuff is built in to help to enable the aspirations of Māori to enable the aspirations of wānanga as well. And I do want to reflect on some of the kōrero around the protection of the word "wānanga". It's so important that that word is protected. But as we have said before—as went back and forth in this debate as well—we could continue to have that kōrero because as I was saying it's not just the location; it's the journey. Knowledge evolves and changes and that that requires time it requires space and to actually have those conversations; those very important conversations because we don't know how long those conversations could be. Could be just over a cup of tea—probably not but it could also be over a number of weekends or years and so on and so forth. But it is so important that we give space to enable those conversations to be had. Tēnei te mihi atu ki a koutou kia whai wāhi anō ki tērā o ngā āhuatanga. [I acknowledge you for the engagement with that one of these things.]The important thing here I think we need to recognise as the House is that this is what the wānanga wanted; this is what the wānanga want—they get it. You know this place is all about compromises and we get what we can to a particular point. We set we rest we wānanga again and then we move again and that's what the point of this bill is. We had those conversations with the wānanga. And yes I do agree with the sentiment of the member Penny Simmonds around the frustrations of being called "category A" or "category B" or whatever. But here's the thing right: the journey is up it's down and then we rest and we reset; we achieve something we get somewhere—and we're doing that with this bill today and then we continue to have that conversation as we move forward because that's what folks want. It's about moving forward: that's why Te Ao Māori has always been about movement. We're moving from one place to the other in terms of our thinking in terms of our knowledge and it's just so so important that we respect that and we honour that.There was lots of conversation about a lot of the other parts of this bill as well and I do want to acknowledge our irawhiti whānau our trans whānau and to say that the Green Party see you. The Green Party is supporting this legislation to enable that visibility to happen to enable that that space—or that potential space—to be created. But I also acknowledge the words of the Minister who said "You know what this stuff isn't compulsory. It's about empowering it's about enabling—it's about giving people the nudge and saying 'Hey you know what being inclusive and being diverse is a good thing. Have you thought about it; what this could mean for rainbow youth in particular for rainbow communities? Make sure that you have that engagement.'"I also want to reflect on some of the connections that I have with school communities. When schools operate well they're connected with their communities. They know their communities there are embedded parts of their communities and if we give them this prompt if we give them these ideas then they can go "Well you know what? This could be great for our schools. This could be great for our tamariki particularly for those tamariki who are less visible than others" and so that's so important. Nō reira e mihi atu ki tērā o ngā āhuatanga. [So I acknowledge that phenomenon.]There are a whole lot of other important amendments as well but I would also like to underline and point out that this is Education Amendment Bill (No 3)—it's like the trilogy that just doesn't end and there will be other amendments coming forward as well. I've only been here for about three years but I think I've spoken on a couple of the other amendments as well. So it's not like "You know what this is it and it's over" there is time for us to actually reset to acknowledge the accomplishments of our wānanga in particular and the wide support for our Māori communities as well and I note Te Rūnanga nui o ngā Kura Kaupapa Māori came along to tautoko and to share their whakaaro. Te Kaunihera Māori came along to show their support for the kaupapa as well and that's an important part of that as well. Nō reira e te Whare e te Pīka anei mātou ngā Kākāriki e tautoko ana i a koutou ngā wānanga e toru. Te tūmanako noa kia huaki anō te wānanga kia wānanga me pēhea te tika o tēnei kupu te wānanga kia wānanga ai te kupu kia wānanga anō ai te whakaaro kia wānanga tō tātou nei ao Māori. Lindsay tēnā koe otirā tēnā koutou katoa.[The Māori Council came along as well to show their support for the initiative as well and that's an important part of that as well. So to the House Mr Speaker we the Greens support you the three wānanga. The only hope is that the discussion is opened again to discuss what is the truth of this word wānanga to discuss the word to discuss the concept that our Māori society discusses it. Lindsay greetings indeed greetings to all of you.]"