Martin TraceyTRACEY MARTIN (NZ First): I am going to dedicate the majority of my contribution to the other peoples" who make up the 52 percent of New Zealand and that is women. I just want to pick up on a comment made by the Hon Maggie Barry just then. It is unfortunate that in the Estimates and in the amounts that she just announced for culture and the arts the member for Rodney was unable—I am not sure whether he advocated for it—to gain any funding from these Estimates for the Warkworth Town Hall which is over 100 years old. It sits there and actually the men of that area marched away from there for World War I. I also think it is disappointing that with regard to Pasifika peoples and the contribution from the Hon Alfred Ngaro who mentioned lifelong learning these Estimates have nothing to do with lifelong learning if you are over the age of 30. There is nothing for Pasifika peoples the Computers in Homes budget has been taken away SeniorNet's budget has been taken away and there is no increased budget for night school.I want to pick up also on the lack of budget around Pasifika languages. It is interesting that it was only in the last Parliament that a National-led Government actually participated in a Pasifika languages inquiry which had several recommendations for Budgets going forward about the support of the retention of Pasifika languages not only for those coming to New Zealand but for those born in New Zealand. So it is of interest that inside these current Estimates there are cuts to any support for Pasifika languages when assurances were given only 3 years ago.I will talk now about the 52 percent of the New Zealand public that comes under "other peoples" in the Estimates debate. We can acknowledge that there has been an increase of $500000 and we need to acknowledge that that has happened because the Hon Paula Bennett has taken the portfolio. Not only has there been an increase by the National Government and $500000 in the 2017-18 Budget but now at least the Minister for Women actually sits at the table. That only happened because when the Hon Paula Bennett I believe got the opportunity to take on a larger leadership role she also being the bolshie woman that she is said: "I'll have that portfolio thanks." That is the only way it appears that the National Government would allow the Minister for Women to sit at the Cabinet table. That is the only way I believe that there was any increase in the Budget for these Estimates. We do note that this increase disappears going forward. It appears to be a one-off $500000 increase in an election year projecting for 2017-18 with the Minister for Women sitting at the table.We also note that there is absolutely nothing in the Vote Women document that sets any targets for the ministry to measure itself against with regard to let us say pay equity or to measure itself against let us say the number of women on boards. There are actually no practical things going to be done by Vote Women with this $5208000 except providing advice. So that is $5208000—there are no events being run to actually make sure that young women are more confident in their opportunities and that they can do as the Minister has done and pull themselves up to the table and take these opportunities. There is no measurement of any of those sorts of projects coming out of the Ministry for Women.I think that the other thing that needs to be seen if we are going to be discussing the pay equity bill later today is there is absolutely nothing inside these Estimates to address the fact that the pay gap has got bigger under this Government particularly for women with children compared with men with children which now sits at 17 percent. So it is disappointing. There is $500000 more in these Estimates but no targets no real action: a conversation will take place we will talk to people and try to get them to do something but we will take no action. Kia ora."