Woods Megan; Bishop ChrisHon Dr MEGAN WOODS (Labour—Wigram): Thank you Mr Chairman. This is my first chance to make a contribution on Part 2 of this bill and I do have some very specific questions. They do pertain to clause 5(1) of Part 2 the repeal of the Natural and Built Environment Act 2023. Of course that takes with it section 58 of the Natural and Built Environment Act. Section 58 of that Act provides some enabling provisions in some very important areas.There are a number of areas that I wish to ask the Minister about but specifically my question to the Minister responsible for RMA Reform is around what will be done to ensure that we can continue to see momentum with the repeal of section 58(b) which is the enabling provision for papakāinga on Māori land. Of course with the Resource Management Act that will be coming in to replace it with the repeal of section 58(b) in respect of papakāinga land it was possible to build papakāinga housing but I think it's fair to say it was incredibly difficult to build papakāinga housing. The intent with the national planning framework legislation was actually to have an enabling environment so we could see more of it.Our Government had an incredibly aggressive programme around the provision of papakāinga housing and obviously that can take many forms. In those forms we managed to build around 500 houses on papakāinga land when we were in Government with another 200 in the pipeline but this is not nearly enough and why it was that this enabling provision was put into the Natural and Build Environment Act. With that going and reverting back to the provision which we do not consider is anywhere near permissive enough when it comes to papakāinga housing what advice has the Minister received on this if any? What are the Minister's plans to ensure we can have a more permissive environment around papakāinga housing? I do have some more specific questions but I'll give the Minister an opportunity to answer that one.Hon CHRIS BISHOP (Minister responsible for RMA Reform): In relation to the member's question I haven't received any specific advice about papakāinga housing. I agree with the member that it's a very important part of the housing mix as we go forward—a very important part of solving our housing crisis. Papakāinga housing in my own electorate of Hutt South has been very successful. I think there is a real role for Government and my good colleague the Hon Tama Potaka as Associate Minister of Housing (Social Housing) with responsibility for Māori housing will be doing some work on that. There's a wider issue around Te Ture Whenua Maori Act and land law reform which Parliament—Arena Williams: Accept my amendment.Hon CHRIS BISHOP: —well not—Arena Williams: It's good.Hon CHRIS BISHOP: —has struggled with for many years including the last Government and the Government before that and maybe in the next three to six years we'll make some progress on it. I won't hold my breath but let's hope we can get some progress on it because we do need iwi in particular to be able to make better use of land and also various Māori entities out there.So I'm very interested in the role that papakāinga housing can play in relation to solving our housing crisis. I haven't received any specific advice in relation to this; however there's a fast-track bill coming—the Government's own fast-track piece of legislation—in the new year. I'm happy to consider papakāinga housing as part of that fast-track but I haven't received any specific advice.