Kanongata'a-Suisuiki AnahilaANAHILA KANONGATA'A-SUISUIKI (Labour): Kia ora Te Mana Whakawā. It's an absolute privilege to be the last speaker on the Oranga Tamariki Legislation Bill. Twenty years ago when I was a youth justice social worker I don't think I could've expected that I would be standing here talking on the amendments to the bill. But before I do that I just want to correct some applications from the other side about the genesis of this bill attributing it to a member on their side.Actually if I can just correct the genesis of this bill it was the Hon Ann Hercus who was the Minister of Social Welfare—a good MP from Lyttelton—in 1986 who commissioned the Ministerial Advisory Committee on a Māori Perspective for the Department of Social Welfare. It was led and chaired by Mr John Rangihau and they brought the document—they named it Pūao-te-ata-tū – Daybreak which is the daybreak. They had 13 recommendations. This is actually the genesis of the Children Young Persons and Their Families Act which is now the Children Young Persons and Their Families (Oranga Tamariki) Legislation Act 2017. I just want to air it and moist it that it is the genesis. In the guiding principles they stated To attack all forms of cultural racism in New Zealand". So actually that's the genesis of this. It was the leadership of a Labour Minister in 1986.Well we'll fast-forward it to today. When I was a youth justice social worker in 1999—I know I can't believe it; that's 20 years ago. In 1999 I was at the Youth Court and what happened was there was a young person who appeared before the court jointly charged with an adult. They had a lot of charges and on one of those charges the young person had pleaded not guilty. Trial by jury was chosen and it was transferred to the District Court together with the adult person. All the other charges that were laid in the Youth Court remained in the Youth Court. So what that meant was that the young person along with the adult on the adult offences went along to the District Court and the matters were dealt with there on a different day by a different judge. All the victims went that way on a different day with the judge and all the young person's support went on a different day. All the other matters relating to the Youth Court remained in the Youth Court and that was heard by a different judge in the Youth Court with different lawyers. So what the changes basically mean is that if a young person is charged with an offence under Schedule 1A if he or she has similar charges that are actually within the realm of the Youth Court it all goes as one portion to the adult court where the adult court deals with it.If the adult court finds that those charges are actually charges that the young person is to be held accountable for in the Youth Court then once the adult matter is dealt with all the matters that are within the realm of the Youth Court are then transferred back to the Youth Court. So it underlines the principle in Part 4 of the Children Young Persons and Their Families (Oranga Tamariki) Legislation Act 2017. It aligns with the principles of section 208. Well it actually takes a young person's age is a mitigating factor victims and submit it as a factor and also supports of the young person.It's an honour for me to contribute in this bill in the House and it's also an honour for me to acknowledge those who had leadership on the genesis of the Children Young Persons and Their Families (Oranga Tamariki) Legislation Act back in 1988 which led by John Rangihau and the committee. On that note I commend this bill to the House.Bill read a third time."