SpeechHon KIRITAPU ALLAN (Associate Minister for Arts Culture and Heritage): E te Tiamana tēnā koe e te mema mō tēnei pātai. He pātai pai tērā. Ko te tino kaupapa ki te kāhui mō tēnei kauapa he aha ai te Paraire kāre kore te Mane ērā atu rā tuatahi. Mō he wīkene roa ki te whakaawhina i te tāpoitanga o te tāpoi kua haramai ngā manuhiri mai i ētahi wā ki ngā wāhi rerekē ki te āwhina i ngā pakihi ki te whai pūtea ki te manaaki i a rātou mō tērā atu mea. Koinā he whakaaro pai.He whakaaro anō ko te tino kaupapa o Matariki ki te whakanuia ki te whakapiri ngā whānau mai i ngā wāhi ki te whakahokia ki te kāinga. He maha ngā whānau i tēnei wā e noho ana ki ngā rohe rerekē. Heoi kei te pai ki ngā pakihi maha ki te āwhina rātou ā te Paraire ki te hoki ki te kāinga engari kāre he tino pai mō ngā pakihi katoa ki te āwhina i ngā kaimahi ā te Mane. He whakaaro mai i ētahi department o Te Kāwana me ngā kaitono ki te komiti.Heoi ki te whakaaro o tō pātai ko wai e kawea te utu o tēnei kaupapa o Matariki. He whakaaro e pātai atu ahau ki ngā āpiha i te rā tuatahi me hōmai au tēnei pire. He aha te utu ā ko wai e kawea? Ko te whakaaro mai i te kei roto i te regulatory impact statement mai i Te Hīkina Whakatutuki. Ka huri koe te whāinga tekau mā ono ki te wāhi Section 4 o te Impact Analysis i tēnei whāinga (whārangi) he maha ngā reanga o ngā utu ā ko wai e kawea. Ko te tino kaupapa kei roto i tēnei tono ko te whiu e maha ana ngā pūtea mō ngā tāngata katoa o te whā rau whā tekau mā toru ngā miriona tāra e whakatinana kei roto i te economy pea. Koinā ngā whakaaro o ngā āpiha o te Hīkina Whakatutuki. Tuarua o te mea kāore e whakautu pai tērā kāore e whakautu pai. Ki a rātou ki te kaimahi mai i ngā pakihi katoa ko te utu ki ngā kaiāwhina e toru rau whitu tekau mā iwi miriona tāra. Ki te taumahatanga o tērā ko te whā rau tekau mā whitu ngā mirona tāra mō ētahi rā ia rā ia rā katoa. Kei roto i te ripoata e kī ana ngā apiha.Heoi mō ngā iwi katoa mō ngā tāngata katoa o Aotearoa maha ngā whāinga pai ko te tikanga ko te mātauranga mō te pūtea hoki. Ki a mātou ki tēnei taha o te Whare nei maha ngā hua o ngā tāngata o Aotearoa.[Thank you Mr Chair and thank you to the member for this question. That is a good question. This was a big issue for the advisory group; firstly why the Friday and not the Monday or another day. For a long weekend to assist with tourism to support tourist visitors who have travelled sometimes from one area to another to help business to make money and to host them for that occasion. That was a good idea.Another thought was that one of the main themes of Matariki is for families to return home from other places to celebrate and gather together. There are many families these days that live in different places. However many business were happy about helping them to return home on Fridays but businesses more apprehensive about helping workers on a Monday. It was an idea from some Government departments and the submitters to the committee.Turning to your question regarding who will carry the cost of this initiative of Matariki. It is a question that I asked the officers on the first day I was given this bill. What is the cost and who will bear it? This is covered in the regulatory impact statement from the Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment (MBIE). If you turn to page 16 in section 4 of the impact analysis on this page the costs are listed in detail and who will bear them. The main issue contained in this report is the spending such a large amount of money on everyone $443 million to implement this in economic terms. That is the view of the officers of MBIE. Secondly of the thing that not a good answer that's not a good answer. For the workers from all businesses the cost of support is $379 million. The burden of that is $417 million for each day each year. This is stated in this report by the officers.For all the tribes for everyone in New Zealand there are many benefits in terms of customary values Māori knowledge as well as financial. To us on this side of the House there are a great many benefits to the people of New Zealand.]