Rurawhe AdrianADRIAN RURAWHE (Labour—Te Tai Hauāuru): Tēnā koe e Te Māngai o Te Whare. I stand opposed to the Education (Update) Amendment Bill. I want to start off by reflecting on the last 27 years because it was 27 years ago that the Tomorrow's Schools kaupapa came out and the new Education Act as it was then. That was visionary. That has stood the test of time and that was a key policy at that time for the then Labour Government. In reflecting on what became self-managed schools and everything that went with Tomorrow's Schools I want to say that this education update legislation does not really go where it should be going in terms of this Education Act. I support my colleague David Cunliffe who has spoken and who has just resumed his seat—for example on communities of learning. I was a member of a school board of trustees for 13 years. I chaired Te Kura o Rātana School's board of trustees for that time and I can tell you that a community of learning for a kaupapa Māori - based kura looks very different to the communities of learning outlined in this bill. Here is one feature that it ought to look like. It ought to be naturally cooperative among schools. It should not be forced it should not be over-managed and it should not be bureaucratic. It should be done in a way that has its clear focus on supporting each other as we would say in a kaupapa Māori way. I do not believe that this bill will achieve that. There are other issues like communities of online learning. Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te Atihaunui-a-Paparangi in Wanganui in my electorate were chosen and did a project there called He kura tukutuku he kura tangotango [A providing school a releasing school]. That was about providing lessons for their students and others in other schools online in Te Reo Māori—Māori medium. It was still teacher-directed teacher-assisted. One of the key parts of that project was upskilling teachers to be able to use that technology to also be able to add to that programme—that application—so that they could insert locally relevant lessons into that computer program and then assist the children at school in front of a computer. This community of online learning is a long way from that. Where is the teacher direction? Where is the support? Where is the consultation with parents—do they actually want their children to be staying home in front of a computer screen? I am not against computer screens not at all. What I am raising is: where is the evidence to support that this will work? I have seen evidence to say that it does not work. The experience of others particularly in the US provides information that evidence does not exist to say that that type of learning will actually work. The other issues are social issues. Everyday conversations everyday interaction with other children and with their peers—how are we going to make Te Reo Māori a transactional language in our country if a student is at home sitting at a keyboard? I cannot see how that is going to be helpful in making Te Reo Māori a transactional language. I understand that that might be helpful for some students but for the majority of students particularly the ones whom I represent it will not help at all. Kia ora.