Twyford PhilHon PHIL TWYFORD (Minister for Urban Development): Thank you Madam Chair. I just wanted to reply to a question that the Hon Nanaia Mahuta raised in relation to clause 24(1)(e) which states that the Government policy statement (GPS) on housing and urban development must include among other things the Government's expectations in relation to Māori interests partnering with Māori and protections for Māori interests". I think it's worth spelling that out a little bit. It is one of these issues that will be dealt with in a lot more detail in the companion bill which we hope to table in the House soon which will include all the special powers that Kāinga Ora will have to undertake large-scale development projects.One of the central insights of the last two years of work that we've done in this area is that not only are tangata whenua affected more dramatically by the housing crisis than almost any other population group—and we see that in very high rates of Māori homelessness. There's a very significant percentage of Māori who are on the public housing waiting list and we know that Māori households experience disproportionately poor quality cold damp housing and overcrowding. So Māori are really at the sharp of the housing crisis and we know that Māori organisations including iwi organisations are stepping up to be part of the solution. So that's why it's very important that the GPS must include not only the Government's expectations in relation to Māori interests and the way that the housing and urban development system will respond to those interests but actually how we will partner with Māori organisations.Right across the housing spectrum if you look at the way that Te Puea Marae has been at the forefront of some of the community responses to homelessness; if you look at He Korowai Trust and the work of Ricky Houghton in the Far North—very entrepreneurial and innovative approaches to addressing the housing needs of some of our most vulnerable people. There are a number of Māori organisations who are delivering the Housing First programme and I'm thinking in particular in Auckland of the Ngāti Whātua affiliated organisation and Kāhui Tū Kaha and also in the building of papakāinga and other forms of affordable housing. We see Ngā Pōtiki in the Bay of Plenty and I think all without exception of the larger iwi groups from Ngāi Tahu and Waikato-Tainui are involved in substantial housing land development and housing projects.So Māori are absolutely part of the solution and are offering some of the most exciting and creative opportunities for Government and the private sector to partner with them. There are a number of Māori organisations who are delivering KiwiBuild developments and the Unitec site in Auckland at Mount Albert is being developed by the Crown in partnership with the three rōpū who make up the Tāmaki iwi consortium. So that's why that clause is there and that I think signifies some of the most exciting opportunities that we've got.I want to just answer the question Kieran McAnulty raised before about the three years—why the three-year cycle for the GPS—and the reason is that it's worked very well with the transport Government policy statement and that is to have the Government policy statement synchronised with the parliamentary term so that when a new Government comes in it's got the opportunity to refresh the Government policy statement put its own stamp on it bring all that kind of creative energy to bear on the policy making and then set out its plan for the next three years."