Faafoi Kris: Māori Television Service (Te Aratuku Whakaata Irirangi Māori) Amendment Bill — Second Reading Instruction to Committee In Committee Third ReadingText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeFaafoi Kris: Māori Television Service (Te Aratuku Whakaata Irirangi Māori) Amendment Bill — Second Reading Instruction to Committee In Committee Third Reading[Sitting date: 19 November 2013. Volume:695;Page:14946. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]KRIS FAAFOI (Labour—Mana): Can I also join my colleague Clare Curran in thanking the Minister in the chair the Minister of Māori Affairs for taking some time to answer some of the questions that we have asked through the Committee stage. I think he has done a very honourable job of that and gone a long way to answering some of thequestions particularly around the management of the spectrum and he touched briefly on the appointment process for the chief executive.If he is able to could he enlighten us more around the spectrum management and the fact that the management of the part of the spectrum that was held by the Māori Television Service is now being handed over to Te Pūtahi Pāoho. He did mention to us that if there was going to be any change in the way that the spectrum was used it would have to go through him and also the Minister of Finance. I think I heard him say that the service which I am led to believe is the Māori Television Service would also have to approve that. That does not necessarily mean that there will not be revenue gathered or that the spectrum that is within that packet of spectrum will not be used for another purpose and in fact it gave us a process as to how that can be used. So my question to the Minister in the chair is what will be some of the parameters as to how the spectrum can be utilised? If it is leased out where does the revenue from that lease agreement go to? Will it stay within the realms of Te Pūtahi Pāoho? Will it be passed back to the Government as pure revenue? Will it be used elsewhere with Te Reo to promote the use of Te Reo?I think there might be an argument that because that spectrum was given to the Māori Television Service originally any extra revenue that might come from the future utilisation of it might be reinvested back into the Māori Television Service. Obviously this argument is very prudent and timely at the moment because of the budget freeze that the Māori Television Service is under. With advancing technology moving forward and becoming more costly those costs will increase over time for the Māori Television Service so that it is able to meet the demands and needs of the changing technology. I guess if we can get from the Minister in the chair some more specifics about how the revenue that might come about from the utilisation of that spectrum will be used and how it might be used—will it be poured back into the Māori Television Service or will it go to some other avenue that could perhaps promote Te Reo or the Māori culture? Or as I mentioned earlier could it go straight back to the Crown as money to go back into the consolidated fund? That is just one particular aspect in terms of the questions that the Minster answered. If he can give us some more clarification that would be useful.Just to conclude—also the process around the investigation into the appointment process of the chief executive. I wonder whether—and I am not sure what the terms of reference might be—the investigation might be able to look further than just at those involved in the process and those who might have wanted to include themselves in the process. I mention that because I understand that someone from Television New Zealand may have approached either a board member or someone at the Māori Television Service during the appointment process with what I understand to be concerns about one particular candidate. I think that that needs to be addressed. If we have someone at the State broadcaster with concerns about someone who is applying for a job—the chief executive role at the Māori Television Service—and those concerns are not being able to be passed through that is a major concern when we look at the interests of public broadcasting in a wider sense. If there is concern at the major broadcaster about the suitability of someone for a position then you have got to wonder why that is not being passed on to those making the decision about the chief executive role at the Māori Television Service now—that is a very very important decision for what someone called a treasure to Te Reo and to Māori culture established by the previous Labour Government. Also we need to make sure that there is independence and a solid decision being made about an entity that receives $36 million in taxpayer funding each year.I am going to stop there and potentially maybe get some answers from the Minister in the chair.