Logie Jan; Faafoi KrisJAN LOGIE (Green): Thank you Mr Chair. Before I go into the questioning I would just like to give the Minister the opportunity to clarify that the sexual violence legislation wasn't held up because of what I have to describe as hyperbolic and wildly inaccurate concerns raised by the defence in contrast to two Law Commission reports; a pile of academic research including in-court experience analysis; and decades of work. I really do hope that is not what the Minister said particularly when the legislation is bringing in the broadening of the access to communications assistance that the Minister was talking about so positively. But I will get on to my next point which was about the system and concerns around Māori being disproportionately targeted and our evidence—though actually no I will sit down and let the Minister respond because he seems very keen. I'll get to mine next.Hon KRIS FAAFOI (Minister of Justice): No that wasn't the intent of the comment. I will draw the member Jan Logie to the other half of the comment where I said that we are working to make the bill the best it possibly could be. Ha ha!JAN LOGIE (Green): Thank you and I will go back to the Minister and just point to the very very solid research base that went into that paper or went into the legislation as it was. But to my point around Māori being disproportionately targeted in the justice system knowing that that's at every step—they're more likely to be spoken to by police and arrested to be charged and convicted then imprisoned at disproportionate rates for similar behaviour that Pākehā may engage in—Māori make up as a result of that 50 percent of our prison population and wāhine Māori are now the most imprisoned indigenous women in the world. We know that this has huge repercussions for whānau and our entire communities causing intergenerational harm. So I'm really interested to hear how the Government will be supporting Māori-led justice solutions and how these solutions will be resourced.Hon KRIS FAAFOI (Minister of Justice): A recent victims of crime survey also found that Māori are disproportionately likely to be victims of crime as well. So it's not just in the offending where there is overrepresentation; there is also overrepresentation in terms of victimisation. I think it's fair to say that off the back of the Hāpaitia conference last year in Porirua it was clear that there needed to be a circuit-breaker and I'd like to acknowledge the work of my predecessor the Hon Andrew Little in that respect. I think it's shown in some of the ways that we are working with groups now around the likes of criminal justice reform where we know we really have to find solutions that are targeted for Māori to assist Māori to take some ownership of not just the reformation around being offenders in the court system but also having systems that ensure education housing other factors that go into a young Māori person's life don't point them towards a life that will find them in a courtroom. I think this is borne out by the relationship that we have with the likes of the Iwi Chairs Forum that we meet with on a regular basis. We want to see their lens across any policy making sure that they understand and we understand their perspective to make sure that there is that circuit-breaker for that decades-long overrepresentation around offending and also victimisation. I guess it's also reflected in some of the not necessarily Government-led but judiciary-led ways of working. Again I would like to point out Te Ao Mārama which is in its infancy but also working with the likes of iwi to understand different ways of justice within communities where there is a focus on making sure that young Māori aren't repeat offenders and are not repeat people within the justice system and coming back to courtrooms. I think the judiciary itself has noticed that there's an issue and has taken a leadership role in that sense and I would like to thank them for doing that.