Rurawhe AdrianADRIAN RURAWHE (Labour—Te Tai Hauāuru): Tēnā koe e Te Māngai o Te Whare otirā kei te mihi hoki au ki a koutou ngā mema o te poari kua tae mai ki tēnei Whare ki te whakarongo ki te pānuitanga tuatoru o tēnei pire nō reira tēnā koutou otirā tēnā tātou katoa.[Thank you Mr Assistant Speaker but at the same time I acknowledge you also the members of the board who have arrived here at this House to listen to the third reading of this bill so accolades to you collectively and to all of us indeed.]I want to acknowledge again the promoter of this bill Alastair Scott. I think it is really important that these kinds of bills come to the House. This bill updates a 1943 Act. I support what he said about the prescriptive and restrictive nature of the 1943 Act. It needed to be updated and here we are doing exactly that. I said in the second reading that the Act was paternalistic and I stand by those comments. For me this is all about education and support for educating the next generations to come. The changes allow as has already been spoken about the ability for the trust to give scholarships not only for Anglican schools but for other schools as well as we heard from the member for Rangitīkei Ian McKelvie and there are just a couple of things—well three things actually—that I want to mention. The first is that Turakina Māori Girls College is actually a Presbyterian school—or was until it closed. Hato Pāora College is a Catholic school and offers places not only to Catholics. There are quite a few tamariki who go from Te Kura o Rātana actually. The other thing is that I am absolutely certain that my whanaunga from Rangitāne o Manawatu would not dare to try to encroach over into Wairarapa and try to get some scholarships for their tamariki. We are quite capable of taking care of ourselves. I just wanted to let the House know that. I think the other changes which have not been mentioned are around the purpose and the fact that the ability for the board to make distributions also includes grants to governing bodies of schools—not just to students but also to governing bodies—as well as making grants for the establishment of furnishing maintenance and management at a school. This is fine by me but I do want to point out that that is actually a Crown responsibility. Although that is OK in my mind I think that we do not want to discharge the Government's responsibility to those schools. I just wanted to mention that. I also want to congratulate the Māori Affairs Committee on the work it has done on this bill. I agree with the wording around who qualifies for a scholarship and I think that the terminology that has been used allows for a much broader scope for those who wish to apply for scholarships from the trust. I want to lastly just touch on the governance arrangements. I quite like the way that there has been a staggered arrangement for the appointment of trustees. I think that ensures that there is good continuity and that you do not have all of the trustees leaving after the first term. Having that staggered approach is a very good way to maintain continuity and I want to acknowledge that. I want to acknowledge that the number of trustees has been reduced under this bill. I think that makes for a much smarter and a much more efficient running of a trust from my experience. I think the optimum number of trustees is about seven. In this case it is eight so it is very close. Thank you.