Prime Willow-JeanWILLOW-JEAN PRIME (Labour): E Te Māngai o te Whare tēnā koe. Tuarua tēnā hoki koe e te whaea e Jan mō tō pire kei mua i te aroaro o tātou katoa i tēnei ahiahi. E mihi nui ana e mihi aroha ana ki a koe mō tō whai whakaaro kia uru mai tēnei ki roto i tēnei pire āe hei tāpiri atu ki te pire matua mō te taha o te mātauranga. E mōhio ana ahau ki tētahi whakataukī e mōhiotia whānuitia ana arā 'Ko te manu e kai ana i te miro nōna te ngahere; engari ko te manu e kai ana i te mātauranga nōna te ao.' Ka huri ahau ki te reo Pākehā.[Thank you Madam Chair. Secondly thank you Jan for your bill which is before us all this afternoon. I congratulate and thank you for having the presence of mind to bring this to this bill yes this amendment to the main bill on education. I am reminded of a well-known proverb which says The bird which partakes of the miro the forest is his domain but the bird which consumes education his domain is the world." I shall now speak in English.]Firstly I just wanted to acknowledge the member Jan Tinetti—I think I called her a whaea which will make her feel a little bit old—for bringing this member's bill to the House. This is my first time speaking on it—I didn't get the opportunity in the first stage—so I want to acknowledge her for having the thought to bring this to strengthen the system and the processes. She made the point in responding to some of the points made from the other side about what the importance is of this document. As she said it sets the high-level priorities to guide planning for early childhood and compulsory education sectors.The Minister earlier spoke about some of the debate that was had at the Education and Workforce Committee. I wish I was there to hear some of that. But the summary that he gave us and what I pick up from the report that's come back from the select committee was the debate over "must" and "may". It just still staggers me the belief that the other side just still don't want to consult and work with our communities to develop such important documents—they're just anti-consultation—to develop something that is so important.What I in particular was interested in and I actually have a question for the member is around Māori education. Given your experience as a principal in Tauranga what does the member see as the importance of Māori education and for Māori organisations representing Māori education to have input into this process? So that really is my question because it goes to what the importance is of that and in terms of the importance of this document that we're looking at. I also want to support what the Minister the Hon Jenny Salesa said in terms of this now requiring us to consult with special character schools or bodies that represent those schools. In my rohe in my area in Northland proudly my hapū Waikare has the only special character school north of Auckland to date. However those of our charter schools are in the process of changing. Now that school is different to many others in the area. They run on a different kaupapa so their input is likely to be different to that of others. So it's important that it comes through organisations representing those particular schools. So I'm pleased to see that in there but my question really is around from your experience what is the importance—sorry not for the Chair; it is for the member whose name the bill is in to answer that question."