Rutherford TomTOM RUTHERFORD (National—Bay of Plenty): Thank you very much Mr Speaker. I rise to speak on the debate on long-term issues informed by select committee reports on long-term insight briefings for the Social Services and Community Committee.Now the context around this is that the long-term insight briefings are about the Public Service Act 2020 mandating Government departments to develop and publish long-term insight briefings every three years. Briefings aim to inform the public about medium and long-term trends risks and opportunities in New Zealand providing impartial analysis and potential policy responses. And from the Social Services and Community Committee there are three particular long-term insights briefings from the previous term: the first being the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development's long-term insights briefing the next being the Ministry for Pacific Peoples' long-term insights briefing and the final one being the Ministry for Culture and Heritage's long-term insights briefing.Now if I look at the first one which was around the long-term implications of our ageing population for our housing and urban futures it had a few points which are quite stark and bring together a number of issues that we as a country are going to be facing in the coming years. The briefing explores how population ageing will affect housing and urban development in New Zealand. It projects an increase from 17 percent of the population being over the age of 65 in 2023 to 24 percent of the population by 2053. The ministry highlighted that each community needs different things and cannot be a one-size-fits-all approach.Now having looked at that and diving a little bit deeper into it they identified four shifts that the housing and urban development sector will need to make to adapt to these population changes and support the needs of the ageing population. They included providing more affordable housing; secondly supporting more opportunities for alternative tenure options such as cooperatives cohousing arrangements or papakāinga. They also recommended increasing the diversity functionality and accessibility of housing stock. Finally designing neighbourhoods towns and cities so that it is easy for people to access amenities and essential services.The Ministry of Housing and Urban Development emphasised that there cannot be a one-size-fits-all approach to housing and urban development. Instead each community needs different things. So how neighbourhoods are designed and the housing dwelling types within them will differ depending on factors including the age of population.And then looking at the next they had the Ministry for Pacific Peoples' long-term insights briefing and this was around improving Pacific data equity—opportunities to enhance the future of Pacific wellbeing. The select committee heard from the Ministry for Pacific Peoples and that looked into Pacific data inequity in New Zealand. It looks at how to improve the data systems and processes so that data more accurately represents Pacific perspectives and values. The long-term insights briefing stated that Pacific data equity is about ensuring that the definition of Pacific data in its design collection analysis interpretation and use including the presentation of information and narratives about Pacific peoples represents Pacific voices and is free from bias. The ministry has found that Pacific worldviews are not consistently taken into account across Government data systems. This risks misrepresenting the issues that affect Pacific people leading decision makers to misidentify potential solutions.Finally the Ministry for Culture and Heritage's long-term insights briefing and this was looking at ensuring we've got a thriving arts and culture sector across New Zealand moving into the future. It also noted that the sector currently generates around $13 billion each year and employs just under 100000 people as at the end of March 2022. The Social Services and Community Committee from their long-term insights briefings has looked into a number of issues and challenges facing our country moving forward and I commend this debate topic to the House.