Turei MetiriaMETIRIA TUREI (Co-Leader—Green): Tēnā koe Mr Assistant Speaker. I just want to add the Green Party's support for this bill. It is a little bill. It is just the modernisation of the trusts and their powers and that is good—this is what a local bill is for—and we are very pleased to support it. I have to say I am quite impressed with the number of members who have in the past declared their whakapapa back to Papawai—myself included—but more and more are coming out as we go on through the conversation. It is fantastic. Papawai the takeover of this Parliament by the Māori Parliament seems to be growing day by day.Meka Whaitiri: A prize strategy.METIRIA TUREI: Yes it is a great strategy.Meka Whaitiri: Don't be afraid.METIRIA TUREI: Don't be afraid." Meka Whaitiri says. Yes the Māori Parliament is taking over slowly bit by bit but we will be gentle and will take good care. I have always thought it was a little bit spooky actually that Papawai given it was the home of the Māori Parliament has had such an influence and has actually produced so many Māori MPs across the political spectrum. So it is not just that there is a whānau commitment to a particular political party but there is a commitment to politics to education and to advancing our children through the system so that they can be strong advocates for our whānau in this place and in other places as well. That is what these trusts do. By being clearly established and well-established and by providing the funds for educational scholarships for the children of Wairarapa these trusts are helping to build that expertise from the Wairarapa—from Papawai and elsewhere in the area—and so that is a great thing. It always interests me that when hapū have been the most constrained in resources—and across the country not just in Wairarapa and with Papawai—or have had the least resources they have directed whatever resource they have to the education of their kids. That has always been the first priority for hapū—to do whatever is necessary to get our kids as well-educated as possible so they can live the best lives that they can and so they can be strong advocates for their whānau and hapū later in life. It just goes to show that despite all of the difficulties that iwi Māori and hapū Māori have suffered over the last 200 years always the focus is on our kids. I do just want to acknowledge the changes that were made to the bill by the Māori Affairs Committee and particularly the tidying-up of some old wording. The issue of the inconsistency with the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act was really just I think a drafting issue that arises when you are using older legislation as a model and it is good that we have a New Zealand Bill of Rights Act vetting that reminds us to be clearer and fairer in our language. So I am very pleased to see those changes. We are happy with retaining the definition of "tangata whenua of Wairarapa" as the group of kids who would benefit from the trusts' resources.I too would just reiterate that there is an express provision in the bill that prevents the Papawai and Kaikokirikiri Trusts Board from selling the Papawai or Kaikokirikiri land. Not only does the bill say that the Clareville land can be sold but not the Papawai or the Kaikokirikiri land but it goes on to say: "To avoid doubt the Board may not consent to the sale or otherwise permanently alienate the Papawai land or the Kaikokirikiri land." I think it is really important for everyone at home to know that the law requires the trusts to hold on to that land for the purposes of deriving an income so that kids who are in need of some financial support for their education can get it. I am pleased too that the application of trust moneys from this is quite broad. It is not just about fees; it is actually about the things that kids need in order to be able to get a decent education—books clothes. In increasingly impoverished families just getting decent clothes to send kids to school in is a problem—and uniforms. Other equipment is available to be purchased too with funds from these trusts for our kids. In an increasingly digital age when it is becoming more and more difficult for kids to access the internet and the technology to access the internet—that is really important too. We are very pleased that the bill has come forward. Congratulations to the member who brought it to the House Alastair Scott. We look forward to its passing. Kia ora Mr Assistant Speaker."