Logie JanJAN LOGIE (Green): Thank you Madam Speaker. I too would like to rise and offer the Green Party's support for the KiwiSaver (Foster Parents Opting in for Children in their Care) Amendment Bill. I would really like to acknowledge the member Hamish Walker for bringing this piece of legislation to the House. I think it's a huge privilege for those of us in the House to be able to hear concerns from the community and to seek to address them through legislation which is what this is. It's always luck of the draw—and to have got a piece of legislation drawn so quickly I have a degree of envy. But regardless of that I think it's a really important reflection of values and I want to acknowledge the member for that.The initial legislation which we supported at first reading we did have reservations about in terms of the breadth of coverage of all foster parents. What it's basically about for those people who may be listening and not knowing the context of it was initially seeking for any foster parent or kin carer to be able to open an account with a KiwiSaver provider for a child within their care. Our concern at first reading was that any foster parent when we know that children move between foster-care parents all too often—really that kind of responsibility in removing the say for guardians in that context may be inappropriate and create confusion and actually extend the parenting role beyond what is appropriate in what can be quite a short-term relationship even though the focus of this Government is for children who are going to be able to get them back to their primary parents earlier and as quickly as possible because we're going to be putting more effort into supporting those families to be able to address the issues that they may have that have led to that child being taken into care. So we want to be able to maintain as many connections to the birth family as possible to help them have that motivation to be able to address their issues to be able to restore their child to their care safely as quickly as possible.So we're pleased to see that the changes through the select committee process addressed that concern and that now it's been brought in a bit further to cover those with a new definition of Oranga Tamariki guardians". So that's—and this is a bit technical for people who may be listening at home—"Any person appointed under section 110 of the Oranga Tamariki Act as sole guardian or additional guardian of a child." and any person appointed as a special guardian under section 113A of the Oranga Tamariki Act and any person whose sole guardianship of a person is the result of section 119 of the Oranga Tamariki Act. So this is a useful contribution for those who in effect have guardian responsibilities but weren't able to set up a KiwiSaver account for the children in their care and who would be in their care in the long term.The Greens have been long supportive of getting particularly children and families without much resource into KiwiSaver. We had the policy of the State setting up accounts for the children and putting in $1000 to begin with and for those under the poverty line where the State would contribute $200 a week so that by the time they turned 18 all of those children would have $12000. That was an attempt to actually recognise that there is a significant problem around wealth inequality in this country and that some young people who come from privilege get the benefit of their parents' wealth through contributions to KiwiSaver and that other kids miss out on. At some stage in the future we would like to see more initiatives to address that wealth inequality. I hope maybe the member wants to look at this provision for a next member's bill and we would certainly be supportive of that.Again congratulations to the member for picking this up and forcing this conversation in the House. It's appreciated.DEPUTY SPEAKER: I call the Hon Alfred Ngaro—five minutes."