Dean JacquiHon JACQUI DEAN (National—Waitaki): Thank you Mr Chair. I wish to speak in support of the Hon Michael Woodhouse's Supplementary Order Paper (SOP) 437 as it relates to the Otago Polytechnic campus. The SOP seeks to exclude the Otago Polytechnic from the transitional arrangements in the bill that convert existing polytechs into the New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology subsidiaries.In particular I wish to add my voice to that of Mike Woodhouse but also add in words in defence of the Cromwell campus of the Otago Polytechnic. It is not hard to do. I have with the assistance of Google had a brief refresh of the courses offered at the Cromwell Polytechnic which I have to say in the years that I have known and been a little bit associated with the polytech through visits and taking a general interest have evolved over time to meet the needs of that particular community and meet the needs they do. I will go through some of the courses very briefly. But just to say that around the Upper Clutha Central Otago region and particularly around Cromwell the Cromwell campus of the Otago Polytechnic is held fiercely and loyally and in high regard by employers by secondary schools by primary schools by orchardists by viticulturists by builders—you name it. The Cromwell campus has well and truly an identity of its own and that identity is fiercely held. I'm assuming I do have some time left on the clock Mr Chair so I will just keep going. [Interruption] Oh thank you 10 minutes; that's excellent. I can certainly keep going for 10 minutes because I feel so strongly that the embodiment of this SOP 437 speaks exactly to what is very wrong with this Education (Vocational Education and Training Reform) Amendment Bill in that it strips and challenges that community pride and buy-in to the Cromwell campus of the Otago Polytechnic—for why?Could the Minister in the chair please explain to not only this member but other members of the Opposition but more importantly to those lecturers; to the management; to the supporters of the Cromwell campus of the Otago Polytechnic; to the students; to the past students who are now working in and around the Upper Clutha and far further beyond beyond these shores who have taken with them the excellence which is the hallmark of the Cromwell campus of the Otago Polytechnic.I'm just going to go through a few of the courses and explain to the Minister in the chair and I ask for her comment on the importance or not. She may not think that the courses offered by the Cromwell campus of Otago Polytechnic are important. Well I believe they are. So I'm going to run through them.There is a course for bike mechanics. Why would that be important? Because of course the New Zealand Cycle Trail is a very important feature of Central Otago. Thank you John Key and your vision and funding support for the New Zealand Cycle Trail which has rebooted the tourism industry in and around Central Otago and will do into the future.Outdoor adventure—Cromwell of course is circled by a range of mountains some outstanding scenery and also not only opportunities for adventure tourism but again opportunities for employment within that outdoor adventure - adventure tourism space once again adding to the economic sustainability and future of Central Otago with its burgeoning population and high birth rate and extremely high growth rate the fastest growing region in New Zealand for some years.Early childhood now features as a course offered at the Cromwell campus. If there is a sector of professionals that is sorely needed I would say that that is one now and into the future. How wonderful it is that local secondary students can move from Dunstan High School they can come from any of the high schools around the region go to Otago Polytechnic and commence their training.Brewing—of course craft breweries are very strong. Again very strong tourism application very strong for employment around the region. If you can't find a craft brewery then you're not looking very hard in and around Central Otago. There is cookery of course. Once again a high tourism area and medals get won every year at national culinary competitions. Farming—there is a partnership with the Tinwald Farm around high country farming. That is a very special niche function of the Cromwell campus of the Otago Polytechnic.Now the Minister—and I do hope she has greater insights than this—may stand up and say Don't worry. It can all still happen." But will it have its heart? Will it have that fierce fierce loyalty from the manager all the way to the student on their very first day of Cromwell campus Otago Polytechnic? Because it is theirs. Now the proposal is that not only does the Cromwell campus become a subsidiary but it becomes a subsidiary of a subsidiary. How can that be good for the Cromwell campus of the Otago Polytechnic? I think not."