Muller ToddTODD MULLER (National—Bay of Plenty): Thank you Mr Chair. Great to be able to take a few minutes to talk on the reviews that we sat through in the Māori Affairs Committee. I just want to acknowledge the chair. I don't sit on that committee any more. I was there for a few months but have now moved on to the Environment Committee but the time that I did have there I was impressed with the chairmanship of Rino and also just the general approach that all members had in debating and discussing and reflecting on the ambition of Māori and what is the appropriate policy response to assist in that ambition.I do want to add my voice in support of my colleague Chris Finlayson who I thought gave a very robust account of the lost opportunity that we all reflected on in the committee particularly when we had Te Puni Kōkiri in front of us and asked them to reflect on the significant work that had been under way through the review period to establish the Māori Land Service that was envisaged as being necessary when Te Ture Whenua Māori Bill was passed. The Minister for Māori Development when she stood up earlier and made her contribution suggested that that was inappropriate from a policy perspective that that work would go concurrently as we worked through the finer details of Te Ture Whenua. I fundamentally disagree with that approach.It is too pedestrian to hold a view that as you are progressing a particular policy initiative the ministry that will be accountable for giving life to that when it passes should sit on their hands and wait for it to pass and then begin the planning to make sure that it gets operationalised. It might reflect the way this Government does business—as in pedestrian and we'll do a lot of working groups and eventually we'll come round to finalising a policy and then hoping that it finds its way through to being operationalised—but it doesn't reflect the way the National Government with its support parties ran the Government. We had a particular view that Te Ture Whenua would be a fantastic benefit to Māori and particularly release the productive potential of that land which so much of it—as Chris Finlayson was so articulate in outlining—currently lies relatively dormant from a productive perspective. That's why we wanted it to proceed and I think putting money aside and getting the business of the Māori Land Service up and running concurrently were entirely defendable.I think it is worth it sir—oh madam sorry; the Chair's changed in the meantime—to just repeat those three key reasons why we saw this as being critical: (1) top-quality registration (2) a dispute resolution service and (3) development of a land advisory system. Huge lost opportunity and one that we think will be a blight on this Government. It is much easier to destroy momentum than actually build it up and that will now be the test for those on the other side who have accountability for delivering against this aspiration.The chair Rino Tirikatene earlier referenced the fact that as a committee we heard from a number of agencies that are involved in ensuring that the Māori language is promoted and used by greater numbers. In particular we had the Māori broadcasting radio network. They turned up and spoke at one of the committee sessions that I was at. I was particularly struck by the efforts that that organisation or that network of radio stations are applying themselves to to ensure that at a community level at a grassroots level at a whānau level this avenue in terms of iwi radio is actually meeting their needs and that people are actually engaging with it.I spoke to them about the example that I saw in my area of Tauranga. I was at the Rā Whakangahau the kapa haka festival. Moana Radio was there with the incredible opportunity that their presence provided to showcase phenomenal Māori talent in our local area and actually enable through Moana Radio the opportunity for people who weren't able to be there to participate. I think this is an area that should continue to have focus and resources and I look forward to when the Government puts their money behind it because there's a whole lot of support for that to happen. It'll be interesting to see whether that makes one of the 55000 Budget requests that are currently being considered. Thank you.