Collins Judith: Appointments — Representation CommissionText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeCollins Judith: Appointments — Representation Commission[Sitting date: 03 September 2013. Volume:693;Page:13158. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]Hon JUDITH COLLINS (Minister of Justice): I moveThat pursuant to section 28(2)(e) of the Electoral Act 1993 this House nominate Hon Roger Morrison Sowry of Paraparaumu to represent the Government and Hon Peter Colin Hodgson of Port Chalmers to represent the Opposition to be appointed as members of the Representation Commission.Further I moveThat pursuant to section 28(3)(b) of the Electoral Act 1993 for the purposes of determining the boundaries of the Maori electoral districts this House nominate DanielTakutaimoana Te Kanawa of Hamilton to represent the Government andWhetūmāramaWeratā of Lower Hutt to represent the Opposition to be appointed as members of the Representation Commission.The Representation Commission is the body charged under the Electoral Act 1993 with determining the number of electoral districts in New Zealand and fixing the boundaries for those electorates. Section 28(2)(e) of the Electoral Act requires two persons to be nominated as members of the commission. These persons are appointed by the Governor-General by Order in Council on the nomination of the House of Representatives to represent the Government and the parliamentary Opposition respectively. Section 28(3)(b) of the Electoral Act requires that for the purposes of determining the boundaries of theMāori electoral districts two additional persons are to be appointed as members of the commission. These persons are appointed by the Governor-General by Order in Council on the nomination of the House of Representatives to represent the Government and the parliamentary Opposition.Mr Roger Sowry has been nominated to represent the Government. He was a member of Parliament from 1990 to 2005. He was chief whip from 1994 to 1996 and he chaired the Health Committee from 1993 to 1996. Following the 1996 election he was appointed to Cabinet as the Minister of Social Welfare a position he held for 3 years. He also served as Associate Minister of Health from 1996 to 1998 and was Leader of the House from 1998 to 1999. He retired from Parliament in 2005 and took up a position of chief executive of Arthritis New Zealand. In 2008 he joined the Government relations consultancy firm SaundersUnsworth.Mr Pete Hodgson has been nominated to represent the Opposition parties represented in the House. Mr Hodgson retired from Parliament in 2011 after 21 years as the member of Parliament for Dunedin North. At various times within that period he held the ministerial portfolios of economic development tertiary education research scienceand technology health transport commerce land information statistics energy and fisheries and forestry. He is currently an associate atTuia Group and is the chairperson of the Australian and New Zealand Council for the Care of Animals in Research and Teaching.Mr Daniel Te Kanawa has been nominated to represent the Government for the purposes of determining the boundaries of theMāori electoral districts. He is the chief executive of TeTuhonoMāori Affiliation Service and has been a trustee of theNgāti Maniapoto Marae Pact Trust representing theŌpārure Marae since 1981. He is also a current trustee of theNgāti ManiapotoMāori Trust Board and thePūniu Land Trust. Mr Te Kanawa holds a New Zealand Certificate inDraughting (Civil Engineering). His tribal affiliations areNgāti ManiapotoNgāti KinohakuNgātiRōrāNgātiUekahaNgātiParetekawa andNgātiApakura.MrsWhetūWeretā has been nominated to represent the Opposition parties represented in the House for the purposes of determining the boundaries of theMāori electoral districts. MrsWeretā has served four previous terms on the Representation Commission. She has been a consultant since 1995 and has a background in research. MrsWeretā was a member of the Royal Commission on the Electoral System that recommended New Zealand adopt mixed-member proportional representation or MMP for elections. In 1994 she was appointed to the four-personMāori Committee to the Law Commission which was set up to review reform and develop the law of New Zealand. MrsWeretā has served four previous terms on the commission. She belongs to theNgāi Te Rangi andNgāti Ranginui iwi.