Doocey MattMATT DOOCEY (National—Waimakariri): It is a pleasure and an honour to rise and speak in full support of the Papawai and Kaikokirikiri Trusts Amendment Bill in its third reading. Can I just acknowledge the trustees and supporters in the gallery today. It is the first time I have spoken on this bill which is now in its third reading. When having a look through the bill I must say that some of the narrative that underpins this bill—when you look at part of our role as legislators and that is what I am going to talk about in my contribution today it is to modernise and update legislation. This legislation was enacted in 1943 which is 73 years ago. As my colleague Ian McKelvie highlighted not a lot of boards and trusts survive to be 73. It is a good innings. Congratulations on the longevity and the ability to maintain your values through that. So I do not think this bill is looking to change any of the underpinning values; it is just modernising and updating this legislation. I acknowledge Alastair Scott the hard-working local electorate MP. When we think about the focus today that is very much on what is happening around the world it brings back the saying that politics is local." That is exactly what Mr Scott has achieved with this bill today. It is very much a local bill that is at the heart of politics being local and very supportive and it means a lot to the people in his electorate. Also I acknowledge the Māori Affairs Committee under the chairmanship of Nuk Korako which I heard was very collaborative and productive as it shepherded this bill through the legislative process. There were only a couple of submissions and some minor changes but one thing I want to focus on in the modernising and updating of this bill is that it actually reflects some of the changes through time over the 73 years since the primary legislation was enacted. One is around mental health. Many in the House will know that my career before entering politics was in mental health and it was said to me that my background would be very good for engaging with other politicians. When you look at that in that humour there is some truth. We still very much battle with the mental health stigma around "us" and "them" but when you look at mental health we know that over the course of our lives we will all have good and bad mental health. So we are very much all in this together. Section 5 "Vacancies in membership of Board" in the primary Act which is replaced in clause 5—the original legislation stated that any person with mental health issues would cause a vacancy on the board. Quite rightly when we got the section 7 report back from the Attorney-General it identified section 5 as being inconsistent with the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act and as being discriminatory. It is great that we have learnt from these things over the years and now understand that mental health issues are not something that can stop people participating. Another key area that underpins this bill is around the role of education and just to acknowledge the fundamental belief of the trustees very much the underpinning of education around social mobility. When we look at the range of incomes that New Zealanders will receive there is a strong correlation between their education their educational attainment and what they will go on to earn over their lives so it is right that this trust invest heavily in the education of its young people. We live in a globalised world today and very much in this globalised world it is very competitive for jobs and incomes. Many of the young people whom the trust will be supporting through its education scholarships will probably go on and travel a bit over time and they will realise how competitive the world is. Very much it is people like the trustees who are setting them up for great success in life—to be productive members of society—by providing them with scholarships for their education and I acknowledge the trust for that. Another key underpinning of this bill that I want to talk about in my short contribution is around self-determination. It is fantastic that bills like this as we update and modernise them will give this board the flexibility to self-determine to think about where they are going to invest their capital to get the best return that they will ultimately disperse to the young people whom they are overseeing to increase their education to increase their educational attainment and to increase their outcomes in life. I wholeheartedly support this bill to the House. Thank you.Bill read a third time."