Mooney Joseph; Jackson WillieJOSEPH MOONEY (National—Southland): Thank you very much Madam Chair and thank you to the Minister for Māori Development for being in the Chair and to hopefully answer some questions. We just heard from my colleague Harete Hipango.I'm just having a look at the ballot papers and electronic voting to be made available. This is the amendments to the Māori Trust Boards Act 1955 and I note that it has provision of electronic voting systems means an electronic voting system provided for by regulations made under this Act" and that the elections can be by postal ballot or electronic vote "unless regulations provide otherwise". You see that in clause 50 on page 8—for the Minister's reference—and I note it says that "The election of candidates to a membership of a Board must be by one or both of the following as required by the board unless regulations made under this Act provide otherwise: postal ballot or electronic vote."I'm just wondering what the Minister's expectations are for those regulations because it says "unless the regulations provide otherwise". So is the Minister's expectation that electronic vote will become the expectation for the Māori Trust Boards and/or will there be an expectation that it's a postal ballot and electronic vote; or will there be an expectation that there is something else? Because I do see that there's provision for "otherwise" here. So I would appreciate some clarification from the Minister on that point.Hon WILLIE JACKSON (Minister for Māori Development): I thank the two members for their questions. Part 1 proposes the amendment to the Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 to provide that the Māori Land Court's powers under that Act to terminate trusts do not apply to Ruapuha Uekaha Hapū Trust.The trust was established by the Māori Land Court as the member knows of course in 1990 to give effect to the settlement of the Treaty of Waitangi claim concerning the Waitomo claims. It's now an ahu whenua trust under Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993.Now issues have arisen in regards to succession orders and to the possibility that if the court was to terminate the trust the people would be entitled may not align with the beneficiaries of the trust as established. So the intention is that the trust continues to exist with the same beneficiaries in a manner consistent with the settlement of the Wai 51 claim.It also proposes amendments to Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 that will extend the notification period for exercising rights of first refusal on proposed sales and certain other alienations of Māori freehold lane extend the notice period for Māori incorporations to notify shareholders of a general meeting to consider a special resolution.In terms of Mr Mooney's question obviously I think the face-to-face kanohi ki te kanohi-type hui are much more preferred. It's the preferred perspective I suppose by most Māori but emerging meetings of assembled owners provision are designed for Māori land that as the member will know has multiple owners and no management or governance structure. These provisions enable owners to meet and make decisions concerning their land and we think that if you're asking what the preference is the preference will certainly always be a kanohi ki te kanohi position."