Martin Tracey: Questions for Oral Answer — Questions to Ministers 
Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume 
Martin Tracey: Questions for Oral Answer — Questions to Ministers 
[Sitting date: 26 July 2012. Volume:682;Page:4023. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.] 
12. 
TRACEY MARTIN (NZ First) 
 to the  
Minister of Education 
: Does she stand by all her statements? 
Hon HEKIA PARATA (Minister of Education) 
: 
 Tena koe e te Mana Whakawa. Nahau i timata tatau i runga i te karakia i tenei ahiahi. Otira tena tatau e te Whare e whakanuia nei to tatau reo rangatira. 
[ 
Thank you Mr Speaker. Thank you for beginning with a karakia this afternoon. Greetings to the House as we celebrate Maori Language Week. 
] 
Yes. In particular I stand by my statements that this Government wants to see our education system delivering for five out of five kids and that we are committed to raising achievement and ensuring that all our young people have the knowledge skills and values to be successful in the 21st century. 
Tracey Martin 
: Does she stand by her statements on Parata’s Post promoting the Australian My School website as a template for a purpose-built New Zealand educational website? 
Hon HEKIA PARATA 
: I roto i tera kaupapa i kite tatau etahi ahuatanga e pai ai mo Aotearoa hoki. Heoi ano kare i te katoa. Hei te wa ka timata taua te hanga i tetahi mo Aotearoa motuhake ka tiro ano tatau. 
[ 
With regard to the website we found some elements that were relevant to New Zealand but not all. When we set about buidling a website especially for New Zealand we will look again. 
] 
Tracey Martin 
: Kia ora. Is the Minister aware that the My School website relies upon the national testing regime the National Assessment Program - Literacy and Numeracy or NAPLAN and that this contradicts her statements to the Education and Science Committee that there are no plans to have a national test in New Zealand if the model was rolled out without substantial change; if so can she explain this contradiction? 
Hon HEKIA PARATA 
: I roto i taku whakahoki tuarua i korero ahau mo era ahuatanga e pai ana mo te hanga i tetahi i roto o Aotearoa. I etahi atu o aku whakamarama mo tenei ahuatanga ka whakakorehia tera ahuatanga i runga ano i te whakaaro he whakamatautau mo te katoa o Aotearoa. Na tera rereketanga kare i taea era ahuatanga. 
[ 
In the second part of my answer I acknowledged those elements that would be relevant to New Zealand. In other comments I have made I have been clear that I reject a national test for New Zealand. Because of that difference it could not be done. 
] 
Andrew Williams 
: I raise a point of order Mr Speaker. Although this is Maori Language Week and we do understand the use of Te Reo this week there will be many New Zealanders out there who are wanting to hear the Minister’s answer to the question in English. 
Mr SPEAKER 
: Order! [ 
Interruption 
] Members will respect the fact that I am on my feet. Members in this House are perfectly entitled to use the official languages of New Zealand and they can use Te Reo at any time they choose. For the people whom the member was concerned about out there in the public especially those watching on television there is an immediate translation available to those people watching it on television. That should be available—a simultaneous translation—and if it is not available I want to find out what has gone wrong technically because that should be available.