Henare PeeniPEENI HENARE (Labour—Tāmaki Makaurau): Tēnā koe Mr Chair. Thank you very much—eh the early bird gets the worm. I am one of the generation who was fortunate enough to go through kōhanga reo and talk Te Reo Māori raised by my elders in the riches that Te Reo Māori provides. I want to pick up the point made by my colleague Mr Grant Robertson because as I have read through the bill I have got a few questions about the words being used in the preamble. First of all before I delve right into it I actually want to thank the hard-working staff of the Māori translation service here in Parliament because they do a fantastic job to make this ordinary speaker seem far more eloquent in their translations. I want to congratulate them. I know that with the increased use of Te Reo Māori in the House not only by speakers but of course in bills like this one in front of us they have got their work cut out for them. So I do want to thank them for their hard work in this space. My criticisms of this particular part in the preamble are certainly no slight upon the hard work that they do. In the preamble where it says Te reo o te pire" if you go down to the third paragraph in about the third line down it says: "Tua atu i tēnā ka āhei te kaiwhakatairanga o te pire ki te tango mai i tēnei e pire ki wah"—and then the letter "ā". In the Māori dictionary there is no such word as "wah" so I wonder whether there is a bit of clarification needed on the part of the member in the chair Alastair Scott. He will see it there. Just to make sure we are clear in there on that particular one it says there "Tua atu i tēnā ka āhei te kaiwhakatairanga o te pire"—that is you Mr Scott—"ki te tango mai i tēnei e pire ki wah ā …". That is just the first one I have. My next one—Dr David Clark: What about Google Translate?PEENI HENARE: Ha ha! In "Te hārakiraki me te New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990" if we go down to paragraph three it says there: "Whakapuaki ai Te Rōia Matua ēhara ngā āhuatanga i whakatakotoria i rara e 5 o te pire i tētahi mea e whakawhāiti ana mō te tika kia noho herehore …". I have checked the dictionary I have asked the experts whom I have access to in this particular space—there is no such word as "herehore". I actually think what is meant in this particular instance if we flip over to the English part is that "herekore" should be the word—herekore "without restriction". If you have a look in the English part "herekore" should be the word and not "herehore". So that is just to make sure: "Whakapuaki ai Te Rōia Matua ēhara ngā āhuatanga i whakatakotoria i rara e 5 o te pire i tētahi mea e whakawhāiti ana mō te tika kia noho herehore mai i te aukatinga …"—and so on and so forth. So "herehore" I am pretty sure should be "herekore". If we carry on down in the same area in the preamble not the next paragraph but the one after it says there "Ka tūtohu mātou kia whakatikaina a rara e 5 kia noho ōrite ai ki te New Zealand Bill of Rights Act. Ka tūtohu mātou kia wetehia atu a tekiona hou …"—which is quite interesting; I found out that "tekiona" means "section". Interestingly enough in the Bible they use other words for breaking down parts of—anyway we move on. It says: "tekiona hou e 5(1)(e) ā kia whakatikaina a tekiona hou e 5(1)(f) kia herea ai ki ngā whakataunga i whakatatokotohia …". I think that that is supposed to say "whakatakotohia" so it has got one extra syllable that should not be there. Instead of "whakatatokotohia" it should be just "whakatakotohia"—so there is one extra syllable in there. Although I appreciate the intention of making sure that Te Reo Māori is finding its prominence in our legislature it is important that we get these parts right so that there are not any ambiguities around understandings that people are able to follow it and to make sure that what is being said in the Māori preamble reflects that which is being said in the English preamble. There is an expression I have used in this House before which is patu kutu or nit-picky. There is another part in the preamble back to "Te hārakiraki me te New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990" it tracks down after the first paragraph there are three bullet points and then in the next paragraph line five it says "roto i a ia he āhua whāiti noa iho ngā herenga kei roto i a ia ka taea"—space comma space—"he herenga i ētahi anake …". I know it sounds a bit patu kutu there but there is just an extra space there that does not need to be there.Pita Paraone: Patu.PEENI HENARE: Ha ha! But these are just some of the challenges that confront not only the select committee—and I do want to congratulate the select committee on its work—but also members across the House when we want to present bills this way in Te Reo Māori as well as in English. It is important that we get those small things right. Those are the ones that appeared immediately in front of me as I read through the bill. I guess this is notice that yes there are members of the public—I myself read all the bills that are written in Te Reo Māori in Te Reo Māori to make sure that they do reflect what is being said in English. I just want to close my contribution at this point in time—you will hear from me again very shortly no doubt—by once again congratulating the members who work hard in allowing Te Reo Māori to be used. Just those points again: "whakatatokotohia" has got an extra syllable; the other one was "ki wah"—there is no such word as "wah" in the Māori language; there is of course the space before the comma; and then the final one is "herehore" instead of "herekore". Thank you."