Lyndon HūhanaHŪHANA LYNDON (Green): Thank you Mr Chair. I'd like to support the members in the Opposition who have pointed out we don't have the capacity nor the capability now for commencement. I worry about the time frame of waiting for Royal assent—that's just around the corner. But we've heard from the Hon Ginny Andersen: 500 police short and yet we're going to lump this on top of them in a short period of time. If we were realistic around capacity and capability—have we discussed with the judiciary? Are the judiciary ready to be flooded by more gang members in court? Are the prisons ready to take more Māori? Well yes they are because they're building the mega-prison at Waikeria—not houses for our people. Kāinga Ora's been shut down—there's a big halt. So that's the thing: are we preparing to house Māori in prison? Because this bill here is hazardous for te Iwi Māori.Looking at the time frames we are not ready. The infrastructure and services are not ready let alone rehabilitation let alone engaging with the community support services that Matua Willie has explained and provided examples time and time again on behalf of Ngā Whare Waatea. There are many programmes around that could be a part of a wider solution than just locking up our people. The judiciary needs to be ready. Prisons are they ready? The cops are not ready. When we have a place like Ōpōtiki with 2000 gang members and two police is Ōpōtiki ready? Is Kohukohu ready? Is Kaeō ready? Is Kaikohe ready? Because that's the reality on the ground. And when you have the Police Commissioner and the Police Association coming up and saying No we are not ready. We need more gang liaison officers. We need more takawaenga those specialist support services within the police who are well-trained and have the skills to be able to support this bill."But it's not going to be ready in time for Royal assent—that's just around the corner. We need to be realistic around the time frames for implementing this because there will be a flood of notifications and next minute our whānau are going to be hauled before the courts. Will we even have enough for security to start driving our people around from Ngāwhā correctional facility? You know this is the ground reality for us in Tai Tokerau and it will be no different to those of our whānau in Bay of Plenty or even Tairāwhiti where Matua Willie's from.So I want to ask the question: what's the rush? Because if we want this to be an effective law and we want it to be something that actually the police and the full system are ready for why are we rushing to Royal assent instead of giving it a year instead of really scoping it out? Has anyone priced this up? Has anyone in the Government priced up the implications of implementing such a law? What is the price to society? What is the price to police? What is the price to prisons and to the judiciary to implement this when we are ignoring things such as the Matariki Court or in terms of the taitamariki court which have very successful gang liaison officers and takawaenga? All of these specialist positions need to be expanded if we're going to go down this route and start banning people wearing their patches in public. These are things that the police have been doing well and same with the judiciary but are we really ready New Zealand?Are we really ready to start isolating a small number of whānau in our community—and they are our whānau—locking up more Māori because they affiliate with gangs because they come from the product of colonisation? Two weeks ago we were giving a mihi to all of the mōrehu in this Whare. Two week ago we were giving a beautiful mihi and acknowledging the harm: 90 percent of gang members come from the State harm that's been inflicted upon them. They don't even know how to read some of our whānau. They are neurodiverse. And they're already in prison. So can we focus on the rehab services that are required in prison the community services that Ngā Whare Waatea and others perform in our communities? Because we're going to need a backstop. We're going to need a backstop in implementing this legislation because ultimately the system is not ready.So for me in terms of where we're at Royal assent is too quick. Can we look at 18 months to ready the system? Can we look to work on the specialist positions that are required and "oomph up" expand those community services and also the rehab services that are in prisons to support whānau once they are caught by this bill? Kia ora."