SpeechANAHILA KANONGATA'A-SUISUIKI (Labour): Kia ora e te Mana Whakawā. It is always a privilege and an honour to stand and make a contribution in this House. I would like to acknowledge the member Tangi Utikere for bringing the Palmerston North Reserves Empowering Amendment Bill to the House. Mr Speaker I know you've said that we need to keep to the bill but I just want to acknowledge that in the weekend I attended The Big Sing which is 24 of the best choirs in New Zealand. It's called The Big Sing—choral choirs—and it relates to Palmerston North because out of the 24 choirs the OK Chorale which has been going for 24 years the Palmerston North Boys' High School choir won silver. But not just that; they were chosen as the best ambassadors out of those 24 choirs in New Zealand. So that goes to show the upbringing of the people of Palmerston North and I want to acknowledge the musical director Graeme Young who has been a director for the last 25 years. I hope to attend on 27 October their big finale in Palmerston North—no guarantees that I will attend. But anyway I just thought that it needed to be shared in the House that out of the 24 choirs Palmerston North were the ambassadors who were chosen by the events directors because they were well behaved on and off the stage.Anyway back to the bill. So what does this bill do? Well currently the Huia Street Reserve is part of three Acts which are the Wellington Reserves Act of 1876 and the amended Act of 1877 the Palmerston North Reserves Act of 1922 and the Reserves Act of 1977. What this bill does is it removes the Huia Street land from under the above three Acts and it will instead be held under the Palmerston North Reserves Empowering Act of 1966. I know that members have referred to Palmerston North being founded in the 1800s but prior to that the local iwi one of many—actually the tangata whenua of that land we were advised is the local iwi Rangitāne o Manawatū. So at the Environment Committee we had asked if there are other settlements in play in case this land comes under them and what we were informed is that currently there are no current settlements where this land Huia Street—well there's no current settlements. However in 2016 the Rangitāne iwi had settled and what I am told by the member Tangi Utikere who's passionate about Palmerston North and by yourself Mr Speaker is that Rangitāne o Manawatū actually has a good relationship in the local area. Members have alluded as I did in my previous contributions to the Square—it's about the Daughter of Peace" about the Square in Palmerston North. So we can learn a thing or two about local relationships with local iwi in Palmerston North that provides a positive relationship. We've heard that housing is a problem and not enough was built by past Governments—Simon Watts: Ah that's not true—that's not true. ANAHILA KANONGATA'A-SUISUIKI: But what we are—not enough were built by past Governments. So the proposal for this land on this site is that it may look at medium-density building where families—like I've noted before about those brilliant ambassadors from Palmerston North Boys' High School that if they should decide to reside in Palmerston North the homes that will be built on the Huia Street Reserve will be there for them should they choose to remain in Palmerston North unlike some of our members who have left and gone to Nelson. I just I want to acknowledge you Mr Speaker and Tangi Utikere for being good ambassadors for Palmerston North. You've come to this place and you've shown that it is a place that you're passionate about and some of us could use your passion as an example for how we should demonstrate our behaviour to the areas which we belong to. Last but not least I want to take this opportunity again to congratulate Palmerston North Boys' High OK Chorale for their ambassadorship at The Big Sing in Christchurch in the weekend. On that note I commend this bill to the House. Mālō 'aupito."