Bidois DanDAN BIDOIS (National—Northcote): E te Māngai o te Whare Mr Speaker it's a pleasure to rise on the third reading of the Māori Fisheries Amendment Bill. It's a pleasure to support this kaupapa and this kaupapa is really about te tino rangatiratanga or the ability for iwi to control their own fisheries assets. It's about the updating and modernising of the Government's framework to ensure accountability and it's also to support the fisheries sector.I'd like to just pick up on a point from the opposite side around the support and the aspiration that we have for iwi in the aquaculture space. We have huge potential in the aquaculture space which Matua Shane Jones absolutely is passionate about realising and we support that kaupapa on the side of the House because it is through aquaculture that we can grow jobs in the regions jobs for iwi jobs for rangatahi and jobs for New Zealanders.And you know having been to the East Coast and seen the great mussel farms in the mighty East Coast electorate and seeing for myself first hand—Rawiri Waititi: It's in the Waiariki.DAN BIDOIS: Yes ha! It's in the Coromandel it's in Waihī. Everywhere but Northcote code unfortunately. But there is huge potential for this country in aquaculture and that is something that we have a significant aspiration to help realise but it's only going to be realised by unlocking and unleashing the power of iwi and local communities. So this bill is really about powering up iwi giving them greater autonomy greater control to make decisions that will maximise the aquaculture and fisheries assets for the greater benefit of this country.Because on this side of the House—I'm sure actually on that side too; to a lesser degree perhaps—is we believe in the power of economic development in transforming communities the power of driving economic development to lift people up out of poverty to lift Māori communities to a better place in life. And it is through that kaupapa that leads us to support this bill through the various stages in the House.But I wish to now turn my attention to the bill's provisions because as chair of the Māori Affairs Committee we did briefly consider this bill. I'd like to start out by acknowledging the previous Māori Affairs Committee because this has been handed to our new Parliament but it was mostly dealt with by the previous Māori Affairs Committee. So I'd like to mihi to them to their mahi and to the work that they did on bringing this bill through the various stages.But nevertheless the Māori Affairs Committee that I chair tidied up and brought this bill to the House. It's made a number of changes to update and modernise the governance framework to give iwi more authority over the entity that looks after Māori fisheries assets Te Ohu Kai Moana and Aotearoa Fisheries Limited and making sure that iwi have greater authority to appoint and remove directors. Because as we know it's by the appointment and removal of directors that organisations can have the authority to change the direction of an organisation.It is also gives a whole range of other provisions around power for the entity to impose a funding levy which was mentioned by the Green Party and I think that's going to be a great ability for them to have a greater level of control over that levy framework. It also looks at other minor changes to improve and modernise a governance framework for the entity in charge. They are changes that will—for example it recommends specifying who can hold ordinary shares in Aotearoa Fisheries Limited. It makes a number of other recommendations as well to modernise this entity and essentially give mandated iwi organisations greater control over their fisheries assets.What other things can I say from the select committee? We received a number of submissions and those submissions have been traversed in the select committee process. One of those recommendations of course was the recommendation that the Crown be removed from being exempt from third party in sales or settlement quotas but also a number of other recommendations as well. So that is essentially the essence of this bill. We are at the third stage so this will become law if it goes through today which I suspect from what I'm hearing from various parts of the House it may very well do. So I'd just like to say that on this side of the House we support iwi control iwi having greater autonomy. We support tino rangatiratanga. We support mana motuhake. Hon Member: Ha!DAN BIDOIS: We do—yes we do. Rawiri Waititi: Wow! What a confession. DAN BIDOIS: Yes! Confessions on a Wednesday morning. I'm going off-script. But this is running down the clock which we need to do. As we know we sometimes have to get up and speak on various issues in the House that we know very little of but it is a great opportunity for this House to come together to signal that we have huge opportunities in this country and opportunities that all sides of Parliament wish to realise. And it is under that kaupapa that I stand before you Mr Speaker and commend this bill to the House.