The country is watching, but voter suppression is very much alive and well in Aotearoa. In fact, it has always been the reality for tangata whenua, going right back to 1867. Electoral participation and basic rights for Māori to exercise in Aotearoa are guaranteed in article 3 of Te Tiriti o Waitangi. There should be no barriers for Māori participating in the electoral process. Currently there are only two opportunities for Māori to choose electoral roles, either at the time of initial enrolment or during the Māori electoral option period. The last one was in 2018, so they missed the opportunity to participate in the last election on the roll of their choice, and, I can tell you what, there are more wanting to swap from the general roll to the Māori roll. The statistics are there, so let's not make up things in the ACT Party about more wanting to go from the general to the Māori—it's rubbish.