It became obvious during the select committee process that things weren't quite as straightforward as was being presented and that there might just be an ulterior motive at play. The short time frame for submissions was a concern expressed by a lot of people, and the timing of the hearings, and a number of more technical details regarding the wording and the motives. Overwhelmingly, the early childhood centre owners said they agreed their employees deserve to be paid more. Like all businesses, they value their employees. They train new ones; they care about their welfare. It's in their best interests to have a happy workforce, as well as the employees'. This is something that a Christchurch early childhood centre owner wrote: "I want to be able to give increases to my teachers, many of whom have been with me for many years. They're looking forward to it. They deserve it. The wage gap between unqualified and qualified experienced staff has eroded away due to minimum wage increases and the recent wage increase for newly qualified staff. We're going to lose many qualified and dedicated teachers from our workforce if we can't make pay parity work. And it will happen soon. They've waited too long."