There have been various comments about democracy being undermined, and it's a very limited perspective around democracy. I'd like to refer to the comments of Dr Te Maire Tau in an article in The Spinoff in January. As he said, and I quote, "What opponents really mean by the use of 'undemocratic' is a desire that the majority have for the right to impose their narrow world view on the minority (in this case, Māori). This is a fundamental misunderstanding of what democracy means. Political democracy is not simply the right of a powerful majority to do whatever it wants regardless of the effect on anyone else." Democracy is about protecting the rights and interests of citizens, and that is what this bill is about because it is ensuring that mana whenua have a strong voice at the council, which is fundamentally concerned, in our largest geographic region in Aotearoa, our second most populated region, with those natural resources. Mana whenua need to be at the table making those decisions, otherwise we are not implementing Te Tiriti and otherwise we have the tyranny of the majority.