Hon Dr DAVID CLARK (Minister of Statistics): The Government Statistician has statutory independence mandated by the Statistics Act 1975. In their production and provision of official statistics produced by Stats NZ, the Government Statistician has complete discretion as to how data is collected. It is not for politicians to decide what is and isn't measured by Stats NZ. I have confidence in Stats NZ's calculation of the Consumers Price Index (CPI) generally, including the latest release from March this year. I do want to thank the member for asking a stats-related question; the first in this portfolio since the election: 250 days, 64.11 percent of the year, two full CPI quarters!