Hon PAUL GOLDSMITH: Thank you, Mr Speaker, and thank you, indeed. The point I was making was that with this bill and in this introduction, the Government is saying that they're requiring councils to consult with their community about these issues, and I'm pointing out the rank hypocrisy of that, given the way that the Government has operated and continues to operate in the very same sector. This is exemplified—and nobody's looking; they're all sort of looking down because it's a little bit hard to follow the logic that their own Government is following here. They want councils to consult when they are on the issue of Māori wards, but when they are forced through by legislation—are changed to the very foundation of our understanding around equal voting rights and how the system works in Canterbury—they do it because the Canterbury Regional Council asked for it. But, lo and behold, the Canterbury Regional Council made a deliberate decision not to ask the community. So the only point I'm making, and I won't labour the point any further, is that it is rank hypocrisy.