In terms of remuneration, this bill provides for the appointed Ngāi Tahu councillors to be remunerated—including allowances, expenses, and fees—separately from the pool allocated by the Remuneration Authority, but otherwise on the same basis, given that the appointment of Ngāi Tahu councillors will not reduce the workload of the existing elected councillors. As stated previously, this bill is a local solution for local issues and would simply reinstate what has previously worked exceptionally well. It is not a model that will work in all regions of Aotearoa New Zealand, but it reflects a tried and true arrangement in Canterbury that ensures the values and concerns of mana whenua are given full expression. Environment Canterbury is not urging this model be adopted by others, but it does ask this House that it be allowed to have a system that it believes is right for Canterbury.