So I challenge members opposite as to why, with such a significant change that goes to the heart of how democracy functions, they are so keen to rush this through. The truth is that it's just plain, cynical politics. Labour thinks that by having separate Māori seats, just in the same ways that they've been able in different periods to dominate the separate Māori seats in this Parliament, they will be able to get their foothold more strongly and control local government. It's about vested interest and control, not issues of principle.