Hon NANAIA MAHUTA (Minister of Local Government): Having listened, again, very carefully and respectfully to the views—which I do not agree with—on the other side of the Chamber, and mindful that at this time of the night people are listening to this debate, looking for clarity about what I've said, I'll clarify what I said, which is that this is a short-term, immediate fix to enable those councils who choose to, to establish Māori wards and constituencies in time for the 2022 election. As indicated, councils will have up until 21 May to make that decision. Now, they could do one of two things. They could continue down the pathway of establishing their Māori wards and constituencies, or they could revoke that. The provision in Schedule 1 in the Schedule of the bill and the date of 21 May is actually the date that becomes really important for this bit of legislation. So in many ways, the argument that Mr Nick Smith has put up becomes somewhat defunct. 