JONATHAN YOUNG (National—New Plymouth): Thank you, Mr Chair, for the opportunity to speak in the committee stage of this bill. I come from Taranaki, from the city of New Plymouth, where we have the Western Institute of Technology at Taranaki (WITT) as our polytechnic that serves our region. It has a campus in New Plymouth and one in Hāwera, and it serves 3,500 students. It has recently had a new chief executive, who is leading that organisation with great energy and vision, and it has what I consider a particularly high-class board of councils that are all local people who have a great passion for our region and who are professional, experienced, and connected to our community. 