Since 2011, the Electoral Commission has proposed legislative changes which would address the issues, and in the 2017 report on the general election recommended that voters of Māori descent be able to change roll types at any time as this would better meet the needs of Māori voters. Māori, tangata whenua, have been pushing for this for much longer. For decades, our calls have fallen on deaf ears, and it sounds like there are still deaf ears in this House. 