Hon TAU HENARE (National) Link to this
I raise a point of order, Madam Speaker. I am wondering whether you could assist me. The issue that I would like you to have a look at is that, some time ago, the Chief Executive of Te Puni Kōkiri personally approached the clerk of the Māori Affairs Committee—he did not go through the select committee itself—to ask the select committee to request that the Māori Trustee make a submission to the select committee. I am not sure why that was, but he approached the clerk of the select committee to ask the select committee to request the Māori Trustee to make a submission to it. I wonder whether you could have a wee look at that issue to see whether there was any impropriety. I think there was. I think the Māori Trustee was not too keen on making—
Madam SPEAKER