The title of this recording is "Protect sexual education resources in schools". It is described as: Audio from the event: Protect sexual education resources in schools, co-hosted by NZEI Te Riu Roa and Rainbow Wellington. It was recorded in NZEI Te Riu Roa, Level 6, 79 Boulcott Street, Aotearoa New Zealand on the 25th July 2024. This is a recording of an event and features the voices of Ayesha Verrall, Ceri Giddens, Cherida Fraser, Kay Jones, Sam French, Stephanie Mills, Tabby Besley and Val Little. Their names are spelt correctly, but may appear incorrectly spelt later in the document. The duration of the recording is 32 minutes, but this may not reflect the actual length of the event. A list of correctly spelt content keywords and tags can be found at the end of this document. A brief description of the recording is: Audio from the event: Protect sexual education resources (RSE) in schools, co-hosted by NZEI Te Riu Roa and Rainbow Wellington. The event was held at the national offices of the NZEI in Wellington on 25 July 2024. It also marked the launch of the NZEI Te Riu Roa Wellington Rainbow Network. Speakers included Cherida Fraser - Wellington Regional Coordinator for NZPC: Aotearoa New Zealand Sex Workers' Collective and is the board chair at Miramar North School; Tabby Besley - Managing Director and Val Little - Wellington Schools Coordinator at InsideOUT Kōaro; Stephanie Mills - National Secretary at NZEI Te Riu Roa; Sam French - Chair at Rainbow Wellington; Labour MP Ayesha Verrall and Kay Jones. Note some parts of the event were not recorded. The content in the recording covers the 2020s decade. A brief summary of the recording is: The event focused on safeguarding and advocating for the continuation of Relationship and Sexuality Education (RSE) guidelines in schools. Cherida Fraser, Wellington Regional Coordinator for NZPC: Aotearoa New Zealand Sex Workers' Collective, highlighted the vital role of community in supporting and nurturing individuals, emphasizing the importance of the RSE curriculum in promoting respect, consent, and resilience among children. Fraser underscored that the curriculum is crucial for providing children with the language and understanding necessary for fostering respectful and inclusive relationships. Tabby Besley, Managing Director of InsideOUT Kōaro, and Val Little, Wellington Schools Coordinator, discussed the mission and impact of InsideOUT in ensuring that all rainbow and takatāpui young people feel safe and included in schools across Aotearoa. Besley detailed their organization's comprehensive support for schools, including policy consultations, training, and advocacy. Little shared personal insights into the challenges and progress in creating inclusive environments in schools, stressing the necessity of maintaining and enhancing the RSE curriculum to prevent harm and ensure the well-being of all students. Stephanie Mills, National Secretary at NZEI Te Riu Roa, reiterated the union's commitment to supporting inclusive education and the newly launched Rainbow Network. Mills shared personal anecdotes to illustrate the significance of love and inclusivity in education, reinforcing the idea that most people support acts of love and inclusion, and that standing up for these values is essential in the face of opposition. Sam French, Chair of Rainbow Wellington, highlighted the importance of relying on experts in education to develop and maintain guidelines like the RSE curriculum. French emphasized that the curriculum, developed based on extensive research and expertise, should not be altered hastily due to political pressures. He advocated for continued support and communication with policymakers to ensure that the voices of those who benefit from and support inclusive education are heard. Labour MP Ayesha Verrall spoke about the inclusive experiences of their own child in the education system and contrasted this with their own upbringing, which lacked such support. Verrall underscored the crucial role of public education in fostering an inclusive community where everyone feels valued and normal. They argued that the attack on RSE guidelines is part of a broader political strategy to create division and marginalize certain groups, stressing the importance of community action and dialogue to counter these efforts. Kay Jones, a former teacher and queer parent, shared personal experiences of the negative impact of inadequate sexual education in schools, including instances of transphobia and a lack of understanding about consent. Jones highlighted the importance of the RSE curriculum in preventing such harm and ensuring that all students, regardless of their identity, receive the education they need to navigate relationships and sexuality safely and respectfully. The event concluded with practical suggestions for community involvement, including signing petitions, attending school board meetings, and supporting organizations like InsideOUT. Attendees were encouraged to actively participate in consultations and make their voices heard to protect and enhance the RSE guidelines. The full transcription of the recording begins:  I'm a primary school teacher, I teach at Koronui School out in the hut, I teach children who are Year 4, 5 and 6, I am the co convener of, what's our official title, Roa Rainbow Network, along with my friend Brooke here, and I am your MC for this evening. So, Te Kaupapa, or Te Naipo, are meeting for two key purposes. First, to uphold the value of the Relationship and Sexuality Education Guidelines in schools and kura, and to oppose their removal. Two, to launch the NZEI Te Riu Roa Rainbow Network officially. Um, all right, we have Sherida Fraser. Before you, before I let you come up here, a little bit of context on her. Sherida is Wellington Regional Coordinator for NZPC, Aotearoa Sex Workers Collective, and is the Board Chair of the NZPC. at Miramar North School. She has three tamariki, age 9, 11 and 14 years. Kia ora koutou. Thank you for having me. I'm a little bit nervous. I do quite a bit of public speaking, but not to teachers in this kind of space. So, um, and it's been interesting, you know, when I thought about what I wanted to say today, um, I had a hundred things that I've got so many opinions, um, about, um, Why we need to hold on to the RSE curriculum. But I suppose I started thinking about my own community. Um, I was thinking about how community provides for us. And, you know, my son lost his basketball yesterday at school, and I put it on the Facebook group and somebody found it and we got it back. And, you know, tonight I've got two different parents getting my kids from swimming pool and rugby practice to make sure I can be here to speak. And, you know, I've had. My teenage daughters had friends over to stay the night when snapchats got dramatic and they've had a dark day and yeah, they can just come over and stay the night. Um, and it's kind of, um, a beautiful, beautiful thing when community provides because it just really warms our hearts and we have this sense of connection and belonging to community. It's like a warm hug. And, you know, how does this relate to the RSE curriculum? Because the RSE curriculum supports like a shared set of values of respect and inclusion. Um, how to be a good friend. How to respect each other's space. Appropriate language for our tamariki to use when they chat amongst themselves. And a code of conduct for engaging online. It empowers our kids to like, grant consent, refuse consent, withdraw consent, have the language to do that. Um, and it really supports empowerment and resilience and respect and kindness and community, the community values that we all hold dear. As a board member and a board chair, it's my role at Miramar North to ensure that our school policies support best practice and, you know, to steer. I don't know if anyone's done the board training, but it's all about steering the ship. Um, so when we decided to celebrate Pride in Schools, it was a real no brainer. And while, you know, I was curious if we'd have pushback as a primary school, there's not many primary schools out there I don't think yet that still, that celebrate Pride in Schools week. Um, But, you know, I was resolute that it was our responsibility as a board to provide that sense of belonging for every single child. And statistically, at our school of about 270, there's probably about 20 kids or so. that will identify with the rainbow community. And, which is why every part of the RSE curriculum is important and because we just can't let those 20 kids down. And we can't let the rest of the community down either because it takes everybody. And I know it makes a difference. When I stood on the rugby sideline last year and met the new brand new queer family that had just escaped Trump in America and arrived at MNS, I knew they would feel a sense of belonging and community at our school, and they did. And when I see kids at school expressing their individuality, especially during Pride Week, you know, when we had drag story time, and I heard the story about, you know, Kids put their hands up for questions and there's one, there's one kid, um, who was just like, where did you get your eye shadow? Very pressing. Sounded great. Um, you know, that drag story time was for that kid really and it would have changed that kid's life I reckon. Well, certainly enhanced it. So, um, I know we're heading in the right direction with this current RSE curriculum. Don't fix what's not broken, at all. And, um, I've got a whakatuki as well, which is pretty, uh, expected really. He waka eke noa. It is about community and this is why we need to keep these guidelines. Next, we have our lovely. Managing Director, and Val Little, Wellington School's Coordinator from Inside Out. Hi there Maya, welcome. so much for putting on this event and for having us here. Um, yeah, maybe to start with I'll just talk a little bit about Inside Out, let Val speak to the work that you do locally, and then maybe I'll just have RSC off the top of my head. Um, but, uh, hopefully, or, has anyone not heard of Inside Out? Inside Out. Well, that's lovely. That's lovely to hear. We've got no hands. So, um, hopefully that's pretty straightforward then, but our vision is for all Rainbow and Takatāpui young people to have a sense of safety and belonging in their schools and communities across Aotearoa. We were founded in 2012 and we've been working towards that kind of ever since. And we're now at a point where we have, um, regional schools coordinators in every region across Aotearoa that can go into schools Um, as well as someone covering, um, kind of, nationwide, um, kura kaupapa, and we're able to, yeah, provide a whole range of supports, um, for them. We also provide, um, training for workplaces and consultation services to help, um, workplaces become more inclusive. Um, we do a lot of advocacy work. Um, and use development programs as well. And maybe I'll let Val talk a little bit about your role and anything you want to share. Tēnā koutou katoa. Ngā mihi nui kia koutou. Thank you so much for the opportunity. I have not prepared anything, so what comes out of my mouth is just completely unrehearsed. So I use she, they pronouns, um, identify as a lesbian, a dyke, a queer woman, a god, which is a grumpy old dyke. Um, I had decided when the role came up at Inside Out that I would apply for it because of this current government. I feel like, um, things are going backwards. Um, I've been around a long time and, um, have seen a lot of changes, social changes, and a lot of things that have been really positive in terms of our movement. And I feel like it's going backwards. Um, so I jumped at the chance to step back in there in the trenches, um, as an elder. And so, um, I'm so proud. I feel very privileged every day to be in this role. Um, yeah. So my job is to go into schools and to, um, to make sure that they are well supported to, um, support their rainbow and takatapoi young people, um, to make them feel safe and included. So that might look like, um, working with the school on their policies so that the language is inclusive. Um, looking at, you know, what are their bathroom situations like, um, are young people comfortable to use the bathroom that they most feel comfortable in? that, you know, that they can identify with. Um, do they have a QSA, a Queer Straight Alliance group, a, you know, a support group for the young Takatāpui Rainbow kids to meet and mingle and have fun together and to talk about some of the issues? Um, uh, we run training for teachers, um, professional development around how to be inclusive, um, and things like that. So, yeah. And I guess, you know, in terms of the REC stuff, um, kids will find out, they will find out if they wanna find out about sexuality, about gender, about sex, about anything, um, to do with their bodies. They will find out, so if we take away something that is, that is well researched, that is working, um, that is safe, then we are putting them at huge amounts of harm. Um, you know, not all the schools in Wellington, there are 250 schools in the Wellington region that I work with, I'm 25 hours a week. So, um, I actually am only 25 years old, it's a good job, um, but yeah, so not all the schools are supportive, of course, um, but what I do know is that there will be queer kids in all of the schools, um, and yeah, and in terms of primary schools, a lot of the primary schools are jumping on board with Pride Weeks, um, yeah, and, uh, one of the schools in the region reached out recently to, to have a, um, like a whanau evening. How do we talk to our kids about gender? And not about, you know, the child has come out as trans, or non binary, or they're questioning, but how do we talk about gender in a way that it opens the doors for people? So it doesn't necessarily mean that they are going to be trans, or non binary, or gay, or lesbian, or pan, or bi, or whatever, but it also means that they're not going to be that, and those conversations can come later. So, um, yeah, I think Yeah, without blowing the horn of, Inside Out is an incredibly, incredibly valuable organisation and I think it actually does save lives, um, and I think the RSE is just absolutely vital for, um, rangatahi safety and sanity, and that's all I have to say. Yeah. Um, I wasn't going to talk about why it's important because I think that's something we all know but, um, I think when you were sharing, um, a story came to mind of a few years ago we were, um, Inside Out, me and a colleague were, um, in a primary school in the west coast of all places, um, and somehow they'd let us in to do some gender sexuality work, um, with a group of, um, yeah, with their kind of older, you know, Um, and it, you know, it's not going into this is all the letters of the, you know, it's not like high level. Is that, is those more kind of, yeah, what is gender? How, how does it make people feel when we say that's, you know, that's, um, something for only for girls and these types of things. And at the end of the workshop, a, um, a young person came up and, um, let us know that they had a elder sibling. Um, Um, you know, an elder trans sibling, um, who, you know, is no longer with us, um, because they hadn't had any support in their community or, or in schools and so on and, um, for them, yeah, you could see that things, things clicked that day and they, they just really appreciated the kind of acknowledgement of, yeah, these are people, you know, amongst us but also in our whanau and so on and so, I think that's, yeah, that's so important as well, um, kind of, again, it's not just the 20 kids in the classroom, it's, um, you know, most of us do have rainbow people in our. Lives or will do at some point. It's actually a very small minority that kind of tried to pretend these people do not exist! Um, and want to avoid that so that education is so important for all of us to um be able to Yeah, I mean, it's suicide prevention um and it's Violence prevention, like, yeah, if so many of us had had that when we were growing up, we may have had really, really different experiences, and there's so many people that would still be, be with us, um, really, sadly as well, after that workshop later one day, um, looking at the New Conservatives Facebook group. page because they like to attack us. Um, I saw in comments that um, actually a parent from that school had withdrawn their children from that school after hearing that we'd come and done that workshop. Um, and that was so, that was so sad especially knowing how impactful it had been for some of the students there. Um, just, yeah. But yeah, some people are not, not willing for their young people to be exposed to, um, vital education. Yeah. Um, yeah, I guess I want to talk a little bit about, um, an update that might be new for most people that, um, the Ministry of Education has commissioned ERO to do, um, an evaluation of RFC in schools, um, which to us is quite positive news, um, to actually do that piece before, um, any further action. ERA is very independent, so it means, um, the research questions have been agreed on with the minister, um, however, the government can't control what the report says and what the findings of that are, so that's actually really powerful. Um, um, myself, uh, and, uh, many, like, school principals and, um, there's a representative from NCDI, um, rugby network and so on, um, Um, have been appointed to an expert advisory group to support this, um, evaluation of RSing in schools. So, um, that's a quite recent, exciting to me. Um, I'm always like cautiously optimistic about things. Um, yeah, just really hopeful that, um, that means that, um, Even, I guess we can't, again, control, um, what the government decides to do at the end of it, um, but hopefully there'll be a really thorough, um, research and consultation process that, um, shows the importance and actually maybe says, hey, we could go a little bit further on some of those things, like, um, why are they only guidelines, is always what I think, because Um, that is, yeah, that is the case that they should, you know, it's kind of, should be mandatory in my opinion, um, and I think really important for anyone working in schools to know because, um, it has been a bit confusing with the coalition agreement that, um, those guidelines are still out there. There's no, nothing stopping anyone from using them, um, now, or, in fact, if the government were to remove them, unless, um, they did something like pass a, like, don't say gay type bill in Aotearoa, which I really don't think is where, you know, not at that point. Um, so those, you know, those still are out there and it is up to schools to decide their curriculum in consultation with their school community. So one of the biggest things that people can do is get on school boards, um, really encourage parents, particularly those parents of our rainbow whānau to attend RSC consultations when those come up in their schools. Um, and another way that anyone will be able to feed in, um, is because this will be considered alongside the refresh of the health curriculum, um, later this year, I believe, um, submissions will open up and so people can, yeah, feed into what should be in that curriculum. So that is an opportunity where all of us should be able to kind of have a, have a voice and, um, for teachers, um, and whanau will be particularly important to have your voices kind of heard. So, um, I think, again, while it's, yeah, while we know what the coalition agreement says, things aren't in process, they haven't been removed yet, so it's really important that we take these opportunities and, um, yeah, really stand up and fight for our communities and our rights, um, to be acknowledged and, um, taught in schools because, um, it's, yeah. So, so, so important, um, yeah, and hey, maybe we could actually get something even stronger out of it, um, and important, I think, yeah, I guess maybe one last thing would be that I know those, um, people in government and so on are hearing a lot from, um, I guess anti trans people, from really conservative, um, people. Minded people, uh, school principals, with Schools Pride Week and things, are receiving all these copy and paste letters organized by anti trans groups that parents will then send to complain and so on. Um, they're not, none of these people are hearing enough from us, from rainbow communities, from, um, whanau of rainbow young people, or allied parents, and actually that's really important too. Those parents who, um, they not have rainbow young people, but are supportive. And so I really encourage as well, the more that we can spread, um, the message for those people to email their school and say, Oh, thank you for running Schools Pride Week. That was so awesome. Um, or, yeah, email the Minister of Education and say, Oh, Inside Out came and did a training at our school and it was amazing. We love their work and, um, this is why this is so important. Or, for those of us, you know, what difference this would have made if I was at high school, those types of things. Um, because otherwise they're getting quite a one sided view. So that's, Yeah, just a few ideas that I'd, um, suggest of proactive things that we can do, and thank you. Applause Tēnā kōrua. Ngā mihi nui mōo. Beautiful. Kia ora. Um, I just want to make sure I get your title. Correct. Um, Stephanie Mills, National, um, National Secretary, NZEI. Tēnā koe. Tēnā koe. te whānau. Um, really warm welcome, naumaharawai, to our space. Um, I hope you'll come again. You know, um, we, we see this as not the start or end of something, but, um, part of the union's journey, and we really strongly support, um, the network that's being launched formally tonight. Um, I was just reflecting that, um, my uncle, who's 84, I think, um, I remember him telling me when, um, he wrote, uh, a lovely piece. for my daughter who was studying homosexual law reform at school in history, about his experience of being gay growing up. And he said that he realised when he was two. And so he was the first lawyer to go to the Law Society to know if In Auckland, apparently, with a gay partner. I mean, he's very proud of these things. And he used to take me around all the gay bars when I was a student. Um, and so, I think, um, When you talked about love, Um, it is, it is. It's about love, it's about Araha. And we saw the community support for the marriage equality legislation. I think we are the majority. And when we're winning, People come after us, you know, and so I think you should never doubt that most people in this country and most people across the world Support love and support acts of love And so I think When we're talking about RAC, it's important to put it in that context that we want our kids to be capable of love to be loved To identify as who they are Um, and my other personal anecdote is that my daughter was working on the RAC guidelines and, um, her faith in humanity was rather bashed at the age of 24 having to respond to some of the people out there. Um, but, you know, I think that wherever we come from in our lives, um, we have the opportunity to stand up and speak up for love. And to stand up and speak up for collective power and collective, the collective of coming together, that is what gives us the strength to carry on. So, um, don't doubt that NZEI will be here. Um, come again and, um, thank you for coming tonight. And kia kaha. We see, we see again, Sam French, chair of Rambo Wellington, haere mai anō. Thank you very much, um, as I mentioned, I'm a lawyer, I'm not a teacher, I have no expertise in this area, and I think, I'm sure a lot of you find that Education is one of the areas of politics in life that everyone has an opinion on. Um, I think that probably comes from everyone goes through 12 or 13 years of education themselves and they all have an idea of what a good teacher is, um, and what people should or shouldn't be learning, long division by hand, etc. Um, but at some point we need to step back and go, actually, I'm not an expert in this area. Maybe I should listen to some people who are. And for me this is one of those areas where that is so relevant because Um, I believe the guidelines came from an ERA report where that said that this area, wasn't developed enough and It's been developed by experts and then suddenly based off one little line in a coalition agreement We're supposed to be changing everything and it just doesn't quite make sense to me of why we're not leaving the some things to the experts. So it's been great to hear from, um, from some experts tonight and especially, um, some examples from, um, Val and Tabby of what, what we can do in the, um, sort of space of communicating to people in power, what is important and what, what they, you think is working. Um, it's, it's basically, if everyone thinks back to how Um, I don't know about you, but for me it was non existent, right, and as Brooke said, we don't suddenly get our queer identity in a health class at year 10. It's something that has been with you a long time, and if you, as a child, Have no one in your life that can help you sort of understand that, then that's a mental struggle that the heteronormative world doesn't understand. So I just really want to totoku the work that you're doing with the network and on the guidelines. And please continue to let us know what we can get out to our members of what they can do to support your mahi. Thank you. Kia ora. If you have something prepared, I would love to welcome you up here, but I don't want to put you on the spot. Oh, you're ready. Love to hear it. Welcome. Um, tēnā koutou koutou. Thank you so much for having me here this evening. It's good to see. Uh, friends old and, and new. I thought I'd start with some reflections as a parent, then as a politician, and then as a parent again. Uh, I think the first thing I want to say as a parent is if I think about, uh, I have an 11 year old daughter who's, school life has entirely been here in Wellington. And it started when she graduated from Kindy in a rainbow korowai. And what a beautiful, inclusive education she has had. She has And that has never been an issue, and I do check with her. Um, for her, uh, her and her friendship groups, or between her and her teachers. Uh, and that's just such a wonderful thing to see how inclusive our schools have become. That wasn't the education that I had. I, um, came out at the very end of my time at high school, even though I was probably aware that I was lesbian through, um, through all of that, uh, that time. But my school was, my school gave me a wonderful education. Goodness knows I was addicted to education at many stages in my life and spent an awful time in it. Uh, but, um, uh, but it was not a safe place for me. Um, for queer young people, that is, that is for sure. What is it, it's so important to me, as a politician, that we use, um, that our public services are inclusive services that everyone can be part of. And education, that service we use, public education, to develop everyone's potential, surely that must be the most inclusive at all. Everyone must feel that when they arrive at school, they're valued for who they are. They are normal, uh, and they get to participate and learn and benefit from, uh, all the opportunities that school has to offer. You can't have that if someone, either directly or indirectly, if it's implied that they're not a full part of the, of the community. That is so harmful. Even little things, we know. Uh, stack up in, in people's mind to build a sense that they're not welcome, they're not okay and that can have disastrous consequences down the track. I know from the very good work that Inside Out does that that has, um, mental health challenges for people. In my own practice as a, as a doctor, I would see how it would have health challenges, medical health challenges for people. I dealt with a lot of people with HIV who had experienced stigma and shame. Uh, because of our inability to talk about, uh, sexuality and consent and, uh, that made their access and care so much more challenging. Uh, so I see what is at stake with this, uh, action against the guidelines is really our inclusive community, a community where everyone matters and, uh, it is easy to politicize things. About teaching young people about sexuality, but it's actually about inclusion. It's about the basics that you need to be able to navigate, uh, your community, and I'm very aware that the guidelines, uh, show how to, uh, give those messages in an age appropriate way for our, for our professionals. So I'm very proud to be from the government that supported those guidelines coming in, uh, and also to fight, uh, for them to be retained. This government is, as a previous speaker said, it is taking our country backwards. It is buying into disinformation, much of it manufactured overseas, in order to create wedges in our society, create a sense of who's other, who's not good enough, who might be dangerous teaching your kid, or whose kid is not okay. And there is sadly, Part of human nature that can give in to that, but there are also things we can do to stop that. And I guess that's where I want to finish as a parent. Um, sometimes the most political action that we can take is about reaching out to the members in our community and about talking about these issues with them. And so, after a week of giving so many speeches in the House about social justice, So much that is wrong with this government, it is a reminder that, um, action about having ordinary conversations with the people in my community about these things that are so important does matter, and I think if we do that, that is the way the sensible majority can assert itself about saying that. We don't think that children should be used as part of your coalition agreement to be able to make political, political points. And it is vitally important that our education is inclusive for all. So thank you very much for your attention and your commitment to this cause as well. I'm feeling brave, I've put my clipboard down. My name is Kay Jones. I'm a former teacher and a queer parent and non binary. And so I just wish to sort of touch on the fact that when I was at school, which is decades ago, they skipped over sexual education as something that was taught to fourth formers. It was in the books but we weren't allowed to read it because the teachers were too uncomfortable with the material to actually touch on that. There were a number of suicides at my high school. There were other issues. My son, who is now 28, um, when at high school, the 11, primary school, the 11 and 12 year olds wrote the school play, which made anti trans commentary. Anti tranny stuff. They wrote it themselves based on the types of information they heard around them. And it was supposed to be a liberal school, so they were okay with gay people, but you know, gender? No, that wasn't something that was touched on. Getting to high school, high school was more inclusive, so there was more work there. But as a queer parent trying to educate my own son, there was that thing of kids listen to the other kids, and they bring home. The, the hate and the discontent, so that if you're not getting that information going to the kids who are straight and cisgender, then they're going to be actually bringing it home on their queer and non binary and trans parents as well. Third one, when I wrote to Minister Stanford about what was going on, one of the issues I was concerned about was consent. Those of you who remember what happened with the Roast Busters case, there were 13 year old girls who were raped, who didn't have the words and the terminology to describe what was going on, their peer group didn't know enough, it was something that was there troubling them. And of course, as we know, It's not just girls who get sexually assaulted in schools. So if you don't have the education in the schools, and you don't have the emphasis on consent, then you've got that much more risk of bad things happening to all the kids in the classes. So, thank you. Is that long? One minute? We have got multiple methods to get involved. Boy howdy do we. So, you will have walked past just a plethora of QR codes. Each of them has a job. We have got a petition that's been ongoing for a hot minute now, um, to show your support of our stance on RSE guidelines. There is a QR code for that over there. Um, if you have not yet read the aforementioned guidelines. And would like to. And I would recommend it. QR code on the wall for that. Different one. They're labelled. Um, there is an open letter to ministers from the Mental Health Foundation on the wall. Kia ora, I'm going to pass over now to Sam, who is going to wrap up with karakia. And then this guy. Kia ora, very much. Um, so a closing karakia. Kua mutu a mātou mahi mō tēnei wā. Manaakitia mā mai mā katoa. A mātou hoa, a mātou whānau. Ao ki te ao rangi. The full transcription of the recording ends. A list of keywords/tags describing the recording follow. 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