Potaka Tama; O'Connor GregTAMA POTAKA (National—Hamilton West): It's a great and glorious evening when I can stand to support a Government bill and today is that evening. I've got time. But I've got to scaffold some of those comments some of those tributes and congratulations to the Minister noted athlete for this Government's support of the FIFA Women's World Cup and many other successful events recently. Not just the best Women's World Cup ever—so far three games to go—but maybe the best World Cup ever.Over the past 30 years there's been a number of integrity issues across a wide variety of sports organisations in New Zealand—basketball canoeing cycling rugby even dragon boating in today's news. We've collectively let a lot of people down as a country especially with the management and resolution of complaints and integrity issues. But establishing a focused commission to raise awareness and engage and ensure integrity in my view is a very persuasive idea subject to delivery in a fiscally culturally and socially prudent manner.One issue that some people forgot to raise during the select committee process but I think is absolutely necessary to opine on today is an exemption a retrospective application to a rugby match between the Te Aute first XV and Rotorua Boys' High first XV in 1993 when a young Billy Weepu brother of Piri Karl Te Nana and myself lost 23-19 to a Chris Grinter - trained team. Chris Grinter was the principal and coach of the Rotorua Boys' High School that day and continues to be the principal today whereas my rugby career is a distant memory. We scored three tries to one but still lost.But I'll remind all of those here in the House today of the absolute focus integrity focus in my whanaunga over there from Takanini and also Hamilton—great city. I know about the absolute focus on integrity in first XV rugby and the Maadi Cup and this type of commission I hope will help to educate and help to grapple with some of those issues that are affecting the various schools but more importantly the young woman and men and their teams and coaches involved in those particular well-known competitions the 1A in Auckland and the Maadi Cup.Now I appreciated the phrase threat to integrity" enunciated in Part 1 and the careful definition of this and I certainly hope that that sort of definition continues on to other pieces of legislation that the current Government promotes. The lack of support for athletes' wellbeing is well documented as is the need for change and the select committee has worked hard to address some of the issues that our party has raised along the way such as vague wording and set-up costs.Perhaps a couple of conclusory and summary comments: No. 1 sports is a fantastic way to get kids engaged—young kids and old kids—and I think back to school and doing things after school. There's plenty of examples throughout the world in far-flung places like Iceland where the teachers were schooled up in how to teach music and how to teach kids and maybe that's something—no matter what colour we wear in this House—that we can support more of through teacher training programmes and teacher training colleges.The second one that I'd like to make a comment on just in passing is the physical head injuries that people in contact sports are suffering—it's an absolute concern. It's something that our health and social systems should carefully consider more of and support those athletes who are suffering from those quite damaging encephalitis injuries.The third thing—and with a nod to this evening's game—is the celebration of female athletes. No matter what the level this is something that I've absolutely appreciated an increase of and encouragement towards and support whether it's the FIFA Women's World Cup or the Saturday netball down at an Minogue Park in Hamilton West which is the best place to grow up and also the home of the national secondary schools rugby and netball champions Hamilton Girls' High School. Thank you Mr Speaker. DEPUTY SPEAKER: I apologise to the member for not reminding him it was a five-minute call so thank you for adapting."