Davidson MaramaMARAMA DAVIDSON (Co-Leader—Green): Mōrena. Ata mārie koutou katoa. Actually the previous speaker reminded me of a quite relevant—sorry I think that's you Mr McKelvie. I haven't got my glasses on this morning. [Interruption] Yes all good—yeah I might need yours. In Ruatōria I reckon about 11 years ago Nanny Ruby—who grew up all her life and lived in Ruatōria—came to Wellington. And in Ruatōria the telecommunications system there and what she was used to was exactly what Mr McKelvie was referring to. So then she came to Wellington to stay with us. She picked up the phone and dialled a wrong number. She was waiting to speak to Auntie Puti and the person said No no no. This isn't that number." She said "Well what's Auntie Puti's number then?" She was just used to everyone in the community knowing that you could ring anyone up and they would know everyone else's number but it was also her I guess use of the system of the shared phone lines or whatever it was—I don't understand it but you actually shared a phone line and could talk to various people just by picking up the phone.Ruatōria has gone through a lot of change since then and actually it might sound like a bit of an anomaly but when I moved to Ruatōria I think in 2007-ish from Botany Ruatōria had a faster internet than I was experiencing in Botany. Now I remember at that time that actually all up and down the East Coast Chorus were renting people's homes up and down the East Coast to get the fibre rolled out. So I actually think that that's what was happening at the time and they were starting to open up those very isolated—very isolated—communities and that was good that we were getting super-fast broadband out to those communities.So it is of course that I rise today on behalf of the Green Party in support of this bill which also is about introducing a regulatory framework a check and for us that is principally around making sure that the benefits of information communications technology ICT are shared fairly in a way that is just among people.Actually I want to acknowledge Gareth Hughes our spokesperson on this. Particularly I cast my thoughts back to 2013 when right back then the Greens Labour and New Zealand First actually weren't wanting to support some legislation which would override the Commerce Commission's upper internet price ruling and there was legislation that was going to protect profit to put it simply. So I am very glad that we are seeing I think the next steps and some solutions around having a regulatory framework a check and balance but that isn't also too restrictive as we've heard many speakers refer to. We're just trying to get that balance still allowing for innovation and creativity in the sector allowing for that innovation particularly to benefit consumers across the board and to all areas of our country but also protecting consumers as much as is practicable. So supporting ultra-fast broadband for New Zealand and seeing it successfully rolled out—I know that this legislation is part of the steps of helping us to do that. I was supposed to take a short call but I wanted to actually pick up on the disability and inclusive technology. And then of course Melissa Lee rose to touch on that quite a bit. I took note that there is perhaps some concern particularly from Enable New Zealand who facilitate and deliver quality access to resources for people with identified health and disability support needs particularly in the telecommunications sector. So I think it's fair. Local fibre companies like Enable will face only light-handed regulation in this legislation is what I'm seeing and Enable will only face price regulation if the Commerce Commission finds that it has substantial market power. So that is a substantial safeguard but I think it's fair for us to keep a monitor on that to keep a monitor on how this regulatory framework will impact on various different companies service providers making sure that those who have bigger more massive market power and those who have lesser market power are being treated in a way that is just and particularly if it's going to impact on people with a disability.I actually did want to pick up on the point that Melissa Lee made—you know it's something I'll look into a little bit more so I can understand a bit more of it—that when it comes to effective ICT particularly for people with a disability the debate is around the efficiency of the electronics system itself rather than copper versus fibre. It's something that—I'm new to this debate in that particular aspect—I'm interested in picking that up and keeping an eye on it.Again I welcome this legislation because historically yes it appears the broadcasting transmission platform was totally unregulated and I was thinking about a bit of a parallel. I think that if we're getting this put in place at this stage it will hopefully allow us down the road to not get into some real trouble particularly for consumers and just ordinary people around the country—the likes of which we have seen for example with what the Lines Company are doing for power distribution around the country and how that is not fair right now. So I think this is a good step.I did want to acknowledge that InternetNZ support the bill saying that it will protect consumer interests. They are a non-profit organisation and they have principles along the sorts of value statements of ICT needing to be shared among everyone and that it should be used to enhance productivity and reduce resource use—those sorts of values statements. They are giving a signal that it will protect consumer interests and lead to better service quality and fair prices for users which is an important flag from them.Also we've got—I think it is—the Telecommunications Users Association of New Zealand and they're another telecommunications user group who have said they supported this bill. I wanted to acknowledge one of the criticisms that they make which is that the bill doesn't address the inequality of resource for consumer voice research and advocacy in New Zealand when compared to other jurisdictions such as Australia. So we might want to pick up on that as some of our next steps and reviews because I think it's a fair enough issue to pick up.I think overall—and we're all supporting this here in this House today; we're doing some good work this morning—it really just goes back to understanding that the communications sector is going to be vital can offer incredible promise for some of the visions that we actually need to be able to achieve for our country for our people for our environment particularly in reducing waste reducing travel in the way that we go around our work. So I am really welcoming this legislation to enable us to get on with the job. Thank you Madam Assistant Speaker."