SpeechHon NIKKI KAYE (National—Auckland Central): I am very pleased to speak on this legislation. Look at the outset I do want to make some acknowledgments. Can I make some acknowledgments of Clubs New Zealand Hospitality New Zealand but also I do want to acknowledge David Seymour and Andrew Little. It is rare in this House that we have such a breakout of cross-party love. And in this bill except for the Green Party there has been an extraordinary amount of collaboration across the House. I want to talk a little bit about why that is the case. I think the first point which has been made by the Minister is that we were back here in 2015. It is generally acknowledged we are a rugby-loving nation. We may not be in world rankings the best in the world but I'm sure that this House could pass a motion to say we are the best in the world. That is why we are here in part fast-tracking a piece of legislation. New Zealanders love rugby and we do recognise that we want people across the country to have access to the Rugby World Cup games. I think what we need to acknowledge is from this side of the House we don't want to be back here in four years. We do need to change the law to make sure we have a much better situation less unwieldy—and I'm going to talk about that—around the viewing of major events. What this bill in a very simple form does is it enables the pubs and clubs in New Zealand to extend their licences under some conditions to be able to watch all of the Rugby World Cup games. I want to acknowledge Grant Robertson on that point and Andrew Little. There was some suggestion with David Seymour's original bill that it could have been just New Zealand games. I raised some questions publicly and it is all games but it is not correct to say that this legislation doesn't have some constraints in it. Just like in 2015 there is a requirement for seven days' notice to police and licensing authorities and what the overwhelming evidence and experience showed was we didn't have a whole lot of issues last time. So when I raised these issues with David Seymour and we went out there publicly and to the Government I asked a question of Hospitality New Zealand but also of Clubs New Zealand. The reality is last time there weren't a whole lot of bad situations. So I think we can look at experience and history on that matter. The second point that I'd make and Andrew Little actually also made this point is it is not about everyone getting drunk. The reality is for some premises—and we do know that it is different for clubs versus pubs—it is just about being able to view the games. And why is that so important this time? It is important to acknowledge the change in the way that we are going to be viewing events: online. And the reality is that in rural parts of New Zealand—who you know National talks to quite a bit—there will be 40000 households that potentially do not have access to broadband or fast connections. So their choice to actually get access to the games—and yes there is a partnership with TVNZ—may be going down to their local RSA or their sports club. So we saw in the Opposition that it was important to come back to this situation to extend the law for this event because we are in this infancy and maturation as a nation around the way and the technology that we view events. But I think I'd make a few final points. The final one is to say that it is an extraordinary example in a small nation of how we can come together in a very quick period of time and get it done and that's what we're doing with this bill. We're effectively enabling a whole number of New Zealanders in case we have technical issues with the rugby—in case you know you're in a rural part of New Zealand or if you have a situation where you go to your local district licensing authority and you actually get declined because the rules around special licensing are so archaic that certain people have to prove that they've got tickets. In fact I heard an anecdotal situation the other day that potentially an RSA on Anzac Day was encouraged to do a dress-up. That tells you how problematic these district licensing rules are around alcohol—that we are in the situation that we can come together and pass a law to make sure that pubs and clubs can have access to the game but more importantly rural parts of New Zealand.But this final plea from my perspective: the first part is that we don't want to be back here in four years' time. We actually need to ensure that for major events potentially not just rugby—I know that people did raise issues around the Cricket World Cup—people are able to in a relatively easy way extend their licences and not go through cost not go through unwieldy process to be able to view sport. The second part is that this whole issue of technology the way that content is being viewed is changing and Parliament and local government need to keep up with that change. The final part that I want to mention—it's been mentioned by the Minister—is around alcohol. The reality is and I have had this conversation with a number of people in sport that there is a massive component of sport funding that actually comes from some alcohol sponsorship. Now I'm sure there will be members in this House that disagree with that. The reality is as I think was demonstrated last time the vast majority of people drink responsibly. So what National believes in is actually yes there are some things around alcohol harm that we can all do as a country but actually we do trust pubs and clubs in New Zealand to manage their premises in a way. There are constraints in this bill in terms of the seven-day time frame and the reality is that last time we didn't have a range of issues. So I'm very pleased to support this bill to the House. I'm very pleased to have worked with David Seymour but also the Government to enable us to be in a situation where I think potentially hundreds of pubs and clubs in New Zealand are now able to watch the Rugby World Cup matches. It really reminds me and I'll leave you with this: being at Sir Brian Lahore's funeral actually—what a great man; the best of New Zealand—and watching some of all of those ex - All Blacks come together; actually sport can bring a wide variety of people together. There is huge social benefit that can come from that and that's why we have not only supported this bill but have really been a catalyst for getting it to the Parliament because we want more New Zealanders to come together to be able to watch sport and to ultimately see the All Blacks win in Japan. Thank you.