Swarbrick ChlöeCHLÖE SWARBRICK (Green—Auckland Central): E te Māngai tēnā koe. Tēnā koutou e te Whare. I just wanted to start my contribution on behalf of the Greens obviously in support of this piece of legislation by acknowledging the Minister the Hon Carmel Sepuloni. I know that she has a particular interest and passion for this and I also want to acknowledge her with her other hat as a Minister for Auckland. Because we've seen the intersection of those passions most recently with the likes of the announcement around the St James. So I am very privileged to be working with her on those kaupapa.As many before me have said this has been a really long time coming at least 15 years since we saw similar legislation introduced into the House unfortunately befuddled and obfuscated and ultimately just got rid of by the former Government. But here we are today with full consensus of the House and I think that that is something worth celebrating. As others have also put on the record there are at least 80 other countries across the world who have forms of schemes like this. And it does need to be noted that there are going to be challenges and there will need to be ongoing monitoring with regard to the likes of the private sales which others have put on the record as well as that administration of this scheme.The Greens would also like to point out that it shouldn't need a free-trade agreement for the likes of this to be progressing. Once again the Greens' position on that free-trade agreement is incredibly well-canvassed especially from the likes of our spokesperson Golriz Ghahraman on this issue. There's not a whole lot more to say on this beyond how fundamentally important it is that we pay the artists who keep the world going around who colour our lives with so much meaning and offer a mirror up to society to reflect on who we are who we might want to be and to offer that critic and that conscience.I also wanted to acknowledge those who have been engaged in advocating organising and working towards seeing this occur for a really long time; particularly here I know that Equity for Artists is an organisation—Judy Darragh who I ran into just the other week on Karangahape Road—who have long been talking about the likes of an artist wage; perhaps another issue to put on the table Minister—as well as Reuben Paterson and Dane Mitchell. There's a number of other small organisations grassroots organisations that are also starting to crop up to organise for better outcomes for artists across the board. To that effect in my patch as others have acknowledged in theirs I'd like to acknowledge Dignity and Money Now aptly named D.A.M.N. who are organising the likes of Basement Theatre to see that we continue to value this ecosystem of artists the techies and the community who ensure that all of us see the best of ourselves and live our good lives.There were points made by other speakers throughout this debate including in the committee of the whole House that artists' works tend to increase in value over time and with their reputation growing. Of course that's kind of the point of this resale rights scheme but it does raise the question I think of how we support artists at the beginning of their career when they first are starting to flesh out their craft. Because if we are not providing those equitable opportunities to everyone in this country from all walks of life particularly those from lower income communities then what we're doing is suppressing talent and that talent is everywhere. So once again the Greens need to put it on the table that there are far wider discussions to be had and I was actually really encouraged to hear that from Simon O'Connor from the National Party that they may be interested in opening the box on how we can support the artists and creative ecosystem in this country. Rachel Boyack from Nelson just also put on the record about the inequities in how we support for example sports in this country versus our creative industries.I was just looking at my phone where in the top left where usually it would say my mobile provider we have Up the Wahs!" in there. I don't know how many other members of Parliament will be joining me at Mt Smart to cheer on the Wahs against the Dragons on Friday. But it really does draw home the fact that we don't yet have that national narrative conversation celebration of our artists on that same platform and we should and we deserve to. And we should reflect on the fact that we had one of the largest sporting events in the world in the form of the FIFA Women's World Cup here most recently with all of the eyes on this nation across the world. We can do and achieve those same things in that creative and artist space if we support that broader ecosystem.DEPUTY SPEAKER: Let's have a conversation about the bill though too.CHLÖE SWARBRICK: Yes Mr Speaker and to that effect this bill goes some way to ensuring that we have greater outcomes for our visual artists in particular. But there's still so much more to do for those visual artists for our musicians for our theatre practitioners and for all of the talents and the skills that exist in towns and communities urban and rural across this country.I am proud to commend this bill to the House and I am looking forward to all the more mahi in supporting this ecosystem in the future."