Sosene Lemauga LydiaLEMAUGA LYDIA SOSENE (Labour): Talofa Madam Speaker and thank you for the opportunity to speak on the Sale and Supply of Alcohol (Harm Minimisation) Amendment Bill.Just before I begin my contribution I do want to acknowledge the former Prime Minister the Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern as a daughter and a friend of Aotearoa but especially also the Pacific nations.I'm really delighted to be able to speak on the Sale and Supply of Alcohol (Harm Minimisation) Amendment Bill as one of the Government's representatives. The reason why I'm pleased to speak is—probably over a decade—I in my previous role in the local community we had a lot to do with mobilising the community participation in our local community of Māngere-Ōtāhuhu in South Auckland. This bill that is before us is a very important piece of legislation. I do want to thank my colleague across the House—Chlöe Swarbrick—just in terms of bringing it to the House. But I can tell you now after being cross-examined in the district licensing process and being declined and being challenged and going through that process hearing after hearing after hearing—it was really demoralising.I want to acknowledge the tremendous support of our community—not just elected members of Auckland Council; I want to acknowledge our marae our Māori wardens our kaumātua and kuia and especially our young people—our young people who are really concerned because in Māngere in South Auckland when our team came together as the Māngere-Ōtāhuhu local board we did not realise the proliferation of these alcohol shops in our local area. What came about was: why is that so? Why is there permitted activity as such where a proprietor who has the economic wellbeing can set up shop in your local area and basically get away with it?So I do want to acknowledge all of those people because what happened all those years ago was—I was one of the team—that we had to come together. And in terms of mobilising the community this bill identifies two parts. But in my view the bill does not go far enough. The reason why I say that is because the principal Act the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012 allowed people with the economic wellbeing to set up shop wherever they wanted to. It was a piece of legislation that was difficult to interpret. It was also difficult to access resources and for us in the role back then it was to speak to Auckland Council who actually tried to shut us down.I come back to the bill. The first part is the local alcohol policy. When I was under the Auckland Council in a previous role it was very difficult to try and interpret what the community could do to stop these off-licence shops setting up shop in a local community. But the second thing was: the community who are of heart lots and lots of aroha and wanting to do something proactively—how do they stop this? So just very quickly Part 2 talks about the sponsorship and alcohol advertising.Just very quickly I want to thank the colleague across the House—Chlöe Swarbrick—for the private member's bill but the Government made an announcement on 30 October 2022. Minister Kiri Allan—we went around the South Auckland community we heard a lot of hui with members from South Auckland. I understand that that is before the Justice Committee and that will be reported back in June.So on that note the current draft or the bill as it is needs to be improved under the current conditions. I commend the member but I will not be supporting this bill. Thank you and I oppose it.