Coffey TamatiTAMATI COFFEY (Labour—Waiariki): It pleases me greatly to rise and stand in support of the Statutes Amendment Bill (No 2). It's also my first opportunity to stand after my maiden speech and speak freely so I'm glad it could be on something as un-meaty and non-controversial as the Statutes Amendment Bill (No 2).As a new MP this bill seems like common sense. You see when I tried to explain to my whānau what it was all about I basically said these bills are a way that we can make lots of small amendments to a whole lot of bills a whole lot of Acts all at the same time without having to go through the rigmarole of creating brand new bills for very minor changes. So that was easy to understand.I quickly also realised that this is a standard practice and that actually you've been doing this since the 1950s and it relieved me that such amendments wouldn't be so vehemently opposed by the Opposition and that we might actually be making decisions on behalf of New Zealanders all together which is what the Government should be about.In this debating chamber where time is precious it makes sense to put these bills through all in one go and while there are a lot of amendments I'd like to drill down into just a few of them some of them having already been mentioned. The first one is the Animal Welfare Act which is both a positive for conservation but also a positive for technology as well updating the language to allow remote monitoring of live-capture animal traps as an alternative to manual inspection. We are always looking for ways to update our world as we move into this increasingly digital era and I think that this is the perfect way to do it.The other one that I wanted to talk about was the Policing Act 2008 which is to basically get rid of the little piece that talked about how any item of lost property that the police accumulated would have to go to auction if it was of any kind of value and also reduce the time that the police have to take in looking after all this lost property from essentially three months down to six weeks. These are amendments that I think are positive—positive because I think it's a win for the police but also a win for the people of New Zealand and for our communities so that instead of looking after our lost property they're actually out there looking after people and our communities keeping us nice and safe.The Te Rarawa Claims Settlement Act 2015—that there has been for the purpose of Te Rarawa fisheries advisory committee basically advising the Minister. It's been very blatant in this particular amendment on the utilisation of fish aquatic life and seaweed managed under the Fisheries Act. It's also a triumph for Ngāti Kuri for Te Aupōuri and for NgāiTakoto as well which according to this particular amendment will also be catered for. So it is a win for the iwi to have this clarification as well and I wish them all the best.As our Opposition colleague has already mentioned there are quite a few amendments in here to do with Child Youth and Family Service: the Care of Children Act 2004 the Child Support Act 1991 and the Protection of Personal and Property Rights Act 1988. Many of these amendments and Acts are designed to correct drafting errors omissions and oversights as has already been mentioned and for this reason I consider this bill to be time-efficient time-saving and deserving of support. So for that reason I support this bill.