Henare PeeniPEENI HENARE (Labour—Tāmaki Makaurau): Tēnā koe Mr Assistant Speaker. Thank you very much for this opportunity. I rise to take a call on the Sale and Supply of Alcohol (Display of Low-alcohol Beverages and Other Remedial Matters) Amendment Bill in its second reading this evening. I do want to pick up on some of the points made by Minister Adams that this particular amendment bill is about tidying up some of the unintended consequences of the original legislation. Some of the amendments seem rather minor but for the customer out there on the street—those who enter into supermarkets to purchase what is now a very wide range of alcohol products—this will eliminate the confusion whereby if you are after low-alcohol drinks or mead you can find it all in the one place. That is good for the consumer. It removes all of the ambiguity but it also provides somewhat of a certain process for the supermarkets to allow them to display in one particular area—and rather discreetly too and I do want to pick up the point made by my colleague Louisa Wall with regard to that. So that alcohol advertisements are not spread throughout any particular supermarket and are confined to one area it only makes sense that mead and low-alcohol products will be also included in the definition of that single area. I think that is a very good simple amendment. It makes sense to me. However I do recall that in the first reading many of us did not even know what mead was. It is a bit before my time. But it was interesting as we looked through the types of alcohol that are available on the market. There are some recent studies that are being done with regard to whether or not the intended effects of the original legislation have actually been met. Once upon a time you could buy only a certain kind of beer or a certain kind of wine. Now we have a huge variety of products on the market for those who want to have just a small drink or want to be able to have a good time while still being able to enjoy an alcoholic beverage without pushing too far or going over the limit. Meanwhile on the other end of the spectrum we have got full strength alcohol drinks that are available on the market.We have got this wide range of products now and there is some research that was completed earlier on this year with regard to whether or not the intentions of the original legislation were actually met. I have not had the opportunity to go through that particular piece of research but I am interested in seeing whether or not that is actually the case because some would argue of course that in the communities of South Auckland alcohol is still a big driver of a lot of domestic violence a lot of the incidents that occur within many communities—not just South Auckland but in many communities. I think that the recent local body elections will serve as an opportunity for communities such as South Auckland to put the squeeze on local body institutions to make sure that alcohol harm advertisements and sales are not creeping into areas where our families live and our children go to school. Anyway that is another point—and congratulations Phil Goff.I will get back to the bill. I think it is also another great opportunity—in the definition of working day" including Waitangi Day and of course Anzac Day makes perfect sense to me. If either of those days falls on a weekend then of course it carries over to the Monday and that makes sense to me. For many they see those days off as a holiday—as an opportunity perhaps to sink a few ales with the whānau and have a barbecue or whatever it might be—but for many others they are actually days of cause and purpose. Waitangi Day a great day out in the Far North with my Ngāpuhi relations—to which everybody is welcome despite what the media may say. Waitangi Day is a fantastic day of course. With the importance of the centenary commemorations around Anzac Day I think that these are timely amendments to the bill to allow us to commemorate and of course celebrate those days.The bill is pretty straightforward. It went through to the Justice and Electoral Committee which I was fortunate enough to be on at the very beginning. Sadly I was not able to see it through but from all of the paperwork and from what I can hear in the House this evening people worked together. It was straightforward. The Minister's comments about some great amendments recommended by the select committee show that the process is working.Finally can I finish by saying that the 2010 Law Commission report still has some other things that I think this House should consider when it looks at the original legislation around the sale and supply of alcohol. But I want to close by saying that we on this side of the House support this bill."