SpeechHon TRACEY MARTIN (Minister for Children): Kia ora Madam Speaker. I rise on behalf of the black and white party"—nice to see the "green party" at the other end there. Sorry we were just left out of the previous contribution around the fact that there are no colours here. So while we're in a Parliament together we'll just make sure that we keep mentioning each other.Just to talk to the COVID-19 Response (Urgent Management Measures) Legislation Bill as has been said by previous speakers some very practical steps need to be taken to make sure that certain things—particularly when we go into lockdown this evening—are able to be done. So we are adding District Court judges to the list of those that can alter the rules of the court; this will allow the court system to respond as necessary where issues are identified. As the Minister for Children for example if we still have to have court processes around some of our children having the ability for the children to be able to be virtually in the court room or that everything can be done on papers—these are the nuances that need to take place now when we still need to be able to manage Oranga Tamariki and the work that they have to do around families. We need to give the courts however the ability to change the system of working to fit the current circumstances.To enable local government and civil defence and emergency management groups to attend meetings by audio and visual link and otherwise support the efficient and effective operations of these meetings—I mean I think that's a no-brainer; it speaks for itself.Enact rent and eviction freezes: now particularly as the Minister for Seniors I'm pleased to see that. There are many among us who think that all our seniors are in their own home mortgage-free life is great. Actually that is just not true. More and more and more of our over-65-year-olds are renting or still have mortgages. So we can give them some confidence that their rents will not go up even though their landlords have known or now know that their winter energy payment for example will be doubling just for this particular year but that doesn't mean that people can actually put up rents or that they can put through eviction notices. So that gives again that particular demographic that I am Minister for some certainty. So it's pleasing to see. The bill also enables the Secretary of Education to direct any entity licensed to operate by the secretary and impose conditions on those licences.So to pick up on the contribution by the member Nikki Kaye who just resumed her seat certainly—talking about teachers—many many many people are working from home and teachers are no different. I already have seen some innovation there and parents should not as I said before worry that they have to be the teachers of their children.Please be assured as we move out of a full lockdown—at whatever day that is that the Prime Minister will announce at a time in the future—that once your children are back to school once your tertiary students are back in their education facilities recognition of this time will be acknowledged around their learning. So don't be fearful. Certainly interact with some of the resources that the Ministry of Education has put online to help you keep your children busy and to help your family find things to do together that have an educational benefit while you are in the four-week lockdown but otherwise don't concern yourselves overly. We will come out the other side of this and many of these things can be addressed. New Zealand First supports the bill."