Mahuta NanaiaHon NANAIA MAHUTA (Minister for Māori Development): I take just a brief opportunity to offer a few comments on the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement. Reflecting on the comments of the previous speaker Todd Muller can I simply say this: 22 changes were achieved by this Government to assure New Zealanders of the things that were uppermost in their minds when the previous Government failed to recognise the issues that we were bringing to the House and why we contested that agreement—22 changes.We argued that the role of Pharmac in purchasing medicines should be protected and that has been strengthened in one of those changes. Upholding the Treaty of Waitangi I agree was a very hotly contested point. I went to the Waitangi Tribunal and heard the debate as it progressed alongside. We've been assured by the Waitangi Tribunal that the Treaty exception clause is sufficient and we acknowledge that there is more work to do as we work towards a more progressive trade agenda. There will be meaningful gains to exporters in the reduction of tariffs and in some key industries like kiwifruit.It will do the thing that I think most New Zealanders were most concerned about which is restricting the sale of houses and farms to overseas buyers. This issue alone actually occupied the minds of many New Zealanders who were very concerned that a carte blanche approach to enabling foreign investors to buy houses in New Zealand artificially inflated the price of houses. What that meant for the domestic homebuyer was that owning a home became so out of reach it was ridiculous so we've strengthened that. Narrowing the investor-State dispute settlement clauses again is another positive advantage to New Zealand.But all in all it was the way in which this trade agreement was being negotiated by the previous Government. I'm really pleased that the Minister for Trade and Export Growth and the Minister of Foreign Affairs accepted that early exposure of the draft prior to signing and the national interest test become publicly available so that people could see these changes that we can now sign up to but also so that it would be a part of an open and transparent approach to negotiating trade deals that deliver the greatest advantage.This is why it is an opportunity to not only say to New Zealanders—having stood up and said we were concerned about some really important things that affected New Zealanders on a day-to-day basis and secured the 22 changes and now being able to re-present the text and have the national interest test conducted in a way that gives all New Zealanders a greater assurance that this Parliament will hold itself to account and the way in which the Government secured better interests through their negotiations is something I think many New Zealanders will be very very pleased about.It does signal a new approach. The Minister for Trade and Export Growth in going forward has recognised that yes more can be done as we continue as a coalition Government to advance in the free-trade area. So I'm really optimistic about the new progressive trade agenda that will be led by our Government which will start to flesh out how we can secure more advantage. I attended several business summits over the last couple of weeks. Small to medium sized enterprises are saying Look it's time now that we look to secure advantage for a sector that contributes greatly to our domestic economy and is starting to make some inroads into some high-value niche markets overseas." They want to see some opportunity in the way in which this Government negotiates trade deals to advantage their interests.Also in the space of women and on an indigenous platform there are so many more opportunities. So it is heartening to see that we have a coalition Government that is putting people back in the centre of trade agreements to derive value to our export sector but also to ensure backing that up we are keeping some of the principles about what makes New Zealand a great country to live in still great. If anything else the fact that we've moved early to ban the sale of houses and farms to foreign buyers—I think that alone sends a very clear signal to many New Zealanders. We are very serious about a trade agenda that works for everybody."