Omer IbrahimIBRAHIM OMER (Labour): Al salam alaikum and talofa lava Madam Speaker. I appreciate the opportunity as I rise to speak on this very important bill. As a Muslim and an ethnic person this has an exceptional meaning to me. There is no question that terrorism today causes the biggest threat to humanity. That is why one of the things that the royal commission looked into was a change in the way that our security and intelligence agencies act after what happened in the Christchurch masjidain.First I'd like to thank our Prime Minister the Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern and also Minister Andrew Little who have shown the decisive leadership to bring this review forward from September 2022 to 1 July 2021. I also know how important this is to the Muslim community in Christchurch and also nationwide.For many years since September 11 terrorism has always been linked to Muslim communities all over the world and therefore the intelligence and security agencies have focused all their resources on watching and surveilling Muslims. That is not any different here in New Zealand. Because of that a lot of Muslims—and many ethnic people and historically of course Māori—lost confidence and faith in our security and intelligence agencies. At some point I was one of the people who lost faith in our security as well because of how specific laws treated my communities.While the royal commission didn't find the intelligence and security agency could have done things to stop—but also it is very important that our security and intelligence treat terrorist threats seriously because terrorism threats don't come from Muslims today; it is clear that white supremacy causes the biggest threat. Our current legislation reflects an outdated focus and sometimes sentiments borrowed from overseas where we have seen the tensions grow and continue to polarise communities all over the world as well. So we don't want that here in New Zealand. The distrust in security and intelligence agencies was echoed in consultations throughout the hui that we did throughout the country—about 35 huis. The common theme from the community that came in every meeting was that they want transparency they want to trust the agencies and they want to see some actions. And obviously they believe that that is going to repair the broken relationship with our security and intelligence agencies.March 15 showed us how devastating the consequences of not updating our review—or reviewing our models—for national security can be. This was supported by the findings of the royal commission. In the end it is important that we arm our security and intelligence agencies with the right tools so that they can be able to do their job properly so they can be fit for purpose. The Intelligence and Security (Review) Amendment Bill will allow for us to fast track that. This bill also implements changes in a reasonable time frame that shows our community that we are taking new threats seriously that we need to show our community that they can believe in our security and intelligence agencies. This bill is the beginning of repairing the broken trust.At the end I just want to say to the Muslim community that you have been targeted by our agencies unfairly and eventually sustained deadly attacks that took 51 lives and injured many more lives. Thank you for the resilience thank you for the leadership and thank you for showing New Zealand that the way to move forward is actually by coming together. So with that I highly commend this bill to the House.