Tuiono TeanauTEANAU TUIONO (Green) (remote): Thank you Mr Speaker. I'm coming to you from the mighty Manawatū and it's really great to see the neighbours—yourself Mr Speaker—ascend to that great seat there in Parliament. So I'm here on behalf of the Greens to support this bill the Biosecurity (Information for Incoming Passengers) Amendment Bill. This bill would amend the Biosecurity Act to require that passengers on craft arriving in Aotearoa are provided with biosecurity information via writing and audiovisual recording. This would essentially mean airline and ship operators would need to show a video and hand out a form advising passengers of their obligations before arriving. This is similar to Australia's regime where there are mandatory inflight biosecurity announcements. I actually thought we already had this happen in planes because it's been so long since we've been on an aeroplane—all I've gone really in the last year and a bit is from the mighty Manawatū and right down there to Parliament and back to the Palmy-tropolis". And so it was surprising for me when this bill first came out that we actually didn't have this stuff embedded in our regulations and our law. So I would like to thank the member Steph Lewis from Whanganui for bringing this bill to the House. I feel that there's a lot of support for it around the House; I haven't heard anyone say that they don't like this bill. So congratulations to the member for shepherding it this far. I'm sure it's the sort of bill that you're going to take straight to the pool room—it's the vibe it's the constitution it's not quite Mabo but straight to the pool room for this one for you the member. And congratulations in shepherding it through the Primary Production Committee as well. One of the issues that we had when we were thinking about it was around the way that the information would be shared. And we thought you know translation of the different languages for our electronic provision for use for screen spreading awareness around—it would be a really good way to do that and I saw that that was discussed in the reports so good on you. My understanding is that will happen in the regulations and I hope that that detail really carries over because it's really important if people are going to get on those planes or get on those ships or whatever to come over here that they understand the real importance of biosecurity. For those of us out here in the rurals out in the provinces we know that this is where the food and fibre sector is and that it's really really important to support that sector. I was flicking through the reports from the select committee and I saw that a number of submissions were made talking about that exact same thing. They could see the common-sense approach of it the importance of protecting our food and fibre sector given the contribution that it makes to the lifeblood and livelihoods of people out here in the rurals the provinces as well and making sure that we have those protections in place is really really important. And also acknowledging the biodiversity that makes this place Aotearoa what it is—the unique biodiversity—making sure that we do everything that we can to protect that biodiversity. So I think it's the reason why people all want to come here: the nature the mountains the rivers the places that we call home. And to make sure that we do this practical step to make sure that those things are protected is really important.I noted that in the report there were a couple of amendments made common-sense ones making sure that it will be specified for the passengers on the planes as well. That makes sense the last thing you want is a pilot having to read this stuff 10 times if they've been here 10 times or 20 times before. The same with the aircrew as well. So congratulations to the select committee for getting into the detail and sort of seeing that kind of issue and also for making sure that there was some space to make sure that when the transition to the new regime comes into place that there is some space to do it. So delaying the commencement date I think also makes sense as well. I was reflecting on I think it was the Air New Zealand submission which talked about that about the need to be able to do that—if you're going to bring laws into place well you've got to make sure that folks can actually pull the bits and pieces in place so that they can comply. That detail I expect will fall out of the regulation.Also I wanted to acknowledge the Wellington Community Justice Project as well. They did bring up that issue that was really important for us around making sure that that information was as accessible as possible because we know that when people have that information—and I could tell through the discussions that you had at select committee so that people know before they get on the plane what they're getting into is a really really important thing.So this is a really short call but once again I'd just like to congratulate the member on shepherding this through the House and it looks like it's got all the support around the House. I hope my comrades there in Kaipara will also support it as well. I think they were a bit iffy the last time we talked in the first reading but hopefully folks will see the common sense on this—particularly on this day with all the issues happening right out there on the Parliament lawn as well. It's good to see us coming together to discuss something as simple but also important as well and to show to the country "Hey look when these issues make sense when they're common sense we actually can come together as a Parliament and agree on things." So congratulations to the member. Yeah so for me it's straight to the pool room. It's the vibe it's the constitution. It's not quite Mabo but congratulations to the member. I recommend this bill to the House."