Kanongata'a-Suisuiki AnahilaANAHILA KANONGATA'A-SUISUIKI (Labour): Mr Speaker it's a privilege and an honour to speak on the last call take the last call on the Child Support Amendment Bill third reading. Before I get on to the bill I want to add my voice: congratulations to Team New Zealand. We are a sailing nation. Most of us got here—the original people that landed here navigated themselves here. I'm honoured and proud to be a New Zealander every day but especially when we win—champions—like we just did yesterday. So fa'afetai tele lava to Team New Zealand.As we've heard from all the 11 speakers before me this bill brings in a fairer system in terms of penalties removes the second penalty to liable parents and the system is to encourage liable parents to pay their liable parent contribution. Can I note that the child support legislation began in 1991 and that's 30 years ago. It's great to see that the Inland Revenue's administration system is being updated bringing it up to date to the 21st century. So even though it's taken that long I commend the leadership of the Minister and the ministry in that area.The compulsory deductions of newly liable parents—I speak from a place where I have been a person seeking child support from an ex-partner or the parent the father of my two older children. Then I became a liable parent paying contributions when my mother had won custody of my children because we'd gone through a harrowing custody experience for 2½ years in court and then I ended up being the person that paid the liable parent contribution to my mother. But during the time that I was the person who applied for child support actually I never received any. So I like the fact that it is compulsory for a newly liable parent because it eases the stresses when you're going through stressful situations like that. I do take into account that when you start a relationship you don't think that it's going to end up in court in front of the judge to make decisions about your children. So I want to acknowledge every person that has come through to the Social Services and Community Committee and shared not just their journey through the child support system but their journey in the lives of their children. We've heard from members today that this actually affects 182000 children and I want to send a big mihi to all the children out there that you're a valued New Zealander and—yeah. For all the children that are currently going through and future children it's great that the Inland Revenue is updating their system to include a fairer definition of income" because income these days—we have different sources of income coming into households. For this bill that's what actually it does: it looks at a fairer definition of "income". I encourage all the liable parents out there not to see this as a point of contention with their ex-partner but to see it as a contribution to the livelihood of their children who unfortunately are in a predicament not of their choosing.I think I want to acknowledge the member from the Green Party Chlöe Swarbrick who had put in a Supplementary Order Paper about the contribution of parents the liable parent contribution to beneficiaries—for the remainder of what's been paid out by the liable parent to the State to be returned to the carer. I want to acknowledge that and in the spirit of that voice support for future laws or for the Minister to hear that that's something that would greatly benefit the children of liable parents or a parent who's caring for their children.In my last contribution on this bill I want to thank all the single parents out there. At the time when I was going through this I wasn't a single parent because my whole family had raised my children and I want to acknowledge the culture of those that look after children as a whānau as a kāinga—just want to acknowledge that. On that note I commend the Child Support Amendment Bill to the House.Motion agreed to.Bill read a third time."