Hipango HareteHARETE HIPANGO (National—Whanganui): E Te Mana Whakawā ngā mihi ki a koutou e tēnei pō. He pōuri te pō. It is a sad evening taking this call and my karanga—my call-out—to New Zealand and to my parliamentary colleagues in the House this evening in this critical third reading is weighted by a burden. I appeal now to my colleagues' sensibilities of justice of fairness of equity and of responsibility and duty of care. I stand before us all dressed in black a symbol of the sombre and sobering session this evening—dressed in black to dress down this bill—and I wear the silver fern. I stand here in the Chamber which is a memorial to all those who have fought in honour for the protection and the preservation of the sanctity of life. The silver fern is a representation to Māori of strength of resistance and of enduring power and to Pākehā it has a strong sense of belonging and attachment. We are New Zealanders. We are a nation that is premised on justice on fairness and on equity and we fight for the quality of life. I stand in this Chamber this evening to implore and plead of my parliamentary colleagues who do not understand despite what is said that this bill is a fraud and it is flawed. I stand making reference with respect and to honour my colleague Dr Shane Reti when he addressed this House this evening to say that he would be the only member of Parliament in the predicament of having to be put into the position of ending life. And let's not euphemise this with niceties and phrases: this is a Kill Bill". I maintain that—SPEAKER: Order! HARETE HIPANGO: —from the perspective and the practice as a lawyer. I refer to lawyers who have studied this bill and who have made submissions to the Justice Committee who have stated that the bill has at least 35 flaws—lawyers for vulnerable New Zealanders Queen's Counsel and a very experienced Family Court mental health court and District Court judge of at least 30 years who made recommendations to the sponsor of this bill and to the select committee around how to safeguard and safe-proof this law for the benefit of New Zealanders. Those concerns and those recommendations have been totally dismissed and pushed by the side. Mr Speaker this House as you well know commences proceedings with a prayer that "Laying aside all personal interests"—and I do that. I speak as a professional. I stand here as a lawyer of experience working in the health system—as I've said before—and working for and advocating for our most vulnerable: our aged our disabled and our children. Mr Speaker in laying aside all personal interests you implore with that prayer that we conduct the affairs of this House with wisdom and justice and mercy and I implore my parliamentary colleagues to take heed of the complexity of this bill. There's been much misinformation and misrepresentation conveniently posited and posed by those who speak in favour of it. I implore members of this House. This is the last opportunity that we have and I implore you to turn to that sensibility of justice and fairness and equity. As my colleague and whanaunga Adrian Rurawhe has addressed the House this is flawed. It is not what it seems to be and for Māori this is a monocultural optics and lens and the position has been stated that as a Treaty partner as one of those who bridges the worlds of Māori and Pākehā this bill is a "Kill Bill". Please prevent it. [Interruption]SPEAKER: Order! I'm going to remind the gallery—everyone else sit down please. I'm going to remind the gallery that this is a highly charged debate. There are strong views held on both sides and the debate and interjections and everything like that are only to come from members of Parliament."