Henare PeeniPEENI HENARE (Labour—Tāmaki Makaurau): Tēnā koe Mr Chair. I want to bring attention to section 15A(3) in clause 5. It says: An offender who is subject to an electronic monitoring condition—(a) may be required to have electronic monitoring equipment attached to his or her body;"—that is straightforward—"and (b) must comply with written instructions from a probation officer that are reasonably necessary for the effective administration of the electronic monitoring (for example an instruction to regularly charge the equipment); …".To regularly charge the equipment—I think that makes a little bit of sense. You have got to make sure that the bracelet is able to be monitored and has a bit of power. So I think that is a pretty fair request through a written instruction from the parole officer but I wonder what else might be in that scope. I wonder what else might be considered a reasonable request on the part of the probation officer to that particular person. Sure I understand that on the serious end of the spectrum around those offenders it is important that some heavy restrictions be placed on them but I wonder what that might mean for the lower end of the scale. I am just putting the question out there. I wonder too whether this is the best technology or the best equipment currently available out there. With the technology nowadays I would imagine that for somebody with domestic violence convictions who is out on electronic monitoring you can pinpoint places that would automatically set off an alarm. For example if I want to mark spot X when I go fishing I mark it on my phone and I can constantly go back there. It actually sends me a reminder that I am in the vicinity—all on my smartphone. I wonder then whether this particular equipment is actually the best available to do what is a pretty difficult job. If somebody with domestic violence charges is ordered to stay away from a particular area and to not be in the vicinity of a particular area I wonder whether or not the technology should actually have a pre-warning system that allows those who are monitoring it to actually stop any potential crime before it takes place or before the person who is being supervised actually breaches the order imposed on them by coming within a certain vicinity of a person or coming within cooee or a stone's throw if you like of an actual location. I wonder because a quick Google search will actually show that there is technology out there that can do that. We have already heard about the failures of this particular device—"snip and walk away" and the need to charge them pretty regularly—but I wonder whether or not this is actually the best use of technology that is already available on the market. I am just asking the question putting it out there. I wonder how wide the scope went to ensure that the tools the devices the bracelets that are being used are the best bang for the buck to make sure that we actually can monitor these people properly. It is not simply about just sitting and staring at a computer screen hoping that the GPS bracelet does its job or that the offender has followed the written requirements given to them by the probation officer to make sure the device is charged but you can actually predetermine some of these things. In the famous words following the All Blacks' victory on Saturday: "You can front-load." Front-load—make sure that you are actually ahead of the game. Make sure that when we put in place legislation like this we are not back here trying to change the legislation again just to keep up with technology. We already know—like I said a quick Google search on my phone showed me—that there is already technology out there to do exactly what was described by the captain of the All Blacks team as front-loading—getting ahead of the issue here and making sure that we keep victims safe and that these offenders do not go on to reoffend. It could be a simple thing like coming into—as I have already said—the proximity of a particular place where the order says they are not supposed to go. I wonder like I said how wide the scope went to make sure that this is the best technology bang for our buck."