Patterson Mark; Tuiono TeanauHon MARK PATTERSON (Minister for Rural Communities): It's a pleasure to rise on behalf of New Zealand First to support the Regulatory Systems (Primary Industries) Amendment Bill and as has been referenced by previous speakers this is a tidy-up bill for the statutes and regulations some of which have become redundant and just fixing up some inaccuracies. Of course this is absolutely critical as it underpins our primary sector—some 80 percent of our export earnings. And wasn't it a pleasure those of us tonight that attended the Zespri function and saw the primary sector at its finest a market-led an R & D - led company that's taking a magnificent product to the world and on the verge of meeting our goal of doubling our exports in the next 10 years. I would like to congratulate the team over in the glass tower at the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI). This is somewhat of a magnum opus of trainspotting of regulatory deformities and they have done very well.Minister Jones has asked me on behalf of the fisheries ministry to make a couple of comments in terms of some reasonably substantive changes to the Fisheries Act 1963 in particular deemed values. They are charges imposed on commercial fishers for each kilogram of fish they take and are unable to balance their annual catch entitlement. Deemed value rates are currently set at the beginning of each fishing year. However given that information on fishing activity is available much more quickly through electronic reporting we can actually update these balances much more quickly and amend the values accordingly in relation to the market. So this will be welcomed by the fishing industry.There is also a technical amendment for the taiapure which is a local fishery significant to iwi or hapū. They are managed by local communities and before one can be established a public consultation and a tribunal hearing in the Māori Land Court must be held. This bill would allow for that process where there is general consensus by all parties for that to be agreed outside of that regulatory process or outside that Land Court process making it a much more efficient and cost-effective measure.But you can imagine my excitement Mr Speaker as the Associate Minister for Agriculture with the delegation for wool when I saw the demise of the Wool Industry Restructuring Act 2003. The wool industry has like I'm sure Minister Hoggard could ascertain with the dairy industry and the meat industry—farmer politics makes this place look like the Mother Teresa Appreciation Society! Going back to the great wool acquisition debates of the early 1970s and the disestablishment of the Wool Board in the early 2000s—now there was a dispute about this that got drawn out. Farmer money has been burned. It ended up in the pockets of Auckland and Wellington lawyers in a dispute over some merino marketing. But the farmers that were disaffected threw the Wool Board out or got it merged with the Meat Board to establish Meat and Wool New Zealand. Then the farmers of course—another group of grumpy farmers—decided to throw that out and get rid of the levy altogether which I am now having to pick up the pieces with.But in that process there was a disestablishment process. That finished finally in 2014 after much money being burned. But could I appeal please to the Primary Production Committee: if you can get to the bottom of the greatest mystery in agriculture: what happened to the Wool Board art collection? That is the burning question that sits at the base of every farmer meeting. If you can unlock that that conundrum I would thank you greatly.So for New Zealand First this is a very sensible bill. I commend Minister McClay for bringing it to the House. I commend MPI for pulling it together and we look forward to the select committee bringing it back. Thank you.Grant McCallum: Mr Speaker I rise to speak—ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Teanau Tuiono): I am going to choose because we have folks that are not here. I'll call Arena Williams.