Tuiono Teanau; Salesa JennyTEANAU TUIONO (Green): Kia ora Madam Speaker. Fakaalofa lahi atu ki a mutolu oti. It's Niuean Language Week so I just wanted to greet the House in that good way. I rise on behalf of the Greens to take a call on the Biosecurity (Information for Incoming Passengers) Amendment Bill. I would like to like everyone else around the House congratulate the member Steph Lewis the member for Whanganui for shepherding this through the House.As I was sitting here I was thinking about a really well-known whakataukī from the Whanganui region from our relatives Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi whānau and the people of the river where they say Ko au te awa ko te awa ko au."—I am the river and the river is me. It's such a wonderful way to think about that connection between people and the environment between community and the climate. A few of us have actually touched on that tonight as well—the need to be able to protect things for the future for our tamariki for our mokopuna for our children and for those to come after us. That's so important—that's so important—because there is nothing but wins that I can see with this bill. It provides those extra layers of protection. It builds on all those biosecurity measures that are there already acknowledging what that will mean for our children for our children's children and making sure that for the things that are there we are protecting nature—that we're protecting those species in the best way possible. And having this on top of all the other biosecurity measures is so so important and it's awesome to see that being reflected in the House tonight.The purpose of this bill—it's a simple bill—is to amend the Biosecurity Act 1993 to require that all craft coming to Aotearoa are required to provide biosecurity information. So those Air New Zealand ads—yeah they're always a bit hit and miss! Maybe more miss than hit but good on them for trying and letting people know. Actually when we first started debating this bill some time ago now I just honestly thought it was actually part of the infrastructure and so knowing that it wasn't and knowing that we needed to actually embed this stuff in is really important. This bill will require all craft coming to New Zealand to provide biosecurity information to the persons on board by means of an audiovisual recording and writing. The main provisions of the bill are to insert a new section into the Biosecurity Act that applies to craft that are en route to Aotearoa and require the person in charge of the craft to provide approved audiovisual and written information about New Zealand's biosecurity requirements. So important so basic but so necessary.I don't sit on the Primary Production Committee but I did read through some of the notes and through some of the submissions and there were some real common-sense changes made. That has been reflected tonight as well—so for example craft that are of a hospital nature or those sorts of craft with small numbers of people where they're going back and forth anyway. They'll be well versed with the requirements so making sure they're not included in this is I think a good way to make sure we don't waste resources.The other part of this as well—and a very very important part of this—is the protection of nature in and of its own self: protection of indigenous species native species our flora our fauna and the connections we have with that. But then also the other part as well about protecting our food and fibre sector—protecting our food and fibre sector is so important as many people around the House have said tonight. Our regions feed the country. Our regions—the provinces—feed the country. They feed the cities and so it is so important to make sure that we put stuff in place and this builds on that. Thinking about all those biosecurity threats that have come into the country and people have talked about the impact of Psa on kiwifruit Mycoplasma bovis as well the impact that that has had on farmers making sure we have what we can to put in place to make sure that those are protected is so important as well. And also mentioning foot and mouth disease as well—we don't want that here in Aotearoa New Zealand even though this is politics and a lot of politicians have been putting their foot in their mouth this week I've noticed! I'm not sure if you've noticed that Madam Speaker but I have. It's not a biosecurity threat but it's something to think about. So it's so important that we build up on the layers of biosecurity regulations and protections that are there as well.I noticed—and I think maybe everyone noticed as well—there is support around the House for this very common-sense law. So again I would like to acknowledge the member from the mighty Whanganui for shepherding this very common-sense bill through this House—this very common-sense bill through the House—adding that protection for our tamariki and our mokopuna to enjoy nature to enjoy the environment making sure that nature itself is protected and also making sure that we protect the food and fibre sector that feeds the cities and rejuvenate and revitalise the regions as well and making sure that we put that stuff in place. So on that the Greens are happy to support this bill.ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Jenny Salesa): Fakaaue lahi."