Tangaere-Manuel Cushla; Andersen Ginny; Costello CaseyCUSHLA TANGAERE-MANUEL (Labour—Ikaroa-Rāwhiti): Tēnā koe Madam Chair. Tēnā tātou katoa o tēnei taha e whawhai ana mō te tika o ngā tāngata i roto i tēnei āhuatanga.[Greetings to us all on this side who are fighting for the welfare of all peoples in this situation.]I have an amendment to be inserted after clause 9 and that is new clause 9C which inserts new section 20OC and that is that The Director-General must ensure when granting a person approval to be an approved smoked tobacco retailer that any premises is not within one km of a marae" a kaupapa that follows on quite nicely from the previous speaker Takutai Tarsh Kemp.I am proud to be a marae girl born and raised and I'm definitely more proud to say that while smoking of course was present it is not what defines my memories of being raised on a marae. I also love that when you ask someone "Got a light?" the answer is usually "No." these days and that can be largely attributed to the fact that marae of their own volition made their premises smoke-free to protect their whakapapa and our mokopuna. Marae are a physical depiction of the tinana—of the person of the body—te mana te tapu o te tangata an argument which sadly I have not heard coming from that side of the House. We've not heard the value of mana tangata the value of life. Another reason for this proposed amendment is obviously the common-sense one that our tamariki mokopuna are not exposed and do not easily have access to tobacco.As a culture we're still recovering from so much. We're still recovering our reo and as such our marae are already vulnerable. Our paepae are struggling. We're very limited with speakers who have the oratory capacity. This bill makes us even more vulnerable not only culturally but physically. We all know the impacts of smoking on our health and it's such a shame that in a time that we know better we're not doing better.Speaking of our paepae I think of all the people we have lost. This morning I did an interview on Radio Ngati Porou and I couldn't help but reflect back to a wahine whose daughter I went to school with July Minnell. July Minnell was cut down in her prime and is a loss not only to Ngati Porou but to her daughter who I had to watch go through school without her mother. July's legacy was one that certainly influenced my decision not to take up cigarette smoking but she had to die to leave that legacy and we know that. People over there are acknowledging it and yet here we are today still promoting this kaupapa. How many more people have to die before we are all influenced by their legacy?Now marae have made their decision to protect whakapapa on their land in their buildings. The least we can do is respect that by guaranteeing that retailers will not be allowed to sell this paitini to peddle this poison to our tamariki to our whānau our hapū and our iwi in such close proximity to an already vulnerable institution of Te Ao Māori. Therefore I ask the question: can you guarantee that when granting a person approval to be an approved smoked tobacco retailer that any premises is not within 1 kilometre of a marae?Hon GINNY ANDERSEN (Labour): Thank you very much Madam Chair. I'd like to take the opportunity to actually make a submission today on behalf of a local group of young anti-smoking activists who are incredibly disappointed that there is no select committee process to enable them to come and have their voices heard. This young group are known as the Hashtags and they reside in Wainuiōmata. They have seen firsthand the harm that smoking does to their community and they have taken action and they have been incredibly powerful and successful in their past actions. The Hashtags were the core group that had a petition and lobbied Government to ban smoking in cars and they were successful in that legislation being passed. But they did not stop there. They continued by making sure that there would be further restrictions placed on vaping because they saw the harms within their community. They have been strong staunch advocates who have repeatedly come to Parliament and submitted to our select committees and it is a travesty that young people who are directly impacted by this legislation—these young people would have grown up in a smoke-free New Zealand. This bill stops them from growing up in a smoke-free New Zealand and this House stops them from having their voice heard when it directly impacts upon their wellbeing and their livelihoods and I find that despicable.I'd like to read out their submission; it's come in tonight so I would like to share that with you tonight. I'd like the Associate Minister of Health to hear this and maybe the Minister might like to answer some of the questions that the Hashtags have asked. So "Smokefree 2025 is the National Government goal that Labour Government helped lead by listening to the voices of their communities particularly the rangatahi led by the Hashtags. The Hashtag acronym explains their eternal health goal for whānau which is Holistic Action Sustainable Health Through All Generations". Under the smokefree amendment Act this is one of the multiple Acts that ensures the health and wellbeing of our future. Our question is: how can the Government justify your actions by repealing your own goal? As stated by Pōtatau Clarke choose the right. Wrong decisions can never be right and right decisions can never be wrong. On behalf of the Hashtags and rangatahi we now urgently challenge the Government to stop smoke-free legislation repeal. This Government has disempowered all the smoke-free advocacy that has taken years of hard work from hundreds of people. Aotearoa led the world in tobacco legislation and policies which is all about saving lives and protecting our future generations. The Hashtags now plead for the Government to do what they must do the right thing and not replace the dollars for the health and wellbeing of our future." Thank you Madam Chair.Hon CASEY COSTELLO (Associate Minister of Health): I just think it's worth going back again to reiterate that we are talking about Part 1 and we're talking about the range of repeals that remove the retail reduction so the refocus on that is the target here. I would remind and reiterate that we are retaining the requirement to consider the impact on Māori in regulating a constituent including to both users and non-users of smoked tobacco products so we are continuing to ensure that that is addressed. I think that we are needing to kind of consider that when you talk about single cigarette sales etc. those are the unfortunate flags of the black market which are imported as single cigarette quantities and that's what we're hoping to ensure that we can control moving forward. We are going to be focusing on building on the great work that has been highlighted and we will continue to do so as we move forward as I've previously noted in the recommendations of the next steps."