Henare PeeniHon PEENI HENARE (Associate Minister of Health (Māori Health)): Unfortunately I wasn't here to take the first call as the lead Minister on this particular bill but I'm thankful to have the opportunity to speak as the final speaker on this bill and I want to commend all members across the House for their contributions. I do want to acknowledge Mr Chris Bishop and he is right. The work that he did in the last Government to progress and to bring the issue of organ donation once again back on to the radar of the general public I think is commendable. As has been mentioned by many members those involved in the Health Committee process and those who have just recently studied up on the bill have found that actually collectively we made a far better bill something that will be progressive and allow a platform to look into the growth and the expansion of organ donation and dare I say it donations of other kinds.It's easy to focus on the organ donation part. From my discussion with the New Zealand Blood Service there is also a huge lack of donors in the blood space in the plasma space and as was mentioned earlier by my New Zealand First colleague the bone marrow donation space. I'm proud to say that I'm a donor of all three. I'm on the bone marrow register myself. I donate blood. I donate plasma. I think this will allow for an opportunity as was mentioned by other members of the House for what organ donation looks like from a Māori perspective. But in order for that to happen the framework had to be set up and this bill does that.In a sort of hand-in-glove moment it allows the New Zealand Blood Service and the Organ Donation Service to come together. I want to just pick up briefly on a point made by my colleague Dr Liz Craig about clinical governance and how important that is for the organ donation side. One can imagine the clinical aspect of organ donation is significant and it does provide some challenges for an organisation so small. But in making the two organisations one it's important that we acknowledge the challenge of clinical governance and also just as important that we get it right.The back-office function if you like is one that will allow for better efficiencies and economies of scale as we look into the administration of this into the future. I want to pick up on the point made by Mr Bishop that from my discussions with the New Zealand Blood Board there are some options and opportunities for us into the future to look at the funding model.As we've brought together these two organisations and the role that the district health board has played in the past in supporting the organ donation aspects it's important too that we have a look at what the funding model might look like into the future—in particular if we hope to grow on the aspirations that have been offered by my colleagues across the House with respect to organ donation.I'm also the Minister responsible for diabetes in this country. Much has been made about the kidney transplant and the exchange programme with the Australians our counterparts. It's important then if we're going to consider all parts of somebody who suffers from diabetes how we look into the way we front-load the system and that's primarily about education and making good lifestyle decisions to make sure you lead a healthy life and then all the way to the other end where we actually opt for an organ donation. That entire spectrum must be considered as one and this is actually just one part of that entire spectrum in particular with those who suffer from diabetes.Just in my concluding remarks I do want to offer a number of thanks—one to the officials who have continued to hold this bill as it's progressed through the House. The committee has already been mentioned for their great work in coming together and working collaboratively on such a good bill. I've already mentioned Mr Bishop. And just finally I want to thank all of the donors—those who have donated in the past those who are considering donation and those in the future who we hope will donate because as has already been mentioned it is one of those gifts of life and I think we can't thank them enough for those who have and for those who may consider it into the future because it is important.Dr Reti talked about the history of kidney transplantation and identical twins. As a twin myself I consider myself lucky that if ever the case was needed I've got a twin brother that might in the goodness of his heart consider to donate to me—Chris Penk: Might be the other way round.Hon PEENI HENARE: Ha ha! It could be the other way around; that's for sure. To see just where it's come from to where it's headed I think really does offer us some good opportunities for this space and I think that this country can certainly put its hand up and make sure that organ donation becomes one of those key conversations in our families and in our communities to make sure that people when they need it are able to receive it. This is a good bill. I'm thankful to supporters across the House and I look forward to the work to be done by this organisation as it moves into the future.Bill read a third time.