O'Connor Simon; Brooking Rachel; O'Connor GregSIMON O'CONNOR (National—Tāmaki): Thank you and again hopefully it's a short retort. Look I appreciate I say to the Minister that my earlier comment of 900 pages—it's not all completely new—was a slightly facetious comment at one level. However does she also appreciate the very fact that Part 1 clause 3 inserts a whole lot of new concepts that by the nature of our legal system sit on top of everything else? In other words even existing elements from the current Resource Management Act (RMA) which is brought into this proposed new bill—these are now all going to be governed by the preceding or the initial clauses such as clause 3.The first purpose is to uphold te Oranga o te Taiao." Now that's going to cover everything that follows. In other words I say to the Minister I appreciate again that it's a debating point of course. But it doesn't matter how much existing RMA reform comes into this new tome—one that would make Thomas Aquinas weep—the very new purposes that are put at the very front of the bill including that one around te Oranga o te Taiao are going to affect how it is implemented. That in itself I'm sure is undebatable. It is a completely new concept in law.It's not a new concept in itself but in law and as I pointed out in an earlier contribution even the word "taiao" can be interpreted between the word "land" which makes it much more domestic and the word "world". So is this legislation meaning to take the health of the world into effect? Is Greta Thunberg going to turn up tomorrow and opine on what our RMA should be? Again it's—Hon Scott Simpson: She's been arrested.SIMON O'CONNOR: She's been arrested—that's true. But again I'm being slightly facetious to illustrate the point but it is unclear and until it's tested in law—so again the fundamental point is an appreciation of these new concepts put at the front of the bill will govern everything that follows including any existing legislation brought across.Hon RACHEL BROOKING (Associate Minister for the Environment): Mr Chair thank you. I understand that there has been a lot of discussion about clause 3 "Purpose of this Act" this evening already and of course "to uphold te Oranga o te Taiao." I would just restate—I think Minister Parker said this before—that there was a lot of discussion and submissions on this point. I don't disagree that putting "te Oranga o te Taiao" here in the purpose is significant. It is a change from the Resource Management Act and no doubt the courts will have something to say about that.But I'm very pleased with the response that we see here in the amended bill which both defines "te Oranga o te Taiao" and new clause 3A sets out the means for achieving the purpose of the Act. I think they will both be very helpful mechanisms to be clear about what it is that we are wanting this bill to achieve which is to protect the health of the natural environment and to enable the use and development of that environment.CHAIRPERSON (Greg O'Connor): I just advise members that a different member asking the same question does not constitute new material. I've been watching from my office and this debate has been going for some time so we will be looking for new material in the very near future."