Ball DarrochDARROCH BALL (NZ First): Thank you Mr Speaker. I was going to get straight into the bill but I just want to briefly talk about the previous member who just sat down Jacqui Dean. She spoke about the meth standards and that the previous Government had no choice—that they had to have those meth standards and then they came up with the meth standards and they wanted to keep tenants safe. I guess that's all true in its fundamental basics but the problem that they knew back then when they were in Government and they created the meth standards—they knew that those standards were wrong. They knew that those meth standards and the thresholds for finding or detecting meth were wrong and were so far out that not only—if they say they didn't know they should have known. That caused hundreds of people to be kicked out of their houses because the Government was the owner of those houses in Housing New Zealand. They got kicked out for no reason in the end. Yes it's hindsight and they use the excuse that it's hindsight in 2020 but they should have known. They should have known. I just wanted to mention that first.But on a more positive note and speaking about this bill New Zealand First is obviously going to be supporting it and there is cross-party support for this bill. There's a little bit of argument about who's got the better bill or why they should own it more or have the kudos for it because it came in through the National Party. But of course as both the Minister and the previous Labour members who have spoken already have said Labour and New Zealand First supported this in the first reading when we were in Opposition but we caveated that with the fact that we knew that it needed work that there was much more that needed to be done and that's what this coalition Government has done with this bill. We've included a lot of more important changes and we're surrounding that with more important changes other than this bill as well and that's why we continue to support it.In its essence this bill is about both landlords and tenants and the processes that maintain the good relationship between landlords and tenants. Most importantly it allows and clarifies. It allows for landlords to be good landlords and it allows for tenants to be good tenants. It does that by ensuring the clarity in legislation of both of those groups' rights. Importantly it clarifies the obligations. That's why it's a good bill and New Zealand First will be supporting it.I won't go into the detail of what the bill does so much because the Minister definitely went into the details of that with the aims and what the bill achieves but I do want to go into just briefly a couple of the I think four or five points as to why New Zealand First specifically is supporting it. This is a piece of legislation—like has been stated—that provides clear guidelines for both the landlords and the tenants. It allows for the processes involved in the provisions around not only the methamphetamine contamination but also the other types of contaminants which is also very important. We also believe that there needs to be a clear process to deal with the reality that some tenants and renters are abusing the properties out there. We need to ensure that the landlords are looked after and also the tenants as well in knowing their rights and obligations.One of the main reasons behind why this piece of legislation came through was the ambiguity that was there in legislation which put both the landlords and the tenants through sometimes very lengthy and costly battles through the courts. Obviously that's not in the best interest of either of those two groups. Also New Zealand First understands the importance of landlords and the owners of these rental properties to have the confidence to be able to continue to provide such an essential service for those people who need to rent and be tenants because we are moving into an era of life-long tenancies and we do appreciate and understand the importance of landlords in providing that service.So overall this bill provides a lot of good clarity and most importantly it clarifies the rights and obligations of both the landlords and the tenants and that's why New Zealand First will continue to support this bill.