Henare Peeni: Third Readings —Text is incorporated into the Bound VolumeHenare Peeni: Third Readings —[Sitting date: 04 November 2015. Volume:709;Page:7726. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]PEENI HENARE (Labour—Tāmaki Makaurau): Tēnā koe e Te Māngai o Te Whare kāti rā tēnā tātau katoa. Ka āta haere taku kōrero i te wā nei ka takaroa. Ka takaroa tā te mea āinei ka uru mai tōku tuahine ki roto i Te Whare hai kōrero ki a tātau katoa ko tōna kōrero tuatahi. Kāti e mihi atu ana ahau ki a tātau tēnā koutou tēnā koutou tēnā tātou katoa.[Thank you Mr Speaker. Well then greetings to us all. At this point in time I will prolong my address and really drag it out because my sister colleague is going to enter the House to address us all; it is her maiden speech. So my appreciation accolades and acknowledgments then to you and to us all collectively.]I rise to speak on the legislation arising from the Organised Crime and Anti-corruption Legislation Bill. Much has been said about this particular legislation in its third reading and in my kōrero in my contribution today I would like to touch on some of those points that were raised. More important I would like to talk about the underlying themes that I think were not really spoken about too much. It is important to note that we the Labour Party do support this legislation. I was not on the Law and Order Committee but I do understand that there was some significant debate that took place around this particular legislation. And I guess that is a reflection of just how complex it is—complex in nature just by the fact that there are a significant number of bills incorporated into this omnibus bill. Some of the members this evening have already mentioned some of them and I would like to just briefly touch on some of those too.My mind casts back to the contribution of probably one of the most experienced and one of the most skilled members of this particular House—of this august institution—the Hon Phil Goff; who in his former capacity had a lot of experience in particular in international trade. He spoke very passionately and very wisely about his experiences with regard to our reputation offshore. And we all know that our reputation offshore is a key part in why countries come to New Zealand and why countries look towards New Zealand as a shining light of not only trade but global citizenry. It allows New Zealand to hold its head high in places like the United Nations in places like trade talks and trade negotiations and also in debates around security. It allows New Zealand to take that position as somewhat of a guiding light in those particular scenarios. So it is important that we when we consider this particular legislation have that in mind. We bear in mind that our integrity must come first. So the underlying theme is the integrity of our country not only as a trade partner but as a global citizen as a responsible country as a country that believes in democracy and as a country too that has served its time in conflicts around the world in support of democracy. So therefore it is only befitting that this particular legislation allows and strengthens that democracy internally here in New Zealand.I want to talk briefly about some of the other amendments made across the many bills arising from this particular omnibus bill. One of them talks about cybercrimes. We know how in this ever-changing world you buy a phone in the morning brand new and it is generally out of date that evening so it is important that our legislation keeps up with that technology and makes sure that citizens feel safe in what they do not only here in New Zealand but of course abroad and that when they make financial transactions that when they go online and that when they check their emails they feel secure in what they do.Match fixing is another issue that has been raised and it is good to see that there is a particular piece there that will tighten up some of the match fixing that goes on—Poto Williams: Like in the cricket.PEENI HENARE: Like in the cricket I daresay. We all pat ourselves on the back because we have got a great team and we have had some great experiences and wins over the past decade and indeed many decades past but you know a lot of us are left scratching our heads as to whether or not that support was misguided or that support was misplaced when we consider some of the antics and some of court trials that are going on currently. So I think it is a good thing to tidy that up.Also I want to talk about the human trafficking. Mr Davis has already mentioned it but a lot of people when they think of human trafficking they often think back to the slave trade that was prevalent around the world quite a number of years ago but it would be ignorant to say that it does not continue to this day. So it is important that we look after our people not only those here domestically but of course those offshore given the operation of human trafficking of our own citizens offshore or more important that of citizens who do live overseas to make sure that wherever they may be in the world we have legislation that will look after them their rights and of course our citizens as they travel freely to the far corners of the earth. That particular bill also tightens up the penalties for those who do involve themselves in human trafficking and are found to be guilty of it and I think that is a good move. If you want to be serious about making so many changes it is important that we have the right deterrents in place to ensure that those things do not happen moving on into the future.It has already been mentioned in the House by many colleagues in particular on this side of the House that this particular piece of legislation was a great opportunity to really do something to really put a stake in the ground and to make sure that corruption does not infiltrate into this great country and all that we do. Earlier it was mentioned around bribery and around facilitation payments. I will not go on about that as I feel it has already been well mentioned in this House. I do however want to say it is important that we tidy these things up and I am a little bit dismayed that we did not take this opportunity to indeed fix that kind of conversation of bribery because it is a terrible word and when you say it in this House and when you say it out in business transactions and in our country’s dealings with other nations bribery is a filthy word. So I am a little bit dismayed that we could not get rid of that one. This particular legislation also improves New Zealand’s compliance with a number of other international conventions including the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions. That is why I am talking about its great intention but I do not think it quite goes far enough. The legislation also has a range of other anti-corruption measures that many of the members have spoken about.In conclusion I would just like to add my final statements touching back on my contribution at the beginning around the themes that really run under the debate today on this particular legislation. What are those? I will mention them again: they are about the integrity and mana of this country. I think about our captain of the All Blacks Richie McCaw and the mana he conducts himself with and I would like to think that whenever any of our officials or whenever any New Zealand citizen makes their way offshore or conducts themselves in business or in trade or in sport or in anything else that they do it with mana and they do it with the integrity that I think the likes of Richie McCaw do well in leading us in. The legislation touches on the need for us to be responsible global citizens and I think this legislation certainly is a right step in that direction. It makes us a responsible country—a responsible country that people look towards not only for leadership but for the kind of advice that would be expected on all of the global forums such as the UN. Finally I want to conclude by saying that Labour does support this legislation. Kia ora tātou katoa.