Bennett Glen; Salesa JennyGLEN BENNETT (Labour—New Plymouth): Kia ora Mr Speaker. New Zealand is a relatively small city compared to the rest of the world. We are a long narrow city yes but compared to many other nations and states around the world New Zealand is a relatively small city. Therefore there are things I think we have done for so long—and we look back at the reforms of the 1980s in local government we look at reforms that have gone on with the super-city in Auckland in the 2010s we look at reforms that go on constantly throughout our nation and in this House. We are always looking for ways and means to ensure that we care and make sure that we do have affordable water we do have affordable services to serve all people. This is what the Water Services Entity Amendment Bill participates in. It's listening looking and finding ways that we can actually do right by our communities. So therefore I'm supporting this bill today. Now yesterday was a significant day in Taranaki. It was a very significant day for a number of reasons. Firstly it was significant because it was the first time the New Plymouth District Council had their council meeting at Ōwae marae in Waitara. The first time they actually went and left the chamber and actually sat face to face with local iwi and with local hapū. Yesterday was also a significant day because on their agenda yesterday at Ōwae marae in Waitara they were discussing the Taranaki Position Statement that has been put out around the water services entities amendment—around becoming an entity in Taranaki. So South Taranaki District Council Stratford District Council New Plymouth District Council Ngāti Tama Ngāti Maru Ngāti Mutunga Te Ati Awa Taranaki Iwi Ngāruahine Ngāti Ruanui and Ngā Rauru are all on this document looking at what this legislation is posing to implement and to amend.Speaking in favour of what it looks like for us in Taranaki as a combined group—not only of councils of regional council but also of iwi and hapū groups—saying yes we see our future. I want to comment on our mayor Neil Holdom from New Plymouth who—let's be honest I've had many robust conversations in his office out and about around the work that we're doing on three waters. We haven't always agreed but we have agreed on many things as well. He talked yesterday—and he's talked many times—about the fact that change is coming that councils in Taranaki that iwi in Taranaki could put their heads in the sand; they could put their heads in their hands; they could ignore it; they could fight it; or they could get ahead of it. They are getting ahead of it. Yesterday the New Plymouth District Council signed up to the Taranaki Position Statement supporting the Water Services Entities Amendment Bill to ensure that an entity is established in Taranaki working together with everyone. That really encourages me because this place—and we've heard earlier in the conversation in the debate today and in select committee that it's about a contest of ideas and challenges but it's kind of hard when there's only one side with the ideas.So it's sort of hard to have a contest of ideas when it's the ideas that we have—proposing and we hear shouting and screaming from the other side but I don't see ideas coming from the National Party; I don't see ideas coming around how we can actually reform and ensure that us a small city compared to the rest of the world can actually make change that actually will serve our people here in Aotearoa New Zealand.So this is simple legislation; this is legislation that is going to ensure better community voice. I commend this bill to the House.ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Jenny Salesa): The next call is a split call. I call on the Hon David Bennett for five minutes.