Bennett GlenGLEN BENNETT (Labour): Ko au te whenua ko te whenua ko au. Now if you haven't read this document—I'm not sure if the previous speaker Scott Simpson has actually read the document—that is a summary of what it is about: I am the land and the land is me".In this document—which to me wasn't full of beautiful glossy graphs; it was full of challenges that our land is under pressure. I read this and was concerned—and I'll speak about that shortly—Hon Scott Simpson: Tāmati Coffey didn't think so.GLEN BENNETT: —because in this document it talks about the challenges of our ecosystem the challenges of our soil—Hon Scott Simpson: Stuart Nash didn't think so.GLEN BENNETT: —the challenges of climate change in terms of things like invasive pests and diseases.Hon Scott Simpson: Aupito William Sio didn't think so.GLEN BENNETT: This document talks about the challenges of our future—Hon Scott Simpson: Phil Twyford didn't think so.GLEN BENNETT: —and our species that are at risk.Hon Scott Simpson: Angie Warren-Clark didn't think so.DEPUTY SPEAKER: Enough—enough!GLEN BENNETT: So I'm not sure if the previous speaker has actually read this because to me it wasn't blissful night-time reading; it was actually a challenge to myself to this House and to future generations.For me it both challenges me and it scares me—this document. It's about the environment's health; how do we look after the land to ensure it's ready and fit for the next generation? How does it provide for our needs for our food? It's for our jobs it's for our rest and recreation and it's for our play. Our environment is our taonga and I believe that this document challenges us about that and whether we are actually taking that seriously. So it challenges me because I can see aspiration yes; I can see possibility yes; but it also scares me.When I look at the number on one of the pages in this document it talks about the at-risk land species: 3283 threatened at-risk land species. That's just land not to mention the others that are airborne in that 4000 that we're talking about that are native that our biodiversity hosts here in this place; we're a hotbed for the beauty of what nature and the environment provide. But also I am scared because we could be the generation that wipes out species that will never ever come back again.It's also estimated that 192 million tonnes of soil are lost to erosion every year and 44 percent of that comes from our pastures. This is crucial to our own existence and crucial to our economy and crucial to our life.As I said earlier climate change of course featured in this talking about the challenges of our rising temperatures the challenges of our rising rainfalls and how climate change is impacting and will continue to impact the future of agrifood in our communities. But it talks about the existing pressures that are going to get worse about the increased invasive species the increased diseases that come.So I find hope in this document. I find the possibility if we actually read it and understand it and work with it. But it also is sombre reading in terms of our generation and our responsibility if we don't do the right thing and pay attention.I want to finish on the section that engages our rangatahi because they are our current and our present but they're also our future. They were part of the engagement in this and that's why this does give me hope through the challenges. Through being scared in what I read it also gives me hope when they talk about how they want action and they want us to be bold and collectively work across the House together to make change when it talks about connections and bringing people from all over our communities together and across our country to make it better when it talks about deep environmental responsibility that we need to take seriously as adults but also as young people and children and when they acknowledge the practice of Te Tiriti o Waitangi as something that is a gift to this nation that is a gift—if we understand and honour it then our nation will thrive and grow even more.This is challenging. This is hopeful. This is scary. But I believe that all of us on all sides of the House need to make sure we read this we understand it but then of course we put this into practice."