Tirikatene RinoRINO TIRIKATENE (Labour—Te Tai Tonga): Tēnā koe Mr Assistant Speaker. Fakalofa lahi atu. I am very pleased to speak at the second reading of this bill. It really is captured in the title: the Consumers' Right to Know (Country of Origin of Food) Bill. I'm pleased that I was a member of the Primary Production Committee which considered this bill and I too want to acknowledge the member Steffan Browning a former member of this House—a resident of the great province of Marlborough and also part of Te Tai Tonga—who brought this bill to the House. Whilst this bill was not in Gareth Hughes' name when it was brought to the House I do want to acknowledge him as well as he has adopted it. We know its genesis we know where it came from and I do want to acknowledge Mr Steffan Browning for his contribution. Even though he may have had a limited time in this House this is a piece of legislation that he can put down as a legacy of his work in this august place. I support this bill. I too acknowledge all of the work that went on as a committee but also the officials that we really tested through the examination of this bill. I know Mr Smith said that we all wanted this bill to go through and whilst that is true it's fair to say that it was all around the scope of the bill where we had differences of opinion. But I'm pleased that as a committee we've come to a very sensible piece of legislation now.The key change as has been outlined is that this is not a stand-alone bill. This bill will be amending some key provisions in the Fair Trading Act and that provision in particular is section 27 which will now give the Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs the power to put in place regulations around implementing a country-of-origin food labelling regime.In regards to the scope of this bill yes we are starting with single component foods but we have included all those foods in their various forms—whether it be fresh frozen semi-processed or in a raw state—and across all major food groups. So it is quite broad in its application and this is a very good start.It's all about giving consumers the right to know where their food comes from. As Mr Smith said we as an exporting nation want to ensure that all of our consumers and customers around the world know that their product comes from New Zealand—our location the origin of our food means it commands a premium. Likewise the consumers that go to the supermarkets or retail outlets to buy their food should have the right to know where their food is coming from. So this is a really helpful start.There is scope in the future for the Minister to make further regulations in this area but we've started at a very common-sense place: single component foods. We're not getting too technical; we're keeping it simple. But single component foods whether they be in various forms across all those major food groups will in time have country of origin. That's why we've also staggered the implementation under the regulations of the time frame for which the industry will be required to put that labelling in place. So there'll be plenty of time. This will be implemented in a very staggered and common-sense way over the coming years.I'm very pleased and proud that I was part of the Primary Production Committee which considered this bill. It's making good progress thus far through the House and I commend it to the House. Kia ora.