SpeechDr ANAE NERU LEAVASA (Labour—Takanini): Mālō 'aupito Madam Speaker. I rise as the MP for Takanini in support of the Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products (Smoked Tobacco) Amendment Bill at its second reading. I totally disagree with the last member's assertions that it won't make a difference. It will make a huge difference and I would invite that member Brooke van Velden to come to South Auckland and hear the submissions that we heard from the people on the ground that are exposed big time to the amount of outlets and retailers that sell tobacco in our neighbourhoods. I was also cringing when Dr Shane Reti was saying that he opposes this bill because he's my medical colleague. To have the Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall here as well it was very upsetting I guess to hear a clinical colleague say that they would oppose this bill. This bill will make a huge difference for our people: 4500 people are dying per year in New Zealand because of smoke-related harms or second-hand smoking. That is 12 deaths per day—12 deaths per day—that this bill will make a huge difference in reducing that and who gets affected? It is our Māori Pasifika and vulnerable populations—our communities. So it is about helping our community members to stop smoking and helping to provide an environment where it is easier to do so. This is about their health their wellbeing and also their whānau. I also want to acknowledge the submitters who have presented to us in the last few months. Again reiterating that there were almost 2000 interested groups and individuals and we heard about 84 submitters at hearings in Auckland and Wellington and also over videoconference. It was so important to hear our community members say their bit regarding this bill and how much it affects their whānau as well. What this bill does—and I want to reiterate why it is so important. Smoking is the leading cause of preventable deaths in Aotearoa. Yes we can say that smoking rates are continuing to drop by 8 percent for the general population but it is our Māori and Pasifika families that still have high smoking rates and eliminating smoking would definitely make a huge difference for them in addressing the inequities in health as well. I was so glad with one of the venues being in South Auckland to have our submissions and submitters heard there in the beautiful Fale o Samoa in Māngere—the land of the 6-Bs as Minister Aupito William Sio would say. I would say that it's the land of Toa Samoa as they recently came second place in the Rugby World League Cup. It was a huge honour to see all our Samoan flags running around in Māngere. But it was so great because we had our community members. We had our Māori and Pasifika organisations come through and submit to the three Labour members who were there and no other members that were there—but I won't say too much Madam Speaker—ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Jenny Salesa): Order!Dr ANAE NERU LEAVASA: —I've already heard.ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Jenny Salesa): Order! Yes I've already—Dr ANAE NERU LEAVASA: But I want to acknowledge organisations such as Health Coalition Aotearoa Tala Pasifika Hāpai Te Houora and also I want to especially acknowledge this member of the community who comes from Māngere who sees the burden of disease there: Leitu Tufuga. She was so involved that she presented under different organisations but also presented herself on what she saw in her community. She said that there is three to four times more exposure in South Auckland in Māngere because of the amount of retailers in that neighbourhood compared to our leafy areas in Auckland as well. She spoke about the burden that she sees in her own whānau. She spoke about the youth getting involved—and yes we did speak about vaping as well. That was one of the issues that was brought up. But to hear our Pasifika members of the community say their bit was huge for us. We were getting real-life stories and to hear other members here say that it won't make a difference that is simply rubbish. This will make a huge difference and I want to say that Māori are three times more likely to be daily smokers but not only that: lung cancer—lung cancer being the leading cause for our Māori women and the second leading cause for our Māori men. I want to make a special mention of our Hashtags crew—our youth. Our youth who came and spoke about what it means for them to be in a smoke-free generation. They also spoke about having a nicotine-free generation as well. Just to see them their leadership and their boldness to speak in front of us and to have that leadership at such a young age—I give it up to The Hashtags. Well done and it's awesome. They're current leaders now and they're going to be our future leaders of Aotearoa as well. This bill—I'm so happy that it's going to be passed tonight in terms of the second reading. I hope that other members take note because all our submissions and all the modelling that has been done show that it will make a difference for our communities. I commend this bill to the House. Fa'afetai. ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Jenny Salesa): The next call is a split call. I call Maureen Pugh—five minutes.