Marcroft JennyJENNY MARCROFT (NZ First): Tēnā koe Mr Speaker. An absolute pleasure to stand on behalf of New Zealand First to speak to this the second reading now of the Auckland Regional Amenities Funding Amendment Bill. Absolutely a pleasure indeed to take my call because New Zealand First will support this private bill.I'd like to start my contribution by noting that I'm not a bean counter; so I'm not able to give you the detail and the background relating to the accounting practices as my good colleague Dr Deborah Russell has been able to do with her extensive background in taxation and accounting matters. And I also too would like to make note of my other colleague Michael Wood and his contribution giving us the historical background to the formation of these amenities coming together in the Auckland region. I'd note also too the member who has this bill in her name Parmjeet Parmar also too noting that she said that this doubling up was overlooked and therefore this is a small but technical bill that needs fixing and therefore we are very supportive of ensuring this bill goes through all of its stages. As I mentioned it is a small and technical bill and making changes that require these specific amenities to prepare financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting practices.So I would like to talk to what I know of some of these amenities having spent 20-odd years in the Auckland region. My colleague Michael Wood talked about his relationship with the Stardome and as a part-time stay-at-home mum I was very much always there as a parent help whenever the school went on their trips And of course coming from the Warkworth region it was always great to come into Auckland to visit some of the facilities there and Stardome was of particular interest for all the parents. You had to get in line really quickly to put up your hand to be parent help on that particular trip. So although we didn't get the whole The Dark Side of the Moon Pink Floyd experience that we heard in the House from Michael Wood I think that for the children that went and all those schoolchildren who have been to the Stardome what an amazing experience that large 360-degree planetarium theatre is. What they learn about science what they learn about their place in the world and what they learn about space sets their minds to creative and wondrous things. So I think really if there was an opportunity for me to go back as a grown-up without being parent help I'd really be excited to have one of the other amenities which are in this bill—maybe the Auckland Philharmonia if they could play at Stardome perhaps giving a grand rendition of Gustav Holst's The Planets - Mars the Bringer of War. That would be my cup of tea indeed.I won't go into the historical background; that has been covered. The bill has been well outlined by the member Parmjeet Parmar who has brought this bill to the House and the accounting practices certainly have been well traversed as well. I would just like to say a couple of other points though: that New Zealand First absolutely supports this bill. They are common-sense measures to bring into alignment the practices of the specified Auckland regional amenities and the legislation that governs their financial reporting. And just a quick wee note as I finish off my short contribution: it was under National specifically Paul Goldsmith that the change in the Charities Act in 2015 was passed without spotting the impact that this would have on the amenities in this bill. So today we're here as part of the process to fix that up. I'd like to commend this bill to the House.