Mooney JosephJOSEPH MOONEY (National—Southland): Thank you very much Mr Chair. Minister I'm interested in your response—just then where you said you announced this in 2019. I think everyone in this House and around New Zealand—and in fact around the world—would agree that the world has changed dramatically since 2019 which has a direct bearing on this Act coming into force on 30 April 2023.By the world changing Minister I mean inflation. Inflation's impacting the world. Inflation is impacting New Zealand in a very significant way. Foot-and-mouth is in Indonesia. It is impacting on them and as I mentioned earlier it's going to mean they are going to have to replace their herd at some point. Where are their animals going to come from? Ukraine—it was inconceivable in 2019 that there would be a war in Europe. Here we are today; there is a war in Europe. Fifty thousand cows as of today we know are going to need to be replaced in the Ukraine to replace the herd so people can eat. Where are those animals going to come from? Can New Zealand do its part to help other countries around the world with this piece of law coming in to force on 30 April 2023? No it cannot.Supplementary Order Paper 207 by Nicola Grigg extending this by one year would be a very sensible thing to do given the incredibly different economic situation and geopolitical situation New Zealand and our world finds itself in. I would ask: is the Minister aware that most of the live exports go to developing nations? And is the Minister aware that there are hundreds of millions of people in extreme food insecurity as we speak? Where are they going to get their food from? Why cannot New Zealand be part of the solution? Why not at least extend this one year so that we can reassess the position as this is an incredibly unpredictable and unstable environment that we find ourselves in. In 2019 it was inconceivable that food security would be one of the top issues for the world only a few years later but that's where we find ourselves Minister. That is one of the key things New Zealand as a trading nation can do for the world. We can supply food for the world and importantly here we can supply milking cows to the world so people can actually milk cows and have sustenance for themselves and their children. It is a key part of New Zealand's economy and we have good quality stock in this country. And it's not just our part for helping developing nations which is where most of our livestock go to; it's the impact on New Zealand as communities around New Zealand find more challenges with this cost of living crisis with inflation. I mean Infometrics has analysed this and their analysis is that the net cost to New Zealand's GDP in the short term—one or two years after the ban—would be around $475 million per annum and an ongoing net cost to national financial wellbeing of around $320 million per annum. Now as I go around my region of Southland Minister I speak to schools who are finding significant funding challenges. I speak to the health sector who have significant funding challenges. How are we going to pay for this? We pay for it by being a trading nation by selling things to the world that the world needs. The world needs food and we need to be able to provide this to them in a safe way in a gold standard manner as Australia has done. Australia has developed a gold standard for their live exports. Australia is getting great trade deals so it hasn't impacted their ability to get trade deals. Why aren't we looking at doing the same and why not at least extend this out for a year for the commencement date of this Act so that we can reassess the economic picture in New Zealand?We can't afford to be losing $475 million per annum and this has a disproportionate impact on our rural communities who are under pressure. We can't afford not to be in a position to assist developing nations who are facing extreme food insecurity. We can't afford not to be in a position to help Indonesia who need to replace their livestock facing foot-and-mouth disease. We can't afford to be in a position to say to the Ukraine Well we can't help you with your cows sorry. We've got great cows but sorry you can't have any of them to replace your stock that have been lost in the war with your neighbour Russia. Sorry." We are just focused on sending a signal that we're stopping all live exports from New Zealand. So I would ask the Minister to seriously consider this because the world has dramatically changed since 2019 and I'd ask the Minister to reflect on that and to consider this extension."