Rurawhe AdrianADRIAN RURAWHE (Labour—Te Tai Hauāuru): Tēnā koe e Te Heamana o Te Komiti o Te Whare nei oti noa e tika ana kia huri atu aku whakaaro ki a rātou e noho pōuri ana i tēnei wā i Kaikōura i ngā āhuatanga o te rūwhenua; oti noa ki a rātou katoa e noho āwangawanga ana puta noa ngā moutere nei e rū ana i tēnei wā. Nō reira kei te mihi atu ki a koutou katoa e whakarongo mai nā ki tēnei kōrero.[Thank you Mr Chairman and so it is fitting that I turn my thoughts to those who remain distressed at this moment in Kaikōura due to the circumstances of the earthquake; and to all of those throughout these islands in a state of unease as tremors continue right now. So I acknowledge you all listening in to this contribution.]I want to start off by just acknowledging and also by joining my words with those who have already acknowledged the people of Kaikōura but also the people around the country who are feeling a little bit anxious right now.It is fitting that we are talking about the Charities Amendment Bill. I want to acknowledge all of those who made a submission on this bill—first of all: the process that was used to get those extra submissions. I want to thank the Government Administration Committee for its work and its thoughtfulness on how to make sure that people had the additional opportunity to make a submission. In particular I want to acknowledge Te Korowai o Ngāruahine Trust. I want to acknowledge the submission that it made in actually supporting this bill—first of all its words around making certain that a person cannot be an officer of a charitable entity if they have been convicted of tax evasion; they particularly pointed that out. The trust also supported the amendment to section 60 High Court may make interim order pending determination of appeal" in clause 12A. Those are the things that are in—and I might point out that that submission was made from within my electorate. I wanted to point that one out particularly because Ngāruahine is moving into—not quite the post-settlement phase of its development but very close. I think it is very important that these words that are representative of the entire country come to this House. So I want to acknowledge this one mainly because not all of our charitable organisations have made submissions on bills and I just want to acknowledge it. I also want to acknowledge what the Minister for the Community and Voluntary Sector has stated about this bill being divided from the Statutes Amendment Bill because I am reflecting on the statement that I made in my second reading speech and that clarifies that for me so I just want to acknowledge that as well. I also want to talk further about section 60 in clause 12A and what that really means. I have not spoken to a lot of charitable organisations on this but the ones that I have have said that they did have some concerns about what might happen in the event that this interim order pending might not happen. I know you have given guidance on what might not happen but nevertheless that is what the people are saying; that is what the submitters have said.In a wider context I just want to speak very briefly on clause 1 the title—being an amendment to the Charities Act—and comment on the purpose of the principal Act. Throughout this country right now as other members have stated we have a number of charitable organisations that are stepping up and doing what we need so that that can give comfort not only to New Zealanders but to the many thousands of tourists who are currently suffering from what has happened in Kaikōura. Thank you.Clause 1 agreed to.Clause 2 agreed to.Clause 10 agreed to.Clause 11 agreed to.Clause 12 agreed to.Clause 12A agreed to.Bill to be reported without amendment presently."