Bayly AndrewANDREW BAYLY (National—Hunua): It is a pleasure to be talking on the third reading of the Wildlife (Powers) Amendment Bill. Unfortunately I was not a member of the committee at the stage that this bill passed through the very hard-working Local Government and Environment Committee chaired by my friend beside me here Mr Scott Simpson. Of course this is a very important piece of legislation because in New Zealand we all value our diversity of wildlife and this is really dealing with the heart of that matter. Even in my electorate which is Hunua I have got the wonderful Hunua Ranges where we have got the beautiful kokako wekas and a whole lot of bird life. The thought of people going up there and basically taking these birds or animals and stuffing them down underpants inside map rolls or whatever and illegally transporting them overseas is just abhorrent and I think passing this legislation is a great thing to be doing.As we have just heard from my colleague just across the road we are updating this Wildlife Act. It has not been updated for 60 years. The first of the five key areas is really around granting to warranted Department of Conservation (DOC) officers—and I heard the discussion around those who are not warranted but it is limited to warranted officers—to take the action to stop an offence when it is actually happening. We saw that case in point just very recently with the pāua—600 undersized pāua—that were seized just outside Napier. The bill is providing for the ability to stop people at the scene and actually stop an offence happening at that moment. That is the best time—that preventative action as well as dealing with people right on the scene.The second aspect is the temporary stop to persons when they are suspected of an offence. At the moment you can stop and ask a whole lot of details but the ability to actually retain or stop that person leaving the site while you bring in other people to help get that evidence is actually a crucial piece of this power that has been addressed in this bill. I think that is really really important.The third is in terms of the evidence that can be gained. Obviously when this Act was put together 60 years ago laptops were not in existence and modern-day cameras were not in existence. This bill just modernises all that and makes sure that if there is any circumstantial evidence on the machine or whatever it can be actually used in any future prosecutions.The fourth one as my colleague Clayton Mitchell mentioned just before: the key aspect is that when you want to make a prosecution you need to have the identity. So the old Act allowed you to ask for the name and address but did not allow any further identification particularly around birth date. This bill again modernises that so the prosecution process is so much easier. That is contained in clause 6 of the bill.The fifth element is really just limiting very serious offences which actually protect really precious wildlife. That is an important clause where there is a wholesale process going on such as with the pāua where you are getting so many animals involved in being basically taken from a place.Finally this bill is dealing with the language in the Act just updating it so that is a good piece of work. On that basis I have got to commend the bill.