Kanongata'a Anahila; Rurawhe AdrianANAHILA KANONGATA'A-SUISUIKI (Labour): Kia ora e te Mana Whakawā. It's an honour and a privilege to stand here to make a contribution to the Natural and Built Environment Bill. I have sat here and I've listened to everyone's contribution to this bill and it's really fascinating. I'd like to take this opportunity to thank Minister David Parker for his leadership first of all and for giving the select committee time to consider the details of this. Now we call this the bill but before it was the natural and built environment exposure document. They gave us an opportunity as a select committee to consider what could be and what may well be a better bill for us to consider which we are considering today.It's fascinating. When I hear contributions from the other side they agree with the Minister that the system is broken they agree with the Minister that it's too costly and they agree with a lot of things we're saying but at the same time they're saying that they oppose the bill. When I think of all their contributions it reminds me of a well-thought-out landscaped garden where you think that the Ministers have looked at it and said All right we really need a lot of experts to look at this well-thought-out landscaped garden." and what the Opposition is saying is "Oh that garden is terrible. We need to do something about it but we really don't know what it is. Let's just complain."I have heard mention of "This will take 10 years—this will take 10 years." I think they weren't listening to what the Minister had said which is that this is a progressive change. We will go from a hundred regional plans to 15. What that means is that 15 plans will progressively be implemented to 15 regions so some regions will get it within the first two years and in other regions when it's completed it'll be in 10 years' time. So I urge all the regions please you can put in a submission and say "We'd like to be considered first in the implementation of this natural and built environment."There are over 800 pages in this bill. I asked Rachel Brooking because she's an expert on this matter and I said to Rachel Brooking "OK for me how do I read this at a high level?" There are three parts to the Natural and Built Environment Bill which are the National Planning Framework natural and built environment plans and consents. I'm asking those who think that this great big massive 800-page document is too difficult to please have a look at the clauses where it talks about the principles—oh here it is. Please have a look at the clauses where it talks about the principles. Can I remind the House clause 3 in Part 1 talks about the purpose of the bill. It talks about the purpose of the bill. Clause 4—like the member Tāmati Coffey has gone into trouble by giving us an explanation—is about giving effect to the Treaty principles clause 5 sets out the outcomes and of course clause 6 sets out the principles for the Minister and the regional committees for decision making.So I will leave the details there but what I want to urge communities to do communities like those where I'm from in South Auckland young people Pacific ethnic communities—this is the time for us to make a contribution. Please make a submission. We as the select committee are going to give opportunities for those who want to make a submission to either have it written or see us in person.Budget 2022 for the Government has three goals and we know what the goals are. One is to continue keeping the country safe from COVID-19; two accelerate recovery from COVID-19; and number three it's about laying the foundation for the future which is what this bill is all about. It's about laying the foundation how we are going to build wellbeing. Number one is to keep New Zealand safe from COVID-19—continuing that—and number two is to recover. But what I want to say is that this was going to be high level. This is part of the Government's work in terms of laying foundations for the future—I'll keep going—laying foundations for the future. This plan is well-thought-out. I commend the Minister on his work on this and I commend the bill to the House. Mālō 'aupito. Stuart Smith: Mr Speaker. SPEAKER: Oh I've got about 10 seconds to go so I don't know if I—there we go. It's come time for me to leave the Chair for the dinner break. The House will resume at 7 p.m.Sitting suspended from 5.55 p.m. to 7 p.m."