Davidson MaramaMARAMA DAVIDSON (Co-Leader—Green): I am very pleased to have seen this the Coroners (Access to Body of Dead Person) Amendment Bill come through to this third reading in this House. And I know that all throughout the readings my colleagues have upheld the whakapapa of this particular change in law which is about requiring coroners to take cultural considerations—tikanga Māori and the expectations of other cultures—into account particularly around deciding when whānau can remain with their tūpāpaku with their loved one who has passed on.And so I must I feel as is appropriate in this third reading recount that story when I think in 2016 Metiria Turei raised with the Māori Affairs Committee the problem the issue of not enough consideration. There were many many stories from decades actually and from all around the country of things going wrong for whānau at a time where stress is at its high point when people have lost their loved one and the exchanges between agencies and between organisations—you know a wide cross-section whether it's coroners or police or hospitals undertakers and so on—with that whānau in extreme grief and stress become harmed by the process and add further injury to already pain. Metiria Turei raised it in the Māori Affairs Committee: can we look into this? And of course every single person on the select committee had their own associations and stories—Māori or non-Māori—of how we could do better and how traumatised people can become in that moment of grief when those exchanges go wrong when those processes go wrong.So the inquiry was born and carried through over a couple of select committees actually and into this present select committee where I acknowledge our chair Rino Tirikatene and all the members of the previous select committee. I actually do want to say their names again—the previous Parliament's select committee: Chester Borrows; Nuk Korako of course as chair; Pita Paraone; Jo Hayes; Marama Fox; myself—because there was a clear agreement that we would take this inquiry through. Everyone had their experiences from all different backgrounds. I remember Mr Chester Borrows from his police background having seen firsthand again and again and again and again where it could go wrong and how it could improve. So we took this through and one of the recommendations that came out of the report in the inquiry picked up on this very recommendation: this very bill that we are finalising today in the House.So the recommendation was a sort of an overview of improving cultural consideration as one of the top umbrella recommendations. And a couple of points under that have been why we are able to make an amendment in this bill where section 26 of the Act requires coroners when determining whether a person should be allowed to remain with the tūpāpaku to also consider tikanga Māori and expectations of other cultures." So I'm incredibly pleased to see this starting point of that inquiry and the recommendations from the report into that inquiry be picked up by this House.We've got more work to do. On this third reading and going forward we also need to look at capacity issues of the coronial system and pick up on the Law Commission's report of 2015 around death burial and such matters. So we've certainly got a pathway forward. The capacity issue was a massive one actually that we heard about in full alarm.With the rest of my time I'd like to acknowledge some of the stories of why this particular bill is so important and particularly for whānau. I believe the Hon Shane Jones referred to other cases particularly the death of a baby. The death of a baby is well the worst thing that can happen I think—the separation of that baby from whānau—and there are still mamas in particular living with the trauma of a process gone wrong. I'm being very general because that's not my story—it's the people who gave it to me; it's their story—but I do want to refer to it as a general example without stealing their story from them but for the purposes of this bill I really want to go back to the core of why this is so incredibly important and that we at least can also raise awareness.This is a win-win-win for everybody. When we have got whānau who are feeling as supported and as loved as they can feel in a moment of utter grief that is going to also improve the interactions across all agencies and personnel at the time of death. So a coroner being able to show some leadership in taking tikanga Māori into account is going to really help that. People just want to be able to grieve how they want. They want to be able to preserve their tikanga—whatever their tikanga is—and we have an obligation and a duty to allow that care approach to happen. We also understand the benefits of that in being able to help whānau through that process.So I'm just really acknowledging the whakapapa the baton that I received from Metiria Turei the Māori Affairs Committee's work and support on this inquiry the bill and the Minister Andrew Little having the good sense to pick up that particular recommendation and bring it through the House which in my mind is a commitment that we've got more work to do. This is a fantastic starting point. I look forward to when whānau can just deal with their grief and not any other injury that happens upon them from shoddy processes—when whānau can simply be left to do the job of grieving and are supported as much as possible through the coronial process in that situation. So without anything further Madam Assistant Speaker thank you very much for the opportunity to assist this bill to its place in our law books today. Kia ora."