Henare Peeni: Sale and Supply of Alcohol (Display of Low-alcohol Beverages and Other Remedial Matters) Amendment Bill — First ReadingText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeHenare Peeni: Sale and Supply of Alcohol (Display of Low-alcohol Beverages and Other Remedial Matters) Amendment Bill — First Reading[Sitting date: 05 May 2016. Volume:713;Page:10875. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]PEENI HENARE (Labour—Tāmaki Makaurau): Tēnā koe Mr Assistant Speaker. As I was saying on that cold Wednesday night back in August last year—and to refresh the memory of the House—I take this opportunity to remind the House that Labour does indeed support this bill. However we support this bill with a tinge of sadness. That sadness is that in 2010 the Law Commission produced a report around alcohol sale and supply and from that we know that the legislation in 2012 came out and here we are today revisiting that piece of legislation to fix some of the technical and minor issues that have arisen from that bill and been noticed over the past wee while. This is why we come to this point in time and are now debating this particular bill. Why we express that dismay is that the report went quite a bit further with regard to alcohol harm.One only needs to remember that in the not too far distant past there were some horrible scenes of brawls in downtown Auckland and these brawls contained disturbing images broadcast across our country that showed male on male violence and male on female violence. That is naturally of concern to all of us. We on this side of the House argue that this particular piece of legislation does not go quite far enough and we would like to see perhaps the Government really confront this issue around alcohol harm.I do believe I am correct when I say that most young people—in fact most people in general—before they head out for a great night in town to catch the late night footie a bit of league bit of rugby or maybe a bit of trans-Tasman netball are going to drink drinks at home. They are going to pre-load which is what they call it. They are going to drink these drinks at home and the reason that they are able to do that and do it excessively is that the prices are so dirt cheap. You can buy alcohol almost anywhere. A particularly huge concern in South Auckland is that on just about every corner where there is a dairy there is also an alcohol supply store. You buy this alcohol dirt cheap you go home you pre-load on Cody’s—otherwise known as a “court case in a can”—and then you head out into town. If you ask most people what the score was at the end of the rugby game they will not even know. Those scenes were broadcast across the country recently and should be of huge concern to us.In respect of fixing some of the technical and minor issues in the legislation we in Labour are supporting the bill so that low-alcohol beverages are advertised and sold only in those certain areas in the supermarkets where they will not be exposed to our young people our kids and those who are following mum and dad through the supermarkets. What was mentioned in the debate back on that night in August was that it was also fantastic to see a huge growth in low-alcohol beverages available to the public so that those who do pre-load also have other options where they can perhaps take a more reasonable approach to their drinking—have one or two low-alcohol beverages—and of course these will be readily available to them in that certain area of the supermarket.In conclusion we support this bill. Once again we are slightly dismayed that more of the recommendations from the report are not being considered. However this particular bill is a sensible step to take around the sale of low-alcohol beverages and we support this bill.Debate interrupted.