Campbell HamishDr HAMISH CAMPBELL (National—Ilam): Thank you Madam Speaker. It is a great pleasure to rise to my feet to talk about the Regulatory Systems (Education) Amendment Bill. It's always a great topic when we come to talk about education. I think education is the key to actually lifting the quality of life of all people and it's actually something that was a key theme of my maiden statement. I think it's very important education so I'm very grateful that I've been given this opportunity to stand up and talk about this amendment bill. A lot has been mentioned about this bill already. It's talking about maintaining the mana of the Māori Battalion and the legacy that they have forged in the theatres of war; we much honour their sacrifices that we have freedom because of their willingness to go to war.Hon Scott Simpson: This Parliament is a war memorial as well.Dr HAMISH CAMPBELL: Yeah actually that's a good point. This Parliament is a war memorial and we honour not just the Māori Battalion but all battalions that have fought for our safety and our freedom.But getting back to this bill of course the policy objective of this bill is to maintain the effectiveness and efficiency of the regulatory systems established by the principal Acts that it amends. And I appreciate that's a very complicated way of saying that really what we need to do is modernise this legislation that will stop the need for us to have to keep on coming back and editing it or modifying it amending it. We need to make sure that we modernise it to make sure that we can keep that mana going forward.Now of course there's a whole range of things that this bill is going to do but I think probably we do have support right across the House which is great. But I think it is great that we can actually have scholarships which we can then give out to students which can give them encouragement to continue on into education so they can reach the aspirations and dreams that they have. And of course it was just last night that actually we had Rocket Lab here at Parliament and we think of the students that now can reach for the stars. We can definitely encourage more students into STEM and actually help lift the quality of life of all New Zealanders. But I do digress. I appreciate it is very much a passion of mine that we do increase our scientific literacy of our students.But this bill contains a range of minor and technical changes as I say aimed at modernising and updating legislation. And of course we've talked about this scholarship fund Act broadening the range updating the definition of a Pacific person who can benefit from this foundation. I think it's very important that we acknowledge that and can continue to elevate Pacific people in New Zealand. And of course we've talked about changing the name of the ID card. Just once again this shows that we need to make sure that this is a modernised piece of legislation that will actually achieve what we need it to do.All parties have indicated their support for this bill and I do believe there have been some submissions through the select committee process—all in favour of this.Hon Scott Simpson: With unanimity across the House.Katie Nimon: Amazing.Dr HAMISH CAMPBELL: It's absolutely amazing. I think really the key messages are we need to preserve the legacy and the mana of the 28th Māori Battalion into the future we need to support the work of the Pacific Education Foundation and we need to ensure that the education regulatory systems are fit for purpose. And so therefore I commend this bill to the House.