Rurawhe AdrianADRIAN RURAWHE (Labour—Te Tai Hauāuru): Tēnā koe e te Māngai o te Whare otirā ki a tātau hui tahi nei i tēnei pō tēnei te mihi ake ki a tātau. Tino pai ki ahau kia tū ake ki te kōrero ki te pire nei te pire e pā ana ki Ahi me Ohotata Aotearoa arā—the Fire and Emergency New Zealand Bill. Pīrangi au ki te tuku i taku kōrero i te reo Māori nā te mea ko tēnei Te Wiki o te reo Māori. Otirā he maha ngā kupu-ā-kaupapa kei roto tēnei pire. Ahakoa tēnā māku e tarai ki te tuku taku kōrero.Tuatahi e pai ana tēnei te whakakotahi ā te Kōmihana Whakaratonga Iwi me ngā Rōpū Weto Ahi ki Taiwhenua kei raro i tētehi rōpū me kī hinonga Karauna hou. Nō reira e tautoko ana ahau taua w'akaaro. Kua roa te wā e whiriwhiri e titiro atu Te Kāwanatanga ki tēnei take. Ka puta mai ngā kōrero o taua āhuatanga te arotake ki tēnei pire tēnei āhuatanga. Nō reira e tika ana kia tuku mihi atu ki a rātau mā i tuku kōrero mai. Ki taku nei mō'io 235 ngā tāngata e tuku kōrero ki roto ki tēnei arotake. Kei roto i ā rātau kōrero e whakaae ana rātau kia tīnihia ngā āhuatanga e pā ana ki te Kōmihana Whakaratonga Iwi. Nō reira e tika ana kia tuku mai e te Minita tēnei pire nā te mea whakaae ana te hapori whānui. Nō reira e tuku mihi atu ki a ia te Minita ā i tuku mai tēnei pire. Kei roto te pire nei e whakamanahia tēnei hinonga Karauna hou kia pēnei i te kōrero o te Minita he mana hou tā rātau kia uru mai ngā whare kia āta titiro ā muri i te ahi kia titiro mai kia mōhio mai āe he aha te tino pūtake ka tīmata aua ahi. He mea hou tēnā. He mea hou anō hoki ā ngā mana e pā ana ki ngā mōrearea pūmatū ki taku nei mōhio hazardous chemical substances. He mana hou tēnei anō hoki. Nō reira e tū ana ahau mō Te Rōpū Reipa hei tautoko ana tēnei pire kia tuku atu tēnei pire ki te komiti whiriwhiringa hei āta titiro ki roto i ēnei mahi nei. E pai ana ki ahau ā kua kōrero ki ahau ki ngā kaimahi e mahi kore pūtea ana–volunteers–e pā ana ki tēnei āhuatanga. Pai ki a rātau te whakakotahi ēnei mahi i raro i tētehi rōpū hou. Ā ka pai anō hoki ā kia mahitahi me ngā kaimahi me ngā rōpū hei mahia aua mahi mō he pūtea; nō reira e tautoko ana ahau taua āhuatanga.E tū hoki au kia tuku atu tētehi āhua āwangawanga e pā ana ki tēnei pire. Arā ko te kohikohinga o ngā pūtea ngā pūtea whakaeke. Kua rongo au nō ngā rōpū mō ngā kamupene insurance. Kāore e tino whakaae a rātau ki te kohikohinga i ngā pūtea whakaeke ki a rātau mā. Ko tā rātau kōrero kia tuku atu pūtea mai i ngā tāke kē. Koinā tā rātau kōrero. Ki a au nei me whiriwhiringa e te komiti whiriwhiri e pā ana ki tēnei take kia noho mārama ai te katoa e pā ana ki tēnei āhuatanga kia tuku kia whakahokia atu tēnei pātai he aha te mea tino pai he aha te ara tino pai kia kohikohi ngā pūtea nei.[Tēnā koe Mr Assistant Speaker I wish to acknowledge everyone gathered this evening. I am delighted to speak on the Fire and Emergency New Zealand Bill. I wish to speak in Māori because it is Māori Language Week. There is much policy detail in this bill which I will attempt to describe in Māori.Firstly it is beneficial that the bill unifies the New Zealand Fire Service with the National Rural Fire Authority under a new Crown entity. Therefore I endorse this plan. The Government has spent a long time considering this matter. Comments about that aspect in terms of reviewing this bill in relation to this situation have emerged. And so it is fitting that those who sent in those comments are acknowledged. I understand 235 individuals sent in comments on this review. Their approval to amend aspects relating to the New Zealand Fire Service Commission was included in their comments. It is appropriate that the Minister has brought this bill before the House due to widespread public support. With that in mind I commend the Minister.The bill creates a new Crown entity which the Minister stated gives fire services new powers to enter homes following a fire to establish the cause of the fire. It also provides new powers relating to hazardous chemical substances. Accordingly I rise on behalf of the Labour Party to endorse this bill and its progression to select committee for consideration. I am fine with that and I have spoken with volunteers about this bill. They approve of the unification of fire services under a new organisation. It is also beneficial that firefighters and organisations work together; and so I support the unification.I would also like to express concerns about the bill particularly with regard to the collection of the fire levy. I have heard from insurance companies that are opposed to the levy and say that fire service funding should come from normal taxes. In my view the relevant select committee considering this issue must discuss this to ensure that everyone is clear about what is the best way to collect the fire levy.]Given that it is Māori Language Week I did try to do my entire speech in Māori but there are some things that are very technical and are beyond the scope of my Te Reo Māori. Mā te wā pea ka tū au. [Perhaps in time I will stand.]I do have some questions around the collection of levies and around what is the best way to actually give effect to that. As I understand it Cabinet made a decision around that before the review had started and so I do not think the submitters who made submissions through the review process were really given the opportunity to discuss that.I am not advocating one method over another. All I am saying is that the best way forward needs to be examined in full and I think it is appropriate for the select committee to do that. I think that the working together of both the volunteer and the paid sector is one thing that the volunteers—from the feedback I have been given around that—do want although they do tell me that they have good relationships between the different fire services.This bill is obviously a way to give recognition to the substantial changes that have happened over time. Once upon a time firefighters put out fires and that is pretty much all they did but they now have a vast range of work and tasks they provide for the community not the least of which are things like urban search and rescue and providing the prevention side of things as well. I think those things are incredibly important and I can speak from the number of marae that I am involved with where we have close interaction with the Fire Service to make sure that we try to keep our marae safe and have the prevention measures in place. So we look forward to hearing from all of these people during the submission process of the select committee.Taku kōrero whakamutunga e tuku mihi atu ki a rātau ngā kaimahi whakaweto ahi. Nō reira huri rauna te Whare nei ā tēnā tātau katoa.[In making a closing remark I pay tribute to them—the firefighters the ones who extinguish fires. And so to everyone throughout this House my appreciation to us all.]