Davidson MaramaMARAMA DAVIDSON (Co-Leader—Green): Tēnā koe e Te Māngai o Te Whare. Ata mārie tātou katoa i tēnei Whare Pāremata.[Good morning to all of us in Parliament House.]I wanted to take a short call in this before the final reading of the Coroners (Access to Body of Dead Person) Amendment Bill firstly to absolutely congratulate Minister Little for picking up this particular part of the recommendations of the Māori Affairs Committee and showing a confirmed and committed way forward to how we can start putting in place the recommendations that came from the Māori Affairs Committee through the inquiry into the management of tūpāpaku. Now I wanted to acknowledge the previous members of that select committee when former co-leader Metiria Turei raised the issue of the stress that whānau go through in one of the most stressful times that any person can imagine in their lives at a time of grief and shock.When Metiria Turei proposed this inquiry to the select committee it was absolutely clear that every single member of the select committee could relate to the issue of the difficulties and the challenges that arise for actually any family but particularly those just wanting to manage and deal with their tūpāpaku in a way that upholds their tikanga and their culture.Every single person on that select committee and I think that included—I was just talking to Tutehounuku Korako—Pita Paraone Marama Fox myself Nuk Korako Jo Hayes. Chester Borrows—we all were keen on getting this inquiry through but he was particularly keen coming from his police background and he acknowledged where processes could be done better in dealings with whānau so as not to add hurt to grief. We were all very clear; we all acknowledged instances—Pita Paraone I think I said his name. Every single member was very enthusiastic. I was very proud to be able to pick this up and hold the torch for Metiria Turei once I became a member of that Māori Affairs Committee. What the Minister Andrew Little has done here is pick up one of the specific recommendations one of the most—well they're all important let me be clear but one of the recommendations to start with that will make a very significant difference if we think about what we heard in the select committee is that there will be a requirement of the coroner when determining whether a person should be allowed to remain with the tūpāpaku to also consider tikanga Māori and the expectations of other cultures.I was reminded of visiting I think it's called Papatoetoe crematorium and cemetery in South Auckland some years ago when I learnt about the leading ways that that crematorium has worked out how to make things more respectful across a broad range of cultures and I look forward to coroners and all agencies involved increasing their learning to be able to uphold this amendment to section 26 of the Coroners Act 2006. Taking cultural considerations into account will absolutely require an openness and eagerness to learn to be informed and to form relationships across leadership in the community and agencies. That will hold us in good stead throughout what I hope will be ongoing follow-up of putting some of those other recommendations from that inquiry into place. There were others around improving cultural considerations at the time of death but also the capacity of the coronial system was something we heard a lot about.So I'm just really pleased to stand and make a grateful and appreciative contribution in this the committee stage acknowledging everyone for the work that has brought us to this place and particularly acknowledging clause 4 amending section 26 of the Coroners Act to insert that importance of upholding tikanga values across cultures and what we know from evidence is that that will actually make it easier for agencies and whānau alike. So this is a win-win situation. I commend this to committee. Kia ora.Clauses 1 to 4 agreed to.Bill to be reported without amendment.House resumed.The Chairperson reported the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (Monetary Policy) Amendment Bill with amendment the Conservation (Infringement System) Bill with amendment the Earthquake Commission Amendment Bill with amendment the Crown Minerals Amendment Bill with amendment and the Coroners (Access to Body of Dead Person) Amendment Bill without amendment.Report adopted.