Tuiono TeanauTEANAU TUIONO (Green): Thank you Madam Speaker. I rise on behalf of the Greens to take a call on this third reading of the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Extension of Act and Reduction of Powers) Amendment Bill. I'd like to thank members in terms of the contributions that have been made during the committee of the whole House and also the first reading.Yeah the speed of this bill and the number of issues canvassed is concerning for the Greens and we did talk about that during the discussions. In particular the way that we need as a Parliament—but especially the Government—to be prepared for how we're going to handle the summer peak. As we talked about earlier we have moved through the winter peak. But as was discussed earlier and announced earlier by health officials we could be looking at 11000 cases possibly up to 100 cases—100 hospitalisations—a day. So where is the plan?So our concerns still remain with this bill. But it's really important I think to acknowledge those people that have been on the front lines protecting us and keeping us safe: our health providers our nurses our health workers doctors our iwi providers.I do acknowledge that parts of this bill are easy to track. For example the removal of warrantless search into marae. It was good to see that go. It was important to see that go and also what that means for private dwellings as well. It should never have been in there. But as we talked about in those previous readings as well at least you can track that right? You can track the way that we've gone from that type of approach to the approach that works. The approach that works which is about empowering iwi it's about empowering Māori health providers it's about empowering community. That is what works. And so the pivot from that piece in the Act to what we have now is an important thing and I would encourage the Government to continue to go down that path.However the proportionality aspect is not clear. As we look at it in the context of clauses 8 right down to 23 where there will be a reduction of powers and the reduction of the Government's ability to deal with any number of a rise in cases this remains a massive concern for the Greens. A massive concern because we are moving into the summer peak period. So I would call on the Government to really be clear—very clear—with its communication with how that is going to be handled.I reflect back again to questions in the House from last week where we were looking at how that balance was being made in terms of the public health advice that was provided in terms of maintaining masks on public transport and how the Government decided: You know what? Not feasible too difficult to enforce." So if that's the proportionality that we're talking about then we need to really think about how that impacts and how this unfolds to make sure that we are safe this summer.I accept that there will need to be more wraparound legislation in terms of dealing with the other diseases infectious diseases other than COVID. And that's really important to make. But we are at a crucial point in time here. We're at a crucial point in time here of making sure that we get through the next three months. This bill does not do that. It does not give us the clarity. It falls on either the wrong side of the proportionality or does not give us a clear vision a clear scope on how that balance is going to be made. And so the Greens will not be supporting this bill."