Davidson MaramaMARAMA DAVIDSON (Green): Tēnā koe Mr Assistant Speaker. The Greens are supporting the Maritime Crimes Amendment Bill. My colleague Dr Kennedy Graham has outlined that our initial concerns have been subdued. From what I hear the Foreign Affairs Defence and Trade Committee has worked very hard to ensure that we have balanced the freedoms involved in passing such legislation. I probably want to focus on the submissions. I think it has been stated that there were over 150 submissions I think 140—the majority—of which were concerned about getting the balance of these freedoms right.This Maritime Crimes Amendment Bill is to enable us to be on course with international counter-terrorism treaties. We wanted to ensure I am proud to say that as New Zealanders we balance the freedoms of safety and security—and the freedom of life of course—with the freedom of association the freedom of movement the freedom of assembly and the freedom of dissent conscience and thought. Balancing these freedoms is important particularly in light of a populist global narrative that seeks to shut down legitimate global movement. As we see the rise of that shutdown of legitimate global movement I am quite proud of what I am hearing from the select committee in ensuring that we are not knee-jerking to that populist response. So go us!I want to thank the New Zealand community for the submissions and for making sure that it is keeping this House on its toes to balance those freedoms. As has been said earlier one person's terrorism or even protest can be a whole iwi's act of kaitiakitanga. If we are recalling the whānau members of the East Coast who were peacefully protesting in an action of upholding their sovereign guardian responsibilities to protect their food cupboard and their taonga tupuna tuku iho moana [treasure in regards to the sea that was handed down] from the risks of deep-sea oil drilling and to protect our climate we need to make sure that we understand who gets the power to define what terrorism is who gets the power to define what legal is who gets the power to define even what protest is and who gets to uphold what actions of kaitiaki are. I want to thank the submitters for understanding that and for making sure that we uphold that.This is a bill that we support because at the core of Green Party kaupapa is our commitment to peace particularly our commitment to peace through justice. In closing what I want to focus on is: yes this seems like a sensible bill that the select committee has worked on to ensure that we have got the balance of freedoms right. But the Green Party is very clear that the real counter-terrorism strategies are not so much in punitive legislation; they are actually through the narrative and the ongoing discussion to reach peace through justice through the fair distribution of power through the devolution of unelected corporate powers holding influence over governments through the fair distribution of resources through the just management of our living systems and through the validation of sovereign independence for those nations and communities that have been oppressed and in the return of their control of their assets their water and their lands. That is the real counter-terrorism strategy.I am here tonight on the second reading to acknowledge the many submitters who understand that and who are keeping us to account. We will support this in the meantime but what will really keep us safe is the ongoing discussion of justice. Kia ora.