Halbert ShananSHANAN HALBERT (Labour—Northcote): Tēnā koe e te Māngai o te Whare. Good evening to you Madam Speaker. It's my honour to rise this evening to give my opinion feedback and discussion points in regards to the Maritime Transport (MARPOL Annex VI) Amendment Bill this evening.This afternoon I missed out on my Budget debate sadly but I was so so proud of this Government's Budget an incredibly Labour Budget. I've been getting around Northcote all through recess week talking about the benefits to local people to businesses and in particular how this Government is getting on with addressing our foundational challenges. We know that there's child poverty we know that there's inequality but the third particular one is one that the Opposition just doesn't seem to listen to. It's our foundational challenge Mr Luxon to address climate change. What this Government did in getting on with it is declared an emergency along with Minister James Shaw to address climate change. The time is now. Our kids are telling us generations are telling us and awareness across Aotearoa New Zealand knows that climate change has to be addressed.So that's what this Government has got on with with this Budget. I look forward to sharing more and more about the amazing things across the North Shore as well in their feedback.ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Jenny Salesa): I invite the member to come back to this bill.SHANAN HALBERT: Thank you; will do. But we know when we look at climate change that 47 percent of our carbon dioxide emissions come from transport—47 percent. All of us that sit on the Transport and Infrastructure Committee—led by the wonderful Greg O'Connor; he's very passionate this evening—know that we need to do something now. Just to discuss some of the previous points that were talked about Mr Luxon said It's more actions—not just words from this Government." It's this Government Mr Luxon that's getting on with doing things. Then your colleague across the way is saying that he's concerned about a shortened select committee process. What is it that the Opposition want here? Do you want to get on with it which we're able to? Or do you want to complain about the process and argue opposition for opposition's sake?Well now's the time because we both live in Auckland Tāmaki-makau-rau the big smoke where we're experiencing significant population growth $67 billion investment in infrastructure and that includes transport. We've got a number of projects that are supporting us to get these emissions down. This particular bill we know—and that work will continue. You'll see a number of transport projects. Anyone that lives on the North Shore in Auckland over the other side anyone that lives in Auckland knows that the behaviour in transport needs to change. We know that the investment in Crown infrastructure to deal with a modern transport system has seen under-investment for decades—under-investment for decades. So anyone in Auckland knows that the biggest complaint is we don't have a public transport system that's efficient affordable and ready to carry the number of Aucklanders. But—Christopher Luxon: What is this to do with a maritime bill?SHANAN HALBERT: We're talking about transport and climate change Mr Luxon. You know.So let me take you to our theories. Let me take you to Chelsea Sugar factory in my backyard. I'm sure many many of us have all been there that we've tasted the goodness of that particular place. It's a local maritime centre alongside all of our local ferries.Christopher Luxon: He's sugar coating it.SHANAN HALBERT: We're sugar coating it. But they know that they've had to adjust their business that they've had to work really hard on sustainability plans and that they've had to adjust product. They've had to create new customers coming in. But what I'm impressed about—and when I met with the CEO Bernard and when I visited Chelsea Sugar factory—was when they took me out to where their ships arrive to bring their stock in to the big factory a local employer. They need our assistance. They need this Government to work with them. They wanted to start that discussion. So opportunities like this particular bill enable us to be able to do that because this Labour Government is about having conversations getting things done working through.If we go back to—I think it was biofuels; was it biofuels? Labour when last in Government implemented a biofuels sales obligation. It was repealed in 2008 Barbara Kuriger before it came into effect by the previous National Government which you were a part of. If the obligation had been implemented and continued with the levels of biofuels increasing after 2012—Barbara Kuriger: How much?SHANAN HALBERT: —to 7 percent for biodiesel and 10 percent for bioethanol—the Minister of Transport estimates that around six million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions would have been avoided from 2008 to 2020. So getting things done Barbara Kuriger—under this Government we're getting on with it.This bill will enable us to align domestic legislation under the Maritime Transport Act 1994 with the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships which Cabinet agreed to accede to in 2019.I just want to go over the consultation that has been able to get us to this point. The member complained about not having enough time four months pushing it through select committee. I think it was 300 bills I read when we were doing the Māori wards debate that National pushed through in urgency under the last Government. Correct me if I'm wrong but happy to.The consultation for this bill that's brought us to today is the formal public consultation that started in November of 2018. It continued for three months there and the Ministry of Transport received 49 submissions during that consultation process 44 of which were in favour of it—44 out of 49 were in favour. In addition to that the Ministry of Transport has engaged with stakeholders and roundtables and they've worked through this bill and heard them loudly and the issues that are in front of them. Also the Environment Committee sought public submissions on whether New Zealand should accede to the MARPOL Annex regulations in March 2020. So there's a good basis of evidence and information and submissions that have come in to support this bill. Four months I appreciate is not an incredibly long time but given the information that we have given the urgency of climate change we need to move now.Lastly I just want to also acknowledge the work in relation to this from the Ministry of Transport. The pronunciation goes hīkina te kohupara transport emissions: pathways that was released last week which gives an insight for us how we get to net zero emissions by 2050. We've got to do this and we've got to achieve this and this particular bill helps us to do that. Like He Puapua it's not a Government policy but it is a consultation framework that enables us to understand where we're at with transport and how we will get to net zero emissions by 2050. We've got to do the work. We've got to do the mahi to get on with it. We've got to do it now. And we can't sit in opposition for opposition's sake when it comes to climate change. We've got foundational challenges that we've got to move on. Under this Government we promised after COVID-19 when we build back we will build back better. Tēnā koutou."