Ghahraman GolrizGOLRIZ GHAHRAMAN (Green): Thank you Madam Speaker. I want to begin by acknowledging the context that has been raised again and again in support of passing this legislation which is the suffering of the victims of the Christchurch terror attack from almost two and a half years ago now. So we do stand here in a nation where 51 innocent lives were lost in our Muslim community targeted because they were seen as being different targeted because of their faith and targeted by a white supremacist far-right nationalist terrorist. And of course the suffering of their family members those that were injured and the mental harm that went with that. So I want to centre that harm but I also want to say and recall that the institutions that failed those victims that day are yet to be reformed.So we stand here in a context where institutions that we have entrusted to keep our communities safe all of our communities safe failed that day. There's been a royal commission inquiry. That royal commission came back with damning findings of prejudice in our national security and intelligence agencies in our police force and—we have to call a spade a spade—essentially we saw that racism existed in those institutions. We know now some two and a half years on that nothing has changed within the institutions that we are entrusting with the administration of the powers being sought to be granted by this bill.We know and I attended the select committee—the oversight committee for the SIS latest hearings that looked specifically at the changes that were made in reaction to the royal commission findings—and found breathlessly shocked that there still remains not a single white supremacist or far-right nationalist group or person added to their lists as a terror threat other than the Christchurch terrorist. So it seems we are broadening the powers given to an institution that will not see a white-nationalist terrorist as a threat unless he has gone on a rampage killed dozens of people gone to court been convicted sentenced to life and then they will add him to their list.To broaden the powers granted to that institution and the definition of what we call terror before we can be assured that that institution is not still riddled with the kind of prejudice that allowed the March 15th attack to happen and go unchecked is callous. The Green Party does not support the use of a tragedy like the March 15th terror attack to broaden the powers of a national security agency that sees and continues to see the Muslim community Māori and other communities of colour as terror threats while it leaves white-nationalist threats unchecked. We do not support legislation that broadens the power of the police force to hold people after they've served sentences as this legislation does with the control orders regime which just a month ago was found to be targeting Māori children by photographing them without an ounce of evidence or a reasonable belief that they're involved in any crime at all.We were assured—and this was really important to us last term in the terror legislation—this wouldn't happen once the full review happened and it has happened. It's here in this bill. We do not support importation of the definition of terror or terrorism related crimes from foreign jurisdictions where protesters and dissidents may be targeted through that kind of law. We see again in this legislation that control orders may be applied to people returning to New Zealand after having served a sentence of imprisonment or having been convicted of terrorism related crimes overseas. Now we know that there are many jurisdictions overseas where terror is defined as dissidency terror is defined as belonging to a religious minority group—as it might be in my home country of Iran; the teachings of the Baha'i faith might be seen in that light.We know that New Zealanders may travel to Hong Kong to protest the Draconian application of laws and changes in law by the Chinese Government in their home State and they may be seen as terrorists. We also know that there are jurisdictions overseas where even if the definition of terror accords with ours that due process would not apply that convictions may be entirely unsafe. And I want to remember as well—because the memory of the 9/11 attacks has been invoked in this House tonight and I stand here as a Middle Eastern woman—that this type of legislation these broadening of powers for tyrannical institutions that operate with prejudice have resulted before. It happened here in New Zealand after 9/11. We pandered to the George Bush era war on terror rhetoric and we held an asylum seeker without charge or trial for some two years when the SIS wouldn't release information pursuant to which he was held. That was Ahmed Zaoui. That was under the jurisdiction of a very popular very powerful Labour Party Prime Minister.So we fear for our communities. It was Māori that raised the voices of the Muslim community and our migrants of colour after the Christchurch terror attacks and said Actually this has happened here before. White supremacy does exist here." That is what we need to address. Until we have the kind of reform that we need in our institutions in the police force and in the SIS that actually assure us that our communities are not going to be targeted that our rights are not going to be undermined this type of legislation has no place in this House. So with regret the Green Party will not be supporting this legislation. We want our communities to be safe. We stand against violence against terror but this is not the way to go about it because we do not trust the prejudice riddled institutions that are getting this Draconian power today."