Brownlee GerryHon GERRY BROWNLEE (National): Can I begin by once again expressing my sympathy my empathy and aroha for all of those who survived this horrible attack those who were the relatives and families of the 51 who died or the 40 who got shot or the many many friends and associates of those communities who have been so deeply affected by this particular abhorrent attack. On the day news of what had happened grew over a period of hours and reports came through with initially a shooting and then perhaps five then seven and then I think 17 and ultimately the numbers going up to the horrific 51 that was the eventual toll wreaked by this terrorist. The city itself developed an eerie silence. We had seen something similar with the earthquakes but that was different. That was a geophysical phenomenon that could be understood; there was no understanding for this. There was also a great deal of uncertainty about the why about the who and about the how. While we've talked over the last hour or so about the great outpouring of love and empathy for the affected communities I think we need to also recognise the extraordinary statement of forgiveness and of love for this country expressed by the imam and many others subsequently in the wake of this whole tragedy. As many of those people were dealing with it they had already defined how they wanted to react to it and I think that speaks to the deep commitment that they have to this country to the values of this country and to why they want to live in this country. For many of us who cannot understand how it could ever have happened here that is remarkably a comfort when it should be we who are comforting them. This report is a good one. It has in many ways confirmed the good aspects of living in a country like New Zealand in that there can be a pretty honest deep consideration of something that is so horrible and that there is not too much left unvarnished in it. But I would say that there are aspects of this report that are slightly vague and while it is clear that there was no responsibility being particularly sheeted home to any Government organisation the suggestion that there had been a wrong focus etc. tends to ignore the history that we had seen post the Terrorism Suppression Act of 2002. That Act was in response to the Twin Towers attack in the United States. That was an event that saw all of the security arrangements around travel in New Zealand change—massive changes—and on top of that we saw the emergence of ISIS and its absolute perversion of the greater good that comes from the adherence to the Islam religion. In that environment I think it's a little bit of a harsh criticism. It's also a worry that in this new look we might miss something once again. The National Party obviously wants to work with the Government to get as good a structure as possible around the security services that operate in this country. We do want to see the licensing of firearm owners strictly adhered to and some of the story that's told in this report needs to be aired a little bit further because there is a failing there that I think cannot be overlooked. When it comes to some of the recommendations—remember that in the 44 recommendations I think 19 of them relate to the security services—we do as others have already mentioned have to be careful that we do not end up with a pernicious regime that affects the freedoms that New Zealanders value so much and that affects the freedoms that caused the outpouring from the imam and his followers and the many of those who were victims in support of the lifestyle that we have here in this country. This I think can be a document that will lead to a better arrangement for New Zealanders an arrangement that will protect the freedoms that we all expect to live by but that will also make sure that part of that freedom is freedom from the threat of this sort of lone wolf terrorist action.