JOSEPH MOONEY (National—Southland): Thank you, Madam Speaker. I rise on behalf of the National Party to support the Maritime Powers Bill. The Maritime Powers Bill provides New Zealand law enforcement agencies with powers to enforce New Zealand's criminal law in international waters, the oceans and seas beyond New Zealand's territorial sea, including New Zealand's exclusive economic zone. The bill does this in a manner that will be consistent with New Zealand's rights and obligations under international law, in particular the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and international human rights law. 