We here in Aotearoa have a lot of be proud of with our democracy: we were the first nation to give women the vote; we have a mixed-member proportional Parliament that is diverse and truly representative of the vote out there. But, for decades, Governments and politicians have failed to make the type of electoral changes that we know we need for a truly modern, strong, inclusive, and equal democracy. They've known what these changes were that we needed, because independent institutions like our Electoral Commission, our Justice Committee, our Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal, the Waitangi Tribunal, and the public, after round and round of consultation, have told them. These are the types of changes that are reflected in my Greens' Electoral (Strengthening Democracy) Amendment Bill. It's about taking party politics out of electoral reform and listening to the public, to the experts, and to the independent bodies without the stake that we have as politicians in maintaining the status quo.