PENNY SIMMONDS (National—Invercargill): Madam Speaker, thank you for the opportunity to stand and speak in opposition to this Animal Welfare Amendment Bill. As many of the speakers have already said, the catalyst for the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) review in September 2020 to look into animal welfare assurances for safe transport of livestock by sea was the terrible maritime tragedy that was the Gulf Livestock 1. I want to acknowledge the sinking of that vessel as a terrible maritime tragedy as it sailed into Typhoon Maysak, south of Japan, when the engine stopped and the vessel was hit broadside by a powerful wave. Over 40 people lost their lives and, of course, the 5,800-odd cows.