Dr LIZ CRAIG (Labour): Thank you, Madam Speaker. It's a real pleasure to speak on this bill because this bill is going to make a real difference down in Southland, where I live. If we look at what's been happening with our New River Estuary down South and just decades of accumulation of silt coming down the rivers and nutrients, what it basically shows is that if we drop the ball on freshwater management, we end up with what we've got down South, which is knee-deep, waist-high—depending on where you're standing in our estuary—toxic, thick mud. So what this bill will do is create the framework and the consistency for regional councils across the country so that they can do their freshwater planning in a consistent way. 