I want to thank the Minister of Justice, the Hon Kris Faafoi, for getting this bill into the House so quickly after the general election only last year, and for working with our rainbow caucus and committees to finalise its provisions that are before us today. I also want to acknowledge the MPs from all sides of the House that have supported making lives better and more equal for our communities and their whānau. I would particularly like to acknowledge, also, other MPs in history that have made a contribution: the Hon Katherine O'Regan for her amendments to the Human Rights Act in 1993 to prevent discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or disease status; the Hon James Shaw for his work in the last Parliament, which will see sexual orientation and gender identity questions in the next census; and, of course, my colleague and friend Marja Lubeck, who received this petition from Young Labour and Young Greens, which led to her member's bill, which is the pre-curser to the bill we have in front of us today. I mihi also to my takatāpui sister and whanaunga, Dr Elizabeth Kerekere, and my brother across the House, Rawiri Waititi, for their strong advocacy and support on this issue today.