It strengthens plant breeders' rights by aligning the PVR regime with the current international standard for PVR protection, known as UPOV 91—and for those watching at home, UPOV is the International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants. It provides protection for kaitiaki relationships with taonga species and mātauranga Māori, as recommended in the Waitangi Tribunal's Wai 262 report. And the bill will promote innovation in our plant breeding industry, and so support economic growth in critical areas of our economy, such as horticulture and the arable and pastoral crops that underpin farming in New Zealand.