"Disability assist dogs are more than just your average mutt. [They] perform many different tasks, such as retrieving objects for people in wheelchairs, or alerting deaf people to fire alarms or door bells—they are … critically important [to] their owners' lives. New Zealanders with disabilities should not be discriminated against because they need a disability assist dog to make their lives easier and more fulfilling. The law should unequivocally support New Zealanders living with disability and prevent discrimination—my Bill is the next step in that process and I hope there'll be widespread support for it [when] it's drawn." It has now been drawn and I am hoping for that support today.