Dr EMILY HENDERSON (Labour—Whangārei): It's an honour to rise and speak in support of this bill. I was a member of the Justice Committee that has brought it this far, brought it home to this House. I hope we see it now through to its final stages, and that it is law, because it should be. This is an important change we are bringing about, but it is a momentous change and that is primarily what I want to talk about today. 