Hon PRIYANCA RADHAKRISHNAN: There are about 28,000 registered charities—in case the Opposition didn't realise—and they contribute greatly to the wellbeing of our communities across Aotearoa New Zealand. This was particularly evident over the past 2½ years, when charities provided a wide variety of support to those who needed it the most. More than half of these charities are small and volunteer led. The changes that I'm proposing aim to strike a fair balance between supporting them to focus on their work while ensuring that the public has trust and confidence in the sector. We've also heard from submitters that there is a need to increase the transparency of decision making by the regulator and to introduce a new appeals process given the inaccessibility of the current system, and we're doing both.