I stand to explain to the House why we are proceeding with the forests amendment bill for the regulation of log traders and forestry advisers. This speech will begin by painting a picture of how incredibly important this third-largest export earner is for provincial New Zealand, for the manufacturers of New Zealand, and for the workforce of New Zealand. For far too long, this is an area that has existed with minimal oversight, and we have heard a host of very sad stories about the quality of the advice, the quality of the conduct, as is evidenced by some of the ways in which both advisers and logmongers have behaved.