First of all, I want to start with a submitter who took a cultural lens to this whole debate. They said, "In Aotearoa, traditionally, Māori allowed a space for a wide range of gender definitions. It has been through a process of colonisation and cultural genocide that these were reduced to two—and that gender is biologically determined. Within Aotearoa—that same characteristic of gender fluidity is now linked to disproportionately high rates of assault, [of] murder, [of] suicide, particularly for Māori and Pacific Island transgender youth. The inability to have your gender identity publicly acknowledged has been linked to all kinds of fatal outcomes in multiple studies." The submitter said, "It is … my submission that any move to reduce gender to biological determination places Māori and Pacific Island youth at continued (and increased) risk of suicide." That's from Tina Ngata and I thank her for bringing that kaupapa kōrero to the fore.