Dr DEBORAH RUSSELL (Labour—New Lynn): Last week, I sat in this House and listened as a member of the Opposition said of this legislation sententiously, "First, do no harm. There should be no change, because first we should do no harm." But a claim like that ignores the harm that is being caused by the status quo. Retaining the status quo does harm in itself. We know this because of the failures with respect to the health of Māori. We know this because of failures with respect to the health of our Pasifika peoples. We know this because the current system is not working. Contrary to claims of the Opposition, decentralisation has not worked for New Zealanders—for all New Zealanders. We all know that the district health board system was no longer working, and, as the status quo, it was doing harm. So change is needed.