In 2017, prior to the election, Marama Davidson's member's bill was introduced to repeal the poll provision. Although that bill was lost—even though Labour and the Greens supported it—it lives on in the actions we are taking today. In 2018, Andrew Judd, the former Mayor of New Plymouth, petitioned Parliament to remove the poll provisions. This was followed by two more petitions in 2020, which carried the weight of more than 11,000 names of people, who today should feel very proud of their part in the long fight to see this change made, and the select committee made mention of those petitions in their report back to the House. There is no need to wait any longer.