Dr DUNCAN WEBB (Labour—Christchurch Central): Thank you, Mr Speaker. It's a pleasure to stand and speak on this bill. I was surprised when Mr Doocey said we shouldn't change this piece of law because the way local government has worked in Canterbury for the past 150 years has been fine. I could hear some of my Ngāi Tahu friends choke. I think that he should perhaps go and read the Ngāi Tahu Claims Settlement Act and the Crown apology appended to it. It will become pretty readily apparent that things haven't worked fine for many.