Respected experts from across New Zealand came to submit and said this piece of legislation needs to go through. The waka-jumping legislation must be gotten rid of. We had the New Zealand Law Society, five law faculties, four departments of politics, three schools of history, and a joint submission of 15 university academics on this member's bill, all enthusiastically in favour of it. Those members of our community—respected members of our community—people who believe, fundamentally, in our democratic principles, the freedom of expression, and the freedom of members of Parliament, they supported this piece of legislation because they understand how chilling it can be. 