The ultimate objective of the bill is to reduce the stress caused to grieving families and whānau by reducing the length of time that they have to ultimately spend waiting to receive coronial findings. The key objectives will be achieved by ensuring that there is a proper process, and—we think this is a good one—it establishes the new position of a coronial associate. Coronial associates will take on the more straightforward functions, powers, and duties currently exercised by coroners, while still enabling coroners to exercise them. For example, coronial associates will be able to undertake the more straightforward work currently undertaken solely by duty coroners. Coronial associates will also be able to handle the more simple and straightforward coronial investigations—for instance, deaths that appear to be due to natural causes, without any suspicious circumstances for which an inquiry will not be needed—and simpler inquiries. So this will enable the coroner time, especially time that they currently devote to duty coroner work, which they can utilise for more complex cases where their skills are probably better deployed, particularly those cases where an inquiry needs to be opened and cases where there is public interest for a coroner to make recommendations to avoid similar deaths in the future. 