DAVID SEYMOUR (Leader—ACT): Thank you, Madam Speaker. I rise on behalf of ACT in opposition to the Local Electoral (Māori Wards and Māori Constituencies) Amendment Bill, and I think it's worth just asking the question, before I go any further, what sort of conditions do we know from the lens of human history going across many countries, across decades and centuries, help people to prosper, to live good lives where they can provide for themselves and their families, and feel safe and secure? I think that's basically the question we should be asking on all legislation in this House, and we should seek to legislate when there's an opportunity to make our country a better place for people to prosper. Often we find the need to legislate because our laws are preventing people from doing that. People might ask, in the case of this particular legislation, is there a problem where the laws are stopping us from being a place where people can live safe and prosperous lives.