Hon JULIE ANNE GENTER (Minister for Women): Tēnā koe, Madam Speaker. Tēnā koutou e Te Whare. I rise to support this bill on behalf of the Green Party, and as Minister for Women I'm really thrilled to see this progress being made. The previous speaker referred to Kristine Bartlett, and she absolutely deserves our constant recognition for her leadership in this area of pay equity and the landmark impact it had on tens of thousands of care and support workers who were being underpaid due to that profession being historically female-dominated. I also have to acknowledge Kristine Bartlett's union, E tū, which played a huge role in supporting her taking that case, and the unions generally, who have been at the forefront calling for greater action on pay equity.