I want to acknowledge that this area of the law is complex and most Kiwis are not familiar with it at all, but do not underestimate its importance. It is relevant to a problem affecting all of us: our housing shortage. Members of this House know that housing has become, over successive Governments, our biggest policy failure as a nation. There is no physical reason New Zealand should have some of the most expensive housing in the world. It is simply the result of the policies we have in place across zoning, planning, infrastructure, and Acts such as this one. We do not lack for the land. We do not lack the desire for housing. What we need is for our cities to be able to grow up and out. And I would put to members that multi-unit dwellings of the sort this bill deals with are an essential part of that. 