SIMON WATTS (National—North Shore): Thank you very much, Mr Speaker. I wish to acknowledge Tangi Utikere for his opening address in regards to the third reading of the Local Government (Pecuniary Interests Register) Amendment Bill. As has been noted by the previous member, the National Party supports this bill and we are pleased to see that its passage is progressed through this House and, as we heard before, in 10 months, which is actually, in contrast to the bill before that, a reasonably short amount of time in the context of this House, but an important passage all the same. Because as the local government spokesperson for National, I have been on the road over the past number of months visiting multiple district councils and aspects of local government across this country, and I have been very impressed by the competency and quality and enthusiasm of members of our local government community, those elected officials that play such an integral role in terms of supporting action and change within their local communities. They often do so, as has been reflected, wearing multiple hats in terms of the roles they play across what are often small communities, but ones with significant energy and aspiration. So I want to reflect on those individuals. 