INGRID LEARY (Labour—Taieri): Noa'ia 'e mauri. This bill is really all about integrity, reputation, and democracy. We've heard in this House before that New Zealand always ranks really highly on the Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index, and that is by design, and it is safeguarded through bills like this one. We mustn't take that for granted, because the Act that this bill is seeking to amend is now more than 20 years old, and it is really timely to make sure that we have the institutions—including the laws—in place to maintain our integrity and our reputation internationally, and to keep our democracy strong. And I say that—and it sounds rather dramatic—but the institutions of the public sector are part of those very fundamental democratic institutions, and it is the people in them who maintain them and maintain their integrity. When things go wrong, it is really, really important that those people have an avenue by which to air their knowledge or their grievance, and that that is taken seriously, and that there is a culture where that is encouraged—rather than a culture of fear where people fear for their jobs or fear a reprisal. 