The purpose of this bill must be to understand the purpose and give effect to a fairer conception of a criminal trial. A trial is a method of determining guilt of a particular person in particular circumstances at a particular time and place. It is not in itself a conversation on New Zealand's shameful record in relation to sexual violence—important though such conversations must be, and imperative as it must be that all of New Zealand society and indeed this legislature should turn its mind to such a subject.