Hon EUGENIE SAGE (Green): Tēnā koe, Mr Speaker. Thank you. The Green Party is opposing the Resource Management (Regional Responsibility for Certain Agricultural Matters) Amendment Bill. I'm really puzzled by the contributions I've heard from both the ACT member and the National Party, because there is a widespread recognition that the failure to develop national policy and national standards under the Resource Management Act has been a problem. It has resulted in huge costs as regional councils and district councils around the motu seek to develop their own rules that are often challenged; that goes to the Environment Court. So there has been a huge amount of cost and unnecessary bureaucratic enterprise in each council attempting to develop its own rules and regulations and having those contested. 