Hon DAVID PARKER (Minister for the Environment): Because, sadly, New Zealand's view of ourselves as being good custodians of environmental outcomes has been found to be wanting and there is a desire amongst New Zealanders to do better in a number of areas. Fresh water is one of those areas. There are more people that are employed in assisting regional councils to halt the decline in the quality of fresh water. When we came to office, sadly, more than half of the monitored sites that people swim in in summer are not safe to swim in and put your head under, according to World Health Organization guidelines. So there was obviously a need to do better in respect of oversight by the ministry of freshwater outcomes. 