Ten years ago, when the National Party was in Government, they introduced legislation and rammed it through all three stages under urgency in a single day. It was the so-called "Hobbit law". There was no consultation of affected workers, no select committee—an abrogation of the democratic process. And, as a result, film workers lost their ability to challenge their status as a contractor. For those who would have been employees, this means they also lost their right to bargain collectively, their right to challenge unfair dismissals, and a range of other rights. 