Hon JAMES SHAW: Well, New Zealanders want to see themselves reflected in our official data and statistics, and policy makers need this information to improve the decisions that they make, not least in areas like health spending. Collecting this data means that we can best describe and understand the diversity that we're lucky enough to have here in Aotearoa New Zealand. People in our rainbow communities have been marginalised and ignored for too long, and we are fixing that. Census 2023 will be the most inclusive census we've ever had. 