Mr. John McCarthy:

My Department was the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government until two years ago, so although we no longer lead on climate action, we had a lot of engagement with the climate agenda over many years. The report to which the Deputy refers and which was published in the past couple of days is in some respects just another reflection of the urgency of the climate situation. The Department has certainly been aware of that urgency for a considerable time, as evidenced by the changes we made to the building regulations over a decade ago, long before we were required to do so, which have led to us almost reaching the NZEB requirements far earlier than might otherwise have been the case and having far less left to do in that regard.