Motions — National Lamb Day—First Refrigerated Lamb Shipment Leaving New Zealand, 135th Anniversary

I seek leave to move a motion. I want to lay out what it is.

💬 Mr SPEAKER: Order! I just need a brief explanation as to what the motion is.

I wish to move a motion without notice and without debate to celebrate National Lamb Day and the 135th anniversary of the first refrigerated shipment leaving this country.

💬 Mr SPEAKER: Leave is sought for that course of action. Is there any—

💬 Hon Gerry Brownlee: I raise a point of order, Mr Speaker. I wonder, before we accept that motion, whether the member might tell us what his reflection of the weather on that day was.

💬 Dr David Clark: I raise a point of order, Mr Speaker.

💬 Mr SPEAKER: Is it related to this matter?

💬 Dr David Clark: It is related.

💬 Mr SPEAKER: On that basis, I will hear from Dr David Clark.

💬 Dr David Clark: Given that the lamb export went out of the finest electorate in New Zealand, I can assure the member that it was a lovely sunny afternoon.

💬 Mr SPEAKER: I need to put the leave, as to whether leave is given for that motion to be moved without debate. Is there any objection to that course of action? There is not.

I want to thank the House. I move, That this House congratulate New Zealand’s red meat farmers, our No. 2 merchandise export, on National Lamb Day, which not only falls on the 135th anniversary of the first refrigerated meat shipment leaving New Zealand but is also a chance to try our national dish, lamb, some time this week. For the benefit of Mr Brownlee, yes, I can recall there was a buffoon on the wharf, but he would not do any work.

Order! Without the last part, the question is that the motion be agreed to.

Motion agreed to.