Motions — New Zealand Defence Force—Death of Second World War Pilot Jim Robinson

I seek leave to move a motion without notice and without debate to mark the passing of Jim Robinson, one of New Zealand’s last Second World War Spitfire pilots.

💬 SPEAKER: Is there any objection to that course of action being followed? There is none.

I move, That the House express its condolences to the extended family and friends of Jim Robinson, one of New Zealand’s last Spitfire pilots from the Second World War, who passed away at the age of 99; note that he was the last of four New Zealand members of the RAF Squadron 81, which spent a large amount of the Second World War operating as a fighter squadron throughout Europe, North Africa, and India; and acknowledge the bravery of our Defence Force, past and present, and the sacrifice they and their families have made defending the freedoms and liberties of all New Zealand.

Motion agreed to.