Motions — Word War II—80th Anniversary of Victory in Europe

Point of order, Mr Speaker. I seek leave to move a motion without notice and without debate to mark 80 years since the end of World War II in Europe.

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

Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS: I move, That this House notes that 8 May 2025 marks 80 years since the end of World War II in Europe, VE Day or Victory in Europe Day, and subsequently in the Pacific; recognises that this anniversary represents an enormous cost to human life, fundamental questions of human freedom, self-determination, and dignity, and a global fight for the freedoms enjoyed by New Zealanders, the establishment of a new rules-based order centred around the UN charter, and a new body of international law; and recognises those who sacrificed themselves in the war for the hard-won conditions of peace and prosperity that we have enjoyed over our last three generations.

Motion agreed to.