🗳️ That the following words be added to the Address: “and expects, over the next 3 years, to see every child grow up in a warm, dry home; the number of affordable homes built increased; every New Zealander have access to affordable healthcare; wages for all rising faster than the cost of living; jobs created and unemployment back under 4 percent; exports increased as a percentage of GDP; the economy diversified towards value-added goods and services; economic and social inequality reduced; targets to measure and reduce child poverty; a cross-party approach to addressing domestic and sexual violence; real measures to target climate change and improve our sustainability; a plan for the recovery of Canterbury; and the Government to be guided in their work by the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi; because without these commitments and goals New Zealand will not grow or move forward to the future New Zealanders deserve.”

TIM MACINDOE (National—Hamilton West): There are just 8 minutes left of the 1,140 minutes allocated for this Address in Reply debate, and I have counted every one of them. The motion that was so ably moved by Chris Bishop and seconded by Barbara Kuriger... Read more →