Rurawhe Adrian: General DebateText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeRurawhe Adrian: General Debate[Sitting date: 11 November 2015. Volume:710;Page:7907. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]ADRIAN RURAWHE (Labour—Te Tai Hauāuru): Ā tēnā koe Mr Deputy Speaker. “Kia whai korōria hariruia ki a Ihoa o ngā mano tūāuriuri whaiōiō kī tonu te rangi me te whenua i te nui o tōna korōria.” Ka huri aku w’akaaro ki te tino kaupapa o tēnei rā w’akahirahira te rā tohu rangimārietanga mō te ao katoa arā Armistice Day. E kore e warewaretia e kore e warewaretia nō reira e Te Rangatira o Te Whare Pāremata tēnā koe.[So thank you Mr Deputy Speaker. “Glory and hallelujah to Jehovah of the innumerable thousands; heaven and earth is filled with the greatness of his glory.” My thoughts turn now to the great event of this wonderful day this day of peace for the whole world—in other words Armistice Day. It will never ever be forgotten so acknowledgments to you esteemed one of Parliament House.]I can confirm that Palmerston North is a great Labour city. Not only does it elect a great general MP in Iain Lees-Galloway; it elects a good Māori electorate MP as well I have to say and together along with the local people we had a great conference in Palmerston North. If I was to summarise the outcome that is important to my people it is that we will not tolerate poverty. When we are in Government we will put action on poverty at the very heart of everything we do.I too—like Todd Muller the speaker who has just resumed his seat—am really concerned about what has been said in this House over the last few hours and indeed the last 24 hours. I stand in solidarity with the members of this Parliament who have stood in this Parliament to attempt to give their testimony and to ask the Prime Minister to apologise for his statements in this House yesterday. It is a great shame that he does not have the courage or the fortitude to be able to stand up in this House and to do—Mr DEPUTY SPEAKER: Order! It is unparliamentary to call into question the fortitude or courage of another member and the member should know that.ADRIAN RURAWHE: Thank you Mr Deputy Speaker. I withdraw and apologise for that—Mr DEPUTY SPEAKER: Thank you.ADRIAN RURAWHE: —because that is the courageous thing to do. That is the correct thing to do when one has made a mistake and I will stand in this House to do that. I think it is important that all members of this Parliament do so when they have done something incorrect. Sexual violence is not a joke. It is not to be mocked.This is an issue of justice—justice for those who are detained in a country where they have chosen to live. They are New Zealand - born Australians and when I have heard in this House that they should go home well home is Australia. We should be helping those families and those men and women who are detained on Christmas Island and in other facilities. It is in their best interests that they should be able to have justice and we stand here in support of them.But I go back to my initial statement and say I commend those members who stood in this House to say some very personal things to this Housefor their courage. It should not be underestimated as to how much courage that actually took.I can faithfully report to the House that we on this side of the House believe that Labour is on a roll. We are in our 100th year of being a party—the oldest party in this country. We are the party that will deliver on the aspirations of all New Zealanders—for example owning a home having security for our families looking after the environment and having safe and secure work. This is the Kiwi dream and when we on this side of the House occupy the benches opposite we will do everything we can—and New Zealanders should rightfully expect nothing less from their parliamentarians.I would further say that the National Government is surely failing on these issues. Might I add that the debate yesterday on the Taxation (Bright-line Test for Residential Land) Bill was one example of where this Government is failing.