Davidson MaramaHon MARAMA DAVIDSON (Co-Leader—Green): I just texted my whānau to ask if they would watch this speech and my daughter told me that the granddaughter doesn't want to stop watching Cocomelon so hopefully they'll watch the replay.I've been sitting here listening to Mr Luxon and thinking how unusual it is to have an end-of-year speech delivered by the same National Party leader who was in place last year. Like the buffet at Copperfields the National Party's ever-changing leadership has become a feature of this Parliament and I hope the chefs upstairs in the Opposition offices do come up with a new menu soon. If they need inspiration if they need recipes that reflect the true flavour of Aotearoa in 2022 I am very happy to invite them to a proper Christmas barbecue in my South Auckland garage.But actually with all respect to the catering staff here at Parliament thank you for keeping us fed. Thank you to the cleaners the library researchers the messengers the Chamber staff the travel booking team finance the maintenance team the IT support team our esteemed press gallery and all who keep this place running for us and for the country. Thank you to the people in our offices who work tirelessly and passionately to keep the Green Party parliamentary machine going.I want to make special mention of the security team and everyone who worked alongside them at the start of this year as they kept us safe through what was an extremely difficult period of protests here at Parliament. And a mihi to the gardeners who are always looking after our nature outside and our plants inside our offices and who painstakingly replanted all of that lawn. The Green Party is not usually a huge fan of imported vegetation monocultures but seeing tamariki playing out there in the sun yesterday warmed even our steely conservationist hearts. To be serious for a moment I hope we never again see that kind of surface violence at the centre of our democracy and I realise that we have deep mahi to do together to address underlying systemic issues for a more cohesive Aotearoa.But despite all its challenges 2022 has also had some moments worth celebrating especially in this place. It's important to look to what is awesome. As we rise for the summer break it is super cool that this year we finally put into law the respect and recognition that Matariki deserves as our indigenous public holiday for Aotearoa. Congratulations to everyone getting that across the line.And as I look around the Chamber today I want to acknowledge that this is the year that for the first time ever 50 percent of this House are wāhine. Now this is an important step towards 75 percent women; we the Greens would even settle for 60 percent at which point the Greens would entrench it. [Laughter] I thought that might get a bigger laugh but that's OK. You know this is us literally making fun of ourselves whānau go ahead.In the Green Party's ministerial portfolios there have been milestone achievements with far-reaching consequences. We have delivered Aotearoa New Zealand's first ever intergenerational plan to eliminate family violence and sexual violence a plan that brings together Government agencies tangata whenua service providers and communities to create a stronger violence-free reality for everyone. We have delivered the very first emissions reduction plan a plan that will drive the many changes we need to make in the transition to a stable thriving Papatūānuku for our mokopuna. The emissions reduction plan is symbolic of the Green Party vision: people nature and climate. In so many cases the actions in the plan come with the happy coincidence of also making people's lives better: cleaner air warmer homes safer and cheaper transport more-liveable cities—the list goes on. When it comes to climate change action the kōrero the conversation in Aotearoa has moved from Why do we need to do this?" to "What is the strongest way we can do this?" and the Green Party in Government has contributed to that shift fighting for what we believe in for decades now.We are constantly innovating in this Parliament and constantly learning. This year I learnt that life is like a block of Whittaker's Miraka Kirīmi chocolate: you never know what racism you're going to get. And I learnt what it's like to be a solo co-leader—or as other parties say just a leader. By the way congratulations James Shaw for making it quite clearly back in.Other parties are often learning too and we encourage all of them to keep copying our homework. From alcohol harm minimisation to restrictions on seabed mining to electoral reform to protecting the Hauraki Gulf to extending ACC cover to birth injuries and supporting migrant workers the Government and all political parties are more than welcome to keep picking up longstanding Green Party priorities. Next up surely must be no new mines on conservation land [Cheers] Yes thank you my colleagues—thank you.So then from good ideas to bad ones. I thought about basing this speech on the twelve unwanted gifts of Christmas beginning with:On the first day of Christmas Chris Luxon sent to meA boot camp for tamarikiOr perhaps:A tax cut for the very wealthyOr even:A badly timed holiday in Hawai'iI could go on but then I wondered if these speeches are supposed to be you know reflecting a Christmassy time of joy and good cheer. And based on the speech that that leader just covered I'll stop talking about the National Party.Speaking of good cheer the list of good things we've done that ACT want to undo grows longer by the month so thank you so much ACT for affirming that Aotearoa is heading in exactly the right direction! It also shows that with a strong Green presence in Government there are more voices for people nature and climate and we need more Greens in this place to keep building on that progress.You know if Rudolph had a green nose I reckon Santa would do a lot better than just delivering toys to all the children in the world. He might be able to fix persistent poverty and material hardship while he's at it starting with a guaranteed minimum income and a warm dry home for everyone. [Pauses to wait for a reaction] Yay! [Applause] OK.Mr Speaker before I conclude I want to acknowledge the contribution you have made and continue to make in this House. Since taking on the Speakership you have shown the strength of character and judgment that made your appointment such an obvious one for us. I want to acknowledge that you continue with the tradition already started of making sure this House is also for whānau and especially our beautiful babies and mokopuna. Have we still got that beautiful baby in here? That's exactly what this House needs to represent.No doubt next year as we approach the election your even temperament and steady resolve will be needed all the more. In the meantime we wish you a calm and restful summer break. And indeed I do extend the same good wishes to all members of the House and everyone out in our communities. This is a time of year when I hope we can all take a step back from the political cliff-face and focus on our whānau our families our homes our communities those special people and places that make this wonderful country what it is to us—I will be in Hokianga the Hawai'i of Tai Tokerau—and let us bring the energy and spirit we draw from Papatūānuku back into this building for another year. Until then I wish you all good health and a very happy holiday. Kia ora."