Kanongata'a AnahilaANAHILA KANONGATA'A-SUISUIKI (Labour): 谢谢 e te Mana Whakawā and talofa. Our economy is fit for today's environment because we have the right leadership to lead this country: the Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and the Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson. May I remind the House of the three goals that the Government had set out at the beginning of this term. One was to continue to keep New Zealanders safe from COVID-19. It was to continue accelerating the recovery and rebuild from the impacts of COVID-19. And lastly it was to continue to lay the foundations for the future including addressing key issues such as climate change housing affordability and child poverty. It's the first time I've spoken since the passing of Queen Elizabeth II and I want to make a contribution to acknowledge her leadership. The late Queen Salote III of Tonga was the only monarch who was a female in 1918. The world didn't know that until 1953 at the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. The monarch of Tonga—the Queen of Tonga—declined on a rainy day in London to cover her carriage because she had stated that it was her respect for Queen Elizabeth. The people of London actually acknowledged the Queen of Tonga by writing songs about her such as Linger Longer Queen of Tonga". Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh visited Tonga later that year in 1953. On 30 June 1965 Queen Elizabeth II bestowed upon her—the first woman ever in the world—the title of Dame Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George. This was in respect of the relationship that the two Queens had at the time. The same year in December here in Auckland Queen Salote of Tonga passed away. Queen Elizabeth had sent a plane from England to take the Queen of Tonga home to Tonga. That is leadership and that is a demonstration—as bestowed upon these two Queens the late Queen of Tonga and the late Queen Elizabeth II—of respect. If it wasn't for Queen Elizabeth II most people wouldn't know where Tonga is and I want to say toka ā Kuini 'ofeina 'o Pilitānia. I come back to the House. Our economy is today the best ever it can be because of the leadership of our Prime Minister and our Deputy Prime Minister. From the flax roots of Papakura I want to bring two issues that are actually working well in Papakura. Auckland Transport (AT) Local at the moment on-demand rideshares have been trialled last year and up until later on this year in October. The rideshares mean that for the last 12 months locals have been able to—there was a bus route that was redundant and most people didn't use that bus route—they didn't use it because it wasn't working for the community. AT had brought this rideshare in and because of the half-price public transport locals are using this rideshare with over 18000 trips since it began.What the community are saying is that the half-price public transport from Flax Bush in Papakura is working from the community. Ramona Durie is a budget adviser for Christian Care Budget Services in Papakura. She tells me every day when I see her that the winter energy payment and the cost of living payment are making a difference to everyday New Zealanders to everyday Papakura people. She sees people who are in hardship. That's why they come to budgeting services. Last week we had the Onehunga High School whakatau for their Tongan leadership group. All 15 students were here in Parliament. Mr Speaker they told me that they had loved what you had shared with them about faith and your family as being important to being here. They also said to the Acting Prime Minister at the time the Hon Grant Robertson what a difference the funds made that we provided as the Government to build classrooms at the school—the head girl Christina Elone was in tears when she thanked the Acting Prime Minister at the time—what a difference it made for students at Onehunga High School. I just want to say that we are in this environment because we have the right leadership that provides for New Zealand to continue keeping us safe from COVID-19 accelerate our recovery from COVID-19 and continuing laying the foundations for the future."