Williams PotoPOTO WILLIAMS (Labour—Christchurch East): Thank you very much Mr Speaker. I'm No. 122. I want to thank Louisa Wall and Joanne Hayes as Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians co-chairs and the Hon Anne Tolley for everything they've done to make this Suffrage Day commemoration so special: from the breakfast to the camellia to the number to the photo to the event happening at the moment. It's been an awesome day.Today I recognise Kate Sheppard and her work on suffrage and pay equity and I recognise Meri Te Tai Mangakahia on her work as the first woman to ever speak in a Parliament in the Kotahitanga Parliament. Her issue was to ensure that not only were women given the opportunity to select MPs but that women could be MPs as well—and her work on land rights and the right for Māori women to own land.But we all have our own perspectives on our heroes and our heroines and my perspective on Kate Sheppard is about her advocacy with regards to family violence. The reason that Kate Sheppard wanted women to win the vote was that she wanted women to join the temperance movement. Men were using all of their wages to buy alcohol coming home and beating their wives and their kids. So my commemoration of Kate Sheppard is that she is our first family violence campaigner.What would Kate make of us today? New Zealand has had three wonderful women Prime Ministers Governors-General Chief Justices Ministers CEOs lawyers—wonderful women. But let's balance that against the fact that just a few years ago—three years ago—Labour and Green women members of Parliament in this House stood against the tyranny of being called supporters of rapists and murderers by the most powerful man in this House. Balance that against what happens to many of us in terms of cyber-bullying and abuse that we take even today in 2018.This House is currently reviewing family violence legislation and only a few weeks ago my friend and colleague Jan Logie passed a significant bill which affords women the ability to take leave when they are escaping violent relationships. My friend I honour and acknowledge that. We have one further step to go and that step is to ensure that our tāne are supported to change their behaviour. Kate Sheppard opposed family violence in all its gory details: women men and children. Now children I have to say have been and are my life's work: children who witness and experience violence. They are the ones for whom we now need to pick up the mantle that Kate Sheppard left for us to ensure that their lives in this country are peaceful.There are many differences in this world to the world that Kate Sheppard occupied. Gender is no longer binary and in that regard I want to acknowledge the fact that there are many people who suffer in many extraordinary ways and today I want to make some pledges in my remaining minute. I make a pledge to the people who are disabled who suffer at the hands of those who are supposed to care for them. I make a pledge to our LGBTQI community. Your suffering is not in vain and it is not invisible. I make a pledge to Māori and Pasifika women whose blood sweat and tears have flowed so that the Māori and Pasifika women who occupy this House can stand strong for you. But mostly I stand for our tamariki today and this day Suffrage 125 let us make it be about our kids. Kia ora.