SpeechSARAH PALLETT (Labour—Ilam): Thank you Mr Speaker. The election in 2017 was with the benefit of hindsight one of the most critical in modern times. As a country we had no idea of the challenges we would face or how important who led our country was going to be. We found ourselves facing down a mass shooting a global pandemic a volcanic eruption cyclones flooding and our leadership with the then Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern with our current Prime Minister Chris Hipkins as her Minister for COVID-19 Response—leaders who were unafraid to put compassion at the heart of every decision. Decisions that were hard to make hard to implement hard to do hard for us all pulling together as a country but in that COVID response we had a result for this hard work of the lowest death rate in the OECD. With the tragedy of 3300 lives lost in New Zealand completely overshadowed by the predicted 16000 more if we apply the UK's death rate to New Zealand. We had then as we have now a Government that puts people first. In the midst of all of that this Government delivered for the people of Aotearoa New Zealand. We delivered paid parental leave we extended it from 18 to 26 weeks and plan to introduce paid partner leave in addition to this taking nothing from the person who gave birth. We have reinstated the Training Incentive Allowance. We've increased the minimum wage from $15.75 to $22.70 per week—a 44 percent increase. We've given senior nurses a 59.9 percent pay increase. We've expanded bereavement leave to include stillbirth and miscarriage passed the Accident Compensation (Maternal Birth Injury and Other Matters) Amendment Bill meaning that 28000 people every year can access the care that they need. We've removed abortion from the Crimes Act. We've removed the $5 prescription fee. We're making huge progress towards eliminating family violence and sexual violence; delivered 100 million free healthy school lunches; delivered 13000plus—so far and counting—warm dry social houses; free period products; winter energy payments; and more and more. Yet this could all be taken away if National and ACT form a Government in October. Between the two of them they will stop the winter energy payment freeze the minimum wage put interest back on student loans cancel free school lunches and bring back the $5 prescription fee unless you're a superannuitant—but hey you'll have to wait another two or three years to become eligible to be a superannuitant. They will get rid of the Ministry for Women the Ministry for Ethnic Communities the Ministry of Disabled People the Ministry for Pacific Peoples the Human Rights Commissioner and for what? Tax cuts for millionaires. National may try to convince you—not you Mr Speaker but I expect they would try to convince you too. They may try to convince voters that some of these manifesto commitments of theirs are ACT's and not theirs but can we trust them?Remember National promised not to raise GST and that was precisely what they did. They raised GST five minutes after forming a Government. Does anyone seriously think that if we have a National-ACT Government that Christopher Luxon will be running the show? We have no idea what Christopher Luxon stands for because he changes his mind every time he sees a vote. He said that abortion is murder but that if he was Prime Minister he'd do nothing about that. I don't believe him I don't trust him and I don't think that voters of Aotearoa New Zealand should trust him. He will do or say anything for a vote.But David Seymour is different. He's been very clear about who he is and what he stands for the—terrible things that he will say and do for a vote. As Maya Angelou said When somebody shows you who they are believe them."This election will be one of the most critical in modern times because we have so much to lose. On the one hand we have the offering of the coalition of cuts on the other Labour—a Labour Government a team that is always in it for you."