Ardern Jacinda; Mallard TrevorMOTIONSNew Zealand Olympic Team—CongratulationsRt Hon JACINDA ARDERN (Prime Minister): I seek leave to move a motion without notice to congratulate the New Zealand Olympic team.SPEAKER: Is there any objection? There appears to be none.Rt Hon JACINDA ARDERN: I move That this House congratulate the New Zealand Olympic team for their outstanding achievements at the Tokyo Olympics including winning our country's largest ever medal haul at an Olympic Games.For the 17 days of the Tokyo Olympics our New Zealand team have kept the country enthralled and inspired. In winning 20 medals the team has achieved a record haul. That these medals were won across 11 sports is also a record. We finished a strong 13th on the medal table. More than all of that the team has exemplified our values: competitive resilient and respectful. On and off the field of play they have done us proud and given a new generation of athletes extraordinary role models to aspire to emulate.This has been an Olympics like no other. Our first thankyou needs to go to the people and Government of Japan who have sacrificed much to host the games. They were superbly organised and delivered in the most trying of circumstances. All New Zealand athletes and support crew report feeling safe and incredibly well looked after. The New Zealand team achieved excellence at the highest level. From the most experienced members of the team to the first-time Olympians they constantly outperformed expectations and looked at home among the world's elite athletes.Singling out athletes in this team is hard but we cannot go past New Zealand's most decorated Olympian Lisa Carrington. Her three gold medals give her six in total and put her at the very top of our long rich history of Olympic success. Interestingly if she were a country Lisa Carrington would have finished 32nd on the medal table ahead of Turkey Ireland and Georgia among others. Her domination of kayaking events along with Caitlin Regal in the K2 500 was clinical. She was an awesome athlete and a humble and proud Kiwi and in turn we are so proud of her.I feel it's worth noting that six of our seven gold medals were won by women. These wāhine toa provided highlight after highlight at the Olympics. As if it were needed the quality and excitement provided by our women athletes at the games shows that we should see more of them on TV screens every year not just once every four years.Each of our gold medal winners has a remarkable story: from Emma Twigg's extraordinary determination after the heartbreak of successive fourth place finishes at the last two Olympics to the men's rowing eight and their unexpected but audacious win to repeat the victory of 1972 to Grace Prendergast and Kerri Gowler's dominance—they were outstanding. But those Black Ferns Sevens—I'm not sure I've ever been more stressed watching a game than during their win in the semi-final over Fiji. This team is so dedicated to each other and to their country. They were calm tactically superb and the most wonderful ambassadors for their sport and for Aotearoa New Zealand.The same can be said for all our other medallists: Hayden Wilde in the triathlon the women's rowing eight Brooke Donoghue and Hannah Osborne in the double sculls the men's sevens the doubles tennis combination of Marcus and Michael Dylan in the trampolining the incomparable Dame Valerie in the shotput Tom Walsh in the men's shotput David Nyika in boxing Peter and Blair in the 49er sailing Ellesse Andrews and Campbell Stewart on the cycling track and the amazing Lydia Ko in golf—she's such a class act. Each and every one of them has given us unforgettable moments. These moments come about as a result of intense effort incredible sacrifice and bursting talent.And among those who did not medal we saw the future of our success at the Olympic Games like Erika Fairweather and Lewis Clareburt in the pool Anton Down-Jenkins in diving Maddi in shotput and many many others and also from the guts of Rebecca in the BMX to the courage of Laurel Hubbard in weightlifting. This was a team that in their totality made us so proud in so many ways.Behind that team is a group of people who we owe a huge debt of gratitude to. The New Zealand Olympic Committee led by president Mike Stanley chief executive Kereyn Smith and chief of mission Rob Waddell; the team at High Performance Sport New Zealand and Sport New Zealand; and the officials and support crew—we thank you all. A note to the family and friends of our athletes: we know it was tough not being there but we hope that you felt the love and pride that we had in your loved ones too.And now we look forward to the Paralympics where another team of talented New Zealand athletes head to Tokyo to do us proud amongst the world's best. And I look forward to another statement in this House acknowledging their success as exceptional athletes at the conclusion of their games.Sport has the power to draw us together as a nation. This New Zealand team has done that and more. In the uncertain and anxious times in COVID-19 they've given us such joy and pride. We congratulate them and we thank them with all our hearts.SPEAKER: The question is that the motion be agreed to.