Hughes Gareth; Tisch LindsayGARETH HUGHES (Green): Kia ora. Ngā mihi nui ki a koutou. Kia ora. I want to start by congratulating you Bill English on delivering your first Prime Minister's statement to Parliament. You are now out of Key's shadow and the country is asking what you stand for. Can we trust you to lead in the national interest not just in the National Party interest? You are the Prime Minister but no one outside the National Government caucus room elected you as leader. Kiwis want to know now whether you are right for our times.For example Prime Minister why did you wait until this year to say marriage equality was right? Where were you when it mattered? You were voting against it. Why did you vote against medicinal cannabis in 2009 stopping countless people getting the relief they needed yet supported it last week? Why were you pro the racist Springbok Tour questioning the science of climate change and talking about refugees as Middle Eastern leftovers? How can you be for our time when you have been consistently behind the times?The international situation is going through the biggest shift the biggest reorientation in perhaps a generation. Where do you stand on our behalf? On Trump's despicable racist immigration ban you fell silent. You waited days to share a weak opinion then your phone call with Trump—a hater a bully a misogynist—was to quote you fantastic". No that is disturbing. Contrast that with Justin Trudeau who said unequivocally that it was wrong and refugees and migrants were welcome. At a time of crisis we need to stand up and be clear in our support of human rights. We need human rights lions not lambs in sheep's clothing. Why did you not raise our greatest threat climate change with Donald Trump? He is censoring environmental data gagging scientists and says he will pull out of the Paris climate agreement threatening our kids' futures. Is it because once again you are behind the times?When asked whether you were a feminist you said: "I wouldn't describe myself as a feminist. I don't know what that means." Well let me tell you man to man and exactly what I tell my daughter that boys and girls should be equal and should not be treated differently. That is exactly what the Oxford Dictionary says. Prime Minister it is quite simply the advocacy of women's rights on the ground of equality of the sexes. If you are not a feminist you are against equality. I challenge you Prime Minister to say you are for equality. I challenge you to advocate for equality. I challenge you to act for equality.Let us look back at your speech in which you set out your big political vision for this year—business as usual. Business as usual means more homeless on the streets a generation locked out of housing more debt more inequality more foreign ownership more pollution and more cows cars and coal. Business as usual is our kids risking getting sick if they swim in our lakes or rivers. Business as usual means our homes our environment and our businesses are at risk.The National caucus may have selected you as there was no other alternative but there is a positive alternative for the people of New Zealand. The Green Party knows where it stands on human rights. The Green Party stands for modern and clean jobs. The Green Party stands for protecting the environment that we love. The Green Party stands for homes for fairness and for lifting our kids out of poverty. Green values are New Zealanders' values and unlike you we are on the right side of history. We are on the right side of the times. This year we offer change for good—a new Government with a mission to do good good policies delivering real change for good.People are looking all around the world and they are worried. There are desperate refugees growing walls travel bans rising tides and massive inequality. New Zealand—we can be a bastion for human rights. We can be a home for fairness and a place where people are happy safe and satisfied. The times they sure are a-changin' and it is time. We need change for our times.The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Lindsay Tisch): I call Jan Logie—5 minutes."