SpeechMATT KING (National—Northland): It's my right of reply. Look I've learnt a little bit about politics tonight and this is all about politics watching the other side of the House put their arguments forward—some of them it's unbelievable how wrong they are. I held out some hope. I mean I didn't really think that Labour would ever support it mainly because it's a National bill. They spent all of the last nine years opposing everything that we ever did—in fact they opposed the Trans-Pacific Partnership and then a 5000-page document and then changed a page and a half of minor amendments called it their own and then voted for it. I didn't approach the Greens either because I know that it's a National Party bill so they'll oppose it as well; they opposed the Kermadec sanctuary bill—it's because it's ours so you're not going to support that.But what gets me is Darroch Ball and New Zealand First because he stood there and one of the things he said was—he was ridiculing me about the bill because it's got coward punch" in the title and the bill includes kicking someone or thumping someone with a bat. It says "assault" right? So his logical thinking his brain is telling him that because—it says "assault" in the bill so it covers all means—it says "punch" in the title and doesn't say it in the bill anywhere but it says "assault" then there's something wrong with it. I had to laugh when I heard that—I just had to laugh. The reality is that their leader—their glorious leader—campaigned on this bill two elections ago. This was a New Zealand First bit of legislation.Darroch Ball: It's not that bill. MATT KING: Very close to. Go back and look at the media PR release. It's pretty much cut and dry but because it's Matt King from Northland they're opposing it. That is pretty damn sad from these guys—pretty damn sad.I heard Greg O'Connor. He said he's had 40 years in the police. He argued about his experience with policing. He was saying that this would confuse lawyers and confuse the courts and confuse people; it actually simplifies things. Commits an assault and the person dies—two ingredients; really simple and straight forward. No need to prove anything: they committed an assault the person died. Very simple. But I've heard Greg O'Connor get up a few times and do a few speeches on a few bills which I actually doubt whether he's even read them.Then they said "Well we're just creating another bill another offence and it's already covered in manslaughter." Well what about the strangulation bill? I've got figures here. So strangulation is covered in male assault female or depending on the injuries its covered in the various Crimes Act assault charges. But they created a bill called "strangulation" and I think it's a great bill. I think there are numerous situations and domestic situations where women have suffered from a bit of non-fatal strangulation and it is a precursor to more serious offending so that's a great bill. Between 3 December 2018 and 28 February 2019 there were 416 people charged with strangling or trying to suffocate—that's 33 a week; it's almost five each day. That is a classic case of a bill where it's actually already covered in the Crimes Act but this is specific for this particular offence.The other thing is like Darroch Ball—oh Darroch Ball oh—he brought in the first responders bill. Everything that's in the first responders bill is assault that is covered in everything else. I agreed with that bill Darroch Ball—I agreed with it; I thought it was a great bill. When you said before that you're not going to support this because there's nothing in it why not let it go to first reading? You and I can negotiate directly man to man and we can have whatever you want and I could put it in there—I would put it in there. But you just kicked it into touch because you don't want me—Matt King—to have any publicity in Northland that's what it's all about—that's what it's all about. So what I'm going to tell you is I've been listening to you talk while this Government under urgency is putting through a bill to allow guys like that Tarrant terrorist to vote in prison and yet you're kicking my bill into touch. What that does is gives me the motivation to campaign hard to beat New Zealand First in Northland."