Peters WinstonRt Hon WINSTON PETERS (Deputy Prime Minister): Why does the National Party pick these special debates to humiliate themselves? Why do they think they will get away with it? What we just heard is from a former Minister in the education circles and she said the National Party—and these words were incredulous—are passionate about this. Unbelievable. She talked about the teaching profession that apparently all of a sudden now have discovered her when they hadn't known her for the last nine years and think that she's the harbinger of salary rises when over the last nine years they failed to deliver what this Government promised in the first year. Those are the facts. We promised in the first year to deliver teachers what they hadn't got in nine years. So if their salvation lies in one Nikki Kaye then I kind of think that these teachers need a bit more education especially when it comes to realpolitik.Hon Gerry Brownlee: Why are they striking?Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS: Can I just say—well look Gerry we'd give you a going-away present but you've got to do your part first. I mean why did Gerry come along to this House for a start—SPEAKER: Order!Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS: Well Mr Brownlee has long had a use-by date and some of his colleagues know it. Can I tell you that when I heard the Hon Nikki Kaye talking about the politics there was one glaring thing missing and you probably will not be surprised to know that it was missing because the party over there that poses as the good managers of Government can't even count. They can't even do the mathematics. What was the debt of politics that we inherited? Come on please tell me. What was the debt pray tell me ladies and gentlemen—the debt that the present Government inherited where politics were concerned? It was $100 million—just like that. But to think that somebody can go through speech training school and talk about being passionate and hope to get away with it—just unbelievable. Can I just say this is the image of course they're portraying from the Opposition benches. I say New Zealand First does not start at shadows and that's the reason why when we listen to half these public polls carried out by some of these flighty people upstairs here which don't stack up against the tandem of history so to speak we just ignore them. We know those polls for 26 years have been absolute rubbish. What's my evidence for that if I'm talking to the press gallery? Well my evidence for that is me and my colleagues. What on earth are we doing here if your polls are so right? And now the National Party the wise old guys know that. They know just to ignore the polls but one thing they do not ignore is what is being internally told to them in their polls and dare I say it in our polls as well. The National Party is in the 30s—the National Party is in the 30s. Despite going out there and screaming about the capital gains tax and every worst nightmare about to befall the country they're in the 20s and when the 20s—this is what's going to happen now. The Hon Nikki Kaye can I just say—I happen to know more about politics than she does. And can I just say this: you don't have to be a rocket scientist to work out they're not going to come for Mr Bridges first. No no—they're going to come for poor Paula. She's just turned 50. SPEAKER: Order!Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS: She's doing her best.SPEAKER: Order!Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS: Oh the Hon Paula Bennett. She's turned 50. She's done her best to get ready for the new challenge and all of a sudden it's goodnight nurse because that's how hyenas and jackals act. They never go for the biggest one. No no—they go for the weakest one. The second reason is because the other one they're going for the Crusher" can't run with a female No. 2 in the party. Just work it out. If you ever get in trouble and you can't work it out give me a phone call and I'll tell you how it goes. This is a business I know something about. So they're going to go for poor Paula and then it'll be all on for young and old and they're going to go for someone whose business and commercial background just does not bear investigation. These people know it. Mind you if you're Mr Brownlee and you used to be running an illegal casino for five weeks you kind of think anything is legal. But it won't wash Mr Brownlee and we intend to make it very very clear. In terms of what we do here New Zealand First of course is the voice of common sense and practicality. We've ensured an equitable balance between the employers of this country and the workforce of this country. We've provided enormous stimulus out in the provinces and the regions where so much of our wealth is created and we've restored dare I say integrity on the global stage both diplomatically and strategically. Now countries listen to us. Now we go and talk to all of Islam and they salute us. What did they do? They left there to pass a motion that United Nations supported unanimously. Guess why? Because our diplomatic interventions are successful."