Seymour DavidGENERAL DEBATEDAVID SEYMOUR (Leader—ACT): I move That the House take note of miscellaneous business.Thank you Mr Speaker. There's something I hear too often from people up and down this country. They say If this Labour Government gets back in I'm going to Australia." and some go on to say "If it's Labour propped up by the Greens and Te Paati Māori I might move even further just to be safe." Well ACT's message is very simple: don't give up on New Zealand. Yes the problems facing our country are large. Recently I asked a group of 12-year-old kids what they would do if they were king or queen of New Zealand today. In happier days they'd say "Save the dolphins." or "Make you go on Dancing with the Stars again." but not now. Three at once said "Make food cheaper." I said "Really? If you were all-powerful what else would you do in charge of New Zealand for a day?" "Make petrol cheaper." That's what a cost of living crisis really means.Then I visit dairies being fortified with wire mesh and special gates like Harlem; but they are in Hamilton. You can explain it to a four-year-old: if you follow the law you'll be safe; you'll have rights; nobody will hurt you. But if you break the law you will face consequences making you wish that you hadn't. You can explain those basic values to a four-year-old no problem. But try explaining it to Poto Williams or Stuart Nash or Chris Hipkins or Ginny Andersen or whoever is going to be the Labour Party Minister of Police next week—you can't.And I hear from time to time—in fact just about every week—another example of a Government policy from health to local government to resource management that divides New Zealand into two peoples. And the people out there they know they were never asked "Would it help if the Treaty was interpreted in such a way to create two different sets of political rights based on race?" Of course this Government and no Government has ever asked the people because no majority would ever agree to it because nothing good would come from it because dividing people by their superficial characteristics putting their identity above their common humanity has never ever worked. And what used to be called bigotry and discrimination and prejudice when I grew up has become the official policy of this Government in so many facets of life. And that's on top of education results that have been in free fall in global exams all century. This Government can't even reliably tell you if kids went to school let alone what they were taught and the problem is they are not taught. They are subject to the failed fad of child-centred learning—you know modern learning environments the big barns with three teachers a hundred kids and lots of bean bags where they teach themselves. Do you know what's worse? Labour are making these problems worse faster but they didn't start with Labour. The cost of living crisis is really a productivity crisis. When John Key was elected the median wage was 11 grand higher in Australia; nine years later it was 17 grand higher; and after six years of Labour there's a $23000 gap between New Zealand and Australian wages.It was National's Amy Adams who raised the age of criminal responsibility before youth crime took off. It was National's Hekia Parata who told schools "You can have any type of classroom you like so long as it's a modern learning environment." And it was National that signed us up to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples that gave us He Puapua. What's clear is that this time change alone won't be enough. New Zealand needs real change and that's why I was so thrilled to see such a bumper crowd and so much energy at ACT's rally Real Change Now this weekend. People want a party that hears them. People want a party that puts forward new ideas to solve their problems. And people want a party that will say unpopular things when they need to be said if it truly believes them. And that is why the ACT Party is the party that puts out more policy than any other the only one with a fully costed alternative budget and that's why ACT is the fastest growing political movement in New Zealand today and it's not even close.I say to people: don't give up on New Zealand real change is coming and the ACT MPs look forward to delivering that real change this October with your support."