Dunne PeterHon PETER DUNNE (Leader—United Future): I want to say a word or two today about tolerance a rapidly declining commodity in today's world. But before I begin can I pay my tribute to those who lost family loved ones and friends in the horrific attack in Manchester yesterday. I hope that the British authorities are able to bring to justice those responsible quickly and swiftly before there can be further attacks. Inevitably in a situation like this there is a period of recriminations. That is where the issue of tolerance for diversity becomes important. This is an unacceptable act by unacceptable people—do not damn a whole race or a whole creed on the basis of the activities of a few.We have overtones of that same extremism occurring in New Zealand when it comes to the debate about immigration. If you believe some people immigration in New Zealand is depriving New Zealanders of jobs preventing them from buying houses tearing up our way of life and destroying all that is good in this country. In fact immigration is adding to our diversity adding to our richness and creating opportunities that we never had before. According to the Reserve Bank New Zealand is going through one of the longest growth periods of the last 50 years. We are seeing employment growing 2 to 2.5 percent per annum unemployment is falling and house prices after their huge surge are stabilising and falling quite sharply—and in Auckland more sharply than anywhere else. So for all those who want to play the immigration or the race card for political advantage and cite those dire facts that they do they are doing the Trumpist work of false news of alternative information etc.This country was built on immigration. This country prides itself on its diversity. The fact is that we do accommodate a mix of cultures and a mix of people and as a consequence become stronger as the people who live in these particular islands. It takes events like those in Britain to remind us of the dangers that we face in today's environment but also to warn us against overreaction stigmatisation and extremism as the reply to those horrific activities.What underpins all of this debate in New Zealand—the bile the prejudice and the bigotry we see uttered by some—is that it is not about the facts it is about what they see as short-term advantages milking fear for political purpose. It is unacceptable in this country and when New Zealanders have a chance later this year to express their preferences I strongly urge them to deny the bigots the racists and the peddlers of false truths the representation that they seek. They will tear this country apart. You cannot set person against person culture against culture and ethnicity against ethnicity and expect to have a strong and vibrant nation as a result.We will grow as a consequence of the migration that has occurred over the last years—the influx of skills the demand that those skills have created and the fact that our children and our children's children are going to become a much more cosmopolitan mix of cultures—which will mean New Zealanders will be able to play an even greater part in the world than they do today. Putting up the wall around our borders and trying to stigmatise those who are different as the cause of our problems are remarkably short-sighted vindictive and vile acts and I do not think that a tolerant society should have any truck with the extremism the bigotry the intolerance and the ignorance that lie behind those sorts of sentiments. They are unacceptable in this country and I believe very strongly that New Zealanders ought to reject these absolutely negative critical irresponsible bigots there are amongst us.