Kuriger BarbaraBARBARA KURIGER (National—Taranaki - King Country): Thank you Mr Speaker. Look I want to start by acknowledging everyone in this place because this place is an ecosystem—Parliament is an ecosystem. Being a whip I believe gives you a greater understanding of just all the things that tick over in this place. So a big mention to those that feed us those that provide our security the people who work in our offices. Often I'm asked about this adverse you know place of Parliament where we're all having a go at each other all the time and I often have to say to people: Actually it's not a place where we are all having a go at each other all the time. Most of us get on quite well most of the time." I believe everyone in here is a good person; some people just don't have as good ideas as other people. So that is where the adversary comes in. Look in most ways it's been a year of non-delivery but in a year of non-delivery a lot of heartache has been delivered. I think this whole ideological failed experiment has been very very difficult for some people in our rural areas and some of our farmers. Minister Hipkins said that in this country we punch above our weight and New Zealand farmers definitely punch above our weight. It's a big request from me for this Government going forward that actually we start to recognise that we have some of the best farmers in the world in terms of you know—planting trees: I have to tell New Zealand First that planting trees is not a new phenomenon. Farmers have been planting trees in Taranaki for 30 years. The water quality is improving and it's happening. So we are here and we are delivering the food that you're all going to eat for Christmas. So I on this side of the House and the National Party want to acknowledge our food producers because we're all going to go out of here after this adjournment debate—over the next few weeks we're probably all going to eat too much. Some of us may at times have one drink too many. But you know there are people out there who are producing our ham our veggies our wine cheese our beef and lamb. Just think about that cream on that pavlova. Oh pavlova. That's right—chickens eggs. So just forget all of the agriculture horticulture—you know the Kiwifruit on top of the pav. I see there's a new variety of red Kiwifruit out now—R & D. I just really really want to thank our producers for everything that they do for us. National says thank you. So let's cut these people some space. Let's understand that there's a transition needed. I've seen it where some of the targets coming out are far too heavy. People need time and space and tools to get to where they need to go. So one request I have of this Government is to understand what just transition means in relation to our constituents and our farmers out there. But I also want them to understand transition very very carefully because 2020 will be a very good transition to a new Government and I have no doubt that my team and Simon Bridges' team on this side of the House have worked extremely hard. We've had a great year. We're prepared. We are ready to go.Mr Speaker I'd like to thank you for your presiding over this House—sometimes it's easier than others—but also over the precinct. I know you take your role very seriously. So thank you for all that you do. And just to finish off I would like to thank our families because people quite often ask about the sacrifices that we make to be in this place and I say to them actually we don't make the sacrifice; our families do. We have most of what we need done for us. We have our EAs we have our research people we all have our staff in Parliament and out of Parliament that work extremely hard for us get us to where we need to go and I thank them for that. But our families are the ones who actually make the sacrifices. They do without us for several days a week while we're in here. They often do without us while we're out and about doing our job. So I want to acknowledge them and I want to wish them and everyone else a very merry Christmas and a very successful 2020. Thank you."