Allan KiritapuKIRITAPU ALLAN (Labour): The previous speaker Simon O'Connor made much noise about seeking some kind of apology from this side. The only person that needs to apologise after that tripe I would say is the Leader of the Opposition for enabling that member the platform to say some horrible things about some of our colleagues. But just to take a brief call on this this debate is essentially about three things: one there was an allegation made; two the Prime Minister instigated an investigation; and three on conclusion of that investigation our Prime Minister made a swift determination. There's not much more of any substance in the issue that we're debating this afternoon. We've heard a whole range of allegations from across the other side of the House about Who'd done this" and X Y and Z and so on and so forth. It's absolutely right as the Prime Minister said that the public have a right to understand the full nature of those allegations. I know that the Prime Minister alongside the people engaged in these allegations will also want nothing more than for a full report to come out and in order to protect the identity of the person that's made the allegation that report will go through a process of redaction but that report will be made. Now in contrast there is another report that's sitting before us all and we are all wondering what the outcomes will be. It is about who leaked the expenses but that's a matter for another day.I've had the privilege of knowing the member both personally and professionally for many many years and I can only imagine the weight and the pressure that the public eye has had on both the member and her family. I also happen to share half of an electorate with the member up in the Gisborne area. I know from the constituents that come into our office expressing their concern over the things that have happened so I can just say from a local perspective that the member will be staying on as the member for Ikaroa-Rāwhiti. The people have placed their trust in her and we have full confidence that the member will conduct her duties as she has been over the past month or so acting as a competent member for Ikaroa-Rāwhiti.It's like this in any Government and the Opposition—whilst it might feel like many moons ago—knows that it wasn't that long ago when their own Prime Minister had to make several hard determinations to cull many of their Ministers. If we start with Richard Worth then there was Phil Heatley there was Pansy Wong Nick Smith—the Hon Nick Smith who sits in this House today—Kate Wilkinson Peter Dunne John Banks Maurice Williamson and Judith Collins and that's all to do with the running of any single Government. This is a Government. It goes on. It's everyday Government business—resign you know and be ordered to stand trial for electoral fraud. I mean these things happen. The Opposition will know that these things happen when you run a Government but what the people of New Zealand really care about is that we as a Government are getting on and doing the things that we said that we would do. So after one year of being in Government this Government is doing exactly the things that we said that we'd do: we're building houses creating jobs and focusing on the regions. ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Poto Williams): Order!KIRITAPU ALLAN: So it's incumbent for this debate to go on and on but to acknowledge there was a disputed incident. A review was then undertaken and the Prime Minister on receiving the findings of that review made her determination. Our colleagues on this side absolutely support the Prime Minister and we support our colleague the Hon Meka Whaitiri as she works hard for the constituents of Ikaroa-Rāwhiti to regain the trust of the Prime Minister in her future endeavours.The debate having concluded the motion lapsed."