Macindoe Tim: Adjournment — Sittings of the HouseText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeMacindoe Tim: Adjournment — Sittings of the House[Sitting date: 09 December 2015. Volume:710;Page:8739. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]TIM MACINDOE (National—Hamilton West): As the final speaker in this debate apart from your good self Mr Speaker I want to endorse the warm thanks that so many others have expressed to the many fine folk who work in this complex to keep the House functioning throughout the year. They include of course the cleaners the security team the Hansard staff messengers the Epicure team our communications teams advisers the Office of the Clerk the Chamber gallery team our wonderful executive assistants—and could I particularly single out the remarkable Margaret Hyland who has now coped with me for 7 long years—and anyone else I failed to mention. May I also acknowledge the Government whips office team managed by Sue Reid and thank my excellent colleagues Jami-Lee Ross and Joanne Hayes who support me in our work so well. Could I wish Jami-Lee a very happy 30th birthday for tomorrow. I know is it not sickening? Only 30.I thank all the whips and musterers from throughout the House because in fact we do work very well together and I think collectively the whips across the House manage to keep this place flowing in our business. I want to thank those who also work in our out-of-Parliament offices including my superb team in the Hamilton West electorate office the dynamic Brigit Brant Valarie Langley and Ann-Marie Case-Miller. All of our electorate agents around the country do a remarkable job and provide excellent service to the people of New Zealand.May I also thank our spouses partners and children who sacrifice so much for us to be here. How very fortunate we are and how lovely it is to think that we will finally get to spend a bit of time with them over the next few weeks. They all deserve prizes and as it is school prize-giving season—and as MPs we get to do our fair share of them—I want to hand out a few of my own particularly as we have had some awards handed out to the Government from the other side and it would be churlish of us not to reciprocate.So—in no particular order—the “Sir Basil Arthur Memorial Prize for Parliament’s Loud Hailer” is awarded to Dunedin North MP Dr David Clark for the worst and most frequent assaults on the eardrums in 50 years. Dr Clark also shares the “Tony Ryall Sartorial Shocker Trophy” for his regular appearances in the House in that fluorescent crimson jacket. The co-recipient in his absence is former ACT leader Rodney Hide for the unforgettable canary yellow jacket. He receives this award as a warning to his parliamentary successor that should the garment ever be seen in this House again it will result in the wearer being referred to the Privileges Committee by someone who has developed quite a bit of form in that in recent times.The “It Was My Party and I’ll Cry and Sue if I Want to Award” goes of course to Colin Craig. The “Yippee! Award for Resurrection Studies” goes to the Hon Judith Collins. The “Taylor Swift Award” for reportedly spending weeks touring New Zealand without anyone actually noticing goes to Andrew Little. The “Johnnie Walker Trophy” for incoherence at question time goes again this year to the right incomprehensible Winston Peters. The “Le-Aufa’amulia Asenati Lole-Taylor Memorial Award” for the most unexpected utterance on national television goes to ACT leader David Seymour for: “The French love the [appendage].” The “Paul Goldsmith Prize for Best Recovery After Falling Off the Stage Award” goes to Steffan Browning for achieving the remarkable feat of remaining standing despite apparently falling asleep within 15 seconds of the commencement of most of his speeches. The “David Parker - Gerry Brownlee Brokeback Mountain Moment” goes to former Labour leaders Phil Goff and David Cunliffe for sharing a bench on the back row of the Opposition cross benches so eagerly since Mr Little’s recent reshuffle.Finally Mr Speaker the “Masochism Award for Choosing to Spend Hours in Here Listening to Us All” goes to you and your merry men Chester Borrows Lindsay Tisch and Trevor Mallard and to the Clerks the Serjeant-at-Arms Roland Todd Maureen Breen and the Chamber gallery team. God bless you all and may you eventually be cured of this horrendous affliction.What a great year it has been for New Zealand with the surplus achieved; the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement over the line; the first substantial increase in benefits to thousands of New Zealanders in more than 40 years; those stunning knocks by Ross Taylor recently saving the test at the Western Australia cricket ground that looked gone for all money and Martin Guptill’s superb 237 not out which catapulted the Black Caps into our first ever Cricket World Cup final; and the All Blacks’ emphatic retention of the Rugby World Cup making us all so proud to be New Zealanders. When we go to the polls in 2017 we need to remember that we never won the Rugby World Cup under Helen Clark’s leadership whereas under the stunning leadership of the Rt Hon John Key we have never lost it.It is a great privilege to serve in this House and in the spirit of the season I wish all MPs and your families and everyone who works here a very merry Christmas a wonderful summer and all the best for the year ahead.