Unkovich TanyaTANYA UNKOVICH (NZ First): It's time to talk. It's time to talk about mental health which is why I'm very honoured to speak on this bill because it's a topic that's very dear to my heart and as I have mentioned before I haven't spoken in the House much but I did speak a lot about mental health in my maiden speech. I speak from personal experience and also now being in the helping profession myself and having a lot to do with the addictive process and what it is like to go through and to assist clients with that.I'm very honoured to be able to stand up and be a voice for some people who feel they don't have a voice. There are many people out there who are silently suffering and I would like to assure the member in the House that it's not a tick-box situation here. It really is something that I know New Zealand First is very committed to and I know as a coalition we are very committed to and we've already said that we will support the Mike King I Am Hope Foundation. So that is something that we are committed to because we really do know that there is a new pandemic one might say within our country of loneliness unresolved grief that people are feeling after these last few years and the addictions as well. People don't speak up because they are too ashamed to speak up and the fact that we're putting this in writing is extraordinary because this is the first step to people being able to say it's OK to talk about mental health. For someone to be able to put their hand up and say It's OK for me to say that I'm not OK." and to know that they are still loveable and they are still worthy and they will not be in any way treated differently because they've put their hand up to say that they've got something that is harming them inside but we can't see it on the outside.So I know I'm coming from a different angle here but I really want to assure the members on the other side that you can rely on us to deliver on this. One of the things that I have noticed actually about some of the wording in the bill is to not only say that we are going to put something in place and speak about it but having outcomes and to have deliverable outcomes. So yes it is about measuring it is about being on top of everything as well and not just speaking to it but being specific on what these outcomes are going to be. Yes I know that some of the outcomes are long term but we can also measure short-term outcomes and sometimes short term is just one day at a time for some people and it may just be that there is a service where someone can pick up a phone and say I need help. So it is very important to have this—Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall: Imagine if we had that service! TANYA UNKOVICH: So yes it would be great. Hon Member: What's the number?Chlöe Swarbrick: 1737.TANYA UNKOVICH: Yes OK.Hon Matt Doocey: Started under the National Government.TANYA UNKOVICH: Yes no absolutely. Oh no no no. Yes. So let's talk about what mental health really looks like and unfortunately so many people don't want to speak up because they feel that they are going to be vilified and those of the people out there—Hon Member: Gaslighting.TANYA UNKOVICH: Yes gaslighting and all that sort of stuff which is so common at the moment so people are feeling silenced. Well I committed when I came to Parliament that I was going to be a voice for the people who don't have a voice and if I have to speak louder then I'm going to speak louder because the message has to get out there and we are going to be committed. This entire coalition is committed—especially the people from New Zealand First; we are all very committed to supporting this bill to the House. Thank you."