Turei MetiriaMETIRIA TUREI (Co-Leader—Green): New Zealand take note: if you want decent fair tenancy laws in this country you must change the Government in 2017. There is no doubt that the only way that thousands of New Zealand families—450000 households in this country—will get a fair deal for their rental agreements their tenancies is if you change the Government. These National members have proven themselves tonight that they think that a home for New Zealand families—the right to a home for New Zealand families—is tripe". That is what they have said tonight: that the right to a home for New Zealand families who have to rent is "tripe". This is what National believes. It is a shocking admission from the National Government tonight that it does not believe that families who rent are entitled to a decent home. National thinks it is fine for families who rent who are struggling every day to pay the rent and the power bills and to put food on the table to have fewer rights so that some wealthy people can get away with having all the power. That is what the National Government has told New Zealand tonight. New Zealand: if you want fair tenancy laws we must change the Government in 2017.In the few minutes that I have left I do want to say some thankyous. First of all of course to my Labour colleagues my New Zealand First colleagues and my Māori Party colleagues who have not spoken tonight who—as I understand it—will be supporting this legislation. It is very clear that this is the side of the House that believes that New Zealand families—all New Zealand families—deserve a fair go with their housing with their right to build a home.I also want to thank Andrew King and Terry le Grove from the New Zealand Property Investors Federation. I have had numerous meetings with them over the last 6 months to talk about the provisions of this bill to work through the issues that they have as landlords. We have built a really good relationship over this last little period of time. We have been sharing information about what tenants need what landlords need and what is happening on the ground. I have really appreciated their input and their support for the provisions in this bill. They were committed to this bill going to a select committee. They had no problem with that because it gave them also a chance to talk about the kinds of issues that landlords face in New Zealand. Landlords have issues too—good landlords have issues too which we could have resolved. But the National Government has stopped that conversation from happening. National has stopped landlords from being able to come to the select committee and talk to us about the kinds of issues that they are dealing with. Like the issue of methamphetamine—I offered the member Andrew Bayly the opportunity to bring that issue to this bill in the select committee. Like the issue with the Osaki case which has raised serious concerns for landlords. I detected that we needed to talk about that as well alongside improving the rights of tenants to be able to make the house that they pay huge amounts of money for—Marama Davidson: Huge.METIRIA TUREI: —huge amounts of money for—to make that house their home. Why is it that National has decided that only some families are entitled to a home? Why is it that National has said that only a select few families are entitled to build a home in their communities when we know that a stable home means stable employment for the grownups in that household; when we know that a stable home means stable education for the children in those households; and when we know that a stable home means good health and well-being for all of the people in that household? Why is it that National says that that is only the entitlement of the wealthy few? Because that is what National has said tonight.New Zealand I urge you. We have families who are in dire crisis in housing. There are thousands who are homeless and moving from place to place desperately trying to find a decent place to live that they can afford where they can put down some roots and take care of their children. The Green Party has put forward a bill which is supported by Labour by New Zealand First and by the Māori Party that would help deliver that stable housing for you. The block the barrier the hammer that has stopped that from happening has been the National Party. We cannot continue to allow National to lock our families out from the decent fair treatment that they deserve. So New Zealand I am asking you when you get the opportunity next year in 2017 vote to change the Government. Thank you."