Rurawhe AdrianANAHILA KANONGATA'A-SUISUIKI (Labour): Kia ora e te Mana Whakawā. It's an absolute privilege and an honour to stand here to make a contribution on the Prime Minister's statement. I want to echo all the sentiments that have been said today to acknowledge the lives that have been lost the impact on their families and the impact on communities. And for those people whose homes have been affected I want to also acknowledge you. Although most of us in this House haven't experienced your experiences we do have you in our thoughts and our prayers. When I think of the Prime Minister—it's only the second month that he's been the Prime Minister. When I think of him three words come to mind. It is about our leadership and in that leadership strong stable and responsible leadership. His actions speak louder than words. Parliament was supposed to start last week but where was the Prime Minister? He was with the people; he was in Auckland. He was in Auckland being with the people rolling up his sleeves and helping people clean up their places. Where was the Deputy Prime Minister? She was with the people also. There are two things I want to highlight in terms of leadership. The mayoralty fund: the mayoralty fund that was an instant response from the Prime Minister. I was at Manu Tukutuku where evacuation centres were set up in Randwick Park because there wasn't one on Papakura. I was at Manu Tukutuku when it was set up during the floods. What I saw there was a child that came in with a family at 3 o'clock in the morning—13 members of the family came in at 3 o'clock in the morning. I spoke to her and she said My mum's going tomorrow to buy my school uniform." She didn't know where that came from and she said "My mum said that the lady over there said she could do that." And that's because of the civil defence payment that was paid up. She also spoke about temporary accommodation. The family came in—there were 13 of them and you think how can 13 people live in a three-bedroom house? That's because a garage in South Auckland is accommodation. They lived in a home with the second family in the garage and it was flooded. And I want to also acknowledge—education is the second one. There is 82 dedicated education officers to support with education. With due respect to the sister across the road Rosehill College opens five days a week not four according to Judith Collins—five days a week. I visited the new principal Davida. I visited the new principal and she said to me in December that in January Papakura High School and Rosehill College will be going on a leadership camp so that they can come together as a community to support their students to remain at school. Last Friday I visited Whaea Raina. She's Kataraina Nock the principal at Edmund Hillary School—that's a primary school in Papakura in case the member across the road didn't know. She told me the way they are getting kids to school. She gets into her car. She goes—this is Whaea Raina the school principal—to the home because the parent has called up and said "My daughter's not coming to school." She gets into her car goes to the home wakes the child up gets them into the car and takes them to school. That's the leadership in the community and I want to acknowledge the 82 officers who will support that. I am also the chair of the Aotearoa Tongan Response Group. Six days after the floods in Auckland I was asked to go and visit a family in Māngere because they were affected but they stayed at home. So we visited along with the secretary Dr Soana Muimuiheata. We visited and the woman said "I don't have house contents; I've got all this rubbish around me. The garage is another accommodation where my children and grandchildren live. I live in here." She said she doesn't have contents insurance. All she wanted is that we can take the rubbish away so she can start thinking about tomorrow. That's what she said. So as a community we came together—the deputy chair Pakilau of Aotearoa Pakilau Manase Lua. We came together with the CEO of ‛Akiheuho Makahokovalu Pailate; the CEO of the Tongan Youth Trust Rev Ikilifi Pope. We came together with the Mate Ma'a Tonga New Zealand Rugby League. We came together on Waitangi weekend and we cleaned 70 homes. We didn't just put the rubbish on the kerb; we ripped out the carpet put it in the truck and took it to the collection unit. I want to acknowledge those community leaders. I want to acknowledge the Red Cross. I want to acknowledge the councillors. I want to acknowledge the chair of the local board and the Salvation Army that came together at Elizabeth Campbell Hall—SPEAKER: Order! The member's time has expired. I call the Hon Todd McClay—five minutes."