Jones ShaneHon SHANE JONES (Minister of Forestry): Jealousy is a sin. Jealousy is riddled through the other side of the House. Number one we have the leaks anonymously flowing day by day; secondly we have the bullying the echoes of which grow day by day. In fact we are now marrying the bullying to the leaking. But how did the leader decide he would quell this new type of destabilising activity reaching levels we haven't seen before? He decided with his top team this morning that they would stage a deliberate walkout—a clearly conceived orchestrated campaign under the rubric of changing the narrative.Well the narrative is number one a deeply divided tired group of politicians who have not achieved much of anything on that side of the House as they come to Christmas; a large group of youngsters desperate to seize control of the agenda and then to go and begin deliberately leaking like the Wally Haumaha - related leaks. And what did that show? It showed that the man had a completely clean bill of health despite the fact of deliberate poisonous insidious leaks from backbenchers on that side of the House.Now unfortunately that drip drip—not unlike Chris Carter in days of old—is starting to intrude within their own esprit de corps within their own ethos. But I have read recently—in fact last week—that scientists in America have determined that alien life is already here on Earth. It's sitting on the other side of the House. They are alienating themselves from whoever they conceive to be their supporters. They are relying on alien-like sources of information to drip down into the various silos of the fourth estate.Meanwhile with my characteristic modesty I toil in the vineyards of the provincial New Zealand economy. I have had the pleasure of showing up how lacklustre and disinterested the Aussie-owned banks are in working effectively with New Zealand businesses. And what do we see from the other side of the House? Defending those stupendous salaries; defending that extravagant unfettered level of privilege enjoyed by the Aussie banks. But wait: my colleague who sits over here Mr Faafoi has a profound body of policy work under way and I only hope the remit passed by my party the remit imposing a long-overdue levy on the uncaring Aussie banks that are hollowing out regional New Zealand.I'm also I have to say continuing to plant trees. Now some might say as I did on telly that I'm Hana Kōkō—a bit like Santa Claus. There has to be a bit of colour and personality. I have to say I am not Oprah Winfrey but there is probably a tree under your chair Mr Mitchell.We will not be deterred from working with NGOs working with businesses and working with the banking fraternity that those who seek to redeem themselves—because coming their way is a whole host of bad news from the royal commission in Australia and when that news comes out I guarantee you that they will be seeking ways to work more effectively with our Government because what we smell on that side of the Tasman it's impossible that such a taint is not on this side of the Tasman. But that pleasure awaits the banking industry and those reformers lucid thinkers and clean pairs of hands like the first provincial citizen standing before you.Now I want to wind up here and say it's very disappointing that New Zealand voters have seen our colleagues on the other side of the House abandon the ship. They say that before the ship strikes aground the rats go first. As we say in Māori ko te kiore puta wau—the rats go first. Well I'm not going to condemn Mr Simon Bridges to that kind of epithet but the fact that today he's seen wearing a life jacket as the waka goes down and they all flee—very portentous—very portentous.