Shaw JamesJAMES SHAW (Leader—Green): Tēnā koe Mr Speaker. Well what a year it has been in New Zealand politics. Of course we began the year with a new Prime Minister and we will start next year in exactly the same way. I do not want to say who I think the next Prime Minister of New Zealand should be because I want this to be an impartial and an objective speech but I do hope that she is someone who can let her hair down in the role a bit someone who will bring energy and joy to New Zealand politics—kind of like a DJ does whoever she may be. I do have to say that New Zealand's original young hipster Prime Minister was of course actually in 1856 Edward Stafford who at 37 years old was just a touch younger than Jacinda Ardern and had an even more hipster beard than Gareth Hughes.The election campaign of course has already begun. Bill English has hired the finest publicists social media advisers and big data analysts in the country to show us what a real and genuine person he is. His predecessor John Key—right now his job is to play golf on behalf of an opera singing Shinto priest billionaire and he is still more relatable to the average Kiwi than Bill English is. This was the year that after insisting that we were not a tax haven the Government finally buckled to pressure and closed the loopholes in our foreign trust laws and a few minutes later three-quarters of all the foreign trusts operating in New Zealand closed down. Now we will not ever get to find out who owned them or where the money came from or what they were doing with it but the Prime Minister is very eager to talk about his walk/runs. We have a new finance Minister.This was also the year that Parliament lost Todd Barclay and it was the year that Parliament found out that it had Todd Barclay. Simon Bridges the Minister of Transport—[Interruption]Mr SPEAKER: Order! [Interruption] Order! Mr Bennett.JAMES SHAW: Mr Bennett. Simon Bridges the Minister of Transport has been urgently putting off Auckland's airport rail link until the year 2050. If you want to find out the cost-benefit ratio of his latest motorway project 2050 is also the year that he will get back to you on your Official Information Act request. In the meantime the Prime Minister would like us to look at his pizza toppings.Annette King of course is leaving Parliament after first being elected 33 years ago. Prior to joining the Labour Party caucus she trained as a dental nurse. Her job was to sedate those who were in pain and to clear out rotten cavities. And she also worked as a dental nurse.The Labour Party of course has really stepped up and has been ruthlessly and relentlessly dedicated to taking out the Government in Canberra. For a country that spends less on R & D than virtually any other country in the world you have to admit that weaponising our citizenship laws is pretty innovative and I would like to see Gerry Brownlee do any better given his track record of standing up to Australians.Now I do want to take a moment to acknowledge the help and the support that we count on from the Clerks the parliamentary librarians the ushers the security staff and the cleaners. It is often said—because it is true—that this place would not function without you. Your work in the background mostly unseen is a reminder of the role that so many New Zealanders play in our workforce that can all too easily go unnoticed and undervalued. With that in mind the National Government might want to rethink its stance on cutting mental health workers out of its pay equity deal with aged-care workers.I want to thank the parliamentary staff of the Green Party and to apologise for ruining every single evening and weekend of your lives for the last month and the next month and the months after that. Thank you for all of your hard work and sacrifice.Speaking of hard work and sacrifice thank you so much to the members of the Green Party caucus who are leaving this year. Dave Clendon Steffan Browning Kennedy Graham and Catherine Delahunty—thank you for all of your years of service. We will miss your courage your values and your wisdom and I know that the end of your time in Parliament will not be the end of your service to New Zealand nor the end of your struggle for environmental and social justice. Ka whawhai tonu mātou—our struggle is without end.Finally I want to acknowledge Metiria. Child poverty was not an issue that most parliamentarians in New Zealand wanted to talk about. You made it an issue that every politician has to talk about. You stood in this Chamber and you spoke up for those who could not speak for themselves and the next Government of New Zealand will have an end to poverty the restoration of our rivers and leadership on climate change at the top of its Order Paper. Thank you Mr Speaker. I will see you in 6 weeks.