Turei MetiriaMETIRIA TUREI (Co-Leader—Green): John Key the retiring Prime Minister never put children and families first. At every opportunity John Key refused to put the needs of families and children ahead of the interests of the wealthy few. This is actually the legacy of John Key. I am surprised by Bill English's response tonight in this debate because there are thousands and thousands of New Zealand families who know that they are doing worse than ever under the leadership of John Key and the National Party. For 8 years John Key has had an opportunity to turn life around for the families who need him the most. At every point he has refused to help them.Let us not forget that the first thing he did when he became Prime Minister was to give tax cuts to the rich. That was his first decision. It was to give tax cuts to the very richest families in this country—leaving working families who were subject to the harms caused by the global financial crisis right out of the picture. It was the rich who did the best out of John Key when he first took the prime ministership and it is still the rich who are doing the best from John Key 8 years later. The families and children of hard-working New Zealanders were left out by John Key and left out by this National Government.New Zealand the only way we can put families and children at the heart of Government decisions is to change the Government in 2017. Because even though John Key has gone and his leadership is now over the National Party continues with that evil programme that denies the rights of families and children to a decent life in this country. It has been shameful watching John Key make decisions that leave families and kids out in the cold.John Key was heard saying this morning that New Zealand is largely the envy of the world—the envy of the developed world in terms of job creation and job growth. No it is not. No it is not for the New Zealanders who live here who are struggling to pay their rent and put food on the table and pay their power bills. This is the reality for thousands of New Zealand children. They are not envious. This is a shameful legacy that John Key leaves us. There are so many things that could have happened under John Key's leadership that he ignored because New Zealand families and their children were never at the core of his decision making.I would like to deal with the issue of children going hungry at school. It was scandalous and it is still scandalous that thousands of New Zealand children are still going to school hungry and are hungry at school because we do not have a comprehensive school food programme in our schools. When I asked John Key about that today in question time his excuse was that there is a programme and there has been a bit of Government support for it. There are still hungry children at school so what about them?Hon Anne Tolley: Seven million breakfasts.METIRIA TUREI: So some are getting fed and what about the ones who are not? What about the ones who are not getting fed and are still hungry? Do they count for John Key? Do they matter to John Key? Or is he happy that only some kids are getting fed in this country and some are still hungry? That is what is happening for thousands of New Zealand children. They are still hungry at school because John Key and National would not support a comprehensive food in schools programme. They had the choice. They had the money to commit to that but there are still thousands of children who are left out. These are the choices of this Prime Minister. That is his legacy.What about the children who are still being admitted to New Zealand hospitals because of the illnesses that they suffer from cold damp mouldy houses? What about the 40000 hospitalisations of New Zealand children because John Key and the National Government refuse to put in place a warrant of fitness to warm up to dry out these homes for these kids? What about the 15 children who die every year under John Key's leadership because they live in cold damp mouldy houses—houses that John Key and his Government could have fixed; houses that could be safe for those kids and their families to live in? Did those kids matter to John Key and the National Government? No they did not. Nothing has changed that will protect those families and those 15 children.This is the legacy of John Key the retiring Prime Minister. Despite all of the rhetoric and all of the lovely stories we are going to hear about John Key from lots of different places this is the actual impact of John Key being Prime Minister for 8 years and the National Government being in Government for these 8 years. This is why we have to change the Government. We cannot allow National to continue with the reins of power and with the financial resources and have it divert those resources and use that power for the wealthy few when our families and our kids are suffering every day.What about the 40000 New Zealanders who are homeless? What about them today? What about the families and the children who tonight will be sleeping in their cars? Where do they fit in John Key's legacy? That is who he is leaving behind when he finishes. Those families are being left behind by John Key. Earlier today he talked a lot about housing policy. There are still thousands of New Zealand families who are homeless who are sleeping in garages who are sleeping in their cars and who are sleeping in motor camps in caravans that are in appalling conditions—cockroaches damp and mould. Those families matter. Those kids and those families matter. They are important citizens of this country too and they deserve better from John Key.What did he spend his time on? Giving Skycity Casino the opportunity to put in place more gambling machines so it could make more money—that is what John Key spent his time on. Defending the dirty Saudi sheep deal—that is what John Key spent his time on. The tax cuts for the very wealthy is what he spent his time on. Keeping foreign trusts going in New Zealand is what John Key spent his time on to enable the very wealthy to hide their money—those things were his priorities. We only need to look back over the last 8 years and see for ourselves the legacy that John Key leaves.It is time now in New Zealand that we take back the reins of Government and put in place a Government that will put families and children at the heart of the decisions that it makes. If we are not here to fight for and work for them what is the point? I am glad John Key is going. Good—he should go. He has not been a good Prime Minister. He has left these families to fend for themselves. He has had the resources and the opportunity to make a real difference and he chose not to. Good. Go. And take the rest of them with you because this is not a Government that puts New Zealanders at the heart of its decisions.In 2017 the Greens will be part of a new Government that will put children and their families at the heart of every decision it makes. That is what we will do. That is why we are saying: New Zealanders we have to change the Government. Losing John Key is not enough. They all have to go. You've got 6 months—8 months—let's make it happen." Those kids need us; they certainly do not need National."