Tirikatene Rino; Dean JacquiRINO TIRIKATENE (Labour—Te Tai Tonga): Tēnā koe e te Mana Whakawā. Tēnā koutou e ngā mema o te Whare Pāremata. I'm delighted to speak in this Address in Reply debate. I'm not sure the member that's just resumed his seat Matt Doocey what parallel universe he resides in but it's full of doom and gloom and it's really quite contrary to the actual reality that we have here in Aotearoa and that's the reality of a Labour Government with the biggest mandate that we have received from across the country. I'm proud to be a member with all of our caucus members of this Labour Government under the leadership of our Prime Minister the Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern.I'm proud to be a member of the largest Māori caucus in the history of the New Zealand Parliament and I'm also proud to be a Parliamentary Under-Secretary in the first majority Government in MMP history. This Government is making history and as has been outlined in the Speech from the Throne and in the speeches to date from our Prime Minister we are addressing the three overarching objectives that our Government is focusing on—namely keeping New Zealanders safe from COVID-19 accelerating our economic recovery and laying the foundations for a better future.We all know what devastation COVID is wreaking across the world. Every day I'm thankful. I'm thankful for the leadership of our Government of our Ministers and of our Prime Minister that has kept our country and Kiwis safe from COVID-19. We've been committed to our elimination strategy and it has worked. We have kept outbreaks at bay. We now have the strongest most world-leading—we are admired worldwide for our border and our managed isolation and quarantine (MIQ) processes. I want to acknowledge all of those wonderful folks who are working on the front lines every day to ensure that they keep our borders secure and safe as we welcome back folks through our MIQ facilities.So we are keeping New Zealanders safe from COVID-19. We acted fast. We gave the best economic response which was through our health response. And what has that done? That has provided us the space to keep our engine going as an economy. We have not slowed down at all. In fact our merchandise exports have increased from over a year ago. So we are doing well as a nation despite the impacts that COVID is having in particular in specific sectors like tourism and overseas education international education. We note that there are impacts there but our economy as a whole is going very well indeed.I'm proud—and one of the responsible areas that I have is in the trade area which is very important for our overall wealth and wellbeing as a nation—to see the great work that we're doing in international trade under our first wahine Māori Minister of Foreign Affairs the Hon Nanaia Mahuta who looks after our foreign policy and the Hon Damien O'Connor who is looking after our trade and export growth. In spite of all of the difficulties that COVID is raising we have been able to continue with our trade agreements that we have signed. We've just upgraded the free-trade agreement that we have with China. We have signed the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership agreement a massive agreement with over a third of the world's population and are making sure that New Zealand is right in the middle where all the action is happening. We are right there. We are working on expanding our architecture with the UK and with the EU. So we are doing a lot of work as a country and all of that not only benefits the total New Zealand economy; it benefits the Māori economy as well which is particularly dear to me: all those suppliers of the lands and produce from the seas and from the bountiful lands that we have right across Aotearoa.So in the spirit of the last remaining time I want to acknowledge the spirit of Waitangi and the positive vibes that were emanating from Waitangi as we celebrate 180 years of our Treaty partnership no more evidenced than by the presence of our Prime Minister right throughout the duration of those celebrations. Those positive vibes have been felt right across Aotearoa right through where I was right down there in Bluff at the bottom of Te Waipounamu. Our country is on a great track. We are keeping out COVID-19. We have sound leadership with our Government and our Prime Minister and I'm very proud to be a part of it and we'll be taking great strides in the term ahead. Kia ora tātou.ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Jacqui Dean): I call Dr Deborah Russell—five minutes.