Omer IbrahimIBRAHIM OMER (Labour): Tēnā koe Mr Speaker. Thank you for the opportunity to rise to speak on the general debate. Since last weekend we have been celebrating World Refugee Day. In doing so we heard a lot of stories—stories of people with amazing resilience perseverance and hope. We heard from a young Somali woman who came as a child from the war zone but now she is an aspiring writer. We heard from the young Afghani woman who came from a war zone and now she is studying law and criminology. We are very proud of the work that we are doing in this space. The last two years of COVID-19 didn't stop us from to a certain extent bringing former refugees from war zones; Afghanistan and the Ukraine is a good example. With that we've been hearing a lot from the Opposition. They have been talking about a lot of things that the Labour Government is doing and they are opposing everything that this Government is doing whether that's good or bad. So they are doing that without proposing one single solution—one single solution. No they have one—one solution—and that's cutting tax for wealthy New Zealanders who earn more than $180000. People who don't need this money they are proposing to cut tax for them. On the other hand minimum wage no; FTA no; double sick leave for front-line workers no. This speaks volumes about the Opposition. The last two and a half weeks I've been on the road with my colleagues from the ethnic caucus and we've been engaging with people. We've been talking to a lot of business owners a lot of community leaders. We've been talking to a lot of people that were running NGOs as well. So they told us about how this Government is listening to them. They talked about hope. They talked about the light at the end of the tunnel after two years of almost darkness and they can now look forward. They can now look forward to reconnect with their families and to do business. One small business owner told me about how he's excited about the $100 million that Government put aside to support small businesses. The moments that we're living now—the optimism the hope—are not a coincidence. It was carefully planned. It took brave and empathetic leadership. It took listening to experts. But that doesn't mean that danger from COVID-19 is over. We will continue to support New Zealanders. We will continue to keep them safe. We will accelerate our economic recovery and rebuild from the impact of COVID-19 all this while we put in a strong foundation to address key issues such as climate change housing affordability and child poverty. Visiting the Newtown Union Health Service more than 20 percent of their patients are migrants and refugees. They told us how the numbers in patients have been increasing lately because of the half-price transport that the Government put in place. People are actually starting to turn up to their appointments. So what we're hearing is that every decision that this Government is taking is making an impact in people's lives a direct impact and the people are excited about that. We've got an Opposition that's opposing everything that we're doing and sadly without proposing one single solution. That worries me—that worries me—because this Opposition sooner or later they're going to be a Government. If they become a Government then what's going to happen to these working people? There is no plan. There is no hope. There is no aspiration to help working people. Nine years of a National Party Government I was a cleaner I was a hotel worker and I was not supported. We cried for help. All we could get was 40c 30c 50c maximum from that Government. New Zealanders cannot afford that. On this side of the House I am very proud of the actions that this Government is taking. We're listening to Kiwis. We are supporting Kiwis. We're very proud of that.