Davidson MaramaMARAMA DAVIDSON (Co-Leader—Green): Tēnā koe e Te Māngai o Te Whare. Tēnā tātou katoa ōku hoa kaimahi o Te Whare Pāremata. It is with the utmost respect that I rise on behalf of the Green Party to pay our contribution and tribute to Mike Moore previous Prime Minister and previous leader of the Labour Party. We acknowledge his time and service particularly in this House and as a politician. As we've heard across the House tonight alongside the many community and working-people roles that he held throughout his entire life I of course want to pay particular attention to his whānau; his wife Yvonne; and his many friends and people who loved and cared for him throughout his entire life journey. I read and saw with interest that he was also a young MP—23 I believe—when he entered this House. That is an incredible achievement something that the Greens know intimately what it is like with our young Chlöe Swarbrick. Whatever people are in their public lives there are always whole other dimensions to those people that often the rest of the public rarely get to see or experience or understand. In the eyes of the whānau I was interested and reading through many of the stories that always come through when people pass no matter who they are. Those are the connections and the dimensions that I always gravitate to when we lose anybody and stand up and pay tribute to them in this House. I acknowledge and saw with pride that he was also a man of the North—a person of my North. I fondly remembered his Kawakawa—my memories of coming over the three bumpy bridges on our way over from Hokianga coming over to Whangārei—and Moerewa also being a home place of many of my whakapapa uncles and aunties who were long-time decades and generations of freezing workers alongside Mike as well. I think all people deserve authentic contributions especially at their time of passing. So I do note on behalf of the Green Party that we did not always agree with his political positions. We all believed together that Government has a role in ensuring the wellbeing of all peoples in our country but we had very different ideas of how to get there. I say that being able to stand and acknowledge the full person at anyone's time of passing. The experiences of people's intimate interactions and personal interactions with Mike Moore mattered. They made a big difference to those people. I've been seeing stories on social media and in the news about the many generous authentic and accessible engagements that he had with people from the public with journalists and with staff here. Those experiences matter. We are always more than a one-dimensional public face. I want to acknowledge those many authentic experiences that many people have had with Mike Moore. I close with the words of his wife Yvonne. I particularly find something in common—strongly—when Yvonne mentioned that he was elated when Jacinda Ardern became Prime Minister and felt that she would be able to achieve more for New Zealand and on the international stage than any other Labour leader and in that I attribute his words and thank Yvonne for bringing those thoughts to us at this time. Lastly in her words Mike Moore was stubborn optimistic generous and kind. It is with those values and feelings in my mind that I leave our contribution from the Green Party on the floor of this House. Kia ora tātou katoa.