Huo Raymond; Mallard TrevorRAYMOND HUO (Labour): Thank you Mr Speaker. As a Chinese-born member of Parliament I am very proud to be part of this coalition Government delivering for our people—no matter what they are no matter what colour they are no matter where they are from. As a new New Zealander myself—not that new now—I'm very grateful to the tangata whenua for as other migrants say our home away from home". Once here in New Zealand we ask ourselves what we should do for our country and what kind of a role we should play in this collective nation-building process.From observing the activities the National Opposition engaged in in the ethnic communities Kiwis should worry. They are full of misleading messages scaremongering and alienation. During the last election for example National activists launched a Chinese social media appeal for Chinese voters to give their party vote to National and among other things they released the so-called five-point statements and they likened among other things refugees to terrorists. They asked "Do we need New Zealand to become the sort of country like Europe and have constant bomb explosions?"Concerned community leaders have told us that these comments do not reflect Kiwi values and some are calling them a kind of cultural revolution in Auckland with the Red Guards—or in the National case the "Blue Guards" should I say—chanting abusive slogans. I feel saddened because that type of activity was not competition but an abuse of democratic process. That type of attack has since continued. They have attacked the leader of New Zealand First the Rt Hon Winston Peters. They have attacked the Prime Minister the Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern. And they're all personal attacks. Some community leaders told me that they wondered whether National as a party ever knew what was going on in the Chinese community. Many community members would rely on translated material to understand what is going on in the community and the community could risk being alienated further should the members be fed up with that type of negative rhetoric.What has incrementally emerged is also a significant level of misunderstanding between concepts such as investment and speculation. But the good news is that this Government is building the foundation for our future. This Government is building the foundation for our business and for our people. In fact the policy initiatives introduced by this coalition Government in terms of for instance the foreign ownership of residential properties are not that different from the laws or regulations in Beijing Shanghai or Hong Kong. In Beijing for example the local authorities do not allow non-local residents to purchase their residential properties unless they are going to stay there for five or more years to qualify as a local tax resident. In Hong Kong the local authorities have implemented harsh laws to ease tension within the housing market with stamp duty and double stamp duty.There is a great deal of difference between speculation and investment. As someone close to the business sector I am very proud that it was the previous Labour Government that negotiated the signing of the free-trade agreement with China making China our largest trading partner largest source of international students and the second-largest source of overseas tourists. This year marks the 10-year anniversary of the signing of the free-trade agreement without which our exporters wouldn't be able to get that direct and more effective access to those important markets.Also I'm very pleased to report that more and more Chinese developers and business people are getting involved in KiwiBuild projects. KiwiBuild projects will become a very powerful brand not only to help ease the tension—SPEAKER: Order! The member's time has expired."