Collins JudithHon JUDITH COLLINS (Leader of the Opposition): Thank you Mr Speaker. On behalf of the National Party I'd first like to acknowledge all the victims and families of victims of the massacre at Al Noor Mosque and Linwood Islamic Centre in Christchurch. I think many New Zealanders most New Zealanders would have been very much impressed by the incredible level of humanity displayed by the families of victims and those people who have themselves been victims of what happened in Christchurch at those mosques. We give respect and we acknowledge that here in this debating chamber we work in what is a war memorial where the deeds of our former military are being acknowledged here in this place. I think it's appropriate that as a Parliament we acknowledge what has gone on and the effect on people who have been so wrongly treated.Today is a day when we've heard the Prime Minister say that there's no idea where this COVID came back from. It seems to be a miracle. It seems to have come in the air maybe on a cloud somewhere talking about the cool storage place which apparently has almost no relationship whatsoever—no idea where this COVID came back from. It is 102 days; it appeared back in New Zealand.Hon Member: 104 days.Hon JUDITH COLLINS: A hundred and four days I should say because on 100 days the Prime Minister was busy dancing a jig and posted it online. Something that people tend to learn in Government is to never start dancing the jig and claiming victory until it actually is a victory.It certainly hasn't been a victory for those New Zealanders who have found their businesses put at risk and their jobs at risk. We have heard today from the Government that they're not interested in extending out the wage subsidy for a mere four more days; it's just all too difficult. They've had enough. All these businesses these employees is what they're saying—the workers have had enough is what they're saying. They say Oh well! You know they've had a lot any way." They seem to have no understanding of business. They have no understanding that if you take a small business you close it for six or seven weeks and then suddenly it's allowed to open again—through no fault of their own by the way they were closed; no fault of their own. And they start to get back into business they start getting some income coming in the bills haven't stopped from where they were before and wages—well actually the wage subsidy was going through to the workers as it should do.It's not as though this is a welfare programme for small businesses. It's actually a programme to help workers keep their jobs. I understand that it's all too difficult for somebody from the Government to understand that four days including a weekend is actually four working days not two working days as the Prime Minister disclosed the other day to the media—not two working days. The biggest working days for the hospitality industry are actually a Saturday and Sunday. It's called a weekend where actually they're open and by the way so is retail. These are not highly paid workers and they're not high-earning businesses. These are small businesses in the main and they're being told "You've had enough. We don't want to give you any more. You should be grateful." That's what we've heard today.We've heard today from the Prime Minister that it's no one's fault that this COVID came back. This B.1.1.1. genome we heard today from Dr Megan Woods—she forgot to say it came from Australia; not sure how it got here but suddenly it did clearly through a border. Whether it's an air border or whether it's a shipping port through that border it's still a border. When we compare ourselves as she does with other countries we're one of the most isolated countries in the world. We're surrounded by this enormous moat. We don't have a land border that people can come across in. And by the way tell me this again. Why is the South Island in lockdown at the moment with level 2 lockdown? Just answer me that. How is it going to jump across this COVID on the cloud across through?Hon Andrew Little: What a clown.Hon JUDITH COLLINS: And we're hearing now from Andrew Little. We know what he thinks about businesses don't we? How has that happened? The answer is it's so much easier to make everyone feel dependent on the Government. So why not give people a bit of a chance? Where's the advocate for the workers over there Mr Little? Where is the advocate? A long way away. Also the advocate who said Pike River was a really good mine and it should all continue. So no think about the workers."