Kanongata'a-Suisuiki AnahilaANAHILA KANONGATA'A-SUISUIKI (Labour): Tēnā koe e Te Mana Whakawā. It would be rude of me not to comment on the last speaker Harete Hipango. I think the netball comment is about how there are some members of the National Party who are injured. I think the netball injuries came from some party jostling for position: Go Judith Collins!" Anyway let me get back to my speech.It's a privilege and an honour to stand here and take the stand on the general debate. My kōrero today is inspired by this whakataukī. It says "Nāku te rourou nāu te rourou ka ora ai te iwi"—with your basket and my basket the people will thrive. It is accompanied by two four-letter words. The first word begins with the letter "f" and it is about fair. The second word is about nine. I'll talk about that later.It is nine months since 8 November when the Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern in the Speech from the Throne talked about the coalition Government. I'd like to read it because I think we need to be reminded on how the coalition Government came together. And I quote: "This new government was formed by negotiation … it was a negotiation that allowed each party to remain true to its values and honour its core election commitments. This Government will not be a Government of parties acting separately it will act clearly as one Government in the best interest … of [New Zealand]." So then you say "Well what does that look like?" What does that look like? We have just settled the pay settlement for nurses and it was done in a way that was fair and good.I just want to remind people what the meaning of the word "fair" is because we sometimes forget the meaning of little words that mean a lot to New Zealand. Fairness means treating people with equality without favouritism or discrimination. Despite the nine years that we've inherited from the last Government despite the nine years of overworked hospital health staff we came to a good fair pay settlement for nurses. Why? It is important.In my field—I come from a field where past behaviour is a judgment of future behaviour—it is the beginning of fairness to New Zealand. It is the beginning. In this coalition Government what did we achieve? We achieved 500 more nurses—500 more nurses—with a commitment to staffing levels. Pay equity for nurses—I think that's a foreign language in the last nine years. This coalition Government has doubled National's offer—has doubled what National had offered and started to make up for the last nine years.Nine years ago I was working as a loyal diligent public servant as a youth justice manager in Child Youth and Family. And it was then that I realised the difference between a National Government and a Labour coalition Government. Why? It inspired me to take action. Because all of a sudden the things that matter: how we treat people with fairness provide homes—and when we talk about homes I want to acknowledge the inheritance that we inherited from the last Government. I used to know the name of the homeless person on the street where I worked. I used to work in Auckland Central and her name was Margaret—Margaret. The homeless person was Margaret. And then I think in Wellington it was Blanket Man. The reason why we knew them as people was because they were few and far between. Now there are so many homeless because of what we've inherited from the National Government that we cannot name them all. We do not know who they are. That's because that is an inheritance that New Zealand did not deserve—because this is a country where fairness means having less discrimination and caring.I must end my speech now. I want to commend the accident and emergency staff at Wellington Hospital for the experience I experienced last week and how they did everything they can to make everybody that came into A & E feel like they mattered. This speech is dedicated to Ben Hana and Margaret. Bless their souls as they rest in peace because I knew Margaret personally. Malo."