SpeechVALEDICTORY STATEMENTSJAN LOGIE (Green): Tēnā koe Mr Speaker. As I rise for perhaps the last time in this House in the wake of Aupito's inspiring valedictory I've decided to come as my proudest lesbian self in my boiler suit.First up I want to acknowledge all the support and the resilience of my family: my mum Judith; my dad Ray; my brother Ian; and my friends despite the fact that I've been a bloody terrible friend and family member for the last decade. I specifically want to acknowledge my mate Liz who I share a mortgage and side-by-side homes with in the fabulous Cannons Creek who has kept things running when I've been absent.In my time in Parliament I've been lucky to fall in love with Kath and become a member of the council of mothers with Kath Justine and Danielle caring for the two fabulous young wāhine Pipi and Vita. Yes I see you. It's been so beautiful to be welcomed into such a generous extended family as a well-intended though often absent member. Love you lots.Kath I need to particularly thank for putting up with some of the worst dates ever including protests election panels vigils for murdered women and children; for forcing her introvert self out door-knocking; for staying up with me until 3 in the morning swotting up on progressive political messaging ahead of caucus meetings; and for being there when I was struggling to breathe in the wake of Metiria's resignation feeling as if the bastards had won and needing to be on TV in less than an hour. So many acts of kindness; thank you—but I still won't be proposing!I've spent much of my life disengaged from parliamentary politics because the politicians I saw in the news seemed more interested in one-upping each other than genuinely working for our communities. I used to say I decided to stand for Parliament to stop yelling at the politicians on the radio and now I'm leaving because I want to stop yelling at myself on the radio.It's been a real privilege getting to fight for people in this place. But my theory of change is about the movement not the individual and part of the job that no one really gets to see is that absolute joy of connecting with those on the ground doing amazing mahi people reflecting on how we could do better and organising to make it happen. In my experience none of the good things in this place happen without those people and groups. They are the heart of our democracy. And that's not a criticism of this place; that is something that I think reflects well on us.This speech is my love letter to my colleagues and everyone in the public sector and communities who I've had the incredible privilege to be challenged by learn from and work with. Every single day there are people all over this country and in this place bringing the beauty of environmental and social justice and democracy to life through their work and their advocacy and tonight I want to celebrate them including all the incredible Green members and staff here and in the party. Specifically I want to call out to the teams in my office: Marie Retimanu Jessie Dennis Raewyn Tate Sarah Saunders and my ministerial office from last term Claire Lyons Heather McDonald Stephanie Rodgers Sarah McGray and Mel King—I really am indebted to their singular and collective brilliance.I want to acknowledge the unions—particularly E tū—the Coalition for Equal Value Equal Pay Graduate Women YWCA Mind the Gap National Council of Women and my she-roes" Kristine Bartlett and friends for all of their work to ensure every worker is paid according to the value of their work.Our economy has too long relied on exploiting traditional women's work. It's been a long battle and we're not there yet—come on pay transparency and the care and support workers settlement—but over 175000 women have got massive pay rises in the last six years.I also want to acknowledge Auckland Action Against Poverty the Child Poverty Action Group New Zealand Council of Christian Social Services Wesley Community Action the City Mission the Salvation Army beneficiary rights' groups from Southland to Northland We Are Beneficiaries Metiria Turei and many others. Government has the power to eliminate poverty.There is frustration at the painfully low implementation of what was recommended by the Welfare Expert Advisory Group (WEAG). WEAG create a pathway that represented the interests of business working people the sick and disabled and our whānau and communities. The potential for wellbeing from this consensus has been squandered by a Government that limited itself by refusing to take on the inequities of our tax system. Just tax the rich already.That said I will be very excited though to see fair pay agreements roll out and I feel lucky to have worked with unions and the Government over the last six years to help get us to this point. I really hope that people who care about reducing inequality vote to ensure these agreements come to fruition. Our communities need this foundation.Fired Up Stilettos and our Uber drivers are more examples of ordinary people supported by union colleagues putting themselves on the line for work rights for themselves and others. This is work towards human dignity. We should celebrate them and we should make their lives a little easier by increasing the labour inspectorate and creating stronger protections for all workers not just employees.We need far more fundamental reform of ACC to ensure it can deliver on Owen Woodhouse's intent—this has been said in this House. A shout-out to ACC Futures Coalition and others. There is so much potential here to strengthen our social safety net. Maternal birth injuries was a start but we need to eliminate discrimination on the grounds of accident illness or birth as intended. That work is to come.I may have said before in this House—and I am serious about it—that family violence and sexual violence are endemic and a shame on this country. Sadly there's no one solution to changing it.I need to acknowledge the Hon Andrew Little and Jacinda Ardern for letting me roam well beyond a tight interpretation of my delegations last term to unleash some of the wisdom from our communities and I am so grateful.Thanks to the efforts of Te Ohaakii a Hine—National Network Ending Sexual Violence Together Ngā Kaitiaki Mauri all our Women's Refuges Te Kupenga Korowai Tūmanako and Ange Jury Kim McGregor Louise Nicholas Heather Henare David White Ken Clearwater HELP Auckland and HELP Wellington all the Rape Crisis centres START Shakti Sharma E Tū Whānau Pasefika Proud Le Va Te Pūtahitanga Māori Women's Welfare League Prue Kapua Tā Mark Solomon Te Whakaruruhau Te Hiku Aviva Shine Tū Wahine Trust Tu Tama wāhine Kite Rapu i Te Ora Trust VOYCE - Whakarongo Mai Mojo Mathers Debbie Hagar Laurie Mackness Sue Hobbs Thursdays in Black Community Law Elisabeth McDonald Yvette Tinsley Julie Tolmie Jan Jordan the Family Violence Clearinghouse and so many more people who hold the wisdom.For all their efforts we managed to get a dedicated Minister—go the Hon Marama Davidson—family violence legislative reforms sexual violence legislation and a plan to address the issues identified in the 2009 Task Force for Action on Sexual Violence. We got around half a billion dollars towards community-based services including tailored services we set up infrastructure to break down Government silos and create processes of genuine accountability and we started the long journey of the Crown taking responsibility for the harm it has caused and ensuring people get the right help when they need it. Interim Te Rōpū—sorry you never got a decent name—did the foundational work that led to Te Aorerekura a national strategy to end violence over generations. I do believe having a plan that was driven by Māori leadership not our Public Service—and no shade meant—has given us something far more inclusive far more real and less risk averse. I get so frustrated—and that's polite—when I hear suggestions that enabling Māori leadership is divisive. The experience of communities I speak to and listen to is the polar opposite. I was attending a community election panel organised by Te Pae Ora a few weeks ago and I was so encouraged that so many of the questions from the floor to all the parties were seeking to get a commitment to Te Aorerekura. We need community to hold everyone in here to account to ensure the work is sustained and driven regardless of shifts in political or news cycles. I trust them to do this. The staff of the joint venture now Te Puna Aonui had and have a really tricky job leading change right across the public sector and I am incredibly grateful to them. It has not been easy. There is so much more to do. But the community with Marama Davidson have this. One of those things though that we need to do is we need to do much better by our children who have experienced violence or neglect and I want to pay tribute to all the survivors who have shared this story with the royal commission and to VOYCE - Whakarongo Mai and children's rights advocates Hands Off Our Tamariki and our Children's Commissioners. Children who have experienced trauma need love and care and to know what loving relationships look like. The royal commission has already highlighted the intergenerational impact of abuse in State care and how that drove gang culture. When we punish these young people for the survival skills that they've learnt because of our failures and past violence we condemn ourselves to repeat history and we make a continuation to continue violence. I want to thank Women's Refuge Shine Māori Women's Welfare League Zonta the National Council of Women the Human Rights Commission and unions—especially the PSA—for everything they did to help pass legislation putting workplace protections in place for victims of domestic violence. This was a world first that the other jurisdictions around the world are now following. Being a world first has been almost as amazing as hearing the difference from survivors that this has made to them. I also want to give a shout-out to the Abortion Law Reform Association of New Zealand Dame Margaret Sparrow the Family Planning Association and quite a few good women journalists who pushed for abortion law reform alongside many others. I was so proud that the Greens were the first party to put our commitment to reform into policy. It was a highlight for me to work with women across this House to progress the reform of our abortion legislation. In my maiden speech I also spoke about the beauty of diversity. I want to thank Allyson Hamblett Jack Byrne Louisa Wall Dr Elizabeth Kerekere Mani Mitchell Kevin Haunui as well as Gender Minorities Aotearoa InsideOUT RainbowYOUTH Intersex Awareness New Zealand for all their often unpaid work to ensure a voice rights and protection for takatāpui intersex non-binary LGBTQIA+ peoples. I was honoured as a cis feminist lesbian to accept petitions to this Parliament to enable self-identification of gender on birth certificates and gender affirming healthcare. We quickly got a political consensus on the right to self-ID when it was first considered by this Parliament and our longstanding women's organisations have been strong allies on this because they recognise that trans women are women and that we will never be free until we are all free. The last decade has been a renaissance for the women's movement. Just look at the public joy of celebrating the Football Ferns and Black Ferns and the power of the Me Too movement. Strong movements bring people together; they don't drive people apart. And that's why it's been so disappointing to also see the rise in transphobia in our communities and politics activated from offshore. When Carterton elected Georgina Beyer as mayor they didn't see her as a threat to women; they saw her as the eloquent bolshie woman who would fight for them—and she did.I want to acknowledge the Inclusive Greens Disabled Persons Assembly People First CCS Disability Action Paula Tesoriero the Disabled People's Organisations Deaf Action Aotearoa Arts Access Aotearoa Access Matters Huhana Hickey and all the brilliant disabled activists and allies who I've had the privilege of learning from. We have a very long way to go as a country to remove all the barriers to disabled people being able to fully access their human rights. I'm so pleased that the staunch advocacy of disabled people has led to the delay—and hopefully review—of the poorly named and even more poorly drafted Accessibility for New Zealanders Bill.Change is possible. Still I've found it hard to hang on to the progress we've made because I'm so aware of the remaining gap between what we've achieved and what we still need to do to truly uphold the mana and potential of people and planet. We're watching countries burn right now. We're seeing beaches covered with dead fish because the oceans have become too warm for them to survive. Too many of our communities are experiencing climate change viscerally and the stress and fear is real.We're also facing a biodiversity crisis that might spell ruin even before complete climate breakdown—I know I'm a downer! Those who know are questioning why our political leaders aren't responding to the same information that they're seeing with urgency. And I know that the Hon James Shaw struggles with this frustration as he continues to turn up every day to fight for what is required. But when we see the most marginalised people being used as scapegoats to feed political ambitions—people still struggling to pay the bills and care for their kids; when children are still being raped and sexually abused and we don't trust the system enough to protect them let alone help the person who hurt them to change—it's easy to feel hopeless. Somehow we need to find a way to hold the possibility of transformation at the scale our circumstances demand. Now more than ever we need hope. We need hope in the possibility of collective action. I'm 100 percent confident that the Greens hold the things I really care about and I can walk away with just gratitude and huge respect to them and a sense of knowing that they will continue—but they cannot do it alone. In my 12 years I've seen significant change that has happened because people have come together to create that change. The challenges in front of us now are bigger than they have ever been and only if we come together can we meet those challenges and create a future where our children can thrive.The time is now and we do not have time to wait. We need to stop thinking that politicians are going to fix this without stepping up to help them; no one in this place succeeds alone. Our power is only derived from our communities and the most meaningful thing we can do is to honour that gift and give the power back. Every decision to join a group create a petition join a march to vote—join the Greens—turn up for a better future to stand for hope; to stand together for urgent climate and environmental action in a society where everyone can live in dignity under the shelter—and the power of Te Tiriti will help create that future.I began my maiden speech saying I look forward to our ongoing journey and that is how I will conclude.Ka whawhai tonu mātou āke āke āke. [We will continue to fight for ever and ever.][Applause]Waiata—9 to 5"