SpeechHon NANAIA MAHUTA (Minister of Foreign Affairs): We started with movie themes so let me just take a song from the King himself There's so much trouble in the world." There are so many challenges facing Kiwis at the moment and the Government has not lost sight that in challenging times we need certainty. We need a focus on the things that matter and we need decisive leadership.In particular I want to acknowledge the regions and communities affected by the most recent bout of heavy rain and in particular the Whangārei region the local boys' high school and to the whānau who have lost their dear loved one. Our sympathy from this House is with you at this sad time. It's important for our Government to continue to tackle the issues impacting on the lives and livelihoods of whānau and their communities around the country. On the economy we remain ambitious for the country to pursue free-trade agreements (FTAs) like that of the EU and UK FTA which will deliver increased benefits to our exporters strengthen the resilience of our economy continue to build the credibility of what we send to market and sustain jobs for our people here in Aotearoa New Zealand.In housing Labour has delivered nearly 12000 State homes since October 2017. We've got a plan to make sure every New Zealander has a warm dry safe place to call home whether they rent or own. The plan we're implementing is about cutting red tape funding housing infrastructure to get land built faster investing in new public and transitional housing and working intensively with local councils and iwi to make that happen and make it real for their communities. There's no quick fix to the housing crisis but we're pulling every lever we can and we're starting to see cut-through that will benefit people now immediately and ensure a more secure future. It's tough for many kaumātua heading into winter right now and the winter energy payment will make a huge difference. We're doing our bit to keep costs down to bring inflation down and we have a plan to get New Zealand back on course. We understand just how important it is to invest in education—and to continue to lift the minimum wage which currently sits at $21.20 an hour—with targeted trades training and all apprenticeships are free with more than 215000 people upskilled. We continue to take action so more families can get a fairer deal at the supermarket as we ensure kai is more affordable. We've introduced the Families Package and the biggest boost to household income in a decade for thousands of whānau who previously were making choices between household bills and kai.And what do we hear from the other side? What do we hear? Negativity. Christopher Luxon and the National Party are relentlessly—relentlessly—negative. In fact it's like a record playing scratchy again and again and again. They're constantly talking down New Zealand constantly talking down our economy constantly talking down our education system constantly talking down our health system. We need to know that actually they have a plan but we don't hear it because all we hear is negativity. It's just not going to happen. On housing National would make it easier for families living in rental properties to be shown the door. National wants landlords to be able to once again terminate renters' tenancies without giving a reason reversing Labour's policy that balanced the rights of renters and landlords. There are a number of legitimate reasons to end a tenancy and the rights of landlords are protected to terminate a tenancy under a range of justifiable reasons not willy-nilly as the Opposition would have it. This includes where a tenant has engaged in anti-social or illegal behaviour or is at least three weeks in rent arrears. That's pretty fair and it's protected under the Residential Tenancies Act and it's fair for a tenant to know why their tenancy is ending and have the opportunity to dispute it. We know that there are plenty of great landlords offering excellent rental accommodation—come on National have a heart for those struggling to find a rental—and we want to ensure that responsible landlords are cared for too. Every day we hear nothing from Christopher Luxon except a long string of complaints and twice as long from his deputy Nicola Willis. In April more than 60 percent of National's online posts were negative attacking others. No solution. Every day in the media and in Parliament they are relentlessly negative. So we need to ensure that we continue to remain focused on the things that matter to help whānau make ends meet and to get ahead and we know that there is more to do. We're going to get on with tackling the issues that matter to people on a day-to-day basis and give people a greater sense of dignity and security in this difficult time."