"\u003C!DOCTYPE html\u003E\u003Chtml xmlns:xlink=\u0022http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink\u0022 xmlns:xsi=\u0022http://www.w3.org/2007/XMLSchema-instance\u0022 xmlns:mml=\u0022http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML\u0022\u003E\n  \u003Chead\u003E\n    \u003CMETA http-equiv=\u0022Content-Type\u0022 content=\u0022text/html; charset=utf-16\u0022\u003E\n    \u003Cmeta name=\u0022viewport\u0022 content=\u0022width=device-width, initial-scale=1\u0022\u003E\n  \u003C/head\u003E\n  \u003Cbody style=\u0022font-family:sans-serif; font-size:100%;\u0022\u003E\n    \u003Cdiv class=\u0022HpsHansard\u0022\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000001\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsProceedingHeading\u0022 id=\u0022f9ea627f22354ec58f2262ca8d3e4308\u0022\u003ETUESDAY, 11 FEBRUARY 2020\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000003\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubjectHeading\u0022 id=\u0022b97cefe9d62c4a30a2885bc56de36cc4\u0022\u003ETUESDAY, 11 FEBRUARY 2020\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000002\u0022\u003EThe Speaker took the Chair at 2 p.m. \u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000004\u0022\u003EKarakia. \u003C/p\u003E\n    \u003C/div\u003E\n    \u003Cdiv class=\u0022HpsHansard\u0022\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000005\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsProceedingHeading\u0022 id=\u0022d1f87650756c498c9c725b6b2d006cee\u0022\u003EObituaries\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000007\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubjectHeading\u0022 id=\u0022f3262752855247a7bab1c07bb966bb4b\u0022\u003EObituaries\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000006\u0022\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000008\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubjectHeading\u0022 id=\u0022d1633bc2474249eda05edd48afe0fe79\u0022\u003ERt Hon Michael Kenneth (Mike) Moore ONZ, AO\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u002279db8b64-1f9b-4416-9b81-a12963db9cbf\u0022 data-id=\u00221b6989a778554d1ab23fcdb2f3eacc80\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000009\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002279db8b64-1f9b-4416-9b81-a12963db9cbf\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00221b6989a778554d1ab23fcdb2f3eacc80\u0022\u003ESPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: I regret to inform the House of the death on 2 February 2020 of former Prime Minister the Rt Hon Michael Kenneth (Mike) Moore ONZ, AO, who was an MP from 1972 to 1975 and 1978 to 1999. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u00221dbd2811-8e58-4ffb-848d-31c0eaa9690a\u0022 data-id=\u0022e878736f286c4c80873b743cc6367fa6\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000010\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00221dbd2811-8e58-4ffb-848d-31c0eaa9690a\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022e878736f286c4c80873b743cc6367fa6\u0022\u003EHon CHRIS HIPKINS (Leader of the House):\u003C/span\u003E Following agreement this morning at the Business Committee, I seek leave for the Prime Minister\u2019s statement to be provided and presented and for the debate on it to commence on Wednesday, 12 February, and, following the speeches of the leaders of each party, for oral questions to be held, despite Standing Orders 66, 354, and 355. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u002279db8b64-1f9b-4416-9b81-a12963db9cbf\u0022 data-id=\u00221d787d1d75394fcea42ebfe1a856757b\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000011\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002279db8b64-1f9b-4416-9b81-a12963db9cbf\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00221d787d1d75394fcea42ebfe1a856757b\u0022\u003ESPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: Is there any objection to that course of action being followed? There is none. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022aa2209f1-1889-4c24-b51d-cb2aedc7aa93\u0022 data-id=\u00222b9d87361c3348e2aab7fb76d8c1530d\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000012\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022aa2209f1-1889-4c24-b51d-cb2aedc7aa93\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00222b9d87361c3348e2aab7fb76d8c1530d\u0022\u003ERt Hon JACINDA ARDERN (Prime Minister):\u003C/span\u003E I seek leave to move a motion without notice on the death of former Prime Minister Mike Moore. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000013\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002279db8b64-1f9b-4416-9b81-a12963db9cbf\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022ea1258899b614508bd030364a0038c5d\u0022\u003ESPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: Is there any objection to that course of action being taken? There is none. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000014\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022aa2209f1-1889-4c24-b51d-cb2aedc7aa93\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022061fe781d6774704a99a148bb0c9e0fe\u0022\u003ERt Hon JACINDA ARDERN\u003C/span\u003E: I move, That this House place on record its appreciation and thanks for the devoted and distinguished service to New Zealand by the late Rt Hon Michael Kenneth Moore, Member of the Order of New Zealand, a Member of Her Majesty\u2019s Most Honourable Privy Council, an Honorary Member of the Order of Australia, a Member of this House of Representatives representing Eden from 1972-75, Papanui from 1978-81, Christchurch North from 1984-87, and Waimakariri from 1996-99, who held ministerial portfolios including Deputy Minister of Finance, Minister of External Relations and Trade, Minister responsible for the America\u2019s Cup, Minister of Tourism, Minister of Sport and Recreation, Minister Responsible for Publicity, Minister of Overseas Trade and Marketing, served as the 34th Prime Minister of New Zealand from 4 September to 2 November 1990 and as the third Director-General of the World Trade Organization from 1 September 1999 to 1 September 2002, that the House express our sense of loss and our sympathy with his wife, Yvonne, and other relatives, and that the House do now adjourn. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000015\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022aa2209f1-1889-4c24-b51d-cb2aedc7aa93\u0022\u003EI want to say to all of Mike\u2019s loved ones, especially Yvonne, that our thoughts and prayers are with you and that we grieve with you. In his valedictory speech, Mike Moore said, \u201CIt is nice to see so many people here at my farewell and funeral. If only people had said such supportive things when I was alive!\u201D I\u2019m sorry, Mike\u2014you\u2019re going to have to watch this Chamber once again set aside time to commend your many achievements. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000016\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022aa2209f1-1889-4c24-b51d-cb2aedc7aa93\u0022\u003EI\u2019ve read the commentary about Mike since he passed. The word \u201Cbattler\u201D is often used. Mike fought for people. He fought for what he believed in. He fought for New Zealand\u2019s interests around the world, and, as any politician does, he had his share of battles here in Parliament. Despite those battles, Mike loved Parliament and politics\u2014the debate, the policy, the theatre\u2014but, ultimately, he loved all of these things because he loved those he was here to serve. Mike was undeniably a unique man and a unique politician, or, as Sir Geoffrey Palmer put it, a force of nature. He was a kind, caring, and humble man. Where he saw wrong, he tried to right it. He deeply believed politics was ultimately about improving people\u2019s lives. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000017\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022aa2209f1-1889-4c24-b51d-cb2aedc7aa93\u0022\u003EA true working-class Prime Minister, Mike Moore showed all New Zealanders that hard work, initiative, guts, and determination can lead to very big things. He taught everyone to aim for the stars, because that\u2019s what he did, via books. Mike left school at the age of 15 for a job in the freezing works, but he was an avid reader. That he made his way to Parliament just eight years later is a testament to his work ethic, his dedication, and his intellect. Through his love of learning and reading, he educated himself, and he was eventually awarded honorary doctorates from Lincoln University, the Auckland University of Technology, and the University of Canterbury, as well as an honorary doctorate from the People\u2019s University of China and an honorary doctorate from La Trobe University in Australia. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000018\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022aa2209f1-1889-4c24-b51d-cb2aedc7aa93\u0022\u003EMike didn\u2019t stop at reading, though. Throughout his life, he was a prolific author and wrote books on economics, New Zealand history, politics, and much, much more. But in all of that, this place remained central to him. He once said, \u201CThe Labour Party has been my training college; Parliament, my university.\u201D He loved the Parliamentary Library, and I\u2019m told credibly that he would encourage others to use the library in the way that he did. This place mattered to Mike because of the power and potential that exists here, in the same way that he saw the power and potential of the people that he served in all walks of life. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000019\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022aa2209f1-1889-4c24-b51d-cb2aedc7aa93\u0022\u003EIn the Hansard and his many interviews, we will always be able to remember Mike and hear his totally unique voice, and it\u2019s a voice that was consistent. Mike\u2019s affinity for the Labour Party developed at a young age. He joined Labour when he was 15 years old and was the first youth representative on the Labour Party executive. He was the vice-president of the International Union of Socialist Youth\u2014\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000020\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226007dc96-f459-4cdd-9972-4fde2c994088\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022168ebb8538dd4611941ac265e4335993\u0022\u003EHon Grant Robertson\u003C/span\u003E: A fine organisation. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000021\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022aa2209f1-1889-4c24-b51d-cb2aedc7aa93\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00229d8115a84f034921977d602be4ec9e01\u0022\u003ERt Hon JACINDA ARDERN\u003C/span\u003E: \u2014a very fine organisation\u2014for two consecutive terms. This dedication to the Labour Party and its cause never diminished, over many decades. As a member of Parliament and as Prime Minister, Mike was passionate about many things, including constitutional change and creating a united New Zealand. I\u2019ve spoken to some of his former colleagues, who noted how emotive Mike could be when discussing the history of our nation and his vision for the future of Aotearoa, a New Zealand, in his words, \u201Cmore at peace with itself\u201D. It was only fitting when Mike tried to, of course, in his final speech in this place, cheekily table a bill to this House on constitutional change. At the time, Mike said, \u201CA nation is the sum total of its history, its memories, and \u2026 experiences. A nation without history is like a man without a memory. It is good that we are confronting our historic ghosts and demons at last.\u201D \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000022\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022aa2209f1-1889-4c24-b51d-cb2aedc7aa93\u0022\u003EMike would\u2019ve been proud to see the debate and the discussion last week at Waitangi, where we came together to reflect on the past, to challenge our present, and to be hopeful about our future. We must continue to work together to create a nation we can continue to be proud of, building on the call that Mike left to all of us. On the paepae at Waitangi, many people spoke of Mike\u2019s passion for New Zealand and the work that he did to bring Kiwis together and promote our country to the world. In fact, some commented that this is where we saw Mike\u2019s true potential. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000023\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022aa2209f1-1889-4c24-b51d-cb2aedc7aa93\u0022\u003EIt was unsurprising that Mike took a global leadership role in trade after he left politics. As Minister of Overseas Trade and Marketing, he was involved with the GATT trade round negotiations in their trade missions to Australia, China, Japan, the Middle East, Latin America, and across Europe. There aren\u2019t many people who can say they led both New Zealand and the world, but Mike is one of them. When he left Parliament to become the Director-General of the World Trade Organization, Mike took the same mentality he had as a politician in New Zealand. He approached trade as a way to help those in need, except this time he broadened his constituency and had the aim of helping entire nations in need. He saw trade as an opportunity to lift people out of poverty and to help developing countries grow economically. It was a way to help the little guy. Always keeping New Zealand close to his heart, he also saw trade as an opportunity for us to grow international relations and build a stronger economic base. We owe much to his hard work and dedication. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000024\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022aa2209f1-1889-4c24-b51d-cb2aedc7aa93\u0022\u003EMike was also a staunch union man. Much like politics, he joined the union movement at a young age and became a member of the Auckland Trades Council when he was 17. Mike always had time for workers because he was one himself. He once said it was rubbish that you did not make real friends in Parliament, before listing his real friends\u2014that included the drivers, messengers, the library staff, the staff at Bellamy\u2019s, the security guards, and researchers. It shows us who Mike was. It didn\u2019t matter what your role was; Mike was always keen to talk, to listen. He was a man of the people. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000025\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022aa2209f1-1889-4c24-b51d-cb2aedc7aa93\u0022\u003EI was fortunate enough to see Mike a few days before he passed, and he encouraged me to keep thinking about the vision we hold for the future\u2014not one for small talk. So, Mike, I want to say we will keep aiming high. You led by example and showed what hard work, passion, and care for others can achieve. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000026\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022aa2209f1-1889-4c24-b51d-cb2aedc7aa93\u0022\u003EI\u2019d like to end with a mihi recently penned by a member in this House. Translated, the mihi reads: \u201CThe t\u014Dtara of the political world has fallen. Sir, you travelled the distance, scaled the heights, traversed the seas, now your time is over and you must return. Your Waka awaits [you] on the tides of Matauri, the prow faces the current of farewell, go those who preceded you in the great beyond, sleep in peace chief of deed, of word, of people.\u201D Moe mai r\u0101, Mike, moe mai r\u0101. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022badb0a39-849c-462a-b32f-77fc017c9fc2\u0022 data-id=\u0022da002667294b496bb0950659b0b42346\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000027\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022badb0a39-849c-462a-b32f-77fc017c9fc2\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022da002667294b496bb0950659b0b42346\u0022\u003EHon SIMON BRIDGES (Leader of the Opposition):\u003C/span\u003E The National Opposition joins with the Government in paying tribute to Mike Moore, New Zealand\u2019s 34th Prime Minister and the 11th leader of the New Zealand Labour Party. On 2 February 2020, New Zealand lost not only one of its staunchest advocates for free trade and open markets across the world but someone who spent his entire life courageously fighting for what he believed in. The tenure of our 34th Prime Minister may have been one of the shortest, but his legacy as a PM and, more than that, as a great parliamentarian and New Zealander is secure. He was in every sense of the term a great New Zealander. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000028\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022badb0a39-849c-462a-b32f-77fc017c9fc2\u0022\u003EOne of the things Mike said in one of his interviews\u2014on, I think, The 9th Floor interview on RNZ\u2014that stuck with me was \u201CThe greatest betrayal we can make of our people is to not care.\u201D No one could say Mike didn\u2019t care, and courageously so, about the people that he served. It was caring for people, dedicating his life to public service, and sticking to his values which served him so well for his 24 years of parliamentary service. Mike embodied some of the best traditions of New Zealand: looking out for Kiwi battlers, backing each other to succeed, recognising that not everyone is born into wealth and that sometimes they need a hand up. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000029\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022badb0a39-849c-462a-b32f-77fc017c9fc2\u0022\u003EMuch of Mike\u2019s legacy is around trade, free trade, and promoting New Zealand to the world, and I\u2019ll come to his tenure at the World Trade Organization in a moment. But his early thinking on the benefits of free trade certainly paved the way for New Zealand\u2019s entry into the world of free trade. When the fourth National Government signed up to Closer Economic Relations with Australia, it was Mike who first saw, on the Labour side, how free trade and being open to the world could benefit the working class, or, as he put it, how the workers could get their hands on the loot. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000030\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022badb0a39-849c-462a-b32f-77fc017c9fc2\u0022\u003EHe knew that the benefits of selling our products to the world without enormous tariffs meant New Zealand would be a richer country for it and that everyone could share in the benefits of a growing economy. He led new thinking in the Labour Party that saw free trade as an opportunity for advancing the New Zealand brand and cause, and there are many people who got opportunities and financial certainty that are grateful for it. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000031\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022badb0a39-849c-462a-b32f-77fc017c9fc2\u0022\u003EMike\u2019s time as a Prime Minister was only 60 days long, but he is credited by many for stopping a wipe-out of the Labour Party in the 1990 general election. He led the Labour Party for another three years and almost returned them to Government in the 1993 general election. I\u2019m sure Jim Bolger was delighted not to have to face him again. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000032\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022badb0a39-849c-462a-b32f-77fc017c9fc2\u0022\u003EHis leadership at the World Trade Organization (WTO) was short but significant. He worked to spread free trade to the far-flung reaches of our world because he saw the potential in new markets and new opportunities for many different people, like it had done for us. His tenure in the United States as our ambassador ended when he suffered ill health and he returned to New Zealand to enjoy the remaining years of his life. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000033\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022badb0a39-849c-462a-b32f-77fc017c9fc2\u0022\u003ENo doubt everyone would agree with me that it was a life well lived or, as Chris Trotter said, \u201Cnot bad for a former printer and freezing-worker!\u201D To his wife, Yvonne, to his family, and to his friends, there is no doubt Mike will have left a hole in your family as well as New Zealand. Jane Clifton noted Mike Moore was like the opposite of L \u0026amp; P: \u201Cworld-famous, just not in New Zealand.\u201D \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000034\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022badb0a39-849c-462a-b32f-77fc017c9fc2\u0022\u003EAs I\u2019ve said, Mike never lacked courage and was a great parliamentarian, but sometimes he could become so voluble that it was hard to work out what precisely he was arguing. Some of his former colleagues have told me of the lengthy and not always intelligible memos he would send to them when he was about to depart overseas as Minister for overseas trade, and many a reporter was left scratching his or her head after a Moore speech, trying to divine the meaning. The robustness of parliamentary debate certainly diminished when one of the House\u2019s more colourful figures\u2014dare I say it, likeable rogues\u2014departed to the WTO in 1999. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000035\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022badb0a39-849c-462a-b32f-77fc017c9fc2\u0022\u003EHe will be remembered for his belief in free trade when others in his party did not. He will be remembered for serving our country in the highest of international roles and putting our country on the map. He will be remembered for his belief in the potential of every New Zealander. He will be remembered as a great New Zealander who loved his country, who dedicated his life to public service, and who spent his 71 years working to make New Zealand a better place. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u00223d49aeac-8adf-497b-9400-ab7bb077bb8d\u0022 data-id=\u0022910460c22426448a9fd1aacdd92f21ae\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000036\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223d49aeac-8adf-497b-9400-ab7bb077bb8d\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022910460c22426448a9fd1aacdd92f21ae\u0022\u003ERt Hon WINSTON PETERS (Deputy Prime Minister):\u003C/span\u003E Colleagues, it\u2019s not uncommon on these occasions of eulogy to sometimes be wondering exactly who the speaker\u2019s talking about. The difference on this special occasion is that any words of praise and respect have a particular significance because they happen to be true. Michael Kenneth Moore\u2019s life\u2019s work was not to champion those with wealth or power or special connections. Mike\u2019s life work every day was to make things better for New Zealand and ordinary New Zealanders, to add rungs to the ladder of chance and opportunity, and to enhance New Zealand\u2019s place in the world. He truly is one of the great New Zealanders. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000037\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223d49aeac-8adf-497b-9400-ab7bb077bb8d\u0022\u003EFrom the time he was elected to Parliament at the age of 23 to his final year, he was constantly thinking about how to advance New Zealand\u2019s interests. Mike was that rare politician whose outlook was improved by his life in Parliament and he seriously grew in the job. As many of you will know, as a young man, Mike beat cancer. I can recall him walking into this room after his long sojourn away, and Rob Muldoon, the Prime Minister, went to shake his hand, and the look on Mike\u2019s face was one of horror because he\u2019d wished he hadn\u2019t. As I say, Mike grew better with age. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000038\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223d49aeac-8adf-497b-9400-ab7bb077bb8d\u0022\u003EHe took to heart the idea that it was his job to learn more about the issues. You know, he was given the gift of time, and he used that gift to its fullest. He was curious and he was open to changing his mind when presented with new information. These are traits which are far too rare these days. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000039\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223d49aeac-8adf-497b-9400-ab7bb077bb8d\u0022\u003EMany New Zealanders will have fond memories of his political career, whether it was his championing of lamburgers, his witty turn of phrase, his restless energy, or his passion for helping New Zealanders of all walks of life. I remember his cynical doubt about expert advice. Mike would say, \u201CWell, we know it works in practice; now let\u2019s see if it works in theory.\u201D \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000040\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223d49aeac-8adf-497b-9400-ab7bb077bb8d\u0022\u003EEverywhere he went, people saw the passion Mike had for New Zealand and connecting it to the world, and by the time he left Parliament, Mike was a champion of the role that free and fair trade can play in lifting people out of poverty and improving living standards. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000041\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223d49aeac-8adf-497b-9400-ab7bb077bb8d\u0022\u003EIt\u2019s important to acknowledge his role on the international stage as the only New Zealander to lead the World Trade Organization, and then as New Zealand\u2019s Ambassador to the United States. His time at the World Trade Organization coincided with momentous changes for New Zealand and the global economy. He oversaw the successful accession of countries like China to the World Trade Organization, bringing the majority of the world\u2019s population within the rules-based trading system, and he gave particular attention to helping poor countries participate effectively in the multinational and multilateral trading system. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000042\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223d49aeac-8adf-497b-9400-ab7bb077bb8d\u0022\u003ETruth be told, Mike attained the highest international position of any New Zealander abroad. This is a truly remarkable achievement. But through it all, Mike\u2019s historic body of achievements, what we will remember is the warm, passionate, funny, mischievous man that we will miss. Let us also pay special tribute to Mike\u2019s wife, Yvonne, and his family, and send our thoughts and prayers to them. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000043\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223d49aeac-8adf-497b-9400-ab7bb077bb8d\u0022\u003EWhen thinking of a literary parallel for our sentiments today, there\u2019s one tribute that stands out. It could\u2019ve been written about Mike, but it\u2019s advice that Rudyard Kipling gave to his son: \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000044\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223d49aeac-8adf-497b-9400-ab7bb077bb8d\u0022\u003EIf you can keep your head when all about you \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000045\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223d49aeac-8adf-497b-9400-ab7bb077bb8d\u0022\u003EAre losing theirs and blaming it on you, \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000046\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223d49aeac-8adf-497b-9400-ab7bb077bb8d\u0022\u003EIf you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000047\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223d49aeac-8adf-497b-9400-ab7bb077bb8d\u0022\u003EBut make allowance for their doubting too; \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000048\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223d49aeac-8adf-497b-9400-ab7bb077bb8d\u0022\u003EIf you can wait and not be tired by waiting, \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000049\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223d49aeac-8adf-497b-9400-ab7bb077bb8d\u0022\u003EOr being lied about, don\u2019t deal in lies, \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000050\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223d49aeac-8adf-497b-9400-ab7bb077bb8d\u0022\u003EOr being hated, don\u2019t give way to hating, \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000051\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223d49aeac-8adf-497b-9400-ab7bb077bb8d\u0022\u003EAnd yet don\u2019t look too good or talk too wise; \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000052\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223d49aeac-8adf-497b-9400-ab7bb077bb8d\u0022\u003EIf you can dream\u2014and not make dreams your master, \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000053\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223d49aeac-8adf-497b-9400-ab7bb077bb8d\u0022\u003EIf you can think\u2014and not make thoughts your aim; \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000054\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223d49aeac-8adf-497b-9400-ab7bb077bb8d\u0022\u003EIf you can meet with Triumph and Disaster \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000055\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223d49aeac-8adf-497b-9400-ab7bb077bb8d\u0022\u003EAnd treat those two impostors just the same; \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000056\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223d49aeac-8adf-497b-9400-ab7bb077bb8d\u0022\u003EIf you can bear to hear the truth you\u2019ve spoken \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000057\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223d49aeac-8adf-497b-9400-ab7bb077bb8d\u0022\u003ETwisted by knaves to make a trap for fools, \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000058\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223d49aeac-8adf-497b-9400-ab7bb077bb8d\u0022\u003EOr watch the things you gave your life to, broken \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000059\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223d49aeac-8adf-497b-9400-ab7bb077bb8d\u0022\u003EAnd stoop and build \u2019em up with worn-out tools. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000060\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223d49aeac-8adf-497b-9400-ab7bb077bb8d\u0022\u003EAnd, to close, further on: \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000061\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223d49aeac-8adf-497b-9400-ab7bb077bb8d\u0022\u003EIf you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000062\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223d49aeac-8adf-497b-9400-ab7bb077bb8d\u0022\u003EOr walk with Kings\u2014nor lose the common touch, \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000063\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223d49aeac-8adf-497b-9400-ab7bb077bb8d\u0022\u003EIf neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you, \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000064\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223d49aeac-8adf-497b-9400-ab7bb077bb8d\u0022\u003EIf all men count with you, but none too much; \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000065\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223d49aeac-8adf-497b-9400-ab7bb077bb8d\u0022\u003EIf you can fill the unforgiving minute \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000066\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223d49aeac-8adf-497b-9400-ab7bb077bb8d\u0022\u003EWith sixty seconds\u2019 worth of distance run, \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000067\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223d49aeac-8adf-497b-9400-ab7bb077bb8d\u0022\u003EYours is the Earth and everything that\u2019s in it, \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000068\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223d49aeac-8adf-497b-9400-ab7bb077bb8d\u0022\u003EAnd\u2014which is more\u2014you\u2019ll be a Man, my son! \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000069\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223d49aeac-8adf-497b-9400-ab7bb077bb8d\u0022\u003EThat was Mike Moore, the boy from Kawakawa and Moerewa, who went as an orphan to secondary school and turned his life dramatically around. In the words from Hamlet, \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000070\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223d49aeac-8adf-497b-9400-ab7bb077bb8d\u0022\u003EGoodnight, sweet Prince, \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000071\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223d49aeac-8adf-497b-9400-ab7bb077bb8d\u0022\u003EAnd flights of Angels sing thee to thy rest. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022a5f0fe84-01e8-4eb3-a590-0025017c4243\u0022 data-id=\u00225dd65af2c755475fb23d6c60a38bdb4a\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000072\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a5f0fe84-01e8-4eb3-a590-0025017c4243\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00225dd65af2c755475fb23d6c60a38bdb4a\u0022\u003EMARAMA DAVIDSON (Co-Leader\u2014Green):\u003C/span\u003E T\u0113n\u0101 koe e Te M\u0101ngai o Te Whare. T\u0113n\u0101 t\u0101tou katoa \u014Dku hoa kaimahi o Te Whare P\u0101remata. It is with the utmost respect that I rise on behalf of the Green Party to pay our contribution and tribute to Mike Moore, previous Prime Minister and previous leader of the Labour Party. We acknowledge his time and service, particularly in this House and as a politician. As we\u2019ve heard across the House tonight, alongside the many community and working-people roles that he held throughout his entire life, I of course want to pay particular attention to his wh\u0101nau; his wife, Yvonne; and his many friends and people who loved and cared for him throughout his entire life journey. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000073\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a5f0fe84-01e8-4eb3-a590-0025017c4243\u0022\u003EI read and saw with interest that he was also a young MP\u201423, I believe\u2014when he entered this House. That is an incredible achievement, something that the Greens know intimately what it is like with our young Chl\u00F6e Swarbrick. Whatever people are in their public lives, there are always whole other dimensions to those people that often the rest of the public rarely get to see or experience or understand. In the eyes of the wh\u0101nau, I was interested and reading through many of the stories that always come through when people pass, no matter who they are. Those are the connections and the dimensions that I always gravitate to when we lose anybody and stand up and pay tribute to them in this House. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000074\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a5f0fe84-01e8-4eb3-a590-0025017c4243\u0022\u003EI acknowledge and saw with pride that he was also a man of the North\u2014a person of my North. I fondly remembered his Kawakawa\u2014my memories of coming over the three bumpy bridges on our way over from Hokianga, coming over to Whang\u0101rei\u2014and Moerewa also being a home place of many of my whakapapa, uncles and aunties, who were long-time decades and generations of freezing workers, alongside Mike as well. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000075\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a5f0fe84-01e8-4eb3-a590-0025017c4243\u0022\u003EI think all people deserve authentic contributions, especially at their time of passing. So I do note on behalf of the Green Party that we did not always agree with his political positions. We all believed together that Government has a role in ensuring the wellbeing of all peoples in our country, but we had very different ideas of how to get there. I say that, being able to stand and acknowledge the full person at anyone\u2019s time of passing. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000076\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a5f0fe84-01e8-4eb3-a590-0025017c4243\u0022\u003EThe experiences of people\u2019s intimate interactions and personal interactions with Mike Moore mattered. They made a big difference to those people. I\u2019ve been seeing stories on social media and in the news about the many generous, authentic, and accessible engagements that he had with people from the public, with journalists, and with staff here. Those experiences matter. We are always more than a one-dimensional public face. I want to acknowledge those many authentic experiences that many people have had with Mike Moore. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000077\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a5f0fe84-01e8-4eb3-a590-0025017c4243\u0022\u003EI close with the words of his wife, Yvonne. I, particularly, find something in common\u2014strongly\u2014when Yvonne mentioned that he was elated when Jacinda Ardern became Prime Minister and felt that she would be able to achieve more for New Zealand and on the international stage than any other Labour leader, and in that I attribute his words and thank Yvonne for bringing those thoughts to us at this time. Lastly, in her words, Mike Moore was stubborn, optimistic, generous, and kind. It is with those values and feelings in my mind that I leave our contribution from the Green Party on the floor of this House. Kia ora t\u0101tou katoa. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u00227e22bb95-9afb-449c-bcd2-de9fd4f2277c\u0022 data-id=\u00228d8be721c3d543cba4aa212dc891f05b\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000078\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00227e22bb95-9afb-449c-bcd2-de9fd4f2277c\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00228d8be721c3d543cba4aa212dc891f05b\u0022\u003EDAVID SEYMOUR (Leader\u2014ACT):\u003C/span\u003E Thank you, Mr Speaker. I wish to join with other leaders in supporting this motion by our current Prime Minister to honour the passing of a past Prime Minister. Mike Moore\u2019s photo in the gallery outside your office is as large as the longest-serving Prime Ministers of this country, and so it should be. It is fitting that this House pays tribute to a man who may have been short in stature but was a giant bestriding the world stage on behalf of our country. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000079\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00227e22bb95-9afb-449c-bcd2-de9fd4f2277c\u0022\u003EIf you\u2019ll allow me a very small personal indulgence\u2014I never met Mike Moore; I entered this Parliament 15 years after he left it. About two years ago, a close friend of his, Clayton Cosgrove\u2014also known as \u201Cmini-Mike\u201D\u2014gave me Mike Moore\u2019s phone number so that I could call him and meet him. In the rush of life, I never did it, and that\u2019s a bitter regret. I guess there\u2019s a lesson in that in life for everybody. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000080\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00227e22bb95-9afb-449c-bcd2-de9fd4f2277c\u0022\u003EBut the reasons why I wanted to meet him were mainly two. First, as I said, he was a giant on the world stage who can be, I think, solely responsible, as much as any one person can, for the belief and the mantra that New Zealand is a trading nation. Some of his fellow travellers from his early career have also been fellow travellers of ACT, and they tell me\u2014as was acknowledged by Simon Bridges\u2014that he was responsible for seeing that the Labour Party became supporters of Closer Economic Relations in 1983. Without that sort of consensus in this House, we couldn\u2019t have made that relationship with our nearest neighbours a model for the world in trade relationships, and this theme of cross-partisanship would actually come to punctuate his career. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000081\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00227e22bb95-9afb-449c-bcd2-de9fd4f2277c\u0022\u003EHe was nominated by a National Government both to be the chair of the World Trade Organization\u2014rising to a higher office than any other New Zealander had\u2014and also to be the Ambassador to the United States, and I, like a lot of younger New Zealanders, got to know Mike through his brilliant New Zealand Herald columns that he used to write before his ambassadorial post prevented him from having such a vocal megaphone in the nation\u2019s press. What I saw in those columns\u2014and this is why I wanted to meet the guy\u2014was that he had a certain amount of political pragmatism. It made him able to pierce the identity politics, the categorisation, and the boxes into which so many politicians are put or feel unable to escape, and achieve the kinds of results that our Prime Minister mentioned for ordinary people across the world. That\u2019s why I\u2019m sad not to have met him, and why he is one of the very few politicians who can come through this place, grow in the role, and leave a mark that is indelible and that is defining of our nation and our identity\u2014in particular, as a trading nation\u2014and a mark that is also positive. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000082\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00227e22bb95-9afb-449c-bcd2-de9fd4f2277c\u0022\u003EI also note that his first constituents were those from Mount Eden. So there will be people there with long memories who will remember his representation and the way that even while being swept to the side by the Muldoon landslide of 1975, he campaigned valiantly to be their representative. There will be many others from Dilworth School, in the area I represent, who can attest to the way that he was able to take at least some of the lessons that he got to from that school and the contribution that it made to his life. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000083\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00227e22bb95-9afb-449c-bcd2-de9fd4f2277c\u0022\u003EFinally, for Yvonne and his relatives who survive him, I wish to offer sincere condolences, and to Mike Moore himself, a tremendous tribute. We may not see his like again. Thank you, Mr Speaker. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022802874a3-deca-48b7-9d33-9087058892f5\u0022 data-id=\u0022fa5402c211ab4c9a8a1de61ec3e325c5\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000084\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022802874a3-deca-48b7-9d33-9087058892f5\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022fa5402c211ab4c9a8a1de61ec3e325c5\u0022\u003EHon KELVIN DAVIS (Minister for M\u0101ori Crown Relations: Te Arawhiti):\u003C/span\u003E T\u0113n\u0101 koe, Mr Speaker. E tika ana m\u014D Te Ao M\u0101ori kia poroporoakingia t\u0113nei rangatira kua huri tuara ki a matou, n\u0101 reira, e te rangatira, e Mike, haere te ara tiketike. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000085\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022802874a3-deca-48b7-9d33-9087058892f5\u0022\u003EKo te ara t\u0113n\u0101 o Mahuru e eke ai koe ki runga i a Huarau. T\u012Bhaoa te kau k\u014Dpuni, ka pahure atu i reira te k\u0101hui kura. Te kura i nunumi ki runga ki o Rehua, te kura i riro atu ki T\u0101pokopoko te Rangi, te kura i riro atu Te Ana M\u0101tao ki te whare taua, Ng\u0101 Kurakura i Hine-nui-te p\u014D. Whakauru atu ki roto i t\u014D koutou whare, te whare o Rangi\u0101io, takoto mai ki roto o Wharepapa o Ruakip\u014Duri, ko t\u0113n\u0101 te whare i t\u012Btari ai \u014D koutou tinana. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000086\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022802874a3-deca-48b7-9d33-9087058892f5\u0022\u003EN\u0101u nei te k\u0101whaki au, kume au, romi au, h\u012Brere. H\u012Brere ki te p\u014D, h\u012Brere ki te mate, h\u012Brere ki te p\u014D tangotango, h\u012Brere ki te moana o te mate. Ehara koutou n\u014D raro nei, n\u014D ng\u0101 k\u016Brae o runga haum\u0101tao kor\u0101 puku ake te aroha, i haere te hau mihiata. I tau ai te rangim\u0101rie, te kakara o taua an\u014D mahi aroha, i whiti ai ki te whei ao, ki te ao marama. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000087\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022802874a3-deca-48b7-9d33-9087058892f5\u0022\u003EN\u0101 reira, e te rangatira, e moe, hoea t\u014D waka wairua ki runga t\u0113r\u0101 o ng\u0101 awa o T\u0101maki kia puta atu koe ki Te Moana T\u012Bkapa o Hauraki. Ana, kua huri ki te raki kia tae atu koe ki t\u0113r\u0101 o ng\u0101 maunga, t\u0113tahi o ng\u0101 pou o te whare tapu o Ng\u0101 Puhi, ar\u0101 ko Manaia i t\u016B ki te \u0101kau. N\u0101, hoea tonu t\u014D waka ki R\u0101kaumangamanga, t\u0113tahi atu pou o te whare tapu o Ng\u0101 Puhi. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000088\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022802874a3-deca-48b7-9d33-9087058892f5\u0022\u003EAnga t\u014D huri ki roto t\u0113r\u0101 o ng\u0101 moana, te moana pukupuku i whiti kia pahore atu koe i te p\u0101 o t\u014Dku tupuna a P\u014Dmare. Hoea tonu t\u014D waka i t\u0113r\u0101 o ng\u0101 awa o ng\u0101 rangatira Taum\u0101rere-herehere-i-te-riri. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000089\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022802874a3-deca-48b7-9d33-9087058892f5\u0022\u003EHoea tonu atu koe kia tae atu koe ki t\u0113r\u0101 k\u0101inga n\u014Du i a koe e tamariki ana, ar\u0101 ko Te Kawakawa. Tae atu ki t\u0113r\u0101 k\u0101inga m\u014D t\u0113tahi w\u0101 poto kia tukuna a Ng\u0101ti Hine, a Ng\u0101ti Manu kia tangihia m\u014Du. Hoea tonu t\u014D waka, whai atu i te au o t\u0113r\u0101 o ng\u0101 awaawa kia puta atu koe ki P\u0113whairangi, kia tae atu koe ki t\u0113r\u0101 w\u0101hi tapu o Ng\u0101ti R\u0101hiri, Ng\u0101ti Kawa, ar\u0101 ko Waitangi t\u0113r\u0101, ar\u0101 ko Tau Rangatira, te w\u0101hi i noho ai \u014D t\u0101tou t\u016Bpuna, \u014D m\u0101tou t\u016Bpuna, ki te w\u0101nangahia i Te Tiriti o Waitangi. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000090\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022802874a3-deca-48b7-9d33-9087058892f5\u0022\u003EHoea tonu t\u014D waka kia puta atu koe ki Te Tai Tama Wahine, haere tika tonu ki te whakateraki kia tae atu koe ki a Motukawanui, ki Motukawaiti, ar\u0101 ko Matauri t\u0113r\u0101 t\u014D k\u0101inga i a koe e ora ana, i waenganui o Ng\u0101ti Kura. Hoea tonu t\u014D waka kia tae atu koe ki a Rangaunu, te ara takingia koe i Te Iti Pioke. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000091\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022802874a3-deca-48b7-9d33-9087058892f5\u0022\u003EN\u0101 anga t\u014D huri ka kite atu koe Maunga Tohoraha i mua i a koe, whai atu kia tae atu koe ki a Hikurua, ki \u0113r\u0101 atu o ng\u0101 t\u014Dpito o Te Ika, o Te Hiku o Te Ika, kia tae atu koe ki Te Rerenga Wairua, atu i reira ki Manawat\u0101whi, atu i reira ki ng\u0101 Hawaiki i k\u014Drerohia e \u014D t\u0101tou m\u0101tua t\u016Bpuna, ar\u0101 ko Hawaiki nui, Hawaiki roa, Hawaiki p\u0101maomao. N\u0101 reira, e te rangatira, haere atu r\u0101 ki a r\u0101tou e tatari ana m\u014Du. E moe, e moe, e moe. Kua ea \u014D mahi ki runga i te mata o te whenua. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000092\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022802874a3-deca-48b7-9d33-9087058892f5\u0022\u003EI whakapau i ng\u0101 kaik\u014Drero i mua i ahau te whakam\u0101ramatanga o te teiteitanga, te h\u014Dhonutanga o \u014D mahi i a koe i runga, e h\u012Bkoi ana i runga i te mata o te whenua. N\u0101 reira, e te rangatira, haere, haere, haere atu r\u0101. N\u0101 reira, r\u0101tou ki a r\u0101tou, te hunga wairua, kua hoki mai ki a t\u0101tou ng\u0101 kanohi ora kei roto i t\u0113nei Whare, puta noa, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou, t\u0113n\u0101 t\u0101tou katoa. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000093\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022802874a3-deca-48b7-9d33-9087058892f5\u0022\u003E[Greetings, Mr Speaker. It is appropriate to the M\u0101ori world that this leader who has turned away from us is farewelled; therefore, oh chief, Mike, travel the lofty pathway. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000094\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022802874a3-deca-48b7-9d33-9087058892f5\u0022\u003EThat is the path by which you alight on Huarau. The multitudes are assembled, and that is where the esteemed company passes on. The dearly departed which went out of sight over Rehua, the beloved taken by T\u0101pokopoko to Rangi, the adored taken by Te Ana M\u0101tao at the house of grieving of Ng\u0101 Kurakura i Hine-nui-te p\u014D. Enter into your house, the house of Rangi\u0101io, lie in state in Wharepapa o Ruakip\u014Duri, that is the house within which your bodies lay spread out. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000095\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022802874a3-deca-48b7-9d33-9087058892f5\u0022\u003EIt was you who seized, who dragged the current, pressing the current to become a torrent. A torrent to the night, a torrent to death, a torrent to the intense dark, a torrent to the ocean of death. You are not from below, from the headlands of cold winds where love wells up and the dawn breezes blow. Peace has descended, the scent of that work of love, crossing to the living world, the world of light. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000096\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022802874a3-deca-48b7-9d33-9087058892f5\u0022\u003ETherefore, oh leader, rest, paddle your spiritual canoe on that river of Auckland to emerge at the Hauraki Gulf. Indeed, you have turned to the north to arrive at that mountain, one of the stalwarts of the sacred house of Ng\u0101 Puhi\u2014namely, Manaia, which stands on the coast. So continue paddling your canoe to R\u0101kaumangamanga, another stalwart of the sacred House of Ng\u0101 Puhi. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000097\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022802874a3-deca-48b7-9d33-9087058892f5\u0022\u003ETurn your direction to that ocean, the lumpy ocean which was crossed to reach the fortified village of my ancestor P\u014Dmare. Continue to paddle your canoe on that river of Taum\u0101rere-herehere-i-te-riri. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000098\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022802874a3-deca-48b7-9d33-9087058892f5\u0022\u003EContinue paddling until you arrive at yonder village which was yours when you were a child\u2014namely, Te Kawakawa. Arrive at that village for a short time so that Ng\u0101ti Hine and Ng\u0101ti Manu can mourn for you. Continue to paddle your canoe, follow the current of the gorges to emerge at P\u0113whairangi, to arrive at that sacred place of Ng\u0101ti R\u0101hiri and Ng\u0101ti Kawa, that is at Waitangi\u2014namely, Tau Rangatira, the place at which our ancestors stayed, our ancestors, to discuss the Treaty of Waitangi. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000099\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022802874a3-deca-48b7-9d33-9087058892f5\u0022\u003EContinue to paddle your canoe to emerge at Te Tai Tama Wahine, continue directly to the north to arrive at Motukawanui and Motukawaiti, that is at Matauri, which was your home when you were alive, amongst Ng\u0101ti Kura. Continue to paddle your canoe to arrive at Rangaunu, the route which leads you to Te Iti Pioke. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000100\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022802874a3-deca-48b7-9d33-9087058892f5\u0022\u003ESo if you turn you will see Mount Tohoraha before you, follow it to arrive at Hikurua, to the other extremities of the Fish, of the Tail of the Fish, until you arrive at Te Rerenga Wairua, and from there to Manawat\u0101whi, from there to the Hawaiki that were spoken about by our ancestors, namely Hawaiki nui, Hawaiki roa, and Hawaiki p\u0101maomao. Therefore, oh chief, travel to those who are waiting for you. Rest, rest, rest in peace. Your tasks on earth are complete. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000101\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022802874a3-deca-48b7-9d33-9087058892f5\u0022\u003EThe speakers before me have comprehensively explained the greatness and depth of your work while you were on and walking the face of the earth. Therefore, oh leader, farewell, farewell, farewell. Therefore, let the spiritual beings remain unto themselves; we return to the living faces in this House, throughout, greetings, greetings, greetings to us all.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000102\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022802874a3-deca-48b7-9d33-9087058892f5\u0022\u003EWhen I heard that Mike Moore had passed away, I was in Kaikohe, standing in the middle of a field, waiting and listening to the Rt Hon Winston Peters, the Hon Shane Jones, and the Hon Nanaia Mahuta making some announcements. It struck me that I was really only half an hour away from the place where Mike Moore grew up. That place was Kawakawa\u2014funnily enough, the same town that I grew up in. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000103\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022802874a3-deca-48b7-9d33-9087058892f5\u0022\u003EThe high school that he initially went to was the same high school that I went to. In fact, he was the first of four members of Parliament to go through Bay of Islands College: himself, the late Pita Paraone, myself, and Willow-Jean Prime. Funnily enough, he left from there to go to Dilworth, which is also the school that my father attended. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000104\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022802874a3-deca-48b7-9d33-9087058892f5\u0022\u003EOne of the houses that he grew up in\u2014funnily enough, I also spent a bit of time in that very house. It was on the main street of Kawakawa. By the time I was loose on the streets of Kawakawa in the 1980s, his house had actually become our local spacies parlour. I remember\u2014it must have been in the 1980s\u2014when he arrived in Kawakawa and visited that house, and that was the first time I had set eyes on Mike Moore. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000105\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022802874a3-deca-48b7-9d33-9087058892f5\u0022\u003ESadly, I haven\u2019t seen him for the last 12 months, but I visited him last Christmas at his home in Matauri Bay and spent a bit of time with him there. Despite the fact that he had been afflicted with a number of health issues, his mind was still sharp with clarity of thought, and he had a number of instructions for us to follow. I was pleased to be able to see him then, and sad that since that time I haven\u2019t had an opportunity to catch up with him. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000106\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022802874a3-deca-48b7-9d33-9087058892f5\u0022\u003EBut, of course, our thoughts go out to his widow, Yvonne. Everybody who has spoken before me has laid out the heights of his achievements and the depth of his thinking, and New Zealand has lost a great man. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000107\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022802874a3-deca-48b7-9d33-9087058892f5\u0022\u003ESo, from this Kawakawa boy, I just am very honoured to be able to pay tribute to a former Kawakawa boy and wish him best on his journey to ki t\u0113r\u0101 taha o te arai, as we say in M\u0101ori\u2014to the other side of the veil. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000108\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022802874a3-deca-48b7-9d33-9087058892f5\u0022\u003EN\u0101 reira, t\u0101tou m\u0101, huri rauna i t\u014D t\u0101tou Whare, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou, kia ora mai an\u014D t\u0101tou. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000109\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022802874a3-deca-48b7-9d33-9087058892f5\u0022\u003E[Therefore, to all of us, right around our House, greetings, greetings, greetings again to all.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u002207dc4112-8a19-4dd6-a57c-878b47f8a9b6\u0022 data-id=\u0022d366f63e1932454882588346f0a50cad\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000110\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002207dc4112-8a19-4dd6-a57c-878b47f8a9b6\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022d366f63e1932454882588346f0a50cad\u0022\u003EHon RON MARK (Minister of Defence):\u003C/span\u003E Mr Speaker, thank you very much for the opportunity. It\u2019s with great sadness, actually, that I stand to rise to speak about a friend\u2014a friend of mine personally, a man I came to love and respect, and a man whom my children came to know as Uncle Mike. I guess, looking around the House, there are quite so many new MPs around here, or MPs who haven\u2019t been here as long as some of us have, who probably may not recall that, actually, I stood for Labour in 1993. In 1990, I got to know Mike because I\u2019d been roped in by my then mother-in-law, my late mother-in-law, Marie Therese Berry\u2014and I just note I\u2019m going from the shoulder. I started writing notes, but it just seemed irrelevant to write notes right now, so I\u2019m just going to talk. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000111\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002207dc4112-8a19-4dd6-a57c-878b47f8a9b6\u0022\u003EI got to know Mike during that 1990 campaign, when I was helping the Labour candidate for Selwyn, one Val Elley\u2014a lovely lady. Actually, I\u2019d been the candidate, but I pulled out because I\u2019d only just come back into the country. I said to Mike\u2014you know, back in those days\u2014\u201CYou can\u2019t have me standing for Parliament when I\u2019ve been out of the country for five years, come back and try and tell people how to live their lives, particularly after a Labour Government\u2019s done what it\u2019s just done.\u201D It was a terrible campaign. We had dogs set on us at Kaiapoi\u2014I don\u2019t think that\u2019s ever been repeated since then. We got to know Mike and Yvonne very, very well over that time. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000112\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002207dc4112-8a19-4dd6-a57c-878b47f8a9b6\u0022\u003ECome 1993, I was talked into standing for Labour, not because I didn\u2019t like Mike and I didn\u2019t agree with where the policy was going; it was because, as an army officer, I just couldn\u2019t see myself standing for Parliament, one, and, two, standing for a left-wing party. But we did. Part of the reason I took it up was because my mother-in-law forced me\u2014no, I wouldn\u2019t say that! But it was because of Mike. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000113\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002207dc4112-8a19-4dd6-a57c-878b47f8a9b6\u0022\u003EMike was a centrist. Mike was a pragmatist. Mike was straight up and down and honest, and if he didn\u2019t like what you were saying, he would argue with you and tell you bluntly, and if you still argued, he would argue with you more. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000114\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002207dc4112-8a19-4dd6-a57c-878b47f8a9b6\u0022\u003EMike was a damned hard worker. I think the only thing he did harder than work was smoke, back in those days. It would be cellphone in one hand, cigarette in the other, and going from cigarette to cigarette, butt-lighting off one to the other, and he just carried on. He would roll from interview to interview, and I\u2019d be sitting in his lounge thinking \u201CHoly hell! Is this what Parliament\u2019s going to be like? Is this what politics is?\u201D This was Mike living, breathing the dream, and fighting as a true battler did. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000115\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002207dc4112-8a19-4dd6-a57c-878b47f8a9b6\u0022\u003EIn those days, the campaign was based on some pretty sound policy. Actually, when my boss, the Rt Hon Winston Peters, said to me \u201CRon, you should speak.\u201D, I went back to my office and I pulled out some boxes. Prime Minister, I found a few things, like my organisational chart for my campaign, like all the names of the people that I met through Mike Moore\u2014people like Ivan Hibberd. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000116\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002207dc4112-8a19-4dd6-a57c-878b47f8a9b6\u0022\u003EHere\u2019s my organisational chart. You might want to copy it sometime for the battle for Selwyn, the seat we almost won\u2014which actually cost us the election, because some fifth-columnists within the Labour Party didn\u2019t like Mike and fought to undermine his campaign. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000117\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002207dc4112-8a19-4dd6-a57c-878b47f8a9b6\u0022\u003EBut we had a great campaign, and I found this little gem, a pamphlet that was released. [Holds up pamphlet] This is in my office right now\u2014there\u2019s more if you want copies, Prime Minister\u2014it\u2019s Mike head to head on the main issues against Jim Bolger. Tucked on the back side here was a policy which New Zealand First was glad to read and study and implement many years later. Mike announced this policy and launched it at my business, Daytona Park on Moorhouse Avenue. It was called the youth employment scheme and it, amongst many things, sought to \u201Censure no young person under 20 is left on the dole with nothing to do.\u201D, and I remember those speeches of Mike Moore saying things like \u201CI don\u2019t know of a town that doesn\u2019t have a church that doesn\u2019t need painting. I don\u2019t know of a town that doesn\u2019t have a tree that doesn\u2019t need planting. I don\u2019t know of\u201D\u2014and it went on and on, and he believed it with an absolute passion. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000118\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002207dc4112-8a19-4dd6-a57c-878b47f8a9b6\u0022\u003EI can still remember those speeches, and they have stayed with me. It\u2019s interesting that we sit here and we talk\u2014my whanaunga behind me\u2014about efforts, and we talk about young peoples\u2019 lives and opportunities being wasted, and we are still talking and trying to fight those battles in 2020 when Mike was fighting them in 1990 and 1993. I\u2019d like to think, Mike, that we\u2019re winning. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000119\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002207dc4112-8a19-4dd6-a57c-878b47f8a9b6\u0022\u003EI look, as no doubt many of you do, at certain politicians who pass through the political landscape of this country. To me, there are some that stand out and will for ever be kauri trees: Keith Holyoake, Richard Seddon. When I spoke in this House in my maiden speech as a New Zealand First MP in my first term here in 1996 as part of a coalition Government with National, I spoke of Norm Kirk: \u201CPeople don\u2019t want for much. They only want somewhere to live, somewhere to work, someone to love, and something to hope for.\u201D That was a speech that was repeated by Mike Moore time and time again on the hustings. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000120\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002207dc4112-8a19-4dd6-a57c-878b47f8a9b6\u0022\u003EThere are many, many policies\u2014and it\u2019s funny as heck, because I sat in my office assisted by one of my staff, pulling out one of the boxes, and we pulled out \u201CRebuilding the Kiwi Dream\u201D. [Holds up pamphlet] How many have used that slogan on hustings? That was Mike Moore. \u201CJoin Labour: Jobs, Growth, Health\u201D. [Holds up pamphlet] How many of you have used that campaign? There he is. [Holds up photograph] Zoom in. That\u2019s Mike\u2014\u201CA recovery without jobs is not what New Zealanders need. A recovery that sacrifices a proud public health system is not what New Zealanders want. An unshared recovery where the benefits are the property of a few is not what New Zealanders deserve.\u201D That was Mike Moore. I think my kids delivered hundreds and hundreds of these pamphlets during 1999. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000121\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002207dc4112-8a19-4dd6-a57c-878b47f8a9b6\u0022\u003E\u201CLabour\u2019s Plan for the Environment\u201D\u2014that was Mike Moore. \u201CLet\u2019s get New Zealand working again\u201D. [Holds up pamphlets] This is all my stuff. These are my mementos\u2014I even found one of the Speaker, which I put on my Facebook post over Christmas. \u201CLabour\u2019s Plan for Jobs\u201D under Mike Moore, \u201CLabour\u2019s Plan for Women\u201D under Mike Moore, \u201CEducation: Our Children, Our Future\u201D under Mike Moore, \u201CSecurity, Certainty, and Retirement\u201D under Mike Moore, \u201CMaking Our Neighbourhoods Safe Again\u201D under Mike Moore, \u201CAdding Value to Jobs\u201D under Mike Moore, and, of course, the key, the hinge pin, upon which all of those policies depended was Mike\u2019s plan for economic growth and jobs, which included trade and prosperity. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000122\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002207dc4112-8a19-4dd6-a57c-878b47f8a9b6\u0022\u003EIf I think back to when I went to the Middle East and I deployed, and I went into Oman, we went into a supermarket\u2014well, it wasn\u2019t a supermarket. They didn\u2019t have supermarkets in those days. We were lucky to have tarseal roads. But in this little supermarket that I went into, the only meat you could buy was New Zealand lamb and New Zealand beef, and New Zealand butter. There were little round punnets of butter, and if you lifted the top off, the inside had a picture of Tony Garea. Anyone know who he is? World-famous New Zealand wrestler, big time in the United States\u2014Mike Moore\u2019s work. Mike Moore driving the trade: the lamburger. When I left in 1990, we had a small little corner, and the Dutch, the French, and every other European country had moved in on us. That was a reflection of how things had changed, you know, and Mike tried desperately to recover those losses. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000123\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002207dc4112-8a19-4dd6-a57c-878b47f8a9b6\u0022\u003EI remember that and I remember him talking to me. He helped me put up a hoarding. Clayton Cosgrove was one of the \u201CBeagle Boys\u201D. He used to come down to check on my campaign, to see how we were going. Clayton was sent down to keep an eye on the unions\u2014whether they were going turn up and veto my candidacy at my selection. Jesse Simpson, I remember you and the rest of those boys. Mike sent Clayton down just to see how Ron did. Clayton came back and reported, and Mike said to him \u201CHow\u2019d he go?\u201D, and he said, \u201CDon\u2019t worry about him. It\u2019s all done\u2014he\u2019s the candidate.\u201D \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000124\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002207dc4112-8a19-4dd6-a57c-878b47f8a9b6\u0022\u003EBut then Mike sent Clayton back down to see me on another, more sensitive mission. When I had my hoardings produced for Selwyn, we only had so much money, and so we took the photograph in black and white and put it up\u2014Gerry Brownlee might remember this\u2014and it was quite dark. Then the National Party team started talking about me not being a New Zealander and not being a M\u0101ori, but being a Pakistani, and that word got out around the electorate\u2014\u201CDon\u2019t vote for him, he\u2019s a Pakistani.\u201D Mike Moore called Clayton Cosgrove into his office and he said \u201CMate, you need to go down and talk to our mate.\u201D, and Clayton said, \u201CWhat for?\u201D He said, \u201CGot to change his hoardings.\u201D \u201CWhy?\u201D \u201CBecause he\u2019s too black.\u201D Clayton said \u201CStop\u2014you want me to go down and tell this ex-army officer he\u2019s got to pull all his hoardings down because he\u2019s too black?\u201D, and Mike said, \u201CYeah.\u201D \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000125\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002207dc4112-8a19-4dd6-a57c-878b47f8a9b6\u0022\u003ESo Clayton turned up and, very tentatively and gingerly, said \u201CAh, mate, I need to talk to you about your hoardings.\u201D, and I said, \u201CYeah, what?\u201D He said, \u201CWell, Mike\u2019s asked me\u2014don\u2019t take offence. Please don\u2019t be offended, and understand it\u2019s about image, it\u2019s about perceptions, but Mike says that we need to change your photo\u2014it\u2019s a little bit dark.\u201D I said, \u201COh, it\u2019s too black?\u201D He said \u201CYeah.\u201D, and I said, \u201CWell, what are we going to do?\u201D He said \u201CWe\u2019ll change it.\u201D, and I said, \u201COK\u201D. So he rushed back, and Mike said \u201CWell, how did it go?\u201D, and he said, \u201CDone. He said \u2018Oh, what are we going to do?\u2019, and I said, \u2018We\u2019ve got to change it.\u2019 The only problem is he hasn\u2019t got any money.\u201D So that was sorted. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000126\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002207dc4112-8a19-4dd6-a57c-878b47f8a9b6\u0022\u003EThen Mike came down and helped me put up some of my new hoardings with a colour photo, because we could afford to do it and I didn\u2019t look so black, and people could no longer say I was a Pakistani and not a New Zealander any more. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000127\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002207dc4112-8a19-4dd6-a57c-878b47f8a9b6\u0022\u003EMy memories of Mike\u2014and I could go on for quite some time\u2014are about a man who would just speak from the shoulder. You know, it\u2019s interesting that comment, because we were at a public meeting and the question was put to me, just like that. But those were those times, and we got on\u2014thank you. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000128\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002207dc4112-8a19-4dd6-a57c-878b47f8a9b6\u0022\u003EI want to finish on one note\u2014if I might take the liberty, Mr Speaker. I can do no better than to quote from the state of the nation speech in 1993, which I still have a copy of: \u201CThe Rt Hon Mike Moore, Leader of the Opposition, MP for Christchurch North\u201D. At the end of the speech, and I think this pretty much sums up Mike\u2014oh, excuse me, Yvonne\u2014\u201CI believe leadership is more than finding an angry crowd and agreeing with it. I want to offer New Zealand again a chance to be a fairer, safer, and more progressive society. I know that Government alone can\u2019t do this. This voyage needs all the crew rowing. We can\u2019t afford passengers. I am gripped by a sense of urgency, because I know that we don\u2019t have a moment to lose. We don\u2019t have a person to waste.\u201D \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000129\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002207dc4112-8a19-4dd6-a57c-878b47f8a9b6\u0022\u003EThat was Mike Moore in 1993, a man my family loves. Kia ora. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022e6b4dc55-3561-49a8-a871-ae005354ef90\u0022 data-id=\u00224579320f1b324583bd9086c34d4e0dfb\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000130\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e6b4dc55-3561-49a8-a871-ae005354ef90\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00224579320f1b324583bd9086c34d4e0dfb\u0022\u003EHon GERRY BROWNLEE (National\u2014Ilam):\u003C/span\u003E I hadn\u2019t intended to speak today, but I felt, given that I was on the other side of a lot of what Ron Mark was talking about, I should make a few comments. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000131\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e6b4dc55-3561-49a8-a871-ae005354ef90\u0022\u003EMike Moore was the MP for Christchurch North for 18 years, and I want to put on record that he was so highly respected by the Christchurch community in the role that he took. I was for six of those years the National Party\u2019s electorate chairman in Christchurch North. We were constantly aware that we were opposing a man who was deeply revered and respected by the citizens of that particular electorate. I didn\u2019t come to know him particularly well, but when I came into Parliament in 1996, he was more than generous in giving advice about how one should conduct oneself in the parliamentary environment, and he was, of course\u2014as we have heard said so often today\u2014a great parliamentarian. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000132\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e6b4dc55-3561-49a8-a871-ae005354ef90\u0022\u003EI do recall though that for some reason, and I\u2019m not quite sure why, the Hon Dr Wayne Mapp and I were at a luncheon held in Christchurch\u2014probably not unusual that I was at a luncheon, I suppose\u2014by a well-known American businessman in the city. He was entertaining a group of senators who\u2019d come out in late 1998, or it might have been early 1999, on their way through to Australia and on to Thailand, who were, essentially, trying to get a bit of a steer on the World Trade Organization job and who might be there, given that the two, Supachai and Mike, were the preferred candidates. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000133\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e6b4dc55-3561-49a8-a871-ae005354ef90\u0022\u003EWe were invited, after these senators had a discussion on the tennis court of Mr Hagaman, to come and speak to them, so we wandered out there. They were doing this because they considered that was the most secure place for them to have a discussion, which is a bit odd these days. They asked us what we knew of Mike Moore and what we thought of him. We were both, I have to say, quite effusive about his commitment to world trade, to the liberalisation of trade, and, as he understood, the benefits of it. So they told us they were going to report back to\u2014I think it was Charlene Barshefsky\u2014the United States trade representative at the time. Wayne Mapp, in his own inimitable way, said, \u201CWhy don\u2019t you guys just cut it short and split the job?\u201D Now, I don\u2019t know whether that\u2019s why they did it. I don\u2019t want to attribute that to Wayne\u2014it\u2019s a very significant achievement\u2014but when, in fact, they did do that, I do think it\u2019s a bit of shame that Mike didn\u2019t end up taking the second part of that job. I think he\u2019d have been there a lot longer and I think a lot of the momentum that he created in those three years would have made a huge difference to where the world sits today on these matters. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000134\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e6b4dc55-3561-49a8-a871-ae005354ef90\u0022\u003EI also, as Minister of Defence, was hosted by Mike in Washington. I\u2019ve got to say, his access to their system was quite extraordinary. So all the facets of his personality\u2014the genial approach that he took to people, the love that he always exhibited of being in the company of people who wanted to discuss ideas\u2014was on display on those couple of days. We actually also got to see the Secretary of Defense, Chuck Hagel. Now, I\u2019m not sure whether it was anything Mike said, but that afternoon Chuck was dismissed from his job by President Obama. But none the less, the access was quite extraordinary. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000135\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e6b4dc55-3561-49a8-a871-ae005354ef90\u0022\u003EWe also enjoyed, that evening, quite an extraordinary dinner that Mike put on. One of the guests was the Hon Kim Beazley from Australia. It will be one occasion that I\u2019ll remember for the rest of my life because of the breadth of the conversation, the forward-thinking of that conversation, and the ability that Mike Moore seemed to have to see a couple of steps ahead of where everything else was. It took some deciphering, but you knew it was there. I am somewhat sorry, though, that it was a few weeks later that he became quite ill. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000136\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e6b4dc55-3561-49a8-a871-ae005354ef90\u0022\u003EAt the end of the dinner, at around 9 o\u2019clock, he sort of rounded everyone up and said, \u201CWell, Minister, you\u2019ve got a big day tomorrow, you need to move on.\u201D, and I took a slight risk and said to him, \u201COh, hang on a minute, Ambassador. Whatever happened to fine old MFAT tradition of port and cigars after the dinner?\u201D He leapt out of his chair\u2014remember, this was a man who was not overly well then, and he had trouble with his feet\u2014and procured the most rubbishy bunch of cigars I\u2019ve ever seen, but some of the finest port you could ever get. We sat outside in December until after 2 in the morning with the discussion continuing\u2014quite an extraordinary occasion. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000137\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e6b4dc55-3561-49a8-a871-ae005354ef90\u0022\u003EBut I also want to say, particularly to Yvonne Moore, who was also highly regarded by the people in Christchurch, that their enduring partnership no doubt allowed Mike to have the career that he was able to follow. To her, our deepest sympathies and condolences as she goes about the rest of her life without her life partner, Mike Moore. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022471dee54-f59e-4497-b3d3-c39044ce7169\u0022 data-id=\u0022ed4934eb243045ad86065385515d9b0e\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000138\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022471dee54-f59e-4497-b3d3-c39044ce7169\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022ed4934eb243045ad86065385515d9b0e\u0022\u003EHon DAMIEN O\u2019CONNOR (Minister of Agriculture):\u003C/span\u003E Kia ora, Mr Speaker, and, look, it\u2019s a great honour to say a few words to someone who I considered a friend and who I owe so much to. This won\u2019t be the last word on Mike Moore, but he had a saying that it was always hard to be too right too early. Mike, unfortunately, you\u2019ve run out of time to prove so many things to us, but we now have the responsibility to prove that many of those things that Ron raised were, indeed, correct. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000139\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022471dee54-f59e-4497-b3d3-c39044ce7169\u0022\u003EI\u2019d like to take the opportunity to thank Yvonne Moore. It was always Mike and Yvonne, Yvonne and Mike. For as long as I know, she has been a long-serving supporter of everything that Mike did. She shared her husband with the Labour Party, she shared her husband with New Zealand, and she shared her husband with the world, and so thank you for that. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000140\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022471dee54-f59e-4497-b3d3-c39044ce7169\u0022\u003EI first met Mike in 1990. It was Mike\u2019s, I guess you might say, manic tour. He was the Prime Minister trying to hold together a party that was blowing apart. He was running around the country as fast as he could, literally at warp speed, talking to people, trying to keep our vote up. He was due to visit a little tourism business in the mouth of the Buller Gorge, where I was located. I didn\u2019t find out until later on, but, indeed, they came down out of the gorge at God knows what speed, right into a mob of sheep that my father was driving on the road. There were no lamburgers created in that incident, but he came into our business, asked how things were, in a genuine and engaging way, spoke with all 10 of us at that place, and then moved on in a shower of gravel and dust as he moved on. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000141\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022471dee54-f59e-4497-b3d3-c39044ce7169\u0022\u003EHe held the Labour Party together at a really challenging time. He went through that election and ended up with 29 MPs that kept the National Government honest for three years. That was an incredible achievement, and we have to thank him for that. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000142\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022471dee54-f59e-4497-b3d3-c39044ce7169\u0022\u003EIn 1992, I was selected as a candidate\u2014never been in a campaign before\u2014and, looking back now, the organisation and the discipline and the focus of that campaign has probably not been matched. Remember, that was at a time when cellphones were bricks\u2014I\u2019d like to thank Ron Mark for outlining some of the amazing organisational material that we had\u2014and he oversaw, I guess, a discipline around that campaign that brought us to a point that almost saw the Labour Party win in 1993. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000143\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022471dee54-f59e-4497-b3d3-c39044ce7169\u0022\u003EIt was an interesting campaign. \u201CMike\u2019s mafia\u201D, the \u201CBeagle Boys\u201D\u2014call them what you like, they were a passionate, loyal bunch of people that did things like rush into Hokitika a couple of hours before the plane would land and literally plaster the town with hoardings. These are people in pinstripe suits putting up hoardings all around Hokitika, organising a crowd at the airport to meet Mike, organising a crowd at the local tourism business, and organising a crowd at the bar to which he went. There was an astute journalist that recognised that they were all the same crowd. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000144\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022471dee54-f59e-4497-b3d3-c39044ce7169\u0022\u003EBut I can particularly remember Mike rushing out of a tourism business\u2014you know, he\u2019d been in there, talking genuinely with all the people, and he rushed out on to the street, saw the first person there and said \u201CRight, drive me to the next gallery.\u201D, and I remember this West Coaster turned around and said, \u201CI\u2019m not your bloody driver.\u201D But, of course, Mike didn\u2019t flinch; he just carried on. He treated everyone with dignity, with respect, and with kindness. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000145\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022471dee54-f59e-4497-b3d3-c39044ce7169\u0022\u003EIn 1993, he almost brought the Labour Party from, I guess, the depths of despair in 1990 to 1993, when we almost won, and I have to say that it was something that brought me into politics. For that, I thank you, Mike. He saw the West Coast seat as a taonga, and he did so much to help me turn around what was a significant majority. Thank you, Mike, for that. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000146\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022471dee54-f59e-4497-b3d3-c39044ce7169\u0022\u003EHe, of course, ended up losing the leadership, and not long after that\u2014or, as he liked to say, he mislaid it. It was pretty tough on him and a number of people, and it was tough on the party. He did say, of course, that he did sleep like a baby after that\u2014you know, he dozed for a few hours, then he\u2019d wake up and cry, and then he\u2019d doze for a few more hours and he\u2019d wake up and cry, and on it went. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000147\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022471dee54-f59e-4497-b3d3-c39044ce7169\u0022\u003EHe was distraught because it was the job that he\u2019d always worked so hard for. But he wasn\u2019t one to sulk or to sit around and do nothing, and then his focus on trade, I have to say, has helped us all as a country. There was some, I guess, cynicism about his approach, because of, maybe, his position in a Labour Government. Some thought it should be fair trade, and they didn\u2019t trust his free-trade agenda. But what he did see, and what has been shown to be so true, is that trade\u2014trade of not just goods; trade of culture, of ideas, the movement of people\u2014has been so beneficial to hundreds of millions of people around the world. His determination, through the World Trade Organization and through his commitment to, I guess, a better planet, that has indeed cost him his health over time, is an enduring legacy to someone who is and always will be a great New Zealander. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000148\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022471dee54-f59e-4497-b3d3-c39044ce7169\u0022\u003EThank you, Yvonne. Thank you, Mike, for what you have done. I personally thank you, and the Labour Party will always be grateful for a wonderful, wonderful leader. Kia ora. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u00226007dc96-f459-4cdd-9972-4fde2c994088\u0022 data-id=\u00221a8be52b3d444f368e804aecec938985\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000149\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226007dc96-f459-4cdd-9972-4fde2c994088\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00221a8be52b3d444f368e804aecec938985\u0022\u003EHon GRANT ROBERTSON (Minister of Finance):\u003C/span\u003E All the speakers who have gone before me have given a rich tribute to Mike, and so I just want to take a few minutes to offer some personal reflections on Mike Moore but also to pick up a couple of the themes. The first of those was his love of this institution of Parliament, and all parts of it. He came to prominence relatively quickly in that first term that he was here\u2014between 1972 and 1975\u2014but I think, like all MPs who go through the experience of losing their seat after being in here for a period of time, when he did make it back in here, he was determined that he would make his mark even more so. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000150\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226007dc96-f459-4cdd-9972-4fde2c994088\u0022\u003EHe once told me a story, when he came back in after 1978, about the fact that he really worked hard to keep in contact with his constituents. In those days, the phone bills for MPs went via the Prime Minister\u2019s office before they were released. One year, the then Prime Minister Robert Muldoon recognised that Mr Moore had a very, very large phone bill and he decided that he would make use of this in the media, and so leaked out the details of Mike\u2019s extremely large phone bill. Mike came under a lot of pressure from the media to respond to this enormous phone bill, and so his response was to say, \u201CYou can call me anything you like, but don\u2019t call me collect.\u201D\u2014that\u2019s a joke for the over-45s in the room. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000151\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226007dc96-f459-4cdd-9972-4fde2c994088\u0022\u003EMy own first experience of meeting with Mike was actually as a student president. I\u2019m not sure, Paula Bennett, if you were with us that day or not, but he was the leader of the Labour Party at the time, and a group of student presidents had come in to lobby him very hard about reversing the introduction of fees and the hardship that students were going through. He listened patiently to us for some time, and I\u2019d noticed earlier in the meeting that there was a very energised young man sitting in the corner of the room with a clipboard on which he was writing down absolutely everything. As we got towards the end of our presentation, Mike actually physically stood up from the table, pointed at this young man and said, \u201CClayton, hovercrafts\u2014think about it.\u201D, and Clayton Cosgrove wrote down \u201Chovercrafts\u201D. I later learnt it was a reference to some industry training needs and things that Mike had seen, but I began to see what Mr Bridges meant about sometimes finding it difficult to interpret everything that Mike had to say. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000152\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226007dc96-f459-4cdd-9972-4fde2c994088\u0022\u003EA lot of people have talked about Mike\u2019s connection to trade, and, again, I won\u2019t dwell on that either. I had the privilege of being a New Zealand diplomat just after Mike took on the role of being World Trade Organization director-general. He came to New York, where I was posted, and he was involved in a number of interesting meetings with people, but he ended up on a panel discussion in front of the whole General Assembly to discuss the importance of trade. He was eloquent and he was incredible, and he made the case in a way that few people could. He, of course, did that with his own unique style, and at one point, in the middle of it, he paused and said, \u201CBack up the truck.\u201D There was silence, so I thought, \u201CI wonder how this has been translated.\u201D I went across to my Chinese colleague and said, \u201CHow did the translator deal with that?\u201D, and the translator said, \u201CThe speaker is referring to heavy vehicles.\u201D Mike would\u2019ve liked that, I suspect, as part of what he did. But his advocacy for trade was enormous, and his contribution to that cannot be overstated. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000153\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226007dc96-f459-4cdd-9972-4fde2c994088\u0022\u003EHe had a great relationship with Ministers of trade who followed on from him, and one of his favourites, as our colleagues across the House will know, was Tim Groser. I think I\u2019m right in saying that Tim actually worked in Mike\u2019s office when he was the Minister of overseas trade, so they had a long-lasting relationship. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000154\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226007dc96-f459-4cdd-9972-4fde2c994088\u0022\u003EI recall one story from Washington when Tim came up as the Minister. Mike, as Mr Brownlee has already mentioned, had the most extraordinary set of contacts in Washington, and he brought together this amazing array of people for Tim to speak to. The moment came in the evening for Mike to begin the formalities. He got up and he said \u201CLadies and gentlemen, we have one of the foremost leaders in world trade in the room tonight, a man to whose legacy we will all look back on in future years as being a person who fundamentally changed the direction of trade talks\u201D\u2014you can imagine the introduction went on for some time\u2014and Mike then said, \u201CBut enough about me.\u201D I\u2019m led to believe Tim Groser\u2019s face was quite a picture at that particular moment. He also\u2014I won\u2019t carry on too much longer, Mr Speaker\u2014came up with a line that I\u2019ve used in this House a few times, which is that the problem with Tim Groser was that he just didn\u2019t get enough credit for splitting the atom, and there are so many more stories. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000155\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226007dc96-f459-4cdd-9972-4fde2c994088\u0022\u003EI just want to finish on two points. The first of those is that Mike Moore had every reason not to trust me or support me. I represented a couple of things about the Labour Party that Mike wasn\u2019t always that fond of, but he showed me throughout my political career the most extraordinary kindness and support. I made a couple of trips to Washington while he was there and benefited from those contacts and networks. I watched the 2012 election night result with him, which is a memory I\u2019ll share for ever and my lungs will never forget. It was an extraordinary experience to spend time with Mike in those moments, because you felt his passion for politics, but, far more than that, you felt his passion for ideas and for discussion and for debate, and I am thankful to him for showing me that kindness. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000156\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226007dc96-f459-4cdd-9972-4fde2c994088\u0022\u003EI have a feeling he was trying to deal with a few regrets and the odd little demon about what happened to the Labour Party, particularly in the 1980s and early 1990s, and he built those bridges with a number of colleagues on this side of the House who are here today. I think he really wanted to hold together the party that meant so much to him for his whole life, and for that kindness and that support, I thank him wholeheartedly. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000157\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226007dc96-f459-4cdd-9972-4fde2c994088\u0022\u003EMy final words are for Yvonne. Yvonne Moore and Mike Moore were a team. They were a partnership beyond a loving relationship and marriage. They were part of the same journey in politics and in life. What they did for people, their friends, and their colleagues was huge, but Yvonne went at every step in every way with Mike, and today I really feel for Yvonne. I send all my love to her because this will be such a difficult time, but I want this House to record and to know that Yvonne Moore\u2019s contribution to New Zealand has to be recognised alongside her husband, Mike. She is a remarkable woman, and, Yvonne, we feel for you today. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000158\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226007dc96-f459-4cdd-9972-4fde2c994088\u0022\u003EE te rangatira, haere, haere, haere atu r\u0101. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022f44431ef-b505-4e94-9f57-a60b0a569bf7\u0022 data-id=\u0022d73b7231b14f4aba8b8baa26b5c855c7\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000159\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f44431ef-b505-4e94-9f57-a60b0a569bf7\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022d73b7231b14f4aba8b8baa26b5c855c7\u0022\u003EHon SHANE JONES (Minister of Forestry):\u003C/span\u003E Kia ora an\u014D t\u0101tou. E Maika, t\u014Dku m\u0101rohirohi. E Maika, t\u014Dku taut\u014Dhito. E Maika, t\u014Dku taitoa. Kua pau te w\u0101 i whakaritea ai m\u014Du h\u0101ereere ai i waenga tonu, i runga tonu i te motu. E hoki koe ki te iwi, kua oti noa atu i a r\u0101tou te takahi atu i te ara whakamutunga. N\u0101 reira, e kara, e moe, moe, oti atu e. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000160\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f44431ef-b505-4e94-9f57-a60b0a569bf7\u0022\u003E[Greetings again to all. Mike, my strong one. Mike, my wise one. Mike, my courageous one. Expired is the time that was allowed for you to travel amongst us, and on this land. Return to the people, those who have completed their traverse of the final path. Therefore, my friend, rest, rest, rest in eternity.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000161\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f44431ef-b505-4e94-9f57-a60b0a569bf7\u0022\u003EIt was 1988 when, for a mercifully short period of time, I was employed by Geoffrey Palmer. I was sent to represent Geoffrey Palmer because of blistering attacks coming from the National Party against the Lange Labour Government\u2019s Treaty policy. In that meeting was Koro W\u0113tere, Roger Douglas, Mr Prebble, and Mike Moore, and there was fear that attacks from the Opposition M\u0101ori affairs spokesman were starting to lacerate the ranks of the front bench of the Labour Party. Mike Moore said, \u201CThis guy Peters is making traction.\u201D Richard Prebble said, \u201CHe must be stopped. How do we slow these things down?\u201D Douglas said, \u201CHow much will it cost?\u201D Koro W\u0113tere said, \u201CIt\u2019s time to eat.\u201D That was an introduction for a 28-year-old working at the highest levels\u2014along with Hekia Parata\u2014of what passes for the Cabinet-style Government dealing with, in the 1980s, Treaty of Waitangi issues. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000162\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f44431ef-b505-4e94-9f57-a60b0a569bf7\u0022\u003EMike also wrote a book. He was a great believer in encouraging people to self-educate, to persevere with expanding the frontiers of knowledge. He got this book published and brought it to Matauri Bay. It was about a thousand pages long. The name of the book was A World Without Walls. It was his gospel of free trade, freedom, development, and global governance. He gave me a copy. He did something quite staggering, given his belief in education\u2014a thousand pages long, dense UN speak. He gave a copy for self-edification and education to Dover Samuels. I can assure you, if there\u2019s ever a book that was never opened in the hands of a senior M\u0101ori, it is that particular missive or tome. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000163\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f44431ef-b505-4e94-9f57-a60b0a569bf7\u0022\u003EThere\u2019s a famous saying, and if I\u2019m not mistaken, it\u2019s from Julius Caesar, that \u201CA coward dies many times before their death\u201D. This man was no political coward. He has died only once. Sure, he suffered setbacks, but he stood up and kept going, whether it\u2019s as a cancer survivor as a very young man, whether it\u2019s as a failed, unfulfilled young political candidate, or whether it\u2019s as a short but enjoyable period of time that he enjoyed as the leader. So we salute him today, a fine New Zealander, very popular amongst the earthy side of our electorate and very capable\u2014as Mr Brownlee has pointed out\u2014of enjoying the company of his great friend Neville Wran or Mr Beazley or a host of other luminaries that he introduced us to when we made various trips as MPs to America when he was the ambassador. He truly was a people\u2019s champion. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000164\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f44431ef-b505-4e94-9f57-a60b0a569bf7\u0022\u003ETo his wife, Yvonne: ng\u0101 mihi nui ki a koe. Without a doubt, on Friday, it will be a difficult day. But for those of us who will be present to support you in that particular, searching period, we offer you our prayers, we offer you our support, and we know that friends and others will gather around you after the crowds have disappeared and returned to their own families and their lives. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000165\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f44431ef-b505-4e94-9f57-a60b0a569bf7\u0022\u003EThe final saying is that good men must die\u2014me mate te tangata\u2014but death cannot kill their names\u2014e kore \u014D r\u0101tou ingoa e m\u016Breia. A good man has died, but his name will live on in this House and amongst those of us who practise the arts of democracy and politics. Kia ora t\u0101tou. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u002279db8b64-1f9b-4416-9b81-a12963db9cbf\u0022 data-id=\u0022a56f10d527734459aafb67ec0280ce50\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000166\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002279db8b64-1f9b-4416-9b81-a12963db9cbf\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022a56f10d527734459aafb67ec0280ce50\u0022\u003ESPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: Members, I\u2019m going to take a little indulgence and make a few comments myself. I first met Mike in these buildings when Norman Kirk was the Prime Minister and he was an Auckland member. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000167\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002279db8b64-1f9b-4416-9b81-a12963db9cbf\u0022\u003EIn 1983, when I was first a candidate for the Labour Party in Hamilton West, Mike, as part of his lamburger tour, came to Hamilton West and opened my campaign. The comments that Grant Robertson made about \u201CCall me collect\u201D were nearly accurate. Actually, Sir Robert Muldoon, who was at the time the Minister in charge of the Legislative Department\u2014which was the Office of the Clerk and the Parliamentary Service\u2014actually waved Mike\u2019s $3,000 monthly phone bill around in the House, and I think that\u2019s a bit of a sign of how times have changed. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000168\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002279db8b64-1f9b-4416-9b81-a12963db9cbf\u0022\u003EBut I can remember Mike was both happy and unhappy at that stage, during the lamburger tour, because the Minister in charge of the Legislative Department had ruled that notwithstanding a campervan, which he was using for his tour, being cheaper than a rental car and the hotel bills, Sir Robert would not approve the payment for the campervan. Mike, like a number of his successors, had some contacts in the end who, while they weren\u2019t normally Labour Party supporters, understood the importance of the message and supported that trip. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000169\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002279db8b64-1f9b-4416-9b81-a12963db9cbf\u0022\u003EDuring that meeting, kicking off the campaign and kicking off the canvassing, Mike used the name of my then opponent, Mike Minogue, somewhat in vain. He described not a lamburger, but a \u201CMinogue burger\u201D. He described it as \u201Chalf tongue and half chicken\u201D. That was reported in the first edition of that day\u2019s Waikato Times, but in the home edition of the Waikato Times, it looked something like a wartime censorship exercise. I\u2019m reliably informed that the printers were sent out by the management to chip off the block and take that phrase out of the Waikato Times. So there was a blank space on the front left-hand side of the paper on that day. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000170\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002279db8b64-1f9b-4416-9b81-a12963db9cbf\u0022\u003EOthers have referred to Mike\u2019s role in international trade. He saw it as not that complicated as far as economics was concerned. It was about people doing what they were good at and sharing it with other countries. Mike was very firmly of the view that poorer people could eat more if it was cheaper, and the way to make it cheaper was to trade it and not to have the tariff and other barriers stopping that happening. Frankly, with a few exceptions here and one more notable exception internationally, that is now the received wisdom around the world, and it certainly wasn\u2019t the case 25 or 30 years ago. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000171\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002279db8b64-1f9b-4416-9b81-a12963db9cbf\u0022\u003EThere are going to be lots of stories told, I\u2019m sure, over time, and we\u2019ve heard the story of the shared job. I know a little bit about how that actually ended up occurring, because Mike had picked up that idea. He tried with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to make contact with the Thais and, you know, the phone was not being picked up. There was no reception there. Mike was at dinner with a prominent Wellington business person at his home. The business person\u2019s wife at the time was Thai and she overheard this conversation. She got on the phone and worked her way through the staff in Thailand and got to Supachai on to the phone, and that\u2019s how that discussion about the job-sharing actually occurred. I think it just shows what a small world we actually have and the way that some of these things work. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000172\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002279db8b64-1f9b-4416-9b81-a12963db9cbf\u0022\u003EI worked for Mike for three years, between 1990 and 1993. I think it\u2019s fair to say that it wasn\u2019t always easy. Mike used to himself say that he wanted to have more yes-men in his office, and he didn\u2019t always appreciate contrary advice. But in that time, I got to know him. I got to really appreciate Yvonne and Mike as people. My son, who was then a teenager and is now 46, idolised Mike and his friend and successor Clayton Cosgrove. I want to thank Clayton for his role in supporting Mike so much in recent years. Mike was Clayton\u2019s friend and his mentor, and I think most of us regard Mike as Clayton\u2019s father figure. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000173\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002279db8b64-1f9b-4416-9b81-a12963db9cbf\u0022\u003EMike was incredibly generous, even to those with whom relationships at the time weren\u2019t always positive. He helped me when I had a relatively significant legal battle\u2014still unresolved, I might say to some people on my right\u2014both with obtaining good legal advice and financial support for that advice. That gave us a chance to talk during his last term here in a way which I found very positive. I had another very good opportunity to do that in 2013 during the America\u2019s Cup, when he was ambassador and he was there, and I spent quite a lot of time talking. I was actually AWOL at the time. There\u2019d been a leadership change here, and I didn\u2019t feel any need to hurry home, so we had quite a discussion about leadership changes, both then and 20 years earlier, within the Labour Party. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000174\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002279db8b64-1f9b-4416-9b81-a12963db9cbf\u0022\u003EI do want to underline the fact that Mike was the first Minister responsible for the America\u2019s Cup. You know, most people at the time thought that the idea was mad, it was ridiculous, and we could never win it, but Mike was the person who saw how technology and innovation and renewal could make a difference to New Zealand. It was a small area for Mike, but it was, I think, an indicator of the way\u2014as Damien O\u2019Connor said\u2014Mike was often right too soon. One of the things that I really regret is that after Grant Dalton has arranged a special leg of the next America\u2019s Cup to be run right outside Mike\u2019s home, he won\u2019t be there to watch it. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000175\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002279db8b64-1f9b-4416-9b81-a12963db9cbf\u0022\u003EJane and I visited Mike last year. It was when he wasn\u2019t great physically, but, as others have said, he was still absolutely sharp mentally, notwithstanding the obvious pain that he was in. It was only meant to be for a few minutes, but Jane and I were there for about three hours. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000176\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002279db8b64-1f9b-4416-9b81-a12963db9cbf\u0022\u003EYvonne\u2014as she always was\u2014was exceptionally supportive, as Mike was of Yvonne. I mean, one of my memories was of Mike in I think 1993, when he had missed an important meeting with a foreign visitor to his office. We sort of said, \u201CWell, why didn\u2019t you catch the plane, Mike?\u201D It was the fact that their cat had died and Yvonne was upset, and Mike knew that his family and Yvonne were more important at that time than any international visitor. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000177\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002279db8b64-1f9b-4416-9b81-a12963db9cbf\u0022\u003EShe was always the most important thing in Mike\u2019s life, and I\u2019m sure that all of our thoughts will be with her. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000178\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002279db8b64-1f9b-4416-9b81-a12963db9cbf\u0022\u003EMotion agreed to. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000179\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002279db8b64-1f9b-4416-9b81-a12963db9cbf\u0022\u003EHonourable members stood as a mark of respect.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000180\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002279db8b64-1f9b-4416-9b81-a12963db9cbf\u0022\u003EWaiata\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u002279db8b64-1f9b-4416-9b81-a12963db9cbf\u0022 data-id=\u002287ed3ecea5c34ed787d39f4a4319f5f8\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000181\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002279db8b64-1f9b-4416-9b81-a12963db9cbf\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u002287ed3ecea5c34ed787d39f4a4319f5f8\u0022\u003ESPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: Thanks, Mike. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000182\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002279db8b64-1f9b-4416-9b81-a12963db9cbf\u0022\u003EThe House adjourned at 3.28 p.m.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20200211d0f4ee33f46f4023b4e627e8180bddb4000183\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002279db8b64-1f9b-4416-9b81-a12963db9cbf\u0022\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n    \u003C/div\u003E\n  \u003C/body\u003E\n\u003C/html\u003E"