After a beginning like that, it's only fitting that the end of my time as an MP has also been somewhat non-traditional. It's always good to hold some of the firsts in this place, and I'm pretty sure that I am the first MP to have retired, unretired and then re-retired all without actually leaving. When I told my son a few weeks ago that I would be announcing I was stepping down, he said, "OK, thanks for the update, Mum. Just let me know when you un-retire again." It was a bit harsh, Tom, but I do admit that I must seem a little bit like the AJ Hackett of New Zealand politics.