New Zealand has become home for me, and it's truly a great, free society, underpinned by a bill of rights, our uncodified constitution, and the Treaty of Waitangi, New Zealand's founding document. And upon these documents rests the New Zealand way of life. Let it be known from the ACT Party that all people should be equal before the law, as guaranteed in article 3 of the Treaty of Waitangi, regardless of race, gender, sexuality, religion, or political belief. We should be very proud to live with these values, and ACT honours their spirit as its daily bread. As an immigrant—and aren't we all—my mind boggles at the lot of the shiploads and waves of early settlers, their resilience, pioneering, frontiering, and enterprising spirit. They drove the cohesion and spirit contained in the fabric and soul of this great nation, but we can and must improve it further to honour them, and not become insular, but leaders, global citizens, and once more unleash the creative and economic spirit and promote the achievements of New Zealand.