The first time the House records any comment of dawn raids is on 29 March, about two weeks after the media started to pick it up—29 March 1974—with an oral question to Prime Minister Norman Kirk, the Labour Government 1972-74. Prime Minister Kirk replied, "The term 'dawn raids' is an extravagant use of language. The visits made by the police to various Onehunga addresses on 12 and 17 March commenced at 11.30 p.m. on each occasion. The New Lynn address was visited at 9.30 p.m. on 19 March. Checks of this nature are not new; they have taken place over a long period in accordance with normal procedures followed when information about breaches of the immigration laws are drawn to the attention of the police." I would contest: who cares what time they were pulled from their beds; it was wrong.