Sir Geoffrey Palmer once said that being a member of Parliament was the best education you could have into your country, and it's true. I've been welcomed into people's schools, farms, factories. I've learnt about people's lives, their struggles, sitting around their kitchen tables. Thank you very much for this education. Across my career, I've been party spokesperson for and thrown myself into researching energy and resources; climate change; transport; housing; tertiary education; economic development; ICT; oceans; fishing; animal welfare; biosecurity; agriculture; forestry; food; commerce and consumer affairs; broadcasting; tourism; building and construction; science, research, and development—sorry, it goes on—libraries and archives; and Wellington issues. It feels like I've studied multiple degrees. I didn't come here just to eat my lunch. The Parliamentary Library advises me I've asked 512 oral questions; thank God only a few of them were patsies.