I was born on 6 January 1988 during the reign of David Lange here in New Zealand, Ronald Reagan in the United States, Margaret Thatcher in the United Kingdom, and Gorbachev in the Soviet Union—what a time to be alive! A month after my birth, the gradual collapse of the Soviet Union began. The dissolution actually took about three years, but good things take time. Just over half of my life ago, I got into politics, having attended an ACT function in Auckland. I got to meet the likes of Roger Douglas, Richard Prebble, Rodney Hide, who had just won Epsom, a younger David Seymour, and many others who are still involved in the party today. I found them all to be straight-shooting people who say it like it is and talk a lot of economic sense. I never thought I would go on to eventually represent the party in Parliament, but here we are—life is full of unexpected twists and turns.