We can draw on the lessons of the past as to how to deal with them. The answers lie in the great traditions of the first Labour Government, who rebuilt New Zealand after the Great Depression. It was a time when they understood a genuine partnership between Government and the people; that each and every person in this country deserves the right to take up the chances afforded by being lucky enough to live in, as my predecessor Peter Fraser called it, this green and pleasant land. They built houses, rail, and roads, they created the welfare State and a strong public health system, and they backed shopkeepers and manufacturers. We are taking those principles into the modern era.