So we were elected to take action on Aotearoa's long-term challenges, and that includes making sure that we don't leave our lowest-paid workers behind. For a very long time now, working life for so many working people has been really tough. Many have struggled to make ends meet, and it's not a matter of just working harder, because New Zealand workers already work some of the hardest and longest hours in the OECD, but they've also seen their share in the economy decrease over the last decades.