We're proud ACT MPs to stand and speak freely in this House. We're proud New Zealanders to be part of a country that just elected its 53rd Parliament freely and peacefully in 166 years. Pitifully few countries can come close to—let alone match—that record. And, unfortunately, while we cherish our democracy at home, it is in retreat abroad. I was born in 1983. Mr Speaker, hello. It won't be lost on you that you were nearly sitting in this House by that time. The first thing I recall seeing on television, besides Play School, was people attacking a wall covered in graffiti. Sometimes you just know something's important, even if you're not sure what it is. And those images are seared on my mind. And we celebrated for two decades the fall of that wall in Berlin. Fukuyama said it was the end of history. Helen Clark said that we lived in a benign strategic environment. That was then; fast forward today and we watch the walls go back up around Hong Kong.