Now, I know now is not the easiest time to have these dreams. As a country, we're all aware of how precarious is our tiny lifeboat balanced on the edge of this global storm. We know that the safety of all our people has to be the economic priority, but it's my job to raise them anyway as the representative of the 98,300 people of Whangārei. Not just because I represent Whangārei, but also because if leadership is about ensuring people's survival it's also about articulating the dreams that will see them thrive. However big the seas you have to cross first, it is about articulating the dreams that show us where on those seas we are aiming.