Now, one term of Government was never going to be enough to fix everything that needed to be fixed, but we have made an incredible start, and New Zealanders know it. Nine years of a National-led Government demanded it. Look back at that nine-year period, and what most people will see is the familiar pattern of neglect that accompanies every National Government—not just this last one, but the one before that and the one before that. Look back on that nine-year period that most people will see as that familiar pattern of neglect. They'll see families that are struggling to make ends meet, forced to make impossible choices between heating their home or putting food on the table. They'll see polluted rivers and a nearly cataclysmic absence of the native creatures that we know should inhabit our forests and our land; a complete absence of meaningful action to tackle the climate crisis. That's what they will look back on on those last nine years. 