In 1996, the co-president of the New Zealand Union of Students' Associations (NZUSA) stood by tertiary students performing sham marriages so that they could access student allowances. He said—and I quote—"We do not encourage these marriages for allowances, but for many it is the only viable option that they have.", going on to say, "Only 37 percent of full-time students get any kind of allowance. The main culprit here is the National Government's absurd means-testing programme." That student president, of course, grew up to become the Minister of Finance, the Hon Grant Robertson. In 1996, he was worried that just 37 percent of full-time students were getting any kind of allowance, and, in 2021, under his Government, it's even fewer, at 27 percent. He was concerned specifically about students being means tested on their parents' combined gross income until they were 25 years old. His historic Labour Government majority keeps that rule in place to this day.