Hon Dr AYESHA VERRALL (Associate Minister of Health): I want to accept the Leader of the House's invitation to characterise the Opposition's behaviour in detail; more than with a single lazy label. The behaviour we've seen in the House recently is intended to generate a suspicion of Māori aspirations and the Crown's efforts to partner with Māori to meet them. It is divisive. It is desperate. It underestimates New Zealanders, and it is a political strategy that, in order to succeed, must play into fears, insecurity, and, yes, maybe racism. It is ultimately cynical. It is cynical because there are numerous examples where the National Party, when in Government, implemented these similar policies—those policies that they now label as separatist. Most significantly, it displays a poverty of ambition and imagination for our country and our people. 