Hon GRANT ROBERTSON: What we saw today from Statistics New Zealand was that there was a 4.8 percent increase in annual average earnings over that year. That is less than the current annual inflation. This is the only year in the forecast period where that is true, and it was not true in the period building up to this. Under the Labour Government, we have made sure that New Zealanders' wages have continued to lift. We currently have a global inflation spike. That is a struggle, and we are supporting New Zealanders through it. What I do note is that whenever we come to this House with measures that actually lift the incomes of low and middle income people like the minimum wage, like fair pay agreements, like the 1 April changes, the National Party oppose them. On this side of the House we're actually doing something to support low and middle income New Zealanders.