Many people have been asking me to post this speech I gave at the NZ Labour Women's Conference in Auckland on 24 August 2013.
Thank you for the opportunity to speak to you tonight.
I am never going to be able to say everything I want to say in my valedictory speech, so I'm taking every speaking opportunity I can.
I was sad that the government wouldn't allow me 15 minutes of government time so I could give my valedictory speech on Women's Suffrage Day, exactly 23 years after I was first selected to run for Parliament. But I suppose I ought not be surprised – the lack of respect for Members of Parliament is in many respects a self-inflicted would.
Thank you for the opportunity to speak to you tonight.
I am never going to be able to say everything I want to say in my valedictory speech, so I'm taking every speaking opportunity I can.
I was sad that the government wouldn't allow me 15 minutes of government time so I could give my valedictory speech on Women's Suffrage Day, exactly 23 years after I was first selected to run for Parliament. But I suppose I ought not be surprised – the lack of respect for Members of Parliament is in many respects a self-inflicted would.