By Lillian Hanly of RNZ Outgoing National minister Judith Collins says "you don't get resilient unless you have to be", as she farewells Parliament. "I sometimes quip that adversity is just an opportunity to show character. "So much adversity, so much character," she said, to chuckles throughout the Debating Chamber this afternoon. Collins, who has held 18 portfolios and rose to become National's leader during her 24-year Parliamentary career, is set to become President of the Law Commission. In her final speech to Parliament, she described being told when she started out her political career that "not much was expected of me". "That I would either make something of not much, or I would be an MP who came and went. "So I decided to make the most of what I had since I knew that I am genetically incapable of sucking up to hierarchy in order to get ahead." She said she'd never had the patience for "doing my time" or "knowing my place".…