Sosene Lemauga Lydia; Salesa JennyLEMAUGA LYDIA SOSENE (Labour): I am delighted to be able to respond to the Prime Minister's statement and thank you for the opportunity—fa'afetai tele lava.I want to begin my short contribution to acknowledge the many people around Aotearoa who have been affected by the Auckland floods at the end of January and only two weeks later Cyclone Gabrielle. In my home town in South Auckland in Māngere in Tāmaki-makau-rau—[Interruption] All good. Many of the families who were flooded out were affected and I want to acknowledge the lives of the 11 New Zealanders who went through trauma losing their family members and so I want to acknowledge their loved ones.It is very important that at this time I have got the opportunity to acknowledge the first responders and those first responders who came to help and boots on the ground communities like ours just jumped into action. And following that we were able to set up the Māngere evacuation community centre which had help not only for our local people but people right across the motu. We were very fortunate that in the couple of days that the Prime Minister was appointed he rocked up with the Deputy Prime Minister and they visited with other Ministers to inform our community that this Government was helping and would be continuing to build back better and help our communities become resilient. As I don't have much time I quickly want to reflect on the Prime Minister's statement that the families across Aotearoa that businesses who have lost all their wares—there is no silver bullet. The Labour Government continues to respond and I am proud of the work that this Government is doing. It consistently puts families first. The cost of living pressures the Government has announced the lifting of incomes; the supermarket sector the competition to make groceries and everyday needs affordable at this time. And one of the most important programmes that we have is the winter energy payment that many of our mātuas will be accessing in May of this year—that will help single adults get an extra $21 and couples with dependent children an extra $31 a week. In terms of the low unemployment at 3.4 percent there are 2.9 million New Zealanders now in work and the Government recognises the staff shortages in some of the sectors and we welcome the announcement by the Minister of Immigration that assistance is given to employers to assist with recruitment. The rebuilding of our communities to be resilient is being locally led. You've heard our Prime Minister make those comments. I want to end off my contribution. Last week in the recess we had a select committee every single day in Auckland and it was a welcoming select committee to be part of to hear all the committee come together the Environment Committee. And so I thought I would catch the bus I would catch public transport and test out how good the half-price public fare is. So 6.15 a.m. on the bus in Māngere—Māngere town centre—and to my pleasant surprise when I caught that bus that bus was full with students and workers and parents who actually got their tamariki up really early. That trip costs me under $3 from Māngere to Auckland Town Hall.And I thought I'd test it even further so I jumped on the train from the CBD Queen Street all the way back through Sylvia Park back to Ōtahuhu back to Māngere. Again that shows you that this Government is listening to Kiwis across Aotearoa. The fact that we have extended the programme of public transport fares is amazing and I would challenge all of our colleagues to catch public transport where you don't have to pay $30 at the fuel pump. Lastly infrastructure's really important and the Government has invested $9 billion and will be increasing to $12 billion. ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Jenny Salesa): Order! Order! The member's time is up thank you. I call on Stuart Smith for five minutes.