Jones ShaneHon SHANE JONES (Minister of Forestry): Tēnā koe Madam Chair. Nine long years and—Hon Dr Nick Smith: Good years.Hon SHANE JONES: Ah there's the eye of Nelson. The eye of Nelson has spoken some sort of local dragonfly. I want the House to know that when a dragonfly is in its earliest stages of life it lives under the water and survives because of rectal gills. There we have the evidence sitting before us.I should continue. Nine long years: exports decreasing water quality diminishing people—especially in that targeted area our young men and women in the forgotten regions—languishing under the unhelpful term of neets". And then what do we find? What do we find? Total denial—total denial—that when they led trade policy it led to one of the greatest protest marches virtually closed down the Auckland motorway. It required David Parker to ride forward with his usual southern frugality aided a little by some Northland fecklessness and deliver the deal the trans-Pacific deal.Now what did they do on the other side of the House? They made these petty silly remarks that we hadn't brought forward certain historical things that were associated with them. They couldn't get the deal done. That is the legacy. They could not get the deal done. It required a change of Government. But I need to look backwards to enable that we don't as we move forward with the billion-dollar fund make the mistakes of the past. Now let me just focus for a—Matt King: Roll on 2020 mate.Hon SHANE JONES: Ah we've now heard from the farmer from Northland Mr King. Of course I've said on earlier occasions that when you're a farmer you usually see gumboots at the front door reflective of farm work. The only Skellerup we see is "foot in mouth" in the House from time to time. But I won't attack Skellerup—a great export brand. I'm here to talk about the upside of exports.Fletcher Tabuteau: Don't disparage Skellerup.Hon SHANE JONES: I'm sorry Skellerup. If I owe you an apology that I've created this inverse relationship with the member from Northland and your fine product I apologise to all and sundry.Matt King: Keep saying my name—keep saying my name.Hon SHANE JONES: But—no. We've heard enough about rectal glands thank you very much.I want to continue as to what also was not achieved. What was not achieved was enabling infrastructure development and investment which is why at the moment we are addressing all of those areas of neglect. There was a lot of rhetoric and a lot of plans and trees cut down and ink spilt but it required a change of Government in order for it to be accelerated and fuelled. But more about that once the great Budget is passed by our senior colleague in the not too distant future. But let's just talk a little bit about the ongoing neglect and I want to focus on the provinces.Inadequate training opportunities—CHAIRPERSON (Hon Anne Tolley): I'd quite like you to focus—Hon SHANE JONES: I am talking about historical neglect in terms of export growth.CHAIRPERSON (Hon Anne Tolley): Yes. I would like you to focus on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade if you're talking about—Hon SHANE JONES: Yes but trade divorced from economic growth is piffle. But I will take your advice—CHAIRPERSON (Hon Anne Tolley): You can make that point but bring it together.Hon SHANE JONES: I will take your advice. I will take your advice as befits me as the champion of the provinces—suitably modest. You cannot have trade out of the provinces the generators of vast amounts of foreign exchange earnings unless you have enabling infrastructure. We did not see that infrastructure so necessary for transport. I could talk to you about the apocryphal ten bridge failure. I could talk to you about the deterioration of roads. How can you increase trade in the absence of continually investing for economic purposes in infrastructure in the provinces?But I want to—I have wound up? [Looks at clock] No I haven't; I've got more to say. I want to support Mr Parker and have every single farmer and every single participant in these debates know that we stood up we picked up the reins and we're the Government who brought forward the unfinished trade agenda and passed it. We have delivered it to the satisfaction of New Zealanders. That is why our writ runs very strong throughout the provinces not because of our very judicious allocation of funding—more on that very soon more on that very soon. Now Mr Parker has taken unfortunately some cruel taunts from the other side of the House. Mr Parker do not pay any attention. The longer they're in the oppositional desert the worse their language will become. Thank you very much Madam Chair."