O'Connor GregDr ANAE NERU LEAVASA (Labour—Takanini): Fa'afetai lava lau afioga le Fofoga Fetalai. Thank you Mr Speaker. It is a pleasure to take a call as the MP for Takānini on the Imprest Supply (Second for 2023/24) Bill and the Appropriation (2023/24 Estimates) Bill.This Budget 2023 is about delivering for all New Zealanders. It's about delivering for communities like Takānini and communities across Aotearoa. When we look at the issues that are at hand for our Kiwis number one: we want to support them through the cost of living crisis. It is about delivering the services that New Zealanders rely on and also looking at recovery and resilience for those that were hit hard from Cyclone Gabrielle the Auckland floods but also in the future of any environmental factors happening again. It's also about being fiscally sustainable as well.When I look at the cost of living support that this Government has already had let's just lay down the context of what we're facing: the high inflation is seen globally but also here in Aotearoa. It is putting pressure on our Kiwi households everywhere. This Government has already delivered significant support through the cost of living payments the fuel prices that were low during that time period when we supported also the public transport half price and the increases to Working for Families the superannuation and many more.When I look at the policy such as extending the 20 hours of early childhood education (ECE) to our two-year-olds this is going to benefit many of our communities; our whānau. Recently I visited the BestStart Kauri Flats in Takānini which is one of our ECEs and met up with the centre manager Aman and the staff. We were celebrating Matariki last month and to meet our whānau coming through that live in Takānini and seeing them there seeing our parents celebrating Matariki but also to discuss what matters to them—this policy would definitely help our younger folk and our kids and whānau. This will help support parents who want to choose to go back to work. This will help give them that time as well. So again I want to acknowledge our BestStart Kauri Flats ECE in Takānini. But under the National-ACT Government if they were to come in place gone—gone-burger"! That is what is at risk and this is one of those policies that we still need to help support our whānau.One of the biggest ones that I love is the scrapping of the prescription co-payments. As a medical doctor that's worked over a decade and a half in South Auckland—Māngere Manurewa Takānini and everywhere in between—having that $5 co-payment is huge. Yes the other side will say "Well it's only $5." but when we see our communities in South Auckland many of the clinics that I've worked in we've seen whānau who have not one or two medicines—they're on many more and it all adds up. This is just one of those avenues where we can take that priority and reduce that barrier for many of our whānau.One of the things that I've had when many of my patients come through once we prescribe something and there'll be a list they will actually say "Doctor name for me the top two medicines on that list because I can't afford the other three or four." It is so hard to see when we're trying to treat our people with chronic issues and trying to improve their health and wellbeing and then having to choose which are the best two. We don't prescribe things just for fun. We're trying to help our whānau get over their medical conditions. There's times when me and my colleagues have had to go and get medicine out of the medical clinic cabinet because we know our whānau cannot go next door to get a prescription.There's those travel barriers as well. We've had many of our whānau say "Can you send it to this pharmacy that gives free prescriptions?" Because back in that time only a few were getting them free. That removes that barrier. They can go next door don't have the cost of fuel don't have time wasted to get their medicines. This would definitely help in that regard.I acknowledge that when we're looking at policies—and I'm all about health and wellbeing; follow the whare tapa whā model—we look at the fonofale model. I just want to acknowledge that we do have the pioneer of the fonofale model up in the gallery afioga ia Fuimaono Dr Karl PulotuEndemann. Thank you so much for the work that you do in our community. Thank you.I acknowledge that this policy as well will help communities such as Wainuiōmata the Mana community and I just want to acknowledge again the former Minister Luamanuvao Dame Winnie Laban. Thank you for the work also that you do. I don't want to say "you" all the time Mr Speaker because I know that's saying it to you. But there are many communities that would benefit from this one policy. I acknowledge we have the Māngere-Ōtāhuhu local board chair here: lau afioga a Tauanu'u Nanai Bakulich. The work that he does in seeing this policy working in that community will make huge inroads that a place like Māngere 275 represents.When I look at free public transport for our kids Takānini has a young population and I know many communities have a similar demographic in age; just over a third of the population are under 25. So when we look at just public transport itself the free public transport for our under-13s and half price for those under 25 over a third in my community in Takānini will benefit from this policy. So again it is looking at different levers to improve the health and wellbeing of our people lower the cost and therefore supporting our communities as well.When we look at the KiwiSaver contributions for paid parental leave I know many whānau and I know my wife went on paid parental leave recently for our baby as well and she's now one year old. I look across again to our young whānau across the House—across Aotearoa—and this policy is helping support their whānaus as well in giving those contributions while mum or dad is on paid parental leave.When we look at cheaper energy bills for our whānaus—and I love that we're expanding the Warmer Kiwi Homes programmes because again warm dry homes supporting our whānau from the home itself is whānau and our housing is one of the foundations of improving the health and wellbeing of our people. Too many times I've seen come through the clinic people who have respiratory conditions people have skin conditions the kids are suffering when we have chronic conditions that we're trying to manage but then we obviously get those acute things happen at home because it's too cold it's too damp and therefore affecting their health. Warming their homes and providing this policy would definitely support our whānau that go through similar things.When things happen when it comes to environmental issues happening across Aotearoa we want to make sure that we're supporting them. So when we saw the cyclone happen Cyclone Gabrielle and also the Auckland floods I want to acknowledge that the first South Auckland civil defence centre was set up in my rohe of Takānini Randwick Park Manu Tukutuku and I want to acknowledge the MPs that came across to come and support. Hon Marama Davidson: They're awesome.Dr ANAE NERU LEAVASA: Yes very awesome and again I want to acknowledge my colleague across the House as well who was there—in pretty much her home town—as well. That sort of support and seeing what happened in Cyclone Gabrielle on the East Coast we want to make sure that there is investment into those areas to deal with the here and now but also help to improve the resilience for what the future may hold. Also looking at protecting communities we look at the $100 million fund to help councils invest in the future flood resilience as well.The Pacific caucus had the opportunity to meet the PikPok gaming operators in Wellington. This is where that policy of providing a 20 percent rebate for video game developers was warmly welcomed by them. I just want to highlight that Tyrone McAuley the owner of PikPok is a Samoan So big ups to our Samoans and Pacific who are making headway in different sectors. But Tyrone said we need more Māori Pacific in the sector of games as well and game developing and so forth. It's a growing industry. It's providing high-paying jobs. There's many things you can do in the industry itself so again I want to acknowledge Tyrone and the crew that we met—Lance the chief financial officer—and their contribution to the sector being the pioneers in leading the way in Aotearoa new Zealand and I'm just happy that it's a Pacific Islander who's one of the co-owners.When we look at additional public housing the 3000 additional public housing places when we look at the different policies such as supporting Kiwis into work and the health polices there's so much that I could say but it's all at risk if the National-ACT Government comes into place and does a moonwalk and takes us backwards in this place. Fa'afetai Mr Speaker.DEPUTY SPEAKER: This is a five-minute split call—Toni Severin."