Ngaro AlfredHon ALFRED NGARO (Minister for Pacific Peoples): This is a Government that is delivering for all New Zealanders—for all New Zealanders. The member Megan Woods can stress and strain; those members can yell and they can try to sort of make it sound like it is plausible. The member talked about a plan. Well let us talk about Labour's plan. What was the Labour members' plan which their own leader turned up and said was an embarrassment? Why? All the things they have said about immigration all the things they have said about students coming over—that they would regulate that they would change that they would ensure they would restrict—all of a sudden it came back to bite them. At first they were saying they did not know about it and they were not sure trying to hold it at arm's length but that member knows for sure that if they really took a look their leader was right; it was an embarrassment for what they had to say. All of a sudden the so-called plan to make changes so-called was not happening.The member then said that this Government should be held to account. She talked about housing. Let us remember that there were the Opposition members three of them who came together who started to have this inquiry into homelessness. There were 20 recommendations that came out of the inquiry and I can say to you that the No. 1 recommendation that came from the Opposition from its inquiry was that the Government should initiate Housing First. Housing First—that was the No. 1 recommendation from the Opposition parties. That is what this Government is doing. Opposition members could turn around and say: Well here you go you just initiate it now". That Opposition knows that there has been a pile of programmes that have been happening for 2 years over in the Waikato. What we were able to see from those programmes—over 274 residents came along the chronically homeless working with people from The Wise Group with those who are practitioners in the field who are making the difference. What they were able to achieve was a 92 percent residency rate—the retention to residency over that period of time over 2 years.Sue Moroney: You believe that?Hon ALFRED NGARO: That is right—the member over there knows. It happened in the Waikato. It was a successful programme making a difference for homelessness. So what have we done? Out of that lesson we have now extended it through to Auckland. We have got the Auckland City Mission with Chris Farrelly which has come on board. We have got VisionWest. We have got Lifewise. A number of other practitioners are coming together to address this and so far since this has been initiated we have begun to see more of those organisations dealing with the chronically homeless.In those 20 recommendations there was another recommendation—I think it was recommendation No. 3—that this Government should increase the State housing stock to meet the needs. Well just to let the members know they would have seen that we have not only increased it in the announcement of 2017 but this was the first Government to introduce $354 million to address the issues of emergency housing. Special needs grants—for those people whom the Opposition members have been talking about those who are sleeping in cars. Yes we know there are those who are struggling. There is an opportunity there for special needs grants then moving into transitional housing and then moving into social housing. [Interruption]Mr SPEAKER: Order! I apologise to the member. I will not put up with that level of interjection coming from Sue Moroney.Hon ALFRED NGARO: There is a little bit of excitement I know because they are enjoying the news. This is good news. This is a Government that is delivering for all New Zealanders. So that was another recommendation that came from the inquiry from Opposition members. We know that we have increased the stock out there. It is making a difference. The announcement has made 2150 places available for emergency places to deal with the issues of those who are challenged by homelessness and the homeless conditions that they have been in.The other issue that was in the 20 recommendations was around the review of the accommodation supplement—that is right it was in their recommendations. I am proud to say and the members know this that in Budget 2017—since 2003 by the way when there was no review—we are reviewing the accommodation supplement. The members next door are asking for the proof of the pudding—in other words where is the action that this Government is taking? It is taking those actions. Those were recommendations that came out of the 20 recommendations and around about 15 to 16 of them have already been put in place by this Government. So the inquiry that they had—we know that we are making a difference in that regard.I have been available and have been down to places like Gisborne where there have been some challenges. I have been proud to announce that even down in Gisborne we have been able to see the Eastland Motor Lodge—19 units—able to help 76 local families and we are working alongside providers like women's refuge that can provide wraparound support. Let us think about Hawke's Bay with 23 short-term transitional places available—the Clansman Motor Lodge in Hastings and the Napier Garden Motel which is centrally located.When the Opposition is asking for the proof of the pudding—are we delivering—this is a Government that is delivering. It is delivering in emergency housing it is delivering in social housing and it is delivering on addressing the issues even of homelessness. We are not shirking our responsibility. When the people go to the polls on 23 September they can see that we are a Government that is delivering for all New Zealanders."