Tirikatene Rino; Rurawhe AdrianRINO TIRIKATENE (Labour—Te Tai Tonga): Tēnā koe Mr Assistant Speaker. I am very proud to speak in support of the Prime Minister's statement but again before I do I want to acknowledge the people in the communities of the Nelson-Tasman and the difficult times that they're going through at the moment and all who are involved in putting out the fires. I just want to acknowledge those communities—likewise the maraes that have opened their doors—from Motueka to Whakatū and everyone involved as we all join with them to bring a speedy end to that situation there.The top of the South—Nelson-Tasman—as legend has it it's called Te Tau Ihu o Te Waka. It's the prow of the canoe the great waka—Māui's waka. I was privileged. Just two days before the actual fire broke out I was at the unveiling of a magnificent taurapa the stern of the canoe to symbolise not only the iwi but the whole community of the Nelson-Whakatū area including the Tasman. I believe the coming together of the community is symbolic of that magnificent taurapa and once all of the issues have passed I encourage people to reflect on and to visit this taurapa which is six metres in height and a magnificent symbol of the unity and of purpose and of travel that the great people of Te Tau Ihu o Te Waka the Nelson-Tasman will be undertaking as they move forward from this.To adopt that nautical analogy I couldn't come up with a better metaphor than our coalition Government as being a great waka hourua a great double-hulled canoe with us and our coalition and confidence and supply partners—a magnificent waka hourua of epic Hekenukumai Busby proportions—because that is what our Government is doing. We are governing with a sense of purpose unlike the other side which had nine years of just governing for the sake of managing shop. We have a destination in mind. Our destination is the well-being of all of Aotearoa and we are making magnificent strides in our glorious waka in achieving that goal. I'm very proud—very proud—to be supporting our Prime Minister and our Government Ministers in the work that is ahead.There is so much I could talk about but I just want to focus on Māori because I represent the Māori of Te Tai Tonga. Māori are doing really well under this Government and I cannot stress that enough. Māori unemployment is down at its lowest point in over 10 years. More Māori are in work—thanks to the good work of my ministerial colleague there Willie Jackson more Māori are in work. Less Māori are in prison thanks to the good work of the Hon Kelvin Davis—and we all know that over 50 percent of that population are young brown Māori men.So those are fantastic achievements that we are doing but we've got so much that we're doing in so many areas. We are a Government that is leading the way. We are leading the way in our waka hourua because we know there are going to be choppy waters. We know there are headwinds. Goodness Mr Bennett's speech before—it was such doom and gloom. I really felt traumatised by him talking down everything as if everything was going to flip over. But they're the only ones flipping over—they're the only ones flipping over. We have our waka hourua steady as she goes—steady and straight is our travel and that's what we're doing with our Ministers and in the work that we're doing not only in the economy but also right across building the social well-being of our whānau right across the motu.So it's a very very exciting time. It's an exciting time to be in this Government to be under the leadership of our kaihautū who is Jacinda Ardern and all of those who are involved and we're just looking forward to the year ahead. We have a lot of mahi to do but we know what that destination is. As I've said it's about well-being. It's about well-being—well-being for all of Aotearoa. Kia ora tātou.ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Adrian Rurawhe): Louisa Wall—five minutes.