Adams AmyHon AMY ADAMS (Minister of Justice): Well first of all can I just say to members of the House welcome back after a 4-week adjournment. It was kind of an unexpected pleasure over the time I have been in Parliament to have a whole 4 weeks to take a little bit of time. And is it not nice to see my colleagues coming back in such a happy positive ambitious-for-New Zealand frame of mind. What a contrast it provides to the nasty bickering angry aggression and no-hope negativity we see from the Opposition. You want to talk about being in disarray? Really? You want to talk about being in disarray? When we left before the adjournment we were celebrating—in kind of air quotes—the quickie marriage between Labour and the Greens. It was the next great coming was it not? It was going to be this beautiful coming together of like-minded parties and it is looking more and more like a Vegas wedding is it not? It seemed like a great idea at the time you rushed off to the chapel and now it is the morning after. You are waking up and you are wondering what the hell you have done. I have not seen a relationship fall apart so spectacularly so quickly. Over the adjournment we had the Greens come out saying the best way to deal with housing is to take 50 percent off the value of everyone's house. Genius—genius! Even the Labour Party knew that that one was a loser and straight away you are seeing the commentators saying that if Labour and the Greens cannot get it together on an issue like this how are they ever going to be able to govern? This has got to be one of the fastest marriage collapses I have ever seen. I can recommend to them though in the spirit of camaraderie and support some very good Parenting Through Separation courses that the Family Court runs. We have got some excellent programmes. We have got family dispute resolution. I am sure there are ways we could help. Of course on this side of the House the adjournment was not just a break. Actually this is a Government that—if you look back over the last 4 weeks what an immense amount of work we have got through. And does it not demonstrate the positive aspirational sense of the vision we have for this country and where we want to take it? I mean you look at the work that Maggie Barry did in announcing a predator-free New Zealand. We all know it is a big goal we know it is a tough goal but we have got a vision for where we want to take this country—and I congratulate Maggie Barry on that—and we recognise that actually why should we not set ourselves big goals. This is a nation of innovative people who believe in solutions who find ways and actually I have got no doubt that we will get there. It will be hard but why not stretch ourselves? Why not have a positive vision of where we want to get to? Over the adjournment I announced that this is a Government that has now delivered world-leading connectivity to nearly 2.5 million people already. Can I tell this House once more that is a programme that Labour voted against not once not twice but three times. It did not want that sort of connectivity rolled out. Now the biggest challenge for the ultra-fast broadband programme is that everybody wants it. Everybody wants it because this National-led Government under John Key and Steven Joyce at the time had the vision that said if we give Kiwis world-class connectivity—and connectivity about which back in 2008 people said What a waste. No one will ever use 100-megabit speed. Who needs fibre?". We had the vision we set a goal we set out to do something ambitious and as a result at the end of this programme New Zealand will be the fourth-best connected country in the world behind Singapore Korea and Japan. Those are highly densely populated small land masses. For New Zealand with its 4.7 million people over a huge area of islands and mountains that is an incredible result. When I go round the world talking to counterparts they cannot believe what we have done. I am incredibly proud that we are delivering that sort of connectivity. Have a look at what Craig Foss has done with the mandatory alcohol interlocks. That is fantastic. You want to talk about making a real difference to keeping New Zealanders safe on our roads? Mandatory alcohol interlocks to ensure repeat drunk drivers are not on our roads are significant. Over the adjournment we have seen significant education investments from Hekia Parata and Nikki Kaye into school redevelopment and the digital technology fund. We have seen Nikki Kaye doing some great stuff in youth mentoring and creating more opportunities for our youth. We have seen the work that Steven Joyce is doing around the second stage of the regional research institutes. Simon Bridges has been opening new roads and kicking off new cycleways. So while Labour and the Greens have been infighting and scrapping and figuring out who is going to get the kids in the divorce we have been getting on with it. I want to take a moment to talk just very quickly about the work Anne Tolley and I are doing on family violence. We have just announced today the second pilot of our integrated safety response. This is a Government that is focused on what we are going to do to make the country better on doing it on getting on with it. I want to be a part of a party with vision and a Government with aspiration."