Grigg NicolaNICOLA GRIGG (National—Selwyn): Thank you Mr Speaker. Well as we keep being taunted one more sleep. I have to say we Cantabrians are expecting big things tomorrow after five years of neglect from this Government. Since 2017 the powerhouse of New Zealand's economy has been overlooked and ignored repeatedly—time and time and time again. Well we say enough is enough. We want to see some real tangible investment into our region.One of the first tasks that this Labour Government did in 2017—does anyone remember when Phil Twyford was the Minister of Transport? One of his first jobs was to shave $5 billion off the roading budget. That unfortunately included the four-laning of the highway from Rolleston in my patch down to Ashburton—that included three bridges. It was a $2 billion job that would have poured thousands of jobs into our local economy. The first thing he did was run the red pen through it and it just kept going. Poor old Matt Doocey and the good folks of Woodend are patiently waiting for their bypass that was never going to be done.But this Government will spend $50 million on planning a cycle bridge over the Auckland harbour but it will not put $30 million into the Ashburton river bridge the main thoroughfare of the South Island. The appalling response that that Minister who just spoke was partly responsible for—for the flood-hit farmers in May last year—was absolutely woeful. This Government should not forget: when Grant Robertson writes those cheques he is writing them on the back of our agricultural industry.Tourism businesses—yet another sector to be overlooked in our region. They have been wiped out by the border closures but the $200 million tourism recovery fund—we did not qualify for it. Kaikōura Mackenzie District lakes district Fiordland South Westland; they have been pitted against our Canterbury operators.Then there is the $3 billion Provincial Growth Fund (PGF). Greater Christchurch a place that has been plagued by earthquakes for 10 years was not deemed suitable. We were not deemed to be in support of any PGF funding. I would have thought of any region it would be ours. It's taken a decade to recover; we should have qualified.Do not even get me started on immigration. The lack of care or attention from that Minister has also been disgraceful. The Canterbury harvest has reduced; it has rotted because of this Government's tin ear and refusal to listen to the pleas from industry that we need people through our borders and we needed them last year.What about the health sector? In my own patch we have two hospitals that have been closed. The Ellesmere Hospital and the Darfield Hospital have been closed because the Canterbury District Health Board simply does not have enough staff to keep them up and running—an absolute disgrace; it has ripped the guts out of those local communities and Leeston and Darfield.You know what? People talk a lot about the red wave the so-called red wave that hit Canterbury in the last election. But I have lost count of the number of inquiries the number of visits from people from constituents members of the public that have come pouring into my office asking for help. They have MPs they are from Rangitata they are from Christchurch Central they are from Wigram they are from Banks Peninsula. They're coming into my office saying their MP is missing in action—or even worse will not take their calls and will not respond to them.You know what? It is time. We are so tired of being overlooked. It is time for this Government to step up to the plate and start delivering for Canterbury because we are not going to stop demanding until we have run out of breath.Tomorrow the Minister of Finance is going to deliver his fifth Budget. He had the audacity last year to criticise Ruth Richardson in the so-called mother of all Budgets". Well this man is about to have the "mother of all spend-ups". We in Canterbury we in the South Island want to see some results. We want to see some tangible investment into our people into our region because never ever forget: it is our people that are doing the work that are writing the cheques that this Government so casually speeds. Thank you."