SpeechJAMIE STRANGE (Labour—Hamilton East): I'm delighted to take a call on the Prime Minister's statement and to follow the list member in Hamilton there. But I was trying to understand his speech. He spent about four minutes talking about the Labour Party. He seems to be transfixed with what we're doing over here in terms of our Government. Now if you go back about six weeks the Opposition were feeling a little bit cocky really. They were feeling a little bit cocky—they were. They were thinking We're going to win this election." but a lot can change in a few weeks can't it? A lot can change in a few weeks. We have a new Prime Minister the Rt Hon Chris Hipkins. We have his statement here which we're debating today and the Opposition are quaking in their boots and you can tell what's going on there. They're either obsessed with the Labour Party or they're starting to get a little bit worried—they're a bit quiet asking "What's going on here?"So I'm going to talk about some of the things that our Government has delivered. The electorate know that we have a leader who is capable of leading New Zealand. They're not sure yet about the Opposition's leader. They're still having a look at it and the Opposition members—I think they're starting to think "Hmm is he the right person?" and they're starting to sharpen the knives in those back rooms. But the Opposition will do what they do. We're going to focus on what we're doing as a Government which is delivering for New Zealanders. I'm going to talk about Hamilton as well—as well as the previous member there—and I would like to acknowledge the Hon David Bennett for his service to Hamilton and I'd like to acknowledge the new member Tama Potaka. Welcome—welcome to this House sir. Hamilton will be New Zealand's second-biggest city at some point in the future. We have an opportunity to grow well and it's important that we make the right decisions now and that we make the right investments now in order to grow well and I do partly agree with the previous member. We do need to take a long-term approach with Governments working together on key infrastructure projects and we have seen examples of that in terms of the Waikato Expressway in terms of the Te Awa Cycleway which is a 60-kilometre cycleway between Cambridge and Ngāruawāhia. So a couple of key transport aspects: the Te Huia passenger rail which Mr Speaker is very popular and if you haven't tried it I certainly welcome you and all members of this House to come up and have a look at the inter-regional rail. We are the envy of many other regions in New Zealand in terms of having an inter-regional passenger rail service. We used to have a lot of these across the country but various Governments for whatever reason decided to move away and focus simply on only roads. Now roads play a key role in our transport system and we acknowledge that but we do need a multimodal diverse transport system. The Te Huia passenger rail service which has been delivered by this Government is certainly the envy of many other nations and we'll continue to grow and improve that service between Auckland and Hamilton.Other Government investment in the region includes the Ruakura Inland Port: $57 million from this Government. Now the "golden triangle": we recently heard from the member for Tauranga here this afternoon and he spoke about what's happening in that area. But also I'd like to acknowledge that "golden triangle" aspect the Auckland-Hamilton-Tauranga segment—half of New Zealand's population half of New Zealand's GDP—and the Government recognises and acknowledges that and are investing in that. The Ruakura Inland Port is a $3 billion inland port and logistics centre that this Government is proud to invest in. I'll mention a couple of other investments in the last minute. The Waikato Regional Theatre: $13 million from this Government. The 1300 seat theatre will be the best theatre in Australasia and again I welcome others to come and enjoy that. The Pan-Pacific Hub: $8 million from this Government. It's the first of its kind and I see members nodding who were there at the opening. The first of its kind in New Zealand in terms of a Pacific fale.Hon Gerry Brownlee: Where did the Government get the money?JAMIE STRANGE: $8 million from this Government Mr Brownlee.Hon Gerry Brownlee: Eh?JAMIE STRANGE: $8 million. The IAF or the Infrastructure Acceleration Fund: $150 million—the largest investment of any city even more than Auckland. So I am pleased as a local MP in Hamilton that this Government is investing in the regions of New Zealand and in terms of the "golden triangle" in Hamilton in particular. Thank you."