Kuriger BarbaraBARBARA KURIGER (National—Taranaki - King Country): We have had quite a substantial history lesson this afternoon from Ms Martin about the Rt Hon Winston Peters' prolonged history in Parliament. But we are a party that actually looks forward. I also want to respond to the conversation that we had with Mr Hipkins. Mr Hipkins this glass in my eyes is half full. It may be half empty in your eyes. You did say it can get better and yes it is getting better. Every day it is getting better and better.Today I want to make special mention of our Taranaki and Te Atiawa iwi. We have had some momentous claims settled here today. It has been a long time coming a long time in history and the celebration is only in the beginning. It is not the end of the process; it is actually the beginning of a whole new process. So we have got things around Parihaka to look forward to. We have got things around the Taranaki maunga to look forward to. It is just the start of the project. So yes it can get better.Exports are up about $8.4 billion or about 13.4 percent from 3 years ago. That is despite the fact that dairy has been in a hollow. Thankfully the predicted milk forecast payout is now back up to $6 and it is starting to come out of that trough. So despite all the crisis calls on the other side of the House actually we have come through this OK because this Government has provided a very strong basis for our export industries.It is really important to see all of the good stuff that is going out there at the moment. We have got Minister Todd McClay who is just looking at recent reports on reviewing non-tariff trade barriers and working out how we can get some of that red tape and some of that stuff out of the road because we are not here to sit and trade carrots and milk with each other. We are a trading nation and we have got a lot of work to do. The barriers are starting to get out of the road.New Zealand has been ranked first in the world in the 2016 Legatum Institute's report. That is a global prosperity index. So despite the things that can get better Mr Hipkins actually a lot of stuff is getting better and the world is looking to us because our Prime Minister and our Minister of Finance are examples to the rest of the world. We hear that every day. They have got a great team backing them up.The other point to make is that 90 percent of people in paid employment are in permanent jobs. We have just had an adjournment week. I was out there every day. I think there is hardly a spot in the electorate that I did not cover. The thing that I heard every day from our businesses was: Please bring us more skilled people." Anyone who does not know that there are jobs out there in provincial New Zealand had better wake up fast because the jobs are there and our employers are calling out for employees every day.Yes it is getting better and things are happening. We have a consultation about to start next week in Taranaki through to the King Country on the Mount Messenger and Awakino bypass roads. Our communities cannot get a hold of those maps and put their consultation in quick enough. That conversation started in 1918 and it is this Government and this Prime Minister and this Minister of Transport who are bringing that to fruition. The people have been asking for that for a very long time. I do want to acknowledge again people like former MP for Taranaki Roger Maxwell and Tom Cloke and those people who have put 30 years of their life into advocating for that road. Well actually that road is going to happen and the people of Taranaki - King Country are extremely excited about that.The other consultation I have been to just recently is the consultation around Waikeria Prison. Interestingly enough everybody is coming along with positive comments because—guess what—we are rehabilitating people. We are getting them to work for the Department of Conservation. They are making wooden seats for schools. When they start picking the tangelos out of the orchards in Waikeria Prison they take them to the food banks. They are helping to feed the people in the community and that is very welcome. I also saw a great video yesterday from Minister Judith Collins about some of the toys for children that are being made in some of the other prisons. There is some fantastic work going on. Yes Mr Hipkins it can be better but every day it is getting better under this National Government.The debate having concluded the motion lapsed."