Coffey TamatiTAMATI COFFEY (Labour—Waiariki): Tēnā koe e te Tēpu; ā rau rangatira mā huri noa tēnā koutou tēnā koutou kia ora anō tātou katoa.[Thank you Madam Chair; to the illustrious gathering around the room greetings greetings hello to one and all.]I just want to touch quickly on transport as a part of this particular appropriation and just acknowledge some of the words—I was going to say wise words"; debatable—from the previous contributor Judith Collins who talks quite a bit about the "roads of National Party significance" all around the country. There was a lot of investment in there. Well she was right in saying that actually there was some significant investment in the eastern arterial in the Tauranga region. Many millions of dollars were spent on that particular stretch of roadway. Whilst yes to its credit there haven't been any fatalities on that particular road let me say that actually the people of Tauranga are pretty disappointed to be fair because they're being pinged not just once but twice. So who are the real champions on that particular stretch of road? Well it's not actually the Government. While the Government might have stumped up actually it's mums and dads from Tauranga that are actually paying the cost of that particular roadway. There are a lot of people that are quite angry that these toll roads are there. They're having to stump up for them. Was it the answer to Tauranga's transport woes? I say no.In fact Tauranga's transport system is still incredibly clogged up and anybody that has sat in the traffic around the various highways and motorways around there knows that and will absolutely support that which is why I'm pleased to be supporting a Government who's got a GPS which is centred around looking after the safety of our people out on our transport networks but also looking for multimodal methods of transport. The people of Tauranga are looking forward to having other options out there—be it cycleways; be it a train system—so that they can move themselves around. That is definitely something that the people of Tauranga are looking forward to.In terms of the Provincial Growth Fund which I have great pleasure in actually shouting about when I head out there out on the hustings as I've been doing for the last couple of weeks of recess the Provincial Growth Fund is widely heralded around the rohe of Waiariki and I had great pleasure in seeing that today was the day that Minginui and Te Whāiti—very small forestry towns in the heart of the Bay of Plenty—thanks to the Provincial Growth fund they actually have access to the internet; really really simple things like that. Because of the Provincial Growth Fund because of the investment that was made in the native plant nursery there part of that agreement too was also that they were going to be able to have access to the internet something that so many of us across New Zealand take for granted. But today they may just be sitting there in their sheds and their garages in their humble little houses from Te Whāiti from Minginui actually watching us online because they can do that as of today. And I'm pleased that the Provincial Growth Fund has actually gone and announced that.Speaking of that particular announcement the investment of $5.8 million into that small community of Minginui for their native plant nursery is something that you just can't underplay. Because of that significant investment the nursery has been able to go from an operation which employs nine people to an operation that has the capacity to employ 90 people. And for what purpose: for actually growing trees which is something that as we understand fully as a country the impact of climate change they're only doing the work that we need them to be doing—to be growing the seedlings growing these trees so that we can get them out there and help mitigate our country's impact on the environment. So in terms of Minginui the Provincial Growth Fund which was much talked about in the Estimates hui is very welcome.And just before I go I also want to acknowledge the investment that's been put in to Rotorua as well through this particular fund. A couple of projects have been invested in to the tune of about $800000 and all with the goal of expanding provincial New Zealand—looking to where the opportunities might be down on the lakefront in the middle of the redwoods forests. That kind of investment will help the research into the actual bigger funding of the growth in the Rotorua region. So the Provincial Growth Fund is a great thing and I have nothing but support for it."