Doocey Matt; Tuiono TeanauHon MATT DOOCEY (National—Waimakariri): Thank you very much Mr Speaker. Look it's a real privilege to rise on behalf of my colleague Stuart Smith and speak on his bill the Sale and Supply of Alcohol (Cellar Door Tasting) Amendment Bill. Look what a great guy Stewie" Smith is. What's the point of coming to Parliament if you don't come here to work hard on behalf of your electorate? There will be no surprise that "Stewie" Smith has won his seat in four general elections now because the people he knows the people that he represents know that when he comes to Wellington he brings their voice to this Parliament and he makes a difference. I've got no doubt that when Stuart Smith goes back to the electorate this Friday there will be a public holiday in Marlborough because of this bill. The shops will close he will be feted as he will be carried down the main road of Blenheim. He'll be given the key for every cellar door in the district. There's no surprise why Mr Smith is actually a fellow of the wine industry in New Zealand. That's because Mr Smith was actually the chair of the board of New Zealand Wine Growers for over six years before he came into politics and he was responsible for taking New Zealand wine sales offshore to over the $1 billion export mark. That's why Mr Smith is very smart with this bill today because he knows New Zealand's in a very difficult situation. Because of the economic vandalism of the last Government we saw public expenditure go up by 80 percent. The economy is in a recession we have a budget deficit of over $9.4 billion and we know we're going to be in deficit until 2027. Because of people like Willie Jackson our grandkids are going to inherit debt that has ballooned over $100 billion. As we know on this side of the House the way you grow the economy New Zealand is a small nation at the bottom of the world. We need to sell with other countries we need to trade with the rest of the world and the reason I bring that point up is because on this side of the House we know tourism and hospitality is our second-biggest export earner in this country. Tourism is the second-biggest export earner in this country. So whatever we can do to support tourism and hospitality in this country is going to bring people jobs; it's going to bring them better incomes. I've got no doubt when those cruise ships dock at the port not far from here they'll be jumping straight on the bus to Martinborough and spending their day up there. Thanks to Stuart Smith those vineyards now will have a more sustainable business model and they'll be able to sell more of their products to those high-yielding tourists that this coalition Government will bring in. We also know in a place like Timaru they're bringing cruise ships in as well—I'm just not sure about the vineyards but I'm sure Mr Meager can correct me on this as well. So that's what we know on this side of the House: it is about growing the economy in a bill like this a very significant bill—I must say though when I think back on members' bills that I have had that were actually voted down in this House it's quite disappointing. The prohibition of synthetic urine bill that I brought to this House that was voted down—a very important bill that I wasn't taking the piss on but I wasn't able to get it through. But "Stewie" Smith brings this bill to the House that's hopefully going to be passed tonight.I stand here tonight as also the Minister for hospitality—New Zealand's first Minister for hospitality. When I first got that job I rang up my mum and said "All that time you gave me gyp for spending my life as a younger person in the vineyards of Marlborough or the pubs in Blenheim and said it wouldn't get me anywhere—look where it's got me today: New Zealand's first Minister for hospitality."What I want to do in New Zealand is bring hospitality and tourism together. What about hospitality tourism? Hospitality tourism where international and domestic visitors go around different regions for the providence the wine the food. That's what this bill will support: the ability for those vineyards to have a more sustainable business model. They'll be able to attract more domestic and international visitors to the region.Let's not forget when we talk of a sector like tourism and hospitality that's a sector where people can go to the smaller regions of New Zealand the smaller rural towns—only places Labour MPs have seen on a map—they're the places that we represent on the side of the House because we represent hard-working New Zealanders on the side of the House. That's why it's important that we want domestic and international visitors to go into the smaller towns. We want them to go into the vineyards and spend their hard-earned dollars on these samples to employ locals—maybe stay the night maybe end up working behind the bar but that's the beauty of hospitality and tourism.So we want to share the love of hospitality and tourism so regional and rural New Zealand can enjoy the economic opportunities that the metropolitan cities will have. What's really exciting I was down at the biggest tourism conference in New Zealand which kicked off tonight Trenz down at the Michael Fowler Centre. It was great to see the Prime Minister there launching that event and I think we should pat every hospitality and every tourist operator on the back and thank them for everything they've done. They had a hell of a time during COVID. The tap was turned off but now they've reclaimed their mantle as the second-biggest export earner to New Zealand—in a time of economic recession because of the vandalism of this last Government.That's why we need bills like this to grow the value of tourism and hospitality. On this side of the House we know that we don't deserve a paycheque in a place called New Zealand just because we are New Zealand; we need to get out there and fight hard. We need to trade with other countries. With hospitality and tourism being our second-biggest export earner we need to make sure we support that.Then the final point I'd make is that on this side of the House—[Member drinks from glass] tell you what: I'll just make clear that's a water—I haven't been brought any of "Stewie's" sauvignon blanc from Marlborough. But that might happen after the House rises tonight in toast to this fantastic bill.But my final point is that on the side of the House we know business is about private capital. Private capital has options: private capital can go overseas; it can invest in other areas. Our tourism and hospitality owners they're the ones that lie awake every night thinking about how they're going to pay for their staff. On this side of the House we know that businesses employ people—unlike that side who think Government employs people. But we know that businesses employ people. If we can give some of these businesses a sustainable business model where they'll go on and employ more people in their communities—that's our families that's our friends that's our neighbours that they will go on and employ.That's why we need to make sure we give these business operators certainty and confidence and that's what they have in this coalition Government. Thank you Mr Speaker.ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Teanau Tuiono): I appreciate the enthusiasm. It's like the cellar doors are open already."