Mahuta NanaiaHon NANAIA MAHUTA (Labour—Hauraki-Waikato): It is true. In the boardrooms in the staff room in the smoko halls under the bonnets even on the farms and in those places where people are meeting they are talking about what Labour proposes to do. It is true.It is true because people want to understand that there can be a different way. I have heard the contribution of the member David Bennett around farmers. Now what he did not say was what has happened in the Waikato with the healthy rivers plan—they are already making decisions around the change in land use that impacts on water. That was done through a consultative process and that was done with agreements of people from very different sectors knowing that the hope is to improve water quality and by changing land use over a long period of time—not all of a sudden—things could be done for the betterment of the environment. So it is true people are talking about the policies that Jacinda Ardern is announcing.So let us look at them because behind them sit some very strong ideas that will drive the future of the country if Labour gets the privilege to serve as the Government. Under Labour the economy will be about people before profit. Under Labour we will prioritise public interests over private interests. Under Labour we will see investment in health and in education so that opportunity is made real for the majority of people not just the few. And under Labour we will see the prioritisation of an economy that is underpinned by environmental responsibilities. So let us look at some of the things that have been announced just over these last few days since the leadership change in Labour.The regional petrol tax—the Government will frame this as yet another tax but Aucklanders want to see less congestion. They want to see more investment in public transport. They do want to see a link to the airport because if you are going to get movement to and through the city your public transport system underpins what can be an effective use of public infrastructure and investment in public infrastructure to get people around the city in a more efficient way. People are worried about congestion in Auckland and they think about the lost opportunity of people just sitting in cars on motorways. So yes a regional petrol tax will ring-fence investment into where there is need and there is need in Auckland.But let us take the issue of water pricing. The reason why Jacinda Ardern said that this is a matter that must in the first 100 days go to a forum where people need to talk about it—just like pricing on carbon pricing on water will require people to think about how we transition towards an effective and efficient system. She has sent a clear signal to people that Labour is prepared to deal with the issue of putting a price on water so that the more sustainable use of water can be dealt with as a strategic priority but how that happens over a period of time is something that must happen by talking with key stakeholders. So this is a key signal to farmers to business people to irrigators and to environmentalists that Labour is prepared to have the conversation. It is a strategic conversation and it is a necessity. Pricing on carbon is the same type of debate and Labour never shied away from that either.So yes people are talking about it and it is true. It will require a shift in priority from where the effort is now to where the investment should be for tomorrow. It is about the next generation and it is about a strategic vision for the future because the structural challenge that we have as a nation is in reversing inequality and poverty and the significant gap between the haves and the have-nots. So that is why people are talking about the policies that Jacinda Ardern has been announcing over the last couple of days and we welcome it.We welcome it because no longer can people sleep in cars no longer can people live in cold rentals and no longer can people see the dim prospect of purchasing a home. Under Labour we want to see that reverse. But more importantly for our kids—we do not want to see 70000 of our kids not engaged in education employment or training. We want to ensure that where there is investment there is opportunity and that that can be realised in a very real way.Just coming back to the water issue—actually planting off riverways could create opportunities for many young people. Riparian planting fencing and all of that could help people get back to the grass roots and to making a difference at a community level. I know my community would welcome it.