Bayly AndrewANDREW BAYLY (National—Port Waikato): Thank you Madam Speaker. Well I just obviously want to turn to the issue around Cyclone Gabrielle and the floods over the anniversary weekend that will have massive implications for businesses and people for a long time to come. My electorate wasn't spared. Like many I had a residential retirement village that was evacuated at 2 a.m.—35 residents. I've had many homes that have been yellow- or red-stickered. I've had growers who have lost their crops and seen their wonderful Pukekohe topsoil move by the waters down into other areas and other neighbours' properties. And I've seen people who have lost their homes. But just as importantly if not more we've seen many people who have had their lives totally destroyed. In one case tragically one of my constituents in Onewhero lost his life when he got out in the flood. Also I was there when the house at Orua Bay at the top of the Āwhitu Peninsula crashed on to the beach and the three Australians that were living there were seriously injured.So it's been a period for everyone over the past few weeks dealing with these issues. And I just want to say a special thanks to the fire brigades—I've got 16 fire brigades in my electorate and all of them did a fantastic job—the police the emergency coordinators. In Franklin's case we actually ended up setting up our own emergency centres run by individuals and in some cases by the community patrol boards who volunteered their time to go and look after people during the night. The marae and kura came together and offered beds and food. And I think the other level was the individuals who came together and just helped people in the middle of the night. Some were doing traffic duties while fire brigades were trying to remove residents through to just helping one another through these really difficult times. Now I think in moments of tragedy when people come together is a wonderful thing to see and it makes our community so much stronger.But I want to turn to the issue around small businesses. There are so many businesses across large swathes of particularly the North Island who are now facing this issue about what to do. Rebuilding their premises buying the equipment that has been destroyed and re-establishing their supply lines is just a monumental task that they face. And in some cases many of these small businesses are going to take a view that it's just too difficult particularly when owners and their staff have lost their homes and their businesses and their customers. And so the time period to take to re-establish these businesses is just such a big issue. And I think we are facing the prospect where some people will think that the physical rebuild is just simply not worth it particularly where you're reliant on retail hospitality or tourism businesses particularly in the East Coast of the North Island.So what worries me is that we are facing the prospect—particularly where valuable staff who have been working in an industry or particular business and that business has been destroyed. And I think about Pan Pac in Napier that has 400 employees—that business may not be open for another six months. What will these people do in the meantime? I'm very concerned that we do not have a business support package by the Government that gives business owners and their staff time to assess what to do and get up and running. That package needs to be sufficient to just tide them over that period of time and to allow them to actually get the premises rebuilt and get the customers back in the door so that they can actually generate the cash flow to get back on their feet. We need a business package that will support not only them but also the employees and their staff during this period because that is what's going to keep these poor areas alive these areas that have been hammered and keep the businesses and people back in employment.