4. Prime Minister—StatementsRt Hon WINSTON PETERS (Leader—NZ First) to the Prime MinisterPrime Minister—StatementsRt Hon WINSTON PETERS (Leader—NZ First): Getting totally carried away—supplementary question. Oh sorry—primary question Mr Speaker.Hon Members: Wake up.Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS: This question is to the Prime Minister—oh look I have seen the polls and you can wake up.Mr SPEAKER: Order! [Interruption] Order! I do not want to have to discipline the member in any way because we are looking forward to an adjournment debate and it would be very sad if he did not entertain the House with a contribution later. So can I ask him now to cooperate rise to his feet and ask question No. 4?4. Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS (Leader—NZ First) to the Prime Minister: Does he stand by all his statements; if so how can he do that credibly?Hon STEVEN JOYCE (Minister of Finance) on behalf of the Prime Minister: Yes; by standing here and saying so.Rt Hon Winston Peters: When he promised a brighter future for all New Zealanders 9 years ago did he anticipate hard-working Kiwis being pushed out of the housing market due to his Government's inaction on curbing foreign investors from buying up our houses and land and refusing to call it what it is—a crisis?Hon STEVEN JOYCE: Mr Peters' argument there falls at the first hurdle because all the evidence from Land Information New Zealand shows that he is completely wrong and foreign-based buyers are not buying up New Zealand houses and pushing up the prices.Rt Hon Winston Peters: How is he working—[Interruption]. Is this your valedictory speech is it?Mr SPEAKER: No.Rt Hon Winston Peters: Well I cannot hear myself over here—they are shouting out down there.Mr SPEAKER: Order! I would be grateful if members to the right at the rear of the Chamber did not interject on the member while he is asking his next supplementary question.Rt Hon Winston Peters: How is he working for all New Zealanders when the latest migration statistics in the year—June 2017—show a net gain of over 73000 immigrants a net loss of 1300 Kiwis and 226000 foreign work visas whilst we have over 72000 youth not in employment education or training and they are New Zealanders?Hon STEVEN JOYCE: Once again the member is misunderstanding the situation. The fact of the matter is that when he was last in Government people were leaving at the rate of 30000 or 40000 people a year. And he is trying to get us excited about a net loss of around 1200 which is roughly 1/30th of what he had when he was in Government. The reality is that it is the economy's strength that is driving migration and under this Government there are more jobs in New Zealand and there are more opportunities for young New Zealanders. So instead of exporting young New Zealanders to New South Wales and Queensland the way we used to when Mr Peters ran the show they are coming here to work. [Interruption]Mr SPEAKER: Order! We will just have the supplementary question.Rt Hon Winston Peters: If GDP growth is 3 percent alongside population growth of 2.1 percent then is GDP not really in real terms actually 0.9 percent; if so how is the economy performing well when the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research states that the Government spending in critical areas is projected to fall behind inflation and population growth."Hon STEVEN JOYCE: The good news for the member is that real GDP growth is 3 percent and that means that the GDP growth is real at 3 percent. No matter which way he tries to spin that and tries to count that it is 3 percent a year. It is also true that New Zealand was the fifth - fastest growing economy in the whole of the developed world last year. I know that the member hates to know that because he likes to run his country down for his own political gain but that is the reality. Rt Hon Winston Peters: Does the Prime Minister have any advice from his finance Minister as to the real per capita GDP growth in this country and how is he working for all New Zealanders when his Government has given in 5 years control of this country's infant formula business and its biggest meat company to China—all in the space of 5 years flat? Mr SPEAKER: There are at least a couple of questions there. Hon STEVEN JOYCE: The reality is that GDP growth has been strong. GDP per capita is I think about 1 percent at the moment and actually again if you look at New Zealand's performance compared with most other countries in the developed world—New Zealanders know this; Mr Peters does not although he might have learnt a bit because he has gone round regional New Zealand and learnt how well they are growing in regional New Zealand—the reality of it is that New Zealanders know that New Zealand is growing better than most parts of the world. It has added 180000 jobs over the last 2 years and is expected to add another couple of hundred thousand over the next few years. Rt Hon Winston Peters: Has the Prime Minister talked to his finance Minister; if so does he recall the promises made in March 2015 during the Northland by-election of 10 two-lane bridges the Pūhoi to Wellsford motorway and the ultra - ultra-fast broadband and complete cell tower coverage and why have all these promises seen so little progress if not no progress at all? Mr SPEAKER: There are three supplementary questions there. The Hon Steven Joyce on behalf of the Prime Minister can address one. Hon STEVEN JOYCE: The member really does need to go and visit his electorate because there is a lot happening up there and he is obviously not aware of it—Rt Hon Winston Peters: I raise a point of order Mr Speaker. Hon STEVEN JOYCE: No I need to be able to—Mr SPEAKER: Order! I will hear whether it—it could be—Rt Hon Winston Peters: I raise a point of order Mr Speaker. This is the last time he will be doing that job but he had better do it properly. Mr SPEAKER: Order! The member asked the question. He must now take the answer that is about to be given. Hon STEVEN JOYCE: Well the member could do his job properly and visit his electorate where he would learn that the Matakohe bridges are under way and where he would learn that the Pūhoi to Warkworth section of the motorway is being built as we speak. He would not even have to go to Northland to learn that; he could just go halfway. He could also go there and learn that the broadband is under way right across his electorate as well. So if the member was doing his job then maybe he would learn something."