Boyack RachelRACHEL BOYACK (Labour—Nelson): This year it feels like every speech I give in this Parliament is timed alongside a severe weather event in my electorate of Nelson. We're seeing a massive increase in the number of heavy rain events and storms in Nelson. Over the weekend we had weather warnings for Nelson and Tasman with a handful of households being evacuated and damage to our critical infrastructure. Yesterday we had more heavy rain and last night people in the suburb of Atawhai reported creeks that were rising and rising rapidly. Late last night our teams from Fire and Emergency police and council were out clearing culverts and checking properties to ensure people were safe in their homes. My thanks to our local civil defence teams and Tasman Mayor Tim King for their proactive communication with me last night so that I could pass on important safety messages to concerned residents. Can I also acknowledge the family and schoolmates of the young boy lost in Whangārei yesterday—arohanui.People across the country and in my electorate of Nelson are feeling anxious. People are worried that there are more rain events on the way. People who are feeling concerned or anxious and would like to speak to someone please I urge you to text or phone 1737 at any time of the day or night to speak to someone. There is nothing to be embarrassed about for reaching out for help.What we are seeing across New Zealand is climate change in action. Climate change is real and it is happening now. I am proud that this Labour Government is putting in place real policy and making real change with support from the Green Party to drive down our emissions. We are making real change in improvements to our country's transport emissions thanks to the work of our Government and transport Minister Michael Wood.Meanwhile the other lot can't make their mind up about whether they're driving their car forwards or reversing it. National's on-again off-again relationship with the Clean Car Discount took another turn for the worse recently as they abandoned electric vehicle incentives and signalled they would increase New Zealand's emissions by 3.4 million tonnes. It's like they can't figure out whether to put their foot on the accelerator or the brake. They're stuck bunny-hopping along the road like a learner driver in the 1990s. They cannot be trusted to make the hard decisions to make progress on reducing emissions. All the evidence shows that National cannot be trusted to take any action on climate change. Their climate policy might as well be denial. They have not announced a single policy designed to reduce transport emissions and they continue to try and weasel their way out of any meaningful climate action. It's time for them to front up and tell New Zealanders what they would do to cut emissions or just admit their policy chest is as empty as their promises.We've heard today again in the general debate and we know that Christopher Luxon and National are so negative and keen to talk down New Zealand like he did in the UK last week and they're struggling to accept that the Government's clean car programme is an overwhelming success exceeding expectations by 240 percent in the first emissions budget period. The Clean Car Discount is specifically designed to change behaviour by providing a discount on electric hybrid and low-emissions vehicles funded from a fee on higher-emitting ones. Over 100000 Kiwis have benefited from this support to transition to cleaner cheaper vehicles. It has doubled the number of electric vehicles coming into New Zealand in one year and it's exceeding emissions reduction forecasts in saving New Zealanders from buying 1.4 billion litres of petrol. That is real change in action on climate change.Labour will continue to back Kiwis to choose low-emission vehicles and alternatives. Our Clean Car Discount scheme has been a success with the highest number of electric vehicles on New Zealand roads ever and later this year in Nelson unlike my colleague Tangi Utikere's claims Nelson will have the highest number of electric vehicles in the regions in New Zealand. I'm proud that this Labour Government is putting its foot on the accelerator to drive down New Zealand's transport emissions so that we can secure and protect our environment and the climate in New Zealand for future generations. Thank you Mr Speaker.