Russell Deborah; Rurawhe AdrianDr DEBORAH RUSSELL (Labour—New Lynn): I am so proud to be part of a party and supporting a Government that has a proven leader who is leading us with compassion and sense. I am proud to be part of a party and a Government that is providing stable Government. I am proud to be part of a party that is delivering a strong economy that is outstripping most of the OECD. I am proud that I am part of a Government that is making progress on the things that matter. We are making progress on health. We are making progress on education. We are making progress on the environment. We are making progress on infrastructure. We are making progress on the economy.It's all on the up because we are working hard to make up for nine years of neglect—nine years when the do-nothing Government did nothing. We are now tackling those big problems. On this side of the House we are governing for the next 30 years not just the next three. Why? Because we are working on what actually matters to New Zealanders.Do you know what matters to New Zealanders? What's happening in their own backyards what's happening in their own communities and what's happening in their own daily lives. This Government has delivered for New Zealanders.I want to especially talk about the schools infrastructure package. As part of our spending on infrastructure that supports our economy that provides certainty and that provides the utilities that we need we have dedicated significant funding to schools. In particular we have delivered money—cold hard money—for schools to fix the problems that have accumulated over the years of neglect that came about on that side of the House. In my electorate alone—let me tell you what is happening for my schools. Arahoe School has $400000 extra that they weren't expecting to address some of their problems. Avondale Primary School has $216000. Blockhouse Bay Intermediate has $400000. Blockhouse Bay School has $398000. Chaucer School has $162000 thousand and on it goes—Fruitvale Road School: $209000; Glenavon School: $208000; Green Bay High School: $400000; Green Bay Primary School: $400000; Lynfield College: $400000; Marshall Laing School: $387000. That's a large chunk of funding. It's a large and important chunk of funding—about $3.6 million in the New Lynn electorate alone. New Lynn School: $248000; New Windsor School: $343000. Just across the road—just across the border—Titirangi School: $316000; Kaurilands School: $400000—significant money going into those schools to help those schools fix the problems of neglect.Here's the important thing: that money is spent in the local communities. It's the local painters the local plumbers the local roofers the local pavers and the local builders who will be doing the work to repair the neglect brought about by that Government. So all the local communities will benefit.There's an even more important effect. I was up visiting Blockhouse Bay School yesterday and I asked the principal there what they were spending that money on. He said Actually we've been brainstorming it. We could spend that money four times over. But what we've been doing—we've been brainstorming it. We've got our final session on it. We will be making decisions in the next few weeks." Then we talked about it some more and he said "You know what? It made a big difference to the teaching staff. They felt valued. They knew that their school was important. They knew that they were going to be getting some of the resources they needed. They knew they were going to be teaching in an updated classroom. It was a huge fillip for our teachers." So I have a challenge for the negative Nellies on the other side of the House—I have a challenge. I have a challenge for Mr Chris Penk. Mr Penk go and visit Woodlands Park School—$273000. Go and visit Laingholm School—$209000. Try Oratia School—$370000—or Waitakere School—$344000. Go and visit them and see what the principals think about this infrastructure spending that they're getting. I'm telling you that those principals have a smile on their faces and a spring in their step because finally they are being valued and by this Government that is delivering for New Zealanders—that is delivering for you for me and for ordinary New Zealanders. So we've gotten over the management of neglect from the other side those years of decline and those negative Nellies from that do-nothing "management is good enough" type of Government and we have a Government that does on this side of the House—a Government that does for New Zealanders because New Zealanders matter—and this is the positive Government that we will be re-electing this year. ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Adrian Rurawhe): Order! The member's time has expired. Jan Tinetti—five minutes."