Doocey MattMATT DOOCEY (National—Waimakariri): It is a pleasure to rise and take a call in this general debate. Can I first start by acknowledging a great achievement in my electorate—Karanga Mai Young Parents' College and Early Learning Centre. Recently a few weeks ago in Auckland I was fortunate to be there in attendance at the Prime Minister's Education Excellence Awards where it won the Education Focus 2016 Prize. So well done to that school—well done to the students and well done to the teachers. Let us not forget that it would be only a few years ago that with teen parents we would have put them on a benefit and just sent them on their way. Now they are engaging in flexible 21st century education systems so that they can go on and be productive members of New Zealand's society and of course their kids can go on and be productive members of the community as well. That school—Karanga Mai—is based in Kaiapoi High School. What is significant there is that Kaiapoi a town in my electorate was very hard hit in the first earthquakes. We call them the Christchurch earthquakes but of course they are the Canterbury earthquakes. In the first earthquake in September 2010 Kaiapoi lost about a thousand residential houses; the whole town centre was decimated. So what a great achievement for that community to celebrate.We had the Prime Minister come in recently to open the new Enterprise North Canterbury building in Kaiapoi. He is a proud born and bred Cantabrian who loves coming down and checking in to Canterbury on the rebuild. That new building is a key anchor project for that town's recovery and now they have another achievement to celebrate with Karanga Mai Young Parents College and Early Learning Centre winning at the Prime Minister's Education Excellence Awards. On this side of the House this Government knows that we need to support education and we need to get our young people educated for a globalised world because our educated young people will be navigating their way in a globalised world competing for jobs competing for incomes and competing for investment.I just want to take a moment—it is the first time that I have spoken since the Budget. I just want to acknowledge the support Waimakariri schools got in the Budget. We are the third-fastest growing electorate the third-biggest district by population in the South Island now—just taken over from Invercargill. We have received some great investment into our schools. When I look at the schools lined up for classrooms: Oxford Area School Rangiora High School Kaiapoi High School Rangiora Borough School Southbrook School Ashgrove School Swannanoa School Kaiapoi North School and Kaiapoi Borough School that is great news for those students great news for those parents and great news for the teachers and education in the Waimakariri.What we know is that the world is a competitive place. In a globalised system countries compete and develop their economies. We know New Zealand is a fantastic place. New Zealanders are voting with their feet; a lot of New Zealanders are staying and there are a lot of Kiwis coming home. But let us not forget there will be thousands of Kiwis every year this year and next year who will be going off on that great Kiwi tradition the OE. A lot of our young people will head off on their OEs they will base themselves in London Europe and further afield. With all their travelling they will travel to various countries. They will understand and gain their world view that in a globalised world some countries choose to be competitive and through a developed economy they improve the well-being of their people they protect their economy—and some countries are not competitive. It is as stark as that; it is a choice.It is great to be in a country that has a strong and stable economy a strong and stable Government—and it is a strong and stable Government to charter through a global world where there are a lot of uncertainties at this time whether that be economic uncertainties political uncertainties or a range of security concerns. What we know when we look at the track record of this Government going forward—GDP growth rate at 3 percent the envy of other OECD countries—is that it is to do with the hard-working Kiwis getting up early and working hard for this country. This Government is backing hard-working Kiwis: 200000 jobs created in the last 3 years another 170000 jobs forecast for the next 3 years; that is because we are backing New Zealand businesses on a domestic and international stage. We are backing them to spend an extra dollar and to employ an extra staff member. What we are doing is returning the books back to surplus and paying off debt. In a complex globalised world we need security stability and strength and that is what this Government provides.