Tolley Anne: General DebateText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeTolley Anne: General Debate[Sitting date: 09 September 2015. Volume:708;Page:6437. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]Hon ANNE TOLLEY (National—East Coast): I read a quote in the Listener the other day that I think applies well to the Opposition parties especially at the end of that last speech. It says: “Politics is the art of looking for trouble finding it everywhere diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.” If ever you heard that we have just heard it from the Leader of the Opposition. Actually the owner of that quote was Groucho Marx—so be it. We hear from “Angry Andrew” again—Mr SPEAKER: Order!Hon ANNE TOLLEY: —that regional New Zealand is in deep crisis. Well thank God the Labour Party has declared another crisis because that means that the regions are about to take off. But out there in the regions—Ron Mark: I raise a point of order Mr Speaker. Not too long ago that very same member pulled me up on a point of order for referring to a member—in fact the Hon Maggie Barry—Mr SPEAKER: Order! Can I just get the point of order please?Ron Mark: The point of order is that she referred to—well I am not going to repeat the epithet but—Mr SPEAKER: Order! [Interruption] Order! The member will resume his seat. When the comment was made I called “Order!”. It is not helpful to the order of the House to talk to any member like that. That is complete lack of respect for any member of this House. I would be grateful if all members would refrain from such language in the future.Hon ANNE TOLLEY: We are out there in the regions—we are out there and we are getting the job done. I do not often get the opportunity to talk about my electorate in the House but I am going to do so today because actually I represent a very large and diverse electorate which runs from Gisborne right up the East Cape out across the Eastern Bay of Plenty right across to the edge of Te Puke and then right down to the top of the Rotorua lakes. It takes in places like Murupara and Galatea—places that there would not be many people in this House who have actually been and visited. My electorate is a fantastic place and it has got a heap going for it not the least being fantastic weather. Yes it does have some tough issues. It is one of the poorest regions in the country and it has some major difficulties with things like benefit dependency gang membership etc. etc. But it has so much going for it and I want to talk about that today.This Government is out there in my electorate and in many others around the country doing the job that New Zealanders elected it to do. So if we just have a look at education this Government is investing in education in the Eastern Bay of Plenty in particular. There is a new kura that is going to be built in Whakatāne. The Associate Minister of Education Nikki Kaye came into Ōhope last week and announced a $13.5 million rebuild of the Ōhope Beach Primary School. They have been working for 7 years. They have got leaky buildings they have got asbestos—you name it. It is a $13.5 million rebuild of that school. That is on top of when you go over to Kawerau where there is a $15.6 million rebuild of Tarawera High School—looking fantastic and about to be opened in the next couple of months. This Government invested in that area in education so that those kids get a good chance in life.There are three communities of schools in the Eastern Bay of Plenty three groups of schools working together focused on lifting student achievement because they know that that is what is going to make the difference in the lives of those children. Economic development—we hear the Opposition talking about a lack of economic development. Well this Government has worked with all the regional leaders in what is called the wider Bay of Plenty—that is it goes right down to Taupō Rotorua Tauranga and across to Ōpōtiki—and they have produced the Toi Moana Bay of Plenty Regional Growth Study.One of the major features of that growth study is Ōpōtiki aquaculture. For those of you in the House who have not heard me talk about this over the last 10 years this is a huge opportunity for Ōpōtiki to have. It has already established a mussel farm offshore. They are providing spat all over New Zealand. They are growing the biggest fattest juiciest mussels. There is so much that I want to talk about; I have touched only on a very small part.This Government has been working with Ōpōtiki now—Hon Member: Feels like you’ve been talking forever.Hon ANNE TOLLEY: For johnny-come-latelys I have to say that Labour members are turning up there now and saying that this is a great project. They did absolutely zip for them when they were in Government. They turned their backs on Ōpōtiki when they were in Government but this is a Government that is out there in the regions that is doing it that is working alongside local government that is working alongside businesses that is growing economic development and that is helping those in regional parts of New Zealand to get a good living and have the opportunities for their children that we all want. I think this Government is really getting on with the job.