Halbert ShananSHANAN HALBERT (Labour): Thank you Mr Speaker. Well and truly New Zealanders are waking up to the coalition of cuts being absolutely real. Today for Aucklanders we've seen double the price of public transport go up for young people and tamariki who are using the bus to go back to school—in term 2. Yesterday in this House the Prime Minister couldn't even answer the question of what cost impact this has on families. The cost for Aucklanders goes up for a five-zone fare from $4.25 to $8.50. If you add that up and calculate it then it goes up to $170 additionally per child that Auckland families are paying for their kids to get around Auckland and to go to school. It's broken promises because this Government were elected to create change for Aucklanders and offer relief but the reality at this particular point is that they just continue to pile cost on to Auckland families. This Government has been a disgrace. It's been a disgrace for Aucklanders because on top of the cost of public transport in addition our water rates are going up by 25.8 percent. That is through their lack of action and their repeal on water infrastructure in a large city like ours. At the heart of it though I've always talked about the importance of health infrastructure and education infrastructure and two particular examples that I'm most concerned about particularly after asking questions to the Minister of Health last night is that as we consider that Aucklanders under this Government were promised shorter wait times in surgery—North Shore Hospital under a Labour Government built 150—150—new hospital beds and eight new surgical units. This piece of infrastructure was due to open in December of last year and like any piece of infrastructure it does take time—we accept that. But only a few weeks ago we found out from the Minister that they haven't actually started recruiting staff for a facility that was due to open back in December. So we have hospital beds there ready waiting and wait-lists for Auckland North to actually get in there and be serviced but under this Government they haven't funded it. They haven't recruited staff for this particular piece and 150 beds sit there waiting. That is shameful. Second to that I want to acknowledge the schools' infrastructure that has been built across Auckland. It's absolutely vital that we keep up with the population growth of a growing city of course but also ensure that good warm dry classrooms for our tamariki are available. We know—and I look across the aisle—that Windy Ridge School has been put on hold. A large 12-classroom facility at one of our growing schools in the Northcote electorate has been put on hold with no explanation from this Government and I have to ask the question: where is this Government's priorities? Where are their priorities? Because all we've seen is not a commitment to opening 150 beds at North Shore Hospital nor a commitment to building a 12-classroom facility at Windy Ridge; all we've seen is an early commitment to a tax break for landlords. That has been the commitment there and every single New Zealander has been concerned about that. But finally just to close off one of my other largest concerns about Auckland City is the discontinuation of the national resilience plan. Under our Government $6 billion was allocated to support the recovery of Auckland after the floods this time last year and that is at risk. The Minister of Finance has not confirmed if that particular money will be taken away or that it will be cut just like we're seeing across health education and the needs for our young people.