Webb Duncan; Rurawhe AdrianDr DUNCAN WEBB (Labour—Christchurch Central): Tēnā koe e Te Mana Whakawā. This nation has been built on a promise. From our inception we wrote a promissory note a document in which we undertook that every New Zealander would have the same protections rights and privileges. That promise was written in Te Tiriti our founding document. In 1938 we came together as a nation and we extended that promise to a promise to protection against the suffering and deprivation which we saw in the Great Depression. In 1938 when the Social Security Act was first passed Michael Joseph Savage promised to make New Zealanders secure against poverty against illness against infirmity and against old age. That is a promise that to this day New Zealanders hold dear. We will not default on that promise. That is a cheque which this Government will honour. It will not be returned marked insufficient funds" or in modern parlance in this store the credit is good and that social security card will not be declined.There have been times since 1938 when the Government has failed the citizens of New Zealand and broken that promise and we need to acknowledge that. However as the Minister of Finance made clear in his speech we will not make the same mistakes of austerity that were made in the 1980s and 1990s. This Government will not place the costs of the current crisis on the bent shoulders of those who have already carried more than their fair share. We will not burden our poorest our weakest or our sickest with the significant costs that lie ahead; we will make sure they have enough to get by and we all have enough to get by—a home to live in schools for our kids and food on the table. The role of Government has never been greater and more important than it is today. All sectors of New Zealand are looking to Government for guidance for management but most importantly for support and this Government under the leadership of Jacinda Ardern will rise to that task. We have already committed billions of dollars to the wage subsidy to keep people in jobs to building more State houses to keep people in homes and to massive spending on infrastructure education and the environment so that we are resilient and ready for tomorrow. This is socialism with a New Zealand face—a country in which we accept as a nation the important role that Government has to step in where the market fails us for whatever reason. Today the market is suffering from an ailment worse than we have ever seen. The market is a sick man and we will help it. But I want to say why we will help it—why we will help the business sector—not because profit is good for its own sake and not to glorify material wealth or to promote unbridled consumerism; we will support the business sector for the people—all of the people. He tangata he tangata he tangata. The cleaner who starts work at 4 a.m. the bus driver the care worker who looks after our parents the teachers and teacher aides who school our tamariki the students stacking supermarket shelves—we'll look after those people and their whānau and all around them. They are the hard-working New Zealanders that we put first. This Budget supports business because business is one part—a crucial part—of our recovery. We know there is pain ahead but what I've seen as a long-time resident of Christchurch Central is that we have an immense capacity to endure pain and hardship and to help each other as long as it is shared fairly and equitably. The world ahead of us will be different from that which we leave behind in ways we cannot now comprehend but we want to rebuild a New Zealand that we can be proud of—as proud of as we are of the achievements of the Savage Government. I want to acknowledge the very real personal pain of lost jobs and businesses that cannot easily be shared. We cannot save every job or preserve every business but we will save every job we can and sustain every business that we can.But protecting New Zealand for future generations is more than just this; it includes protecting who we are—our taonga as well as our whenua. That is why we are committed to preserving our heritage; our arts; our performing arts; and our museums galleries and libraries. Too often these are the first to go—the places where we preserve our wairua and mōhiotanga.This is a Budget for all of New Zealand one where we need to unite not only to fight COVID which we have done so successfully but to rebuild New Zealand together to nurture and protect each other. I'm proud to be part of this Government which is doing just that.ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Adrian Rurawhe): I understand this is a split call. I call Denise Lee—five minutes."