Parmar ParmjeetDr PARMJEET PARMAR (National): It is a pleasure to take part in this debate. We are seeing the results of some very good planning and investment strategies of this National Government. I was at the ceremonial opening of the Waterview tunnel by Prime Minister Bill English and Ministers Bridges and Joyce. The excitement there was huge. We know that thousands of people want to go through that tunnel walk through that tunnel cycle through that tunnel before that tunnel opens for drivers. I know it was several months ago but it feels like it was just a couple of months ago that I was with Ministers Bridges and Goldsmith when the tunnel boring machine Alice had just finished boring those tunnels. The anticipation for its opening was enormous. This great infrastructure project delivered under the watch of this National Government has been delivered as it was promised.This project has several highlights. Of course it will change the way that people in Auckland move but as we heard in question time from Minister Bridges it employed 11000 people. It gave the opportunity for employees to upskill at work because we know this has been a most complex roading project. The tunnel boring machine Alice required some seriously high levels of engineering technique. This project also gave the opportunity for young people to take part in the competition that was run to decide the name for the boring machine. I want to acknowledge Branden Hall as his name of Alice for the boring machine was accepted.When I was talking to people in Mount Roskill because this tunnel is going to make a huge difference to the traffic flow in Mount Roskill I saw they were really eager to drive through this tunnel. I know that when this tunnel opens next month there will be a lot of people wanting to drive through it just to experience it. Yes it is going to open next month for drivers. This is the biggest milestone in Auckland's transport network in more than half a century. It is a project of $1.4 billion. We know that the economic benefit of it is estimated to be around $430 million with increased productivity and reduced travel times.We are able to deliver such a great project only because our economy is doing so well. We are investing hugely in our economy. We are diversifying our economy. Someone who has been outside of New Zealand who has seen the world knows that the world is becoming an increasingly interconnected place. The internationally friendly image of New Zealand under this National Government is attracting tourists supporting our economy and it is attracting international students supporting our economy. We need that kind of investment from overseas in all sectors.Actually our international education industry is a star performer. It is worth $4.5 billion creating more than 30000 jobs. That is what the Labour Party wants to kill with its immigration policy proposal. Labour wants to kill that support to our economy of $4.5 billion. It wants to kill those 30000-plus jobs making 30000-plus people unemployed. I ask—where will we get more money to invest in education? Where will we get more money to invest in health? Where will we get more money to invest in infrastructure projects like I have just spoken about?It is the same Andrew Little who was posing for the media with those international students for his political reasons—students who were being deported because they had submitted fraudulent documents—saying that the Government should allow those students to stay in New Zealand. Now it is the same Andrew Little who is attacking that international education industry and attacking international Indian and Chinese students.Our position was clear then and our position is clear now too. We highly value our international education industry. We highly value our international students. We want them to have a really good experience here in New Zealand while they are here studying. But if there is any fraudulent activity there will be consequences. These international students are not only providing economic benefits but also helping us to create links with our trading partners. They are also giving us the experience of different cultures. Cultures are to be enjoyed.So under this National Government we want to see that the economy keeps growing that we keep doing well and that we remain well connected to the world. Thank you.