Henare PeeniHon PEENI HENARE (Minister for the Community and Voluntary Sector): Tēnā koe e Te Māngai o Te Whare. Tuatahi māku e te pāpā e Shane Jones e mihi atu ana au ki a koe e mau nei i te kākahu taratara mō te rirotanga atu o tō pāpā tōku tupuna ki tua o te ārai. Nō reira nau hoki mai koe ki roto i te ao mārama. E mihi atu ana au ki a koe e te toa o ngā rohe puta noa.[Greetings Mr Speaker. Firstly I would like to acknowledge my senior Shane Jones; you who wear a cloak of mourning at the passing of your father my elder. Let me welcome you back to the world of light. Champion of the regions I offer you my compliments.]First of all I just wanted to acknowledge my colleague and uncle the Hon Shane Jones and welcome him back into the House after the farewelling of his beloved father and leader of the community and family. I welcome him back not only as the provincial champion but I think I've also heard the phrase the lion of the regions". I think they're quite apt descriptions because as the other side of the House talked about the Leader of the Opposition going around the country I heard from Kerikeri: "Well I didn't hear of any Simon Bridges' shows in Moerewa or Kaikohe or Kaitāia or Te Kao." or any of the other regions that actually need the attention from this Government. I'm proud to say that on this side of the House this Government—led strongly not only by our Prime Minister but of course by my colleague the Hon Shane Jones—are actually representing the views of those regions and finally delivering for them. Hon Shane Jones: Modestly—modestly.SPEAKER: Stop misleading the House! Hon PEENI HENARE: Can I thank Tim Macindoe the previous speaker too for pointing out that the seat in Hamilton is a marginal seat. Now that's given a focal point for this side of the House and I say to that member to be careful. Mr Jamie Strange—while he can perform on stage I'm sure he will also perform on the biggest stage of all at election time when it comes around. Because that side is so gloomy I want to bring a bit of sunshine into the House and say happy birthday New Zealand First. I think it's absolutely fantastic that we have a Government that is representing the views of our country. We know how MMP works. We work together. We bring multiple views to the leadership of this country not this single-minded view of an Opposition who can't count and who don't know how MMP works. So I want to say to New Zealand First and my colleagues on this side of the House: happy birthday. In another piece of goodwill and sunshine in this House that's often brought clouds by the Opposition I want to say to our Prime Minister who is currently on leave—can I say happy birthday for tomorrow. She is doing a fantastic job leading this country and leading this Government into the land of optimism and positivity and we are delivering on that. We are delivering in Māngere where we are building homes for the people who need it the most—homes that are affordable; a mixture of homes that will allow people into good State homes. We are allowing young families to purchase their first home and allowing multiple sectors within Tāmaki Makaurau to actually live there and to work there. How often over the past nine years did we hear of the failure of the last Government to allow teachers to work in Tāmaki Makaurau? They were priced out. They were priced out of my electorate and I'm glad that on this side of the House we have an answer. Build homes. Simple—build homes. Let them come into Tāmaki Makaurau and serve the children and the schoolkids of Tāmaki Makaurau by giving them the opportunity to be here. I think that's a fantastic fantastic move by this Government and I'm proud. I'm proud to stand here to say that not only are we delivering homes; we are also delivering a social security system that doesn't beat beneficiaries with a stick but actually gives them a carrot of optimism and incentive. It doesn't have the punitive view that the country was given a glimpse of during question time but it actually says "No. Let's encourage help and support these people into opportunities." So we marry the opportunities that are being created by the Hon Shane Jones in our regions to the kind of optimism and incentives that we are providing in the social security system and voila! You've got prosperity—something that that side of the House has been missing for far too long. In the final closing seconds of my contribution I do want to acknowledge all of my colleagues. They are working tirelessly across the country and while that side of the House might say that Simon Bridges has toured the country I can say to that side that we've been doing that for many many years. My colleagues right across this country are working hard to deliver not just in the regions but of course in the cities and I'm proud to be on this side of the House with this Government providing prosperity for this country."