Williams PotoHon POTO WILLIAMS (Minister for the Community and Voluntary Sector): Tēnā koe e Te Māngai o Te Whare. Thank you Mr Speaker. Firstly just an apology to you Mr Doocey; I didn't mean to interject so unkindly. But I do want to respond to what you had to say. There are three programmes—SPEAKER: What he had to say—what he" had to say.Hon POTO WILLIAMS: I apologise. I do want to respond to what you had to say Mr Doocey. There are three programmes: Mana Ake mental health workers in schools—SPEAKER: That's two strikes.Hon POTO WILLIAMS: —I'm sorry—and Piki in Wellington. In 18 months we have instituted three programmes in the mental health area. So it's not that we didn't have a plan; we were just getting started Mr Doocey.I am proud to be in a team that is led by the Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern. In fact every single member of this coalition Government is proud of our Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. However I have to say I have yet to hear from a single member of the Opposition that they are proud to be led by Simon Bridges. Simon Bridges: it's too hard for you Simon but not for us. It's OK; we're not afraid to tackle the big problems tackle the big challenges. We're on the case. This morning we heard that Simon Bridges said the issue around fuel prices—which he had been investigating in his time as transport Minister—was not easy. So I have penned a letter. This is Simon Bridges writing to the petrol companies: "Dear Petrol Company your prices are really high. I'm using my strongest words because this is bad. So stop. Thanks Simon."Hon Aupito William Sio: Stern!Hon Peeni Henare: Stern!Hon POTO WILLIAMS: So they're stern words! We in this Government are addressing the long-term issues facing New Zealanders. When we first came to Government we were faced with sewage pouring down the walls of Middlemore Hospital. We were faced with a housing crisis. We were faced with children in poverty and now we are faced with repairing the Earthquake Commission's botched repairs. For those of you who may not know this after eight years of post-earthquake repairs it has become evident for anyone in Christchurch that the Earthquake Commission (EQC) didn't always get it right. EQC and Fletcher's didn't always get it right and many of my constituents have come back to me two or three times because their repairs were botched.Now Gerry Brownlee—in an interview yesterday I think it was—said that we have been duped by homeowners and that the botched repairs is a Labour Party construct. So today in the House—question No. 5 with regard to onsold—Mr Brownlee repeated that we had been duped. I called my office this afternoon and asked how many constituents have been into my office since the earthquakes regarding earthquake repairs that haven't been completed properly. We came up with the figure of around 450. There are at least 450 families today in Christchurch East who are saying—I'm sorry Mr Gerry Brownlee we haven't been duped—that actually the Earthquake Commission did get it wrong. And this Government is taking the action that is needed. It is standing by the people of Christchurch East and saying "We heard you. We heard you all of those years and now we are in Government and in a position to do something about it." So shame on Gerry Brownlee for saying that the people of Christchurch East are duping the taxpayers of New Zealand. Shame on Gerry Brownlee. I would like him to come and face the 450 families in my electorate that my office has personally helped. In fact there is one family I'd really love him to see. I'll call them "Family S". Not one member not two members but the mum and two daughters—all three of their homes—have had to have two and three goes at repairs. So when Mr Brownlee says that we have been duped and that botched repairs are a Labour Party construct I say "Shame on you."So I am proud to be part of a Government that is doing action for the people of Christchurch East that's doing action for children in poverty that is doing action for the housing crisis and that is putting money into mental health programmes like Mana Ake Piki and mental health workers in schools. Thank you Mr Speaker."