Jones ShaneHon SHANE JONES (Minister for Infrastructure): I follow the member from the South Island Jacqui Dean who distinguished herself as the Minister for Small Business under the former regime where businesses shrunk. She took a very literal approach to her role. She also was the Minister of consumer affairs where consumers' level of disgruntlement grew.But I want to talk about a very important announcement that the Government was able to celebrate earlier this week. It pertains to the Taipā Bridge—a key part of infrastructure that was delivered as a consequence of my leader's advocacy in the successful by-election campaign of 2014. Prior to that there were no bridges being thought about by members on the other side of the House. The Rt Hon Winston Peters stood in every village hall and every marae and every street corner successfully beat the National candidate and scared the members on the other side of the House into making commitments. Unfortunately there was no money. We arrived and the Taipā Bridge was delivered.In fact I feel the need to share a story. The Māori word for a bridge or bridges is arawhata. The Māori word for bridges with trolls underneath them is called Christopher Luxon. Now that man his kaupapa or his type of arrival is called Grabaseat: Christopher Grabaseat" Luxon any seat will do. Now of course when the man arrives in Parliament subject to the will of the people whose seat is he really after? He no doubt is trolling the current National leader. In fact occasionally I feel a little bit of aroha for Simon Bridges. He's inappropriately named because he can't bring the two sides together as they are constantly tearing and whispering and gossiping and spreading ill-humour amongst themselves; something I'm totally a stranger to.As I announced that bridge announcement I was called in Māori something akin to the big billy goat gruff of provincial New Zealand: swiping away all the trolls who seek to undermine our party—who are spreading gossip spreading half-baked specious stories—swiping away the critics. Many critics are on the other side but they're driven by jealously and envy. They are privately telling their supporters of course in the event—highly unlikely—that the benches of Treasury are restored to them by the electorate that they will keep this far-sighted very popular and well-executed policy.I want to carry on a wee bit more about other good work that I've been doing. I on behalf of the Government have fought the fight to protect the term mānuka honey. Now that is something that's extremely important to all of our regions. Now the Aussies—and I have to acknowledge that they do believe the term mānuka belongs to them. But I would say for the nine years of the last regime they did nothing—not a single thing—to stand up for the provenance the equity in these particularly New Zealand - distinctive brand terms. We have delivered the money. We have helped to do research of a scientific character. From time to time I'm capable of being scientific. I know a great deal about the biological and I've practised it immensely well in my life. They've done nothing; not a single thing. And we are going to deliver on this question. I said to the Ngāi Tahu people that I don't want any situations where iwis are going in all different directions. They've written a letter saying they support the kaupapa. That's firm clear leadership.The final thing I want to talk about is the forestry sector. As you know there has been some white water around the waka conveying the seeds of the billion trees strategy. We are working with those representatives from the farming community. We only want to deal with facts but we also want to open up new areas that ought to be converted from farming where the land ought to go back into trees—not to displace good prosperous enterprises but to ensure that we get the right balance because farmers are entitled to expect us to be willing to change our ways if our original decisions and the execution don't quite deliver. A key part of that is the blue highway. If I have my way we're dotting infrastructure around the countryside for wharves."