Russell Deborah; Rurawhe AdrianDr DEBORAH RUSSELL (Labour—New Lynn): Mr Assistant Speaker I wish to begin my first contribution in this House this year on a sad note and that is to ask the House to remember Daphne Collins a lovely woman in my electorate a singer of beautiful songs who died just a few days ago. She was a constituent who I was able to help and she touched my heart and she touched the hearts of my staff members and touched the hearts of many in my community. So I would ask you to remember and celebrate the life of Daphne Collins. She was a woman of great faith and I trust that faith comforted her in her last days.Moving on Mr Assistant Speaker: happy New Year. We're celebrating the Chinese New Year in Parliament today so I'll give it a go: gong xi fa cai.Moving on from that happy note what can we say about the Opposition? They carp they crab they cavil they complain they criticise—it's a veritable cacophony of complaint from over that side of the House. Where is the vision? Where is the compassion? Where is the heart? Where is anything that isn't to do with navel-gazing about their own affairs? The vision is on this side of the House—the vision of a fairer kinder better New Zealand—and the achievement is all on this side of the House too.This is a Government that in its first 15 months has delivered. We have lifted family incomes. We are backing the regions. We are rebuilding hospitals and schools. There was nine years of neglect from the other side. We are moving as fast as we can to fix the problems that were left to us. That is the kind of achievement that this Government is proud of.We're working on our tax system working to make it a better and fairer system and a system that supports New Zealand enterprise. That's what our research and development tax credit is about. And when the Tax Working Group report comes out in just a few sleeps now—and I have to say I'm very excited about that—we will be working on a tax system that ensures that everyone pays their fair share of tax their fair share. We get plenty of complaint and cavilling and carping and crabbing from the Opposition about tax brackets and the like demanding that they get a tax cut. But I say this to the Opposition: every time that the Opposition demands a tax cut the Opposition must say what services they would cut too. Those taxes are the price of civilisation. They are what pays for our health system our welfare our education and every time we cut taxes services must be cut too. Which services are to be cut? I challenge them to say that every time; they won't. Not only is this a Government that has achieved this is a Government that cares about New Zealanders. I want to talk about one particular area where this Government is working hard for New Zealanders and will continue to work hard and that is in housing. In my electorate in the next 18 months to two years or so about 350 brand new Housing New Zealand dwellings will come online. One-bedroom flats two-bedroom flats three-bedroom houses four-bedroom houses—houses designed for New Zealand families who need a secure warm dry place to live. This Government is committed to ensuring that we make sure that New Zealanders are well housed.It's an incredibly important thing to do because a person who is secure in their own home can be a full citizen can be part of a community. This Government is working on housing because it matters for the decent society that we want to build. It's part of our commitment to caring for New Zealanders—caring for New Zealanders in a way that enables them to participate in our society. That's the sort of Government we are aiming to be. Over there the cacophony of complaint; over there the caterwauling; over there the cries of criticism; over here hope care trust kindness. I know which side I'm proud to be on.ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Adrian Rurawhe): I call Angie Warren-Clark—five minutes.