Lee Denise; Williams PotoDENISE LEE (National—Maungakiekie): For my contribution here this afternoon I'm going to fill the stereotype of Aucklanders and talk about Auckland. Many of my colleagues would not like to admit it—they're great rural MPs—but the importance of Auckland cannot be underscored. This is Aucklanders' first look at a Labour-led Budget. Aucklanders have watched the campaign they've heard the promises and this is their first opportunity to witness a Budget that had so much expectation attached to it—in fact so much they had to do a mini-Budget beforehand to apparently squeeze it all in.But what's the reality? What impact will this Budget have on Aucklanders? Well straight off the bat we know what sort of impact it's going to have on Aucklanders' bank balances. It's quite a contrast where under the last National Government the average household would've been better off $1000 a year but six months into this new Government all they've got is new taxes—increased nationwide petrol taxes and the new Amazon tax. This Government is asking Auckland families to cough up money to compensate for their seriously misguided priorities.But that's not the end of it. This Government has been in cahoots with Auckland Council working hand in hand to burden Aucklanders with a regional fuel tax on top of everything else. They introduced legislation before Aucklanders were consulted on it they shortened the committee process and they changed the legislation to suit council's proposal. They have moved heaven and earth to make Auckland pay this term an extra 25c a litre. Now what was the record high figure in petrol prices today you might ask? Two dollars and what? Two dollars and 30c that's right—Hon Member: 40.DENISE LEE: Forty cents is it? And what do we expect it to be very soon? Over how many dollars a litre?Hon David Bennett: Three.DENISE LEE: Three—$3 a litre. Great Barrier Island you're Auckland too. You're already paying today over $3 a litre. Everyone add 25c a litre on to all those prices.Now given the amount of new taxes and debt this Government's passing on to Aucklanders and the talk of crisis in the education and health sectors surely you would expect a boost in investment there. Well not in health. What are the district health boards (DHB) getting? Auckland DHB—surely they could expect a big boost in new funds. Well they did get an increase but it was almost exactly the same as the boost they got from the last National Government—only a 0.7 percent difference. Waitematā DHB—their new funding was actually less than what they got last year. Erica Stanford: No!DENISE LEE: Yes. And Counties Manukau DHB with the famous Middlemore Hospital that's apparently crumbling to the ground—like Auckland it's almost business as usual: a less than 1 percent difference in new funds between Budgets 2017 and 2018. Those numbers don't match the chronic Labour underfunding crisis script that they've been using for nine years now.Auckland families are also paying two three four five hundred dollars in donations—well keep your wallets handy when it comes to those school donations because—Erica Stanford: Broken promise.DENISE LEE: —the broken promise from the Labour Government to remove those school donations it's still a promise that remains just a promise. And it's not just families; the business community in Auckland are under the pump too. It's the business capital of course—Auckland is—the engine room of our economy and thousands of businesses small and large will be hamstrung by industrial relations changes that this Government is about to push through taking us back to the 1970s. Family businesses in Auckland will have to pay for unions to come into business to do their union work and cost business time for union benefit.This Government has its hand around the neck of Aucklanders and the rest of the country and they're milking it for everything that they can to fuel their directionless tax and spend policies. If you get down to the nitty-gritty detail you realise that they have to do it because New Zealand First has its hand around the neck of the Labour Party. Aucklanders must wish that they were Winston Peters Shane Jones or a good-looking horse because it's clear that's the only way that you can get some money out of this Budget.ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Poto Williams): I understand this is a split call. Greg O'Connor you have five minutes.