Weenink VanessaDr VANESSA WEENINK (National—Banks Peninsula): Thank you Mr Speaker. I'd like first to take a moment to acknowledge all of the firefighters and emergency responders who are currently battling a large blaze in the Port Hills in Christchurch in my electorate. I know that for many people in my electorate this fire will be bringing back horrible memories of the 2017 fire which burned for over 66 days and took the life of a firefighter Steve Askin. I'd like to acknowledge his family and the heroic work that he did in that fire.It's my privilege to serve on the Economic Development Science and Innovation Committee. Now economic development is actually intimately linked to my other really obvious passion which is health. So as a medical doctor I am very aware of the huge impact that income has on health. Income is perhaps the most impactful social determinant of health outcomes. And that's why for me it's vitally important that for the health of our country we have sustainable economic development which will help lift incomes for everyone.The importance of purchasing power is why it's vital that the real costs of living are accounted for in our support to people on main benefits. And that's why our Government has returned main benefit indexing to the Consumers Price Index which has been the case for over 30 years. Having meaningful work is vital to both physical and mental health. And while it's good for mental health and wellbeing it's also directly tied to productivity. That's why I'm delighted that we have New Zealand's first Minister for Mental Health in the Hon Matt Doocey.Another thing that's vital for mental health and is also tied to economic development is that we host and have interesting and fun events in our communities. For example we have SailGP that is coming back to Lyttelton for a second year. In 2023 we had a very successful event and Auckland's misfortune is Christchurch's good luck and we are hosting the event again next month. I hope that many of our colleagues will be able to join us but if you don't we'll probably get the chance next year all going well. SailGP is one of those amazing examples of both innovation and new technology and at the same time it's just fun to watch. We've got these great little boats—well quite large boats—zipping along on their foils and it's great entertainment. So not only do we have the crowds that come to watch but the event is beamed all around the world and people from every walk of life and everywhere get to see the beautiful Whakaraupō Harbour and hopefully will be enticed to come along if not on one of the over 80 cruise ships that grace our harbour this year then perhaps on one of the new flights that are coming into Christchurch on United Airlines. So improving our overall finances means that we can afford some of the big investments that we need to make in things like our health workforce. I was so proud to see the announcement furthering the development of the Waikato medical school yesterday. That's an idea that's been bouncing around in health circles for well over 20 years. And frankly it's yet another example of something that would have been best done 20 years ago but the second-best time to do it is now so we're getting on to it. Just because I'm a medical doctor doesn't mean to say that I don't understand the importance of our nursing and other allied health workforce. And that's why National and our coalition partners are working to bond nurses to New Zealand. If they work for five years then we will be paying them $4500 a year towards their student loans. That kind of initiative will help to give choices to our nursing students so that they can choose to stay and work in New Zealand. These pragmatic and innovative programmes and policies that we are implementing will help to improve our economic development and also will lift our overall incomes and help to get our economy and our country back on track.