Eagle PaulPAUL EAGLE (Labour—Rongotai): Thank you Mr Speaker. What a pleasure it is to be back in the House and look most people take a holiday over Christmas but I've been itching to get back. Here I am begging the Prime Minister saying Let me talk about your statement. I'm ready to go." Here in Rongotai—in Wellington east Wellington south and those beautiful Chatham Islands—things are all roaring for a 19 September celebration. In fact it's going to be such a celebration that that side of the House hasn't even got a candidate to stand against me but you're welcome to deputise there Nicola Willis any time.Can I just start by saying it's the first line that captures it for me. Let's read it out: "Two years ago"—and a few other days—"this Government of three parties set out an ambitious programme to tackle the long-term challenges that had been neglected for nine long years." That's been used lots but it's also relevant.One of the great things about Christmas is all those people that were a little ho hum about me. They candidate voted electorate voted for me as the MP. They may have voted for someone else other than the Labour Party but now it's two ticks red. That's what I wanted to hear. That's the evidence that I wanted to see because when a party delivers then that's what you get.Can I say what a term of delivery it's been because there's just so much. It was hard to buckle it down and knuckle it into just three things but I've got it. One of them is the Wellbeing Budget because people in my patch were sick to death of everything having the economic rule applied to it. They wanted a wellbeing approach. They understand that actually life's a lot more than just about the almighty dollar. They might want something to be prudent they might even be a bit thrifty but they wanted to know that the party in power cared and that's us the coalition Government the New Zealand Labour Party. I'm proud of that.I want to talk about positive things because too often we come here and talk about anything but. Just a few weeks ago I was on the Chatham Islands. I was there with Minister Hon Andrew Little the Minister for Treaty negotiations. We took it that Hercules plane across and landed there and settled with a Crown apology for the Moriori people the indigenous people of the Chatham Islands along there with Ngāti Mutunga mana whenua. But it was the Moriori's day and we were able to give that Crown apology. That's what this coalition Government's about. It's about progressing Treaty claims. There was good work done before but I want to highlight the great work done there—$18 million. There's a piece of literature here that clearly outlines the historical background. It's sombre reading but the great thing about the coalition Government is we were down there we gave the apology—it was honest; it was raw—and we were able to settle that and come home later that afternoon knowing that we'd done something great that sets a path for the Moriori people the only place in New Zealand where they can claim the indigenous rights to that island.The other thing I want to talk about because it was brought up down there was around housing. We know that housing is a big issue wherever we go but can I say it: I'm really proud because I think we've made hay in housing and that means more State houses being built. We often hear the negative about it. I'm not going to go there because what I do know is that in my patch the empty spaces that were left when I came in to the seat are now finally getting construction and being built on. Evidence is everything. People want to see results. They want to see the delivery of projects. I know when we go down Strathmore Avenue you'll see a plot—and I remember I was there with a local Anglican minister. I've got a really good photo of him and I standing in the middle of this plot of land. On that side of the House they were going to hock it off. We've now built on that very same site less than three years later. There are beautiful new homes for those who need them most. I guess just around the corner for those who don't know the first State house is in Fife Lane and that's a symbol of this Government's progress. It's iconic in many ways because it shows at the end of the day it takes a coalition Government a New Zealand Labour Party to build homes for those most in need. It's a proud day and it's been an honour to have a few minutes to talk about the Prime Minister's statement and the great things that are in it."